In the summer of 2011, God gave me a vision on the future.  The vision took place in the morning well after the sun was up, not in the middle of the night or even in the wee hours of the morning.  It took place within weeks of understanding modern Israel in May of 2011 in Ezekiel 36.  Further, even though this started while I was asleep, when it ended, my eyes were fully open and awake, making this a vision.

In my vision I saw a cut in time in the earth in another time.  Specifically, in the vision, I saw the infrastructure in the earth in that day coming and going in a very, very high speed.  The thing is, as it was happening and during the twelve years that ensured, for the likes of me, I didn’t know where I was in the vision.  I did not recognize one location.  Not one border, not one continent, not one land, not one island, not one city, not one seabed, I mean nothing!  It was as if someone had picked up the continents and moved them, or it was as if someone had reshaped the borders of the continents.  After the vision was done, I didn’t know what to do.  The weeks turned into months, then years, and then a full decade passed.  A full twelve years after the fact, one day on a whim, I said, “Jesus, if that was you who gave me that [vision] in 2011, can you give me some scripture on that?”  Within weeks, the first passage surfaced.  My body wanted to shake that this could actually be real. Months later, the second scripture showed up.  In the fall of ’23, the theory of plate tectonics came to mind.  The continents move!  No wonder I did not recognize any of the locations.  The next step was to get on Youtube and watch the movement of the continents into the distant future.  I took the locations and shapes of the continents in my vision and lined them up with the locations and shapes of the continents in the video (see exhibit A), allowing me to date the time in my vision.  To see the main video, uploaded in 2015, four full years after my vision, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQywDr-btz4.  The specific spot in the video is at the 00:41-00:42 mark.  Initially, it was like, okay, click play and see what happens.  As the time of the earth in the vision started approaching, the flashbacks literally went through my mind.  My finger lifted up onto the screen, pointing to the exact location where I was at one point and my mouth opened up, saying, “That’s where I was, and that’s what I saw!”  Obviously, this was way past the 21st century.

Exhibit A

There are striking similarities of the map I saw regarding the future location of the continents to the future map as portrayed by American Scientist Christopher Scotese, which was published in 1982.  Differences between his and mine include the northwest section of Africa sticking out further for me, the eastern coast of North America being far more rugged and the northern section of North America being fuller for me.  The rugged terrain in the northern section of North America most likely will come from Greenland having merged in with North America.  I do not have a place for the British Isles, whereas the main video did not make any changes at all to the British Isles, other than moving its location.  I did see something off the coast of Europe, even though I would highly doubt the something I saw was related to the British Isles.

Right now the African plate is moving north and will push up against Europe, which will destroy Italy, the Mediterranean Sea and move the location of Spain.  North America is moving west right now but will turn around and come back to bump into Africa and Europe.  The Mediterranean Sea, often discussed in Old Testament prophecies, is never brought up even once in the Apocalypse.  Matter of fact, names from the ancient world, also frequently brought up in prophetic passages, are really scarce in Apocalyptic passages (Dan 12; Rev 6-19).

To see American scientist Christopher Scotese’s derivative of the locations of North America, Europe and northwest Africa, according to Youtuber Algol, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQywDr-btz4 at the 00:41-00:42 mark.

Ezekiel got to see his visions twice.  During round one, I did not know what was going on, so I did not know what to look for.  Assuming there is going to be a round two, one of the things I would look is for more of an approximate shape of the future version of the European continent.  Actually, Europe had been reduced to a strip of land times two or three, but it was not the continent that we are acquainted with today in the 21st century.

NOTE: Curvatures of the borders of the continents are approximate.

Before relating more of what was in the vision, let’s paint a picture of the setting of the continents in that day.  Over forty years ago, American geologist Christopher Scotese came up with Pangaea Proxima, the model that fits the model I saw, as the direction of the continents into the next Pangea.  Here is a synopsis of the Pangaea Proxima model in the next 200 million years: right now, the tectonic plate that Africa sits on is pushing north at .2 inches a year.  Give it enough time, Africa will bump into the southern border of Europe, destroying all of Italy and the Mediterranean Sea.  At the same time, Africa will continue to push north and west, with its iconic, rounded, northwestern corner sticking way out into the seabed in the Atlantic Ocean.  With this happening, the shape of Spain will get destroyed by having it be pushed into Europe.  Scandinavia will also merge into Europe.  Further, right now, even though North America is actually moving west at 1 inch a year, over time, North America will actually end up turning around and head back east, meeting Africa and Europe again.  I saw Africa with its rounded, northwestern corner sticking way out in the Atlantic seabed, North America, with Greenland having long merged into its northern most tip, already heading back to meet Africa and Europe.  The locations and shapes of the borders of the three main continents, North America, the future version of Europe, and the future version of the northwest section of Africa, allowed me to conjecture the time in the earth in the vision.  All things considered, I would guesstimate the cut in time in the vision right at 170,000,000 years from now, plus or minus 10-20 million years.  BTW, I was not allowed to see the horn of Africa, as we know it in the 21st century, the southern tip of Africa, North America in its entirety in any one scene, and water in general, including the Atlantic Ocean (more to be explained later on that.)

The opening scene took place in the northeastern section of the future version of North America.  This is a far cry from the current version.  I never saw the Great Lakes or even an empty seabed of the Great Lakes.  The main video that allowed me to date the vision had the Great Lakes get destroyed about 20 million years from now.  In the opening scene, Greenland, the currently, very rugged land, had already merged in with North America, making what I saw somewhat terraneous, but an inhabitable land.  The rugged landscape was consistent with Greenland having merged in with North America.  The main video in question has the eastern seaboard of that North America far smoother than the version I saw.  My version seemed as if a number of spikes came out from the coast.

After the opening scene, I moved east over the northwestern section of Africa.  (Just a note, the northwestern section of Africa is the easiest border that I can draw out, and the location of that land is the easiest one that I can locate on the map with the highest degree of accuracy.)  When I was over Africa, I may have been around 150-200 miles up.  When I was over Europe proper (in another scene), apparently in order to ensure I saw it for sure for sure, it was as if it was lit up and the surrounding areas were all darkened.

In another scene, probably a mere 15-20 miles up, I was hovering over western Europe.  At the 170 million year mark, the video in question has the British Isles north of Europe, but I was facing west.  Off the western coast of Europe, there was something small, and I’m not sure what it was.  It was something, but not the larger British Isles.  Perhaps, it was a very, small chain of islands.  The reason this scene is important touches upon North America not having joined Europe and Africa yet.  When facing North America in this scene, the view of North America was blocked, but I moved up into the atmosphere and then down Europe’s western seaboard, and there it was!  Again!  The land with the rounded corner (the future version of the northwestern section of Africa).  And yes, it was sticking out significantly, not just pushing up against Europe, proving this was not just 40 or 50 million years into the future, but much farther out in the future.  Actually, to accurately date the time of the vision, the locations and shapes of North America, Europe and the northwestern section of Africa all need to be taken into account.  For all three to be in the proper place, the vision dates right at 170,000,000 years from now, plus or minus 10-20 million years.  The iconic, rounded corner of Africa was the first marker in time, and the final marker was the approximate distance between North America and the western border of Europe and Africa.

With regards to what I was witnessing as I was touring the future version of the earth, what I saw was the infrastructure of that day coming and going in the form of black lines for roads and black rectangles as cities, and time was moving in a very, very high speed.  One second in real time for me, as an estimate, may possibly have measured between 10,000 — 20,000 years on their side.  Total real time for me in the vision from start to finish is estimated between 8-20 minutes.  An estimated total amount of real time on their side may have been between 10-20 million years.  Again, time in the vision was moving very, very fast.  It should be noted as the scenes changed, it’s not guaranteed that every scene was continuous from the prior scene.  Not having a legend, there was no way to tell the time in each scene.  It was routine that the scenes changed completely.  In one scene the emphasis may have been the shapes of the borders of the continents, and in the next scene, I was closer to the earth watching the cities coming and going.  Yet, in another scene, the roads may have been the emphasis.

While large metropolitan areas lasted longer, the roads came and went what seemed like faster than the speed of lightening.  In one second of real time for me, there may have been between five and eight systems roads that came and went.  In one scene, it appeared as if 15-20 systems of roads in each second of real time for me were coming and going.  (Once a video is made on this, with some trial and error, I should be in a better position to identify the speed of the appearances and disappearances of these roads.)  There was no ticker or legend indicating how much time was passing, and there was not any narration.  I’m thinking a video needs to be made after the second time of seeing the vision.

Further, when a new model of infrastructure would appear, it would appear instantaneously and completely.  This was moving so fast, there was no way I could follow the building and the dismantling of the infrastructural models.  A road is built from point A to point B, but the speed of time in the vision was so fast, I would only see the appearing and disappearing of the roads.  Seeing 80 streaks of lightening across the night sky simultaneously would be slow motion compared to what I saw.  (Lightening moves at 286,000 miles per second and may last a bit to the human eye.  On a camera equipped with ultra-slow motion, you can see the lightning strike move.)  Again, sometimes it seemed as if I was watching the infrastructure of five, six, fifteen or maybe 20 civilizations or sets of roads come and go in a single second in real time on my side.  As said before, very large metropolitan areas would remain for longer periods of time, but those would also completely disappear from off the face of the earth.  For us in the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine places like Mexico City, Beijing, or Chicago completely disappearing off the face of the earth.  However, when you add huge periods of time, no matter how large or how old these cities, their use, for one reason or another, simply falls into disuse and get abandoned, or maybe they get destroyed by some disaster.  Besides, this world only has 6000 years of recorded history, an obvious limitation in understanding the rise of fall of civilizations in respect of huge spans of time.

