The solving of the mystery of Daniel’s 70th Week is, in essence, The Battle of Armageddon. This is the Day Jesus comes back on his white horse and defeats Satan, the Antichrist, the False Prophet, and the armies of the earth gathered around in the vicinity of Jerusalem, the Valley of Megiddo. Just like Jesus’s second coming 3 1/3 years earlier, it is a day of horror for the damned and a day of joy for the saved. The predicted date for Armageddon is 21 September 2028 based on the solving of Daniel’s 70th week. September 20-22, is the date range of the first fall feast of 2028, Feast of Trumpets. For the sake of simplicity I use 21st of September 2028.
The entire point of the 7 feasts commanded by God in Leviticus 23 was pointing to Jesus fulfilling them all. The entire old testament points to Jesus Christ. That was the whole purpose of the book, the rituals, the true historical stories, the deep symbolism in almost every verse, everything! Simply put, when you read the old testament, you should be reading every verse with Jesus in mind. Every book in the old testament points to Jesus. This is why Jews (or any other unsaved for that matter) cannot possibly understand the bible – including the 5 books of Moses – and don’t believe in any of it (that’s why they invented the wicked Talmud). It is IMPOSSIBLE to make sense or understand ANY PART of the bible in ANY WAY unless you are already saved to Jesus. It is called “spiritual discernment” and you only get it if you have the Holy Spirit residing in you as a result of being saved to Jesus Christ.
The first four Spring feasts commanded by God in Leviticus 23, were fulfilled by Jesus at his first coming in the first century. The 3 Fall feasts will be fulfilled at his return to earth when he establishes his Millennial Kingdom. It is not the rapture day, as that occurs at the midpoint of Daniel’s 70th week and that day is the resurrection/rapture of all the saved including all old testament saved. Once we get resurrected/raptured, we hang out in heaven for a 3 1/3 years at a wedding feast with Jesus as God pours out his wrath and righteous judgement on the unsaved people left on earth.
God’s 7 commanded feasts are not “Jewish” feasts, because Jews do not believe in Jesus the Son, thus cannot have God the Father. Leviticus 23 was when the 12 Tribes of Israel were wandering the desert with Moses. These are God’s people (us, the saved) feasts and we will celebrate them in the coming Millennial 1000-year kingdom!
When Jesus comes back he will fulfill the 3 fall Feasts. 21 September 2028 will be the first Fall feast, known as the Feast of Trumpets. This is where a loud trumpet call on the first day of the 7th month (God’s calendar, otherwise known as the Hebrew calendar). It makes perfect sense that Jesus comes back on this day. Trumpets are a sound of war. A grand trumpet sound will announce his coming and he comes down on a white horse and splits the mount of Olives wide open (east of Jerusalem). All the saved come down from heaven after him on our own white horses.
That is the basic outline. Here I will dive deeper using scripture and explain where in the bible these things occur. Zechariah 14 adds much more detail as you will see if you keep reading.
First, the Antichrist and the False prophet gathers the armies of the earth at Armageddon in Revelation Chapter 19:
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
If Jesus is to come back on the first Fall feast, it will be the first day of the 7th month:
Leviticus Chapter 23:
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
This date varies year to year on the Hebrew calendar. In the year 2028, it is due to fall on the 21st September. It is my belief, Jesus will come back with a loud trumpet call when he comes back on his white horse. And what tells us he is coming back on his horse?
Revelation Chapter 19:
11 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.
This is of course Jesus heading down from heaven to do battle. And we – the saved – follow him down on our own white horses in Revelation verse 14:
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Remember, this is all the saved forming a grand army because we will always be with Jesus once we go to heaven is what the bible teaches. So we are all down near Jerusalem on our glorious horses. And what is the result? Jesus slays them all in short order. In truth, it is not much of a battle at all.
Revelation Chapter 19:
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
The beast is the Antichrist. They are at Armageddon. They get slaughtered in the next verses 20 and 21. There isn’t much detail in Revelation.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
The Antichrist and False Prophet are cast alive into the lake of Fire which is in outer space. They are the first inmates.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
In Revelation Chapter 20, we see what happens to Satan. He is locked away in Hell for 1000 years. He will not be around to deceive and lie during Christ’s reign on earth:
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
In the following Verse 4, we are on earth. John saw thrones and most people think this is in heaven, but we all came back to earth in the previous chapter 19 of Revelation on horses. The thrones are the 12 Apostles of Christ judging the 12 Tribes of Israel. This is not a damnation judgement but rather a rewarding judgement. All saved are included in the judgments. We get doled out our rewards for the coming 1000 year reign. We get assignments of leadership. Some will rule over whole nations, others just maybe a city block or even only 10 men. Those who did much work for God, or was a martyr in the name of Jesus, get great rewards. Those who did nothing for Christ and coasted by in life, get very little rewards. At least they are saved though.
