Bible Chapters on the Return and Second Coming of Jesus

Eighty-nine chapters in the four Gospels give us a record of Jesus' heart and power at His Coming when He came to pay the price for our redemption as the Lamb of God on Calvary's Cross. 

Jesus returned to Jerusalem in the first-century lifetimes of those He spoke to.  Jesus returned in the lifetime of Apostle John.  Jesus makes a solemn prediction His "soon" Second Coming will take place in time before all His original disciples and followers had died (Mark 9:1; 13:30; Matthew 10:23).  King Jesus is ruling on earth right now today (Mt. 28:18; 1Cor 15:25; Rev. 1:5).

Jesus returned to Jerusalem while some of His contemporary generation lived that He grew up in, as He promised some He would return in their lifetimes (MARK 14:61-62; JOHN 21:22-23; MATTHEW 24).

Mark 9:1 "And Jesus was saying to them, 'Truly I say to you that there are some of those STANDING HERE who shall not taste of death until they see the Kingdom of God having come with Power.'"  The Kingdom of God arrived on earth with Holy Spirit power at Pentecost when Jesus baptized the early church with the "Gift of the Holy Spirit" and "tongues of fire."  

Most Christians are opposing the Holy Spirit in the sin of unbelief when they chose to delay establishing the Kingdom of God and Jesus on Earth because they want an unscriptural future Millennium instead of obeying Jesus today and having the blessings and promises of the Millennium upon the nation.  Christians are opposing God first in their hearts and minds, they are casting away most children to the public schools, and opposing Jesus everywhere else where they have influence, or America would have been a Christian nation for centuries.  America's Christian leaders are GREATLY deceived, believing in a future heretical version of the Millennium, where Jesus limits His authority today on earth and stops reigning after a "thousand years."  Jesus NEVER stops reigning!  Today Jesus has absolute authority over Heaven and Earth (Mt. 28:18).  King Jesus will continue to reign uninterrupted until the Second Coming and Resurrection (1Corinthians 15:28) when, at that time, His Father becomes "All in All."  

Opposing Christian U.S. Law and opposing a Christian nation is a great sinful heresy and it is a sin of unbelief and rebellion wanting a future reign with Jesus but denying Him His just recognition as our Savior right now as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  King Jesus is now reigning with His full authority given by His Father for today (Mt. 28:18; 1Cor. 15:25; Rev. 1:5).  

To partake of the sin of "unbelief" and fear that damned ancient Israel under Moses to die in the wilderness, failing to believe Jesus is reigning today (Rev 11:17), is damning the American churches.  

It is a great sin for Christian leaders to oppose King Jesus reigning upon the earth.  They sin by opposing Christian U.S. Law (including leaders as "Pat Robertson, ACLJ Jay Sekulow, Billy Graham, TBN Paul Crouch, and all law schools on earth) all have chosen to be enemies of God and King Jesus reigning and establishing His Kingdom on earth.  It is ironic and sinful that instead of Christians supporting God and Jesus, they adamantly oppose Christian U.S. Law and oppose establishing the Kingdom of God and Jesus on earth outside of their hearts. 

As a consequence of opposing Christian U.S. Law, it is now costing most children their eternal souls and ruining their minds and morals as they are brainwashed in lies.  It is child abuse indoctrinating LGBTQI+ immorality in the public schools so most of their souls are lost in spiritual darkness forever...  

Matthew 10:31 "But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes."  This scripture categorically indicates Jesus returned to earth early in the first-century before the cities of Israel could be evangelized, there was not enough time to evangelize with the Gospel of Jesus before the destruction of the Jews and Jerusalem in 70 A.D.  Jesus returned in the lifetime of His original Apostles and disciples.  As apostle John wrote in 1John 2:18 "It is the Last Hour!" 

Jesus promised, "I will never leave nor forsake you."  Once Jesus returned to Jerusalem in the first century as He PROMISED He would do, HE WAS HERE ON EARTH TO STAY until the Resurrection!   Jesus remained on earth, then at that time when He had begun His reign, He has continued to rule and reign over Heaven and earth and over all the kings and nations until today (1Cor. 15:25; Rev. 1:5)!

Mark 13:29-31 "So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door.  30 Truly I tell you, THIS generation [being the crowd He was speaking to] will not pass away until ALL these THINGS have happened!  31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My WORDS will never pass away."

“These things” in verses Mark 13:29–30 must therefore refer to the events described in Mark 13:5–23 where "these things" happened.  All the prophecies of "These Things," can be understood to have been fulfilled in the years between Jesus’s death (most likely AD 30) and the destruction of the temple in  70 A.D.  A 40-year period from the ascension of Jesus to the destruction of Jerusalem is a biblical generation.

Hebrews 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves as is the custom with some, but encouraging one another, and so much more as you see the Day [of the Lord] drawing near."

The Day of the Lord, the Return of Jesus to Earth, the Wrath of the Lamb, Jacob's Trouble, was soon approaching the first-century Christians!

The generation to which the Lord Returned is clearly the 1st-century Jewish generation that Jesus was directly speaking to in His earthly ministry before His crucifixion.     

As He PROMISED, Jesus returned to rule and continued to reign ("He Must Reign" 1Cor. 15:25) and to prepare His Bride to be victorious in love before the first resurrection when His Father will be "All in All" (1Cor. 15:28).  Jesus promised, "I will never leave nor forsake you."  Once Jesus had returned in the first century, JESUS WAS HERE TO STAY!  Jesus had absolute authority to reign from His Father over all the nations (Rev. 1:5).  

In the Age to come in the New Jerusalem, "The Father will be All in All" (1Cor. 15:28).  The time to rule and reign with Christ is NOW, TODAY in this life.  The "age" to rule with Jesus Christ is Today!

Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy is the one having a part in the first resurrection! Over these, the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him a thousand years."  God gave a thousand years as a Christian Empire to Emperor Constantine of the Byzantine Empire.  Jesus gave 917 years to Egypt to exist as a Christian nation, a Millennium.  Jesus would have given America a thousand years if the Christian leaders did not worship futuristic utopian eschatology and let King Jesus reign over America according to the conscience of Christian leaders.

1Cor. 15:26 "The last enemy to be destroyed is death.  27 For “God has put everything under His feet.”  Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.  28 And when ALL things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God [His Father] may be ALL in ALL."

Luke 21:20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies [Roman Legions], you will know that her desolation is near.  21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.  22 For these are the DAYS OF VENGEANCE, to fulfill all [prophecy] that is written."  "The Days of Vengeance" and the "Wrath of the Lamb" were fulfilled in 70 A.D.  Jesus ENDED the Jews persecuting and murdering many Christian saints in 70 A.D. by the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jews. 

Luke 21:23 "How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!  For there will be great distress upon the land and WRATH against THIS people.  24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations [circa 70 A.D].  And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled."  After the surviving Jews were enslaved by the Romans, apparently "the times of the Gentiles" continued for two millennia until 1948 A.D. 

Luke 21:23 has written that God's Wrath was unleashed upon the Jews in the first century.  The ruin and desolation of America should WARN Christians to stop opposing Christian U.S. Law as the children are damned in the public schools and antichrist culture.

The "Times of the Gentiles" were possibly fulfilled by U.S. President Harry Truman who was the first world leader to officially recognize Israel as a legitimate Jewish state on May 14, 1948, only eleven minutes after its creation.  

The Return of Jesus the Son of Man is described in Luke 21:25; Matthew 24:26–31; Mark 13:24–27.

Luke 21:25 "There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea [The sea, a body of water, symbolizes "peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues" Revelation 17:15] and the surging of the waves.  26 Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.  27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because "your" redemption is drawing near.”  This prophecy was fulfilled in the first-century when King Jesus returned as He promised He would return in the lifetimes of those He was actually speaking to.  Jesus promised, "I will never leave nor forsake you."  

Once Jesus returned in the first century, JESUS WAS HERE TO STAY!  Jesus did remain and has continued to reign until today!  Unfortunately just as the Jews rebelled and would NOT obey King Jesus and were destroyed, soon America will be ruined and made desolate because America has opposed becoming a Christian nation by U.S. Law and establishing His Kingdom on Earth as it is in Heaven.  

Christians like to quote the Scripture "We are NOT children of wrath."  However, unless Christians repent of their treason of opposing a Christian nation with King Jesus reigning in government and public schools on earth we will be destroyed just as ancient Israel was destroyed (Luke 19:27).  It should be obvious that America is being ruined, and it is headed down the "broad path" to its destruction, being given by treaty to its enemies in the U.N. World Government.

Luke 19:27 "'But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want Me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter [kill] them before Me.’”  America's Christians surely will be needlessly persecuted and killed because of their sin of unbelief and treason against the King of Kings Jesus, and their opposing Christian government and Christian U.S. Law.  Jesus is NOT going to "turn the other cheek" for harlot Christian America.

Most often the future fullness of a negative prophecy will be fulfilled in the Great Tribulation and the fullness of the positive prophecies will mostly be seen in the Millennial Kingdom.  For instance, in Luke 4:18 Jesus references Isaiah 61:1-3 as related to His first coming. However, it should be clear the details of Isaiah 61 did take place at Jesus’ first coming with the WRATH OF THE LAMB OF GOD against JERUSALEM.  

