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Revelation 12:1-6

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Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Now we begin a look at the second half of the tribulation by looking at things that happen kind of from Satan’s viewpoint. The woman is Israel, the sun is Israel’s glory as God’s chosen nation, the moon under her feet signifies her domination, the 12 stars the 12 tribes of Israel. The child is of course Jesus . Then the dragon appears, or Satan, with seven heads , or governments, with crowns to signify power, and ten horns to signify world power. We know from hearing of the rebellion of Satan that he convinced 1/3rd of the angles of heaven to come with him.Satan also to take the of Jesus and thought he had succeeded at the cross but that was just the beginning of the end of Satan’s rule. Now Jesus will come back, after being at the right hand of God till God’s plan is fulfilled in the millennium reign, where Jesus will reign with a rod of iron, which shows the strength of Christ reign. But for last 3 and 1/2 years of the tribulation God will hide His people from Satan in a place God has prepared, which most teach that this place is Petra.

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Revelation 11:14-19

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Rev 11:

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Now the second woe has passed and the 3rd woe is about to come with the sounding of the seventh trumpet and like the breaking of the seventh seal this trumpet will issue in the the vial judgments which will bring us to the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ. We see again the the elders and the saints praising God again but this time it is because He is and has begun fulfilling his promises to regain control over this earth and and create the new one .It will also be the time when everyone that did not accept Christ will face their final wrath and judgement from God ,again anther reason for all the praising. This begins with lightning, loud voices , thundering, a massive earthquake, and great hail. Remember Revelation is not written in chronological order so from here we are going to cover some more details of the tribulation period.

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Revelations 11:9-13

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Revelation 11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Now that the two witnesses are dead it is televised all over the world while the bodies lay in the streets for three and a half days and no cares to see that they are buried. In fact they take this time to celebrate by giving gifts rejoicing over the torment from the two witnesses coming to an end. Then the Lord steps in again and enters life back into their bodies and they stand to their feet causing great fear to come upon the people.Then God calls them home to heaven and causes a great earthquake to happen killing one tenth of the people and a remnant were so frightened they gave glory to God. It is just amazing how it takes unbelievable destruction and miraculous things to happen to get people to realize who God is, but is it any different from today we are seeing destruction and miracles every day and people are turning to every thing but God.

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Revelation 11:4-8

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Revelation 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
 
These two men are the two witnesses that will preach the message of God, understand that while these two preach all the news media will be focused on them so the message is going around the world. By the hand of God theses two cannot be destroyed during the first 3 and 1/2 years and they can and will destroy anyone who tries to stop them. Homeland security will not have a chance against them.They will have the power to perform miracles of all kinds, stop the rain , turn the water to blood , and bring plagues upon the people who refuse the Gospel. Only when thy have finished their testimony will God allow Satan to take their life and their bodies will lay in the streets for 3 days. Now it is important to remember that the 144000 are also preaching. The two witnesses focus on God’s people, the Jews, even though it is broadcasted worldwide and the 144000 are Jews and are preaching to reach anyone and everyone. Everyone has their idea of who the two witnesses are but as for me me I believe it is Enoch and Elijah because neither man ever died and have been with God since they left this earth preparing for this time.
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Revelation 11:1-3

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Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
 
As chapter 11 begins John is ask to measure the temple and them that worship there in but measure not the outer court for this is given to the gentiles that will have control for 42 months or 3 and 1/2 years, the second half of the tribulation.These first two verses set the stage for the second half the tribulation but as we go to verse 3 the two witnesses are introduced to prophesy for 3 and 1/2 years, which is in the first part of the tribulation.
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Revelation 10: 8-11

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8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
 
As chapter 10 concludes we see the angel that is standing on the sea and the earth once again with the little book, God’s word. The voice tells John to take the book and the angel gives it to him and tells him to eat it. It says it will be as sweet as honey in the mouth but bitter in the belly. This is symbolic of reading the word of God and the message of salvation be the good part, the eating of the word, and the destruction that has to come at the end for God to regain His creation. The angel also tell John now he has to prophesy again which we will now go back to the beginning of the tribulation talking about the personages of the first 3and1/2 years which will then bring us to the final judgements of God.
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Revelation 9:16-21

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Revelation 9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in t…he vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

As the woe continues we find that the number of the army is 200 million and this is not a regular army but a demonic army under the rule of the four angles. You know they are not a regular army because they had the head of lion and they killed with what came from their mouth. Fire , smoke, and brimstone is what helped killed the ones here but also their tales did torment them. It is believed that even some died from the site of these beast . After every thing that has happened to this point man still refuses to repent of their idolatrous worship, murders, sorceries, fornication, or thefts. Even though people can see today that these same things are keeping people from God and from repentance they still will not make a decision to do anything about it which is bringing us ever closer to the day this all begins to happen.

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Revelation 9:13-15

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Revelation 9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which… had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

Now the second WOE as the sixth angle sounded. The horns mean power and the golden alter is where God is. This trumpet was to release the four angles from the four corners of the earth which means it will be world wide with its destruction. They were prepared for 1year 1 month 1 day and 1 hour to slay another third of the people who have not accepted Christ. It is estimated that 1 and 1/2 billion people will die in this woe.

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Revelation 9:7-12

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Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

In verses 7 through 11 John gives a description of the demons that appear as locusts they are as big as horses, crowns to show they rule, faces like men to show their intelligence. The long hair had a seducing effect to draw men near, the teeth like a lion to help inflict pain. Their breastplates made them indestructible and the sound of their wings was like the sound of a mighty army coming. And if this is not enough to terrify man they also could sting them like a scorpion and all of this torture was to last for five months causing man to want to die. Again they had a leader through all of this and to put it simply it was Satan. This is only the first WOE and there are two more to come.

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Revelation 9:1-6

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Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

As the 5th angel sounds the star that falls from Heaven is Satan and he is given the key to the bottomless pit to release his demons. A great smoke arose out of the pit as if from a great furnace. Now if people do not believe there is a hell they are basically choosing to spend eternity in hell with Satan instead of in Heaven with Christ. The demons that came out of the pit were as locusts, but very large, and they were commanded not to eat any greenery of any kind and could only torment man for 5 months and not kill him. The people to be tormented were only those that were still followers of Satan or the antichrist, any with the mark of God was to be spared the torment, which included the 144000 and the people that have been saved in the tribulation. Some say these three WOE’s are an attempt to get the remaining unbelievers to turn to God. Also here in verse 6 we see that the people being tormented want to die but can not . As we get deeper in to this it gets hard to get all I would like to say in a few lines so again if anyone has any questions or comments if I can I will do my best to answer any questions.