2. THEBOOKOF REVELATION The Revelation of the Messiah The Revelation of Yahshua/Jesus the Messiah Can we know the time of the LORD’S Return? Special note before we begin this presentation: The Last Day But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. (Matthew 24:36) Special note before we begin this presentation: The Last Day But of that day (And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:31 ) and hour (Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house, had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Matthew 24:40-43) knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. could be In the Word of Yahwah/God, as you will see in this presentation, gives some time periods such as 2300 days, 1260 days, 42 months etc., that when certain events happen at the beginning of these specific times, it would seem obvious that the day of his return could be determined. had not been we would be able If it had not been for the verse in Matthew 24:21,22 by Yahshua/Jesus, we would be able to determine the day. The hour is a different issue which we will get to shortly but now let’s look at Yahshua's Words! Great Tribulation For then shall be Great Tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. Dan.12:1) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21,22 Great Tribulation If the Lord hadn’t shortened those days of the 42 month (3 ½ yrs.) Great Tribulation, then we would know the day of His Return. However, it is not disclosed in the Bible as to how many days it was shortened to. Yahshua tells us to know the seasons and times and to watch for them so they wouldn’t come on us unprepared. So based on that, we should be able to know at least the season (only four seasons of approximately 3 months each) of HIS return. So, I believe that we should be able to know the time within 3 months, or less! Now to the hour part. after the Great Tribulation We saw in verse 31 of Matthew 24, that Yahshua returns and gathers his saints after the Great Tribulation of those days, and that we would not know that exact day in advance. Now, he says “as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. Yahshua comes in the clouds above earth and the dead in Christ are caught up together in the air with those that remain alive, to meet him! (ICorn. 15:51) rapture/resurrection of the dead This is the day of the rapture/resurrection of the dead in Christ, that we would not know of in advance. removal of the wicked Now we get to the flood coming and Noah in the ark, waiting for the flood (destruction) of the earth and the removal of the wicked! (raptured) In verse 30 of Matthew 24, it says the tribes of the earth mourn, and they see the Son of man coming in the clouds and the catching away of the saints that are alive and the opening of the graves of the dead saints as both are caught up (raptured) to meet him in the air. THE LAST DAY I will raise him up at the last day “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:40 Most people who did not take the “mark of the beast”, yet not believers, therefore as a result of not being believers, they were not raptured, but they do become believers at this time. They had heard the gospel of Christ the Messiah Yahshua/Jesus and knew the teaching of the resurrection of the dead and the rapture and when they saw it happen, they repented upon seeing such, and believed in his name, thus becoming born again believers. These are the ones whom he was talking about, when he said that for the elect’s sake, he would save some flesh. saved elect’ssakesaints These are the flesh (humans) that were saved for the elect’s (saints) sake. These saints (elect) are also mentioned in Rev 12, which is not talking about Jesus there, because it is a prophetic book of the future after Jesus’s death and resurrection. man child rule all nations “And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up (raptured/resurrected from the dead) unto God, and to his throne. manchild are promised someone to rule over This manchild, along with king David, the 12 apostles, 12 old testament prophets, thus the 24 elders, are promised someone to rule over along with the KING OF KINGS, Yahshua the Messiah of the world, and all the saints, for a thousand years! THE MILLENIAL REIGN Plus this is the fulfillment of the promise made to Abraham and the physical NATION of Israel, his descendants in the earth, before we all go into Eternity After the rapture, in the same day, yet not knowing what hour this might happen later in the same day, Christ continues on down with his saints to remove those who do not believe in Him, from his Kingdom of which they do not believe nor belong to, and set up HIS Kingdom. Just as in the time of Noah, when he entered into the ark, which represents the church in the ark of God in Heaven by the rapture or gathering together, the flood came (but now fire, not the flooding by water) and the flood removed the wicked from the earth (one shall be taken) which were the remaining unbelievers, and only what belongs to him (those who became believers while seeing the resurrection), will remain.