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SUBJECT: Jacob’s Trouble
QUESTION: Where in your booklets does it speak to
“Jacob’s Trouble”?
ANSWER:
Jacob’s Trouble is a time of national privation and
captivity for the two tribes who bear Jacob's [Israel's]
name, Ephraim [Britain]
and Manasseh [the
United States].
Following are excerpts from our booklets on this subject [all
posted on the EA site].
From “Europe and America in Prophecy”:
The Time of
Jacob's Trouble
Irrefutable evidence absolutely
proves that Britain and the United States are a part of the
so-called "lost ten tribes" of Israel! Most of the peoples
of Scandinavia and Northwestern Europe make up the remainder
of ten-tribed Israel.
Utterly ignorant of our identity,
most students of Bible prophecy are left with nothing more
than wild speculations about the scenario for the
future—blissfully unaware that the prophecies of Christ
Himself concerning the coming GREAT TRIBULATION are directed
PRIMARILY against the United States and Britain, then
against Northwestern Europe, and the Jewish state in
modern-day Palestine, called "Israel."
The Great Tribulation is
described as a time of terrible national calamities brought
on by a myriad of causes—drought, famine, disease, crime,
pollution, overpopulation, wars—a time when the military
might of Britain and America will not save us from
the most unthinkable disasters!
Millions of Israelites
were slaughtered during World War II; Many Israelitish
nations were subjected to enemy occupation, deportation,
slave labor, unthinkable privation. Norway, Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France—all fell before the
Nazi armies, just as ancient Israel succumbed before waves
of invading Assyrians seven hundred years before Christ.
Finland was bled in a war with Russia. Britain suffered
horribly from 1939 until the end of the "Battle of Britain,"
and continued to lose men and equipment, was wounded so
deeply, financially, that she would never completely
recover, as a result of World War II. Following that great
war, Britain began a slide downward. The once-proud British
Empire was dismantled, and Britain became known as the
economic "sick man" of Europe; finally joined the Common
Market as an economic necessity.
The Commonwealth countries;
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, though
unoccupied and unattacked, except for the Japanese bombing
of Darwin, and occupation of part of New Guinea, left tens
of thousands of their sons and fathers to rot in foreign
lands, or beneath the seas.
The United States suffered
407,316 deaths in the military; 670,846 non-lethal wounded,
from Dec. 7, 1941 until Dec. 31, 1946. The cost to the
economy was $360 BILLION!
At the end of World War II, the
United States was at its zenith. She had 8,266,373 men in
the Army, 3,380,817 in the Navy, 2,372,292 in the Air Force,
for a total of FOURTEEN MILLION, one hundred ninety-four
thousand, four hundred eighty-two in all services combined!
Yet, by 1946 the Air Force had
shrunk to but 455,515; the Navy to 381,538 by 1950;
the Army down to 67,784 by the same year.
Anciently, God said He
would BREAK THE PRIDE OF OUR POWER if we did not
observe His laws.
Today, millions of Americans have
swallowed the fable that America is "the world's only
remaining super power!" They forget that MANY other
countries possess the atom bomb, among them France, China,
India, Pakistan and Israel. Suspected to possess nuclear
weapons, or to be working on them, are Germany, Brazil,
Iraq, North Korea, South Africa and Iran.
Many nations possess
sophisticated ICBMS and IRBMS. Russia is still in possession
of thousands of missiles and nuclear warheads, along with
nuclear armed submarines. Ukraine instantly became a nuclear
power when the USSR split up. China has purchases advanced
AEGIS type cruisers and missile-carrying submarines from
Russia.
Many nations have
satellite-launching capabilities, among them Britain,
France, China and Japan. Dozens of nations have nuclear
reactors humming away daily, the by product of which is
material used in producing nuclear bombs.
Many nations have deadly chemical
and biological stockpiles.
Today, both Britain and the US
brace themselves for further horrifying terrorist attacks.
