THIS IS A LONG POST BUT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WILL HAPPEN SOON, PLEASE READ!!
DP has it right. "Where the Eagles are Gathered" is absolutely a place where the "tares" are taken.
Luke 17:
[SUP]31 [/SUP]“In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. [SUP]32 [/SUP]Remember Lot’s wife. [SUP]33 [/SUP]Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. [SUP]34 [/SUP]I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. [SUP]35 [/SUP]Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. [SUP]36 [/SUP]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
[SUP]37 [/SUP]And they answered and said to Him, “Where, Lord?”
So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
The ONE TAKEN is the Wicked. The Condemned. The Tare. Jesus uses the
IDENTICAL analogy in Mat 13 concerning the wheat and tare in the field and that it is the wicked one to be taken:
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
[SUP]39 [/SUP]The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. [SUP]40 [/SUP]Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. [SUP]41 [/SUP]The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, [SUP]42 [/SUP]and will cast them into the furnace of fire.
The disciples asked: "Where (will the taken one be taken) Lord?
The Lord answered" (To the) body, (where the) eagles will be gathered.
As to where the WICKED are taken, we have the answer in Rev 19:
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, [SUP]18[/SUP]that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free[SUP]
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and slave, both small and great.”
[SUP]19 [/SUP]And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. [SUP]20 [/SUP]Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. [SUP]21 [/SUP]And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.
Thus the wicked are literally taken to Armageddon or the Battle of Gog and Magog. It is the same battle which takes place in the Plains of Megiddo north of Jerusalem. The nations mentioned in Ezek 38 are all Muslim nations. They are being discussed here:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. [SUP]9 [/SUP]You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”
Obviously those "Brought back from the sword gathered from many people" is the Jewish Nation. The fulfillment of this prophesy began 67 years ago.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws...
Please pay close attention to the countries mentioned because you will see them again:
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them...
They are being forcefully taken to the fight. They enter Israel and they also enter Saudi Arabia as we see here. Sheba and Dedan are in Saudi Arabia.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’”’
Sheba
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If there was any doubt, it is cleared up here:
[SUP]16 [/SUP]You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.”
So we have a massive army from the north, attacking the south and also entering Israel in the latter days. Sound familiar? It comes right out of Dan 11:
[SUP]41 [/SUP]He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon. [SUP]42 [/SUP]He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. [SUP]43 [/SUP]He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. [SUP]44 [/SUP]But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.
The "HE" is the King of the NORTH, AKA, the Man of Sin, AKA the Beast from the EARTH, AKA the AntiChrist. This HE is spoken of in Rev 13 and He directs all Muslims to follow and serve the Beast from the Sea which is from the area north of Israel.
All of this deals with Muslim nations. They all follow ISLAM (in various ways). They all have been following the wrong God (Allah) and the wrong prophet (Muhammad). Again, who is captured in Rev 19?
the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet
And what becomes of those who have been serving the Beast, have taken his mark, or his name, or the number of his name? Back to Ezek 38:
[SUP]18 [/SUP]“And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord God, “that My fury will show in My face. [SUP]19 [/SUP]For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, [SUP]20 [/SUP]so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence.
Notice the same reference to the birds of heaven again that we saw in Rev 19 and also Luke 17. All of this deals with the same events. We also have a
great earthquake. What else do we have?
[SUP]22 [/SUP]And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. [SUP]23 [/SUP]Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.”’
So we have:
Great Earthquake
Pestilence and bloodshed (war)
Flooding rains
Great Hailstones
Fire and Brimstone
There are a lot of plagues mentioned in the bowls then we come to this in Rev 16:
[SUP]17 [/SUP]Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” [SUP]18 [/SUP]And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. [SUP]21 [/SUP]And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent.
All of this is targeted wrath against a specific people (MUSLIMS) in a specific part of the world - The MIDDLE EAST. The same Middle East where there has been trouble for thousands of years. Thus the WRATH OF GOD is not global and we need not be Raptured to be spared HIS wrath.
We simply need to follow his instructions (Rev 18) and get out!!! of this area!!
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. [SUP]5 [/SUP]For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
GET OUT OF BABYLON before the judgment begins.
Jer 51:
[SUP]33 [/SUP]For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
When it is time to thresh her;
Yet a little while
And the time of her harvest will come.”
HARVEST? JUDGMENT? DAUGHTER of BABYLON?
[SUP]35 [/SUP]Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
“And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!”
Jerusalem will say.
Where is Chaldea?
Same place as ISIS.
[SUP]40 [/SUP]“I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.
Bring down from the north to be slaughtered in Meggido. Here is the command to GET OUT again in Jer 51. It matches perfectly Rev 18.
[SUP]45 [/SUP]“My people, go out of the midst of her! And let everyone deliver himself from the fierce anger of the Lord.
Getting out of an area and flying off to heaven are completely different concepts. Here's why Babylon is NOT Jerusalem:
[SUP]47 [/SUP]Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall in her midst. [SUP]48 [/SUP]Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them Shall sing joyously over Babylon; For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the Lord.[SUP]49 [/SUP]As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, So at Babylon the slain of all the earth shall fall. [SUP]50 [/SUP]You who have escaped the sword, Get away! Do not stand still! Remember the Lord afar off, And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Get away? Do not stand still? Sounds a lot like this.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]“then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. [SUP]17 [/SUP]Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
Doesn't it?
[SUP]54 [/SUP]The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans, [SUP]55 [/SUP]Because the Lord is plundering Babylon And silencing her loud voice..
Notice the destruction of Babylon comes from the North, from the area of the ancient Chaldeans. It is against the south (MECCA) Saudi Arabia and Israel.
So what is Babylon? Back to Jer 51:
[SUP]25 [/SUP]“Behold, I
am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys all the earth,” says the Lord. “And I will stretch out My hand against you, Roll you down from the rocks, And make you a burnt mountain.
A burnt mountain? Like this one?
Rev 8:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. [SUP]9 [/SUP]And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
The Burning Mountain is ISLAM. The sea are Muslims as in "BEAST of the SEA!"
Back to Jer 51:
Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.
We all know where Ararat is. Horses like locusts? John gets a lot of imagry from Jeremiah.
Rev 9: [SUP]7 [/SUP]The shape of the
locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces
were like the faces of men. [SUP]8 [/SUP]They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’
teeth.
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And at that day the slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground. We know where this happens.
Ezekiel 39:15
The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
He kills all of the Muslims, 100% of them. The KINGS of the EARTH (who have been following ISLAM) are identified here:
[SUP]20 [/SUP]all the mixed multitude, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (namely, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod); [SUP]21 [/SUP]Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon; [SUP]22 [/SUP]all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea; [SUP]23 [/SUP]Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners; [SUP]24 [/SUP]all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude (ARABS by definition) who dwell in the desert; [SUP]25 [/SUP]all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes; [SUP]26 [/SUP]all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another..
They have one thing in common, they are all Muslims. Stop looking of an European AntiChrist.