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Preface

The Tribulation Period, as read in the Book of Revelation, contains many identities and codes, along with encryptions, that have references to other places in the Bible.  The Book of Revelation is a summary of the end-times of the Earth which can be described analogous to an ending to a exciting, wonderful and glorifying book that is for God's Glory.  God the Hero wins, and all of us from the Old and New Testament periods that have Salvation win with God, and evil loses!  

The Tribulation Period is most likely a very well-known identified period of time in the future, by many people who that are not even Christians, where general knowledge is the time period is dealing with:

1. Judgments against specific people and Fallen Angels on the Earth. 
2. Protection and deliverance of a remnant of Israel where they will recognize their Savior Jesus Christ.
3. Great multitudes of people will be accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior which may result in martyrdom to their glory with rewards in Heaven.
4. A conclusion with an Armageddon event and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

The Tribulation Period is sometimes confused as a period of seven years, where the scripture accurately defines the period as the second half of a seven-year period described in the Book of Daniel's 70th week prophecy. 

There are specific prophecies concerning the first half and the second half, of the seven-year period, where the second half is the Tribulation Period.  The second half is also known as Jacob's trouble according to Jeremiah 30:7.  Jacob is the patriarch of the nation of Israel with twelve tribes.  In Genesis 32:28, Jacob's name is changed by God to Israel. 

When the scriptures use Jacob instead of Israel this means it is time when the person or the nation is not doing as God would have wanted.  In the Tribulation Period, the nation of Israel is destined to recognized their Savior Jesus Christ which is one of the primary purposes of the Tribulation Period, and without the nation of Israel recognizing Jesus Christ, would then stop Jesus Christ from returning as part of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to end the Tribulation Period.

Contrary to popular non-scriptural based Christian beliefs, often seen in movies, the Antichrist under Lucifer never has control of the entire planet Earth.  The Antichrist control is only over the areas of the ancient Roman Empire which had other areas besides Europe.  There will be areas on the Earth that have allegiance to the Antichrist, but they are not under the full governing power that the Antichrist will exercise.  As an example of one part of the world, that is not under the control of the Antichrist, is the area of the Kings of the East that are controlled by Fallen Angels, which were released from a prison set by God that is identified as near the river Euphrates.  The Kings of the East have a mission and will have an army that will march to war against the Antichrist, but later will join with the Antichrist's army to oppose Jesus Christ at the first of two scriptural Armageddon events.

The effects of the judgments of God, discussed below during the Tribulation Period, do affect the entire planet Earth and are horrible against all people who have rejected Jesus Christ, where one of the final acts of God is the "Bowl of Wrath into the Air", which the Fallen Angels will receive the Wrath of God.

Most importantly, despite all of the suffering and Godly Judgments against the entire Earth, there will be a countless number of people, along with children under the Age of Accountability, receiving Salvation.  As stated and explained further in the "The Two Thirds Good News" section of this topic:  In previous times in history, people could go through their entire lives with the possibility of ignoring God.  In the Tribulation Period, unlike any other time in history, there is not going to be any neutral place to live without making a choice to accept or reject Jesus Christ, which will result in great numbers of people receiving Salvation. 

The people who reject Jesus Christ are choosing:

• The Antichrist as god, or
• A belief in some sort of Agnostic Reincarnation, which is part of the Great Lie, or
• A belief that after death there is nothing.

Accepting the Antichrist as god will result in receiving the Mark of the Beast, and the person is immediately given over to the Great Lie.

Summary

The primary four purposes of the Tribulation Period are:

1. Israel to recognize their Savior.  Israel's, as a nation, blindness will be lifted.

   Zechariah 12:10	And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
   John 19:37	And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."  (This has dual prophecies.)
   Matthew 23:37-39	37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

2. Bring an end of the ruling of planet earth by Lucifer, which Jesus Christ paid the price on the Cross but hasn't taken possession.  Note that when Jesus Christ was tempted in the desert by Lucifer for forty days and nights, in order for the temptation and offer to be real meant that Lucifer did own, control had possession of the nations of the world as read in Matthew 4:8-9.  Lucifer was also giving Jesus Christ another path to avoid the Cross, which also meant that Lucifer could avoid the final judgment against himself.

   Matthew 4:8-9

   8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.

3. To have very great numbers of people from every nation accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, where many will lose their life under the persecution from the Satanic World that includes the areas that the Antichrist is ruling.  Everyone that suffers and even dies for the testimony of Jesus Christ will receive rewards in Heaven.
4. To prepare those who will survive the Tribulation Period, from Israel and other Nations, to repopulate the Earth when entering into the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ.

