Jesus has fulfilled the first four Feasts.
Jesus our Passover Lamb has died.
Jesus has taken away the leaven (sin of the world)
Jesus has risen as the first-fruits of the resurrection together with many Old Testament believers.
Jesus has baptized the New Testament believers with the Holy Spirit on the Feast of Pentecost and continues to do so.
The Time of the Gentiles
7 Years
Unknown
period of time
Will a loving God judge man
For those who believe God will not Judge man for his sin and wickedness here are some points to ponder.
Remember
The Flood
Sodom & Gomorrah
Israel’s many exiles
The book of Revelation (New Testament) is a reminder to all that God is not only loving and merciful, but he is just and as the writer of the book of Hebrews states he is a consuming fire and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
(Hebrews 10: 31; Hebrews 12:29)
Our God is “A Consuming Fire”
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
For we know him who said, It is mine to avenge; I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:26-31.
Our God is “A Consuming Fire”
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, because they could not bear what was commanded: If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death. The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, I am trembling with fear.
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 12:18-29.
Our God is “A Consuming Fire”
See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
At that time, his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.
The words once more indicate the removing of what can be shaken, that is, created things, so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire”.
Hebrews 12:18-29.
Revelation 8:7-13.
Revelation 8:7-13.
The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
God’s Judgement.
Revelation 8:7-13.
Revelation 8:7-13.
The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water, the name of the star is Wormwood.
A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter
God’s Judgement.
Revelation 8:7-13.
Revelation 8:7-13.
As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in mid-air call out in a loud voice: Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!
Revelation 8:7-13
Revelation 8:7-13
The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night
Judgement and the End Time Feasts.
Understanding the Doctrines of the Resurrection of the dead and Judgement that awaits each one of us is crucial and foundational as a Christian and it helps one to understand future events more clearly.
Basic Doctrines.
Hebrews 6:1-3.
Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying
on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this we will do if God permits.
The 4 periods of 70 Weeks of years in Jewish history.
From the birth of Abraham to the Exodus
Abram 75 years old at Covenant 75
Law given 430 years later 430
505
-15
490
but Ishmael usurped for 15 years -15 is 490
From the Exodus to the dedication of the Temple
From the Exodus to the dedication of the Temple
Wilderness wanderings 40
Canaan conquest 20
Judges 450
Saul, David & Solomon 94
604
(years of oppression) -114
490
If you subtract the years of oppression
Mesopotamia 8, Moab 18,
Canaanites 20, Midianites 7,
Amon and Philistia 18,
Abimelech 3 and the Philistines 40
you are left with 490 years.
The 4 periods of 70 Weeks of years in Jewish history.
3) From the dedication of the Temple to the Edict of Artaxerxes.
Temple dedication to Edict 560
Captivity in Babylon -70
490
The 4 periods of 70 Weeks of years in Jewish history.
4) From the Edict of Artaxerxes until the anointed One is put to death.
Edict to the crucifixion 483
Time of the Gentiles …..
The Tribulation period 7
490
Daniel’s 70 weeks.
Daniel 9:24-27.
Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven sevens, and sixty-two sevens.
It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens, the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing.
Daniel’s 70 weeks.
Daniel 9:24-27.
The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.
He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. In the middle of the seven he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.
The 4 periods of 70 Weeks of years in Jewish history.
4) Edict of Artaxerxes to the 2nd coming
Edict to Crucifixion 483
Time of the Gentiles ???
Tribulation 7
490
The Feast of Trumpets
The Feast of Trumpets marks the beginning of Daniel’s 70th week or the 7 year tribulation period. This starts with a 7 year treaty that the Anti-Christ enters into with Israel.
After 1260 days the Anti-Christ desecrates the Temple with the Abomination of Desolation, this lasts for another 1260 and then Jesus Christ returns and the Temple is cleansed.
Midway through Daniel’s 70th week.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-12.
Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way.
Midway through Daniel’s 70th week.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-12.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendour of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.
They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Midway through Daniel’s 70th week.
Matthew 24:15-21.
So, when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel, let the reader understand, then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.
How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be equaled again.