From the bombing of the marine barracks in Lebanon in the
1980s to the bombing of US forces barracks in Saudi Arabia
in the 90s, and highlighted by the bombing attack against
the USS Cole in 2000, the US has become aware of the
virulent hatred of the Islamic nations against us. Because
we have become a mentor and protector of Israel, we are
termed "The Great Satan" by the likes of Iran and Iraq,
along with other nations of Islam.
The truth is we are NOT the
"world's only remaining super power." There is a major power
forming in Europe which I have predicted for more than 45
years now, which will SHOCK its builders! It will eventually
become a fully nuclear-armed "United States of Europe," with
an all European air force and army, and it will eventually
OCCUPY THE MIDDLE EAST!
Bible
Prophecy—A Warning!
One third of the Bible is
prophecy. Jesus Christ was the greatest Prophet of all time.
His famous "Olivet Prophecy" is the CORNERSTONE of all
prophecy for the time of the end—the time of the GREAT
TRIBULATION, the Day of the Lord, and the Second Coming of
Christ to RULE all nations!
Armed with the knowledge of the
identity of the modern nations of the United States and
Europe, you can come to UNDERSTAND, at last, the overall
picture of future events.
As we shall see,
the prophesied GREAT TRIBULATION is to come primarily on
JACOB! It is the "time of Jacob's trouble," meaning the time
of great national trauma for England, Canada, Australia,
South Africa, and the United States, as well as others of
ten-tribed Israel. Remember, EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH were the
recipients of the NAME OF ISRAEL! Dying Jacob (Israel)
had said, "Let MY NAME be named ON THEM!"
---end of excerpt---
Another excerpt from the same booklet…
"Alas! for that day is GREAT, So
THAT NONE IS LIKE IT..." Note that well! Once again, we read
of the SAME TIME; the "Great Tribulation" prophesied
by Christ; the SAME TIME described by Daniel; a time of
trouble SO GREAT that it is absolutely unparalleled in all
the earth's history! And UPON WHOM IS THAT GREAT TIME OF
NATIONAL TRIBULATION TO COME?
"It is even the time of JACOB'S
TROUBLE..." (Jeremiah 30:1-7).
Ah! The
time of JACOB'S trouble! And who was Jacob? His name
was changed to ISRAEL! As he lay dying, he crossed his
hands, as you have read, blessing Ephraim over Manasseh,
said, "Let MY NAME BE NAMED ON THEM!" Among all the tribes
of Israel, only Ephraim (Great
Britain)
and Manasseh (the
United States)
have the right to be called "Jacob," or the "House of
Israel!"
So the Great Tribulation spoken
of by Christ; the horrifying time of Satan's WRATH on the
earth, is to come PRIMARILY AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
AND THE UNITED STATES, and incidentally against the
remainder of the lost ten tribes of Israel! Now, notice the
remainder of this remarkable 30th chapter of Jeremiah:
"...but he shall
be saved OUT of it [meaning
Jacob; the U.S. and Britain, shall have to go through it,
but shall not be completely destroyed; shall be saved `out'
of it!].
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Eternal of
hosts, that I will break HIS YOKE from off thy neck, and
will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him..." (Jeremiah 30:7, 8).
And what is the time setting
of this prophecy about impending national captivity for
the House of Jacob; of Israel? "But they shall serve the
Eternal their God, and David their King, whom I will
raise up unto them!" (Jeremiah 30:8, 9).
Are the U.S. and Britain
serving God, today? Is the nation of "Israel," in
Palestine, "serving God?" NO! The time setting of this
prophecy is the SAME as that of Matthew 24, Revelation 6,
and Daniel 12. It is just before the Second Coming
of Christ; just before the time of the resurrection,
when God will raise David, together with all His
righteous saints and patriarchs who have died, to be caught
up to meet Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:17) when He returns to
this earth (Revelation 1:7; Acts 1:11; Revelation 19) to
stand, in that same day, on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem
(Zechariah 14:4).