As already mentioned, the Antichrist will rule in the areas of the ancient Roman Empire, but will have an influence in many areas of the Earth, while never having control of the whole Earth.  Some Biblical Scholars have pointed out there is the goal by Lucifer and the Fallen Angels to actually cause Nations to war amongst each other to cause human beings to suffer and die rather than uniting for reasons discussed further in this topic. 

There also appears to be derision between Lucifer's Fallen Angels where four Fallen Angels, currently prisoners near the river Euphrates, will be part of the reason the Armageddon event occurs as discussed in the Kings of the East topic.  The ending of the Tribulation Period, will occur with Jesus Christ's Second Coming.  This will start the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ.  The Millennial Kingdom is an amazing and beautiful time where Jesus Christ will sit on the Throne of David in Jerusalem.

The Tribulation Period is a period of time with great calamities and death which God has four main purposes pointed out above.  If the Tribulation Period lasted any longer than the 3.5 years, then there would be no one alive.  This reflects the devastation that comes on the world, which is why God gives everyone the warnings and details in advance.

Should Christians Worry?

The most important two points to know as a Christian are:

• Before the 70th Week of Daniel and includes the Tribulation Period
  
  Is you will not be on Earth when the Tribulation Period is occurring because all people that have personal relationship with Jesus Christ will have been Raptured before the 70th Week of Daniel begins.
   
• During the 70th Week of Daniel, that includes the Tribulation Period
  
  New Christians will be guided by the Holy Spirit, even under the extreme suffering of that period of time and for those unto death, that will give them great rewards in Heaven.

Back in the mid-1980s, there was a wonderful and popular book that came out from Hilton Sutton entitled "Revelation : God's Grand Finale", where this author uses the title at the start of this topic.  This book, by Hilton Sutton, was one of many books that began to open up the minds of people on the Tribulation Period purpose and reasons.  Hilton Sutton made the wonderful point in this book, that this is "the last chapter of a great book, where the hero wins and we win with Him". 

If you are a Christian by name only with no relationship, then make sure you know of your identity with Jesus Christ.  Simply ask Jesus Christ to be your Savior in a heartfelt genuine manner.  In the United States, there is an old expression that is not heard too often anymore which is "Just because you are an American doesn't make you a Patriot.", which is meant derogatorily against those who have no country loyalty, and unfortunately applies to many people who attend Church for various reasons that do not include the reason of loving God because of what Jesus Christ did on the Cross. 

None of us are capable of living perfect lives that illuminate the Holy Spirit's purpose in our lives, but our relationship with Jesus Christ will make our lives richer, rewarding, fruitful, worth living and we will know He is in our life.  It is also very important to have the knowledge that our lives are meant for a purpose that glorifies God where we earn eternal Rewards in Heaven.

Two Halves of the Prophet Daniel's 70th Week

As stated at the start of this topic on the Tribulation Period, there are two halves to the seven-year period described in the Book of Daniel, which is known as the 70th week in Daniel.  The second half is also known as Jacob's trouble according to Jeremiah 30:7

As detailed in the 70th week in Daniel topic, the week is a period seven years, where the period is divided into two halves of 3.5 years, which is 1260 days and 1260 days.  God in all of the prophecies in the Bible uses 30 day months of 360 day years.

Note that this First Half occurs after a period of time that the Earth experienced a short war that is called the first Gog and Magog Event which was preceded by the Rapture.  Many Biblical Scholars, which this author agrees, state that the Antichrist comes into power because of the aftermath of the Gog and Magog event where many nations are frightened and the Antichrist will give them a False Peace by unifying many nations.

Below is a summary of some of the main points of the two periods:

1. In the First Half, the world is doing well in what is called a False Peace, which will be like the times of Noah, before the Great Flood.
   (a) The Antichrist, with his great skills of negotiations and speeches that were given to him from Lucifer, will have the world's nations and religions in a state of harmony and hopeful of a great future. 
   (b) According to many Biblical Scholars theories, there will be a new unified religion that merges the Muslim, Christian and some other Faiths into a new amalgamation, that the Antichrist will eventually proclaim himself as the leader. An interesting point about the possibility of a new World Religion shows us that many people belong to religions for purposes of networking and politics with the belief that there are many ways to connect to a deity that is NOT the true God of the Bible.
   (c) People will be happy and the world will be prospering and unaware of the pending judgments from God coming soon.

   Luke 17:26

   Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

   (d) The True Christians will have been Raptured, and the world will be given an explanation for their disappearance, as part of the Great Lie of 2 Thessalonians 1:11, that some Biblical Scholars believe it will be linked:
   (d.1) with the Nephilim masquerading as visitors from other planets that are here to save Earth and the bad Christians were removed.  (This is a very high-level summary explanation.)
   (d.2) an elimination of groups of people that are taken away to prisons, encampments or died from a pandemic virus that required removing carriers by the government.
    