Daniel’s 70th week.
Temporary Truce
Abomination of Desolation
The Rapture
Antichrist breaks the covenant
Daniel’s 70th week.
Great Tribulation
Jacob’s Trouble
Temporary Truce
Abomination of Desolation
The Rapture
Battle of Armageddon
Antichrist breaks the covenant
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Judgements.
Grace
7 yr Tribulation
1000 yr Millennium
Eternity
Rapture
Judgement of the Believers
2nd Advent
Judgement of the Nations
Great White Throne Judgement of the wicked
Jesus Reigns
The Anti-Christ Reigns
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New Heavens & New Earth
The Jewish view of Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—is considered the most important holiday in the Jewish faith. Falling in the month of Tishrei (September or October in the Gregorian calendar), it marks the culmination of the 10 Days of Awe, a period of introspection and repentance that follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
According to tradition, it is on Yom Kippur that God decides each person’s fate, so Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask forgiveness for sins committed during the past year. The holiday is observed with a 25-hour fast and a special religious service. Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are known as Judaism’s “High Holy Days.”
The Jewish view of Yom Kippur.
According to tradition, God judges all creatures during the 10 Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, deciding whether they will live or die in the coming year.
Jewish law teaches that God inscribes the names of the righteous in the “book of life” and condemns the wicked to death on Rosh Hashanah; people who fall between the two categories have until Yom Kippur to perform “teshuvah,” or repentance.
As a result, observant Jews consider Yom Kippur and the days leading up to it a time for prayer, good deeds, reflecting on past mistakes and making amends with others.
The Day of Atonement.
Many Christians see Yom Kippur
or the Day of Atonement as a foreshadowing of the coming of Jesus, and His final sacrifice for
our sin on Calvary.
But this interpretation does not
make any sense, as it does not square with the consecutive sequence of the feasts.
The Death and Resurrection of
Jesus were already symbolized by Passover and First-fruits, and the feasts have moved on through Pentecost. Therefore to see Yom Kippur as going back several steps to Calvary is either because most people have no other explanation,
or are trying to tie in the Feasts
with preconceived ideas.
The Feasts are in perfect chronological order, therefore Yom Kippur has to represent a day that follows Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Awe.
The Feasts are in perfect chronological order, therefore Yom Kippur has to represent a day that follows Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Awe.
The symbolism of Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets, seems glaringly obvious. The Days of Awe, or the Seven Trumpets of God’s Wrath, being the last and final opportunity anyone will get to repent before the doors finally close.
The Feast of Tabernacles.
Teshuvah begins on Elul 1, ending on Tishrei 10, Yom Kippur.
Each morning during the 30 days of the month of Elul, the trumpet or ram’s horn is blown to warn the people to repent and return to God.
Thirty days into Teshuvah, on Tishrei 1, comes Rosh Hashanah.
This begins a final ten-day period beginning on Rosh Hashanah and ending on Yom Kippur. These are known as the Days of Awe.
On the 15th of Tishrei Sukkot commences (Feast of tabernacles)
Rosh Hashanah
Days of Awe
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement.
The Rapture differs from the second advent recorded previously in Matthew, as in this case the elect are not changed in the twinkling of an eye and caught up to meet the Lord, but are gathered from the four corners of the earth by Angels.
One explanation for the Angels having to gather the Elect after the Tribulation, is that unlike the Raptured saints, they still have their earthly bodies and will need assistance as the earth and it’s transportation systems have been devastated.
The Day of Atonement.
Mark 13:26-27.
At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
The Resurrection.
The main harvest.
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17.
According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Judgements to consider
Judgement of sin at the cross
Self-judgement of the believer
Judgement of the unrepentant sinner in the Church
Judgement of disputes in the Church
Judgement seat of Christ
Judgement of the Nations
Judgement of Israel
Judgement of fallen angels
Great White Throne Judgement
Judgement of sin at the cross
Isaiah 53:6-8
We all like sheep have gone astray each of us has turned to his own way and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all, he was oppressed and afflicted yet he did not open his mouth he was led as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is silent so he did not open his mouth by oppression and judgement he was taken away…….
