God Has Made Known

Evan A. Birkby

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God makes himself known in the Gog Magog war. God has also made known the identity of the Two Witnesses. There are biblical answers to questions about major prophetic events. We may not know the date when something will happen, but we can know how prophetic events relate to each other. Through careful study of the prophetic scriptures many things can be known about both the past and the future.

In this book the reader will learn who the Two Witnesses in Revelation are. The identity of the beast spoken of by Daniel and by John the apostle will be revealed. The reader will learn the last trump is not the seventh trumpet. The three woes in Revelation will be identified to reveal a mystery inside an enigma. Biblical revelations in the Bible will surprise many devoted Bible students. Scripture can explain other scripture, and the connections can be amazing and involve both the Old and New Testament.

Greater clarity will be given on some of the most misunderstood and controversial topics in end times prophecy. Multiple timelines, tables, and maps are presented to explain various end times prophetic teachings. The Bible has many prophecies that are still future, and the Christian ambassador for Christ can learn how these events will impact the ability to be a faithful witness. God’s word is a light to our path.

Sujets

• Biblical Reference
• Teaching
• Philosophie et théologie
• God
• Rapture
• Education
• Religion
• The Rapture
• Witness

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• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669858577
• Langue: English

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God Has Made Known
The Rapture and Two Witnesses
 
 
 
 
 
Evan A. Birkby
 
Copyright © 2023 by Evan A. Birkby.
 
