Part V ~ Lesson 6 of 6 – The Timeline of the End

The Sequence of Endtime Events

Equipping God's Saints (Followers of Christ) through the prophecies of the End Times …

The last thing we are going to take a look at will be to incorporate the timeline of the two witnesses. We know that the two witnesses die at the end of the tribulation and we know that the Wrath of God begins at the end of the tribulation. The account of the two witnesses from the time of their death gives us an indication of what's going to happen during the Wrath of God. That timeline looks like this:

End of Tribula-tion	5th Vial Dark-ness	Powers of heaven shake	Rapture	Mar-riage Supper	Second Coming	Israel repents, saved	Arma-geddon
3 ½ days <<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>							Great earth-quake, Babylon judged, Islands mtns, great hail
			Rapture of the Two Witness-es

The passage of Revelation 11:3-12 takes this last element and places it into our timeline. Starting with Revelation 11:3, it says:

“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophecy a thousand two hundred three-score days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Now skipping down, Revelation 11:7-9 says:

“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.”

We know that these two witnesses, these two prophets, will prophesy for 1,260 days. This is obviously all during the Great Tribulation that they will be prophesying. Their prophecy will end at the end of the Great Tribulation. Once we see how this meshes together, it helps us to understand exactly what's going to happen here.

Then they are going to be killed. When they are killed, they are going to be dead for 3 ½ days, lying in the streets of Jerusalem.

Then they are Raptured 3 ½ days after the Great Tribulation ~ after they are killed. The Spirit of the Life of God enters into them, they stand on their feet and great fear falls upon the people that are watching this. They hear a great voice from heaven saying, “Come up hither.” And they ascend up to heaven in a cloud.

This sure looks like the Rapture of the Church, as well. When they go up, it appears we go up because it's part of the first resurrection. No matter if we can say exactly where, or not, that our Rapture takes place, we know we're right there.

We then proceed from the Rapture to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, Israel repents and is saved, and then the Battle of Armageddon where Babylon is judged and all of those terrible things happen to the people on the earth.

No man knows the day or the hour. I'm sitting here saying, “Here is the day and the hour.” How do we bring this together?

First of all, we haven't been able to say, exactly. But you shouldn't be startled that we are saying the coming of the Lord will not happen tonight because the Bible says it will happen later. This should not alarm you because the Apostle Paul did the same thing. They were teaching in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 that the day of the Lord, that His coming, is imminent. Paul wrote to them and said in 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3: 

“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”

Paul layed it out there, so we shouldn't be shocked when we are bold enough to say the scriptures teach that the coming of the Lord is after the Tribulation. Remember what the scripture says in Matthew 24:29:

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:”

When Jesus said the passage in Matthew 24, of course no one knew. There were a lot of things they did not know back in those times. We are not claiming to know, even right now … HOWEVER …

Then in Matthew 24:33-34, Jesus also said:

“So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.”

Another thing to consider is, did His statement about no one knowing the day or the hour pertain to us that are living in the endtime?

Just before Jesus was caught up, Acts 1:6-7 tells us:

“When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power.”

He said that to them, but is that true to us now? Absolutely not. He was speaking to those specific people that were with Him at that moment. Consequently, we can't say for certain that we won't know pretty close to where we are in this time. But if you're ready … What does it matter?

Dear Ones, don't try to sin until the last minute and then jump on board for a fire escape. The Lord can come anytime for you, personally. We are talking about the Lord coming for humanity, but you are not guaranteed your next breath. The Lord gives you your next breath.

A lot of people say, “I am just going to go and do what I want to do until that time comes.” That's because you really don't love the Lord. You fall in love with the Lord and you won't feel that way because you will always want to please Him.

It's so critical that as we are trying to bring all these ends together now, we need to realize that God has a plan. That plan is moving right now. God has a timeclock. The timeclock is ticking.

We are in the endtime. I'm not telling you the endtime is coming. I am telling you we have entered the endtime. I don't know how close we are, but I think we are very, very close to the final 7 years and we are moving into the most critical time in the history of the human race. Whatever you do, don't be nonchalant about your salvation. Don't take these things lightly.

Furthermore, the Bible tells us that they that understand among the people will instruct many. If you understand what I've taught you here in this series of lessons, then I ask you to explain them to your family, your friends and neighbors. What we need to do to welcome Jesus Christ back to earth is we need to have a surging, powerful revival.

Even while the Antichrist is making his play to do his will, I want you to know Jesus Christ is not sitting idle. The Bible says of this time, “The wicked will be corrupted by flatteries; by the Antichrist.” But it also says of this time, “But the people who do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many.”

This is a prophecy about YOU and me. We have a job to do. You and I are the generation on whom the end of the world has come. The Bible says we can know the generation. We are the generation that is getting ready to welcome Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Savior, back to this earth.

If you are not ready, you MUST get ready. You MUST be born again or you cannot see the Kingdom of God.

When Jesus Christ comes back, He will reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords forever! ~ Amen.

Resources: The anointing of the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, of whom I am accountable to. I have prayed diligently and am led to follow and support the teachings of Pastor Irvin Baxter from Endtime Ministries and his teachings of Understanding the End Times. I encourage you to visit his website at endtime.com.