Index

• Introduction
  
• References Resources
  
• Daniel / Matthew / Thessalonians: Puzzle Frame Pieces
  
• Revelation: Puzzle Completion
  
• Revelation: Puzzle Challenge
• Revelation Chronology: Overview Charts
  
• '7 Year' Chronology Link: Daniel to Matthew
  
• 'Little Horn' Link: Daniel to Matthew, 2 Thessalonians, and Revelation
  
• 'Beast' Link: Daniel to Revelation
  
• 'Gog/Magog' Battle Link: Ezekiel to Revelation
  
• 'Restrainer' Link: Daniel to Matthew to 2 Thessalonians
  
• End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to Luke
  
• End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to 1 Thessalonians
  
• End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to Revelation
  
• End Times New Heaven & Earth Link: Isaiah to 2 Peter to Revelation
  
• End Times Comparison: Jewish vs Christian
  

Introduction

References & Resources

Websites:

• Pre Wrath (Wikipedia)
  
• Pre Wrath Rapture
• Alan Kurschner
• Bible Prophecy Talk
  
• The Saints Go Up and the Wrath Comes Down Resource Center
• Prophecy Signs: Are We Living in the End Times?
• When does the Rapture happen? — Christ Will Return
  
• Biblical Fragrances
• The Prewrath Rapture of the Church
• Pre Wrath Ministries
• Ted Montgomery
• Rich Deem
• Strong Tower Publishing
• Bruce Biller
• Bible Prophecy Talk – Prophecy News and Videos from a Prewrath Rapture Perspective
• The Orange Mailman
• The Case for the Pre Wrath Rapture
• Rapture Pages
• Keith Thomas
• Softly Spoken Truth
  

YouTube Videos:

• 7 Pretrib Problems and the Prewrath Rapture
• Chris White
• William Lane Craig - Doctrine of the Last Things: Part 2 - The Rapture Interpretation
• William Lane Craig - Doctrine of the Last Things: Part 3 - The Rapture Interpretation Continued
• William Lane Craig - Doctrine of the Last Things: Part 4 - The Rapture Interpretation Concluded
  
• William Lane Craig Defenders Class - Doctrine of Last Things
• Mark Hughes - The Rapture
• Paul Dorgan
• Tom Petro - Understanding the Times: From Pre-Trib to Pre-Wrath
• Zion's Hope - Rapture & Wrath
  
• What Does Jesus Teach - Prewrath vs Pretribulation
  

Classic Essays:

• S. P. Tregelles "The Hope of Christ's Second Coming" (1864)
• Edmund Shackleton "Will the Church Escape the Great Tribulation?" (1890)
  
• John J. Scruby "The Great Tribulation: The Church's Supreme Test" (1933)

My Contributions:

• Darethehair's End Times Page [This page!]
  
• End Times: Puzzle Pieces [My presentations to an Adult Sunday School class that I participate in, 2017/10/08]
  

Daniel / Matthew / Thessalonians: Puzzle Frame Pieces

Here is the same puzzle frame in tabular form, with some expansion beyond the 7 year time frame using some extra material from Revelation:

Revelation: Puzzle Completion

Revelation Cross-Reference Summary	Revelation Cross-Reference Detail

Revelation: Puzzle Challenge

• Events/periods following one another back-to-back (GREEN)
• Longer time frames (i.e. 3.5 years) that overlap with the previous ones (BLUE)
• Past events relating to the time period when John wrote the book (GREY)
• Sections that are 'timeless' (WHITE)

• The start/end of Daniel's 70th Week (7 years) in Revelation 6 to 19 (YELLOW)
• The Abomination of Desolation and beginning of the Great Tribulation occurs at the half-way (3.5 year) mark (RED)
• The Second Coming of Christ and Rapture occur soon after the 6th Seal (GOLD)
• The start/end of The Day of the Lord in Revelation 8 to 16 (BLACK)

Revelation Chronology: Overview Charts

Here are some useful charts that I have found over the years depicting the timeline illustrated by the Pre-Wrath view:

The Pre-Wrath Tribune	Robert Van Kampen's "The Sign"	Prophecy Signs
Pre-wrath Resource Center	Faithful Word Baptist	Prophecy Signs

