In Ezekiel 4:4-6, we are given the number of years that God decreed for the exile of the House of Israel and the House of Judah. 390 years for Israel and 40 for Judah, but then in Leviticus 26:18, it states if they still fail to keep the Commandments, the Lord will increase the punishments, firstly for Israel by seven times. Then in verse 21, also increase Israel’s calamities by seven times. [civil wars, black death, etc]
For Judah – Leviticus 26:23-45 says that they will receive seven times seven extra punishment and exile. This passage describes quite well the history and current status of the Jewish people.
The Northern ten tribes of Israel were conquered by King Shalmanasser in 722BC. He took a large number of captives back to Assyria, including 200,000 Jewish prisoners, according to Assyrian records. The King’s library of cuneiform tablets, in Nineveh, inform us that Shalmanassar died in 720BC and was succeeded by King Sargon 2. Sargon took his army again to that important area of the Middle East and defeated a Philistine army in 719BC. He returned home with these captives, as well as the final remainder of the Israelites.
Now, if we multiply 390 X 7 = 2730, then 719 + 2730 – 1 = 2012. Minus one for no year zero. Therefore this year is the last year decreed for the exile and dispersion of the ten tribes of Israel, they will be able to return to their heritage in 2013. How this will happen is prophesied over 40 times, as the second Exodus.
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Bruce McKerras

the saints in heaven are obviously the resurrected saints who have and will die, who return with Christ (I thess 4:13-18), we that are alive and remain will also change and join them in the spirit/air/breath (all that are alive and remain..including the unsaved) the unsaved in the graves will come out of the graves also. we will all be in the spiritual body at the return of true Christ. when satan comes before this in a false return we will not all change. this is a indicator of the false one as apostate messiah/antiChrist

all corruption=flesh must put on incorruption=spirit however not all mortals=able to die souls (still able to die spiritually/final death) will have put on immortality=Jesus Christ. the dead(spiritually) will remain dead (spiritually) until the 1000yrs of Wrath is over and satan is loosened to gather them one last time for final destruction unless they make it in the second resurrection. (the reason satan isn’t just destroyed with his offices of antiChrist and false prophet when Christ returns after the tribulation and we are gathered at the last 7th trump.

it’s a very interesting and important study that leads one to know the truth that satan has entered the church and twisted the gospel and has people looking for his coming as if he were Christ (instead of Christ/antiChrist)
that’s the separation of tares who believe the first apostate from the sheep/good virgins/bride/elect/saints who wait for the Last trump and for the abomination of desolation to occur. pastors please study this and seek the Spirit’s guidance as ultimately your responsible for your flocks and how silly it would be to put belief in pauls words above Jesus Christ.

this is the great falling away of those fooled by the false cheap disguise of satan when Christ tells us He comes after the tribulation. satan as antiChrist will come at the 6th trump 6th seal 6th viol True and Just comes at the last trump – after the trib, after the antiChrist, and we all change into spiritual bodies.

the dead rise first why of course they do, when the saved die we resurrect to Christ (as lazarus went to the place of the righteous dead) we that are alive and remain can’t precede them because they are already there for Christ brings them back with Him. (I thess 4 13-18) these are the saints we see in heaven in revelations, they have not raptured but died and resurrected.(paul says we must believe in the resurrection of the dead if we believe in Christ’s resurrection…and we’d better!)

those who take the mark of beast/belief think the false Messiah is really Christ, so they will betray their own families and friends to satan…when true Christ comes to reveal satan as spurious messiah and destroy the office of antiChrist and false prophet with the brightness of His coming at the last trump (I cor 15:30-54) after the tribulation (matt 24:28-31)He will send His angels to “gather together the elect” <–this is what we must wait for or perish with the tares gathered first by the first harvester coming in the clouds with great lying signs.

preachers who teach rapture should read Eze 13 where Father says He is against those who teach His children to fly to save their souls and

I thess 5

2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

John 17:15
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

Christ returns I thess 4:16 Matt 24:30
from heaven 4:16 24.30
with a shout 4:16 24:30 (in power)
with angels 4:16 24:31
w/sound of God's trumpet 4:16 24:31
believers gathered 4:17 24:31, 40-41
in the clouds 4:17 24:30 matt 25:1,6
(we change into spiritual bodies at the last trump I Cor 15)
unknown day or hour I thess 5:1-2 matt 24:36
as a thief I thess 5:2-4 24:43
unbelievers unaware 5:3 24:4-5,25
woman in travail 5:3 24:8
believers are to watch (for last trump) 5:6 24:42,25
warning against drunkenness 5:7 matt 24:49

Matthew Revelations
warning to the elect 24:4 22:19
1st seal 24:5 6:1-2
2nd seal 24:6 6:3-4
3rd seal 24:7 6:5-6
4th seal 24:9,21 6:7-8
5th seal 24:9,22 6:9-11
apostasy— II thess 2/false Christs/antiChrist leads many astray as false Messiah

6th seal 24:9 6:12-17

Christ returns and the Gathering Together Matt 24:29-31 rev 7:9-14
zec 14, I thess 4, II thess 2 (after antiChrist/after falling away)

I hope those who scoff will take the time to realize how could satan come and gather the tares easily as himself? not many would gather to him knowingly. so he transforms himself and comes as a lying indian summer wind, as a warm time in winter tricks some fruit into letting go early. (pray your flight be not in winter…out of season) how worse it will be for those who lead people to satan and the Wrath of God. they will endure 1000 yrs of torment worse than hell.
Wrath rev 8:1-7

God bless those who have eyes to see and ears to hear your truth and take this oil of truth into their lamps that they may shine when the darkness comes.