The infrastructures that I was witnessing appearing and disappearing were from the Gentile nations, with these secular cities being constantly resized.  The Levitical cities and the Holy city in Ezekiel 45 and 48 respectively come with instructions not to resize them.  There were times when I was watching a wider angle.  Could I see the vision again, I would carefully look for the Levitical cities and the holy city, which would be fixed.  A squared, holy city is mentioned in Ezekiel 48, and the holy city is mentioned in the Apocalypse.  As a side note, the New Jerusalem will also come with four, fixed equal sides, making a square.

At times, it appeared as if I was only 10-30 miles up above the earth, and other times it could have been possibly between 100-200 miles above the earth.  Most of the time was NOT spent carefully observing the boundaries of the continents, later found to be incredibly important, but from time to time, that aspect did show up.  The borders of the continents were not present in every scene.  There were numerous occasions when I just saw the infrastructure of cities and roads coming and going.  Could I see the vision again, I’d most certainly be more observant.  For example, I’d pay more attention to the shapes of the borders of the continents, in trying to capture the other places in the vision, and whether the roads crossed one another.  In one scene, in particular, the roads, only running north and south, would not cross one another.  In our limited 21st century minds, roads crossing one another is a given, but remember, this was over a 100 million years from now.  Their technology is going to be far past ours.  We’re living in the era of swords; shields have yet to be invented.

During the entire time, my mind was only collecting basic data.  It wasn’t until I started studying the vision in 2023, a full twelve years after the fact, that I took notice that the cities were in rectangles (exhibits D-F), but when the vision was taking place, such observations were not made.  The rectangular cities tell me that they lived under canopies (Isaiah 4:5-6).  One view, which appeared to be from an angle and closer to the earth, confirmed the canopies.  Confirming the canopies would also be noted in a second round of the vision.  Living under canopies may have allowed them to blow out more oxygen in an atmosphere heavier than ours.  In the scene where I was coming up from western Europe, my view of the ocean was blocked.  Since the scientists, in the realm of modern science, do not have millions of years of experience studying science, they could be off by millions of years.  The Apocalypse takes place when the oceans are still intact.  We know this because of a giant object flying in from space slams into one of the oceans (Revelation 8:8), killing and destroying a third part of the ships and sea life.  So, for the time being, we can continue to enjoy our beautiful, blue marble, but to add an extra note on that, I think we should stop wasting time with the technology we are familiar with.  Effort should be made, when applicable, to put ourselves under double atmospheric pressure and blow out extra oxygen.  Houses could be designed to blow out extra oxygen under double atmospheric pressure, immediately and drastically increasing the amount of health we could enjoy on this incredibly beautiful, blue marble.

The exhibit on the left is a 1:1, the dimension of the squared city in Ezekiel 48, while the exhibit on the right exemplifies the design of cities in the 21st century.  Cities today have a city center, surrounding neighborhoods, as well as roads and streets going through the city.  At some point after Israel gains global dominance, the way cities are designed will change.  Electricity, the automobile, the Internet, the airplane all came out of the United States of America, no doubt contributing to the global dominance of the US.  Apart from the four-sided city in Ezekiel 48, there are other four-sided designs in Ezekiel 45 and Ezekiel 48.  This will influence the design of the cities throughout the world in that day.  The four-squared city in Ezekiel 48 is a ministerial city, as opposed to a secular city.  Obviously, there will need to be a difference in design between the ministerial and secular cities.  In my vision, it’s possible that I saw a city in a 1:1 dimension, but it was not obvious.  Perhaps in a wide-angle view, I saw it, but I do not remember seeing it expressly.  In the opening scene in my vision, I only saw four-sided cities, and even in the vision, but most of the time, the cities had more than four sides.  Rectangles and squares both have four sides.  This leads me to believe that when the cities were four-sided, the Jews were leading, and when the city design totaled more than four sides, the Jews were not leading.

Exhibits D-F

In the opening scene, all the cities were the size of exhibit E, roughly a 1:1.5-1:2 dimension.  Most of the cities carried some sort of distinct shape (exhibit F), while there were those that simply had rectangular shapes (exhibits D-E).  Exhibits D-F were top-down.  The angular views of the cities are not displayed at present.

The holy city in Ezekiel 48 will be squared, a 1:1 dimension, and the Levitical city in Ezekiel 45 will carry a 1:1.5 dimension.  You can see the influence that Israel will have across the world some time after global dominance is attained.  The 21st city designs where there is the city center, surrounded by urban sprawl around the city center, will be gone with the wind.

So exactly what benefits do rectangular cities provide that the present designs do not have?  It has been said that in the pre-flood era, the amount of oxygen was more than the present amount.  Now, 21% of the air is comprised of oxygen, whereas before the flood, according to various sources, the amount would have been significantly more, possibly up to 30-40%, one of the factors that allowed man to live for 100s and 100s of years.  Since increasing the oxygen can pose health risks, a doctor and a scientist need to be involved in the situation.  Right now, the thing to do is build houses with double the oxygen.  Once the cities are designed under canopies, most of a man’s lifetime can be lived under that canopy, allowing for a long life, whereas simply having a house with double the oxygen would only allow for some additional health.  At the very least, we could try some of these things.

Living under canopies may sound like living in a prison, but this would not have to be done all the time, just the main part of the time.

NOTE: I’m making no claims to the exact measurements of the cities in the vision, just approximates.

Regarding the canopies, Isaiah 4:5-6 speaks of God’s glory being under a canopy.  Most of the scenes were a straight look down.  At this point, my conclusion is that the cities were under canopies.  Seeing the vision a second time would be a help to confirm this factor.

Once, I specifically saw two city areas that still stand out in my mind.  The first one remained in a single rectangle the entire time (exhibit D), with the size of it changing from time to time.  After it disappeared, shortly thereafter, another city surfaced (exhibit F), also in a rectangular format, but due to a different designer or another factor, there was a main rectangle as the center of the city, with other, smaller rectangles built onto the sides of the main, center rectangle of the city.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@Clker-Free-Vector-Images; Edited in Gimp.

Exhibit G

The cities in green are cities that are still surviving and thriving in the 21st century, with the red representative of those cities that have gone with the wind.  All of the cities before the flood were completely swept away in the flood.  After the flood, there have been numerous cities with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in population, only to be abandoned.  It’s hard for us to imagine that the large metropolitan cities of the world in the 21st century will fall into disuse, but Jeremiah says that that is what is going to happen.  War, technological disasters or natural disasters are some of the reasons cities fall into disuse.  Mecca, the sacred city in Islam, will one day fall into disuse and get abandoned or perhaps get destroyed in a war.  Even Jerusalem was extinct for a time.  The upcoming wave of the salvation of the Jews will sweep over all of Israel, but at this point it is not clear how long this salvation will last.  It may last tens of thousands of years.  The question is what will happen to the squared city in Ezekiel 48 over millions of years.  In my vision, the cities were constantly coming and going and being resized, but none remained.  All were destroyed or dismantled.  Perhaps, by that time in history, their building supplies will all be made of 100% biodegradable material.

In my vision, I saw two Israels of God, but most of the time the Gentiles were going their own way or leading if you want to put it that way.  The Jews were leading an estimated 5-20% of the time, a numerical figure that lines up with only a remnant of the Jews getting saved.  “For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness (Isaiah 10:22).”  “And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved, (ESV, Romans 9:27),”  The cities with a Jewish flavor, according to Ezekiel 45 and Ezekiel 48, have four sides, not fifteen or twenty or some other number.  When the cities were four-sided, the Jews were leading, and when the cities had more sides, the Gentiles were leading.  Again, Gentiles left to themselves do not carry an innate, Jewish mindset, as Christianity has proven.  The call to the Jew is to be a light to the nations, but for this to happen, they have to be on board or be saved.  Whenever, they are on board, they’ll be in the lead, and when they are not on board, the Gentiles will be going their own way or leading with a Gentile flavor.

In the 1990s, an estimate of how many Gentiles were actually saved surfaced.  Around 500 million.  Today, there are 8 billion Gentiles, with an arbitrary figure of them saved.  God knows what the real figure is, maybe 600 million.  If any of these estimates are accurate, it would still be less than 10%.  Life on earth is hard.  This is true for Jews and Gentiles both.  My hope is that the biggest remnant of Jews as possible will get saved.  Since the ideal situation in the earth is the Jews being on board, it is in everyone’s best interest for the Jews to be saved and leading in God’s work in the earth via an Israel of God.

In my vision, the nations were dependent on Israel being an Israel of God.  According to Jeremiah 12:16-17, the nations that will not listen to Israel will get plucked up, meaning the nations will learn their lesson and start to listen in order to survive.  When the cities were four-sided, Israel was implementing an Israel of God.  When the cities had all kinds of wacked out designs, Israel was not being an Israel of God.  According to Jeremiah 4:1-2, as Israel goes, so goes the world.

The nations will have to listen to Israel of else: “‘(16) And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. (17) But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD (ESV, Jeremiah 12:16-17).’”

As Israel goes, so goes the world: “‘(1) If you return, O Israel, declares the LORD, to me you should return. If you remove your detestable things from my presence, and do not waver, (2) and if you swear, ‘As the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory (ESV, Jeremiah 4:1-2).’”