This next section specifically deals with the detailed attempt to justify the puzzle piece theme links that join eschatological verse passages from one part of the Bible to another.  We will start with a graphic illustrating the various thematic links between the dominant Old Testament and New Testament books:

'Abominating Desolator' Link: Daniel to Matthew

So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. So, if they say to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

'Little Horn' Link: Daniel to Matthew, 2 Thessalonians, and Revelation

It became great, even as great as the Prince of the host. And the regular burnt offering was taken away from him, and the place of his sanctuary was overthrown. And a host will be given over to it together with the regular burnt offering because of transgression, and it will throw truth to the ground, and it will act and prosper.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God...

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,...

And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,...

'Beast' Link: Daniel to Revelation

Daniel declared, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. The first was like a lion and had eagles' wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it. And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’ After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrifying and dreadful and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things..."

“I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but their lives were prolonged for a season and a time..."

“As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. I approached one of those who stood there and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. ‘These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.’

“Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet, and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up and before which three of them fell, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things, and that seemed greater than its companions. As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.

“Thus he said: ‘As for the fourth beast,

'Gog/Magog' Battle Link: Ezekiel to Revelation

“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan. And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you. And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord God.

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.”

And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,..

'Restrainer' Link: Daniel to Matthew to 2 Thessalonians

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time.

End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to Luke

Matthew 24:9-14,19-20a

“Then they’ll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you’ll be hated by all the nations on account of my name. Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people, and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold. But the person who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the inhabited world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”...

“How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!

Luke 21:12-24

“But before all these things, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake, in order to give you an opportunity to testify. So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time, because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated continuously by everyone on account of my name. And yet not a hair on your head will be lost. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.”

“So when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is approaching. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it, because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.

“How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!—because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled.”

 End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to 1 Thessalonians

End Times Chronology Link: Matthew to Revelation

Matthew 24:30-31

Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

Revelation 7:9-17

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

My Comments: My defense of the Pre-Wrath eschatological position is the straight-forward ability to overlay the chronological events of words of Jesus himself in Matthew 24 with matching summary chronological 'seal' events outlined in Revelation 6.  When Matthew 24:30-31 is then linked to Revelation 7:9-17, the 'Rapture' event Jesus mentions in Matthew 24:31 can be fit chronologically as well into Revelation 6 -- even though it is not specifically mentioned i.e. it immediately follows the appearance of Christ.  Matthew 24 events have been logically/chronologically linked to 1 Thessalonians (above), and now Matthew 24 events are logically/chronologically linked to Revelation 6.  Each passage affirms/confirms the other.  Any deviation from this straight-forward order-of-events (i.e. from another eschatological framework) forces a break in these inter-related passages.

End Times New Heaven & Earth Link: Isaiah to 2 Peter to Revelation

Isaiah 65:17-18

“For behold, I create new heavens   
     and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
     or come into mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
    and her people to be a gladness.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

Revelation 21:1-2

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

My Comments: These passages, taken together, present chronological and terminological challenges:

• Is the creation of a 'new Heaven(s) and a new Earth' a single event which both Isaiah and Revelation refer to?  The Isaiah 65 event is presented in a Millennial context, whereas Revelation 21 -- if taken chronologically -- seems to follow the Millennium described in Revelation 20.  Does this suggest that Revelation 21 does not necessarily follow Revelation 20 chronologically?  Is it possible that Isaiah 65 is combining both a prophecy of the Millennium and also the later prophecy of a New Heaven and Earth?
  
• Is Peter 3 referring to the same 'new Heaven(s) and a new Earth' destruction event as Isaiah 65 and Revelation 21 construction events?  Is its reference to the 'day of the Lord' meant to equate to the Wrath of God period in the latter part of Daniel's 70th week?  Are these verses not to be taken as a complete description of these events -- and that there is room even for the large Millennium time period to be present in them?  2 Peter 3 seems to suggest that the destruction takes place in, or immediately following the 70th week -- and before the Millennium.  This suggests a different ordering than Revelation 20/21 -- or perhaps that the 'day of the Lord' itself includes the Millennium.

