There's a lot of talk about the second half of the 70th week of Daniel, and rightly so, but I think we can glean a little knowledge from scripture as to the events that need to happen to get to that point and perhaps shed some light on some signposts to look out for. The following should be read with a decidedly Israel and Judea focus.

Seal 1 - Confirming a Covenant

Looking at this in a more Israel-focused context, the idea of a Jewish antichrist seems to fit the more I learn of this perspective and think about it, comparing it to scripture. Right now Israel is fairly secular, but if a strong man arose in the ranks of Israel who would confirm the old Mosaic covenant, allowing the rebuilding the temple against all odds, then that could quickly change. Interestingly there may be an alignment with the first seal being opened.

Revelation 6:1-2
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow (G5115); and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

Note that we see the rider on the white horse of the first seal is given a bow, what I once thought tied to the conquering he would be doing like a bow and arrow, but the arrow left unmentioned. Then I did a word search and the first time a bow is mentioned is the rainbow that was a token of a covenant.

Genesis 9:12-13
And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow (LXX G5115) in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Daniel 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Seal 2 - Wars of the Antichrist

Notice also a crown is given to him, making him the royal leader and with that power goes forth conquering, which perhaps leads into the second seal, responding to the attacks from those nations around who would likely take up arms for this provocation of rebuilding the temple. Daniel 11:40-45

Revelation 6:3-4
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

This seems a fairly straight-forward reading to follow after the rider of the white horse going forth to conquer, but there is perhaps a little nuance here. This rider removes prosperity, rest and/or quietness from the earth. It doesn’t say this rider kills people, but implies through the removal of peace, people are killing each other. For instance the same word is used in Matthew 24:10 regarding people betraying and hating one another.

In the paradigm of a Jewish Antichrist who has just triggered the rebuilding of a Jewish temple in Jerusalem and the context of the wars of the antichrist, there will certainly be killing from his side, but these events may stir up more than just that. On a more global scale, it seems that polarization is already ramping up for many reasons and it’s not hard to imagine that conflict could break out all over the world as emotions snap and hopeless people turn against each other over real or perceived crisis. This could be further triggered by reactions to the wars of the antichrist.

Seal 3 - Yoke of the Old Covenant

During this time the temple would be rebuilt and the daily sacrifices resumed in Israel and as they see this person save them from their surrounding enemies, the whispers of messiah will get louder, if not already shouted, and Israel will become more and more orthodox, returning to the root of their faith as they know it apart from Christ.

Revelation 6:5,6
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances (G2218) in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Acts 15:5-11
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke (G2218) upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

This same word in Greek speaks to servitude of a law or obligation, the burden carried keeping the law of Moses. Peter speaks to this burden of the law of Moses that Yeshua replaced with His own easy yoke for them that believe. We are not under the Law, but rather grace through Christ.

Then we have the second part regarding the wheat, barley, oil, and wine. In addition to the bullock and ram, we see the wheat oil and wine are part of the initiation of the consecration of the priests and to start the daily sacrifice. Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (“Maimonides” or Rambam [1138–1204 A.D.]) interpreted the scriptural requirements for the temple sacrifices.

"Only five types of animals could be brought as sacrifices: oxen, sheep, goats, turtledoves and pigeons. Other sacrifices known as flour-offerings (minchah) consisted of wheat or barley flour accompanied by olive oil and frankincense. Additionally, wine (and sometimes water) would be poured into specially designed cavities in the altar."