---end of excerpt---
This now from our booklet, “Abomination of Desolation”…
Not Just the Jews in Israel to
Suffer the Tribulation
Now, notice
that the Great Tribulation comes not only upon the Jews in
the modern nation called Israel, but upon the "House of
Jacob," or "The House of Israel," as well!
"Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it [an
unparalleled time exactly as described in Matthew 24:15 and
Daniel 12:1 the same time of the Great Tribulation]:
it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be
saved out of it" (Jeremiah 30:7).
What is the Great Tribulation? It is a time of horrible
suffering; disease, famine, starvation, and the grisly death
of millions as a result of terrible warfare featuring the
ghastly weapons of modern technology which is to come on the
United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and
several of the democracies of northwestern Europe. It will
especially impact the modern nation called "Israel," the
Jews in Palestine!
---end of excerpt---
The next excerpt is from our
booklet, “Can You Understand Bible Prophecy”…
Can Just Anyone Understand
Bible Prophecy?
At the end of
the book of Daniel, Gabriel the archangel is
concluding his exposition of the longest single
prophecy in the Bible by explaining to Daniel that Palestine
will be occupied by a great northern military power. In the
twelfth and final chapter, following Daniel 11, the longest,
and one of the most detailed prophecies in the Bible,
Gabriel said, "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:
and there shall be a time of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at
that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that
shall be found written in the book. And many of them that
sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting
contempt" (Daniel 12:1, 2). In Jesus' famous "Olivet
prophecy" He said, "for then shall be great
tribulation [a
time of trouble],
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this
time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the
elect's sake those days shall be shortened" (Matthew 24:21,
22). Obviously, the prophecy of Jesus Christ and this
prophecy delivered to Daniel by the archangel Gabriel are
speaking of the same time!
Jeremiah said "Alas! For that day is great, so that
NONE IS LIKE IT: It is even the time of JACOB'S TROUBLE; but
he shall be saved out of it [meaning
he shall go THROUGH it, not be saved from it!]
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Eternal of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and
will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him: But they shall serve the Eternal their
God, and David their king, whom I will raise up
unto them" (Jeremiah 30:7-9).
This is the famous GREAT TRIBULATION of biblical
prophecy! Notice that Gabriel said to Daniel, "At that time
THY PEOPLE shall be delivered!" Remember, Daniel was in
captivity, together with many thousands of his Jewish
brethren, in Babylon! The northern ten-tribed HOUSE
OF ISRAEL had been taken captive many decades
earlier by the armies of Shalmanezer, king of Assyria!
It is obvious, then, that the great tribulation of
biblical prophecy is a time of trouble upon God's people of
ISRAEL (remember,
Jacob's name was
changed
to Israel!).
Surely, millions are familiar with the term "the Great
Tribulation." It is a common expression understood to
connote a time of great, global WARFARE; a time of
unparalleled trauma, suffering, heartache, disease,
earthquakes and tidal waves, destruction and loss of human
life in WAR!
Now, notice what happened!
"But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the
book, even TO THE TIME OF THE END; Many shall run to and
fro, and knowledge shall be increased" (Daniel 12:4).
Notice that Daniel's prophecies were to be shut Up,
CLOSED. But for how long? Were they to be closed so that
no human being could ever understand them? No! They were to
be shut up and sealed "even to the time of the end"!
You are living in "the time of the end"! Later, Daniel
asked "How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?"
(Daniel 12:6).
"And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon
the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and
his left hand unto heaven, and swear by Him that liveth
forever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half;
and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the
power of the holy people, all these things shall be
finished, And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O
my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said,
go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end! Many shall be purified, and
made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and
none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
understand!" (Daniel 12:6-10). So the prophecies of Daniel
are to be understood—but not UNTIL "the time of the
end"!
Eschatologists and students of Bible prophecy have
known down through many centuries that the book of Daniel
and the book of Revelation are both interrelated. It is as
if Bible prophecy were like one of the picture-type puzzles
one may buy in a game store. In order to fill in the
complete picture, you must have, not only the book of
Daniel, but the book of Revelation, together with many other
prophecies, not the least of which is Christ's Olivet
prophecy, to complete the picture!
