This depiction of The Menorah being taken away on the Arch of Titus that still stands today in Rome. This frieze is the best known image of what the menorah in the Temple looked like. As such it is this depiction of the Menorah which appears on Israel’s Coat of Arms.

The Menorah has seven branches of candelsticks.  Seven is the perfect number for God.  Israel celebrates seven feasts:

1. Passover
2. Unleavened Bread
3. First Fruits
4. Pentecost
5. Trumpets (Rosh Hashana)
6. Yom Kippur
7. Feast of Tabernacle

Jesus Christ fulfilled the first four feasts (Spring Feasts) whe He came the first time.  And He will fulfill the last three feasts (Fall Feasts) when He comes the second time.

1. Passover — Jesus Christ was the Passover Lamb that took away the sin of the world
2. Unleavened Bread — Jesus was sinless.  Jesus exchanged His perfection for our sin so that He could present us sinless and perfect to the Holy Father in Heaven.
3. First Fruits — Jesus Christ was the First Fruit after He died and was resurrected He was the first to be resurrected and to be present in Heaven as the First of many to follow through faith in Jesus Christ as their LORD and Savior.
4. Penticost — Jesus gave His Holy Spirit to the Church when He left.  He did not leave us as orphans but left His Holy Spirit in this world to protect, guide, and direct the Church.
5. Trumpets — The next event on God’s calendar is the Rapture of the Church.  Of all of the feasts, Rosh Hashana was the one when “no one would know the day nor the hour” because Rosh Hashana occurs on a new moon which shifts in time.  We believe the LORD is going to take His Bride the Church into heaven on Rosh Hashana while the world will spin out of control into the Seven Year Tribulation Period.  The last three and a half years will be the Great Tribulation Period that will become hell on earth.  Meanwhile, in heaven, the Church is celebrating and experienicing the Marriage of the Lamb in heaven (Rev 19, Rev 12:10-12).
6. Yom Kippur — We believe Jesus Christ will fulfill Yom Kippur with the Return of Jesus Christ.  At the end of the Great Tribulation Period, Jesus will return with the Saints (His Bride) and Jesus will defeat the AntiChrist and False Prophet.  Satan is bound for one thousand years.  Jesus Christ sets up his Millennial Reign on Earth and true Justice and Peace will be on Earth.  The Earth will be renewed and civilization will grow beyond anything that mankind has seen under the direct guidance and leadership of Jesus Christ (Revelation 20:1-6).
7. Feast of Tabernacle — We believe in a young Earth.  We believe that since creation the time that has expired is six thousand years.  And for the next thousand years (the seventh thousand years of creation), we believe we will tabernacle with Jesus Christ, God the Father, and Holy Spirit (The Holy Trinity) for one thousand years during the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ on Earth.  After that, we will continue to tabernacle with The Holy Trinity for eternity with the creation of a New Heaven and a New Earth (Revelation 21).

Notes from David Jeremiah on The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

I.  The Second of Jesus Christ is a very important doctrine of the Bible

• The door of heaven will open up for Jesus
• The Second coming is the most dominant
• Jesus said twenty-one times that He is returning
• Zechariah 1:4
• Acts 1:11
• Jesus Announced the Second Coming: Matthew 24:27
• Matthew 24:29-30
• John The Apostle: Revelation 1:7
• The last words of the Bible: Revelation 22:20

II.  The Second Advent of Jesus Christ

Revelation 4:1

• The first door is opened so the church will pull the church into heaven
• The second opening of the door is for the Revelation
• The door will open and Jesus will return back from heaven to the Mount of Olives

A.  The Description

1. FAITHFUL and TRUE
2. The LORD of LORDS and KING of KINGS
3. The Lord Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever
4. He is the Word of God, and the Word became flesh

B. The Description of Christ

1. His eyes will be like a flaming fire  Rev 20
2. Fire will flow from His eyes — He will judge the whole earth in righteousness
3. There will be no posturing in that day
4. Jesus will focus on motives and judge from perfection
5. The LORD Jesus doesn’t have to ask any questions about us.  He sees us as we are.
6. Jesus will wear multiple crowns.  He is KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS.  He is the Ultimate Authority.  Revelation 19:12-13  He will have a blood-stained garment.

• • Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God sacrificed for us
  • He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world

C. Armies of God — The Saints of the LORD

1. The Saints are in God’s army.
2. The Saints of God don’t fight.  They celebrate the LORD and the victory of the LORD!
3. Jude 14-15 The LORD comes with ten thousands of His saints to judge the world in their ungodliness.
4. God judges the ungodly nations when He returns.
5. Throughout Revelation, as God judges the earth, He continually gives opportunities to man to repent from sin and to be saved.