Exodus 29:1-2; 35-40
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
...And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

Burning olive oil in the Temple’s Menorah was also part of a ritual offering to God. Exodus 27:20 In addition, meal offerings were brought to a Temple priest who burned a part of it on the Temple’s altar. Leviticus 2:1-9

Furthermore, we see in the destruction of Babylon, the lament of the merchants for her destruction, much of which over the loss of buyers for their merchandise, including some of what is needed for the consecration of the priests and to start the daily sacrifice. Revelation 18:11-13

Bringing this all together, it would seem to be speaking to the yoke of the daily sacrifice and return to the following of the law of Moses, which can’t start until the temple is rebuilt. Ever since Christ’s first coming, the daily sacrifice in the temple is done away with. However Israel as a nation never accepted Yeshua, that is yet to come. In their mindset, the temple and sacrifices are required of them. This would fit with the 180 degree flip of Christ’s easy burden and the demands of a return to the old ways with the return of the temple in Jerusalem.

It also speaks to the value of the ingredients for at least the flour-offerings needed to start the daily sacrifice. So perhaps this seal is point in time the temple is finished and the daily sacrifice begins. It might be a good candidate too for the appearance of the two witnesses speaking the Truth at the temple.

Seal 4 - Jacob's Trouble

Revelation 6:7,8
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

So perhaps, when the man of sin stands in the most holy and declares himself to be god, a strong division will form in Israel. Those who believe and accept him coming in his own name with apparent power and those who do not. But he will demand worship at pain of death at that point and many in Judea will cave I'm sure, and all that don't will be killed. This is why Yeshua warned those in Judea to run to the mountains and not look back. Seeking to save their life (possessions, etc.) they will lose it like Lot's wife. Luke 17:30-37

In the context of the documentaries, Yom Kippur 2030 would be the end of the first half of the 70th week of Daniel.

Leviticus 16:29-31
And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For on that day shall [the priest] make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, [that] ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.

Leviticus 23:27-32
Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it [is] a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul [it be] that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off (H3772) from among his people. And whatsoever soul [it be] that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

It is interesting that this beginning of Yom Kippur on the 10th day of the 7th month uses the same term "cut off" for those of Israel who are not afflicted in the soul, or humble, on that day. If indeed religious fervor for the perceived messiah causes the Jews to kill each other, humble and afflicted is not how I would describe the souls of those who are deceived.

Zechariah 13:8-9
And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off (H3772) [and] die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.

In the past I had always taken this to mean that the antichrist originating from outside Israel would come in, declare himself god and then kill any Jews where he could find them. This view is often held by those with a Roman or Islamic antichrist view. Seemingly only 1/3 of Israel would escape to the mountains. Perhaps this is the culmination of the time during the first half of the 70th week where everything is setup for the great deception of the false messiah and the 2/3 that are "cut off" result from this period.

As opposed to some outside force killing all Jews, perhaps it is those who believe the antichrist is the messiah, the deceived of the great deception, killing those who reject him at the command of the man of sin with a religious fervor. At this point from God's perspective this 2/3 of Israel have chosen their god and the 1/3 of Israel who has rejected that false god are saved out of this time. Could it be what is referred to with 2/3 being cut off as in the breaking off of the natural branch from the root spiritually and eternally (Romans 11:17-27) leading to the second death in the near future, eternal separation from God? (Revelation 21:6-8)

Related to this unparalleled time of Jacob's trouble, when Yeshua warns them to flee, I was doing another study trying to clarify the references to Noah and Lot. The idea of one being taken and one being left I had always associated with the catching away and the one being taken is the believer and the one left not. However there had always been the part that didn't make sense, "For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together."

Reading Matthew's account, the one taken/one left sounds tied to the idea of unknown day and hour as the days of Noah and that's what I had always believed, but I may have a different take now. It very much ties into this idea and the time of Jacob's trouble, but that's a long post in itself so perhaps I will go into that on a different post.

Seal 5 - Dead in Christ from Jacob's Trouble

Revelation 6:9-11
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were 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, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

I believe the fifth seal marks from the time just after the abomination of desolation, when the antichrist will go after the nation of Israel as described in Revelation 12. Those who are killed from this point until the first resurrection and the catching away are told to wait a little while for their fellow servants to be killed as they had. We know this is prior to the catching away to meet the Lord in the air because those that are alive will not precede the dead in Christ (1 Corinthians 15:50-53) and the alive are promised to be kept from the wrath of God, which comes at least ½ hour after the sixth seal...