2. In the Second Half, the world receives increasingly punitive, painful, devastating, and death causing judgments.
   (a) The Antichrist exalts himself as god, at the Abomination of Desolation Event, and immediately destroys the false peace of the first 3.5 years of the tribulation period.

   Daniel 8:23-25	23  In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. 24 He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. 25 He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power.
   2 Thessalonians 2:3-4	3 Don t let anyone trick you in any way. That day will not come until people rise up against God. It will not come until the man of sin appears. He is a marked man. He is headed for ruin. 4 He will oppose everything that is called God. He will oppose everything that is worshiped. He will give himself power over everything. He will set himself up in God s temple. He will announce that he himself is God.
   2 Thessalonians 2:7-12	7 The secret power of sin is already at work. But the one who now holds back that power will keep doing it until he is taken out of the way. 8 Then the man of sin will appear. The Lord Jesus will overthrow him with the breath of his mouth. The glorious brightness of Jesus coming will destroy the man of sin. 9 The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. The man of sin will show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders. These signs and wonders will lead people astray. 10 So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them. 11 So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie. 12 Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.

   (b) The Antichrist will not have absolute control of the whole world, otherwise there would be no Christians surviving the period to populate the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ.  There are four Fallen Angels that are currently in chains at the Great River Euphrates who will drive an army against the Antichrist that comes from the Kings of the East.  

   An excerpt from the Mark of the Beast topic: From Revelation 13:7-10, the uniqueness of the time period of the Antichrist is because it is the only time in the history of God's protection for Christians does not stop Satanic Forces from killing and martyring all the Christians they can find.  Many Biblical Commentaries point out that this is partially because people should have recognized the events happening on the Earth that was leading up to the 70th Week of Daniel and therefore accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior so that this horrible period of the Tribulation Period could have been avoided.   The "All inhabitants of the earth", in Revelation 13:8 is rendered differently in several Bible Versions, where several Biblical Commentaries note that the meaning intent is the people on Earth who consider their home as the Earth.  All Christians are sojourners, who consider their home is in Heaven as referenced in over 35 scriptural passages. Those people, who have the Mark of the Beast and kill others, regardless if they are Christians, will be killed in the same manner according to Revelation 13:10.  This shows that God will still be controlling limits to events and His Plans which will have judgment on murders to be killed in the same way they murdered others.

   Revelation 9:13-16

   13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.

   Revelation 13:7-10

   7 It was given power to wage war against God s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast all whose names have not been written in the Lamb s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear. 10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed." This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God s people.

   (c) The regions that are not under the control of the Antichrist are still under judgment from God.
   (d) The world will experience ever increase judgments from God detailed below.
   (e) A remnant of Israel will flee to Petra, modern day part of Jordan, where they will remain protected during the entire time of the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation Period.  They are instructed by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:15 when they see the Abomination of Desolation occur, to flee into the mountains in Judea.

   Mathew 24:15-18	15 "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
   Matthew 24:21	"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

   (f) According to some Biblical Scholars, the Nephilim are revealed as part of Daniel vision and prophecy in Daniel 2:41-43.  It is this prophecy, which some Biblical Scholars including this author believe, will most likely be a revealing of fake Extraterrestrial Beings (E.T.s), which are really the Nephilim.   They will masquerade as visitors from other places in the universe with a message that there is no god or there is a god not known by people on Earth.  This masquerade will be part of the Great Lie to lead the Earth's Rulers contemplating a war against a false god, not knowing it is the True God as described in the dual meaning of Psalm 2.

For the Christian, we are not on Earth during this time.  Consider a few points of information:

• There are two different interpretations regarding when the Rapture of the Church will occur.  Most of the Biblical Scholars that this author has used for researching for over three decades, state the Rapture must occur prior Daniel's 70th week beginning.  There are other Biblical Scholars, that have great insights, believe the 70th Week of Daniel begins and God takes home the true Believers in the world.  This also ends the Dispensation of the Holy Spirit known as the Church Age.
• A more precise point, of the debate between good Biblical Scholars, is whether the Church is Raptured before the botched and failed Gog and Magog invasion attempt of Israel, which is discussed further in this topic. 
• There are key verses in the scriptures which point out that those who have Salvation must be taken out of the earth in order for the "Son of Perdition", also known as the Antichrist, be revealed.  This is the end of the period known as the Fullness of the Gentiles and described in the different Dispensations of the Holy Spirit. 