It is for this reason there have been any number of
books published by theologians over the years concerning
both Daniel and the Revelation.
Notice what John said of his book of Revelation: "The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to SHOW
unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass;
and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His
servant John" (Revelation 1: 1). The book of Revelation was
given to SHOW, not to hide or conceal. But, notice it is
given to show unto "HIS SERVANTS" those things which are to
happen!
Now, turn to Amos 3:7: "Surely the Lord God will do
nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants
the prophets!" God says His true servants on this earth
WILL understand Bible prophecies!
He says, "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the
Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge
by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another
the working of miracles; to another PROPHECY..." (1
Corinthians 12:7-10).
The apostle Paul revealed that "God hath set some in
the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly
teachers..." (1 Corinthians 12:28).
Therefore, a gift of the Holy Spirit of God—that of
understanding Bible prophecies—was predicted to be in
God's true church! He plainly says that He will give that
gift of prophetic understanding, uniquely, to a certain few
of His true ministers! Others, who may be called to perform
other functions, either pastoring a local congregation, or
being sent by others to preach the gospel (as
were Peter and John; Acts 8:14)
may not necessarily have this gift of understanding
prophecy.
Therefore, we see that Almighty God has deliberately
guarded the prophecies of the Bible! They are NOT given
as a curious "plaything" for various would-be spiritual
leaders or the organizers of cults. They are not for those
like the ancient Babylonian soothsayers, astrologers,
stargazers and dealers in witchcraft; not given to
provide a plaything for speculators, fanatics,
self-proclaimed "prophets" and would-be religious leaders!
The gift of understanding prophecy, so says your Bible,
would be a PART of the very true Church of God!
---end of excerpt---
In the same booklet, it says…
By this brief study, you
will see that the great tribulation (Matthew 24:21, 22), or
the time of Jacob’s trouble, comes BEFORE the
heavenly signs. You see that the heavenly signs come AFTER
the tribulation. You see that the Day of the Lord
Comes AFTER the heavenly signs!
---end of excerpt---
The following excerpt is from our
booklet, “The Beast of the Apocalypse: What is it?”
The Great Tribulation¯the Time of “Jacob’s Trouble”
The two most specific events which will indicate to
God’s people that the Great Tribulation is about to begin
were prophesied by Jesus Christ in His famous Olivet
Prophecy.
He warned, “When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
stand in the holy place (whoso
readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains....For then shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no,
nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened
[by God’s intervention],
there should no flesh be saved [alive];
but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened”
(Matthew 24:15-22). Again, please call, or write for your
copy of our in depth booklet, "MIDEAST STRIFE—Will It Lead
To ARMAGEDDON?". It covers all the amazing signs Christ
said would occur which would usher in the tribulation;
droughts, famines, disease epidemics, earthquakes; you will
learn how the nations have stockpiled deadly biological and
chemical weapons; about nuclear proliferation; about the
potential for another war in the Mideast, and European and
American involvement.
The Abomination of Desolation has occurred several
times in the past, as a type, or forerunner of the final
fulfillment. Antiochus Ephipanes desecrated the Temple,
dedicated it to Jupiter Olympus, and caused swine to be
sacrificed in the holy place. Titus desecrated it when
Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70.
The second very specific sign for which Jesus said
we are to watch is armies surrounding Jerusalem. “And when
ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that
the desolation thereof is nigh” (Luke 21:20).
The final, end-time fulfillment of these prophecies
will be brought about by the Beast power moving into
Palestine, overflowing into many other countries in the
region, including Egypt (Daniel 11:40-45).
For many years, we have shown how the pope has
called for Jerusalem to become a “corpus separatum,” or
“internationalized city,” open to people of all faiths, in
order to remove it as a political capital for any nation.