In the opening scene in my vision, which took place over North America, it was clear that Israel already had global domination for a long time not just in the arena of religion, but the way of living in society and politics.  The was apparent by seeing the regulations of the cities.  The Jewish influence spanned the globe.  As Israel went, so went the world.  When the Jews were asleep, the Gentiles went their own way or led in their arena in the world.  When the Jews were awake, the world followed.  In the world that we live in today, with regards to religion, there is not a global, universal principle in place that says, if you do A, B will happen to you.  The long arm of the law does exist, but the law or government cannot control everything.  There are around 1000 murders each day across the globe, but the law does not capture every murderer.  What happened that Israel had attained that much influence?  How did Israel gain that much influence and power?  The principle in religion, if you do A, B will happen to you, will have been implemented or there’s no way that Israel could have gotten that much influence.  Where in the Bible is this concept of global domination by Israel found?  ” ‘(16) And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. (17) But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the LORD (ESV, Jeremiah 12:16-17).’ ”  If will be incumbent upon the peoples of the world to adopt Jewish practices or else.  There is a difference between the commandment, you shall not murder, and a commandment to observe a Jewish feast.  The first example is imprinted on everyone’s mind (Rom 2:14), whereas the second one has to have the Jews in tune with God’s will and in a position to execute such commandments.  For those nations who decide not to follow, according to Jeremiah 12:16-17, they will be destroyed.  After a number of live examples in history, the world obviously will begin to pick up these practices.

Here are some other verses on the matter: “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste (ESV, Isaiah 60:12).” “The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel (ESV, Isaiah 60:14).”  “And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising (ESV, Isaiah 60:3).”

The face of the earth, with all the world’s religions at the very least, will change.  People are quite defiant to hold onto their religions, but Israel’s influence will change the face the Islam, if not clear it off the scene completely.  So, what will be taking place in Revelation 13, where the two evil beasts cause all to worship them?  Where will the world’s religions in those days have come from?  It’s too far out in the future to say specifically.

My birth was in the Amish.  Would they continue to grow at the present rate, by the 25th and 26th centuries, they would become a world religion, but their influence is nonexistent in the Apocalypse.  It was obvious there was going to be a breach in their culture and religion, but I did not know where that breach came from.  Isaiah 60:3, Isaiah 60:12, Isaiah 60:14, and Jeremiah 12:16-17 answer the question.  In Israel becoming a light to the nations (Isaiah 42:6), this is not going to be a mere option for the world’s cultures, but a mandate.  Those who do not follow will be punished, and that’s with the punishment that will be clear on what happened and why it happened.  NOTE: Christianity is not known to be to have the discernment to link up a calamity (personal or corporate) to a sin.  In the upcoming era, salvation will not be forced on anyone, but certain outward practices will be mandated.

A very important note is regarding who will be doing the punishing.  God says that he will be doing the punishing, meaning the Jews will not be doing the punishing.  That means that the Jews will not be turning into terrorists, taking matters into their own hands and going out the killing people.  God himself will enact the punishments, whatever that is.  Right now, we are stuck in the 21st century, so there is much we do not understand about the upcoming era.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@OpenClipArt-Vectors

Exhibit H

From Jeremiah 12:16-17, it’s clear that the Jewish flavor will dominate the earth.  What is not clear is when Israel will begin issuing regulations.  Further, knowing how Gentiles, saved and unsaved, think and operate, it’s also unclear how long it will take for the world to fully grasp the scope and power of Israel’s future influence.  The Holy Land began to come alive in the 19th century, and here we are in the 21st century, and most of Israel is still lost.  Step one will be for Israel to get saved, and the Messianic movement will have to take over Israel.  Unless history speeds up, it will take a long time.  For Israel to stand the test of time, in terms of the longevity and time span, she will have to surpass the the length of time some of the past kingdoms have enjoyed rule, which will be in the 1000s of years.

Hundreds of millions of years ahead of the world obviously would demand major topographical changes among the continents, bringing up obvious questions in this regard from scripture.  Revelation supports the concept that there are millions of years in front of us.  Revelation 6:14 witnesses tens of millions of years, possibly hundreds of millions of years, with Revelation 16:20 having earth hosting Pangaea.  My vision dates around 75 million years before the upcoming Pangaea.

(This section to be developed shortly.)

(This section to be developed shortly.)

(This section to be developed shortly.)

To argue that my vision lines up with the Bible, you have to argue that there are yet huge periods of time before the end of the world.  It is imperative that multiple passages are put together to support this doctrine.

ON ISAIAH 24 REGARDING THE FATE OF THE EARTH

In this passage, the earth, then in a much worse state as compared to its present, healthy state, breaks up (Isaiah 24:19) and gets hurled into the sun (Isaiah 24:20; cf 2 Peter 3:10).  There is a video that shows the fate of the earth.  In that video and in the frame right before the sun engulfs the earth (Isa 24:20), it has the earth literally break apart (Isa 24:19), just as Isaiah has it.

At present, the earth, due to a shrinking sun, is actually moving away from the sun.  Scientists surmise once the sun reaches the red giant stage, say, 4-7.5 billion years from now, due to an ever expanding sun, the earth will simply get engulfed by that much larger sun.  Even if the scientists are off by billions of years, this still will involve much, much time.  In the Apocalypse in Revelation 8:8, the earth is still the beautiful blue marble because the oceans are still intact.  Further, during the Apocalypse, the scriptures read as if the earth is filled with masses of people (Rev 6:8; 9:18) and as in the Millennium (Rev 20:8), but in Isaiah 24:6, the population has been reduced to a few.  These time periods obviously are not the same time.  Also, the overall health of the earth during the Millennium will be spectacular (Isaiah 65:17-25), but not in Isaiah 24.  Time, much time is necessary for the state of the earth to undergo such changes.

Despite the fact that Isaiah’s version of the fate of the earth lines up with the scientists’ version, the final fate of the earth and the people on it will take them by surprise.  “Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth (Zeph 1:18).”  Even if it is just as the scientists say, it will be sudden, just as Zephaniah has it.  For more context of Zeph 1:18, see Zeph 1:14-18, which clearly conveys the end of the world.

My vision, with tens of millions and tens of millions of years in front of us, allows for the scientists’ version of the fate of the earth to line up with the Old Testament’s version.

The first verse in Isaiah 24 speaks of the earth’s surface being twisted.  The oceans evaporating, which some estimate to happen by the year one billion, would twist its surface.

Exhibit I

For people of the Jesus religion, just the thought of talking about times in the 100s of millions of years or billions of years is absolutely ludicrous.  You can call me a modern day Galileo.  We can look at it this way: The timing of modern science, Christopher Scotese’s conclusion of the future locations of the continents and my vision was perfect!  Obviously, it is very plausible that the fate of the earth will be shorter from that of the timing of the scientists.

One scientist conjectures that the sun will turn into a red giant right around the year 4 billion, not the popular 5-7.5 billion year mark.  Time will tell when this happens.  God could shorten the time even further, but one thing is clear.  There is yet much, much time in front of us.

Further, is it possible another star will enter the solar system, destroying the earth as Isaiah 24 and the scientists have it?  It is possible, but earth reeling into the sun in Isaiah 24:19-20 is not an isolated passage.  All of Isaiah 24 is devoted to the fate of the earth.  The other sections are consistent with the scientists’ version of the fate of the earth.  Job 9:7 has the sun still around after the destruction of the earth.  Would a black hole or another star destroy the earth, it would be very likely that the location or state of the sun would change drastically.  People in that day, as in before the actual fate of the earth, would most certainly be aware of their fate, diminishing entertainment, pleasure (Isa 24:7-11) and hope (Amos 8:9-10).  Life on earth will have been on a downward spiral for quite a while before it is actually destroyed (Isa 24:3), drastically diminishing the population on the earth (Isa 24:6). Part of the twisting of the earth’s surface may be due to the oceans evaporating (Isa 24:1), which will happen before the earth reels into the sun.  As the earth nears the sun, the earth obviously will be getting scorched (Isa 24:6), basically eliminating the option that its another planet or black hole inciting the earth’s fate.

Isaiah 24 presents life on earth in another time.  The Apocalypse and the Millennium both have the earth in a healthy state with the population being in the masses, but here, it is a different story (Isa 24:6).

Further, by the time that the earth gets engulfed by the sun, the topography will have drastically changed.  Also since the oceans will have evaporated, the earth, at that time, will not be the beautiful, blue marble floating through space.  It’ll have changed shape and color.

ON AMOS 8:9 REGARDING THE EARTH LOSING ITS ORBIT

Furthermore, in Amos 8:9, it appears that the earth has lost its orbit.  ““And on that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight (ESV, Amos 8:9).”  Would the sun turn dark or would a cloud (ESV, Ezekiel 32:7) simply be covering the sunlight, it would be one thing, but Amos actually has the sun go down at another time of day, making it appear as if the earth has lost its orbit.  This would be consistent with the sun having turned into a red giant, then engulfing the earth.  At present, the scientists say the sun won’t turn into a red giant until about five billion years from now.  This supports the fact that there are still huge amounts of time in front of us.

Exhibit J

Could God shove the earth’s orbit out of kilter without having to go through science?  Obviously, he could.  He’s shown time and time again that he does go through science.  Once the sun turns into a red giant, there’s going to be a struggle for earth to keep its orbit, but then the time will come when there won’t be any more resistance.  The earth would begin to reel into the sun, causing it to lose it’s orbit.  Amos 8:10 speaks of the people in that day being in mourning, lining up with their knowledge of the earth’s imminent fate.

ON REVELATION 16:16 REGARDING MOUNT MEGIDDO

Revelation 16:16, the passage on Mount Megiddo, has stumped the commentators for centuries.  My vision clears it up.  The topography at Megiddo has never included a mountain, but John states that a mountain will be at Megiddo at the time of Armageddon.  There is supposed to be a mountain there, but everyone knows that there has never been a mountain there, just a hill or a mound, as it is normally called.  How about this: the tectonic plate that Africa sits on is pushing north, even now, making way for the two fault lines, the one that Africa sits on and the other that runs right through Israel, to rub against each other and possibly form Mount Megiddo (Ἁρμαγεδών or הר מגדּו). 