Jesus has returned to earth and He has established the fullness of His reign on the earth.  It was made clear by the Millennial Kingdom which started with Emperor Constantine giving the Roman Empire to King Jesus to rule and reign.  

The Byzantine Empire literally existed with the Millennial promises as a Christian Empire for a thousand years!  Jesus promised, "I will never leave nor forsake you."  Once Jesus returned to earth in the first-century, JESUS WAS THEN REIGNING AND HE IS HERE RULING AND REIGNING NOW.   

King Jesus intends TO STAY on earth establishing His Kingdom with His Father making His enemies His footstool until the "Perfect Comes" at the Second Coming with His Father at the "Last Trumpet!"  

Jesus said following Scripture was fulfilled in His ministry (Luke 4:19, 21).

Luke 4:21 "He began by saying to them, “TODAY this Scripture is FULFILLED in your hearing.”

Isaiah 61:1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,

Because the LORD anointed Me

To bring good news to the humble;

He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted,

To proclaim release to captives

And freedom to prisoners [Ephesians 4:18].  

61:2a To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD."

Luke 21:21 "He began by saying to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”  Like Cain who murdered Abel for his obedience to God, similarly those in Nazareth who heard Jesus say this prophecy is being fulfilled wanted to murder Jesus by throwing Him off the cliff.

The GOSPEL, the GOOD NEWS is free all those who call upon Jesus to be saved that are taken captive by sin, being made slaves to sin by the fowlers, which are demons.

The captives in "Paradise" were waiting for the Messiah in Sheol and were then released and taken "captive" to be with Jesus forever in His Resurrection after three days (Eph. 4:18 fulfills the prophecy of Psa. 68:18).

Isaiah 61:2b "And the Day of VENGEANCE of our God [This prophecy was fulfilled circa 70 A.D.] to comfort all who mourn,

61:3 To grant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a garland instead of ashes,

The oil of gladness [fulfilled prophecy Pentecost Acts 2] instead of mourning,

The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. [Clothing His people with Christ.]

So they will be called oaks of righteousness,

The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

In the N.T. the "Love Feasts" (Jude 1:12) are Christian church services of worship and praise of God our Father where Jesus the oil of gladness is given.  Christians who are Clothed with Christ give all believing Christians a heart full of praise to worship and Love the presence of Jesus in the midst of His believers.  Believers are translated from being "slaves of sin" to being "slaves of righteousness."  All Flesh is regarded as spiritual plants including Christians abiding in the Vine of Jesus His Son.

Many of the Old Testament prophecies have a partial fulfillment at some point in the past, with a complete fulfillment in the first-century generation when the Lord returned.  

Sometimes partial fulfillment can also serve as a prophetic picture of what the fullness will look like at the end of the age.  

It is important to also note, that these prophecies have spiritual applications at any time in history for all believers, before their ultimate fulfillment at the end of the age.

NEW TESTAMENT:

Matthew 13: Jesus first refers to the partial judgments upon Israel described in Isaiah 6.  Next, He describes the characteristics of the nature of the kingdom through a series of parables. 

One underlying theme in these parables is that the full manifestation of the kingdom will happen at His Return or Coming.  Jesus said, "Let your light shine, let your good deeds be seen by men."  "You shall know them by their love."

Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 17; Luke 21: Jesus’ main emphasis in these four parallel chapters is to describe the Great Tribulation in the first century.  

He predicted the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of its temple (Mt. 24:2) by the Roman armies in 70 AD.  

This tragedy is the siege of Jerusalem at the end of the age of the Temple ceremonial system of animal sacrifice (Joel 3:2, 12; Zeph. 3:8; Zech. 12:2-3; 14:2; Rev. 16:14).  

God shortens this first-century time frame of "Jacob's Trouble"/ Great Tribulation) to three-and-a-half years in order to keep all flesh from being physically killed in Israel (Mt. 24:22). 

Jesus said this hour would come as a snare upon the entire earth, not only Israel (Lk. 21:35).  The Great Tribulation surpassed all other crises in history, including the one million people who died in 70 A.D.  The destruction of Jerusalem did NOT threaten the existence of the human race.  

Jesus said this time of tribulation would not happen until after the abomination of desolation (Mt. 24:15). 

The worldwide Antichrist worship system today is the state religion of "Civil Government," which is a religion as Thomas Jefferson defined it, is the actual world religion or "global religion") centered upon the image of the Antichrist, and the mark of the beast (Rev. 13:13-18).  All of these details were fulfilled in the Jewish revolt against Rome (66-70 AD).  The name of Ceasar Nero is the "666" antichrist beast when applying the "wisdom" of gematria.  The Hebrew language is NOT an alpha-numeric language.  The Hebrew must be converted by gematria which was learned by every Jewish child.

Matthew 25:  This chapter continues with the theme of Matthew 24 and was fulfilled in the first century A.D.  

It gives a description of Jesus judging the nations immediately following His return (Mt. 25:31-46).  Jesus' judgment of the nations of the earth had begun immediately upon His return to Jerusalem circa 70 A.D.

Jesus began His Judgment of the nations starting in the first century (1Cor. 15:25).  God and Jesus continue judging the nations today.

1Corinthians 15: This is the most informative passage in Scripture on the first resurrection.  In verses 24-28, Paul describes Jesus’ reign today.  In verses 35-49, he reveals the glory in the resurrected body.  Finally in verses 50-55, Paul speaks of the mystery pertaining to the "Last Trumpet" generation of believers in the first resurrection that will not die, but instead, will be conveyed from mortality to immortality, instantaneously, at the return of our Heavenly Father and Christ.  Then at the "Last Trumpet," God the Father will be "ALL in ALL." 

There will be no Millennium after the First Resurrection at the Last Trumpet, for there will be no one left on earth to rule over as the Trumpet was sounded on the "Last Day."   

Jesus clearly taught that on the "Last Day," both the righteous and the unrighteous will be raised, the righteous to eternal life, and the unrighteous to eternal condemnation (John 5:28-29; Daniel 12:2-3; Acts 24:15).

The Resurrection of the saints is on the "Last Day." The Resurrection of the damned is also on the "Last Day."  There is NO ONE LEFT ON EARTH TO RULE OVER after the "Last Day."

The Millennium fulfillment was in the Christian Byzantine Empire that literally lasted for a thousand years.  Also, it was fulfilled in the 917 years Egypt was a Christian nation.  America could have a Millennium, but Christians disobeyed the calling of the Holy Spirit and the Voice of Jesus for centuries rejecting His rule in government, in the public schools, and in the workplace by U.S. Law.  Just as the generation under Moses died in the wilderness for their sin of unbelief, so America's Christians will die under their enemies in the U.N. World Government instead of having a Millennium.  

See ChristianAmendment.com for more information on how to save America.  It is a sin for Christians to do nothing because they want a fantasy version of Jesus to save the children and the nation.  Christians are expected to "do what the hand finds to do" in order to make America a Christian nation and save the children...

2Corinthians 5: Apostle Paul teaches on the resurrected body and the judgment seat of Christ.

1Thessalonians 4-5:  Paul describes the rapture of the church and the resurrection of the dead at the Second Coming (1Thes. 4:15-18).  Next, Paul encourages believers to watch (1Thes. 5:1-10).  He concludes with a prayer to be sanctified and to stand blameless at Jesus’ coming (1Thes. 5:23).

2Thessalonians 1: The glorious day in which Jesus will come with His mighty angels and take vengeance on the enemies of the gospel starting with the first century Jews is depicted (Isa. 66:15).

2Thessalonians 2: The Coming of Jesus in the first-century will be preceded by a falling away from the faith and the rise of the “man of sin, the son of perdition” (son of the devil) who is the Antichrist.  A falling away of Christians, the great apostasy, in the first-century AD was so widespread, that it was one of Paul’s primary signs of the nearness Jesus’ Coming.  The persecution of the Christians by the Jews and Rome was severe, as the Christians were blamed by Caesar NERO and by the Roman Senate for the great fire that burned down a third of the city of Rome in 64 A.D. The Great Apostasy and persecution of Christians began at that time.

2Timothy 3: Paul describes the perilous times in the last days, in terms of the moral decay within society (LGBTQI+) as it is filled with great sin and brainwashing indoctrination, and deception.  The Great Persecution had started first with the Jews (Acts 8:1) and later Rome joined in the killing of millions of Christians. 

2Timothy 4: Many people will not endure sound doctrine in the End Times.  Instead, they will heap up false teachers who will endorse lifestyles of lust, in the context of false doctrines of grace.  Many will turn aside from the truth.  

The coming of Christ is referenced by Paul three times in 2Timothy 4 (vv. 1, 8, 18).

2Timothy 4:1 "I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His Kingdom."

2Timothy 4:8 "From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing."

2Timothy 4:18 "And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom.  To Him be the glory forever and ever.  Amen."