III.  The Authority of Chirst

1. KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS  – Revelation 20
2. Isaiah 9:6  ”For unto us a Child is born, unto us Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder”

IV.  When Jesus comes back there is a War

1. Revelation 19:17-18
2. When the LORD Jesus returns, there will be a war: Armageddon
3. After He smites the rebellion there are the great Supper of God for the birds for those who are defeated by the LORD Jesus.
4. In Rev 19 there is for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb — The Church rejoices
5. The foes of Jesus Christ — Revelation 19:19 The Beast and False Prophet and the kings of the earth will make war with Jesus Christ.
6. This is the culmination of sin and rebellion — when the Antichrist goes against Almighty God.
7. Revelation 19:20 — The Beast and the False Prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone where they are tormented forever and ever.
8. Hell is a real place and people are cast into everlasting suffering.
9. These two satanic creatures go to hell before Satan does at the end of the Tribulation period.  Revelation 20:10
10. After the 1,000 year reign of Jesus Christ, Satan is released, defeated.
11. Hell is not the annihilation of the spirit but he judgement of the spirit where the spirit will live eternally in suffering.
12. It’s positive to talk about Hell — because if you don’t go there that is positive.
13. If you don’t believe in Jesus Christ, you will spend eternity in hell.
14. Just because you don’t believe in Jesus Christ, doesn’t make it not true.
15. If you believe in Jesus Christ, He is the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.

V.  The Results of Studying Prophecy

1. If you get heaven right, you get the earth right, but if you miss heaven you don’t get either one — C. S. Lewis
2. When you learn about tomorrow, you are ready to live right today.
3. When you study prophecy, it should change your life today.
4. Because of the Second coming of Christ, we should refrain from judging others.  Leave the judging to God.  1 Corinthians 4:5
5. The LORD will return and make it right.
6. 1 Corinthians 11:26 — Proclaim the LORD’s death until He comes.  We look forward to His coming through communion.
7. We can relate to one another in love — 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 He will establish our hearts in love at the coming of His saints
8. We need to be busy about the business of Jesus Christ — PREACH THE WORD!  II Timothy 4:1-2
9. The LORD is coming back to judge the living and the dead.
10. Rebuke, convince, and exhort
11. We must refuse to neglect the church — Hebrews 10:25 Exhort one another as we see the Day approaching.
12. As the Day of the LORD draws near, we are to assemble, and celebrate the LORD.
13. We encourage each other as we assemble together.  Work harder at our relationships.
14. We must reach the lost for Jesus Christ — Jude 22-23
15. Lets take as many people with us to heaven that we can.
16. No man comes through the Father except through Him.

Notes from David Jeremiah on Armageddon

Armageddon is noted from many of the Prophets in the Bible.

Revelation   Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.

Joel 3:2

Isaiah 34:5

Zechariah 12:2

Revelation 14:20 — the flow of blood will be the height of the horses bridle 200 miles long, that is how long of Israel.

What is the purpose of Armageddon?

1. To finish the Judgement of Israel.  The people of Israel has rejected the Messiah.  The time happening during Armageddon is called Jacob’s Pain on Israel.
2. Joel  Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. ^{I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations.}
3. To formally judge the nations that have aligned themselves against God and have rejected Jesus Christ.  God is storing up his wrath for the day of Judgement.  Revelation 19:15

The seven years of tribulation is going to occur.  The Battle of Gog and Magog is going to happen in the future when Israel is at peace with their neighbors.  In the Battle of Gog and Magog, Israel will be attacked on all sides.  Israel will be so desperate for peace that they will sign the covenant for peace.  Then shortly after, the Battle of Gog and Magog will take place.  God will save Israel from destruction.  It will take seven months to bury the dead and seven years to burn the weapons.

The Battle of Gog and Magog is not Armageddon.  The Battle of Gog and Magog happens before or early into the Tribulation Period.  The Battle of Armageddon

Daniel 9:27 One week == Seven Years — The AntiChrist from the European Union will

Daniel 11:36 — Then the king shall do — The AntiChrist will blaspheme the God of Heaven.

Daniel 11:37-39 — The AntiChrist only understands the God of fortresses — His own wealth and power

Then after he gains power, Reelation 13:15 Demands for people to worship him, then the people will be killed

The Decision to fight against the Antichrist.  Daniel 11:40 “At the time of the end the king of the ..”

Revelation 16:12 The angel dris up the Euphrates river.

Revelation 9:16 Two hundred million man army — Spirits of demons performing signs

Revelation 16:14 The armies is demon inspired.

Revelation 19:11-16 The Church comes back with the LORD

We come back on the white horses in white linen (clean and pure)

Zechariah 14:5

1 Thessalonians 3:13

2 Thessalonians 1:10

Jude 14: Behold the LORD comes with 10,000 of His saints.  His saints are raptured into heaven and they come back with the LORD Jesus at the second advent.

Descending wtih All of His Angles:

Matthew 25:31 The LORD is coming back

We are His spectators and we observe to see Him do His work.

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Revelation for Today Bible Study Notes

Notes on Video: Apocolypse and the End Times

• Apocolypse and the End Times Video & Summary

Primary Purpose of the UN

• One world Government
• Why did God confuse the language of man? God could see in the hearts of man. Man wanted to be like God.
• Its satanic, luciferian, evil. The One World Government is a counterfiet of heaven.
• On the dollar bill is Annuit Coeptis: is literally translated as “He approves (or has approved) [our] undertaking(s)”.

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