Eschatologically, the combined reigns of Yehoahaz, Yehoikim, Yehoichin and Zedekiah are a picture of the seventh year of the birth-pains. The 144,000 continue to work among the non-Jews, thus fulfilling Matt 24.15. The False Messiah will continue to hunt down believers and a European army is maintained by the False Messiah in Jordan trying to get to the Jews who are hiding there (Rev 12.17). There will be a great move among the non-Jews as they turn away from the False Messiah and believe in Yeshua. These non-Jewish believers are Torah observant and anti-idolatry.
The Battle of Haran is fought between Russian forces under the False Messiah and armies from the Orient (East). The Oriental armies will be victorious over the False Messiah and his forces retreat to Charchemish and fight the armies of the Orient again, and the False Messiah again loses (Jer 46.1-28; 2 Chr 35.20).
Military campaigns in Jordan between the armies of the Orient against the False Messiah begin. These are the troops that the False Messiah used to get to the Jews in hiding in Jordan. The False Messiah is falling back as the armies of the Orient continue to win battles. The False Messiah retreats to Jerusalem and a siege of the city begins. After some time half the city falls and this brings us up to the end of the seventh year (Dan 11.44-45; Zech 13-14).
Yeshua comes with his army of glorified believers out of the southeast. He arrived at Mount Sinai first (Deut 33.2; Hab 3.3-4) and then arrived in nearby Petra, where a great celebration takes place (Isa 63.1-19; Isa 42.6-13; Isa 16.1-5). The Messiah and his army sing a “new song.” This song is based on a ten note scale not eight like today. This is only possible when Messiah arrives. In Exo 15.1-18 we have the “Shirat Ha Yam” or “Song at the Sea.” This is called a “new song” (“Authorized Daily Prayer Book” by J.H. Hertz, p. 449). So, we have a new song in the First Redemption and a new song in the Second Redemption. The word “song” is usually “Shirah” which is feminine in Hebrew. But in Psa 96.1 and Isa 42.10 it is “Shir” which is masculine because it alludes to the Messiah and he has arrived.
We will have what is called the “Yamim Noraim” or “Days of Awe” between Rosh Ha Shannah and Yom Kippur, and these will be a literal ten days. During this time Yeshua has returned and he is moving up the east side of the Jordan River and engages in a few battles with the armies of the False Messiah and the armies of the Orient as he advances to Jerusalem (Zech 14.13; Rev 19.11-18). Believers from the refuge in the Jordan Valleys start making their way to Jerusalem (Isa 40.3; Hos 2.14-23; Hab 3.3-4 in Teman; Hab 3.7-19 in Midian; in Petra or “Sela” on Rosh Ha Shanah in Isa 42.10-13; Deut 33.2; Judges 5.4-5; Zech 9.14; Isa 63.1-6; Prov 7.20; Isa 21.13-15; Isa 15.1-5; Jer 48.40-47, 49.19-22; Zeph 1.7-9, 2.8-11; Hos 13.15; Ezek 25.1-14; Mic 2.12-13; Zech 14.3-5).
Yeshua comes to Jerusalem on Yom Kippur (Matt 24.27-31; Isa 27.12-13; Mic 5.4; Joel 2.15-16; Song 8.5). He stands on the Mount of Olives where the Red Heifer is slain. An earthquake splits the mount to the north and south, and the Hinnom Valley is enlarged by this quake (Zech 14.3-4). The new valley (not Hinnom) created by the the earthquake runs to the southeast to a place called Azal, the location where the Azazel (“to the wilderness”) goat was taken and killed on Yom Kippur. The non-Jewish believers around Jerusalem take refuge in this valley and flee (Zech 14.5-6). The Dead Sea (called the “Lake of Fire”) catches fire as oil and flammable gases trapped beneath the water are released.
The armies besieging Jerusalem and those of the False Messiah are slain as they attack Yeshua in vain. The False Messiah and the False Prophet escape and are captured on the plains of Jericho and they are taken to Azal. The coastline of the Dead Sea has come up to this place, and the False Messiah and the False Prophet are cast off the cliff there into the Dead Sea (Lake of Fire) alive (2 Kings 25.5-6; Rev 19.19-20).
