God's Word warns that believers are not to give place to the devil... no honor, no praise and no fear.

       Ephesians 4:27 "Neither give place to the devil."

Acts 8:17-24 "Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."

The devil doesn't want the truth about himself known.

       He hates exposure of his deeds and conceals himself as an angel of light.

              2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." 

Satan's final and eternal confinement is predicted in Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Matthew shows satan's audacity in tempting Jesus.

       Matthew 4:3,6,8,  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread....
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down:....
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain.....

Job revealed satan as an oppressor of good people.

      Satan replied to the lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is! But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

“All right, you may test him,” the lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.”  So Satan left the lord’s presence.

The Word of God, the Bible, is the only authority for information about satan,the devil. In Genesis 3 is when satan enters the realm of  human life.

       Genesis 3:1-7 "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"

The devil has caused the ills and sorrows of humanity from the Garden of Eden to this present time.

        He works through his fallen angels, men or natural forces to bring his evil designs to pass.

The devil seeks to destroy God's works and man's life. He is a gangster and a revolutionary, and he upsets the heavens.

        He gathered angels to follow him, they are fallen angels.

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."  John 10:10 

Man is a neutral power with the potential to be good or bad.

       "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness?"  Romans 6:16

God is the creative and benevolent personality of the universe, God's power.

       In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 
       Genesis 1:1

        God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in      times past unto the fathers by the prophets.
        Hebrews 1:1

Our universe is no accident. It didn't evolve through unreliable and unintended forces of unknown origin. All globular and stellar information of speed, sound, color and weight is created by God.

Christians are becoming more and more aware of the influence of demons. There was a time when they were criticized for taking a stand against demons but are now believing they need to know how to discern them and how to deal with them.

         Christians need to know how to keep people free from their forces.

Another has said, The devil is actively engaged in combating America's growing religious revival. The proof of the devil's work is the increasing interest in the occult including astrology, tarot-card readings, ouija boards, palmistry, fortune-telling and particularly, witchcraft. It is perfectly obvious to all of us in spiritual work that people can be possessed by demons, harassed by them and controlled by them. 

        More and more ministers will have to learn to use the power of God to release people from these terrible possessions  by the devil.

Someone said, "Whole societies have fallen under the domination of the devil. Sex and narcotics provide openings for satan's infiltration of mankind.

        One of the great needs of our time is a defense against the evil which we call the devil. We are all under an obscure domination.

                 It is satan, the prince of this world, the #1 enemy!"

The devil has no respect of races, nations and people.

        Our world is rapidly changing. Society is being attacked by evil forces and satanism is springing up in every city and town. Many religious leaders are concerned about occultism and demon power.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Ephesians 1:7

We know that at the end of the millennium [1000 year reign of Jesus] we will be in the beginning of these things concerning the  'Ages' and eternity is still young.

With Jesus' surrender of the perfect Kingdom to His Father, what we speak of as 'time' will end and eternity will begin.

       Paul in Ephesians called it the 'ages to come.'

              John says the devil, the beast and the false prophet will be tormented day and night 'forever and ever' in Revelation 20:10 and the servants of God will reign for the same period.

Jesus Christ will not abdicate His power for any reason other than He has finished the work that was given to Him by the Father to do as the Son of Man.

         He will not give up His human nature but only His title of Son of Man and will go back to being the Son of God so that the Godhead will again act in unity and will be all in all.

The Great Abdication, the Millennial Age, and the Perfect Age between which the earth is restored by fire makes up the Age of Ages which is the time called the Kingdom of the Son of Man.

       At the close of the Age of Ages is when Christ shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. He must reign until He has put all enemies under His feet; then the Son of Man shall surrender the Kingdom of God to the Father that He may be all in all. This is known as the Great Abdication.

The New Throne
Revelation 22:3-4

The new Jerusalem has no Temple. There is no need for a Temple when the object of worship is present, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple.

      The whole city will be the Temple "Then the Tabernacle of God shall be with men and He will dwell with them and they shall be His  People and God Himself shall be with them and be their God." Revelation 21.

The Tree of Live
Revelation 22:2, 7

The streets on each side of the river are lined with trees and also on the banks of the river.