Seal 6 - Signs of the Sun, Moon, Stars Heralding the Day of the Lord and the Wrath of God

The end of the first half of the 70th week comes around the time of the return of Christ according to my understanding. It is this sign that is repeated throughout Bible prophecy heralding the day of the Lord and the coming destruction of God's wrath.

Revelation 6:12-17
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

We see this time echoed in Isaiah 2:12-21, Hebrews 12:23-29, Isaiah 13:6-13, Matthew 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27.

Seal 144,000

This 1/3 that will be protected in the wilderness (Revelation 12:13-17) during the wrath of God, 144,000 of whom are sealed of Israel, will be refined through fire during this time. When compared to the second half of Revelation 7, I believe this shows the fulness of the Gentiles and therefore the un-blinding of Israel (Romans 11:25) who will eventually say the Lord is my God and blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord and God will hear them and take away their sins and call them His people. When the time of their protection is over, they will be ushered into the Promised Land under the rulership of Yeshua from Jerusalem for 1,000 years.

Catching away of the bride

The multitude that is seen in heaven in the second part of Revelation 7 seems to fit quite well showing a pre-wrath harpazo. I don't believe we can really tie the catching away to the "tribulation" because from what I understand, it happens in the midst of it, toward it's start. So it's neither pre-trib or post-trib, and mid-trib has its own variations so I like to stick with pre-wrath because that's what it appears to be and is in line with the promises that we will escape the wrath of God. In fact, Revelation 7:9-17 seems to fulfill this quite literally as the great multitude are seen standing before the Son of man in heaven before the trumpets of Revelation 8.

Luke 21:34-36
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Seal 7

Revelation 8:1-2
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

This is a very short time after the sixth seal and before the first trumpet. It should be noted that it isn't until after the seventh seal that the angels are even given the trumpets to blow, clearly delineating the seven seals in their entirety as separate and before the seven trumpets.

The Messiah 2030 timeline as I understand it has the 120th Jubilee lined up with Yom Kippur 2030 (10/7/2030), since jubilee is on Yom Kippur. According to my current understanding of the exact day prophecies, this would be around the time of Israel being protected in the wilderness and the bride being caught up to meet the Lord in the air just after the time of Jacob's trouble is cut short.

This would also mean that the possible layout of the first half of the week gives us signposts to look out for starting in around Passover 2027. Specifically 1260 days before the evening of 10/6/2030 would fall on the feast of Firstfruits, 4/25/2027.

There are still events that will have to happen between now and Passover 2027 to get to that point, such as political alignments I've seen posted here as well. Time will tell if this timing is accurate and I will certainly be watching!

Brother, there is a rather large discrepancy in the timeline presented by the authors of M2030 and the one in your post. The authors of M2030 place the day of Christ and first resurrection (what you call harpazo, what many call the rapture; not a fan of using the latter) in 2030 on the 7th millennium, 7th month (Tishrei), and 7th day of the week (first sabbath of the month). This would place the AOD in 2027, and would serve as one of the first major signposts and litmus tests to the validity of their presentation. They are post-wrath/post-trib if you want to use those terms, as am I currently, but am continuously learning. Authors, please jump in and correct me if I am wrong.

In your post, you place the first resurrection (harpazo) on Yom Kippur 2030, followed by 3-1/2 years of wrath (aka great tribulation), and then finally the day of Christ (second coming) which I assume you would place in 2034.

We have a few things to iron out here or readers of this post and viewers of Part 1 and Part 2 will be confused upon reading this (I was).

You have presented strong arguments for pre-wrath and it begins with where you have Seal 6. Seriously, all I ever seem to hear is 'God has not appointed us to wrath.' I hope that the authors can shed some light on this prior to the release of the micro timeline in Part 3 as it is months away.