2Peter 3: Peter describes the final stages of the Day of the Lord and the cleansing of the earth with fire (Jerusalem was burned to the ground and every single stone of the entire city of Jerusalem was cast down by the order of Caesar).

The several Scriptures about the "Day of the Lord" all show the terrible judgment desolation and destruction for unrepentant Israel.

Revelation 5: The Father’s plan is exalting Jesus as the King of kings over all the earth from His Throne which He immediately ascended to when He went to be with His Heavenly Father.  Jesus takes the scroll from the Father’s hand.  The scroll represents the Old Testament of the earth and the action plan to cleanse it that is written in Dt. 28:15-63; Lev. 26.

Rev. 5 is fulfilled prophecy.  Jesus already has taken the title deed transferring the sovereignty of the world from Satan to King of King Jesus in Mt. 28:18.

Revelation 6: The judgments of God again the kingdom of darkness are unveiled.

Revelation 7: God promises to protect His people from judgments and compromise.

Revelation 8-9: The trumpet judgments are released against the Antichrist’s empire.

Revelation 10: God promises to release prophetic messages to bring understanding in order to help people avoid deception.  Joel prophesied of a dynamic prophetic outpouring of the Spirit in the End Times.

Revelation 11: The two witnesses will be prophets with unprecedented power.

Revelation 12: John describes the war that breaks out in heaven causing Satan to be cast to the earth during the Tribulation two thousand years ago as all authority in Heaven and on Earth was then transferred to King Jesus Mt. 28:18.

Revelation 13: John describes the activities of the Antichrist and the false prophet.

Revelation 14: God will raise up symbolically "144,000" Jewish evangelists.  In Revelation 14:6-13, four key prophetic proclamations are pointed out.  God promises to judge the followers of the Antichrist.

Revelation 15-16: The SEVEN bowls of wrath are poured out.  The bowls of wrath recall the plagues in Egypt released by Moses against Pharaoh (Ex. 7-12).

Revelation 17-18: God promises to destroy Babylon, the evil worldwide economic and religious network that seduces many to follow evil and persecute the saints.

Revelation 20: Satan will be cast into prison as Jesus establishes the Millennial Kingdom.  After the Millennial Kingdom comes when Christians obey King Jesus the great white throne judgment for unbelievers after their death.  The Millennium promises were fulfilled by the thousand-year Christian Byzantine Empire and the 917 years of Christian Egypt's existence.

Revelation 21-22: The New Jerusalem as the eternal dwelling place of believers is described. 

PENTATEUCH: FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis: The end-time applications of Genesis are listed under Abraham’s covenant later in this document.

Leviticus 26 contains the promises of blessings on Israel’s obedience and warnings for her disobedience.  There has been a partial fulfillment of this chapter throughout history, most notably in the Babylonian captivity (586 BC), and the first-century destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.  

Leviticus 26:14-39 contains the promises of SEVENFOLD punishment for Israel’s rebellion in order to “break the pride of her power” (v.19).  

The military invasions and assaults against Israel have been fulfilled in any one historical event (armies, legions of Rome, fulfilled the prophecy of the siege of Jerusalem 66 A.D. to 70 A.D.).  They will come to fullness in the End Times until Israel confesses her iniquity (Lev. 26:40; Hosea 5:15).  Many nations were represented in the siege of Jerusalem, and confessed their sin and came to believe in Jesus their Messiah (Rev. 7:9).

Revelation 15:1 “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: SEVEN angels having the SEVEN last plagues, for in them the WRATH of God is complete.”  

God repaid Israel SEVEN times for their sin just as He will eventually repay America SEVEN times for their sin.  Israel PAID with the loss of their lives for their sin of unbelief for failing to obey the COMMAND of the LORD and Moses to ENTER THE PROMISED LAND!  

Similarly, America will LOSE ITS LIFE for FAILING to ENTER THE PROMISED LAND by becoming a Christian nation by U.S. Law as every Born Again Christian knows they should have done and known to be true that America should have become a Christian nation for centuries.  

Instead of losing most children to the kingdom of spiritual darkness and eventually losing America's life in WW3,  Vote for Pres. Trump and MAGA candidates will turn America back toward God's Light, Truth, and Grace through Jesus Christ if Pres. Trump remains steadfastly faithful, as he has done his best well throughout his first term in the White House.  God and Apostle Paul command us to Pray for our nation and Pray for its leaders.

1Timothy 2:1 "First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone — 2 for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity."

The SEVEN last plagues: completing the wrath of God

These SEVEN plagues complete the wrath of God.

As John wrote: “Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: SEVEN angels having the SEVEN LAST plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete” (Revelation 15:1, emphasis added throughout).

The SEVEN last plagues in Revelation are:

First plague: The contents of the first bowl will cause painful sores upon those “who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image” (image on Roman coins, Revelation 16:2). 

Second plague: When this bowl is poured out, the sea will become blood and cause all life in it to die (Rev.16:3).

Third plague: After the third angel pours out its bowl, the rivers and springs of water will become blood (verse 4).

Fourth plague: The fourth bowl will cause the sun to become so hot as “to scorch men with fire” (verse 8).

Fifth plague: This punishment will bring darkness, pain, and sores (Rev. 16:10-11).

Sixth plague: The bowl containing this plague will be poured out on the Euphrates River, causing it to dry up and make land travel easier for the armies of “the kings of the earth and of the whole world” to assemble at Armageddon (the area of Megiddo, which is approximately 18 miles or 30 kilometers southeast of the modern city of Haifa).  From this location, the assembled armies will then advance toward Jerusalem for a final battle against Jesus Christ (verses 12-16).

SEVENTH plague: This final plague will consist of “noises and thunderings and flashes of lightning” and “such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth” (verse 18).  Babylon Jerusalem had become a powerful false religion, will fall (verse 19, compare Revelation 18:2) and there will be devastating hail, with hailstones weighing up to a “talent”—approximately 100 pounds (verse 21).  The Roman Catapults launched fiery stones each weighing about a talent fulfilling the symbolic prophecy.  It is also symbolic of the fiery hail of the ten plagues of God upon Egypt.  Plagues of Blood, Frog, Lice or gnats, Flies, Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn (Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 12:36).

Similarly, Jerusalem was called "Egypt" where the Son of God died, and cannibalism of the children, took hold toward the end of the Roman Legions' siege of the city.

Many witnessed for Jesus in Jerusalem who were martyred.  "Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city [Jerusalem] which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified" Revelation 11:8.

Numbers 23-24: These chapters contain four prophetic oracles from Balaam to Balak, the king of Moab.  Some of these prophetic oracles were partially fulfilled, as King David and other Israelite kings defeated Israel’s enemies.  The fullness of these oracles will be fulfilled in the Millennial Kingdom of the Byzantine Empire with the destruction of some nations in the Crusades.  Jesus is described as the star that would arise out of Jacob and the scepter that would come out of Israel to crush hostile nations.  Jesus is smashing nations today, as He smashed Israel in the first century with His "Rod of Iron."

Rev. 2:26 "And to the one who OVERCOMES and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.  27 He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery— just as I have received authority from My Father.  28 And I will give him the morning star."

In the Book of Revelation Jesus COMMANDS to OVERCOME the devil and sin SEVEN times if Christians want to "rule and reign" with Him and inherit eternal salvation!!!

Deuteronomy 28-30: Promises of blessings on Israel’s obedience as well as the warnings on her disobedience are given.  

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 were seen in the invasions of Babylon (586 BC) and Rome (67-70 AD), when Jerusalem was besieged and destroyed.  The details of the full measure of those curses had occurred during the Great Tribulation.  The fullness of the blessings will occur during the "times and seasons" of the Millennial Kingdom.

Deuteronomy 32: The Song of Moses is sung on the sea of glass in Revelation 15:3.  It is a song that describes the leadership of the Lord related to Israel’s unfaithfulness, and His plan to redeem Israel and bless the whole earth.  God will provoke Israel to jealousy (vv. 16-21) by the Gentiles who are a foolish people, (v. 21).  Then, the Lord that kills and wounds will make alive and heal as He brings deliverance to Israel from her enemies (vv. 39-42).  This will join the believing Gentiles to the Israelites in rejoicing and worshipping God through Jesus (v. 43).

PSALMS

Psalm 2: David prophesies of the rage of the nations against Jesus that would fully manifest during the Great Tribulation in the Armageddon campaign of the Roman Legions.  The rage of the nations in this psalm was partially fulfilled when the ten provinces of the Roman Empire persecuted the saints in the early Church for centuries (Acts 4:28-31) (The Ten Toes of the Nebuchadnezzar's statue perhaps representing the ten Roman Provinces of the Roman Empire, Daniel 2).

Psalm 14: The psalmist prophesies about the fullness of sin that will be expressed by those who will be given over to abominable sin.  This will occur in a time of the great falling away and persecution of God’s people.

Psalm 24: Jesus ascends to the holy place as He makes His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, at the time of His Second Coming, after defeating the kings of the earth.  This is partially fulfilled in Jesus’ ascension, into the courts of heaven, after he defeated the powers of darkness on the cross of Calvary, as well as by godly saints throughout history who ascend into God’s presence.