     They are not just shade trees, but fruit trees called the Tree of Life. They bear twelve kinds of fruit, a different kind each month.

          The fruit of the trees is for the overcomers. The leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations that will live on the new earth. They will be to keep them healthy.

Somewhere in the center of the City, will sit The Throne of God and from under the seat shall flow down the crystal stream that shall feed the wonderful River of Live.

The New River
Revelation 22:1

The waters of earthly rivers aren't crystal clear. Many are muddy and filled with contamination.

      This river is called the River of Life, because of its life giving ability.

             Earthly waters come from mountain springs, but the River of Life comes from the Throne of God.

My blogs have had technical difficulties since Nov 20th. The company I am with put up a create a new blog page and it kept me from getting to my blog dashboard. So I had figured I am out of the blogging business.

There has been a lot of communication between myself and google, blogger.com and webcolleagues in order to get this back online.  I do thank every body for their patience and all those who helped to solve the problem. I am sure I wasn't the only one who was having this problem because there are 100's of thousand of people blogging on these cites.  Thanks again everyone!

James, one of Jesus' apostles, said that we are only the "First Fruits of His creatures."  James 1:18.

        When this Earth has gone through its "Baptism of Fire" and is again fit for humans, men and women who are clean of sin, justifies God in the creation of the human race.

God will not permit satan to block His plan to populate this Earth with a sinless human race.

        The death of Jesus wasn't just to redeem a few million people, but to redeem the Earth and the Race itself from the curse of sin and the domination of satan.

It's clear that God doesn't plan to create a new race of people for the New Earth.

       His promise to Israel is that the descendants of Abraham shall inherit this earth for a thousand generation.  This isn't possible unless they are transplanted to the New Earth. Isaiah 66:22

There will be no sin on the New Earth or in the City; showing that the City will never be contaminated by evil of any kind.

The New Nations
Revelation 21:24-27

 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

There is not only to be a new Heaven and a new Earth, there is also to be a new City.

       This City is the place Jesus said He was going back to Heaven to prepare a place for Bride the Church. It isn't Heaven itself, but it comes down out of Heaven.

The angel said to John, "Come hither, I will shew thee the Bride, the Lamb's wife."

       Some believe the Bride is the Church, the Church is the Body of Christ; Christ is the head of His body and others believe the Bride is the New Jerusalem.

             Instead of John being shown a woman, he was shown a City, the Holy Jerusalem. That city is made of poeple who are the bride.

The New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:9-23


 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
¹⁰ And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
¹¹ Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
¹² And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
¹³ On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
¹⁴ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
¹⁵ And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
¹⁶ And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
¹⁸ And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
¹⁹ And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
²⁰ The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
²¹ And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
²² And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
²³ And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Paradise is restored
Revelation 21:2-8

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying , Behold , the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away . 5 And he that sat upon the throne said , Behold , I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write : for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done . I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable , and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

In the earth, there will be no disease germs because there will be no sickness, disease, or death. 

        Using the leaves of the Tree of Life will keep all healthy. There will be no evil or destruction there.

The New Earth
Revelation 21:1

The first heaven and earth were created in the past. Genesis 1:1

        The new earth is to last forever.

                 The new heaven and earth right after the destruction of satan and his armies, John doesn't tell us how it is to come to pass.

The New Heaven
Revelation 21:1

By new heaven we are to understand a new atmosphere for the new earth.

The Fallen Angel [not the devil's angels] who are held in everlasting chains under darkness, will be judged at this time which Jude calls the Judgment of the Great Day. Jude 6

       When this judgment is over the devil and his angels, and all the ungodly, will have be cast into the Lake of Fire and the universe is cleansed of all evil and righteousness shall reign on the New Earth.

The Great White Throne will not be on the earth, the Great White Throne Judgment will take place during the Restoration of the Earth by Fire.

         The Restoration of the Earth is kept until the time of that judgment which Peter calls The Day of Judgment and Perdition of ungodly men [2 Peter 3:7] because the Judgment of the Great White Throne is the judgment of the wicked dead.