Clarify this for me brother, do you believe that scripture supports three comings of Christ:

1. As the Lamb, the suffering servant

2. Descending from heaven for His church just prior to the final 3-1/2 years of great tribulation (wrath, time of Jacob's trouble) that takes place before the millennial reign

3. As the King of kings and Lord of lords after the great tribulation

as well as three separate resurrections:

1. Resurrection and gathering of the church prior to wrath

2. Resurrection of saints after the events of wrath

3. Resurrection of all those not in Christ for the Great White Throne Judgement

Is this not essentially what pre-wrath is saying?

If Messiah 2030 is saying that Tishri 7, 2030 would be the time of the catching away of the bride. I'm simply pointing out that the 120th Jubilee mentioned in the presentation would be 3 days later on Yom Kippur, Tishri 10, as I understand scripture. I make no definitive statement on precise timing whatsoever at this point, which is why I wrote this post pointing out what I see to be the sign posts to the point we will know more definitively. Ultimately though the abomination of desolation will define the timing for the rest of the week.

Leviticus 25:8-11
And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather [the grapes] in it of thy vine undressed.

I am pre-wrath, but if cornered into associating the catching away of the bride as tied to the tribulation that would depend on how one defines tribulation. As I've tried to describe in my long-winded posts, apologies, I believe the dragon's wrath is the "tribulation" that will last for 3 1/2 years, or 42 months. I also believe that wrath is split into two periods of time.

Period 1: The restrainer is called to heaven to cast out the dragon at which time the revealing of the man of sin is allowed to happen. When the dragon is cast to earth, he gives his power and authority to the man of sin and as his proxy goes after Israel in Judea after declaring himself god. This is the unparalleled time that Daniel, Jeremiah and Yeshua all pointed to concerning Israel and Judea/Jerusalem. As they all agree, this time is cut short. As John sees in Revelation 12, the woman Israel is protected from the dragon for 1,260 days.

Period 2: Once Israel is protected the dragon then goes after the remnant of her seed and those holding the testimony of Christ for the remainder of his 3 1/2 years/42 months.

Given the exact day prophecies, we know that

* The end of the man of sin's power over the saints is 42 months after the abomination of desolation when Yeshua casts the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire and chains the dragon for 1,000 years.
* Israel is protected from the dragon for 42 months in the wilderness
* There are 1,290 days from the abomination of desolation (my current belief is that the ambiguous end point is the end of the 70th week.)

Therefore, the abomination of desolation would have to occur 30 days (assuming 1,260 days = 42 months = 3 1/2 years) prior to the exact middle and the reign of the man of sin would continue for another 1,230 days until Christ returns.

Please note the dates I put here are assuming exact day framework and I can't say definitively that these prophecies are 360-day years since the majority of the associated periods of time correlate 3 1/2 years to 42 months, but only once 3 1/2 years seem to pair up with 1,260 days, and those may be two different times. (Revelation 12:6 & Revelation 12:14-16) Note the color coding on the chart. Obviously these dates are just centered around the framework and the Messiah 2030 presentations. I don't hold these dates as firm at all, I'm still thinking through all this and the implications.

https://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/images/charts/Daniel's%2070th%20Week%20Framework%20Messiah%202030.png

So approximately 30 days after the abomination of desolation would be the sign of the sixth seal, immediately after the tribulation of those days. (Those days being the unparalleled time for Israel, Judea and Jerusalem described by Daniel, Jeremiah, and Yeshua) Note also that for the sake of the elect, those unparalleled days are cut short. We aren't told by how long, but in concert with Revelation 12 and the other exact day prophecies we can determine from scripture that it means the time of Jacob's trouble will not extend for the whole 42 months of the man of sin's reign or they would never survive. However, they must recognized Him who they pierced and respond accepting Him and calling Him their God so they must survive.

