Troy
March 24th 2004, 04:48 PM
The Chronological Timing of End-Time Events (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Chronology.htm) and Beyond
What is so revealing in these twelve steps is that the further we go forward in time, the harder salvation once thought becomes. This means, by God's standard's of initial salvation, many, though deceived today, will be many more the longer man wait's for His parousia - in Tribulation commences. Therefore you should hope it happens sooner, even right now. You should pray for His quick coming, not avoiding it. For it appears from God's perspective, He has set the limit based on His foreknowledge of 1.2 billion inhabitants (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/NewCity.htm) of the New City or thereabouts. And in His foreknowledge, God does not let Christ know (that is, through His Son) when that day may come, because it is up to man when man is ready to be received. This is a very special truth.
1. 1st rapture includes the martyrs from past 20 centuries (raptured by 7.9, noted at 6.11), living overcomers at 1st rapture, and the 144,000 firstfruits (virgins who are closest to Christ resting in Hades and a few raptured alive at 1st rapture) which commences the last week (Rev. 7.9), right before the opening of the first trumpet (Rev. 8.7), initiated by Christ's parousia first on a cloud (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/return.htm), then later like lightening (Matt. 24.27) when He steps down (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/return.htm) on the mount of olives at the 7th trumpet on the 1260th day. Judgment Seat is for Christians and spans the 7 year Tribulation.
2. The 1st rapture is part of the man-child (Rev. 12.5). War in heaven occurs (Rev. 12.7) as the man-child's coming before the throne cause the archangel Michael (and angels) to war against Satan (Rev. 12.7) for there can be no room for the raptured overcomers and Satan in heaven at the same time. Satan accuses the brethren day and night before God in heaven during the first three and half years (Rev. 12.9-10) before Satan is finally cast down at the 5th woe (Rev. 9.1-12), which is the start of Great Tribulation for 5 months (Rev. 9.10).
3. Martyrs (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Martyred.htm) throughout and during the Tribulation continue to be raptured three and half days after they sleep (like the Two Witnesses - Rev. 11.11,12 and Christ), given new spiritual bodies, clothed so they may enter heaven. Even though Son of God (God in the flesh), Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior was raised over 1900 years ago and the Two Witnesses are raptured at the 1260th day (Rev. 11.3ff) when Christ returns, this shows the boundary of time in which this takes place from first rapture to 7th trumpet resurrection, to let us know that the martyred hold a special place in God's heart as part of the 1st resurrection "out of" the conglomerate of resurrections and 1st rapture (Rev. 6.11, 20.4). Rev. 2.10 "...Remain faithful even when facing death, and I will give you the crown of life." There are still more resurrections even after the 7th trumpet resurrection because the 7th trumpet resurrection of the 7th woe (Rev. 11.1 "them that worship therein" before the throne) occurs just after the 18th month (5 months of the first woe plus 13 months of the second woe) before the 7 bowls start (7th woe). Yet still some who die for Christ from this point on before reaching the 1260th day of Christ's return. The proof also being that the Two Witnesses are raptured up to this point also. God's heart desire is to receive those who were martyred during Tribulation up to heaven three and half days after they enter Hades (sleep).
4. War commences in heaven at the start of the seven year Tribulation, then Satan is finally cast out of second heaven and Great Tribulation commences (Rev. 12.8-9, 9.1).
5. Before the bowls start, those that are ALIVE and LEFT are raptured with the dead in Christ who are asleep (1 Thess. 4.15-17, 1 Cor. 15.50-52). This will occur after the 18 months, 5 months of the first woe + 13 months in the second woe, but before the 24 months of the third woe of seven bowls.
6. Those that return WITH Christ at the 1260th day are His overcomers: the martyred for Christ and all Saints of the Most High (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Revelation_20.htm) since Adam (Rev. 20.4). Note - first rapture is for the church before the 7 days of the last week commences, which includes the living overcomers, firstfruits, and martyrs from the past twenty centuries. Only martyrs during Tribulation are raptured as they are martyred, and the 7th trumpet resurrection is for all the rest since Adam, which are the non-overcomers in Christ since Adam, overcomers yet to be resurrected, and those ALIVE (overcoming and non-overcoming, if such be possible that any overcoming Christians be left alive) and left. At Christ's return in the administering of judgment from the 1260th to the 1290th day, there may yet be a further rapture of believers, after which there is no more resurrections till the end of the the millennium, though, it would make more sense that the 7th trumpet resurrection (plus 24 months of resurrections of the martyred) was the conclusive rapture to dispense rewards since it is depended on the finality of Christ returning in Person on the mount of olives.