While one type of mountain takes tens or hundreds of thousands of years to form, most take tens or hundreds of millions of years, making room for huge amounts of time before the Apocalypse.  If the mountain in question is not formed via this method, then God will find another route to form the mountain; however, it is very normal for God to work through the elements to achieve his will.

There are many figures of speech in Revelation, and when there are figures of speech, the inspired writer says it is a figure of speech by using a word like “like,” “as” and such.  More specifically, in the second trumpet, John has an object flying in from outer space to hit one of the oceans, with that object described as a mountain, but the object is not a mountain.  With John clearly using the word mountain in a simile, the other uses of the word “mountain” are meant to be interpreted literally.  When Mount Megiddo is presented, it is presented as literal, and not as a figure of speech.

Here are some examples of figures of speech in Revelation: . . . like a trumpet (Rev 1:10); . . . like a flame of fire (Rev 1:14); . . . black as sackcloth (Rev 6:12); their torment was like the torment of a scorpion (Rev 9:5); . . . the beast that I saw was like a leopard (Rev 13:2); . . . like the roar of many waters (Rev 19:6); . . . as clear as crystal (Rev 21:11) to name a few.  For Mount Megiddo to form, on the low end it would take tens of thousands of years and on the high end, it would take hundreds of millions of years.

My vision calls for tens of millions and tens of millions of years yet in front of us, allowing for enough time for a mountain to form.

PHOTO CREDIT: Fault lines adapted from https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology2ed/chapter/1-5-fundamentals-of-plate-tectonics/; Photo made in Gimp.

Exhibit K

Mountains form when fault lines rub against each other.  Typically, this takes tens of millions or hundreds of millions of years to actualize.

There is nothing that says that forming of the mountain, Mount Megiddo, in Revelation 16:16 will form from the African and Arabian plates rubbing against each other.  But think about the mass amount of territory in the earth that is not close to a major fault line, and there are 100s of millions of square kilometers of land in the earth.  Then this is some coincidence that a major fault line runs right through Israel in the 21st century!  No way!

ON DEUTERONOMY 32:8 AND THE NUMBER OF GENTILE NATIONS

With Israel poised to be sitting in the earth, without getting toppled, for tens of millions and tens of millions of years, this raises the question on how many Gentile nations there will be before the end of the world.  “When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God (Deuteronomy 32:8).”  The borders of the Gentile nations will be according to the number of the children of Israel (“angels” in some versions). According to Wikipedia, most of the present countries were formed in the 20th century.  Since Jacob’s day, the number of Jews has probably already reached into an estimated hundreds of millions, not including the ethnic Jews who will be born before the end of the world.  The Gentiles nations will be coming and going into perpetuity.  The average amount of time for a nation is 250 years, making around 800 regimes every 1000 years, and that is if at any one time, there are 200 nations.  This is what Deuteronomy 32:8 refers to.  Genesis 15:5; 22:17; 26:4 and Exodus 32:13 refer to the number of the children of Israel as the number of stars of heaven.

It sounds absolutely outrageous to say that there are going to be millions upon millions of Gentile nations, but going with the 800 countries every 1000, here are some figures.  800 nations at 1000 years.  8,000 nations at 10,000 years.  80,000 nations at 100,000 years.  800,000 nations at 1,000,000 years.  8,000,000 nations at 10,000,000 years.  80,000,000 nations at 100,000,000 years.  You get the point.  My vision takes us up to the 170,000,000 year mark , with the first Pangaea taking us up to the 250,000,000 year mark.

“When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God (ESV, Deuteronomy 32:8).”  Regarding these borders of the Gentile nations, it might be easy to think that these borders may be referring to every little stretch of land around the country.  On the contrary, ancient Israel was not in four straight sides, but Ezekiel 7:2 refers to ancient Israel has having four corners, making the borders, in God’s eyes, to equal only four sides.

“Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust (ESV, Isaiah 40:15).”  Isaiah 40:15, which has an analogy of the nations in a simile, whereas the Deut 32:8 verse presents its case literally.  One million specks of dust would fit in a small square millimeter, but again, this verse is not presented as literal and not presented as the number of nations that will be in the history of the world.

Exhibit L

Much of the Bible was written on a higher level and not like newspaper, which is written in vernacular terminology, making it easy for people to read it one time and understand what it means.  The Bible, God’s Word, was not written like this.  So, would the line, “There will be millions and millions of Gentile nations before the end of the world” be in the Bible somewhere, all those reading it would be able to grasp the line, but God presents it on a higher level.

While there are passages that which were very much written in vernacular terminology, most of the Bible was not written like that.  Further, the Bible was also written like a tapestry and not like a Systematic Theology book, bringing all sorts of challenges to the table when it comes to understanding the Bible.

As it is, the wording of Deuteronomy 32:8 numbers the future Gentile nations in terms of borders.  The border of a country would include the north, south, east and west sides.  Just as the sons of God are, angels or the children of Israel, so will be the borders of the Gentile nations.  The Gentile nations will be coming and going for millions and millions of years while Israel will sit in the earth completely unmovable.  This is the message of Deuteronomy 32:8.

By the way, there is no need to assume that the circular borders of Israel in the illustration is indicative of future Israel’s borders.  This is simply an illustration.  The exact borders of future Israel will surface in due time.

ON AFRICA DESTROYING THE SINAI PENINSULA, THE RED SEA, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

“And the LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals (ESV, Isaiah 11:15).”  ” (5) And the waters of the sea will be dried up, and the river will be dry and parched, (6) and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away. (7) There will be bare places by the Nile, on the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched, will be driven away, and will be no more (ESV, Isaiah 19:5-7).”  After the continents move around for millions of years, the topography, land borders, past land masses will get completely destroyed.  Destroyed!  Africa pushing north to bump against Europe is a scientific fact that is en route right now, not a belief.  In the process, the Sinai Peninsula, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea will get completely destroyed.  Isaiah 11:15 says that the LORD will completely destroy “the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,” leaving behind seven channels or streams.  “The tongue of the Sea of Egypt” is the Sinai peninsula.  Would a large meteor be the vessel that would destroy this, it would be a global killer, and it would not leave behind seven channels.  Africa pushing up against Europe could do just such a thing.  As the topography around the Egyptian area changes, the waterways and such will have to change.  According to Isaiah 19:5-7, the waterways, and even the sea, as in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, around Egypt will simply dry up.  When continents move around, topography gets destroyed.  Destroyed!  Further, it is important to recognize that God is not saying that he will destroy a nation or a people group, but topography.  The tongue of the Egyptian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea are topography.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pexels@Andrea Piacquadio

Exhibit M

Exhibit M-O

Africa pushing up against Europe will completely destroy the Mediterranean Sea and the Sinai Peninsula.  This will take millions of years.  At the same time, the borders of Israel would also change in the process.

ON ISAIAH 51:6, PSALM 102:25-26, AND HEBREWS 1:10-12 REGARDING THE UNIVERSE WEARING OUT

Isaiah 51:6 has the earth wearing out like a garment, Psalm 102:25-26 has the earth and the universe wearing out like a garment, and Hebrews 1:10-12 also has the earth and the universe wearing out like a garment.  According to tradition, time on the earth would equal to roughly 7000 years, 6000 of these years are when the devil loose, and 1000 years when Jesus rules and reigns in person on the earth.  The problem is that 7000 years is not enough time for the universe to wear out.  Matter of fact 50 million years is barely a drop in the bucket when it comes to the universe wearing out.  Hundreds of millions and billions of years are needed for the universe to wear out.  This argues that much time is left, lining up with the Isaiah 24 passage, which argues that the fate of the earth lines up with secular science in that the sun will engulf the earth a possible billions of years from now.  Again, since scientists do not have millions of years of experience observing the universe, it is possible that their timing is off.  It may be hundreds of millions of years rather than billions of years.

ON MATT 24:29 AND REV 6:13 AND THE CONSTELLATIONS GETTING DESTROYED

All galaxies, all planets, and all stars are constantly moving.  After millions and millions and tens of millions of years, the stars would have moved so much that the present constellations will actually have been completely destroyed.  New constellations will have formed.  “The stars will fall from heaven (Matt 24:29)” refers to the complete rearrangement of constellations in the universe.  Would stars falling from heaven refer to a literal falling onto the earth?  With an estimated 2 trillion galaxies and with an estimated 100 million stars in each galaxy equaling an estimated 200,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the present, observable universe, and only one star being able to engulf the earth completely, this aspect of the verse in question is not literal, but figurative.  Matthew 24:29 is conveying the meaning that the present locations of the stars will move completely, destroying the constellations.

So, we can see that the Pleiades, Orion (Amos 5:8), and the Bear (Job 9:9) are all on a limited timeline.  They have a beginning and an ending.  Does this mean that the Bible will get outdated?  On the contrary, since there are only a small number of constellations, it will prove the Bible is the Word of God.  Would the Bible have the constellations play a large role in our faith, it would be difficult to grapple with this aspect, but that is not the case.  A small number of constellations are brought up and not much is said about them.  What about the laws in the Pentateuch?  Today, we have the refrigerators (Lev 3:1; Lev 19:5-7), and Jesus is our sacrifice, making the sacrifices of the old covenant for sin no longer necessary.  Further, leprosy can be taken care of by modern medicine.

Furthermore, “The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place (ESV, Revelation 6:14).”  If the sky vanishing like a scroll refers to the stars dying off just as the scientists speak of, either one, there is much more time than what believers have been thinking, or two, the scientists could actually be wrong about how long a star can live, as in the life of a star might actually be shorter than 10 billion years.  Right now, the night sky is only comprised of eight white dwarfs, the stage of a star as it is dying.  Modern science does not have millions of years of experience with the universe.  For the time being, we are stuck in the 21st century, and in my vision, I saw life on earth 170 million years from now, with plenty of proof texts to prove that the vision came from heaven.

