I’ve started this series back in March 2014, 9 years ago, so it’s about time to finish it by publishing the final version of the End Times Timeline. Obviously, this timeline is not setting any dates, but is highlighting that we are living in an interesting season, the very end of the end times, possibly just before we see the full unfolding of the WWIII and blowing of the 7th (i.e. the last) trumpet.
The only real difference between this and the previous version of the timeline (which was introduced in this post and further explained in this post) is the clarification of the placement of the Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 wars. The assumption is that Ezekiel 38 war comes after the Psalm 83 war. For more information on this topic please refer to the previous post.
Just watched this video from Amir Tsarfati, an Israeli who likes to report on the latest political movements in and around Israel and connect them with the Biblical prophecies. In the video (see below) he is reporting that Israel has been hit by a rocket attack from Syria (after being hit by rockets from Gaza and Lebanon). As I’m watching this guy for a while, I believe he thinks this development will lead to the Ezekiel 38 confrontation.
As mentioned in the previous post, the end time beast is already active and working on destroying the economies, creating large scale wars and ultimately starting the WW3. The purpose of those is to create an environment where people will be tired of all the destruction and chaos and will welcome the one world government in order to have peace, security and comfort. And then, according to the prophecies, the Antichrist will rise up as the world dictator and will eventually demand everyone to worship him as their god (for more details please refer to other Bible prophecy articles on this site).
But in terms of the pre-tribulation wars that involve Israel there are actually two of them: Psalm 83 war and Ezekiel 38 war. Psalm 83 war is a scenario where Israel’s neighbours take a crafty counsel against Israel and her “hidden” ones (see Psalm 83:1-3) and want to wipe out Israel and “cut them off from being a nation” (see Psalm 83:4). So we see that this war is motivated by hatred towards Israel as a nation and her enemies are a confederacy of Edom, Ishmaelites, Moab, Hagrites, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre and Assyria (see Psalm 83:5-8), which represent the modern day regions of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Northern Iraq. In the aftermath of the Psalm 83 war Israel expands her borders by capturing territories from which she was attacked (see Jeremiah 48:2-4, Jeremiah 49:1-2, Jeremiah 49:7-11, Jeremiah 49:23-26).
The Ezekiel 38 war participants and their motivation are different. Their goal is to attack a nation that is dwelling safely in the land (see Ezekiel 38:10-11, 14) in order to take their goods (e.g. oil, natural gas, rare minerals) as spoil (see Ezekiel 38:12). The coalition that comes against Israel this time is Rosh, Meshech and Tubal (led by Gog their prince) together with Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, Togarmah and many people (see Ezekiel 38:1-6). These represent the modern day countries of Russia, Iran, Turkey, Ethiopia and Libya. The attack comes from the north (see Ezekiel 38:15, Joel 2:20) but God destroys them and gets all the glory (see Ezekiel 38:16,19- 23). This sparks the revival as Israelis remember that this was prophesied in the Bible and the Holy Spirit is poured out on all flesh (see Ezekiel 38:17, Joel 2:20-29).
From the above, and specifically because Ezekiel 38 coalition comes against Israelis that dwell safely in the land, it looks reasonable that the Ezekiel 38 war will happen after the Psalm 83 war. It’s interesting to note that Psalm 83:3 mentions the “hidden” ones, so some Bible scholars have said that this refers to the raptured Church. Hence, if such interpretations are true, if what we are seeing now is the development of the Psalm 83 war, then the rapture may be just around the corner.
Nevertheless, I think the current developments are just devil’s attempts to speed up the unfolding of the Psalm 83 war. But, I think God will delay the unfolding, as the End Times Revival (which has started!) and the accompanying harvest is not yet in full swing.
So, get out of the corrupt, dead and lukewarm churches. Find a good Pentecostal church where the Word is preached and the Spirit is visibly present. Go out into streets and parks, use your Spirit-given gifts and preach the gospel so you can win souls for Jesus! I think we have but a short time…
How about this event that happened on July 20th? The Jerusalem Post article writes about a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia (Rosh, Gog being its prince), Turkey (Gomer) and Iran (Persia), where Syria has also sent her representative, which seems to have solidified the Ezekiel 38 coalition, bringing into alignment the main players of the Gog and Magog war.
In the past this coalition was unthinkable, simply because Turkey is a part of the NATO block of countries, which are diametrically opposed to both Russia and Iran. The article says,
An unintended consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that it has now set the world on a new course. Iranian media has begun to speak of a “new world order” in which US hegemony is weakened. Russia’s TASS media also highlights the weakening of the West and the “multipolar” world that it believes we are now entering. That means Iranian and Russian media have the same narrative take on the meetings. This level of message discipline among Moscow, Tehran and Ankara is unusual. They may have shared some interests in the past, but today their interests appear to be coinciding to an unprecedented degree.
Therefore, this event has basically signalled the start of the collapse of the NATO alliance and we can expect a further erosion of the member states’ ties as their leader (i.e. USA) is busy with suicidal attempts. So, some thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the remaining cold war block is disintegrating as well.
This really signals the imminence of the Ezekiel 38 war, as things are speeding up (another indicator that we are in the end of the end times?). But, the first thing that “needs” to happen before this coalition is ready to go against Israel is the removal of the US presence in Syria. Let’s see how hard that would be.
Hence, this event startled me to release an updated and extended version of the End Times Timeline, which now includes all the seals and trumpets. I may work on adding bits and pieces but wanted to share this alpha version quickly.
The main idea of this expanded timeline is a suggestion that the Bible is never silent about history and never fails to give instructions to the mankind through prophecy. Even the “silent years” in between the Book of Malachi and Jesus’ birth and His earthly ministry are covered in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Daniel. God never fails to give instructions to His people regardless of the time they live in.
So, from that perspective, the view that the Book of Revelation mainly talks about the events within the Tribulation period is wrong. Otherwise, there would be another “silent period” in the Bible (about 2000 years long!), as the period between the early Church and Jesus’ second coming would not be “covered”.
Another change on this timeline is that it clearly shows all three Raptures, Pre-trib, Mid-trib (Pre-wrath) and Post-trib Raptures. All three views are valid but the people involved are different. Pre-trib Rapture involves a selected group of believers (symbolised by the five wise virgins, see Matthew 25:1-13). Mid-trib or Pre-wrath Rapture involves the rest of the believers. Post-trib Rapture involves a Jewish remnant that is left after (i.e. survives) the Battle of Armageddon.
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