The authors have tried their best to accurately interpret God’s Word.

The rebirth of the nation of Israel is the fulfillment of one of the most prophesied events in Scripture. Israel became a nation once again on 14 May 1948 (Yom Ha’atzmaut, 5 Iyar 5708 in the Jewish calendar). We believe that the rebirth of Israel starts the countdown to end-time events. Israel’s rebirth is often linked to the nation’s spiritual awakening and revival (Ezekiel 11:14-21, 36:22-38, 37:1-28, 39:25-29), to the judgment of nations (Joel 3:1-2; Ezekiel 28:24-26), to great tribulation (Jeremiah 30:1-11), to the rule of King David and the reign of Messiah.

God will make an everlasting covenant of peace with Israel, and David will be their king forever (Ezekiel 34:24, 37:24-28; Jeremiah 30:9; Hosea 3:5). The Messiah (a righteous Branch) will reign over all the people and nations of the world. (Jeremiah 23:1-8, 33:14-16; Isaiah 4:2-6, 11:1-5, 53:2; Zechariah 3:8-9; 6:12-13; Ezekiel 20:33-44; Revelation 20:4)

Israel’s rebirth - additional verses: (Isaiah 11:11-12; Ezekiel 34:11-16, 38:8, Daniel 9:24-27)

Why will millions of people vanish? Jesus will return and take all his believers to heaven before the seven-year Great Tribulation begins. The billions of people left behind will be scared and confused. Many theories will be proposed to explain their disappearance, but the Bible reveals the truth. The rapture was prophesied (foretold) in the Bible almost 2,000 years ago. (John 14:1-3; Philippians 3:20-21; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 2 Peter 3:3-18; Revelation 3:10-11)

“According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17)

“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” (Matthew 24:36-44)

“Now, brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)

Will a lot of people get saved after the rapture? The Bible clearly shows that during the end times many people will be saved and many will lose their lives for their faith in the Lord Jesus. There will be a huge revival during the end times. The book of Revelation describes a great multitude of believers in heaven that have come out of the Great Tribulation.

“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands…These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb…Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:9-17)

There will be so many believers in the world that the antichrist, leader of the most powerful kingdom in the history of the world, will actually wage war against God’s holy people during the second half of the Tribulation (Revelation 13:7; Daniel 7:21-22). (John 16:2; Revelation 6:9-11, 15:2-4, 20:4-6)

The global panic that will likely follow the rapture will be a strong motivation for the world to unite and create a one-world government that will become Babylon the Great, the end-time global empire composed of 10 kingdoms (regions) and ruled by 10 kings (Daniel 7; Revelation 17-18). This empire will be exceedingly powerful and “will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it” (Daniel 7:23). End-time Babylon the Great is described in various ways in the Bible. She is a dreadful, terrifying and extremely strong beast that will become almost one with the antichrist and Satan during the second half of the Great Tribulation. She is also described as a false religious system and a prostitute (Revelation 17:1-18). The prostitute will hate God’s holy people, will corrupt the earth with her immorality, will be wealthy, materialistic and extremely evil. “The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. The name written on her forehead was a mystery: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” (Revelation 17:4-5). 

Babylon the Great will also be a great city that rules over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18). It will be “a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit” (Revelation 18:2). The merchants of the earth will grow rich from her excessive luxuries and all the nations will drink the maddening wine of her adulteries (Revelation 14:8, 18:3). All who have ships on the sea will become rich through her wealth (Revelation 18:17-19).

Babylon the Great will be responsible for the persecution and death of many believers and will experience the fierce wrath of God because her sins will be piled up to heaven. She will be “drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus”, and God will remember her crimes. (Revelation 16:19, 17:6, 18:4-8). “Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her” (Revelation 18:8).

Gog (probably refers to Russia) and many other nations will attack Israel with a massive force. This battle probably occurs shortly after the rapture and is followed by the Israel-antichrist peace treaty. Ezekiel 38 and 39 describe this attack and how God miraculously rescues the people of Israel. The Lord’s judgment during the Ezekiel 38 battle will be one of the most awesome displays of God’s power that the world has ever seen. The result of this extremely significant end-time event is that the nations will know that God Almighty is the Lord, the Holy One in Israel and he will be glorified and his holy name will be made known in the midst of his people Israel. Many people will then have the opportunity to be saved by believing in the Lord Jesus before the Great Tribulation begins. 