The Event that Starts the Tribulation Period

In the scripture reference, of Daniel 9:27 as discussed in the 70th Week of Daniel topic shown below, the reference of the "seven" is one period of seven years.  Notice in verse 27, that the "he" is a reference to the future son of perdition who will proclaim himself as god in an Abomination of Desolation event.  This is the start of the Tribulation Period which is a period of 3.5 years and is the second half of the seven year period of Daniel 9:27. 

This event, written in the scriptures, is how Biblical Scholars have stated that the Temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt, were currently there is no Temple.  There must be a Temple in Jerusalem for the Antichrist to commit the Abomination of Desolation event

The people alive on the Earth, at that time who have Salvation before the 70th Week of Daniel begins will be Raptured.  The Tribulation Purpose has many purposes, where the primary purpose is for Israel to recognize their Messiah.

There is a key scriptural passage for all Jewish people living in Israel to know when the Tribulation Period starts, which is the second half of the 70th Week of Daniel. In Matthew 24:15-22, Jesus Christ is speaking about an event that is command for those to obey and flee to the mountains.

The fate of Jewish people and Israel is discussed further down in this topic in the section "Remnant of Israel is Hidden for 3.5 Years".

Chronological Timeline of Events

Before the 70th Week of Daniel (Before the 7 Year Period)

Before the seven year period of Daniel's 70th Week begins:

• The First Gog and Magog event that most Biblical Scholars believe is right after the Rapture of the Church and before the Tribulation Period begins.
• There are some Biblical Scholars, which this author agrees with, that believe it is during the Gog and Magog event, that the United States and some other areas will have a judgment received by God as discussed in the "United States and the Young Lion Countries mentioned in the Bible?" topic.  Because of the judgment against the "young lions", the Antichrist will probably gain some allegiance, but not authority, from the devastated areas after the Gog and Magog event that are identified as the "young lions" countries.  See the passages in Ezekiel 38:13 and Ezekiel 39:6 references, and the entire chapters, dealing with the events to those "that dwell carelessly in the isles".

  Ezekiel 38:13	Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
  Ezekiel 39:6	And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  God rescues the Nation of Israel as read in Ezekiel.

First 3.5 years

The first three years and six months of the 70th Week of Daniel Period is a period of solidifying the power of the Antichrist.  After the failed First Gog and Magog event the World is looking for a peace so that never again the World's countries will attack other countries and use nuclear types of missiles and bombs.  This is one of the catalysts to the Antichrist coming into power by gaining power through promising peace in the World, which is the False Peace described in the scriptures.

The Antichrist will begin with the setup of a false peace and an attempt to consolidated his power in as many nations as possible, which will eventually only contain nations in the geographical areas of the ancient Roman Empire.  Note that the Roman Empire was not just countries in Europe as it also included country areas of the Middle East and Northern Africa.

There are many areas that are not under the control of the Antichrist, which he desires that he will not be able to get any control:

• The Kings of East will not align themselves with the Antichrist.  These Kings of the East will be under the control of four Fallen Angels that will be released from chains that are currently in the spiritual realm in the vicinity of the River Euphrates.
• There also will be many nations from Africa that will not align themselves with the Antichrist.  These nations will also have an army showing up at the Armageddon event at the end of the Tribulation Period. 

Witness of God to the World

During the whole seven years of the 70th week of Daniel, God is absolutely present and witnessing to the world that Salvation is still available.  There will be many methods that God will use to reach the world, such as:

• The Holy Spirit,
• Angels speaking directly to people,
• 144,000 Jewish Virgins that are evangelizing all over the World, which consists of 12,000 men from twelve of the fourteen tribes.
• The Two Witnesses,
• Theophany,
• The Bible,
• Memories of what True Christians warned about, who are gone from the Rapture, and
• Most likely many other approaches that God will have already chosen that are not necessarily revealed in the scriptures.

Judgments Against the World

In Revelation chapters 4 and 5 there are four key events:

1. The Church has been caught up, taken out of the world, which is the Rapture event. 
2. There is a wonderful scene of the throne room of God.
3. There is identification of the 24 Elders.
4. Jesus Christ receives the book with 7 seals.