If the sky vanishing like a scroll refers to the stars dying out one by one, it may shed light on another possible meaning of the “Israel of God” in Galatians 6:16 means.  Basically, the continents will form a Pangaea, split apart, Pangaea, split apart, etc, while the original Israel, which we are very familiar with will be getting shifted around and moved constantly.  At the same time, it is possible that there will be multiple countries by the name of Israel, making it quite a challenge distinguishing which Israel is of God.  Do you know how many Mt Sinai’s there are right now?  I’ve counted five.  Do you know how many various views there are for location of the crossing of the Red Sea?  Multiple.  Of course, each one comes with arguments.  And that was just around 3400 years ago.

Isaiah 44:24; 45:12; 48:13; 51:13 and Jeremiah 10:12 has God stretching out the light in the universe at the creation in past tense.  Basically, this accounts for the billions upon billions of years that somehow magically showed up in only 6000 years of recorded history.  (For man to see a galaxy 10 billion light years away, it would have taken 10 billion years for that light to reach earth, but the earth has not had that much time.)  The aforementioned verses say that God stretched out that light (heavens), meaning that billions of years of history could have passed in a matter of seconds.  However, in Isaiah 40:22, the text reads differently.  “It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in (ESV, Isaiah 40:22);”  This is happening right now.  It takes tens of millions upon tens of millions of years for the stars to be spread out like a curtain.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@EvgeniT

Exhibit P

The Apocalypse proper, Revelation 6-19, most likely will include what has been called the tribulation, the seven-year period of the worst torture the earth will ever endure, but the Apocalypse, Revelation 6-19, will most likely span a much longer time.  The stars falling to earth refers to the constellations getting destroyed.  The constellations will get destroyed before the main part of the Apocalypse (Revelation 6:13) and after the tribulation also (Matt 24:29; Mark 13:25).  Without Mount Megiddo having to form before Armageddon and the other passages presented above, there is no way I’d come to these conclusions.  Basically, the constellations before tribulation will get destroyed and the incoming constellations that will form will also get destroyed.  Revelation 20:3 speaks of the time after the Millennium as being “a little while,” and Hebrews 10:37 also employs the same Greek word “μικρον” when describing a little time before Christ’s return.

THE TOPOGRAPHY IN THE WORLD WILL COMPLETELY CHANGE

After millions of years, the continents moving about will change the topography in the world.  Scripture supports this concept.  “The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place (ESV, Revelation 6:14).”  In the sixth seal in Revelation, John saw the topography, such as the mountains and land, move.  Nothing will remain in the same place.  All will move.  Each year, all the continents move just a little bit, but after millions and millions of years, the movements will be massive, bringing about movement of all the mountains and continents throughout the whole world.  While there are plenty of scripture verses regarding this concept, the sixth seal in Revelation covers this concept the best.  Further, with Israel’s physical location not mentioned in the Apocalypse, it raises questions as to where Israel actually will be and the position of the continents in that day.  John would have seen the position of the continents during the time of the Apocalypse in the sixth seal and possibly, the current position at the beginning of that scene in the vision.

How do we know that the Apostle John is presenting the movement of the continents and mountains in Revelation 6:14 as literal?  In the second trumpet in Revelation 8:8, John clearly presents a mountain in figurative language.  Revelation 6:14 is not presented as figurative, but literal.

Furthermore, Revelation 6:14, the verse discussed in the preceding paragraph comes right after Revelation 6:13.  “and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale (ESV Rev 6:13).”  The stars falling to the earth is the movement of the stars in space, signifying a huge amount of time before the constellations are completely destroyed, bringing about new constellations.  What a fitting place to insert the movement of the stars, mountains and the islands, which would have signified the continents also.

Moreover, the Isaiah 42:15 verse also indicates there will be many topographical changes throughout the world.  “I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools (ESV, Isaiah 42:15).”  With the passing of time, the world simply changes, and God claims it is he who is instigating the changes.

It’s possible that Psalm 114, with major movements of the oceans, mountains, hills, etc, may be referring to topographical changes in the earth over long periods of time, but for the time being, let’s keep Psalm 114 as a secondary source.  “(1) When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, (2) Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. (3) The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. (4) The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. (5) What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? (6) O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? (7) Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, (8) who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water (ESV, Psalm 114).“

Secondary verses on the changing of the world’s topography include Job 9:5, Job 14:18, Psalm 46:2; 97:5; 104:8; 107:33-35; 114:3-8, Isaiah 40:4; 41:18-19; 42:15-16; 54:10, Jeremiah 4:24; 51:25 and Micah 1:4.  Some of these verses are in questionable contexts, but most of the said contexts dictate very clearly that the topography of the earth will change drastically and incessantly.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@ewirz

Exhibit Q

The mountains pictured and all the other mountains on the Earth are moving, even at present.  After millions and millions of years, the movements will completely relocate these mountains and all of the other mountains on the globe.  At the same time, all the other topography will move and change. “The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place (ESV, Revelation 6:14).”

THE SKY IS GOING TO VANISH

Revelation 6:13 has the sky vanishing like a scroll that is being rolled up.  “The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place (ESV, Revelation 6:14).”  With the second part of the verse going through science to get to the conclusion, it hard for me to imagine that the first part of the verse does not do the same.  If John is referring to the stars going from their main sequence stage to the red giant stage, followed by the white dwarf stage, only to die and become a black dwarf, there is yet much time in front of life on earth.  Basically, the stars one by one turning into black dwarfs would be the sky vanishing.  This is the not the only verse that hints at this.  One website has the night sky filled with eight white dwarfs at present.  Since there are around 5000 visible stars in the night sky, this is going to take some time.  This would mean that the sun needs to be one of the last stars to die off, allowing for people on the earth to watch the stars in the sky go out one by one.

A verse in Hebrews supports the aforementioned argument. (See Hebrews 1:12)  “(10) And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; (11) they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, (12) like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end (ESV, Heb 1:10-12).”  Basically, the heavens, meaning the stars, are going to roll up.  All the stars in the sky going from the main sequence stage to the Red Giant stage, followed by the White Dwarf and then to the Black Dwarf would do just this, have the sky roll up like a robe.  At the same time, the solar system will be orbiting the center of the galaxy, thus bringing about a type of rolling up as the stars are going out.

With this said, this means the sun will be one of last stars surviving the universe, at least in this part of the universe; otherwise there would be no way for the sky to vanish.  Can you find such verses in the Bible that support the sun outliving the stars?  Yes.  “The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining (ESV, Joel 2:10).”  “The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining (ESV, Joel 3:15).”  “Who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars (ESV, Job 9:7);”  In the verses in Joel, the sun gets darkened, meaning the sun has reached a later stage in its life, like the White Dwarf stage, but it hasn’t died out.  A White Dwarf may have 1% of the luminosity of a star in its main sequence stage.  The verse in Job speaks of a stage in the life of the sun where the earth has already been destroyed, hence, it ceases to rise in the morning because the earth does not have mornings anymore, but it is still around.  Even though the sun is still around, the stars have already been sealed up or ceased to emit their light.

It should also be said that modern science does not have millions of years of experience, so it’s possible that they’ve mixed up a few issues, namely the life of a star lasting 10 billion years.

Our God is a great God in many ways.

Exhibit R-S

This illustration does not accurately depict the state of the continents when the sky disappears.  The shape and location of the continents would have long changed into a completely different shape and location.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@YolGezer

Exhibit T

The sky, rolling up like a robe as the universe nears its end, could very well be referring to the Solar System orbiting the center of the Milky Way galaxy.  As the Solar System orbits the center of the galaxy and as the stars are going out, it will appear as a type of rolling up.  (See Hebrews 1:12 and Revelation 6:14.)

JOHN HAS THE EARTH HOSTING A PANGAEA IN THE SEVENTH BOWL

“And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found (ESV, Rev 16:20).”  When there are no islands or loose lands on the earth, it signifies that the continents have merged and formed a Pangaea.  The continents are constantly moving.  Each year the continents may move a quarter of an inch or more.  Every 600 million years, the continents will form what is called a Pangaea, a situation where all the continents will merge into one super-continent, leaving no islands or loose lands, after which the continents once again split apart.  A Pangaea happens once every 600 million years.  My vision takes us to the 170 million year mark, just around 75 million years before the next Pangaea is due.  The earth without mountains makes me wonder whether John was referring to a Pangaea other than the next one, but it most certainly could be the next one.

Using Revelation 16:20 to prove that the earth is hosting a Pangaea during the bowls is the best, first step to prove this.  That is to say, during a Pangaea, there are no islands.  Be it as it is, there are other ways to get to a Pangaea in bowls in the Apocalypse.  During the trumpets, as John describes the judgments hitting the earth, it is common for him to state how much of the earth actually gets hit.  For example, in the first trumpet (Revelation 8:7), a third of the of the earth got burned up, with a third of the trees going also.  In the second trumpet (Revelation 8:8), a third of the ocean got hit, and in the third trumpet (Revelation 8:9), a third of the rivers and springs got hit.  It’s possible that in the sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:13-19), only a third of man dies due to logistical reasons.  Maybe, most of the people on a single continent got killed.  As illustrated below, when something from outer space smacks into the earth, due to the earth being a sphere, only a portion of the earth will get hit, with the back side of the earth getting protection because of bodies of water in between the continents and simply because the backside of the earth did not get hit.  Therefore, trumpets 1-6 take place when the continents are split apart.  That’s very clear.  During a Pangaea, due to the structure of the earth’s continents, if a foreign object hits the earth broadside on the side of the continents, it is easy to hit all of the earth because all of the land is there.  In a Pangaea, there is no land on the backside of the earth.  Further, if an object or phenomenon hits the ocean, the ripple wave will go throughout the entire ocean because no land will stop the ripple wave.  John already proved that when he states that the earth gets hit, he states how much of the earth got hit, however, in the bowls, he does not state how much of the earth will get hit.  He simply states that the earth will get hit with another judgment.  I’m arguing that this is due to the earth being in the form of a Pangaea during the bowls.  So, whether it’s land or sea, it’s pretty much the entire thing.  Bowl two, a judgment that hits the ocean, and bowl three, a judgment that hits the rivers, both work in this regard.  Would the continents be split apart, John would most certainly state how much of the earth got hit.  In the trumpets, both the ocean and the rivers got hit, and he stated what percentage got hit.  Here he did not.  Be it as it is, saying that all of the islands fled is the best line on proving that the earth is hosting a Pangaea during the bowls.

