The New World Order

Bible Prophecy And The Coming "Apocalypse"

And  Armageddon

By: alphanewsdaily.com

"And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the Earth:

blood and fire and pillars of smoke.

The Sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the Moon into blood,

before the coming great and awesome Day of the Lord,

and it shall come to pass

that whoever calls on the Name of the LORD

shall be saved."

(Joel 2:30-32)

We are told Noah was a preacher of righteousness and for 120 years was God’s witness, a trumpet of warning, while he built the vessel of refuge and escape.  There could have been a billion people living on Earth at the time of Noah.  We are told they were "morally corrupt and the earth was filled with violence."  People simply "did that which was right in their own eyes."  After 120 years of patiently waiting and warning, we are told God Himself closed the door to the Ark . . .

Only eight people were saved.

The Day is real and the hour is set . . .

"When I heard,

my belly trembled,

my lips quivered at the voice ...

rottenness entered into my bones,

and I trembled in myself,

that I might rest (be hidden or escape)

in the "Day of Trouble"...

( the coming "Apocalypse")

(Habakkuk 3:16)

Jesus Christ warns never in the history of Mankind has there ever been anything as terrible and deadly as the coming "Apocalypse"...  

     "For there will be Great Tribulation
       such has not been
       since the beginning of the world until this time
       no, nor ever shall be.
       And UNLESS those days were shortened
       no flesh (living thing on Earth) would be saved" 
       (Matthew 24:21-22)

Remember, the Bible says Jesus Christ will return  . . .

"As a thief in the night" and  that "Every eye shall see him " 

In the book of Daniel and in the book of Revelation we are told at least seven (7) years during which all the prophecies of the coming Apocalypse will be fulfilled ...

And all the prophecies of the "Great Tribulation" (the "Apocalypse") will be fulfilled.  God will one day pour out His wrath on a violent, morally corrupt, and unbelieving generation that has turned against Him and His Word, Jesus the Messiah, thus losing their ONLY hope . . .

       "I (the Lord) have held my peace a long time,

        I have been still and restrained myself.

        Now I will cry like a woman in labor . . .

        I will lay waste to the mountains and hills"

        (Isaiah 42:14-15)

       "I will punish the world for its evil,

        and the wicked for their iniquity ...

        I will halt the arrogance of the proud."

        (Isaiah 13:11)

The Coming "Apocalypse" . . .

"Thus says the LORD of hosts:

Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation ...

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 . . ."

(Jeremiah 25:27-38)

America will be "neutralized". . . Israel must stand alone - with God 

(The U.S. will one day be unable or unwilling to defend Israel ... Israel must stand alone ... with God.)

Around the time of the "Apocalypse" ALL nations will turn against Israel . . .

     "Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming,   (the coming "Apocalypse")

       And your spoil will be divided in your midst.  

       For I (God) will gather ALL the nations to battle

       against Jerusalem"

       (Zechariah 14:1-2)

     "For behold,

       in those days and at that time,

       When I (God) bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,  (sometime after1948)

       I will also gather ALL nations,

       And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;  (just outside Jerusalem)

       And I will enter into judgment with them there

       On account of My people, My heritage ISRAEL,

       Whom they have scattered among the nations;

       They have also DIVIDED up My Land."  (Israel)

       (Joel 3:1-2)

The coming Antichrist will rise and conquer . . .

     "Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals;
       and I heard one of the four living creatures
       saying with a voice like thunder, ‘Come and see.’
       And I looked, and behold, a white horse.
       And he who sat on it had a bow;
       and a crown was given to him,
       and he went out conquering and to conquer."
       (Revelation 6:1-2)

The Antichrist will be Satan’s counterfeit Messiah.


A Great War will ignite the world . . .

     "When He opened the second seal,
       I heard the second living creature saying,
      ‘Come and see.’
       Another horse, fiery red, went out.
       And it was granted to the one who sat on it
       to take peace from the Earth,
       and that people should kill one another;
       and there was given to him a great sword."
       (Revelation 6:3-4)

The weapons will be used . . . cities and nations will disappear.