“You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.” (Ezekiel 38:16).

“This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign LORD. In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign LORD. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him. And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’” (Ezekiel 38:18-23).

“On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals. You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. “‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel. It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the day I have spoken of.” (Ezekiel 39:4-8).

Following the Ezekiel 38 battle, the identity of the antichrist will finally be known for certain. The man who makes a seven-year peace treaty (covenant) with Israel will be revealed as the antichrist (Daniel 9:27). This is a very significant end-time event because the signing of the covenant will also signify the official start of the seven-year Great Tribulation.

Initially the antichrist will not be one of the 10 kings of Babylon the Great. Daniel describes the antichrist as a little horn that will arise after the 10, “different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings” (Daniel 7:8, 20, 24). The remaining kings will fall one by one until the antichrist eventually becomes the king and supreme ruler of Babylon the Great close to the Tribulation midpoint. The antichrist will try to change the set times and the laws, will speak boastfully, will be feared, will have a fatal wound and come back to life, will wage war against believers (persecuting and killing believers), will exalt and magnify himself above every god, will say unheard-of things against the God of gods, and will be worshiped (Revelation 13:1-10, 17:1-18, 19:1-21, 20:1-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; Matthew 24:15; Daniel 7:7-28, 8:23-26, 9:24-27, 11:36-45,12:1-13; 1 John 2:18-27).

The two prophets (witnesses) will be appointed by God and will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. God will give them special powers. “If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.” (Revelation 11:3-6).

God’s mighty deliverance of His people during the Ezekiel 38 battle and the defeat of many of Israel’s enemies will clear the way for the construction of the long-awaited temple in Jerusalem. The temple will be completed quickly during the first half of the Great Tribulation because at the midpoint, the antichrist will put a stop to sacrifice and offering and desecrate the temple (Daniel 9:27, 12:11; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

During the Great Tribulation, billions of people will die (Revelation 6:8, 9:15). “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” (Matthew 24:22). God’s 21 judgments include seven seal judgments, seven trumpet judgments and seven bowl judgments. (Revelation 6:1-17, 8:1-13, 9:1-21, 11:15-19, 15:1-8, 16:1-21).

There will be a brief period of peace after the Israel-antichrist peace treaty. This will be followed by wars, famine, extreme inflation, plagues, death of one fourth of the world’s population, intense persecution of believers, earthquakes and disturbances of the sun, moon and stars. (Revelation 6:1-17, 8:1-6).

The trumpet judgments include; hail and fire mixed with blood (one third of the earth burned up), a great burning mountain thrown into the sea (one third of sea turns to blood, one third of sea creatures die, one third of ships destroyed), a great burning star falls, causing one third of the fresh water on earth to be poisoned, darkening of the sun, moon and stars, demonic locusts/scorpions, plagues (one third of humanity dies) and war. (Revelation 8:1-13, 9:1-21, 11:15-19).

The wrath of God is finished in these last seven plagues (Revelation 15:1). The bowl judgments include; festering sores (only affects people with the mark of the beast and who worship its image), seas become blood (all sea life dies), rivers and springs become blood, scorching heat from the sun, Euphrates river dries up to prepare the way for the kings from the east, demons gather all the nations for Armageddon, catastrophic earthquake, cities of the nations collapse, every island disappears, mountains are leveled and huge hailstones (100 lbs. or 45 kg) fall on people. (Revelation, chapters 15-16).

The antichrist will be killed and will rise from the dead. Satan (dragon) will give the antichrist (beast) his power and his throne and great authority for the second half of the Great Tribulation. “One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 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. 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.” (Revelation 13:3-8) (Revelation 13:12).

At the midpoint of the seven-year Tribulation, the antichrist will break the treaty with Israel and desecrate the temple in Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). God’s holy people will be delivered into his hands for the second three and a half years of the Great Tribulation (Daniel 7:25; Revelation 13:5-8).