Psalm 45: This song of love describes Jesus at the Armageddon campaign warring against His enemies to establish truth, meekness, and righteousness in the whole earth for the Millennial Kingdom.

Psalm 46: This psalm describes the assurance we can have in the midst of the Great Tribulation.  The Psalm calls us to meditate during terrifying end-time events.  The immediate context of this song was related to King David’s victory over his enemies, and the corresponding peace that followed related to the kingdom of Israel.  Jesus brings select wars to an end as stated in verses 8-9.  The heavenly river seen in Ezekiel 47 is pictured in Psalm 46:4.

Psalm 47: Verse 3 of this psalm prophetically depicts Jesus reigning over Christian nations in His Kingdom.  Some see this passage as describing the time the ark of the covenant was brought into Jerusalem with much celebration (2Sam. 6).

Psalm 48: In the Old Testament and during the reign of Jesus in His Millennium Kingdom, human kings are filled with awe as they gather outside of millennial Jerusalem.  These kings are in a panic and they flee (48:5) before the terrifying majesty of God and Jesus’ on His Throne of Glory.

Psalm 50: Millennial Jerusalem is described as shining forth. God’s judgment of the wicked is also revealed. Psalm 53: David again prophesies about the fullness of sin that will be expressed by those who are given over to abominable sin.  He is singing of a time in which there is a great falling away, apostasy, and oppression of God’s people.  

Psalm 58: Jesus’ end-time judgments against the wickedness versus the rewards of the righteous are described.

Psalm 67: Jesus will show forth His power to save and lead every nation on earth.

Psalm 68: David describes Jesus’ march through the wilderness scattering His enemies and freeing captives during His Second Coming procession.  David uses the imagery of the exodus and Sinai (vv. 4, 11-19) to foreshadow the great end-time deliverance of God’s people (vv. 24-35).

Psalm 72: This is a prayer describing the fullness of Jesus’ reign over the earth that provides abundant provision for all, and fills the nations with His glory.  This is also an actual prayer for Solomon as king of Israel, the successor to the throne, during David’s last days.  The scope and fullness of this prophecy will be expressed during the reign of Jesus as the greater David throughout history, today, and forever (1Cor. 15:25).

Psalm 75: The full cup of God’s wrath on the nations, as seen in Revelation 14, is proclaimed in this psalm.

Psalm 79: Israel’s prayer for deliverance in the Great Tribulation (Rev. 11:1-2) is set forth in this psalm.  Some of these events were fulfilled in part in Israel’s Babylonian captivity in 586 B.C. as well as in the atrocities of Antiochus Epiphanes in the fourth century B.C.

Psalm 80: Israel’s distress in the Great Tribulation and her intercession for the Lord to deliver them is the theme of this.

Psalm 83: During the Great Tribulation, Israel prays for deliverance from a ten-nation confederation.  This lament has applications in the anti-Semitism that has occurred throughout Israel’s history.  It has partial fulfillment in the events of the Babylonian exile, Assyrian exile, and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., etc. 

Psalm 85: This is a prophetic prayer for Israel’s return to the land at the end of the age of the ceremonial sacrificial ministry (when the Lord paid the price of redemption in full and ending the Temple ceremonial sacrificial with the "Great Tribulation") when the Lord takes away “all” His wrath.  There was a partial fulfillment of prophecy in the Assyrian invasion and in the Babylonian captivity.

Psalm 87:6 The fullness of this passage speaks of the glory of Jerusalem and the Jewish people, who are physically and spiritually (born again) in Mt. Zion, during the reign of King Jesus which includes all in "Paradise" Jesus preached to for three days and took with Him when Jesus was resurrected.  This register is described in Hebrews 12:23, pointing to the born-again Jewish people registered in the heavenly Jerusalem (Heb. 12:23) and in the registry of the Lamb's Book of Life (Rev. 3:5).

Psalm 93: Jesus is seen as Yahweh who has clothed Himself with strength and is celebrated as a victorious Warrior-King.  Jesus’ end-time victory is portrayed here, resulting in the earth standing firmly established.

Psalm 96: At Jesus’ Second Coming all the earth will worship Jesus with trembling.  Singing a new song is referenced nine times in Scripture (Ps. 33; 40; 96; 98; 144 149; Isa. 42; Rev. 5; 14).  In each reference, with the possible exception of Ps. 40, the scope of the song is global.  It includes humanity and creation in context to Jesus coming as Judge of the earth.  The new song (Isa. 42:10, Rev. 5:8-14) declares the new things (Isa. 42:9) before they come to pass, namely, the universal recognition of Jesus as Yahweh resulting in saints ruling with Him on the earth.

Psalm 99: All nations will be worshipping Jesus as He reigns today (Rev. 1:5) and in the "Millennium."  "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD."

Psalm 102: Israel’s despair and her future restoration in the Millennial Kingdom are indicated (Partial fulfillment after the Babylonian captivity).

Psalm 110: The fullness of the passage describes Jesus’ reign in the Millennium and His end-time judgment of the nations.  This psalm is partially fulfilled by Jesus’ ministry through the church after His resurrection.  Psalm 110 is the Old Testament passage that is the most quoted in the New Testament.  It is directly quoted six times (Mt. 22:44; Mk. 12:36; Lk. 20:42; Acts 2:34; Heb. 1:13; 10:13) and has a total of twenty-five direct or indirect allusions to it.  

The two main themes in Psalm 110 are Jesus’ eternal, kingly, and priestly ministry.  In Psalm 110, the Father speaks two oracles to Jesus. First, the Father invites Jesus to sit with Him as a King forever (v. 1).  Then, He gives Jesus spiritual responsibilities as our high priest forever (v. 4).

Psalm 118: The fullness of this occurs when Jesus delivers Israel at the time of His Second Coming.  The psalm was partially fulfilled at Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem just before His death on the cross (vv. 22, 25-26).  Jesus referred to this psalm in Matthew 23:39, stating that He would not enter Jerusalem until the leaders declare, “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord” (Ps 118:26, Mt 23:39).

Psalm 147: Jesus will rebuild Jerusalem and gather His people from the nations after His return. 

Psalm 149: Israel will partner with Jesus in executing judgments on the nations of the earth.

OLD TESTAMENT MAJOR PROPHETS

Isaiah 2: Jesus will rule all the nations from New Jerusalem in the Millennial Kingdom.  Jesus is in New Jerusalem preparing a place for you and all believers.  Jesus is "reigning" at the right hand of His Father on His Heavenly Throne.

Isaiah 4: The Millennial Kingdom is under Jesus as the Branch of the Lord (Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 3:8; 6:12).

Isaiah 5: God’s judgment and salvation for Israel are at the end of the age.  This was partially fulfilled when God disciplined Israel through the Assyrian invasion in 721 BC.

Isaiah 9: During Jesus’ return, He will defeat the Antichrist, who is invading Israel. 

This passage was partially fulfilled by the invasion of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, in Isaiah’s generation. However, the details of this passage were not completely fulfilled at that time.  There was not a time of “multiplication and great joy” in the “dividing of the spoil” by which the garments and instruments of the slain army were “burned as fuel for the fire” (9:3-4). 

Neither was the promised Child established in His government on the throne of David and over His kingdom with justice and righteousness across the earth (9:7). 

The Throne of David speaks of the earthly dimension of the Messiah’s reign.

Isaiah 11: Jesus is reigning in the Millennial Kingdom and judges the wicked nations.

Isaiah 12: This prophetic song is sung by Israel after Jesus delivers her from the oppression of the Antichrist and begins the Millennial Kingdom as described in Isaiah 11.  Isaiah 11-12 illustrates the glorious picture of God’s rule of the earth going forth from Zion after Jesus gathers and restores Israel.

Isaiah 13: Isaiah describes the fall of Babylon at the end of the age.  The Babylonian oppression of Judah (605-539 B.C.) was stopped when they were defeated by the Persians in 539 B.C.  

Babylon will be rebuilt and established in Iraq (50 miles south of Baghdad one-third scale).  It will be supposedly restored and used as one of the headquarters for the Antichrist.  Babylon America will function as the center of the worldwide demonic, religious, and economic networks (Isa. 13-14; Jer. 50-51; Rev. 17-18).  The judgments prophesied against Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51, describe her sudden and permanent destruction.  These occurred in their fullness when every single stone of Jerusalem was thrown down as Jesus said would happen. 

Isaiah 14: The ultimate defeat of Satan and the Antichrist occurs at the end of the age.  Only the Antichrist and his fate as described in Revelation 19:20, fit the description of a Babylonian king without a tomb or a grave (vv.18-20).  He will be cast alive into the Lake of Fire.  This prophecy was partially fulfilled in the judgment against Babylon in 539 BC by Persia.

Isaiah 18: God promises to move on behalf of Ethiopia against the Antichrist when his armies are defeated by Jesus at Armageddon (Isa. 18:4-6) In Daniel 11:42-43, the Antichrist will invade Ethiopia and Egypt.  The Lord will deliver Egypt (Isa. 19) and Ethiopia (Isa. 18) during the time of Jesus’ Second Coming.  Verse 7 describes “in that time” being the end of the age of paganism with Emperor Constantine converting the Roman Empire to Christianity.  Ethiopia and Assyria will bring their gifts of worship to Jesus.