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
The self-judgement of the believer
1Corinthians 11 v 31 & 32
A man ought to examine himself…..
but if we judged ourselves we would not come under judgement when we are judged by the Lord we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world
Judgement of unrepentant sinners in the Church.
1 Corinthians 5:1-5.
It is reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate:
A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.
So, when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
Judgement of unrepentant sinners in the Church.
1 Timothy 1:18-20.
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.
Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
The judgement of disputes in the Church.
1Corinthians 6:1-2 &4-5.
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?...
Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you.
Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
Believers will have authority over Angels in the Millennium.
1 Corinthians 7:1-3.
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
The Greek word for “judge,” krino, also means “to rule or govern.”
The Judgement seat of Christ
11 Corinthians 5 v10
We must all appear before the Judgement seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
The Judgement seat of Christ
1 Corinthians 3 v 10-13
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.
The Judgement of Israel
Ezekiel 20 v 33 to 44
As surely as I live declares the Sovereign Lord, I will rule over you with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath. I will bring you from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with outpoured wrath.
I will bring you into the desert of the nations and there, face to face, I will execute judgement upon you………
Judgement of the Nations.
Matthew 25 v 31 to 46
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on his throne in heavenly glory.
All the nations will be gathered before him, and He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Judgement of the Nations.
Matthew 25 v 34-40.
Then the King will say to those on his right, come, you who are blessed by my Father;
take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick, and you looked after me, I was in prison, and you came to visit me.
The Great White Throne Judgement
Judgement of the wicked
Revelation 20 v 11 to 25.
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.
I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
The Great White Throne Judgement
Revelation 20 v 11 to 25.
And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, and anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Judgement of the wicked
Judgement of the
“Fallen Angels”
Jude 6-7.
And the angels who did not keep
their positions of authority but
abandoned their proper dwelling,
these he has kept in darkness, bound
with everlasting chains for judgment on
the great Day.
In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Judgement of the “Fallen Angels”.
2 Peter 2:4-9.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to
hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if
he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
2 Peter 3:3-17.
2 Peter 3:3-17.
Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
They will say, Where is this coming he promised?
Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.
But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
God’s Judgement.
God’s Judgement.
2 Peter 3:3-17.
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God’s Judgement
2 Peter 3:3-17.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.
The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
Isaiah 24:1 & 3-5. See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants. The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered. The Lord has spoken this word.
God’s Judgement.
Isaiah 24:1 & 3-5. See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants. The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered. The Lord has spoken this word.
The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the heavens languish with the earth
Isaiah 24:1 & 3-5.
God’s Judgement.
Isaiah 24:1 & 3-5.
The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore, earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
Here is an interesting thing I calculated while researching and writing an E-book on the antichrist (Gavin Paynter)
Latin was the language of the Romans. We believe that the Antichrist will most likely come from a revived form of the Roman Empire (European Union). The Latin numeral system we are so familiar with used only 7 of the Latin alphabet characters:
I=1
V=5
X=10
L=50
C=100
D=500
M=1000
The 6 lower value Latin letters which were used for their number system; excluding the ‘M’ add up to 666.
Immediately after the first 6 letters, which equate to 666, we get the seventh ‘M’ which is 1000. So too immediately after the antichrist (whose number is 666) we will have the Millennial Rule of Christ which is 1000 years.
Immediately after the first 6 letters, which equate to 666, we get the seventh ‘M’ which is 1000. So too immediately after the antichrist (whose number is 666) we will have the Millennial Rule of Christ which is 1000 years.
Then in Roman mythology, Latinus was an early king of the Latins. Interestingly Irenaeus (the second generation disciple of the apostle John) mentions in the 2nd century AD that the name Latinus (meaning “Latin man”) equated to 666 in its Greek form:
“Then also Lateinos (ΛΑΤΕΙΝΟΣ) has the number six hundred and sixty-six; and it is a very probable [solution], this being the name of the last kingdom [of the four seen by Daniel]. For the Latins are they who at present bear rule: I will not, however, make any boast over this [coincidence].” (Against Heresies (Book 5 ch 30:3)