Seventh Doom
The wicked Dead
The Great White Throne Judgment
Revelation 20:11-15

This is not a general judgment. The Church is not in this judgment and neither is Israel. They both have already been judged. at the Judgment Seat of Christ; and Israel was judged during the Tribulation Period.

         This is a judgment of the wicked dead and is a different judgment from that of The Nations. Matthew 25:31-46.

Only the bodies of those who die in the last great war will be destroyed by fire. 

       Their souls and spirits will go to the Hell and come out at the Resurrection of the Wicked [dead] and appear before the Great White Throne Judgment and be sentenced to the Second Death, which means that they must spend eternity without a material body in the Lake of Fire.

The reason satan doesn't want people to read and study the Book of Revelation is because he doesn't want the world to know that there is to be an end to his power.

Sixth Doom
Satan
Revelation 20:10

As punishment for his acts of rebellion, satan shall be taken by the angel that had chained him and threw him into the Lake of Fire where he will find alive and waiting for him the Beast/Antichrist and the False Prophet who were cast in there a 1000 years before.

        This shows that there isn't such a thing as annihilation. The Lake of Fire was prepared for the devil and his angels, not to consume them because God could have done that with fire from heaven but it is to punish them and all those whose names aren't written in the Book of Life. It's where they will spend eternity.

Fifth Doom
Gog and Magog

As soon as satan is loosed from his prison in the Bottomless Pit, he will find a multitude ready to believe his le, and to serve and obey him. They will be in number as the "sand of the sea." Revelation 20:8-9

Satan will be loosed out of his prison. Revelation 20:7-8.

        At the end of the Millennial Age, the angel who imprisoned satan will unlock the Bottomless Pit and satan will come out mad because of it, to vent his anger upon the people of God. He will be the same character that he was before. His hatred against God and His people will be unquenchable.

                He will only be able to touch those born during the Millennium and those who died below the age of accountability during the ages from creation to the end of the 1000 years.

Israel's Mission during the Millennial Age [1000 year reign of Jesus Christ] will be that of blessing to the Gentile nations.

         Israel has not yet been a leading nation. The nations today are a headless body. There is no chief nation.

                But in that day, Israel shall be the chief  nation and the nation that will not serve her shall perish.  Isaiah 60:12

The light of the moon and sun will increase. Isaiah 30:26.

        In the Millennium, the earth atmosphere will make the moonlight nights as bright as day and the days seven times as bright. Isaiah 60:19-20. Revelation 21:23-24

Human life will be prolonged. Isaiah 65:20

        A person dying at 100 years old will be considered only a child.  The elderly will be 100's of years old. These are they that are born during the 1000 year Millennium who don't have glorified bodies and have never been influenced by satan.

There will be changes in the animal kingdom. Isaiah 11:6-9.

        These word are literal.  This was the character of animals in Eden before the Fall and in the Ark.

                 The ferociousness of animals today are because of the fall of man. The conditions of Eden are to be restored on the earth at the appearance of the New Earth.

In the Millennium [the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ] the land of Palestine will be restored to it former fertility. This will be not only by rains, but by numerous rivers and streams that flow from the New River in the Sanctuary.  Joel 3:18

When the Great Red Dragon [satan] is cast out of the Heavenlies there will be cast out with him all the principalities and powers and age rulers of darkness. Ephesians 6:12.

         And the Heavens which now are not clean in His sight [Job 15:15], will be cleansed of evil powers.

                  There will be no universal peace unto the Lord comes back. Then the nations will beat their swords into plow-shares and the spears into pruning-hooks Micha 4:3.

During the Millennium the Prince of the Powers of the Air will be dethroned and the Prince of Peace will be enthroned.

That the evil heart of man hasn't been eradicated will be seen when satan is loosed at the end of the Millennium [1000 years].

       He is loosed and finds no problem deceiving the nations. Revelation 20:8.

Satan Bound
Revelation 20:1-3

Satan will be bound and imprisoned so that he can't deceive men any longer. 

        Man has never known or conceived what the world would be like free from satanic influence. He would still have an evil heart of unbelief to contend with but it would be like gunpowder without a spark.

The conversion of the Jewish nation will be sealed with a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

        The original prophecy in Joel was given to Israel and its partial fulfillment at Pentecost seems to have been limited to them.