After these four events the following judgments, identifications and righteous events occur.  Note that the following table list is a high-level summary based on the Chapters of 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 of the Book of Revelation.  Some additional points before reviewing the table list below:

• There are countless people who are Under the Age of Accountability (which includes mental problems / deficits) who will be Saved by God. 
• Everyone on the Earth will have knowledge to make a decision to choose Jesus Christ before receiving the Mark of the Beast, where the wrong decision can be based upon the Great Lie which they had judgmentally received from earlier rejections in their life against Jesus Christ. 
  (a) Those who chose the Antichrist as god in the areas controlled or influenced by the Antichrist, will inevitably accept a mark of allegiance to be able to buy and sell.  This mark is known as the Mark of the Beast.  
  (b) Biblical Scholars state, just like today, there will be under-ground markets to allow people to live without receiving the Mark of the Beast where bartering will be done or possibly the use of crypto currency.
  (c) There will be parts of the world where there is no opportunity to accept the Mark of the Beast, but there will be some people that will be given over to the Seven Seal Judgments from God for rejecting God.
• The Antichrist is a type of False Trinity that consists of:
  (a) Lucifer in the role of the Father,
  (b) The False Prophet in the role of the Holy Spirit, and
  (c) the Leader (Antichrist) in the role of Jesus Christ.
• The Antichrist never has control of the whole Earth.
• The Antichrist never has full cooperation from all the Fallen Angels.  Some Biblical Scholars have stated some Fallen Angels hate Lucifer for their predicament where they will no longer obey/follow Lucifer, and their actions against Lucifer are in a form of retaliation.
• Chapter Six of the Book of Revelation is almost a complete summary where the chapters following go into the details of the Tribulation Period Judgments.
• Every reference, with the exception of two, in the Book of Revelation has more details that are additionally written in other parts of the Old and New Testament. There are two exceptions:
  (a) First is the silence in Heaven (Rev 8:1), and
  (b) Second is John not allowed to write about the voice in the thundering of God (Rev 10:4).
• In Revelation 13:15, the Antichrist sets up a false image of himself, just King Nebuchadnezzar set up a statue to represent himself to receive worship under penalty of death.  See the topic on the Abomination of Desolation section on this event dealing with the image of the Beast.
• Many of the judgments against the world have parallel events in the times of Israel leaving Egypt, that were used against Pharaoh.  Because of Moses' part in the actions against Pharaoh, there are many Biblical Scholars that believe Moses is one of the Two Witnesses of the book of Revelation.  Details on the Two Witnesses actions are not mentioned in this high level timeline, where the reader can get more information in the Two Witnesses topic.

Note that the battle of Armageddon will end up being an attempt by Lucifer to have the Earth's armies fight against God, as noted in the Psalm 2 corroboration.  The armies initially arrive at Armageddon to fight one another, but change their goal in cooperating with another to fight the True God.  In order for the Earth's armies to attempt this fight then they have to be deceived that they are fighting against something else other than God.  The possibilities of how and why are discussed in the topic on Reincarnation.

A interesting point is Josephus recorded the Roman Catapults threw stones on the city of Jerusalem in the 70 AD siege that were the weight of a talent.  A talent's weight is 33 kg or 72 lbs.  A judgment of meteorites will occur during the Gog and Magog event and as part of the 6th Seal Judgment.  Stoning to death is the penalty for many of the Old Testament sins which includes blasphemy of God.

Note: An interesting point about Locusts which are similar to Grasshoppers, is Grasshoppers have the epigenetic ability to change from vegetation consumption to cannibals.  They do this over a short few days to weeks where the color, shape, size, and other features changes have them resemble and may look exactly like a locust from the region they live.  Many of us do not realize that Grasshoppers and Locusts are in the same Acrididae family.  This note is brought up to realize that the locusts of Revelation 9:3 is possible for God to even potentially use tame grasshopers on the earth to become the Locusts that sting and kill humans that have the Mark of the Beast.

Jewish Death in the World

Biblical Scholars point to Zechariah 13:8 as prophetic about the Tribulation Period where 2/3 of Israel will be wiped out in the last and worst Jewish Holocaust at the hands of the Antichrist.  The 1/3 of Israel that are left alive will go into the Millennial Kingdom period as saved believers in Jesus Christ that will repopulate the Earth along with people from every other place on Earth that survived the Tribulation Period.

According to a few different Biblical Scholars, the world will also lose 2/3 of the population.  This figure does not mean that 2/3 of the world will be condemned and face the Lake of Fire after their death.  This 2/3 estimate includes:

• People who die from the Seven Seal Judgments of God because of their rejection of the True God.
• Very large numbers of the peoples, from all over the world, who will accept Jesus Christ as their Savior but still experience death by persecution from those who have rejected the True God. 

Daniel's 70th week prophecy has many purposes and one is for the Glory of God which means God will still be harvesting many people unto Salvation in the Tribulation Period.

Of the population that is left alive at the end of the Tribulation Period, there are two groups:

1. There will be those alive who rejected God but didn't not die during the Seven Seal Judgments.
2. There will be those alive who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and were not killed by those who rejected the True God.