What confuses most people is John says “I saw the souls” which makes you think this is in heaven. No, it’s on earth! John is just saying he can determine who was the martyrs and he used the term “soul”. It would be the only way he could tell, because by this time we are already in our glorified, immortal bodies.
4 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.
Ok so there we have it. Jesus comes back, defeats the Antichrist, Satan, and the False Prophet and immediately establishes his 1000-year kingdom on that same day. It’s all over in a few verses. And it has happened on the first Fall feast day, 21st September, (or 1st day of the 7th calendar month) Feast of Trumpets. Therefore the first feast is fulfilled.
But God gives us more detail in an old testament Prophet, Zechariah, specifically Chapter 14. I’ll post the entire Zechariah Chapter 14 and explain how this cryptic chapter shows us how Jesus fulfills the rest of the Fall feasts. How he establishes his 1000 year Kingdom and heals the land.
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
The first 2 verses are tricky because seeing “the day of the LORD” typically is talking about Christ’s Second Coming in the Clouds, i.e., Resurrection/Rapture day. And Verse 1 is indeed referencing that rapture day. It is provided to give the reader where we are on the chronological timeline.
“the spoil” = the population (souls) of earth. “shall be divided in the midst” = rapture at the midpoint of Daniel’s 70th week. So God is telling us in verse 1, that Jesus came and reaped the earth of his saved people in the middle of the last 7 years. This matches exactly what all the scriptures say will happen. The dead are resurrected (including Noah and Abraham!) and the living are caught up in the clouds.
Then we get to verse 2 below providing more backstory for why Jesus had to come back in verse 1.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Verse 2 above supports verse 1. “For” means “because”. God had used the armies of the Antichrist to sack Jerusalem just like he used the Roman armies to sack Jerusalem in 70 AD. It is God’s will and plan and he is always in control. He often uses wicked armies to destroy other wicked people. And the modern Jewish nation is against Christ – antichrist. Judaism won’t magically turn to Christ during God’s wrath period as most people have been told. They did not believe Jesus when he was on earth performing miracles and neither will they now. Your Zionist Pastor is wrong, and his pre-tribulation rapture is wrong. And that is no accident as the devil had a hand in corrupting the churches to ensure we are setup for a falling away at the end times. To ensure we are all confused. That’s why I am blogging on this stuff!
So that’s why Jesus came back in verse 1. For once the abomination of desolations occurs (sacking of Jerusalem and the Antichrist declaring himself God), Jesus had to come back and save the living or no flesh be saved. This is the fulfillment of prophecy. After the saved get resurrected and raptured, we all go to heaven and the same day, God pour’s out his wrath for 3 1/2 years on earth in the 7 trumpet and vial judgements while we cheer on his righteous judgement.
So the bottom line, verses 1 and 2 is a chronological marker setting up the rest of the chapter. It is the backstory for the rest of Zechariah 14. I never realized this until today. Zechariah 14 gives us more details on Christ coming down from heaven on his horse to do battle with Satan (and we follow all riding on horses). It gives us details on the establishing of the 1000 year millennium and shows how Jesus will fulfill the 3 Fall feasts. The story begins in verse 3 below.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Verse 3 is the same point in time/day as Revelation 19:11. Jesus is coming down on his white horse to fight the very nations (Antichrist’s armies) that God used to sack Jerusalem. Modern Israel Jews were defeated by the Antichrist, now it is the Antichrist’s turn to be defeated. And it is all God’s plan so that scripture can be fulfilled.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Jesus comes and lands on earth! He splits the mount of Olives in two!
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Everyone flees. Verse 5 proves that we are coming back with Jesus. “and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.” This is the saved on horses as seen in Revelation 19:14.
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Ok this is an important clue on what day it is. Jesus’s second coming (rapture) will always be associated with the following celestial events: sun and moon darkened, stars fall. Armageddon day is not like that. However everything will be lighted.
The second important clue is that this day is KNOWN to the LORD. Jesus coming in the cloud is always associated with: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” Therefore this day in Zechariah 14 is NOT the rapture day as many believe. It is Jesus coming down on his white horse establishing his kingdom on earth!
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
After Jesus lands and defeats the armies, he starts to heal the land with the Holy Spirit which flows out of him always. The “living waters” is the Holy Spirit.
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
And he is anointed KING of the earth on the same day.
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.