Given that definition of tribulation split into two times, I would say I hold a pre-wrath, mid-trib view or better yet a pre-wrath, post-Jacob's trouble view. To clarify why, I went through the seals and how I think they line up with the first half of the 70th week of Daniel. Both the day of the Lord and the coming of Christ happen suddenly and are tied with the signs of the sun, moon and stars.

2 Peter 3:8-10
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Isaiah 2:12-21
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Joel 2:1-11
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Joel 2:23-32
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew 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 great and terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Revelation 6:12-17
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Isaiah 13:6-13
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Matthew 24:29-31
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: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 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.

Isaiah 26:19-21
Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

These prophets all tie the day of the Lord to sudden destruction, people of earth hiding in the rocks and caves for fear of what's coming, the sun, moon and stars event, the Lord rising to shake terribly the earth, the resurrection of the dead, etc. Yeshua ties this time to immediately after the unparalleled tribulation of Jacob's trouble from which they are saved out of, and this period of time will end before Christ's return in glory.

In concert with John's visions in Revelation 6-8, we see that same event tied to the sixth seal, which would then have come after the time of Jacob's trouble, followed by an interesting "interlude" where we see two groups of people, 144,000 of the 12 tribes of Israel sealed on earth, and an innumerable multitude in heaven. This convenient interlude occurs between the sixth seal and just after the seventh seal when the angels are handed the seven trumpets. That is some of the timeline from putting the Old and New Testament prophets together based on described events.

But we also have the New Testament promises for God's people.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him, 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; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For 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. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

1 Thessalonians 1:10
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Luke 21:29-36
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree [symbolic for Israel], and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

All these scriptures taken in concert with each other clarify in my mind that the man of sin is revealed, the time of Jacob's trouble in Judea lasts until God protects Israel in the wilderness for the remainder of the time until He comes to take the kingdom, but it is immediately after the time of Jacob's trouble that every eye sees him coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory at/after the signs of the sixth seal, about 1,230 days before He returns to take the kingdoms of the earth. It is sometime before the wrath that comes when He does, that He seals the 144,000 on earth and catches away the innumerable multitude to heaven.

Since Israel is protected for the same time the man of sin has power, yet the man of sin starts by pursecuting Israel at the abomination of desolation, and Israel is protected at the same time we see the multitudes in heaven just before the wrath of God begins, I must conclude that the catching away of the bride coincides within some short timeframe with the protection of Israel in the wilderness and their sealing as depicted in Revelation 7.

There's another promise that until recently I didn't fully understand. I did a word study trying to understand better what the "hour of temptation" meant and it was pretty interesting and may shed some light on the idea of the hour of temptation and what it means in light of all this. https://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/Articles/Watchman/HourofTemptation.html

Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

I would posit that if the hour of temptation is coming on the whole world to try them that dwell on the earth and we will be kept from it, then we will not be on the earth.

Holding that all these scriptures must agree with each other, I have no other choice but to see that

1) Christ came as a child to die for our sins,
2) will come again to gather us to Him before His wrath is poured out
3) and once His wrath is completed, will return permanently to earth to rule for 1,000 years.

Revelation 19:7-8
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Revelation 19:11-16
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

Notice the bride at the marriage just verses before Christ returns to take the kingdoms and destroy the gathered armies and cast the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire and bind the dragon. She is arrayed in fine linen, clean and white. Notice who is returning with Christ on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Regarding the first resurrection, I just yesterday came across someone with some insight that I'd never heard before and it was confirmation on my view of the first resurrection.

"the harvest in Leviticus 23 and look at the farmers harvesting, we notice that the harvest, although it is one harvest of one crop, is divided into THREE gatherings. They are (i) the firstfruits, (ii) the general harvest, and (iii) the gleanings. The firstfruits are those fruits which ripen before the others and are taken into the farmer's house for his enjoyment. The rest of the crop must have more time in the heat and dryness and are then harvested. The gleaning are left to profit the weak and underprivileged." | AdHoc (username)

1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

Revelation 20:4-6
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection. Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

So we have (i) Christ the firstfruits, (ii) those that are Christ's at His coming (wise virgins & general harvest), and (iii) those who are killed for the witness of Yeshua and the Word of God without the mark between the catching away of the bride and Christ's return to setup the millennial kingdom. (the gleanings) These are all part of the first resurrection and the "last resurrection" will be the final one at the end of the 1,000 years of all the dead.