The new Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin
Netanyahu, has said over and over again that Jerusalem will
never again be a divided city; that it will remain, in
perpetuity, as the capital of the Jewish state. Yet, Yassir
Arafat and the PLO, backed by many other virulently
anti-Israeli nations, including Syria, Iraq, and Iran,
absolutely insist that Jerusalem must become the political
capital of the Palestinian state.
As discussed thoroughly in our booklet, "MIDEAST
STRIFE—Will It Lead To ARMAGEDDON?" the policies of the new
Israeli government could well spell an end to the tentative
“peace process” in the Mideast. Be sure to read that lengthy
and very informative booklet for the complete picture.
The next war in the Mideast could bring about
massive intervention from Europe. That intervention could
come in the form of the movement of vast military forces
into Israel, surrounding Jerusalem! If masquerading as the
“Prince of Peace,” the pope of Rome could then enter into
the Temple, having the power to perform miracles before
hundreds of millions over global satellite television! He
could claim that the only true church, the universal church,
is returning to the place of its birth, Jerusalem! Study 2
Thessalonians 2 in this regard, where the “man of sin” will
sit in the Temple of God, claiming to be very God!
Now, the Abomination of Desolation, AND the
surrounding of Jerusalem with armies, would be in place!
Meanwhile, the United States and the British
Commonwealth countries will be deep into economic malaise;
afflicted by shocking, record-breaking droughts in some
places; floods in others. Disease will be taking a dreadful
toll; starvation will take the lives of hundreds of
thousands, as famines grip many countries. Earthquakes and
volcanic eruptions will cause further, massive destruction.
The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
Make no mistake! In the event of a major war in the
Mideast, the United States would be directly involved! So
would Europe, and, if such a conflict threatened the oil
supplies in the Gulf, so would Japan. These observations are
not prophetic¯they are geopolitical; practical economics!
This is important, for many scoff at biblical
history and Bible prophecy, which prove the Great
Tribulation is to fall primarily on the lost ten tribes of
Israel, as well as the Jewish state of Israel.
The Tribulation is to fall upon Britain, the United
States, and all those countries which are a part of “Jacob”
and “Judah.”
Jeremiah was given a prophecy about this time of
terrible national suffering, “For thus saith the Eternal; We
have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child?
wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as
a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out
of it” (Jeremiah 30:5-7).
This is exactly the same time described by Jesus
Christ and Daniel a time without parallel in horror, in
destruction and death; a time worse in disastrous events
than there has been “since there was a nation until now”; a
time greater than any other time “from the beginning of the
world to that time, no, nor ever shall be.”
It is the time of Jacob’s trouble! Jacob’s name was
changed to Israel. Israel had twelve children who are the
eponymous ancestors of twelve tribes. But dying Israel
crossed his hands, deliberately blessing the two sons of
Joseph by laying his right hand on the head of Ephraim, who
was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh,
who was the elder. He said, “let MY NAME be named on them”
(Genesis 48:13-21).
Ephraim was to become a company of nations and
Manasseh was to become the greatest single nation on earth.
This fascinating story is covered in great detail in the
book mentioned above¯there is no space to repeat it all
here. It is the story of how the Israelite nation was
formed; how the house of Israel and the house of Judah are
two distinctly different nations in history, with two
separate histories; two separate dynasties of kings.
Israel was carried captive in 721-718 B.C. by
Shalmanezer of Assyria. The bulk of them never returned.
Judah continued in the land until being deported as slaves
by Babylon. As you read earlier, Cyrus and Artaxerxes
allowed them to return to Palestine and rebuild the Temple,
during the time of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
But the vast majority of the tribes Gad, Asher,
Reuben, Naphtali, Dan, Issachar, Ephraim, Manasseh,
Benjamin, and large portions of Simeon and Levi (who
had no inheritance in the land, and were disbursed among all
the tribes, including Judah)¯overspread the
valleys of Europe, eventually settling all of northwestern
Europe and the British Isles.