Isaiah 19: There will be a national revival in Egypt at the time of Jesus’ Coming (19:18-22) where Egypt was Christian for a Millennium of 917 years.  The details of Egypt and Assyria serving one another, having economic and political harmony (the highway), Egypt becoming God’s people as a Christian nation, Assyria being the work of His hands, and Israel as Jesus’ inheritance, have been fulfilled in history, but will be after the His Coming in the first century.  Egypt had 917 years as a Christian nation fulfilling prophecy.  America, if only its Christian leaders would have repent of opposing Christian U.S. Law could have had a Christian nation for a thousand year Millennium also.  Instead of obedience, Christian leaders chose rebellion opposing having its promised land by opposing establishing the Kingdom of God and Jesus, not only in their hearts but in their lives and communities.  Instead of salvation, the leaders chose unbelief and God's coming wrath for letting His enemies reign by default over America in the U.N. World Government.

Isaiah 21: The final fall of Babylon occurs at the end of the age and signifies the fullness of this prophecy.   This passage was partially fulfilled during the fall of Babylon in 529 B.C. and was a cause for rejoicing because it resulted in the release of the Jewish exiles.  The exiles were free to return to the land and rebuild the temple.

Isaiah 24: This describes a universal judgment during the Great Tribulation and the Millennial Kingdom. 

Isaiah 21 speaks of judgment on the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 25: Isaiah describes the Millennial Kingdom.  This includes Jesus’ great feast with His people, God’s deliverance of Israel, and the permanent removal of death by the resurrection of the dead. 

Isaiah 26-27: The song of Judah is about God’s faithfulness and includes a reference to the resurrection (26:19).  Isaiah 27:12 speaks of an ingathering of the Israelites from Assyria and Egypt at the end of the age.

Isaiah 28: The fullness of this prophecy will take place when Israel enters into an alliance with the Antichrist, called the covenant of death.  The Antichrist will break this covenant, three and a half years before Jesus’ Second Coming, and then Jerusalem will be trampled (v. 18).  This may have been partially fulfilled when Israel made a covenant with Egypt in the face of Assyria’s military aggression in the days of Isaiah. Jesus will deliver Israel at His return as seen in Isaiah 28:16-17 (Mt. 21:42; Mk. 12:10; Lk. 20:17; Acts 4:11 Rom. 9:33).

Isaiah 29: Isaiah prophesies the judgment and restoration of Israel at the end of the age (vv. 14, 17-24).  God will lay siege against Jerusalem causing nations to invade her (Isa. 29:1-7; Joel 3:2; Zeph. 3:8; Zech. 12:2-3; 14:2).  This passage was partially fulfilled when Sennacherib’s army was defeated supernaturally (Isa. 39).

Isaiah 30: Israel’s full rebellion and judgment (v. 6) will be ultimately fulfilled in the End Times just before the Lord restores her (v. 14-26), and judges the Antichrist, who is called the Assyrian (v. 27-33).

Isaiah 31: Israel’s end-time national repentance and deliverance from the Antichrist are depicted.  The national repentance of verse 7 did not happen in Isaiah’s day.   A partial fulfillment of this occurred in the reforms that Hezekiah established.

Isaiah 32-33: The defeat of the Assyrian army prophetically describes the period of the Great Tribulation, in which Jesus comes as the King of Israel. Many Jewish cities were burned in the campaign of 701 BC.

Isaiah 34: God’s end-time judgments against the nations and the destruction of Edom at Jesus’ Second Coming are foretold.

Isaiah 35: Isaiah describes the healing of the land and the people of Israel in the Millennial Kingdom.  While this was partially fulfilled in the return of the exiles from Babylon, the permanence of everlasting joy and the complete elimination of sorrow envisaged in verse 10 indicates a greater fulfillment.  The physiological restoration of verses 5-6 began to be fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus and the New Testament Apostolic Church.  Israel will see a full ecological restoration (vv. 1, 2, 7) and deliverance (v. 4) during the time of Jesus’ Second Coming.

Isaiah 40: All flesh will see the global unveiling of God’s glory and the Second Coming of Jesus.   Prophetic messengers will be raised up to prepare the nations for the coming eschatological glory to the earth.  This prophecy was partially fulfilled in the forerunner ministry of John the Baptist at Jesus’ first coming.  It is clear, however, that John was but a partial fulfillment, because in his ministry “all” flesh did not see the glory of the Lord together (v. 5).

Isaiah 41: Israel will be fully healed and restored at the end of the age.  God affirms His election of Israel and assures her that all the nations who oppressed her will be defeated.  It is at this time that Jesus will be exalted as God of the whole earth.

Isaiah 42: God’s justice will fill all the earth at Jesus’ Second Coming in the context of a worldwide worship movement (v. 10-12).  This passage was partially fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming (Mt. 12:18-20).

Isaiah 43: Jesus will fully redeem Israel from among the nations and bring her people back to the land at the end of the age.

Isaiah 44: The Lord will pour out His Spirit upon Israel at the end of the age.  This results in a national revival as Israel is restored spiritually, socially, and environmentally.  Jesus will be acknowledged globally as the redeemer of Israel and the King of the whole earth. 

Isaiah 47: This prophecy against Babylon was fulfilled in 529 BC (Dan 5).  However, it serves as a prophetic picture of the end-time destruction of Babylon as depicted in Isaiah 13, Jeremiah 50-51, and Revelation 17-18.

Isaiah 48: the Great Tribulation is the context for refining and testing Israel (v. 10) and Jesus will have His inheritance (His glory) at the end of the age.  God will restrain His anger so that Israel is not utterly destroyed.

Isaiah 49: Isaiah describes Jesus’ worldwide leadership in the Millennial Kingdom after He releases the end-time Jewish prisoners to return to Israel.  This passage has an initial fulfillment at Jesus’ first coming (2Cor. 6:2).  It will ultimately be fulfilled when God’s salvation reaches the ends of the earth (v. 6).

Isaiah 53: At the end of the age, Israel will make this national confession.  Part of this prophecy was fulfilled in the suffering of Christ on the cross (Acts 8:32-37) and in Jesus’ healing ministry (Mt. 8:14-17). 

Isaiah 56: The house of prayer in Jerusalem is depicted after the Second Coming.  This prophecy was partially fulfilled by the apostolic ministry, seen in the Book of Acts, as many Gentiles came into salvation.

Isaiah 59: Isaiah describes Israel’s rebellion and injustices (vv. 14-15) during history as well as at the end of the age when God’s judgments are fully released (v. 18).  At that time, Jesus will war against His enemies when He returns to deliver Zion (vv.17-20) from her sin and her oppressors (Antichrist).  God Incarnate in the ManChrist Jesus His Son is the great intercessor who will establish justice among the nations.  

Isaiah 60: God’s blessing is on Israel in the Millennial Kingdom as many nations bring wealth to her.

Isaiah 61: Jesus restores the nations in the Millennium.  Isaiah 61:1 was partially fulfilled at Jesus’ first coming when the Roman Empire became Christian by Law by Emperor Constantine's command.

If America had become Christian, many nations would have been converted and would have been blessed with the promises of Jesus in His Millennium rule over them.

Isaiah 62: God will cause Jerusalem to be the spiritual and political capital of the earth.  God promises to set intercessors (watchmen) in place in the End Times, who will cry out for the fullness of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 63: Jesus will wage war against the kings of the earth at the time of His Second Coming.  Jesus will march up through Edom (modern-day Jordan) on His way to Jerusalem.  John makes reference to this passage in Revelation 19:11-21 by prophesying of Jesus going to war against the kings of the earth. 

Isaiah 64: is a prayer for the Second Coming of Jesus as Isaiah sees Jesus coming out of Edom in Isaiah 63.  This prayer describes Jesus returning in the sky.  This includes the visible opening of the heavenly realm, fire from heaven, and earthquakes.  God’s wrath upon His enemies and his tenderness to His covenant people are highlighted in this passage.

Isaiah 65-66: In the Millennial Kingdom and beyond, God’s people have profound joy.

Jeremiah 30: Jeremiah describes Israel in the Great Tribulation (v. 3-8) and in “the latter days” (v. 24).  The latter half of the chapter speaks of a time when Israel will be completely protected from all her enemies and worshipping in peace in the land after her return from captivity.  This has a partial fulfillment in Israel’s return from Babylonian captivity in 536 BC, and when the state of Israel was re-established in 1948.  The promises listed here will find their complete fulfillment in the Millennial Kingdom.  

America could have had a "Millennium" but chose to oppose God and King Jesus ruling in U.S. Law for centuries.  Wanting a complete "separation of Church and State" with the state religion of Civil Government reigning supreme.  

After "centuries" of chastisement for the Christians' treachery or negligence to become faithful stewards in public schools, government, and in the workplace, the final awful price of rejecting becoming a Christian nation will be its death (Luke 19:27).