Similarly in scripture there are three different resurrections separated by the previous verses showing two comings of Christ at the end, one with judgment and to seal the 144,000 and catch away the bride to the marriage, and one after His wrath to take the kingdoms.

This is my take on the pre-wrath perspective, although I can't speak to what others have taught. I actually used to be pre-trib, but I started to question it and made a decision to search the scriptures myself without centering my whole belief around teachers. I laid out sticky notes on the bed trying to order Revelation and everything. I still learn from various teachers, but I've found that much of the time I gain some little insight from somewhere and as I search the scriptures there are some pieces from a lot of places that come together, but my fallback is always to what I see in scripture. I would say one teacher I feel I line up a lot with is Chris White when it comes to prophecy, he's really shifted my perspective a lot.

Excellent sir, may the Lord continue to advance your knowledge and understanding.

I guess temple construction and the AOD may be a few years farther out than I originally anticipated. I am also taking a much closer look at the microtimeline you provided now. What are some early signposts that you expect we can see, possibly as early as 2027?

Here a kind of guess at the scenario IF, and that's a big if, how I understand things are correct and the Messiah 2030 timing is correct, neither of which I am taking for granted to be true. So take what I say with the grains of salt contained within many salt shakers. :) Ensuring that salt has been taken, I will include dates in parenthesis based on the exact days prophecies and the presented information from the Messiah 2030 documentaries.

Watching now

Before getting to identifying any suspect individual, I think we should be watching the news as related to any kind of peace process in Israel with more intensive focus on such news tied to the rebuilding of the temple and the requirements to do so. This is something I have admittedly slacked off on. I used to watch the news more intently, but that got very exhausting with the breadth I was looking for and the amount of news. I'm just starting to watch this again with a more focused watching of Israel. I created a google alert for the word "Temple" in Israel so we'll see how that works, it found a couple interesting stories that show the desire is only growing in Israel in anticipation for the rebuilding:

Likud MK Amit Halevi Proposes Plan to Divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount - June 7, 2023
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/jerusalem/likud-mk-amit-halevi-proposes-plan-to-divide-jerusalems-temple-mount/2023/06/07/

Israelis Come to See Red Heifer and Discuss the Temple - July 16, 2023
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/israelis-come-to-see-red-heifer-and-discuss-the-temple/

The Temple Institute (https://templeinstitute.org/) has been working for years to get everything ready to build the temple I would imagine they will be at the center of any movement in this direction so they might be a good resource to keep an eye on as well.

There's some intriguing work done around where the actual temple stood if you want to go down that rabbit hole. It may be entirely possible that the Temple Mount was actually fortress Antonia and the memory of the Jews over 2,000 years has lost the original location in the City of David. I still need to put the information together better, but all the information I've learned so far is tracked here: https://www.watchmanbiblestudy.com/BibleStudies/Temple/Locations.html

Heading into the 70th week

It would make sense looking at things politically now, that the antichrist would show up as a strong man with a very Israel-first focus and a return to the ways of their ancestors. Calling out all the hypocrisy since Israel was re-formed of the Jews being kept from practicing their religion in the land that is clearly theirs while having rocks thrown at them from the temple mount as they pray at the Western Wall, etc.