The judgment at the end of the Tribulation Period is called the Sheep and Goat Judgment where those who have righteousness by Faith in Jesus Christ will also go into the Millennial Kingdom period.  Those who did not have Jesus Christ as their Savior will go Lower Sheol to await the Great White Thrown of Judgment.

The One Thirds Righteous Judgment Meaning

When we are reading the Book of Revelation judgments, there is a value of "1/3 ~ one third" used repeatedly as indication of how many deaths and destruction are occurring in the Seven Seals Judgments.  Other than Revelation 6:4, which deals with "1/4 ~ 25%", all the remaining are "1/3 - one third ~ 33%".

There are two question that can be asked:

1. Is the pattern accidental or to serve a purpose that God is attending for all of us to recognize? 
2. Does the value of "1/3 - one third ~ 33%", mean God is sending an additional facet to the judgment which matches something done by Lucifer?

To reemphasize the point of patterns, the book of Revelation is replete with patterns and groups of sevens that cannot be counted as noted by many Biblical Scholars who have tried counting such as Ivan Panin.  There is an inexhaustible list of patterns of sevens in the Book of Revelation. 

In this author's opinion, that I have not read in any Biblical Commentary, the "1/3 - one third ~ 33%" pattern is also a mark from the Holy Spirit for the reader to know that was how many Lucifer deceived of the Angels in Heaven to rebel against God because of a deception done by Lucifer.  The 1/3 has a meaning of judgment with the losses shown in the table list below, which will also be used as evidence of the far-reaching ramifications from Lucifer and the Fallen Angel's rebellion when they are judged at the Great White Thrown of Judgment.

There are many people entering the Tribulation Period, other than those under the Age of Accountability, that have refused to recognize and ask Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.  Biblical Scholars have pointed out the many scriptures, such as Matthew 24:14, which state the Tribulation Period will not occur until many predecessor conditions have occurred that include the entire world hearing of Jesus Christ.  This gives Glory to God for not having the Tribulation Period start until everyone knows of Jesus Christ.

The choice to not listen and not ask Jesus Christ as a person's Savior is the same thing as rejecting Jesus Christ.  Therefore, adults going into the Tribulation Period are all condemned, but to God's Glory there is still an opportunity to receive Salvation.

Before Genesis 1:2 occurred and the Garden of Eden did not exist, there was war in Heaven which Lucifer started a rebellion.  During the rebellion, there was 1/3 of the Angels that rebelled with Lucifer as noted in Revelation 12:4.  The Stars of Heaven are the Angels.

It is the opinion of this author, that I haven't seen in any other Biblical Commentaries, that God has chosen / allowed "1/3 - one third ~ 33%" as an number of punitive consequences because that is the number of Angels that were deceived by Lucifer and rebelled.  Lucifer and the Fallen Angels will recognize this 33% percentage judgment as matching their evil percentage.  

Note that it is the belief of this author that part of the suffering in the Lake of Fire will contain remorse, even for Lucifer and Fallen Angels, that they will hold themselves accountable for evil with realization of perfect judgment against them from God.  Recall that Lucifer, who possessed the Disciple Judas Iscariot, had Judas recognize that Judas betrayed innocent blood in the turning over of Jesus Christ to be Crucified.

The Two Thirds Good News

There have been several Biblical Scholars, such as Walter Martin, who have stated that they believe during the Tribulation Period there will be more people receiving Salvation than all of the other prior periods of history.  Additionally, there will be more people receiving Salvation from China, with its dense population of people, than any other place on the Earth.  God will not let the Four Fallen Angels, leading the Kings of the East countries to have any complete / full victory over all the people in the countries that are part of the Kings of the East.

The following table chart below represents a beautiful scenario that this author remembers hearing something to this effect around 1984 while attending a Hilton Sutton speaking event.  Paraphrased by this author, these were the additional points that Hilton Sutton was making concerning the Tribulation Period before reading the table chart:

1. In previous times in history, people could go through their entire lives with the possibility of ignoring God.  In the Tribulation Period, unlike any other time in history, there is not going to be any neutral place to live without making a choice to accept or reject Jesus Christ, which will result in great numbers of people receiving Salvation.
   (a) This is confirmed by many scriptures, where the Seals of Judgment will also force a decision of every single person. 
   (b) Those under the Age of Accountability who will receive Salvation by God's Glory and God's providence.
    