                The  knowledge of the Lord will be world-wide and "it shall come to pass that ten men of all languages and nations shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you."  Zechariah 8:22-23

The priesthood of Aaron will be re-established and the sons of Zadok will officiate and offer sacrifices.  Ezekiel 44:15-31

The Temple or Sanctuary will be located in the center of the Holy Oblation.

         A full description of the Temple and its courts is given in Ezekiel 40:1; 44:31.  No building he has so specifically described has ever yet been built, so the prophecy cannot refer to any other Temple. 

                As there is to be no Temple in New Jerusalem, it must be a description of the Temple that is to be on the earth during the Millennium, [1000 years that Jesus will reign on the earth].

God gave the land to Abram [Abraham] and his descendants extending from the River of Egypt to the Great River Euphrates. Genesis 15:18.

        This land given by God to Abram was not conditional and has never been revoked. It is 8 times as large as that formerly occupied by the Twelve Tribes of Israel and it is to be divided among them.

Jerusalem will be the seat of government. It is to be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the Times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Luke 21:24.

         Then it will be rebuilt.  Ezekiel the prophet describes the restoration of the land and the city in Ezekiel 48:1-35.

The promise that Jesus made to His disciples that more than likely doesn't refer to the Millennial Age but to the Perfect Age; the Age that will follow the remaking of the New Earth by Fire.

"And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

The Millennial, 1000 year, reign of Jesus Christ will be a Theocracy.  God will rule by Jesus Christ.
Luke 1:30-33


"And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."

This Kingdom that Jesus will rule and reign is a literal Kingdom. This Kingdom is the Millennial Kingdom or 1000 years.

       It will be set up at the time Jesus returns with the Armies of Heaven [all the Saints] and destroys the Antichrist and judge the Nations.

The Millennium

Revelation 20:4

"And they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

         That there is to be a period of time, 1000 years, when satan will be bound and Jesus will reign on the earth, is plain in the New Testament.  It is a time mentioned 6 times in Revelation 20:1-7, and is called the Millennium.

                It's the time that Jesus taught His disciples to pray for in the prayer - "Thy Kingdom Come."

The wicked will descend into the Lake of Fire where they will exist in a conscious state and in torment for all eternity.

        But the Second Death has no terror for the Righteous, the promise is that it shall have no power over them.

After the wicked have been raised to be judged at the Great White Throne Judgment and because their names are not found written in the Book of Life, they are sentenced to die again, that is, their souls and spirits are separated from their bodies and then they go to the Lake of Fire without material bodies.

         Because a 'soul' and a 'spirit' are fireproof, they can remain in the flames of a literal fire for all eternity without being consumed. 

                This is the doom of the wicked!

There is another group of people mentioned called the Rest of the Dead, who are not to live again [that is, raised from the dead] until the 1000 years are finished.

        Who these dead are, are referred to as the Wicked Dead.

                It's clear that there are Two Resurrections of the dead. The first of the Righteous and the second of the Wicked; these two Resurrections are 1000 years apart.

John saw the Tribulation Saints in their disembodied or soulish state between death and the resurrection of their bodies.

         This shows that both the groups of believers were resurrected and lived and were to reign with Jesus for a 1000 years. 

                The Tribulation Saints will live and reign with Him during the 1000 years also.

And the others described by the words, "And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God and which had not worshipped the Beast neither his Image, neither had received the Mark upon their foreheads or in their hands"

         This group is made up of those who were slain for refusing to worship the Beast or his Image and represent the Tribulation Saints; or those who perish as martyrs after the Church has been caught out.

The Believers we see sitting on Thrones are the Four and Twenty Elders of chapter 4:4-5.

         They stand for the Church and were resurrected or caught up out before The Tribulation and are the harvest that Christ and those who rose at the time of His Resurrection were the First Fruits.

The First Resurrection is in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, that the dead in Christ shall rise first. 

          But as no wicked are mentioned it is simply a statement that the living Christians shall not be caught away before the Dead in Christ is raised.

                   This speaks of two set of Believers who are to be raised at the First Resurrection. 

The First Resurrection.
Revelation 20:4-6.

