"Days of Vengeance":
Anti-Christ's Armed Forces Attack Jerusalem:
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Luke 21:20-24a
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations:
Commentary - Luke 21:24a
Luke 21:24a says, "And they shall fall by the edge of the sword"; What is interesting about this passage is that there are a lot of Christians that immediately assume that these words must be referring to the time of the Temple Destruction in 70 AD because we do not use swords in battle anymore. First off, Revelation 6:3 says that the Red horseman was given a great sword and took peace from the earth and so that people could kill one another. When you read this passage, this is obviously not referring to a bladed weapon but an unknown weapon that causes great destruction. So the reference of the "edge of the sword" is a phrase used by the author Luke to describe the only offensive weapon he knew about in battle during his life time. Second, as you can see from the photo below in a recent Investment article, the miltary still uses bayonets...
In fact, according to the article, the Army said it currently stocks more than 415,000 bayonets and the Marines possess 195,000 more with plans to buy an additional 175,000.
So is it possible that bayonets could be used in this future battle? Absolutely!
For bayonets are still in use today!
Article Source:
Obama's bid to school Romney on the military backfires big-time by Andrew Malcolm - Investors.com
The Middle of the Tribulation:
(Also Known As the "
Middle of Daniel's 70th Week"):
(Last Month of the 1st Half of the Tribulation):
(30 Days Before the Midpoint Day of the Tribulation):
Anti-Christ Takes Jerusalem & The Temple Sacrifices Are Stopped:
(And the Gentile Nations Will Trod Down Upon the City for 42 Months):
(This capture of Jerusalem will happen 30 days prior to the Abomination of Desolation and this 42 month period of the "
Trodding Down of the Gentiles" will conclude upon the completion of the 6th Trumpet with 30 more days left until the end of Daniel's 70th Week):
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Daniel 11:31a NIV
His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice.
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Daniel 12:11a NLT and
Daniel 12:11b NLT
From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped... there will be 1,290 days.
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Revelation 11:2 NLT
The nations ... will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Midpoint Day of the Tribulation:
(Continuation of the "
Middle of Daniel's 70th Week"):
The Anti-Christ Sets Up the Abomination of Desolation in the Jewish Temple:
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Matthew 24:15-22
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand): Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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Mark 13:14-20
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
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Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
A Select Group of Jews Flee to the Mountains:
(Which can also be referred to as "
the wilderness" within the Scriptures)
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Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days.
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Revelation 12:14-16
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