“And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found (ESV, Revelation 16:20).”  During this time, John presents the earth as having no mountains.  Ironically, there are three verses that support the removal of mountains, Job 9:5, Psalm 46:2 and Isaiah 41:15-16.  Since John used the word “mountain” in the second trumpet in figurative language, we can deduce that the seventh bowl speaks of the topography of the earth as literally not having mountains.  Perhaps, the population of the earth had reached an amount where they needed more tillable land.  Perhaps, they’ll have the technology to remove the mountains and have them put into the sea, just as Psalm 46:2 suggests.

Exhibit U

Due to the continents moving just a little bit every year, say 1/4 of an inch annually, every 600 million years, the continents form what is called a Pangaea.  The next one is due 250 million years from now.  In my vision, I saw the 170 million year mark, plus/minus 10-20 million years.  Deut 32:8 speaks of the Gentile nations numbering in the tens of millions, possibly more.  This will take time, much time.  In the sixth seal, John would have seen no less than tens upon tens of millions of years transpire right before his eyes, possibly 100s of millions of years.  Of course, let’s not forget the description of a Pangaea in Revelation 16:20, possibly not the upcoming Pangaea.  The above picture does not reflect any specific, future Pangaea.  I simply drew a random, conjectured Pangaea and put it onto a blue circle which represents the oceans of the world.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay.  Photo altered in Gimp.

Exhibit V

“The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood (ESV, Revelation 8:8).”  With the present formation of continents, a large asteroid hitting the Atlantic Ocean would possibly effect a third of the earth’s oceans.  The main reason it is not the entire ocean is because the continents close by the impact location would stop the ripple waves, hence only a third of the earth gets hit.  You can see the red mark highlighting the coastlines of North and South America, Europe, and Africa, which would get hit in the event that a massive object like a comet or asteroid hits the Atlantic Ocean.

PHOTO CREDIT: Pixabay@OpenClipart-Vectors

Exhibit W

When the earth’s continents are not in a Pangaea, it will be easy for something from outer space to hit only a third of the earth as demonstrated in the picture above.  Perhaps the phenomenon will hit on the northern end of the globe, hitting the Arctic area and continents in that area.  In such a scenario, it would be easy to smack only a third of the land on earth.

ON THE PURPOSE OF ISRAEL

According to Isaiah 49:6; 51:4-5, and Acts 13:47, Israel is called to be a light to the nations, but after only 6000 years of history, Israel has not been much of a light to the nations.  Before Jesus’ first advent, Israel had a very short history as a nation, with an additional burden of being split into two kingdoms.  Coming into the 20th & 21st centuries, Israel holds a tiny area in the Middle East, with most of the population still unsaved.  To date, Israel has not been a light to the nations.  Not even close.  Would you add tens of millions of years, with a nation of believers in Christ, and then, you have a completely, different situation.  Israel will have plenty of opportunity to be that light to the nations.  The Gentile nations will continuously come and go, come and go, come and go, and none of the Gentile nations will remain.  Cultures, languages, organizations and what not will continuously come and then get wiped off the face of the earth, while Israel sits in the center of the earth unmovable into perpetuity.  (See Jeremiah 31:36.)  The nations should take heed and inquire into the matter concerning Israel’s longevity.

Further, apart from being a light to the nations, Israel will also be what is called a blessing (Isaiah 19:24; 27:6; Jeremiah 33:9).

The original Israel of God is forming in the Middle East right now, with the Jews getting saved in order to begin to fulfill their call to be a light to the nations.

ON THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE MILLENNIUM

Since there are tens of millions of years left, what should we make the Millennium out to be?  The Millennium, only taking up one thousand years, is consistent with the way God operates.  At Sinai, only the Israelites and the mixed multitude got to participate in a formal appearance by God.  Jesus, the Son of God, implemented his Messianic ministry for only three years in only one, small region of the globe.  It’s obvious that he was employing methodology that we are not acquainted with.  One might think that he could extend his time on the earth and widen his ministry reaches, but in terms of reaching the masses during his earthly ministry throughout the earth, there were massive limitations.  Only those in Israel could see him in person.  Obviously, his main objectives, dying for mankind and training the apostles, were accomplished.   Would there only be seven thousand years in the creation, it almost seems unfair that myriads of people will be born in the millennium, knowing that there are myriads of people who would love to be born in the millennium, but could not.  In the Millennium, Jesus will be teaching, ruling, speaking, and applying the Word of God in vernacular terminology, setting an example for all mankind in the time that follows the Millennium.  My mind says that life on earth gets launched after the Millennium (Rev 20:3).  Supposing there are millions upon millions of years yet left to be fulfilled, the Millennium, being only a one thousand years, is, in fact, consistent with the way God operates.  So when God makes a personal appearance, only a small number get to witness the event personally.  Basically, when God makes an appearance, there are major limitations on who actually is around his domain at that time.  Just as a small number of those on the earth were present during the events at Sinai and Jesus’ first advent, speaking proportionately, only a small number of the history’s population will get to see the Millennium personally.

ON PSALM 105:8 AND THE NUMBER OF GENERATIONS

“He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, (Psalm 105:8)”  6000 years divided by a 90 year generation is 67 generations, and 6000 years divided by a 25 generation is 240 generations.  The verse does not say that after a 1000 generations, the end of the world will come, but it does raise the question on how many generations there will be before the end of the world, thus assuming there will be many.

ON THE USE OF NAMES IN THE BIBLE

In the Ezekiel 38-39 war, including Jacob and Israel, there are eighteen names, most of which come from the ancient world, applied into the geography of that day, proving the geology is pretty much the same as in what we call the ancient world or Bible days.  (It should be noted that some names are introduced for the first time.)  Also, in the Psalm 83 war, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the text, Psa 83:6-8, borrows ten names from the ancient world and applies them into the modern world–20th century on.  In addition, Ezekiel 25-28 is also rife with names.  Rife with names!  However, the Apocalypse, a time of prophecy that is set on the global, not regional stage, is not rife with names at all.  How could fourteen full chapters of prophecy (Rev 6-19) on the Apocalypse not have many names?  I’m arguing that the geology, topography, and the geography will have all changed so drastically due to the amount of time that has transpired, it will not be suitable to borrow that many names from the ancient world and apply them into the said time.

Revelation 6:14 has the continents moving over millions of years, and the seventh bowl (Rev 16:20) takes place during a Pangaea, so this answers the issue on why there are so few names.  The world, in fact, is another world.

In terms of location, there is the Euphrates river, most likely in a different format at that time (Rev 16:12), Armageddon, the name of a mountain, Babylon, all of which are actual locations, but Sodom and Egypt are only mentioned symbolically.  Israel and Jerusalem neither one are mentioned by name in the Apocalypse, but Jesus did mention Jerusalem and Judea (Luke 21:20-21).  Again, the argument here is that large amounts of time will have passed since the publishing of the book of Revelation before the Apocalypse can take place, so it will not be suitable to pick up names from the ancient world and apply them in that time.

Daniel 12, arguably an apocalyptic passage, has no geographical names at all.

ON THE ISRAEL OF GOD IN GALATIANS 6:16

There is a verse in the New Testament that has had commentators baffled for centuries—the Israel of God in Galatians 6:16.  In light of the proof texts regarding much time left before the end of the world and my vision from 2011, the Israel of God makes sense now.  Either, there will be multiple Israels at the same time competing to be the Israel of God, or it is referring to the times when the Jews will be in sync with God, implementing the Israel of God, versus the various dry spells, which would not be the Israel of God, even though the nation of Israel would still be there.

In this past era, the way to serve and follow God has been via church.  That being the case, there were going to be cult churches, heretical churches, churches with questionable doctrines and of course, the real churches, posing the question: which church is of God?  While the age of the ἐκκλησία is not coming to an end, we are most certainly upon a new era, namely Israel, which will sit in the center of the earth for millions upon tens of millions of years.  Supposing there will be multiple Israels at the same time, present Israel, the first main Israel, the one that sits in the Middle East, is the Israel that is going to be approved of God.  After an extensive period period of time, it’s very likely a second Israel will surface or maybe more.  Initially, there would not be a question on which is the original one, but after lengthy periods of time, for example, after multiple Pangaeas, as the new waves of cultural values come in, there would eventually be a question on which Israel is the Israel of God.  In my vision, I saw life on earth around 170 million years from now.  The land on earth forms a new Pangaea every 600 million years.  It’s possible that the scientists will be right in saying the earth won’t get engulfed by the sun until 5-7 billion years from now.  (I personally do not believe it will be this long.)  What if, for the time being, life on earth simply continues and after the earth’s continents form a number of Pangaeas and split apart from one another and having a number of Israel’s, there will most certainly be the question which Israel is the original Israel and which one is the Israel of God.  Depending on how much time is left, the present geography and topography in the Middle East might be completely destroyed time and time again, posing the question in the future which Israel is the Israel of God.  My vision allows us to tackle this verse with real reason.

