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Welcome to "Revelation Unraveled", I'm your host, Wlliam Tapley,
also known as the "Third Eagle of the Apocalypse",
and the "Co Prophet of the End Times".
This is a continuation of my last program
where I talked about the 4 groups who will survive into the millennium,
and I asked you
a question and that is will you be captured
or will you be raptured?
Now, the next question I want to ask on this program is
will you be at the battle of Armageddon
with Jesus
as he fights against all the nations
of the world?
And, I want to point out
that not all 4 groups who survive into the millennium
will be at the battle of Armageddon.
In fact, there are quite a few places in the bible
where only 3 of the 4 groups are singled out.
Now, before I get into that I want to address a question that I get constantly
when I talk about the 4 groups who survive into the millennium
and that is, for example,
an Orthodox will ask me
why am I not included with the Catholics?
Or a Catholic will say
why can't I be raptured with the Protestants?
Well, let me say this,
for example, I am a Catholic and I would like to be raptured also.
But, God may have different plans for each one of us; he may want us to be martyred,
for example, we may be captured
instead of raptured.
Now, let's look at the 4 groups the way I have set it up for this program,
and that is I have given them a color coding; for example, the raptured
Protestants I am going to do in green.
The protected Catholics are going to be singled out in blue.
The holy martyrs will be red
and the converted Jews will be in a violet color, and I do this
not to add or change scripture; I know I will be accused of that,
I am interpreting scripture.
I am trying to make it easier for you to see
where these 4 groups are found.
So now, let's take a look at the first instance, and that is the battle of Armageddon,
because at Armageddon, as I said,
only 3 of the 4 groups
will be included.
And, the 3 groups are described in two different places in the bible.
Let's first look at
Matthew chapter 24, verse 31.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet.
Now, right off the bat, we know that this, for example, cannot be the rapture
because there are no trumpets that sound at the rapture;
this is Jesus gathering his armies for Armageddon.
and they shall gather them together
his elect from the four winds,
Now, this first group would be the Catholics
who are left behind.
That's why they are gathered under the four winds,
that is north, south, east and west:
from one end of heaven,
now, in one end of heaven
will be the raptured Protestants; that's where they are located,
and to the other end of heaven. Now in the other end of heaven would be, of course,
the holy martyrs.
Now, let's look at Revelation.
These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them.
Now, the "these" in this passage
refer to all the nations of the world,
by the way, that includes the nation of Israel.
Remember, Israel,
the state of Israel,
will apostatize.
And the Lamb shall overcome them for he is Lord of Lords and King of Kings:
and they that are with him are called,
now these would be the raptured Protestants; that's because they are
called to the marriage supper of the Lamb,
and chosen, the "chosen", that word means the same as the "elect" as above,
the elect refer to the protected Catholics,
and the faithful,
the "faithful" would be those who are faithful until death, in other words,
they are the holy martyrs.
So, to answer the question; "will you be an Armageddon",
you could if you belong to one of those 3 groups.
Please note, the converted Jews are not at the battle of Armageddon,
and I believe the reason is, as Jesus says,
that they will flee into the mountains of Judea, in other words,
they will not be anywhere near
the Plains of Megiddo which is where Armageddon takes place, that is
a short distance north of Jerusalem.
And now, let's look at another set of permutations and combinations
where 3 groups are singled out but not all 4 of those who survive into
the millennium,
and that is where John describes 144,000.
These are 3 groups which are different
than the other 4, in other words, one is left out. Let's see which one is left out.
And I heard the number of them
which were sealed and there were sealed 144,000
of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
So obviously,
this group of 144,000
would be the converted Jews,
but they are not the same as the next group.
And I looked, and see,
a Lamb, of course that would be Jesus,
stood on mount Sion,
Jesus is here returning for the battle of Armageddon,
and with him 144,000, this is a different group,
having his father's name written on their foreheads. Now, this group
is the holy martyrs and we know because if we check out
Revelation 20, verse 4,
they are described as beheaded
because they refuse to take
the mark of the beast on their foreheads.
Therefore, they have the mark of Jesus on their foreheads instead.
And now, in 14, verse 3 of Revelation,
and they sung, as it were, a new song.
Now, this is a different group.
Singing ability always in Revelation
points to the raptured Protestants,
they are known for this.
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before
the four beasts and the elders:
and no man could learn that song. This is a new song, this is the younger of the
three denominations that we are speaking about.
no man could learn that some but the 144,000
which were redeemed
from the earth.
Now, that word "redeemed"
means "raptured".
Some bibles say "purchased", for example.
"Redeemed from the earth" means "raptured from the earth".
So, which of the 4 groups
was left out?
It's interesting, but John never mentions how many
protected Catholics there will be.