God’s warning through Jeremiah said the Great
Tribulation of the end time would come upon Jacob, meaning
Israel. But the biblical term Israel does not mean the
modern nation in Palestine by that name, who are
predominantly Jews, and therefore of the house of Judah.
Remember, the very first time the word Jew is ever used in
the Bible, the Jews are at war against Israel (2 Kings
16:6).
Four whole books of the Bible, 1 and 2 Kings, and 1
and 2 Chronicles, are devoted to the separate histories, and
the separate dynasties of kings of the two distinctly
different kingdoms of the house of Judah, (the
Jews) and the house of Israel (who
were never called Jews).
Now, notice the time setting of Jeremiah’s prophecy:
“For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Eternal of
hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and
will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him: But they shall serve the Eternal [Jehovah,
or JHVW] their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them” (Jeremiah 30:8,9). Again, here is a
prophecy which shows Israel in captivity until the time of
the intervention of God, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ,
and the resurrection of the dead!
Israel, meaning Jacob, or the so-called lost ten
tribes, are pictured as in captivity until God Himself
breaks their bonds. A foreign power, or powers, has laid a
yoke upon them, as a man would yoke an ox. They are in bonds
which Christ Himself will burst, to set them free.
Now, whose yoke is laid upon them?
God says, “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and
the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him
against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my
wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to
take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the
streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart
think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off
nations not a few” (Isaiah 10:5-7). Study this entire
chapter, for it is God’s prophecy that the northern ten
tribes would be removed by the armies of Assyria. And they
were, in waves of invading forces from 721 to 718 B.C. But
they never returned to Palestine en masse.
Once again, notice the time setting of the prophecy:
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of
Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob [Ephraim
and Manasseh primarily], shall no more again stay
upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Eternal,
the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return [this
has never yet happened in history!], even the
remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God....And it shall come
to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away
from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and
the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing”
(Isaiah 10:20,21,27).
Time and time again, ten-tribed Israel is depicted
as being in a wretched state of captivity their proud
nations having been destroyed and their populations having
become slaves, like the millions of forced laborers in
Germany and eastern Europe during World War II. When does
the Bible picture this terrifying state of affairs?
Isaiah 11 answers this question. Here are a few
brief excerpts: “And in that day there shall be a root of
Jesse [Christ],
which shall stand for an ensign for the people; to it shall
the Gentiles seek: and His rest [His
millennial kingdom] shall be glorious. And it
shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set His
hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His
people, which shall be left, from Assyria [this
has never happened in history!]....And He shall
set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the
outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of
Judah [notice two different
peoples] from the four corners of the
earth....And the Eternal shall utterly destroy the tongue of
the Egyptian sea [the
eastern Mediterranean and Nile Delta]: and with
His mighty wind shall He shake His hand over the river, and
shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
dry shod. And there shall be an highway for the remnant of
His people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it
was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of
Egypt” (Isaiah 11:10-16).
Never has any such thing occurred in history. Here,
modern-day Israel, which does not mean the nation by that
name in Palestine, is scattered among many nations,
primarily Assyria, which is a modern, super-powerful,
industrialized nation.
Notice again that it was Assyria that is prophesied
to place a yoke of slavery on God’s people Israel during the
Great Tribulation.
Now, notice: “Come down, and sit in the dust, O
virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no
throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more
be called tender and delicate....Thy nakedness shall be
uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. As for our
redeemer, the ETERNAL of hosts is His name, the Holy One of
Israel. Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness O
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called,
The lady of kingdoms. I was wroth with my people, I have
polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand:
thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou
very heavily laid thy yoke” (Isaiah 47:1, 3-6).
This is the great false church organization, the
“image of the Beast,” which is a mystery religion, having
its ancient roots in Chaldea. For astounding proof of the
direct relationship between the ancient Chaldean mystery
religion and modern-day Roman Catholicism, read The Two
Babylons, by Alexander Hislop.