" And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; [these are the Tribulation Saints] and they [ the Throne Sitters' and Tribulation Saints']lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
But the rest of the dead [the wicked dead] lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [the Throne Sitters' and Tribulation Saints'] is the First Resurrection.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the First Resurrection: on such the Second Death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a Thousand Years."

Satan is not casted into the 'Lake of Fire' at this time along with the Beast and the False Prophet because he will be loosed for a short time after 1000 years.

The binding of satan shows that God can stop his evil work when He is ready and without sending the armies of Heaven to do it.

          At that time, God will empower a single angel to seize, handcuff and imprison him.

The character of the chain isn't the most interesting, it's the fact that satan can and will be bound and confined in a place where he can't get out for 1000 years.

         While nothing is said about his angels and demons or other evil powers of the air; they too will be powerless during that period.

Objections have been raised about the possibility of a spirit being bound with an iron chain.

        In 2 Peter 2:24 and Jude 6, the angels who sinned and kept not their First Estate and who are now reserved in chains, in darkness unto the Judgment of the Great Day [the Great White Throne Judgment].

The Angel, who has the 'Key' of the Bottomless Pit, is the same angel that Paul saw when the "Fifth Trumpet" sounded in Revelation 9:1-2, who seems to be the keeper of the key of the bottomless pit.

While satan is the...
'Prince of the powers of the air', Ephesians 2:2; 
and the 'God of this age', 2 Corinthians 4:4;
and the 'Ruler of the powers of darkness, Ephesians 6:11-12;
and whose position is so exalted that even Michael the Archangel dare not insult him, Jude 9; and while he has great power and influence, he is not omnipotent because One Angel, not called a strong angel, is able to take and bind him.

The Interval Between 
The Fourth and Fifth Dooms.
Satan Bound for a Thousand Years.
Revelation 20:1-3.

"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

        Satan is called four different names 'Dragon', 'Serpent', 'Devil' and 'Satan'. From these and the fact that he can be bound shows that he is a person because an influence or a principle of evil cannot be bound.

The destruction of the great army will be supernatural and as there is to be great hail to fall from heaven on the enemies of God when the Seventh Vial is poured out, which is included at this time, may be the means God will use, because it was the way that the enemies of Israel were destroyed on the same battlefield in the Battle of BethHoron in the days of Joshua, Joshua 10:1-11

The words in Revelation 19:21, "and all the fowls were filled with their flesh," will fulfill the words of Jesus: "For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles [birds of prey] be gathered together." Matthew 24:27-28.

The Feast in Revelation 19:17-18 is described in the Old Testament, in Ezekiel 39:1-22.

         Also in Ezekiel this same chapter, it tells of the House of Israel, the occupants of Palestine in that day, shall be seven months burying the bones of the dead, the flesh having been eaten by the birds and beasts of prey and the wood from the weapons , army wagons, spears, etc, shall last the inhabitants of the land for fuel seven years, so that they will not have to take wood out of the field, nor cut down any out of the forests.

"And I [John] saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, [buzzards, vultures, eagles], Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

        That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them [ordinary soldiers], and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."

Fourth Doom
Antichristians Nations
Revelation 19:21

"And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh."

The destruction of human life will be so great in the Battle of Armageddon, that God will prepare for it in advance.

After the Battle of Armageddon is over, satan will be bound and cast into the 'Bottomless Pit', where he will be 'sealed up' for 1000 years.

         This is the last act of the Tribulation Period.

Third Doom.
The Beast and False Prophet.
Revelation 19:20

"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."

Before the destruction of the army of the Antichrist, he and the false prophet will be cast 'alive' into the 'Lake of Fire.'  This shows that they are not systems but persons. They will be cast in without dying and will be still there and alive when satan is cast in 1000 years later.

Zechariah says "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh," The Day of the Lord is the Millennial Day, For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Those fighting the Battle of Armageddon will be armies of the Antichrist and the Heavenly Army of Christ.

          The time will be when the Harvest of the Earth is ripe and the armies are about to take the city of Jerusalem.

The Tribulation Period will close with the Battle of Armageddon.

        We will see the armies of the East and of the West be assembled in the Holy Land by demon spirits that will be sent from the mouths of the Satanic Trinity.