Global famine, severe food shortages will soon follow . . .

       "When He opened the third seal,
        I heard the third living creature say,
       ‘Come and see.’
        So I looked, and behold, a black horse,
        and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
        And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying,
       "A quart of wheat for a denarius,
        (A denarius was equal to about a full day’s wage)
        and three quarts of barley for a denarius;
        and do not harm the oil and the wine."    (The rulers will still have their luxuries)
        (Revelation 6:5-6)


One-fourth of all people will be quickly destroyed at the start . . .

     "When He opened the fourth seal,
       I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying,
      ‘Come and see.’
       And I looked, and behold, a pale horse.
       And the name of him who sat on it was Death,
       and Hades followed with him.
       And power was given to them over a fourth of the Earth,       to kill with sword, with hunger, with death,
       and by the beasts of the Earth."    (These "beasts" may be military, political, and religious rulers.)
       (Revelation 6:7-8)



The Earth will convulse under a massive asteroid or nuclear missile strike . . .

It is interesting to note that those nations which are now armed with large arsenals of nuclear weapons have already built and are continuing to build massive "emergency command centers" into and under mountains to hide their leaders in case of all out nuclear war.

       "And the stars of heaven fell to the Earth,
        as a fig tree drops its late figs
        when it is shaken by a mighty wind.
        Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up,
        and every mountain and island was moved out of its place
        And the kings of the Earth, the great men, the rich men,
        the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man,
        hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains"
        (Revelation 6:13-15)


One-third of all trees on Earth will burn . . .

After the nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific, the Navy discovered much of the massive damage to the target fleet was caused by giant hail stones which were generated by the nuclear blasts. If the nuclear blasts had been over a large city, much blood would have been drawn up into the cloud and mingled with the hail . . .

       "The first angel sounded:
        And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood,
        and they were thrown to the Earth.
        And a third of the trees were burned up,        and all green grass was burned up."
        (Revelation 8:7)


One-third of all sea-life will be destroyed by nuclear missiles or large asteroid . . . 

       "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.
        And a third of the living creatures in the sea died,        and a third of the ships were destroyed."
        (Revelation 8:8-9)

One-third of all fresh water will be poisoned

by a massive nuclear warhead or an asteroid strike . . .

In old Russian Bibles the word "Wormwood" was translated 'Chernobyl'!

       "Then the third angel sounded:
        And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch,
        and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water;
        And the name of the star is Wormwood  (bitter).
        a third of the waters became wormwood,
        and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter."
        (Revelation 8:10-11)


Nuclear winter? 

One-third of the light from the sun/moon/stars will be blocked by smoke 

and ash covering the Earth . . .  

       "Then the fourth angel sounded:
        And a third of the sun was struck,
        a third of the moon, and a third of the stars,
        so that a third of them were darkened;
        And a third of the day did not shine,
        and likewise the night.
        And I looked, and I heard an angel
        flying through the midst of heaven,
        saying with a loud voice,
       "Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the Earth,
        because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet
        of the three angels who are about to sound!"
        (Revelation 8:12-13)

Then, another one-third of the remaining population on Earth 

will be quickly destroyed . . .

The Bible tells us only a small remnant of the population on Earth will survive the Apocalypse. Although, here, we find angels being released, much of the global terror will come from mankind destroying mankind, nation destroying nation, deadly wave after deadly wave. The Holy Spirit goes out of his way to let us know that the day and the hour is real and has already been set. Remember, our future is already history . . .

       "Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice
        from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
        saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet,
       "Release the four angels who are bound
        at the great river Euphrates."
        So the four angels, who had been prepared
        for the hour and day and month and year,
        were released to kill a third of mankind."
        (Revelation 9:13-15)

A "200,000,000" man army will rise and unleash their weapons of mass destruction killing one-third of the remaining world population  . . .