70th week of Daniel begins

(4/25/27 [Feast of Firstfruits] - the 21st is Preparation Day and 22nd is Passover)

Not putting up with it anymore, he will find some way to make it happen and the temple will be rebuilt, chaos will ensue with the neighboring nations and his leadership of Israel will be solidified as the more orthodox Jews view him more and more as a messiah figure. The secular Jews may take some time and the non-Jewish Israelis will likely mostly be up in arms about it (except for the Christians there) because it will be seen as another Nakba. (disaster, tragedy, cataclysm)

Temple is rebuilt

While this leader is dealing with that, the temple is built and the daily sacrifices restart. There are some logistics that will need to happen even if everything is ready to go, this could take a year or more. I think many will be fully intending to go back to Old Testament practices according to the Torah. Whether accepted by God or not is not really relevant, but it seems to me at this point talk of Yeshua will be more and more pushed out of the public square, especially as this strong man continues to win battles for Israel.

In certain corners of Israel, whispers of messiah will grow watching the strong leader conquer Israel's enemies. Study of Old Testament prophecy will spike among once secular Jews as comparisons are made between the prophecies and the strong leader.

In other corners of Israel, whispers of the antichrist will grow watching the strong leader conquer. Study of the Old and New Testament prophecy will spike as these same comparisons are made. The warnings of Yeshua, Daniel, and Paul regarding the man of sin declaring himself to be god and the great tribulation following will be reverberating throughout the Christian community. They will be warning whoever will listen and whether Christians or not, many in Israel will hear this warning and eventually heed it whether they believe in Yeshua at the time or not.

The Two Witnesses

(2028-2029 sometime?)

My best guess is that about the time the temple is completed and the daily sacrifice restarted, two men will come on the scene, teaching at the rebuilt temple. They will be revealing the prophecies fulfilled by the True Messiah, warning those coming to the temple of the impending doom to befall Judea and the man of sin currently conquering Israel's enemies. They will speak with power and authority and may or may not yet perform the miracles they're foretold to at this time. But many visiting the temple will be swayed by these two while more yet will be annoyed with them as street preachers are annoying people around the world today.

Many in Israel may still be viewing the temple with an Old Testament lens. However, at some point the strong leader and his armies will return to Jerusalem in victory. Convinced himself that he is the messiah and filled with pride, he will begin to publicly accept the mantle of messiah being thrust upon him, which will enrage some Jewish sect that views this as blasphemy and they will kill or attempt to kill the strong leader.

Tribulation Part 1: Time of Jacob's Trouble at Abomination of Desolation

(9/6/2030 - Tisha B'Av is exactly 30 days prior on 8/7/2030, so maybe my exact day framework is off, how fitting would this day be to fall on Tisha B'Av? Something to think about)

At God's command Michael the archangel will stop restraining and go to heaven to cast the dragon to the earth. As part of a strong delusion meant to tempt and test the people, God will raise this strong leader from the dead and heal his wound. An enraged little dragon with great power, as we would perceive it now, will give the man of sin filled with pride his power and use him as the dragon proxy.

He will stop the daily sacrifice and stand in the temple declaring that he is god and demanding worship from his people. Some in Israel will be caught off guard and reject this man in their temple declaring himself god, meanwhile the Christians and the Jews who have heeded the warning will leave Judea immediately. Those who accept the false christ will do anything for him and at his command will turn on their own people who reject with great religious fervor. Those blindsided who reject him will either capitulate or die.

If Zechariah 13:8-9 is related to this, about 1/3 of Israel will escape and 2/3 will be cut off and die. I should note that I'm beginning to think the 2/3 doesn't necessarily have to be killed at that time. Some of that 2/3 may be, but it could be that their acceptance of the man of sin who comes in his own name could very well permanently break those natural branches off the root, thereby solidifying their second death. I think the dragon is perfectly willing to use those who worship him as puppets knowing their fate is sealed with him apart from God. Those who don't worship the antichrist and are killed would be the souls under the altar at the fifth seal and those who escape are protected from the dragon for 3 1/2 years.