7. Rewards are for overcomers to reign with Christ for a thousand years. Overcomers are those of the first resurrection stated in Rev. 20.4, a "best", "out-of" resurrection (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Revelation_20.htm) from the conglomerate of raptures.
8. After the millennium, Satan is let out one last time to reveal man has yet some hidden sin, and the resurrection from the bad side of Hades are those to be thrown into the lake of fire for eternity after being judged at Great White Throne. All those since Adam from all dispensations who are unsaved wait in the bad side of Hades for that final resurrection at the end of the millennium.
9. There will be one last resurrection for those who died during the millennium who were individually saved, and given new spiritual bodies (and if possible, any who have still not yet been resurrected for the new city before the millennium, though I do not believe there is any) who are also included to enter the new city along with the already resurrected from the OT and NT. The last generation who did not rebel at the last revolt are transferred livingly with bodies of flesh and blood into the new earth who will live outside the new city, just as the sheep nations who did not take the mark of the beast were transferred livingly from the Great Tribulation into the millennium. The Jews reigned (though not as kings) at the center of all nations during the millennium, and the temple slowly fades away so that by the time of the new earth, there is no more temple, and there is no more distinctions among the nations and the Jews. The overcomers in the millennium reign as Kings and Priests with Christ with an "iron rod" over the nations. In the new earth, after the millennium, God and the Lamb are at the center of the new city, which is the place where those in the new earth may come to receive renewal (see step 11 below).
10.In the new city and new earth in the new heaven, rewards are done away with, as all the souls with resurrected bodies from Adam to the end of the millennium become the inhabitants of the new city.
11. Those living outside the new city will enter the new city to restore their weaknesses (there is no disease) inherent in bodies of flesh and blood, but there will not be sin anymore. Those outside the new city will be fruitful and multiply in their bodies of flesh and blood, but those in the new city will not partake in marriage since they no longer have bodies of flesh and blood.
12. This will continue on for at least 700 more generations, until a thousand generations has been fulfilled (Ex. 20.6). About 200 to 300 generations will have already passed from Adam through to the age of grace, plus Tribulation, and up to the end of the millennium. God will show his loving kindness unto a thousand generations.
Troy Brooks
What is so revealing in these twelve steps is that the further we go forward in time, the harder salvation once thought becomes. This means, by God's standard's of initial salvation, many, though deceived today, will be many more the longer man wait's for His parousia - in Tribulation commences. Therefore you should hope it happens sooner, even right now. You should pray for His quick coming, not avoiding it. For it appears from God's perspective, He has set the limit based on His foreknowledge of 1.2 billion inhabitants (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/NewCity.htm) of the New City or thereabouts. And in His foreknowledge, God does not let Christ know (that is, through His Son) when that day may come, because it is up to man when man is ready to be received. This is a very special truth.
1. 1st rapture includes the martyrs from past 20 centuries (raptured by 7.9, noted at 6.11), living overcomers at 1st rapture, and the 144,000 firstfruits (virgins who are closest to Christ resting in Hades and a few raptured alive at 1st rapture) which commences the last week (Rev. 7.9), right before the opening of the first trumpet (Rev. 8.7), initiated by Christ's parousia first on a cloud (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/return.htm), then later like lightening (Matt. 24.27) when He steps down (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/return.htm) on the mount of olives at the 7th trumpet on the 1260th day. Judgment Seat is for Christians and spans the 7 year Tribulation.
2. The 1st rapture is part of the man-child (Rev. 12.5). War in heaven occurs (Rev. 12.7) as the man-child's coming before the throne cause the archangel Michael (and angels) to war against Satan (Rev. 12.7) for there can be no room for the raptured overcomers and Satan in heaven at the same time. Satan accuses the brethren day and night before God in heaven during the first three and half years (Rev. 12.9-10) before Satan is finally cast down at the 5th woe (Rev. 9.1-12), which is the start of Great Tribulation for 5 months (Rev. 9.10).