This prophecy says the "army of the horsemen was two hundred million."  These "horsemen" may be a small division or group within that army, such as a strategic nuclear weapons division, or they may be brightly painted missiles sitting upon missile launchers.  The "two hundred million" is to help identify the nation or area they will rise out of.  Later called "the kings of the East," it appears the Chinese military issomeday going to use the secret missile and weapons technologies Clinton-Gore secretly gave (and sold) them  -  against us!  One-third of all mankind left on Earth will be killed . . .

       "Now the number of the army of the horsemen
        was two hundred million;
        (For the first time ever such an army could be raised in China)
        I heard the number of them.
        And thus I saw the horses in the vision:
        those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red,
        hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses
        were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire,
        smoke, and brimstone  (sulfur, or a kind of poisoned air)
        By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed        by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone
        which came out of their mouths.
        For their power is in their mouth and in their tails;
        for their tails are like serpents, having heads;
        and with them they do harm."
        (Revelation 9:16-19)

Every living creature remaining in the sea will die . . .

       "Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea,
        and it became blood as of a dead man;
        and every living creature in the sea died."
        (Revelation 16:3)

All rivers and springs will turn to blood . . .

And God tells us why they will turn to blood.

       "Then the third angel poured out his bowl
        on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
        And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
       "You are righteous, O Lord,
        the One who is and who was and who is to be,
        because You have judged these things.
        For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
        and You have given them blood to drink.
        For it is their just due."        (Revelation 16:4-7)

The Bible warns of great atmospheric and weather upheaval during the coming "Apocalypse" ... both global cooling and global warming lie ahead for mankind (men and women) ... 

There will be a great plague of snow and hail coming upon the Earth  ...

     "Have you entered the treasury of snow,

       Or have you seen the treasury of hail,  

       Which I (God) have reserved for the time of trouble,  

       For the Day of battle and war?"    (the coming "Apocalypse")

       (Job 38:22-23)

     "And great hail from heaven fell upon men,   ("Mankind"..  men and women)

       each hailstone about the weight of a talent.

       (A "talent" = 85 - 114 pounds!!)

       Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail,

       since that plague was exceedingly great."

       (Revelation 16:21)  

And, there will be a great heat from the Sun which will scorch the people on Earth ...

The people left on Earth will continue to hate and curse God.

     "Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the Sun,

       and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.  

       And men (mankind ... men and women)

       were scorched with great heat,

       and they blasphemed the Name of God

       who has power over these plagues;

       and they did not repent and give Him glory."

       (Revelation 16:8-9)

And, there will be unimaginable and exceedingly great storms and hurricanes ...

     "And there will be signs in the Sun, in the Moon, and in the Stars;

       and on the Earth distress of nations, with perplexity,

       the sea and the waves roaring"

       (Luke 21:25)

The "Mark of the Beast" . . .

   "He (the coming Antichrist) causes all,
     both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,
     to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
     and that no one may buy or sell
     except one who has the mark,
     or the name of the Beast,
     or the number of his name."     (Revelation 13:16-17)

This prophecy is very crucial for those who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and will be alive when this law is enacted and enforced.  This "mark" may be some kind of tattoo, or implanted microchip with all of your credit card and banking information, we really don’t know right now.  It will not be easy to refuse this mark, whatever it is, for many of you will have families and children that will need to be fed.  But, please be warned . . . by taking this mark, you will have sealed your eternal fate in Hell.  In God’s eyes it identifies you with the Antichrist.  There will be no turning back for any who take the "mark, the name of the Beast, or the number of his name."  The utter darkness, loneliness, and torments of Hell will be their fate.  Blessings are promised in Heaven to all those who refuse to take the "mark" and refuse to bow down to this coming world leader . . .  and die in their faith for doing so.  The Lord will take the sting out of death.

A "thick darkness" will then cover all the Earth and people will "gnaw their tongues" in pain . . .