Will there also be 144,000?
Will there be a significantly greater number?
It's very interesting
and to tell the truth. I do not know the answer. I do not know all of the
questions found in the bible.
This is one of the many questions I personally
will have for the prophets Enoch and Elijah
when they make their public appearance,
and, as you know,
I believe, personally,
that Enoch and Elijah have already returned to Earth along with
the false prophet
and the antichrist. I believe all four end time personalities
are just waiting to appear on the scene.
And, as I said, I will have a lot of questions for Enoch and Elijah,
and one of them is,
how many protected Catholics will there be?
Now, I admit 144,000 is a symbolic number,
but, nonetheless,
that is really only a tiny remnant.
I hope there are more of each group
and I hope there are many more Catholics.
Now, let's look at the 3 of the 4 groups groups who
not only survive into the millennium
but also survive the antichrist, in other words, they are not martyred.
Will you be among this group? And in Daniel 11, verse 41,
He shall enter
also into the glorious land,
now, this refers to the antichrist, that's the "he".
The "glorious land" is Jerusalem.
It's interesting to note that not only
will the antichrist set up his
capital in Jerusalem,
but I believe that when America is defeated,
the United Nations will also move to Jerusalem,
and, in fact, I believe when
the Catholic church is trodden under by the gentiles,
the Vatican will move to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem will be the capital of the one-world Communist tyranny.
And, of course, the converted Jews will have to flee from Jerusalem
into the mountains.
Don't forget, when Jesus comes
against all the nations of the world
that will include
the nation of Israel,
and many countries shall be overthrown: now, in fact, all the countries are
overthrown by the antichrist,
but these shall escape out of his hand,
even Edom, and Moab
and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Now, this is very interesting.
How can the antichrist
control the entire world
but not capture Edom,
Moab and Ammon?
Edom and Moab do not even exist anymore,
and Ammon is the capital of Jordan.
Obviously, these are symbolic terms.
What do they mean?
They refer to the 3 groups we have been talking about
who escape the antichrist.
Edom is another name for Esau,
it symbolizes "red",
and that means he was a "redneck",
he was an outdoorsman.
This refers to the Catholics
who will go into the desert.
They must flee from the antichrist.
They will be protected there
mainly by Mary and her rosary and her scapular.
Now, Moab and Ammon
were sons which Lot had
by his own two daughters.
Moab was his son
by his eldest daughter
and therefore he symbolizes the eldest of these religious denominations
and that would be the converted Jews.
Ammon was the son
which Lot had by his
youngest daughter
and therefore
he symbolizes the youngest of these denominations and that would be
the raptured Protestants.
And now, let's look at where these same 3 groups
are found in the old testament and that is
Shadach, Meshach and Abednego
in the fiery furnace.
I mentioned in the last program
the fiery furnace is heated 7 times
hotter than normal.
That "7 times" indicates
the 7 years of tribulation.
Now, in order to understand
which groups they represent, we need to look at their Hebrew names.
In other words, Shadrach was originally
Hananiah which means "God is gracious".
That refers to the great grace that Protestants will receive
to be raptured.
Mescach, his original name in Hebrew
was Mishael, which means
"who is like God".
Now, that would be a theological concept
and therefore
he refers to the converted Jews.
and the third son of Juda who was in the fiery furnace was Abednego.
His Hebrew name was Azariah
and that means
"God helps".
He symbolizes the protected Catholics.
Don't forget, in Revelation, the "woman" flees into the desert
and she receives help
from the earth
which protects her from the flood which comes out of the dragon's mouth.
Therefore, Azarius symbolizes
the protected Catholics.
Will you be in one of these 3 groups?
Will you be at the battle of Armageddon?
I hope that all of us survive into the millennium
one way or another.
Now, we should not be surprised at all this symbolism
in end times bible prophecy.
Remember, there are three characteristics
in hermeneutics as far as end times prophecy goes:
the first is symbolism.
In other words
the symbolic interpretation takes precedence over
the literal interpretation.
Secondly, is numerology.
Numerology is extremely important in understanding what
God is trying to tell us.
And thirdly, you need a co prophet, someone to interpret scripture.
And the reason is because end times bible prophecy is a work of the
Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit always requires two people.
For example, "speaking in tongues".
"Speaking in tongues" not only requires the person who is speaking in tongues
but also someone to interpret.
As Saint Paul says
speaking in tongues has no edification for the church if someone
is not there to interpret.
So, in conclusion, I had hoped to do another program on Elenin
before the alignment next week and I hope to get to that in my next program
but I really wanted to conclude
this program on the 4 groups who will survive into the millennium and,
as always, if you would like a free copy of my book "Revelation Unraveled"
please write to the address you see on your screen.