Jeremiah 31: Israel’s end-time salvation and restoration that began in Jeremiah 30 are described.  

Of particular importance is God’s reference to the restoration after the chastisement of “Ephraim.”  This speaks of the ten northern tribes that had been lost and separated from Israel for over 100 years by the time of Jeremiah’s ministry.  God will save the remnant of Israel, have mercy on the tribes that were scattered, and bring great blessing and prosperity to all of Israel when her people are re-unified.  This happens when all Israel receives the “new covenant” (vv. 31-34) that was established through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Jeremiah 33: The fullness of God’s covenant promises will be manifest in the Millennial Kingdom when Israel and Judah are honored before all nations.

Jeremiah 50-51: The fall of Babylon will have its ultimate fulfillment during the time of the Second Coming.  The fall of Babylon in 539 B.C., at the hands of the Persian army, was a partial fulfillment in Jeremiah 50.  However, many of the specific details of this prophecy were not fulfilled at that time.  John quoted Jeremiah 51, three times in Revelation 18 in reference to the future judgment of Babylon.  Thus, in both passages, there are many elements of the prophetic proclamation that point to a future scenario in which Babylon is violently opposed and harshly judged by the Lord. 

Ezekiel 5: The greatest famine in history (Ezek. 9; Dan. 12:1; Mt. 24:21) is depicted as occurring at the end of the age.  This prophecy was partially fulfilled in 586 BC.  This important verse makes the entire chapter applicable to the final destruction of Jerusalem at the end of the age.

Ezekiel 11: Israel’s restoration at the end of the age is when all of ethnic Israel is gathered to the Messiah and to the land (vv. 14-20).  This was partially fulfilled after the Babylonian captivity as well as in 1948 A.D.

Ezekiel 20: Ezekiel describes the gathering of Israel after the great scattering (Deut. 28-30; Ezek. 20:33-44).  When the Lord gathers Israel, He will purge, cleanse, and restore her.

Ezekiel 34: After the Second Coming, Jesus shepherds and gathers ethnic Jews from the nations back to the promised land, and then prospers them (Deut. 30:1-10; Ezek. 34:11-31).  The blessings described recalling the Garden of Eden (Isa 11:6-9).

Ezekiel 36: The fullness of this prophecy will be seen in the Millennial Kingdom.

Ezekiel 37: Israel is symbolized by a valley of dry bones that are suddenly infused with God’s life.  After the time when all hope is lost, then God’s covenant blessings will be manifested in a restored and unified Israel.  This will happen in the context of Jesus’ Second Coming.

Ezekiel 38-39: The destruction of the Antichrist and his armies in the Armageddon Campaign (Rev. 19:17-21) are described.  Gog is a prophetic name of the Antichrist.  The triumph and restoration of Israel described here will occur at the time of Jesus’ Second Coming.

Ezekiel 40-48: the millennial temple will be built in Jerusalem.  Ezekiel summarizes the sacrifices and offerings after Jesus’ return to the earth.  Some confuse these sacrifices with the sacrifices for sin.  However, there is no need for another blood sacrifice for sin since all such sacrifices were abolished by the death of Jesus (Heb. 8:5, 13; 9:9, 24, 10:1).  

The sacrifices are not substitutionary as they were before Jesus’ death, but rather they will be commemorative.  They will look back in remembrance to the cross like we do when taking communion.  Ezekiel was commissioned to observe the architectural details and measurements of the future temple to encourage his people with the certainty of its coming.

Daniel 2: Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream is about a great image representing four successive, ancient empires that would stand against Israel.  The fourth world empire was represented both by ancient Rome and a still-future “revived” Roman empire ruled by the Antichrist.  The stone cut out without human hands represents Jesus’ Second Coming and the establishment of His Messianic reign. 

Daniel 7: This is Daniel’s vision of four beasts representing four successive, ancient empires (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome) plus the Antichrist’s empire emerging at the end of the age.  Daniel sees a heavenly courtroom where the Father as the Ancient of Days gives Jesus power and authority (Mt. 28:18) over all the nations and decrees judgment on the Antichrist to be fulfilled at the time of Jesus’ Second Coming.  Ancient Rome was a “near” fulfillment of the fourth beast in Daniel 7.  The “far” fulfillment will occur as a revived Roman empire was comprised of ten provinces e.g. nations that come under the authority of Caesar Nero the Antichrist.

Daniel 8: The fullness of what Daniel prophesied here will occur in the final years of natural history (v. 17, 26) as we know it.  This vision starts by describing the rise of Medo-Persian and Greece (Alexander the Great). Daniel 8:9-14 describes Antiochus Epiphanes’ attack on Jerusalem (v. 9).  Daniel’s prophecies of the Antichrist in verses 23-25 were partially fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes.

Daniel 9: Daniel records his prayer for the deliverance of the Jewish people from foreign captivity.  This prayer will be used again by the remnant of Israel in the End Times.  The angel Gabriel responded to Daniel’s prayer by reassuring him that the Jews would soon be released from Babylonian captivity.  He then gives the prophetic message about the SEVENTY WEEKS that will complete God’s purposes for the Jewish people as their price for their sin will have been paid.  In this prophecy, the word “week” refers to a period of SEVEN years (rather than SEVEN days).  Thus, SEVENTY weeks equals 490 years.  After the initial sixty-nine weeks or 483 years, a “pause” was put on God’s calendar when Jesus the Messiah was to be “cut off” in the middle of the 70th, seventieth week.  

In the SEVENTIETH week or the final SEVEN years of natural history as we know it, the Antichrist or “the prince who is to come” will make a peace treaty with Israel and many nations (v. 27).  The first sixty-nine weeks (483 years) was possibly fulfilled from 445 B.C. to 32 A.D.

Daniel 11: This is the most detailed chapter of prophecy in the Bible.  It describes the ascent of Alexander the Great and the four subsequent kingdoms that emerge from his empire.  Beginning in verse 21, Daniel describes Antiochus Epiphanes IV, who is a type of the end-time Antichrist.  There are many parallels between Antiochus Epiphanes and his attack on Israel, and the Antichrist.  Daniel 11:36-45 describes the Antichrist in a very precise and direct way without comparing him to Antiochus Epiphanes.

Daniel 12: This describes Israel’s greatest trouble in history, this is called in Jeremiah 30:7 "Jacob's Trouble."  This trouble will last for three and a half years ("a time, times, and half a time").

OLD TESTAMENT MINOR PROPHETS:

Hosea 1: Israel’s restoration comes at the end of the age after enduring God’s judgments.

Hosea 2: Israel knows the Lord as her Bridegroom to begin the Millennial Kingdom (v. 16).

Hosea 3: Israel will fear the Lord in the latter days.  The word “afterwards” (v. 5) provides the timeline.  The events here will occur just before the time of Israel’s grand restoration at the end of the age.

Hosea 5:15-6:3: The Lord will stay “in His place” until the Jewish people acknowledge their guilt and seek God’s face in a time of great distress; then the Lord will revive and heal Israel. 

Hosea 14: At the end of the age, Israel will return to the Lord and receive healing from her apostasy.

Joel 2: The Antichrist will lead a military invasion against Israel in the Great Tribulation (v. 2).  This crisis will happen in the context of the greatest outpouring of the Spirit the world has ever seen.  Two phrases demand an end-time interpretation.  First, in verse 2, the invading army is the most terrible army in all of human history (the 666, Ceasar Nero the Antichrist’s and his Roman legions).  Then, in verse 28, “afterwards” signifies that this army will immediately precede God’s restoration at the end of the age (King Jesus restoring the hearts, minds, and spirits of His Church).  Joel 2:1-11 was partially fulfilled in three Babylonian invasions in 605, 597, and 586 B.C.

Joel 3: All nations listed will be gathered into the Roman Legions in Israel in a military conflict for the Armageddon campaign, and the siege of Jerusalem.  True Israel will experience God’s deliverance and salvation, physically and spiritually.

Amos 8: This judgment on Israel was partially fulfilled in 721 B.C. when the Assyrians conquered the ten northern tribes and deported them.  

Sennacherib’s invasion in 701 B.C. and the three waves of attack by Babylon (606, 597, and 586 B.C.), were also partial fulfillments.  

Israel suffered partial fulfillment of this judgment again, by Rome in 70 A.D., when the temple was destroyed, and in 135 A.D. when Jerusalem was fully destroyed.  However, the fullness of the judgment in this chapter will not be complete, until the sun goes down at noon and the earth is darkened in broad daylight (v. 9) as described by the fifth bowl judgment (Rev. 16:10).

Amos 9: The Lord will rebuild the Tabernacle of David and bring back all the remnants of Israel that have been scattered throughout the nations.  After the Babylonian captivity the Book of Nehemiah records rebuilding the Jerusalem Tabernacle  They will never leave the land again.  Jesus was "rebuilt" with His glorified body that He was given before the Heavens and Earth were created.  Jesus has been gathering the souls that respond to His call until the first resurrection.

Obadiah 1: The Lord shall pour out His wrath on the nations and bring His salvation to Israel.