When the two prophets (witnesses) have finished their testimony in Jerusalem, at the midpoint of the Tribulation, the beast (antichrist) will attack and kill them. Most of the inhabitants of the world will celebrate their deaths because these two prophets will torment those who live on the earth. God will raise them from the dead after three and a half days, and they will go up to heaven in a cloud. At that very hour, there will be a severe earthquake in Jerusalem and a tenth of the city will collapse and seven thousand people will be killed. According to Malachi, one of the prophets may be Elijah. (Malachi 4:5; Revelation 11:3-13)

The false prophet is also known as the second beast and he will exercise all the authority of the antichrist in his presence. He will perform great signs and make people worship the antichrist and receive the mark of the beast. “Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.” (Revelation 13:11-18).

Warning! Do not receive the mark of the beast! “A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: ‘If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.’” (Revelation 14:9-11). “The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image” (Revelation 16:2). (Revelation 13:7, 19:20, 20:4).

Jesus Christ, the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS” returns to earth at the end of the Great Tribulation (seven years after the Israel-antichrist peace treaty) to rescue his people, to judge the wicked and to rule his earthly kingdom. The antichrist, the kings of the earth and their armies gather to make war against God. The antichrist and false prophet are seized and thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur and the armies of the earth are destroyed. Satan is then bound for a thousand years and thrown into the Abyss. All the nations will be gathered before Jesus for judgment. Non-believers will “go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46). (Revelation, chapters 19- 20; Isaiah 34:1-17, 66:15-17; Daniel 12:1-13; Joel 2:28-32, 3:1-17; Zechariah, chapters 12-14; Luke 17:20-37; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, 2:1-12; Titus 2:11-14).

The date of Jesus Christ’s second coming can easily be determined using a cell phone calendar, which will account for leap years. Seven prophetic years (360 days per year) after the Israel-antichrist peace treaty, Jesus Christ will return to earth (Daniel 9:27). That represents 2,520 (2 x 1,260) days or exactly 360 weeks (Revelation 11:3, 12:6). The midpoint of the Tribulation is 180 weeks.

Some of the most detailed and descriptive prophecies of end-time events were spoken by Jesus. Jesus said to his disciples, “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.” (Matthew 24:4-5). Jesus talks about wars, famines, earthquakes, false prophets, wickedness, hatred and persecution of believers, the preaching of the gospel, the desecration of the temple by the antichrist, the Great Tribulation and his glorious return to earth. (Matthew 24:1-51, 25:1-46; Mark 13:1-37; Luke 17:20-37, 21:5-36; 2 Timothy 3:1-9 [not Jesus’ words]; 2 Peter 3:1-18 [not Jesus’ words])

Angels will put a seal on the foreheads of 144,000 servants of God, which will include the name of the Lamb (Jesus) and his Father’s name (God). These 144,000 Jews, from all twelve tribes of Israel, will be commissioned by God for his service, which may include evangelism. (Revelation 7:1-8, 14:1-5)

Jesus will establish his earthly kingdom where he will reign over all the people and nations of the world for a thousand years. His kingdom will be characterized by justice, righteousness and his unfailing love. There will be harmony in all creation as the earth becomes a lush paradise, like the Garden of Eden. Little boys will play with lions and the wolf will dwell with the lamb (Isaiah 11:6-9). People will be healed and healthy, will live in peace and will multiply and fill the earth.

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from the Abyss and will come out to deceive the nations. Many will follow Satan and attempt to defeat Jesus Christ. Fire from heaven will devour them and the devil will be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur. Non-believers will then be judged before the great white throne and death and Hades will be thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20). The old heaven and the old earth will be destroyed (2 Peter 3:7, 10-13). (Isaiah 9:6-7, 11:1-16, 24:23, 35:1-10, 56:1-8, 60:1-22, 61:1-11, 62:1-12, 65:17-25, 66:10-24; Jeremiah 31:27-40; Ezekiel 34:11-31, 36:22-38, 37:21-28, chapters 40-48; Daniel 7:13-14; Joel 3:18-21; Amos 9:11-15; Micah 4:1-8; Habakkuk 2:14; Zechariah 8:1-23, 9:10; Psalm 2:6-9, 24:7-10, 33:5)

Following the great white throne judgment, God will reveal a new heaven and a new earth, unstained by sin. (Revelation, chapters 21-22; John 14:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Peter 3:13; Hebrews 12:22-23; Revelation 2:7, 7:7-17, 15:2)

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’” (Revelation 21:1-4)

"One of the seven angels … showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel … The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass. I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.” (Revelation 21:9-26)

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.” (Revelation 22:1-5)