People on Earth will gnaw their tongues in pain and agony and will continue to curse God . . .

       "Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl
        on the throne of the Beast,  (the Antichrist)
        and his kingdom became full of darkness;
        and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
        They blasphemed the God of heaven
        because of their pains and their sores,
        and did not repent of their deeds."
        (Revelation 16:10-11)     (This plague will come upon all who will take the "mark of the Beast")

Millions more who come to the Lord will be executed.

Blessings in Heaven are promised to them . . .

God will take the sting out of death for the millions who will die in faith, and wants them to know they will be blessed in Heaven . . .

        Then I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me,
       "Write: ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’"
       "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors,
        and their works follow them."         (Revelation 14:13)


       "Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded
        for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God,
        who had not worshiped the Beast (see "the Antichrist")
        or his image, and had not received his mark
        on their foreheads or on their hands."
        (Revelation 20:4)

There are millions of Christians today in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Indonesia, Algeria, Egypt, India, and around the world, including women and children, who are being imprisoned, murdered, tortured, raped, beaten, kidnapped, beheaded, burned alive, and sold into slavery simply for their faith in Jesus Christ, while we, our churches, the leaders of our nation, and the news networks simply watch and do nothing . . .

      "I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain
        for the Word of God and for the testimony which they held.
        And they cried with a loud voice, saying,
      "How long, O Lord, holy and true,
        until You judge and avenge our blood
        on those who dwell on the Earth?"
        Then a white robe was given to each of them;
        and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer,
        until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren,
        who would be killed as they were, was completed."
        (Revelation 6:9-11)

       "Now brother will betray brother to death,
        and a father his child;
        and children will rise up against parents
        and cause them to be put to death.
      "And you will be hated by all men for My Name's (Jesus’) sake.
        But he who endures to the end shall be saved."
        (Mark 13:12-13)

The Battle of Armageddon . . .

     "Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl
       on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up,
       so that the way of the kings from the East   (China and allies)
       might be prepared.

       And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs

       coming out of the mouth of the Dragon, (Satan)

       out of the mouth of the Beast, (the Antichrist)

       and out of the mouth of the False Prophet.  (a Religious Ruler ... Revelation 13:11-12)

       For they are spirits of demons,

       performing signs,  (miracles will be performed at this time)

       which go out to the kings of the Earth

       and of THE WHOLE WORLD,

       to gather them to the battle of that great Day of God Almighty.  

     "Behold, I am coming as a thief.   (the coming "Rapture")

       Blessed is he who watches,

       and keeps his garments,

       lest he walk naked and they see his shame."

       And they gathered them together   (all the armies of the nations)

       to the place called in Hebrew, ARMAGEDDON."

       (Revelation 16:13-16)

The weapons will be used.  Much of the world will be destroyed.  Cities will disappear.  Armageddon means the "Hill of Megiddo."  Megiddo is part of the Plain of Esdraelon which is located in central Israel. Napoleon came through there and declared it to be the finest battlefield in the world.  The whole world will be drawn into this war over Israel and Jerusalem.  No nation will be spared.  The Bible warns there will be severaldeadly waves associated with this conflict, including:  An attack from the "south," an attack from the "north," a massive Chinese led invasion of the Middle East from the "east", which will then be "joined" as the armies of the Antichrist march out of Europe and around the world to the place called "Armageddon."  Jesus will return to engage this final battle Himself.  He alone will destroy the enemies of Israel.  We don’t know the time between these wars/battles/events.   We do know that God has set asideseven years to complete His plan with Israel, and this Age.

From the apparent absence of America in prophecy, the U.S. will be "neutralized" sometime before this Middle-East conflict begins. The United States will be unwillingor unable to defend Israel against her enemies.  For the Bible warns Israel must stand alone . . . with God!