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God Has Made Known
God makes himself known in the Gog Magog war. God has also made known the identity of the Two Witnesses. There are biblical answers to questions about major prophetic events. We may not know the date when something will happen, but we can know how prophetic events relate to each other. Through careful study of the prophetic scriptures many things can be known about both the past and the future.
In this book the reader will learn who the Two Witnesses in Revelation are. The identity of the beast spoken of by Daniel and by John the apostle will be revealed. The reader will learn the last trump is not the seventh trumpet. The three woes in Revelation will be identified to reveal a mystery inside an enigma. Biblical revelations in the Bible will surprise many devoted Bible students. Scripture can explain other scripture, and the connections can be amazing and involve both the Old and New Testament.
Greater clarity will be given on some of the most misunderstood and controversial topics in end times prophecy. Multiple timelines, tables, and maps are presented to explain various end times prophetic teachings. The Bible has many prophecies that are still future, and the Christian ambassador for Christ can learn how these events will impact the ability to be a faithful witness. God’s word is a light to our path.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
The Apocalypse of the Apocalypse
Presuppositions
How the Book Is Arranged
Using the Appendixes
Scripture Sources
Mini-Biography
Personal Testimony
Baptism
Early Church Experience
School Challenges
Evolution and Creation
Biblical Teaching
The Berean Bible Society (BBS)
Other Churches Attended
Discovering Apologetics
Proper Skepticism
Seminary Attendance
Magic and Miracles
Chapter 1Good Christian Apologetics
Learn to Identify Factual Fallacies
Identify Authoritative Sources
Research Church History
Be Nice to Skeptics
Study Different Books of the Bible
Identify Hermeneutical Presuppositions
Use Scripture to Interpret Other Scripture
Chapter 2End-Times Studies (Eschatology)
Two Witnesses, the Rapture, and the Beast
Blessing and Comfort
Better Answers to Questions
Answers Waiting to Be Discovered
Mysterious Answers to Big Questions
Be Patient and Kind to One Another
Chapter 3Prophetic and Revelation Terminology
Rapture
Tribulation – The Great Tribulation
Apocalypse
Day of the Lord – Parousia – Second Coming
Wrath of God
Maranatha (μαράνα θ ά)
Church
Dispensation
Eisegesis
Eschatology
Eschaton
Futurist View
Historicist View
Idealist View
Preterist View
Hermeneutics
Lamb of God
Lamp Stands and Olive Trees
Millennium
Beast
Saints
Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
Sleep
Stars
Translation
Woman with a Crown of 12 stars
Mother of Harlots
Bride of Christ
Chapter 4Rapture Timing
Date Setting
The Olivet Discourse
The Ezekiel 38–39 War
Some Pointers on Avoiding Error
What to Expect about the Rapture
After the Rapture
Chapter 5Introducing the Two Witnesses
Power Is Given to the Two Witnesses
The Beast Makes War with the Saints
Their Dead Bodies Shall Lie in the Street
Earth Dwellers Go from Rejoicing to Great Fear
A Secret Rapture
Movies with the Two Witnesses
Chapter 6The Identity of the Two Witnesses
Who Are the Two Witnesses?
Elijah and Moses
The Two Witnesses are Two Lamp Stands
Two Olive Trees
Olive Trees and Churches
Grafting into the Olive Tree
The Two Witnesses in Psalms
The Seven Churches of Revelation
The Two Witnesses Are Tribulation Churches
Chapter 7The Spirit of Elijah
The Power of the Two Witnesses
The Restrainer
The Two Witnesses Movie
The Gospel is preached throughout the World
Chapter 8A Key to Understanding the Rapture
Days can be taken literally
The Two Witnesses in Heaven
3 ½ Years Is Very Important
The Spirit of Elijah Comes before the Day of the Lord
The Dispensation of Grace
The Key to Prewrath Timing Expectations
Clouds of Believers will be at the Rapture
Chapter 9A Midtribulation Rapture
The Saints at War
Saints will Live and Die during the Tribulation
The Rapture of the Two Witnesses
Fifth Seal Servants
Confusion about the Seventh Trumpet
Unique Pairings of Arguments
A Family Matter
The Mystery Argument and the Rapture
The Mystery
The Rapture
Verses That Suggest a Rapture of the Saints
Other Raptures in the Bible
The Second Coming of Christ
A Summary of the Midtribulation Rapture
Chapter 10The Seventh Trumpet
The Seventh Trumpet in a Series
John is told to Prophesize Again
The Prophecy of the Temple and Two Witnesses
The Second and Third Woe
The Mystery of God
When the Two Witnesses Give Their Witness
Before the Wrath of God
The Posttribulation Seventh Trumpet View
An Alternate Midtribulation Category Error
Dismissing the Midtribulation Rapture
The Millennial Kingdom
Two Witnesses and the Midtribulation Rapture
Trumpet and Midtribulation Assumptions
When the Seventh Trumpet Sounds
The Seven Trumpets and the Seven Bowls
The Saints are in Heaven at the Seventh Trumpet
Chapter 11The Future Temple
The Temple and Access to God
The Dome of the Rock
The Temple Institute
Control of the Mount
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
The Preterist View of the Temple
A Kingdom Message
The Temple Sacrifice
The 144,000 and the Woman with a Crown
The Dragon goes after Israel
The Woman Is Protected
The Jewish Focus of the Great Tribulation
Chapter 12Identifying the Beast and the Dragon
The Dragon Is Satan
The Beast Represents an Empire of Ten Kings
The Man of Sin and the False Prophet
The Dream as Described by Daniel
The Persian Empire
The Greek Empire
Was the Fourth Empire the Roman Empire?
Was the Fourth Empire an Islamic Empire?
The Territory Argument with Maps
Clues about the Beast
Sand and Sea
Seven Heads and Seven Mountains
The Iron and Clay Feet of the Fourth Kingdom
Martyrdom by Beheading
Surviving the Great Tribulation
Chapter 13The Woman Sitting on the Beast
Jerusalem
Babylon
Rome
Mecca
Brussels, Belgium
New York City
The Mother of Harlots
The Mother Church
Chapter 14The Gog–Magog War
The Nations
The Gog–Magog War in Fiction
God Intervenes
Gog and Magog are not finished
Where Is the Proof?
Chapter 15A Chronological Study of End-Time Events
Other Sequences
Sequencing can be Difficult
The Sequencing Debate
Sequencing as Validation
Trumpet Identification
Synchronization
Chapter 16Before the Seventieth Week
Signs before the Day of the Lord
The Gog–Magog War
Elijah Comes before the Day of the Lord
Two Witnesses – Given Power
Summary:
Chapter 17The First Five Seals
First Seal – Rider on a White Horse – A Conquering Empire
Olivet Discourse Parallel
Second Seal – Rider on a red horse - War
Third Seal – Rider on Black Horse – Famine
Fourth Seal – Pale Horse or Green Horse - Death
Fifth Seal – Martyrs
Chapter 18The Two Witnesses and the Rapture
The Witnesses Finish Their Witness
The Extra Days in Daniel
The Restrainer Removed – The Spirit of Elijah
The Falling Away, The Man of Sin Revealed
The Abomination of Desolation in the Holy Place
Prayer as Sacrifice – Two Witnesses Killed
Peace and Safety
Christ Coming on the Clouds
The Rapture
The Saints Obtain Salvation
Judgment and the Bride of Christ
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
Chapter 19The Sixth Seal – Day of the Lord
A Wrath of Retribution
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