The Israel of God in Galatians 6:16 could refer to multiple salvations of the Jews after dry spells for the Jews. (See Isa 10:22 & Rom 9:27.) What is crystal clear is that in the upcoming era, where the Jews will be leading, comes out of Ezekiel 36-39. The four chapter series is a straight run of the original Israel of God, with a green checkmark from heaven approving of that Israel! Written revelation from heaven has the Israel of God very clearly spelled out in these four chapters. In Ezekiel 36:25, the Jews get saved, and by Ezekiel 37:24, they have made major strides in the keeping of the commandments. Hence, the Israel of God. The first Israel of God comes out of Ezekiel 36-39. The approval of God will last at least until the big war in Ezekiel 38-39. In my vision, which was way past the Ezekiel 36-39 series, I saw two eras when the Jews were leading. The rest of the time, the Gentiles were leading. After the coming of the king in Ezekiel 37, it would be wise on the part of those of the Jesus religion to take careful notes on the application of the laws of God. The purpose of a commentary like this is for both the Jews and Gentiles of the distant future.

Exhibit Z

ON WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT WARS AND WARNING OF THE END OF THE WORLD

“(8) And he said, “See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them. (9) And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once (ESV, Luke 21:8-9).”  Saying that the time is at hand is saying that the end of the world is near, which has been said for centuries and centuries.  Then Jesus goes on to say that when those who are in the age of wars are not near the end of the world.  This is NOT to promote heresy!  This is to wake people up to what is taking place in prophecy, namely Israel and the preparation for Israel to be a light to the nations for a very, very, very long time.  In this last era, the era of the Gentiles, it was shown that the gospel could operate on its own, namely in the Gentile world, and in the upcoming era, the Jews will take the lead, with the aim to make major progress in the matter of keeping the commandments and returning the Jewish flavor into God’s work in the earth.

ON REVELATION 17:9 REGARDING THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS

The seven mountains in the domain of the city of Babylon, possibly only figurative, most certainly did not exist on the plain where ancient Babylon was situated.  One view, commonly held by commentators, states that these are mere hills in the vicinity of Rome, Italy, obviously pointing to the Roman Catholic Church as Babylon.  Well, seven hills are not seven mountains, and Mount Megiddo, presented as literal in Revelation, does have enough time to form.  The problem is in the time that as Mount Megiddo forms, Africa, by pushing north, is going to destroy the seven hills near Rome, making for more confusion for the original interpretation of the seven hills or mountains.  With time being on the side of a future Babylon with seven mountains, if literal, let’s just say that these seven mountains will form in time for the Apocalypse to take place.

ARGUMENT FROM THE VARIOUS USES OF PROPHECIES IN THE BIBLE

Prophets in the Bible did not just prophecy way out into the future without having any way of verifying that the prophecies came from God.  They had prophecies that came to pass in their day, and they also had prophecies that reached way out into the future.  Read the examples below.

Moses, a prophet of God, performed plenty of miracles and displayed many signs in his day that he was a true prophet.  He displayed the signs of turning the staff into a snake and back, his hand turning into leprosy and back, and taking water from the Nile and having it turn into blood (Exodus 4:1-9).  Moses also personally executed four of the ten plagues of Egypt, proving he had the power of God.  Handling Korah’s rebellion presents another example (Numbers 16:29-33).  In terms of long-distance prophecies, Moses prophesied on the Latter Years (Deuteronomy 4:30) and the coming of Jesus Christ (Deuteronomy 18:15).

Jeremiah had short-distance prophecies and long-distance prophecies to verify that he, in fact, was a prophet.  Jeremiah prophesied that the Israelites would be carried off to Babylon (Jeremiah 25:8-11), which was fulfilled (Jeremiah 52:28-30).  Jeremiah also accurately prophesied on Zedekiah’s demise (Jeremiah 36:30-31), being fulfilled later (Jeremiah 39:4-8).  In terms of prophesying into the distant future, the salvation and leading the Torah Observant movement (Jeremiah 31:31-34) would serve as such an example (Ezekiel 36:25-27).  Both short-term and long-term prophecies are seen.

Ezekiel comes as another example.  He prophesied on the siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 24:1-2), with the siege of Jerusalem coming to pass on the exact day (2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 52:4).  Ezekiel also prophesied on the state of Israel, starting from the 19th century into the present century.  The prophecies from Ezekiel 36 can easily spill into the next several hundred years, with the open-ended prophecies moving into perpetuity.

The apostle John’s prophetic ministry also had short-distance matters as well as long-distance prophecies.  He reached way out into the future and prophesied on the Apocalypse, but at the same time, he also had the letters to the seven churches to prove that he was real.  The letters to the seven churches could have been put into its own book or be given to another author of scripture, but they were given to John the Apostle.  This was not only for him to verify, but also John’s generation and the generation that followed.  They could go to those churches and verify the spiritual problems in the letters, thereby authenticating the whole book, including the Apocalypse.

VERY, IMPORTANT NOTE: In my case, I’m handling the prophecies in Ezekiel 36, which are present-day, live, on-going prophecies (click here) from the 19th century on the state of Israel all the way into the 21st century live with perfect accuracy right before our eyes, before handling the vision on the future of life on earth 170 million years from now.  The prophecies on Israel from Ezekiel 36 are a straight run–easily shooting 100s of years into the future.  God would NOT give prophecies on the far, distant future to a prophet without something in the present day that can be confirmed as something from heaven.

Exhibit CC

A Few Things on the First Era after Jesus’ First Advent

To many religious Jews, it is abhorrent to think that God would work among the Gentiles without the Jews present, and to many religious Gentiles, it is absurd just to think of going “Torah observant.”  God’s work in the earth in the last 1900 years has been in Gentile Christianity (Acts 28:28; Rom 11:11; Gal 2:2-8; Eph 3:8; Col 1:27; I Tim 2:7), and the next leg of God’s work in the earth will be with the Jew in the lead (Ezekiel 36:27; Matt 5:18).  The earmark of Gentile Christianity in the last 1900 years is salvation by faith alone, apart from works or anything else (Rom 4:5; Gal 2:16; Eph 2:8-9).  And the how to attain salvation will not change.  The earmark of Messianic Judaism, the name of the religion in the upcoming era, will be being “Torah observant” (Eze 36:27; 37:24).  Basically, it’s Jewish terminology for keeping the commandments.  (Actually, according to Isaiah 24:5, Messianic Judaism may be the Jesus religion until the end of the world.)

Even though the trail in the Bible leaves off at the end of the first century, the early church, to an extent, kept the Jewish flavor for several centuries.

The English word “church,” originating from the Greek word ekklēsia (ἐκκλησία) is one word.  Messianic congregations will be the next stage in the establishing of the world-wide ἐκκλησία of Jesus Christ.  The first stage was when the Gentiles were in the lead, with the Jews taking over from here.  It must be emphasized that this is a transition.  The building of the worldwide ἐκκλησία of Jesus Christ started in the 1st century, with God’s aim that the Gentiles would have the lead in the first leg.  Again, what is taking place is a transition, but it is okay, in English anyways, to go from the word “church” to the use of the word “congregation.”  The original remains as one in ἐκκλησία.  The English language will eventually get destroyed by time, allowing for the future translation of ἐκκλησία to be one word in the vernacular of that day.  Gentiles call the first century to the present the church age.  Vernacular terminology will need to rename this period in the future sometime, but that is not to say “the church age” will get trashed.  It will need to be renamed to differentiate between the Christians and Messianics or between churches and congregations.  Further, Messianics, the name ascribed to followers of Messianic Judaism, is the translation of Christianos (Χριστιανός), the original in the Greek in the World Messianic Bible.  The word Χριστιανός is one.  Messianics can separate themselves from Christians who belong to Gentile Christianity and even claim this new word for themselves, but they cannot claim that Christians in the first leg of God’s work in the earth after the first advent of Christ are not followers of Christ.  Receiving the gospel and getting saved is the same for Jews and Gentiles, Messianics and Christians alike.  The difference between the usage of the two terms is what happens after salvation.  Messianics are known to pursue the keeping of the commandments, whereas the Christians are not known for that.

The old covenant and the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-33) both were made with the Jews, effectively putting them in the lead.

Pointers on what has been happening in the last 1900 years.

1. For the commandments to be kept, the Jew will need to teach them (Eze 36:27).

2. Without the presence of the Jew in God’s work in the earth, the Gentile will most likely not keep the commandments.

3. The gospel proper, unaffiliated with the keeping of the commandments, can operate outside of the Jewish domain (Acts 28:28; Rom 11:11; Gal 2:2-8; Eph 3:8; Col 1:27; I Tim 2:7), conveying what the gospel is, and what it can do, namely save people from their sins.

4. A major leg regarding the spread of the gospel has been accomplished.  Existing churches needs to be channeled into the Messianic movement.

1. Daniel 12:4 and Daniel 12:9 both state clearly the book of Daniel is shut up until the time of the end.  It will take a prophet to unlock it, which has not happened.

2. Again, Daniel 12:4 and Daniel 12:9 both state clearly the book of Daniel is shut up until the time of the end.  It will take a prophet to unlock it, which has not happened.

3. One more time: Daniel 12:4 and Daniel 12:9 both state clearly the book of Daniel is shut up until the time of the end.  It will take a prophet to unlock it, which has not happened.

1. Do not go into the Apocalypse with preconceived notions.  Rather than assuming that you stuff the entire Apocalypse in seven years, let the text be your guide.