Tribulation Part 2: Global Persecution

Upon the escape to the wilderness of those in Judea, the dragon through his proxy puppet will expand his destruction of God's people globally. It is during this time I believe the institution of the mark of the beast will start and last for the duration of his 1,230 days or so. But before that can begin in earnest or perhaps even at all, there will be a great earthquake and the sun will become black and the moon like blood and the stars falling from heaven. Lightning will flash across the sky.

(9/27-28/2030 - Yom Teruah)

Christians around the world who have been watching these events unfold will have an intense sense of anticipation of what is coming and the redemption that will forever change how they view the world they've lived in their whole lives. As the world begins to deal with the impending destruction that will come from what is happening, the sound of a great trumpet will reverberate in the atmosphere and the dead in Christ will be raised and in a flash, probably like the flash that burned the image in the fibers of the Shroud of Turin, those alive will all be changed into our incorruptible bodies and find ourselves heaven with the Lord.

Hopefully they have done what they could, not to try and explain all these things to their unbelieving friends and family, but to foster for them a personal relationship with Christ themselves so when this day comes they can join in it together. Bible prophecy is what I would consider the meat of the Word, requiring a larger breadth of understanding God's Word and I think is only revealed in relationship with His Spirit. Those who don't believe won't understand and don't necessarily have to as long as they are seriously seeking the Lord and in relationship with HIm. This information is important to understand and as I've felt called to be a watchman and warn about this information, not everyone can hear it and can even push them away from the Lord if they see it as kookiness. It's more important for those that the Gospel is the focus and they can learn these things after or in heaven when we all learn where we were wrong about all this information. This has weighed heavy on my heart as of late. The absolute excitement I feel imagining this time is sweet in my mouth (initial reaction) but bitter in my stomach (digesting what it means for those who haven't accepted Yeshua) to borrow a feeling from John.

The remnant of Israel will be protected in the wilderness and the wrath of God is held back while 144,000 Jewish boys are sealed from the 12 tribes with the seal of God. These are the only ones protected from the demon locusts of the coming fifth trumpet judgment.

(10/6/2030 - That evening is Yom Kippur at dusk 10/7/2030, the 120th Jubilee and the beginning of the Day of the Lord)

After all the events of the sixth seal, heaven is quiet for 1/2 hour and the seven angels are given their trumpets. A censer filled with the fire of the altar is cast to the earth with thundering, lightning and an earthquake. The wrath of God has come, woe to the people on the earth!

I'm right there with you brother. Prophecy is probably the only thing left in this world that gives me that sense of mystery, wonder, excitement, and hope. The authors of M2030 gave a great analogy using a puzzle. As more and more of the pieces fall into place the faster and clearer the complete picture will come into being.

Somebody call PETA because animal sacrifice is fixing to make a comeback!

Some questions about the microtimeline:

1. How do I interpret the Yom Teruah/Rosh Hashanah dates and rows, and tie them in with the rest of the timeline? What is the significance of 12/30/2028?

2. How do you arrive at the final two dates of 6/17/2120 and 5/18/2120?

3. Are we to presume that the timespan between the return of Christ and the binding of Satan is very short (i.e., less than 30 days)?

Considerations:

1. In the block containing 'Great White Throne Judgment', consider adding 'Satan released and cast into lake of fire' or something along those lines. Does scripture mention how long this satanic rebellion is?

2. Increase the resolution of the Seal/Trumpet/Bowl blocks by adding what they represent or include a table in the available space on the bottom right.

3. Add the title 'Parallel Passage(s)' to the top-right of the bottom-left reference table.

Well done sir!

Thanks for the additional info. You make a good point about the mention of 1,260 days, 42 months, and 3-1/2 years seemingly correlating best with the prophetic calendar.

When I suggested adding the title 'Parallel Passages' I actually meant for it to be over the column with 'Revelation 19:9 | Mathew 22:2-14 | Luke 14:7-24' but where you've added it works as well. I'm sure you will continue making improvements.

Salt? The only salt I'm a partaker in is the salt and light variety xD

Don't worry I won't take anything for granted...yet ;)