                The field of battle will be the Valley of Megiddo, located in the middle of Palestine, it's the battlefield of the great battles of the Old Testament.

Jesus comes to reign.

       But He doesn't come unarmed. "Out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron."

               Here's the fulfillment of the Second Psalm.

The other riders on white horses were clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

         This is the dress of the Saints that make up the Bride.  It is clear that Christ's Bride will come back to the earth with Him and this is the fulfillment of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, recorded in Jude 14, "Behold, the Lord cometh with 10,000 of His Saints."

The name of the White Horse Rider isn't given, but is called the Word of God and on His vesture and thigh, a name was written "King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

          Only once recorded did Jesus ride and that was on a humble donkey; but when He comes again in His Glory as King of Kings, He will be riding a magnificent white charger.

In Revelation chapter 6 and verse 2, a White Horse Rider was seen, who had a bow in his hand and a crown was given to him and he went forth conquering and to conquer.

        That 'rider' was the "Antichrist" but this Rider has eyes like a flame of fire and on His head were many crowns and out of His mouth went a sharp sword.

                 This identifies Him as the person John saw standing in the midst of the Seven Candlesticks of chapter one and whom we saw to be the Son of Man.

The Battle of
Armageddon.
Revelation 19:11-19.


"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army."

Then after the Marriage Feast and after the Earth has had its Baptism of Fire, Jesus and His Saints, will return with the Holy City to live on the New Earth forever.

         John was enraptured by the revelation that he said, "I fell at his [the angel's] feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."  All prophecy testifies of Jesus.

The Marriage Feast is the supper that follows after the marriage has been performed.

         There is one thing about this Feast, it will be such an honor to receive an invitation and to be present, that the angel said to John, "Write" put it down in black and white lest you forget, do not trust to tradition lest the world never hear about it, but, "Write, blessed are they which are called unto the Marriage Supper of the Lamb."

                  What a supper it will be! God can put on a real Feast. Not a black tie affair but a white robe affair!

The Marriage takes place in Heaven after the Judgment Seat of Christ [of Rewards], and before the appearing of Jesus with His Saints at His return to earth to setup His Kingdom.

Soon the sleeping Church shall hear the cry, "Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet Him," and Heaven will be filled with the cry, "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to Him, for the Marriage of the Lamb is come."

The Bride was chosen for Jesus Christ before the Foundation of the World, but the marriage couldn't take place until after He received His humanity.

           It wasn't until after His incarnation that it was said, "I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:2.

The Marriage of the Lamb is the completion of the joy of Jesus Christ as a man.

         It would have been impossible if He hadn't been born in the flesh because the Bride is human.

                This is why Jesus took His human nature back to glory and now we have in Heaven the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5.

It doesn't say the Marriage of the Bride. It is the Marriage of the Lamb.

         It will be the beginning of the Plan of God for His Son, not the Bride, which was arranged before the Foundation of the World.

The Marriage of the Lamb was one of the topics that Jesus loved to speak on.

         Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to Him, for the Marriage of the Lamb is come and His wife hath made herself ready.

                 Blessed are they which are called unto the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

The Marriage 
of the Lamb
Revelation 19:8-10

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And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 
And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Hallelujah is uttered here not only by a large multitude, but by the Four Beasts and by the Four and Twenty Elders.

         It is the cry of victory in which praise is given to God. They sang it also because the time had come for the Marriage of the Lamb.

At the destruction of the "City of Babylon" we read "Rejoice over her, thou Heaven and ye Holy Apostles and Prophets; for God hath avenged you on her."

         Here we hear Heaven rejoicing over what those on earth are weeping, wailing and mourning over. What a difference between Heaven and earth's opinion of the Divine Judgments.

After (these things) the destruction of the Mystical Babylon and the restored City of Babylon, the first 'alleluia' is for the destruction of the Great Whore, mystical Babylon and the second 'alleluia' is for the destruction of the City of Babylon whose smoke rose up for ever and ever.

The Interval Between the
Second and Third Dooms
The Hallelujah Chorus.
Revelation 19:1-7

"After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.” Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen! Alleluia!” Then a voice came from the throne, saying, “Praise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!”

And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”