2. During the Tribulation Period, many people will curse, reject and hate anything dealing with Jesus Christ even though they do not necessarily believe in Jesus Christ as they are expressing their suffering toward anything and everything that their self-inflicted misguided thoughts can imagine.
   (a) A purposeful rejection of Jesus Christ, during the Tribulation period, will lead to being given over to the Great Lie.  When God uses the witnessing methods discussed above, then there is still hope for someone's Salvation, unless they have received the Mark of the Beast. 
   (b) Accepting the Mark of the Beast will have the person killed most likely by one of the Seven Seal Judgments.  Note, as stated in this topic, there are many areas of the Earth where there was no option to accept the Mark of the Beast, but there will be people who will reject Jesus Christ without changing their decision until the very end of the Tribulation Period.
    
3. Lucifer never has full control of Earth through his Antichrist ruling the Roman Empire rebuilt.  There will be many places in the world where people can still live, with underground economies based on bartering, cash and possibly crypto currencies, where life will be extremely treacherous but sill livable.
    
4. The Table Chart uses rounded up numbers from published world-wide 2021 population numbers to help with coming up with an estimation of the future period possibilities.  The theoretical formulas are using the Biblical Scriptures as reference which shows the theory that roughly 2/3 (approximately 66%) of the planet will hopefully receive Salvation during the Tribulation Period, which is amazing good news that gives glory to God! 

Additionally, to help us with coming up with the good news, the following points were used:

1. The numbers below are theoretical and are using an estimate population of the Earth after the Rapture event.
2. As stated above, unlike any other time in history, there is no neutral place to live without making a choice to ask Jesus Christ to be their personal Savior.
3. As stated in the previous section of this topic's scriptural listing, there will a judgment against 1/3 the world who will be killed by famine, disease, murder, and war. 
4. The Kings of the East will bring 200,000,000 military personnel to the Armageddon Event, who will have the destiny of the Lake of Fire that will be murdering along their pathways to Armageddon.
5. There will be the Antichrist's military that will be at the Armageddon Event, who will have the destiny of the Lake of Fire.
6. There will be an army coming from African countries to go against Israel, who will have the destiny of the Lake of Fire.
7. There will most likely be 9 out 10 people killed for accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior.
   (a) Of the 9 out of 10, there will millions upon millions of children and others under the Age of Accountability who receive Salvation even though they are killed.
   (b) The ministry of the 144,000 Jewish Virgin men will reach the world with amazing Godly results.
   (c) There will be Angels witnessing to the World for Jesus Christ.
   (d) There will be the Two Witnesses, who cannot be martyred until 3.5 days before the end of the Tribulation Period, who will witness to the World and be a constant irritation to the Antichrist. 
   (e) The Seven Seal Judgments will witness to the World.
   (f) The Holy Spirit will be active in all Salvation events!
8. There will be small percentage of the people, who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, who are not killed.  These people, that includes the remnant of Israel, will repopulate the Earth during the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 
   (a) The remnant of Israel will be 1/3 of the original population of Jewish People around the Earth.   See Zechariah 13:8, which is also listed above.

** Europe will be under the Antichrist, which will suffer the greatest number of:
    (a) Martyrs, and
    (b) Deaths before Armageddon by the Seal Judgments.
    Africa's military force is purely an estimate.

Remnant of Israel is Hidden for 3.5 Years

Points of the Matthew 24:15-22 passage:

1. Jewish people, in the country of Israel, will have the ability to see or hear about the Abomination of Desolation event as it is happening, and will hear about it from others very quickly according to the meaning of Matthew 24:15-22.  Prior to the advent of world-wide television, Internet, Texting, Satellite and Radio broadcasting, the question by Biblical Scholars of the past, was how could people know when the Abomination of Desolation event occurs?  This prophecy by Jesus Christ let us know that God (with no surprise) knew about world-wide broadcasting from many methods.
2. The Jewish people in Israel (Judea) are to flee immediately into the Mountains. 
3. The Great Tribulation period will begin at this event.
4. The Abomination of Desolation event is how Biblical Scholars have pointed out that the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt in the future.

Those of Israel, that flee to the mountains, will be taken care of by God as read in Revelation 12:1-6 and Revelation 12:13-14, for 3.5 years.  Note that "thousand two hundred and threescore days" is 3.5 years, and "a time, and times, and half a time" is also 3.5 years.

These are the key points of the two Revelation passages:

1. The woman is symbolical, where she appears as a sign in Heaven, which is identified by other scriptures and events in history as Israel.
2. Because of the crown of twelve stars, on the woman, the stars are a reference to the Twelve Tribes of Israel. 
3. The red dragon, without any confusion, is Lucifer who takes 1/3 of the Angels with him in a deception that results in Lucifer being cast down to the realm of the Earth.
4. The Child born is a Son, who is to rule all nations, which clearly is a reference to Jesus Christ.
5. The reference in Genesis 37:9 is one of many scriptures that link a description of celestial objects being the man Israel and the Nation of Israel created from the Twelve Tribes of Israel.   The scriptures never mix metaphors, figures of speech and analogies. 