As of this writing, I am uncertain of what to make of these verses, and how closely they are linked to each other.  If there is just a single destruction/construction event, then it is not totally clear whether it occurs at the start or end of the Millennium.  However, if there are two events -- then there might be one at the beginning and also end of the Millennium.  A possibly helpful discussion by Marvin Rosenthal can be found here.  A Pre-Trib analysis by Dr. Mike Stallard can be found here.  Finally, a specific response to this question by Jack Kelley can be found here.

End Times Comparison: Jewish vs Christian

It is interesting to compare and contrast the traditional Jewish beliefs regarding the End Times.

Appendix II - Moshiach 101

Jewish tradition speaks of two redeemers, each one called Mashiach. Both are involved in ushering in the Messianic era. They are Mashiach ben David and Mashiach ben Yossef.

The term Mashiach unqualified always refers to Mashiach ben David (Mashiach the descendant of David) of the tribe of Judah. He is the actual (final) redeemer who shall rule in the Messianic age. All that was said in our text relates to him.

Mashiach ben Yossef (Mashiach the descendant of Joseph) of the tribe of Ephraim (son of Joseph), is also referred to as Mashiach ben Ephrayim, Mashiach the descendant of Ephraim.  He will come first, before the final redeemer, and later will serve as his viceroy.

The essential task of Mashiach ben Yossef is to act as precursor to Mashiach ben David: he will prepare the world for the coming of the final redeemer. Different sources attribute to him different functions, some even charging him with tasks traditionally associated with Mashiach ben David (such as the ingathering of the exiles, the rebuilding of the Bet Hamikdash, and so forth).

The principal and final function ascribed to Mashiach ben Yossef is of political and military nature. He shall wage war against the forces of evil that oppress Israel. More specifically, he will do battle against Edom, the descendants of Esau. Edom is the comprehensive designation of the enemies of Israel, and it will be crushed through the progeny of Joseph. Thus it was prophesied of old, "The House of Jacob will be a fire and the House of Joseph a flame, and the House of Esau for stubble.." (Obadiah 1:18): "the progeny of Esau shall be delivered only into the hands of the progeny of Joseph."

The immediate results of this war will be disastrous: Mashiach ben Yossef will be killed. This is described in the prophecy of Zechariah, who says of this tragedy that "they shall mourn him as one mourns for an only child." (Zechariah 12:10).  His death will be followed by a period of great calamities. These new tribulations shall be the final test for Israel, and shortly thereafter Mashiach ben David shall come, avenge his death, resurrect him, and inaugurate the Messianic era of everlasting peace and bliss.

What Is the Jewish Belief About Moshiach (Messiah)? - Kabbalah, Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism

The Talmud describes the period immediately prior to the advent of Moshiach as one of great travail and turmoil. There will be a world recession, and governments will be controlled by despots. It is in this troubled setting that Moshiach will arrive.
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Maimonides, a great Jewish philosopher and codifier of the 12th century, rules that if we recognize a human being who possesses the superlative qualities ascribed to Moshiach, we may presume that he is the potential Moshiach. If this individual actually succeeds in rebuilding the Temple and gathering in the exiles, then he is the Moshiach.

Maimonides states in his Mishneh Torah—a compendium of the entire halachic tradition—that Moshiach will first rebuild the Temple and then gather in the exiles. Jerusalem and the Temple will be the focus of divine worship, and “from Zion shall go forth Torah, and the word of the L‑rd from Jerusalem.”

The Sanhedrin—the supreme Jewish law court of 71 sages—will be re-established, and will decide on all matters of law. At this time, all Jews will return to full Torah observance and practice. It should be noted that in this present age of great assimilation and emancipation, an unprecedented return of Jews to true Torah values has taken place. This “baal teshuvah” phenomenon is on the increase, and paves the way for a full return in the messianic era.

My Comments: The belief that the coming Messiah (Moshiach) will be the person that defeats Israel's enemies, rebuilds the Temple, and helps reinstitute the ancient Jewish sacrificial system parallels the Christian understanding of the End Times timeline perfectly -- but dangerously and tragically misses the fact that this false 'Messiah' is really the Anti-Christ, who betrays Israel and the World -- and leads to incredible disaster and suffering for Christians and Jews, eventually resulting in the wrath of God.