Between Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur) and Tishri 15 (first day of Sukkot) angels are sent throughout the world to gather the righteous and the unrighteous survivors of the birth-pains to Jerusalem for what is called the “Judgment of the Nations” or of the “Sheep and Goats” (Luke 17.34-36; Matt 13.24-30, 25.31-46; Matt 24.30-31). The unbelievers will be on Yeshua’s left and the righteous will be on his right. That means Yeshua is sitting on the Mount of Olives for this judgment. The unbelieving survivors are killed in Yeshua’s presence and their bodies are put into Tophet for the birds and the animals to eat. Tophet will be the trash dump of Jerusalem (Ezek 29.1-5, 32.1-8; Rev 19.21) and it is located in the Hinnom Valley south of Jerusalem (Isa 66.23-24; Luke 19.27). After that, the righteous survivors on the right are judged by Yeshua. They will enter the Messianic Kingdom with their mortal bodies.
After these five days are over, we have the festival of Sukkot at the end of the seventh year. The coronation of Yeshua on earth will be done and the Kingdom of God will be established. After this, we have the Wedding Supper on earth (Isa 25.6; Matt 8.11; Rev 19.7-9). The Mishkan may be used and set up in Jerusalem for Sukkot because the Temple has been defiled and most likely destroyed.
From Nisan 10, the exact mid-point of the birth-pains, to this Yom Kippur when Yeshua has returned is 1260 days. If we count 75 days into the future from Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur) we have a total of 1335 days, and that brings us to the festival of Chanukah (“dedication”), which celebrates the dedication of the Temple in the time of the Maccabees. Ezekiel’s Temple will be dedicated at this time (Dan 12.11-12; Ezek 40-48).
From this point, the Kingdom of God will rule and reign on the earth until the 1000 year Atid Lavo or “Day of the Lord” (Sabbath of God) is complete. At the end of that period, there will be another judgment of those who were born during the Messianic Kingdom. The unrighteous of all ages are judged and sent to the Lake of Fire for eternity, and the righteous enter into the Olam Haba. Here are more Scriptures that you can study (2 Kings 24.7; 2 Chr 35.20; Jer 46.1-28; Joel 3.9-17; Zech 12-14; Joel 2.15-16; Rev 11.2; Dan 11.42-45; Rev 9.7, 20.4-6; Ezek 21.25-27; Jer 21.10, 52.1-11; Jer 7.27-34; Isa 66.23-24).
As you can see, studying King Uzziah and the last ten kings of Judah will give us an overview of the coming birth-pains. In future studies, we will study the eighth century prophets because their prophecies allude to the first three and a half years of the birth-pains. The seventh century prophets and their prophecies allude to the last three and a half years of the birth-pains.
One other event needs to brought out here, and it relates to the assassination of Gedaliah in 2 Kings 25.22-30 and Jer 40 and 41. Gedaliah was placed as governor over Judah by Nebuchadnezzar and was killed by Ishmael, who was of the royal family, and ten others. Ishmael didn’t want Gedaliah to rule. This is a picture of the False Messiah and the ten kings, and it is also an allusion to the story of Joseph. Gedaliah was the leader over the people, like Joseph was seen as doing in his dreams, and his ten brothers got jealous. They also decided to get rid of him and he was eventually sold to Ishmaelites. In the story of Gedaliah we have an Ishmael, and the city of Shechem where Joseph’s brothers were shepherding the flock and where Joseph is buried today. We will develop this concept out in Jer 40-41.
Now, we are going to go into a massive study of the Natzal (Rapture). This subject is very important and controversial, but we will present it now because this subject is rooted in the Tanak and follows our eschatological study of King Uzziah and the last ten kings of Judah. The Natzal (Rapture) is not a “new testament” subject. Once this is understood, going on into the Tanak from here and reading the prophets will make more sense in light of a proper understanding of the total prophetic picture as presented in a study of the Natzal (Rapture) and the birth-pains.
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