As noted above in the scriptural passage of Zechariah 13:8-9, there will 2/3 of Jewish people in the world killed by the forces of the Antichrist.  We do not know how many of these 2/3 have Salvation, but the preponderance of scripture leads us to know that God will not give glory to Lucifer and the Antichrist on any victories for those God has preordained for Salvation.

Israel Fleeing from the Antichrist points:

1. The scriptures do not inform the reader the exact location in the mountains where the ruminant of Israel will flee, but the general area is given.
2. There is a theory by many Biblical Scholars that the ruminant will flee to Petra based on historical events and the scriptural inferences.  Note that the historical events are not covered in this topic, but this author may write of them at a later point.
3. The area location is identified in Daniel 11:41 is approximately modern-day Jordan as this is the area of ancient Edom, Moab, and Ammon. 
4. Some Biblical Scholars have the belief, as does this author, that the fleeing ruminant will be praying Psalm 60:9-12.

Other information to consider:

Israel's military will be neutralized by the Antichrist before the Abomination of Desolation event. 

• It is the theory, as mentioned above in this topic, that the first 3.5 years of the 70th Week of Daniel time period will have the Antichrist using the false peace period to convert over many people in Israel:
  (a) to follow him
  (b) deceived by him; where this will eventually involve their death or even becoming an non-threat by potentially some of the Israeli people taking the Mark of the Beast.
• Israel has one of the most advanced military defense systems and trained troops, so removing this threat will require advanced actions.
  (a) Prior to WWII starting, Hitler (a type of foreshadowing of the Antichrist) through politics and negotiations in 1933 through 1938 managed to weaken and remove initial pivotal military obstacles in Poland and Czechoslovakia, which was all done with the subterfuge of peace.  
  (b) The Antichrist will use the first 3.5 years of the 70th Week of Daniel to remove the Israeli military problem.  Daniel 8:24-25 states the Antichrist will also use subterfuge of a fake peace to achieve military victories without military actions.

  Daniel 8:24-25

  24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do his pleasure; and he shall destroy the mighty ones and the holy people. 25 And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

  Daniel 9:27

  27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one seven. In the middle of the seven he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

• Israel possesses nuclear weapons and have publicly stated that they will exercise the Sampson or Masada Option if required as last resort to eliminate the military power, and its source, if Israel was facing an emanate military take-over by a hostile government.  This will also require the neutralizing by the Antichrist.

Using rounded numbers of the population of Israel as of 2021, the following chart lists the theatrical numbers of those killed by the Antichrist and those who survive either in Jordan (Petra) or somewhere else on the Earth.  The 144,000 Jewish Evangelists are marked by God so they cannot be harmed.

Using the estimated number of Jewish people, with 2021 numbers, those surviving the Tribulation Period is an approximate 2,462,640 Jewish people.  These people will be protected and hidden from the Antichrist according to Daniel 11:41 (verse listed above).  This will take a fairly large area of the mountains which the theoretical location of Petra could hold the remnant of Israel.  The location of Petra is described as having:

• 264 squared kilometers or 102 square miles.  There are many major cities in the world that are smaller geographically and have more people living within their city limits.
• An elevation of 810 meters or 2,657 feet height
• Building and civil engineering established around the 5th century BC.

How to Know Daniel's 70th Week hasn't Started

The End of the Tribulation Period

1. The Beast and the False Prophet, that are the Antichrist, are cast alive into the Lake of Fire.
2. Every one of the military personnel at the Armageddon event are killed instantly by the Word of Jesus Christ.

Note: God exists outside of all Time Domains.  Time is a physical property based on acceleration, gravity, and mass.  Events can happen in Heaven with no time passing on Earth.  The next two events after the Tribulation Period is completed:

1. Wedding Supper of the Lamb Celebration
2. Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ begins.

1290 Days and 1335 Days of Daniel 12:11-12

Book of Joshua a Small Model of Revelation Tribulation Period

See the topic on "Book of Joshua a Small Model of Revelation Tribulation Period" that shows God's use of patterns, as well as encryptions, models, and many other types of authentication methods that include double occurrences.  In order, for the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments as one Book, to have all the proof in the patterns, encryptions, models, and even unique counting of words, people, and even places means the source has to be from an entity outside of Time which is God. 

It is impossible for the 40 authors, in the 66 books, to have conspired with one another in multiple times in history to accomplish some of the encryptions that are being found through computer software.  The topic on the Tribulation Period illustrates some of the patterns and use of sevens and other numbers that God has always used.

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