2. There is a timeline in the Apocalypse. Follow the timeline in the text and not the timeline that is in your mind.

3. The structure of the Apocalypse needs to revolve around the Woes.  Due to the use of the first woe, surfacing in the time of the fifth trumpet, it proves that the woes are time periods, not judgments.  Other than the fifth trumpet, the first woe does not give any wiggle room for anything else to take place during the first woe, proving the woes are time periods.  So you have the pre-Woe era, Woe One, Woe Two, Woe Three, and the post-Woe era.

4. The literal needs to be kept separate from the figurative.  The apostle John purposely employs terminology that communicates similes and such.  For example, he uses the words “like” “as” and “appearance,” demonstrating that he is merely describing something.  He also states events as literal because he does not employ any figurative language.

5. Science and the supernatural need to be separated.  How can you distinguish between science and the supernatural?  Hopefully, I’ll understand this better in the future.  There are numerous occasions when the events in the Apocalypse will go through science to get to its end.

1. There are many difficulties when trying to deal with saying that there are, at the very least, still millions upon millions of years in front of us.  God does not give a long-distance prophecy without coupling it with something in the present.  When reading in Ezekiel 36 in 1991, the Holy Spirit said, “This is now!”  Even though there are numerous difficulties, you cannot argue against what is taking place right now.  Ezekiel 36 is right now.  The entire chapter is right now, and no one can argue against Ezekiel 36 being right now.  To see the live prophecies out of Ezekiel 36, go to my home page and scroll down.

2. Yeshua says that when the gospel is preached to the entire world, the end will come.  (See Matt 24:14.)  Such a doctrine does not paint a picture of there being tens of millions of years in front of us.  In Matt 24:14, Yeshua does not say specifically which era will end.  The end of the world?  The end of the present era?  The verse is in the Bible once without a commentary attached onto it.

3. My vision takes the world up to the 170,000,000 year mark, allowing for enough time for the topography of the world to be completely changed, including the complete destruction of the Mediterranean Sea, but in Zechariah 14:8, the western sea, which is probably the Mediterranean Sea is present.  My vision was not on the eternal state.  Zechariah 14:9 presents the LORD as the king over the earth, possibly as in the Millennium, but concept of war is brought up on multiple occasions.  Trying to put the chapter on the timeline proves a bit challenging.  Since John has the earth in a Pangaea in the 7th bowl, it’s possible that this passage takes place after a Pangaea, making the Eastern and Western Sea in verse 8 other sea unrelated to the present topography.  Even when employing 20th century eschatology into the chapter, trying to put all this together proves to be very challenging.  It’s possible that the LORD being king over all the earth is not the literal king as in the Millennium, but the LORD comes with his holy ones, making it even more difficult to grapple with.

4. “The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water (ESV, Revelation 8:10).”  It’s easy to argue that the in the Apocalypse, the apostle John purposely employs figurative language and literal language as it pertains to the context.  In the third trumpet, John writes about a star, and a great star at that, slamming into the earth.  Even a small star, in any stage, even a black dwarf, would completely destroy the earth, whereas here in this context only the rivers and springs are hit.  John even names the star.  My argument is that John does employ some figurative language, saying that the star blazed “like a torch.”  Perhaps, this is enough of a simile to have the entire situation be figurative.

5. “(16) Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, (17) so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name (ESV, Revelation 13:16-17).”  To an extent, the technology of the mark of the beast has already arrived onto the scene.  That being the case, it’s hard to believe that there are at least yet tens of millions of years in front of us before the end of the world.  My argument is that the technology of the mark of the beast could be in place for a long time before the actual mark of the beast arrives onto the scene.  The prophecies preceding the mark of the beast have to all come to fruition perfectly before the mark of the beast.  Here’s just one example: there will be a choice where to take the mark of the beast, on the right hand or on the forehead.  This means that this technology could actually be in place before the real deal shows up onto the scene, but it’s just on the right hand, not on the right hand or on the forehead.

6. Regarding the timing of the end of the world and general prophecy, the term “soon” surfaces occasionally, making it challenging to say that we have tens millions upon tens of millions of years left before the end of the world.  (See Rom 16:20; Rev 1:1; 3:10; 22:6, 7, 12, and Reve 22:20.)  In my vision, I saw millions of years flash in front of my eyes in an incredibly short period of time.  Time is nothing to God.  Nothing!  When man says “soon” with reference to the end of the world, I know what that means.  When God says it, the end of the world will have to come to fruition to actually prove what the word “soon” means.  “For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night (ESV, Psalm 90:4).”  In the eyes of God, time is as if the time is already past.

7. On the English side, “a little while” is mentioned twice as if it is referring to an imminent end of the world.  (See Heb 10:37 and Rev 20:3.)  On the humanity’s, I know what “a little while” means, but if it is God who is speaking, “a little while” obviously does not line up with our definition of the matter.  It’s already been 2000 years since Jesus’ first advent, not exactly a little while for humanity.

8. “The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers (ESV, I Peter 4:7).”  With the way this reads in human language, it does not sound as if there are at least tens of millions of years in front of us.  In God’s eyes, time is not an issue at all.  In my vision, I was watching tens of thousands of years flash right before my eyes in a matter of seconds.

9. Jesus’ return or at least a return of Jesus is mentioned in Matthew 10:23.  “When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes (ESV, Matt 10:23).”  The first question pertains to which return.  Jesus is returning as king, judge and possibly a teacher.  Will he complete multiple roles in one return?  Are there other returns?  Further, written revelation has at least two salvations of the Jews (Ezekiel 36; ministry of the 144,000), possibly a third one (Isaiah 17:10).  I saw two Israels of God in my vision.  Another question is regarding which salvation Jesus was talking about.  I cannot take Matthew 10:23 and place it into the big picture.

10. Because there are sacrifices and offerings in Ezekiel 40-46, it appears as if Rabbinic Judaism or the orthodox Jews are in the right.  It does not read exactly like the law of Moses.  While the sin offering is mentioned 14 times, the words “sin,” “transgression,” and “rebel” are not mentioned.  The term “iniquity” in the singular and in the plural are mentioned, but the context is not clear.  Further, the word “atonement” is mentioned five times, but that atonement refers to atonement for the altar, the temple and once for the house of Israel.  The purpose of atonement is to atone for sin, but nowhere does it directly mention this doctrine anywhere in Ezekiel 40-46.  Moreover, the house of Israel is mentioned and not the house of Judah.  In the days of the Old Testament, after Solomon’s day, Israel was split in two.  Since only the house of Israel is mentioned after Ezekiel 40, you can deduce that Ezekiel 40-46 does refer to the Israel presently in the Middle East.  The main argument is that since we have not reached that time in the earth, what exactly this is has not been revealed yet.  A further argument in favor of the Messianics says that in Ezekiel 36:25 the Jews are being saved.  The Messianic movement took off in 1967, whereas Israel became a nation with Rabbinic Judaism in place.

11. Damascus is mentioned in Ezekiel 47 three times, with the appearance that the Jews have control of it, versus Isaiah 17, with the appearance that the enemy has control of it.  In Isaiah 17, the Jews destroy Damascus, but something is not adding up right now.  Right now, it’s not imperative that we understand what exactly is taking place.

12. The layout of the continents of the Middle East in the Old Testament generally mirrors the the present layout, not a layout from tens of millions of years from now.  Reason being is the Great Sea or the Western Sea, both which represent the Mediterranean Sea, is mentioned numerous times.  The Western Sea could possibly be a body of water on the west side of Israel after a future Pangaea splits apart.  However, the Western Sea is also mentioned in the law of Moses, linking it to the Great Sea.  Isaiah does prophecy on the destruction of the Mediterranean Sea, but as of right now, the new layout of the Middle East is not directly mentioned in the Bible that I’ve found.  However, Daniel 12 and the Apocalypse do not present their days with the continents in their present layout.

13. My vision is a proponent of multiple salvations of the Jews.  We have at least two salvations of the Jews in the Bible, one in Ezekiel 36 and the other as the result of the ministry of the 144,000, possibly another linked up with Isaiah 17.

14. Isaiah 24, on the fate of the earth, and Amos 8:9, on the earth losing its orbit, do not present the end of the world as coming as a thief in the night.  Going through the lens of science allows us to understand why those people will be mourning and be with less fulfillment and pleasure because they know the actual fate of the world will be imminent.  So, how can this be regarded as a thief in the night?  It’s very probable that Jesus has multiple returns to earth, each one designed differently and with a different purpose.  So, you can conclude that Jesus will return like a thief in the night for the returns that are so designed.

15. “Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath (Colossians 2:16).”  It appears that Paul’s verse in Colossians negates the demand for believers to add the Jewish flavor to God’s work in the earth.  On the Gentile side, unless there is a clear mandate, Gentiles simply do not naturally add the Jewish flavor to God’s work in the earth, whereas Jews, the descendants of Jacob, do.  Further, in Zech 14:16-19, the Gentile nations that do not keep the Feast of Booths will get punished by God himself.  Keeping the Feast of Booths is different than not bearing false witness against your neighbor.  Keeping the Feast of Booths most definitely pertains to adding the Jewish flavor in God’s work in the earth.  So do these two scripture texts contradict one another?  I have not seen a Messianic work through the two texts.  It’s possible that this is simply a timing issue.

16. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it is customary for a Bible teacher on prophecy to draw out a model of the end of the world.  I cannot do that.  I can prophecy where grace has been given and corroborate it with scripture.

17. Again, there are many difficulties when trying to deal with saying that there are, at the very least, still millions upon millions of years in front of us.  God does not give a long-distance prophecy without coupling it with something in the present.  When reading in Ezekiel 36 in 1991, the Holy Spirit said, “This is now!”  Even though there are numerous difficulties, you cannot argue against what is taking place right now.  Ezekiel 36 is right now.  The entire chapter is right now, and no one can argue against Ezekiel 36 being right now.

Click here for New Israel on Facebook.

Click here for New Israel on Youtube.