The prophet Joel writes:
 "Blow the trumpet in Zion (Israel),
   and sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
   Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
   for the Day of the LORD is coming, for it is at hand:   A day of darkness and gloominess,
   a day of clouds and thick darkness,
   like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
   A people come, great and strong (the armies of the Antichrist),
   the like of whom has never been;
   nor will there ever be any such after them,
   even for many successive generations.
   (This final Battle may build sometime after the Russia-Iran invasion of Israel)
   A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns . . .
   Every one marches in his own column. (A disciplined army)
   Though they lunge between the weapons, they are not cut down.
   They run to and fro in the city, they run on the wall;
   they climb into the houses, they enter at the windows like a thief.
   The Earth quakes before them, (Tank battalions?)
   the heavens tremble; (Helicopters, bombers, and jet fighters?)
   The sun and moon grow dark,
   and the stars diminish their brightness." (Smoke will fill the air)
   (Joel 2:1-10)

The prophet Zechariah writes:

       "For I (God) will gather ALL nations against Jerusalem.

        The city (Jerusalem) shall be taken,

        the houses rifled,

        and the women ravished (brutally raped).

        Half of the city shall go into captivity,

        but the remnant of the people

        shall not be cut off from the city."

        (Zechariah 14:2)

The prophet Jeremiah writes:
      "Thus says the LORD of hosts:
       ‘Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation,        and a great whirlwind shall be raised up
        from the farthest parts of the Earth.
        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.
        Wail, shepherds, and cry! (Jewish leaders)
        Roll about in the ashes, you leaders of the flock! (Israel)
        For the days of your slaughter
        and your dispersions are fulfilled;        you shall fall like a precious vessel.
        And the shepherds will have no way to flee,
        nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
        A voice of the cry of the shepherds,
        and a wailing of the leaders to the flock will be heard.
        For the LORD has plundered their pasture,
        And the peaceful dwellings are cut down
        because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
        He has left His lair like the lion; for their land is desolate
        because of the fierceness of the Oppressor,
        and because of His (God’s) fierce anger.’"
        (Jeremiah 25:15-17, 27-38)

At that time, the Messiah (Jesus Christ) will return to save "His brethren," the remnant of Israel . . . 

     "Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse.
       And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
       and in righteousness He (Jesus Christ) judges and makes war.
       His eyes were like a flame of fire,
       and on His head were many crowns.
       He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
       He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood,
       and His Name is called The Word of God. . .
       Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword,
       that with it He should strike the nations.
       And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.
       He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
       And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written ...
       KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."       (Revelation 19:11-16)

Don't miss the significance here ... this is Jesus who will save the children of Israel and destroy her enemies.  When you study this awesome prophecy describing the final return of Jesus Christ and the many other prophecies describing this same event . . . Jesus, the Messiah, is returning to save Israelfrom the nations and armies of this world who will accuse her of "unjustly occupying" the Land.  According to the Bible, the "right side" is "Israel's side" in this coming battle.  Believing Christians should never turn against Israel.  However, there are many Christian churches and denominations who have accepted the "Roman" doctrine that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s plan.  This doctrine is not found in the Bible ... and it is dead wrong!!!   The nation Israel have two separate prophetic destinies.  For the Church, (both Jews and non-Jews who believe in and receive Jesus as Messiah and Savior, and then for the Jews of Israel who have gone through the Great Tribulation (those who will then recognize Him as their promised "Messiah"), He will return as the promised King, the son of David, (above all on Earth).  Sadly, for some (yet unknown) reason the U.S. will not be there for Israel in that Day.  Israel must stand alone.  Her only hope is in God, Jesus, the Messiah . . .

God leaves us with an ominous warning . . .
       "Search from the book of the LORD, and read:
        not one of these (prophecies) shall fail;
        not one shall lack her mate.
        For My mouth has commanded it,
        and His Spirit has gathered them."
        (Isaiah 34:16)


       "Indeed I have spoken it;
        I will also bring it to pass.
        I have purposed it;
        I will also do it.
        Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted,        who are far from righteousness . . ."
        (Isaiah 46:11-12)


       "And unless those days were shortened,        no flesh [people on Earth] would be saved;"
        (Matthew 24:22)


How long will the coming 'Apocalypse' last?