Notice, then, that it is both Assyria, the modern
nation, and the great “lady of kingdoms,” or a false
religious system, which lay their yoke of merciless
captivity and persecution on God’s people Israel.
“And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so
that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither
didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now
this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I AM, and none else
beside me [names and titles
of GOD, which are ultimate blasphemies in God’s sight!];
I shall not sit as a widow [so
she was metaphorically married], neither shall I
know the loss of children [she
has “daughters” which came out of her in protest]:
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one
day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come
upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy
sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine
enchantments” (Isaiah 47:7-9).
The Beast power is ridden by a scarlet-colored
woman, called the “mother of harlots and abominations of the
earth.” God will allow the ten-nation Beast power, at the
behest of the False Prophet, over a great false church, to
punish His people, who have utterly rejected His laws and
His way of life.
But after the Beast power occupied Palestine and
Egypt, “tidings out of the east and out of the north shall
trouble him” (Daniel 11:44).
The sixth trumpet plague is described: “And the
sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way
of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are
the spirits of demons, working miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather
them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty....And
he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon [Har-Meggido,
or the hill of Megiddo, about ninety miles north of
Jerusalem]. And the seventh angel poured out his
vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the
temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done! And
there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there
was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon
the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the
great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance
before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of His wrath” (Revelation 16:12-19).
The Beast power will then turn upon the great false
church and utterly destroy her!
There was a limerick many years ago which is
hauntingly appropriate to the description of the woman who
rides the beast, but who is ultimately destroyed by the
Beast:
There once was a lady from Niger,
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And a smile on the face of the tiger.
Notice: “And the ten horns which thou sawest upon
the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her
desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her
with fire. For God hath put it in their hearts to fulfil His
will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman
which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth” (Revelation 17:16-18).
The Critical And Experimental Commentary says, “As
Jerusalem used the world-power to crucify her Saviour, and
then was destroyed by that very power, Rome, so the Church,
having apostatized to the world, shall have judgment
executed upon her by the world-power, the beast and his
allies” (vol. VI., p. 713).
Then follows Revelation 18, which details how the
Beast shall “hate the whore” and make her desolate.
Here, she is once again characterized as “Babylon
the great.”
God’s warning to the world, and His warning to you
is, “Come out of her [the
Babylonish “mystery” religion], my people that ye
be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues: for her sins have reached unto heaven” (Revelation
18:4).
Now you know who, and what, is the Beast of the
Apocalypse! It is a ten-nation combine which will arise in
Europe, most probably dominated by Germany, the
“fatherland,” in cooperation with the “mother” church!
A “king of the south” will “push at” this huge
European power (Daniel 11:40-45), which will precipitate a
massive invasion of the Mideast, and the occupation of
Palestine.
Perhaps prior to this time, a temple will be rebuilt
in Jerusalem, or a cornerstone will be dedicated. If the
Arab mosques of the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque,
which stand on the site of Solomon’s Temple, were to be
destroyed, it would precipitate a massive war in the
Mideast; such an act would unite otherwise bickering,
disagreeing Arab states.
Any major threat to the precious oil supplies of
Japan (70 percent dependent!),
or Europe (46 percent
dependent!), would bring about military
intervention.
The stage would be set for a great religious leader
to “sit in the temple of God, shewing that he is God,” by
performing “miracles in the sight of the beast,” and
bringing about massive persecution and martyrdom of God’s
true people!
Never forget that the two most important events for
which God’s people are to watch were pointed out by Jesus
Christ Himself: “When ye shall see the abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet...stand in the
holy place where it ought not,” and, “When ye see Jerusalem
surrounded with armies then know that the destruction
thereof is nigh.”
There are no “secrets” involved in any of these
prophetic understandings. No chronologies, no numerology, no
secret visions, no special dreams.