Jesus terraforms the land around Jerusalem. He raises it up to a flat plain. This will be the holy home of Jesus on earth so it is to be raised up physically which gives glory to Jesus. The other practical matter is that it creates a huge plain for all the saved to gather for the throne judgements of the 12 Apostles meting out rewards and assignments.
The throne judgements may also be where the damned who made it still alive on earth, those who have the mark of the beast, are brought forth before Jesus and we slay them. We don’t know how long things will take. Its a guess. But none of the already damned will be allowed to live.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Verse 11 is fulfillment of the Day of Atonement, the second Fall feast! It will no doubt be a Jubilee year (50th year after 7 x 7 sabbath years) in which everyone is supposed to go back to their ancestral homelands, all debts are forgiven, all servants are released. There is no proof in the bible that the Israelites ever actually followed through with 50th year Jubilee commandments which is why no one knows accurately of when it was supposed to be or when the next one is due.
Therefore we can see in verse 11 above that “men shall dwell in it”. This is the old testament saints, the 12 Tribes of Israel all returning to their homeland of the Holy Land! This is the fulfillment of the second Fall feast! Leviticus Chapter 25 explains the Jubilee year
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Verse 12 is a recap verse and explains how Jesus defeated the Antichrist’s armies. It is rather gruesome!
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
Verse 13 is another recap verse of battle day. Apparently when Jesus came, there was a “great tumult” (agitation) of the people in the lands. I think what happens here is that a lot of people came to Christ during God’s wrath period and now they are revolting over their oppressors once they have seen Jesus come back. This is my best guess. It may “prove” that many people left on earth to face God’s wrath after the rapture do get saved as many suspect will happen.
14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
The term “Jew” is from the Tribe of Juda, one of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Which became the nation of Judah in biblical times. “Judah” or also the land of “Judaea” by the time the Romans subjugated the land as a province of Judaea. Hence the term “Jew”.
So verse 14 above tells us that modern, rich Jews (Judah) were part of the battle of Jerusalem. They were the ones attacked, sacked and conquered by the Antichrist’s armies as was God’s plan like he had the Jews sacked by Roman armies from 67 -73 AD. This doesn’t mean that “Judah” was a good guy. It just means they fought there too. And note the verse tells us they were rich “in great abundance” and isn’t that the truth that Judaism controls all the world’s monies?
15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
Verse 15 is yet another battle recap verse telling us what happened to the war beasts of the armies of the Antichrist. This matches Revelation 19:18.
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Verse 16 gets us to the third Fall Feast, the feast of tabernacles! Thus the fall feasts are fulfilled by Jesus Christ our glorious Lord and Savior! And he will rule with a rod of iron and demand all nations come and worship and keep the feast of the tabernacles.
Things will different in Christ’s millennial kingdom on earth. And what laws will there be? Well, you better read the first five books, the LAW – the 5 Books of Moses – to understand what will be allowed and what won’t be allowed. God will implement his laws he gave to the nation of Israel in the wanderings of the desert and they will be the law of the land once again in the Millennial kingdom.
17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
You better come or else!
18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
You better come or else!
19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
You better come or else!
20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
This verse 20 CLUES us in that this was all about the coming back to earth on HORSES! And we all get these cool bells on the horses!
I imagine that is how we will get around the earth in the millennium. Obviously these horses are “glorified” in their own right because we came from heaven riding upon them. So I imagine they are immortal horses and we better treat them well.
21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Yup, there won’t be any devil heathens left on earth, Jesus rules!
Let’s put all this in to the following timeline chart, courtesy Pastor Steven Anderson (watch his video sermons if you are interested, you can google them and find them on you tube.) Incidentally this is NOT his take on Zechariah 14, you are seeing this probably for the first time anywhere!
The Battle of Armageddon takes place 1 month prior to the end of this chart. That allows 30 days for the feasts to be fulfilled. Does Jesus have to come back exactly on the 21st of September to fulfill the feasts? Or even in the year 2028? No, of course not he can come early and fulfill them. Maybe he comes on the 15th. Or maybe he comes in the year 2032. We really can’t be so sure. All we know is that he will fulfill the Fall feasts so we can be sure it will be near the Fall!
So I hope I showed through scripture how things will be fulfilled in the coming of Jesus at the establishment of his kingdom on earth. If it made no sense, you need to be saved!
The Roman road way to salvation you can do it alone if you wish:
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Just pray on the Lord Jesus Christ with your voice and ask for salvation and believe with all your heart that he died on the cross and was raised from the dead for your sins and without him you deserve eternal death. He will immediately send the Holy Spirit and once you receive it, you can NEVER lose your salvation it is a free gift of grace!