The coming Apocalypse will last exactly 7 years (360 day years) ... which includes exactly 3½ years (1,260 days) of false peace in Israel starting the day a coming "peace plan" will be enforced upon nation Israel by the coming Antichrist ... and then exactly 3½ years (1,260 days) of unspeakable global terror and destruction starting the day the coming Antichrist will stand in a new Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and demand to be worshiped "as God."  As noted, the coming "Apocalypse" (the "Great Tribulation") will be the irreversible result of a 'Peace Plan' which will one-day be enforced upon the nation and people of Israel by a very popular coming world leader, a false "man of peace"... a counterfeit "Messiah"... the coming "Antichrist"... "the Prince (Ruler) who is to come" (Daniel 9:26-27).

Armageddon

By: raptureready.com

Armageddon will be the last great world war of history and will take place in Israel in conjunction with the second coming of Christ. The battle, or campaign, of Armageddon is described in Daniel 11:40-45; Joel 3:9-17; Zechariah 14:1-3; and revelation 16:14-16. It will occur in the final days of the tribulation when, as John tells us, kings of the world will be gathered together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty in a place known as "Har-Magedon" (Revelation 16:14,16).

The term "Armageddon" comes from the Hebrew language. Har is the word "mountain," and often appears with the Hebrew definite article "H." Mageddon is likely the ruins of an ancient city that overlooks the Valley of Esdraelon in northern Israel. The site for the converging of the armies is the plain of Esdraelon, around the hill of Megiddo. The area is located in northern Israel about 20 miles south-southeast of Haifa.(3)

Armageddon is a Hebrew word that means "hill of Megiddo" (har, which means "mountain or hill" plus mageddon meaning "Megiddo;" in English it becomes Armageddon). You will find the word only once in the Bible:

Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
 

Then they gather the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is galled Armageddon. (Revelation 16:13-14, 16) (2)
 

The hill of Megiddo overlooks a wide fertile plain called the plain of Esdraelon (ez-dra-lon), or the valley of  Jezreel. The Bible pinpoints that area as the location of "the battle of the great day of God Almighty" (Revelation 16:14). The plain of Esdraelon is located in the northern part of the land of  Israel about twenty miles southeast of present-day Haifa

Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum has compiled the various Armageddon passages of the Bible to arrive at this sequence of events:

1. The Antichrist's allies assemble. The ten nation confederacy assembles with the intent to wipe the Jews off the map (Revelation 16:12-16).
2. Babylon is destroyed. While the Antichrist is with his armies at Armageddon, the invading forces from the east destroy his capital city of Babylon, which is in present-day Iran (Jeremiah 50-31; Revelation 18).
3. Jerusalem falls. Instead of moving eastward to protect his capital city of  Babylon, the Antichrist will move his forces south to the city of Jerusalem. The Jews will resist, but the Antichrist will prevail. There will be devastating loss of life (Zechariah 12:1-3; 14:1,2).
4. The Antichrist moves south against the remnant. After he has captured Jerusalem, the Antichrist will disperse his armies to the south in an attempt to capture and kill Jews who are hiding in the outlying areas-"the remnant" (Jeremiah 49:13, 14).
5. The regeneration of Israel. When the forces of the Antichrist descend on the Jews in the wilderness, the Jews will turn back to God. Two-thirds of the Jewish population will have been killed during the tribulation, but the remaining one-third, "the remnant," will acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah (Jeremiah 3:11-18).
6. The second coming of Jesus Christ. The repentant Jews will plead the Messiah to rescue them from the attacking Antichrist. Their prayers will be answered when Jesus Christ returns to earth with His angelic army to battle the Antichrist (Jude 14. 15; Revelation 19:11-16).(1)