3. Martyrs (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Martyred.htm) throughout and during the Tribulation continue to be raptured three and half days after they sleep (like the Two Witnesses - Rev. 11.11,12 and Christ), given new spiritual bodies, clothed so they may enter heaven. Even though Son of God (God in the flesh), Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior was raised over 1900 years ago and the Two Witnesses are raptured at the 1260th day (Rev. 11.3ff) when Christ returns, this shows the boundary of time in which this takes place from first rapture to 7th trumpet resurrection, to let us know that the martyred hold a special place in God's heart as part of the 1st resurrection "out of" the conglomerate of resurrections and 1st rapture (Rev. 6.11, 20.4). Rev. 2.10 "...Remain faithful even when facing death, and I will give you the crown of life." There are still more resurrections even after the 7th trumpet resurrection because the 7th trumpet resurrection of the 7th woe (Rev. 11.1 "them that worship therein" before the throne) occurs just after the 18th month (5 months of the first woe plus 13 months of the second woe) before the 7 bowls start (7th woe). Yet still some who die for Christ from this point on before reaching the 1260th day of Christ's return. The proof also being that the Two Witnesses are raptured up to this point also. God's heart desire is to receive those who were martyred during Tribulation up to heaven three and half days after they enter Hades (sleep).
4. War commences in heaven at the start of the seven year Tribulation, then Satan is finally cast out of second heaven and Great Tribulation commences (Rev. 12.8-9, 9.1).
5. Before the bowls start, those that are ALIVE and LEFT are raptured with the dead in Christ who are asleep (1 Thess. 4.15-17, 1 Cor. 15.50-52). This will occur after the 18 months, 5 months of the first woe + 13 months in the second woe, but before the 24 months of the third woe of seven bowls.
6. Those that return WITH Christ at the 1260th day are His overcomers: the martyred for Christ and all Saints of the Most High (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Revelation_20.htm) since Adam (Rev. 20.4). Note - first rapture is for the church before the 7 days of the last week commences, which includes the living overcomers, firstfruits, and martyrs from the past twenty centuries. Only martyrs during Tribulation are raptured as they are martyred, and the 7th trumpet resurrection is for all the rest since Adam, which are the non-overcomers in Christ since Adam, overcomers yet to be resurrected, and those ALIVE (overcoming and non-overcoming, if such be possible that any overcoming Christians be left alive) and left. At Christ's return in the administering of judgment from the 1260th to the 1290th day, there may yet be a further rapture of believers, after which there is no more resurrections till the end of the the millennium, though, it would make more sense that the 7th trumpet resurrection (plus 24 months of resurrections of the martyred) was the conclusive rapture to dispense rewards since it is depended on the finality of Christ returning in Person on the mount of olives.
7. Rewards are for overcomers to reign with Christ for a thousand years. Overcomers are those of the first resurrection stated in Rev. 20.4, a "best", "out-of" resurrection (http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Revelation_20.htm) from the conglomerate of raptures.
8. After the millennium, Satan is let out one last time to reveal man has yet some hidden sin, and the resurrection from the bad side of Hades are those to be thrown into the lake of fire for eternity after being judged at Great White Throne. All those since Adam from all dispensations who are unsaved wait in the bad side of Hades for that final resurrection at the end of the millennium.
9. There will be one last resurrection for those who died during the millennium who were individually saved, and given new spiritual bodies (and if possible, any who have still not yet been resurrected for the new city before the millennium, though I do not believe there is any) who are also included to enter the new city along with the already resurrected from the OT and NT. The last generation who did not rebel at the last revolt are transferred livingly with bodies of flesh and blood into the new earth who will live outside the new city, just as the sheep nations who did not take the mark of the beast were transferred livingly from the Great Tribulation into the millennium. The Jews reigned (though not as kings) at the center of all nations during the millennium, and the temple slowly fades away so that by the time of the new earth, there is no more temple, and there is no more distinctions among the nations and the Jews. The overcomers in the millennium reign as Kings and Priests with Christ with an "iron rod" over the nations. In the new earth, after the millennium, God and the Lamb are at the center of the new city, which is the place where those in the new earth may come to receive renewal (see step 11 below).
10.In the new city and new earth in the new heaven, rewards are done away with, as all the souls with resurrected bodies from Adam to the end of the millennium become the inhabitants of the new city.
11. Those living outside the new city will enter the new city to restore their weaknesses (there is no disease) inherent in bodies of flesh and blood, but there will not be sin anymore. Those outside the new city will be fruitful and multiply in their bodies of flesh and blood, but those in the new city will not partake in marriage since they no longer have bodies of flesh and blood.
12. This will continue on for at least 700 more generations, until a thousand generations has been fulfilled (Ex. 20.6). About 200 to 300 generations will have already passed from Adam through to the age of grace, plus Tribulation, and up to the end of the millennium. God will show his loving kindness unto a thousand generations.
Troy Brooks