Micah 2: Israel will be restored by the One who will break through on her behalf, as the Lord’s answer to the wicked leaders who are over her.  The wickedness in Micah’s day mirrors the “perilous times” of the latter days (2Tim. 3).  This passage gives a prophetic warning that applies to the wicked in any generation while pointing to a time when justice will fully come to Israel and the nations.

Micah 4: Micah describes a time when the Messiah will rule in peace from Jerusalem over all the nations.  This happens after God “threshes” the nations that oppose Him at the end of the age.  Micah is speaking to Israel in his day, and predicting the people’s response to the horrific events that will lead to their ultimate deliverance from captivity and Babylon (v. 9-10).  However, the “pain of their labor” related to what God wants to birth, is a description of deliverance that is far greater than the return from Babylon in 536 B.C.

Micah 5: Messiah will reign and shepherd His people after the Antichrist has been defeated.  The ruler who comes out of Bethlehem is Jesus (v. 2).  Jesus’ deliverance of Israel is also described.  There was a partial application of this defeat in Micah’s day (vv. 5-6), when the Assyrian king Sennacherib was defeated by the angel of the Lord at Jerusalem (Isa. 37:36).  However, the “cutting off” of Israel’s enemies, wherever the Jews are scattered in the nations, will occur at the end of the age (vv. 7-9).

Micah 7: Micah’s prayer for revival and deliverance will be answered in fullness at the end of the age.  This passage speaks of Israel being re-gathered at the end of the Great Tribulation when Jesus will shepherd His people with signs like Moses did when coming out of Egypt (v. 15).  As a result, the nations shall be ashamed of their military might and shall come trembling to the Lord in fear (vv. 16-17).

Nahum 1: The Lord will show the fullness of His fierce anger when He makes an end of the Antichrist (the wicked counselor) and his coalition of wicked nations (Rev. 14:10; 15:1).  This prophecy was partially fulfilled when Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was defeated by the Babylonians and Medes in 612 B.C.  The Assyrian king Sennacherib (the wicked counselor), was killed in the house of his gods (2 Kings 19:36-37).  This prophecy will only be completely fulfilled at the end of the age, when wicked ones no longer pass through Israel (v. 15).  Israel has been invaded many times since 612 BC.  Only after Jesus defeats the Antichrist and establishes the Millennial Kingdom, will Israel have permanent security.

Habakkuk 2: The wicked and proud are described as being like “death, which cannot be satisfied” (v. 5).  This will be fulfilled most in the Antichrist, who will gather all the nations against the Lord’s anointed.  A partial fulfillment of this occurred when Babylon plundered the nations and then was plundered in 539 B.C. by the Persians.  The complete fulfillment of this prophecy requires that the wicked one gathers all nations to himself (v. 5).  Babylon was a prophetic picture of this, but did not fulfill all the details of this prophecy.  Babylon did not gather all the nations, but only a small portion of them.  The Antichrist will gather and oppress every nation to some degree (Ps. 2:1-3; Rev. 13:14-17, 16:13-14, 17:12-14).

Habakkuk 3: Habakkuk sees a vision of Jesus’ Second Coming procession, both in the sky and on land as He executes judgment upon the Antichrist and his armies. A prophetic foreshadowing of this occurred when God, through Moses and Joshua, marched into the promised land destroying the enemy nations along the way.  God’s brightness was like the light in the pillar of fire, and He “walked through the sea” when he parted the Red Sea.  God led Israel through on dry ground and the sun stood still for Joshua.  However, this passage will only be fulfilled when Jesus returns and the “plague goes before Him” (v. 5) as depicted in the SEVENth bowl (Ezek.; 38:22; Zech. 14:12-18; Rev. 16:21).  A plague did not go before the armies of Israel as they entered Canaan.  Jesus will also trample the nations in anger at the time of His return (Hab. 3:12; Rev. 19:15).  The phrase in verse 8, “You rode on Your horses” will be fulfilled in Revelation 19:11-14 when Jesus returns on a white horse with the armies of heaven on horses.  The Israelites did not have chariots when they entered Canaan, but the armies of heaven will (2 Kings 6:17).

Zephaniah 1: Judgment that destroys mankind, beast, birds, and fish (v. 3) is described.  This was partially fulfilled when Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, but will not be entirely fulfilled until the Great Tribulation and Second Coming when Jesus judges the rebellious nations.

Zephaniah 2: Judgment on Jerusalem occurs at the end of the age, when the God of Israel is exalted above all the gods of the earth.  All the geographic regions mentioned have suffered judgment in varying degrees.  For example, Nineveh and the Assyrian empire were destroyed in 612 BC.  Yet, it was not as severe as having no inhabitant (v. 5) and being left as a perpetual desolation (v. 9).  The finality and severity of these judgments on the regions surrounding Israel will be fulfilled in the End Times.

Zephaniah 3: God will destroy all the wicked nations and restore Israel in the Millennial Kingdom (vv. 8-20).  This prophecy was partially fulfilled in 721 B.C. when the Assyrians conquered the northern ten tribes and deported them.  Judah partially received this judgment at the hands of Assyria and Babylon in 701 B.C., when the Assyrian King Sennacherib invaded Judah, and in the three times that Babylon invaded Judah (606, 597, and 586 B.C.).  There was partial fulfillment when Israel returned to the land under Nehemiah (445 B.C.) to rebuild the temple.  The whole world being consumed and being God’s fire (v. 8), and never again being proud as a nation (v. 11), as well as never again fearing harm (v. 15), have not yet occurred.  They will be fulfilled in the context of Jesus’ Second Coming.

 Zechariah 1: God will destroy all Israel’s enemies, restore her prosperity, and rebuild Jerusalem which He destroyed His enemies in Purim and in the rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity.  This was partially fulfilled when Israel returned to the land from Babylonian captivity under Zerubbabel (536 BC), and Nehemiah (444 BC).  However, the prosperity and peace envisioned in verse 17 did not come at that time.  Until the second dispersion in 70 A.D., Israel was subject to oppression by foreign powers.  The majority of promises concerning Israel’s restoration in the land are dependent on national repentance (Zech. 12:10-14).  The return of Israel to the land in 536 B.C., and the re-establishing of the State of Israel in 1948 A.D. fulfills this requirement.

Zechariah 2: The Lord will bring unprecedented population growth and economic prosperity to Jerusalem in the Millennium.  He will come in His manifest presence to dwell in Jerusalem.  The Lord will deal severely with the nations that have oppressed Israel.  A partial fulfillment of this passage may have been seen in the limited prosperity Israel experienced in the days of Herod the Great, and again since 1948.  

However, the prosperity and population expansion enjoyed in these periods is much more limited than what is envisioned here.  Furthermore, the population in Israel has always had to deal with the fear of her enemies.

Zechariah 3: God’s mercy is greater than the depth of Israel’s sin.  Israel’s authority as a kingdom of priests will be fully restored as the Lord completely cleanses the entire nation through the work of the Messiah, and restores her priestly authority to minister before Him.  

In the days of Zerubbabel and Joshua (516 B.C.), God restored the Temple and priestly ministry to Israel, despite the gravity of her previous sin.  The temple of Zerubbabel has no ark of the covenant or curtain of separation as Joshua is the Jewish name of Jesus who is our High Priest and intercessor.  

Hebrews 7:24 "But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.  25 Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him since He always lives to intercede for them.  26 Such a high priest truly befits us — One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens."  Jesus is A Superior Priesthood and is exalted ABOVE the Heavens by His Father who has given Him all authority and He is reigning over the nations, smashing them with His "Rod of Iron" as He rules today. 

Israel’s national salvation is dependent upon her national acceptance of the atoning work of Jesus (Zech. 3:9; 12:10 cf. Rom. 10:12; 11:26).

Zechariah 4: God will restore Israel’s ministry as a witness of His glory to the nations as a burning and shining lamp in the End Times, especially in the ministry of the two witnesses (Rev. 11:3-6). 

Israel’s ministry as a kingdom of priests was partially restored in the days of Zerubbabel when the temple was rebuilt, and the priestly ministry was restored.  However, God’s manifest presence did not return to that rebuilt temple.

Zechariah 5: God will purify Israel in the End Times by judging and removing all wickedness in the land.  In contrast, wickedness will come to fullness in the land of Shinar (Babylon).  Israel was cleansed of overt idol worship after the return to the land in 536 BC.  However, Israel’s sin has never been completely dealt with in the manner envisioned here.  This prophecy was spoken in the waning days of ancient Babylon (519 BC), yet it envisioned a future resurgence of that city as the dwelling place of wickedness (Rev. 17-18).

Zechariah 6: The Lord will judge all of Israel’s enemies and will establish Jesus as King over the earth.  Jesus will rebuild the Jerusalem temple and govern the earth from it.

Zechariah 8: God will fully restore Israel in every dimension: spiritually, agriculturally, physically, and financially along with providing for her safety as Jerusalem becomes the global worship center of the earth.  Relative prosperity returned to Jerusalem after the days of Nehemiah (444 BC) until the dispersion in 70 AD.