Today, geopolitics moves inexorably toward the very
events Jesus Christ Himself described. But as evil and
horrifying as the Great Tribulation is to be, Jesus Christ
reassured His people by saying, “And when these things begin
to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads: for
your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
It is always darkest before the dawn. You and I live
in terrible times. We are surrounded by senseless terrorist
bombings, street crime, drug abuse, rape, arson, and murder.
Daily, we hear of children murdering other children; of
parents drowning or shooting their own children; of
“drive-by” shootings. We hear of robbery, burglary, auto
theft, and every form of violence. We hear of wars and
conflagrations from Bosnia to Northern Ireland; from Burundi
to Korea.
Our nations are being torn apart by divorce, and the
destruction of the family. Like Sodom of old, major
political influences now change legislation to permit “same
sex” marriages. Millions of helpless, unborn human beings
have been slaughtered, many in the ninth month, by the
forces of “pro-choice,” who now represent a major political
movement, absolutely critical in national elections!
For these, and myriad other sins, God Almighty says
He will shortly allow the wrath of the mighty Beast of the
Apocalypse, ridden by a scarlet-clad woman, to wreak
terrible vengeance upon our peoples!
Speaking of the horrible droughts, famines, disease
epidemics, earthquakes, and wars which will afflict us,
Jesus Christ says to you and to me, “Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that you might be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand
before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36).
As the “watchman” to Israel, Ezekiel cried out,
“Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die,
O house of Israel?” (Ezekiel 33:11).
Finally, remember Jesus’ words: “For then shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of
the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except
those days should be shortened [by
divine intervention from God!], there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be
shortened!” (Matthew 24:21,22).
May God grant that you and I be a part of His very
elect!
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The next short excerpt is from
our booklet, “United States of Europe, When?”…
Notice that the GREAT TRIBULATION is specifically called the
"time of Jacob's trouble"! It is a time of national
privation and captivity for the two tribes who bear Jacob's
[Israel's] name,
Ephraim [Britain]
and Manasseh [the
United States].
God warns, "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble [great
trial, or tribulation]; but he shall be saved out of it [he
shall go through it, not escape from it]. For it
shall come to pass in that day, saith the Eternal of hosts,
that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and
will burst thy bonds [picturing
slavery!],
and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: But
they shall serve the Eternal their God, and David their
king, whom I will raise up unto them" (Jeremiah
30:7-9). The time setting of this prophecy is inescapable.
It is at the time leading up to the first resurrection,
which occurs at the moment of Christ's return (1
Corinthians 15:50-52).
At the time of Christ's return, His people in America and
Britain are pictured as being under the heavy yoke of
an enemy! That enemy is identified as Assyria—GERMANY
in Bible prophecy—together with a GREAT FALSE UNIVERSAL
CHURCH!
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From the same booklet…
WELL, NOW, IT IS BEGINNING! How long, now, to the
impoverishment of the American people; to complete economic
collapse; to the beginning of the GREAT TIME OF JACOB'S
TROUBLE—the time of national privation and hardship never
before imagined for America and Britain? How long,
now, until we are at the feet of our former enemies?
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The next and final excerpt is
from our booklet, “Who, What is the ‘Beast’ of Revelation?”…
In Jeremiah's description of the great tribulation,
called "Jacob's trouble," that is made plain.
"Alas! For that day is great so that none is like it
[see Matthew 24:21] it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble [Jacob's name
was changed to Israel]; but he shall be saved out
of it.
"For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Eternal of
Hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck,
and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve
themselves of him:
"But they shall serve the Eternal their God, and David
their king, whom I will raise up" (Jeremiah
30:7-9). Finally God releases them from captivity.
Notice the time element. This is at the resurrection,
following the Second Coming of Christ! David, who has been
these many centuries dead, is pictured as being
raised from the dead, to become the king of Israel!
Thus, in this prophecy of both destruction, privation and
captivity, there is also eventual rescue and restitution.
A great "yoke" of captivity has been laid across the backs
of God's people!
And it is that "great whore" astride the beast who afflicts
God's people with her "yoke"!
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