This is how I see events working out..
The Muslims have gone out conquering and to conquer-Revelation 6:1-2. They have mixed with the iron (the Roman Empire) that was split in two-the legs. East and West. The pope and his counterpart the patriarch. East and Western Europe no longer divided. And I think they have mixed with them because of the western governments welcoming in their fighters. The fighters that don’t get along with the peoples of Western Europe. Even in Eastern Europe those fighters also don’t get along with the East as much either.
Genesis 16:12
But then Ishmael will be a wild donkey of a man, his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him.
Daniel 2:33
It’s legs of iron, it’s feet partly if iron, partly of clay.
Daniel 2:41-43
In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.
Revelation 6:3-4 that the second rider went out to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another.
Actually I wonder if it was opened at all or rather the wars and rumors of wars thing was in place. The world seems relatively quiet anymore unless you count various places with isis, hezbollah, hamas and the muslim brotherhood. In the recent couple of years it did seem that peace was taken from the earth. But now all is seemingly calmer. Does the conquering bleed into it? And maybe we really haven’t seen the true manifestation of this verse yet? Perhaps it’s just..
Mark 13:8
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Revelation 6:5-6 where the earth’s economic horse has yet to ride and I only say that because though we’ve been warned for years that an economic collapse is coming we haven’t seen the manifestation of that yet, in my opinion
Revelation 6:6
And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.
though some economies like Venezuela are ruined but I don’t think it’s because of the black rider. Could just be...
Mark 13:8
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Revelation 6:8
I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
I don’t believe that this seal has been opened yet, however maybe a case could be made for the communists takeovers of Russia and China, I believe that could be the wars and rumors of wars. And of course since the seals are in numerical order...if 3 isn’t opened then neither are the rest. I think it’s just..
Mark 13:8
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Because I don’t believe seal 5 is opened though the world mourns the ‘christian’ deaths around the world, aren’t those ‘christians’ actually catholics? And if catholicism isn’t actually Christianity, can we say that they are under the alter of God if they are of a different gospel? Plus...
Mark 13:9, 11-13
But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
I don’t believe we’ve seen this yet. The catholics being killed aren’t killed for their testimony’s but just because they are known to be catholics.
So that follows that the 6th and 7th seal can’t be opened . I also don’t think that this is the worst time in earth yet...we are certainly working towards it. This clearly has not started yet.
Matthew 24:21-22
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Then you also have events that need to be happening in the Middle East. Clearly
Zechariah 12:1-3
The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, “Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
It seems to be partly in effect and most nations are against Israel, anti semitism seems to be on the rise, nations hate them then some don’t.
We also haven't seen a treaty that has a Jewish temple being rebuilt and sacrifices offered, which I think starts the tribulation because in the middle of it the treaty is broken and the antichrist is revealed.
Daniel 2:27
And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.
And I think we won’t see the treaty that marks the beginning of the tribulation until Israel has the red heifer. Without the red heifer they can’t do any offerings in their temple. However, the Jews are working on raising their own in blemished red heifer.
Numbers 1:6
This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material and cast it into the midst of the burning heifer.
Once they get the red heifer, I believe we are gonna see a major push towards having a new temple. They already have the utensils, the robes for the priests, they’ve trained up the Levite’s they found to do the sacrifices and all they really need is that heifer. I believe they even have the temple pre fabricated.
https://templeinstitute.org
Revelation 11:1-2
Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.
Many people believe that the new temple will be built alongside the mosque on the Temple Mount and the reference to leaving out the court is in reference to the mosque sitting where the court should be. So we will see a temple rebuilt next to the mosque.
We also know that an apostasy mist take place and I do see that happening..
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Because it also fulfills
Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
We see this happening more and more in the world
2 Timothy 3:1-7
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
And this is obviously true of our day...
Matthew 24:12
Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
Edit: added the part about the temple pre fab
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Matthew 24:32-33
Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