Zechariah 9: As Prince of Peace, Jesus will deliver Israel from all future wars as He establishes worldwide peace and prosperity under His leadership from Jerusalem.  This prophecy may have had a partial fulfillment in the conquests of Alexander the Great (332 BC), and in Jerusalem’s deliverance in the days of Antiochus Epiphanes IV (167-165 BC), who pre-figures the Antichrist.  The ultimate fulfillment of this passage will result in Israel never again suffering at the hands of an oppressor (v. 8).

Zechariah 10: This describes the destruction of all of Israel’s enemies under Jesus’ leadership.  There will be massive population growth as Jesus saves the entire nation and brings many back to the land.  This has been partially fulfilled since 1948 A.D.

Zechariah 12:  There will be an unsuccessful end-time siege against Jerusalem by all the nations of the earth, which will result in her destruction.  Jesus will defend Israel at the battle of Jerusalem as she returns wholeheartedly to the Lord on a national day of repentance, in which she acknowledges Jesus as her Messiah.

Zechariah 13: A great cleansing will come to Israel after the Great Tribulation in which two-thirds of the Jewish people will be killed and one-third will be saved.  Many were saved in the Great Tribulation of Jerusalem (Rev. 7:9).  Many from nations around the empire were in Jerusalem when the Great Tribulation began.

Zechariah 14: As the nations will gather against Jerusalem in the Roman Legions from ten provinces.  Jesus will return to the earth to fight on behalf of Israel (Christians are part of the "common-wealth" of Israel).  Living waters will flow from a restored Jerusalem bringing life to the land.  Jesus said the "Living Water" will flow from the spiritual "bellies" of Christians.

Jerusalem will be established as a global worship center that is holy to the Lord.

Malachi 3: The Lord will raise up forerunner ministries to prepare His people and the nations for Jesus’ Second Coming.  This prophecy was partially fulfilled in John the Baptist as a forerunner who prepared the way of Jesus’ first coming (Mt. 11:10, Mk. 1:2, Lk. 7:27).  John’s ministry did not result in the ultimate judgment or purification of Israel that Malachi describes in this chapter.

Malachi 4: Malachi describes the coming of Elijah as the ultimate forerunner ministry to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children before Jesus’ Second Coming.  There was a partial fulfillment of this in the ministry of John the Baptist who came in the spirit and power of Elijah (Lk 1:17).

THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT:

God’s covenant with Abraham and Israel is seen primarily in five passages: Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:4-21; 17:1-21; 22:15-18). 

The covenant was also confirmed between God and Jacob (Gen. 26:1-4; 28:10-14; 35:9-12; 48:3-4).  God promised Abraham that He would make Abraham a great nation (Gen. 12:2; 13:16; 15:4-5; 17:6) and that His physical descendants, the people of Israel, would possess the land of Canaan forever (Gen. 12:7; 13:14-15, 17; 15:7; 17:8).  This results in great blessing upon the whole earth (Gen. 12:3; 22:18; 28:14).  The fact that God promised Abraham’s physical descendants (ethnic Israel) the land of Canaan forever as an everlasting covenant means that Israel will never perish as a people.  Should Israel ever perish as a nation, then it could not possess the land forever, and the Abrahamic Covenant could not be everlasting.

Parts of the Abrahamic Covenant have been fulfilled already.  For example, God blessed Abraham with great wealth and other blessings in his lifetime (Gen. 24:1, 35), He has made his name great among the nations, and He has given him a multitude of physical descendants.  After 400 years of slavery, God gave the land of Canaan to Abraham’s descendants and they have never perished as a distinct, ethnic, people group.  Through the death of Jesus, a descendant of Abraham, great blessing has been made available to the nations of the earth through His death and resurrection.  God gave the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession to Abraham’s physical descendants (Gen. 17:8).

DAVIDIC COVENANT: The Davidic Covenant is recorded in 2Samuel 7:11-16 and in 1 Chronicles 17:10-15.  There are several other passages that refer to God’s covenant with David (2Sam. 23:5; 2Chr. 7:18; 21:7; Ps. 89:3-4, 28-29, 34-37; Jer. 33:19-26). 

God promised David an everlasting lineage, and an eternal throne and kingdom.  Jesus will sit on the throne of David forever in Jerusalem.  David’s realm was the physical land and people of Israel.  While it is clear that Jesus is already exercising His kingly rule and authority as He sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven, the Bible indicates that Jesus will also fulfill God’s promises to David by reigning over a natural kingdom on this present earth in the future.

IMPORTANT DATES IN ISRAEL’S PROPHETIC HISTORY

721 B.C.: The ten tribes of Israel were deported from Israel by Assyria under Sargon (2 Kgs. 17).  They never returned to the land.  Assyrian leaders mentioned in the Old Testament are Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kgs. 15-16), Shalmaneser (2 Kgs. 17-18), Sennacherib (2 Kgs. 18-19; 2Chr. 32; Isa. 36-37), and Sargon (Isa. 20).

701 B.C.: Assyria under Sennacherib invades Judah (the southern kingdom) during Hezekiah’s reign, but fails to take Jerusalem (2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chr. 32:1-23; Isa 9:1).

612 B.C.: Assyria is overthrown and the capital city Nineveh falls, as prophesied by Nahum, Babylon becomes the new prominent empire in the Middle East.

606 B.C.: Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar invades Jerusalem and takes many Jews captive.

597 B.C.: Nebuchadnezzar pillages Jerusalem and the temple and takes about 10,000 Israelis as prisoners to Babylon.

586 B.C.: Jerusalem is invaded again by Nebuchadnezzar and the temple is destroyed He takes even more captives to Babylon.  The Diaspora, or the scattering of God’s people, begins (Deut. 28:41, 49, 64; Jer. 25:9, 12; 22:7; 27:6; 43:10; Hab. 1:5-7).

539 B.C.: The Babylonian empire is overthrown by the Persians under King Cyrus.

536 BC: Jews return to Jerusalem with the permission of King Cyrus.  Zerubbabel leads 50,000 Jews from Babylon back to Jerusalem to build a new temple (2Chr. 36:22; Isa. 44:24-45:4).

520-516 B.C.: The temple was completed under the prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah.

175–165 B.C.: The Syrian leader Antiochus Epiphanes gains control over Jerusalem.  The Jews gain independence from his oppressive rule in 167 A.D., culminating in being recognized as a kingdom by the Roman senate in 139 A.D...  Israel remains independent for 100 years until coming directly under Roman rule in 37 B.C.

70 A.D.: Rome burned Jerusalem and the temple as Jesus prophesied (Mt. 24; Mk. 13; Lk. 21).

135 A.D.: Jerusalem was utterly destroyed by Rome under Hadrian.  580,000 Jews were killed and they were banned from returning to the city which was reduced to rubble where not one stone was left upon another by order of the Roman Emperor.

1940s: 6 million Jews are killed by the Nazis.

1948: Israel is re-established as a nation.

1967: Jerusalem is recaptured by Israel during the Six-Day War.

THE EVENTS OF 70 A.D. DO NOT FULFILL ALL THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE END TIMES

The events of 70 AD do fulfill the prophecies about the End Times "last days."  They were the "Last Days" of the Jerusalem Temple and the ceremonial practices of the O.T.  Jesus prophesied that the Great Tribulation will be the most severe time in Israel's history.  It will surpass all other times of crisis.  In the recorded history of Israel, the 70 A.D. destruction of Jerusalem and exile of the Jews for millennia was the greatest suffering and evil that Israel had ever experienced in its history.  

Some seek to minimize this prophecy by reducing it to symbolism or by seeing it as being totally fulfilled in 70 AD.  The Great Tribulation will be so severe that God shortens it to three and a half years to keep the entire human race from being physically killed (Mt 24:21-22). One million people died in 70 AD and in World War II, 50 million died.  Neither 70 AD nor World War II came close to threatening the existence of the human race as the Great Tribulation will, and neither of them was the worst time in history.  The events of 70 AD were clearly a prophetic foreshadowing of the Great Tribulation.  However, they did not fulfill most of the details given about the Great Tribulation in Scripture.  

For example, Jesus said the Great Tribulation would not happen until after we see the abomination of desolation that results in an unprecedented number of deaths (Rev. 6:8; 9:15).  

The details concerning the abomination of desolation in Revelation 13:11-18 include a talking image, the mark of the beast, a healed head wound, mandatory worship of the Antichrist that is worldwide, and a false prophet.  

These prophecies were fulfilled in the Jewish revolt against Rome (66-70 AD).  In that crisis, Jerusalem and the second temple were destroyed in 70 AD (Masada fell in 73 AD).  Fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus, NOT one stone was left upon another in the city of Jerusalem and ALL Jews were banned from the Land of Israel.  Then in the Bar Kochba rebellion against Rome (132-135 AD), the Jews revolted against Rome again, resulting in 500,000 Jews being killed and 1,000 villages being destroyed.  All people of Israel were driven into exile (the Diaspora) and the city of Jerusalem was rebuilt and renamed Aelia Capitolina.  The time of the Gentiles would continue from the entirely new Roman city of Aelia Capitolina to 1948 A.D. when Israel again became a nation upon the earth.   Amen