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First Earth Age

This is a general description of the First Earth Age to provide a basic outline. Articles will follow with in-depth biblical citation.

The heaven and earth are divided into three earth ages, 3 being the number of spiritual completion. There was an age before the one we are in (Gen 1:1, Job 38:4-8, Isa 45:18, Jer 4:22-27, 2 Pet 3:5-6, Rev 12:3-4), and there will be an age after the Millennium ends (Rev 21-22). The first and third earth ages are eternal. The first was eternity past and the last will be eternity future.

In the first earth age existed the dinosaurs and all prehistoric life (Job 40:15-24), of which we see only fossils today. We all existed with God in heaven as angelic beings, or the sons of God (Job 38:7). Lucifer was also there, and he had been designed by God as the most beautiful and powerful angel (Eze 28:12-15). He was the cherub that was to watch over the mercy seat, but because of the way he was made, he began to develop pride and felt that it was he who should be worshipped instead of God (Isa 14:13-14, Eze 28:16-18). So, he led a rebellion against God and tried to lead as many of God’s sons from Him as he possibly could (Rev 12:3-4). A great many angels followed after Lucifer, whether on purpose or because of his deception, but there were 7000 who immediately stood on the side of God and against Lucifer (Rom 11:4), and many others who went to the defense of God (Rom 11:5)–and then there were also some who could not decide whom they should follow.

Because of this rebellion, God split eternity past from eternity future and created an age in between, an age in which we would be born as fleshly man and we had no memory of what had happened in the prior age. In order to place us here on earth, God had to destroy the dangerous life forms and conditions that prevailed on earth before and recreate it to ideal conditions (Gen 1:2, Jer 4:22-25, 2 Pet 3:5-6). God cause a flood to cover the earth and destroyed every last bit of life contained here, and then He began to redesign it to new specifications (Gen 1:3-31).

He then created new plant and animal life and reset the seasons and even placed it under a new structure of time, which would be a new concept to us, though we would not remember they way things were in the eternity, when we were independent of time. We would now have a chance to live life in a restrictive flesh body (Gen 1:26-27, 6:6) for God to see, under controlled parameters, if we would choose to follow Him or Lucifer. In the end of the Millennium, as we enter the third, and final, earth age, those who are left, whom God has determined to be His loyal children, will then become spiritually complete (Rev 21-22). A new era will then begin on earth, in which we will no longer know evil or sorrow (Rev 21:1-6).

 

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Three World Ages

Elect

The predestinated elect are people who have been chosen by God for a specific purpose to serve Him here on earth and ensure that His plan is carried out exactly as written (Jer 1:4-5, Rom 8:28-30). These sanctified, or set aside, ones have been selected because of their performance and loyalty to God during the rebellion of satan in the first earth age (Rom 11:4-5).

God knows He can count on His saints to remain loyal and never be deceived by satan (Matt 24:24, Rev 20:4-5). For this reason, this flesh age is not a test for these people–because they have already proven themselves and been justified (Rom 8:28-39) –and this means that they do not need to be allowed complete free will (Rom 8:26-27). God often will place His elect in the right place at the right time so that His will is fulfilled.

Elect have been born throughout the ages and called by God to be His prophets and apostles and any other roles that needed to be filled. But also, in the end times, there are currently 7000 of these servants that are predestinated (Rom 11:4-5), and He uses His elect as teachers who will share the pure, unadulterated truth with the rest of His children with the hopes that many of them, 144,000, will wake up and become dedicated enough to be chosen to have a role in the end times as well (Rev 7).

The 7000 (the predestination), as well as the 144,000, will be sealed with the knowledge of the Holy Spirit, and this will guarantee that they will not bow down and worship antichrist and receive his mark of the beast (Rev 14:1-5). They will not be deceived by him, nor believe that he is Jesus returned, as Jesus will return after the tribulation (Matt 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27).

In the second half of the tribulation, the elect will be delivered up to councils to testify as to why they will not bow to antichrist. When delivered up, they should not premeditate what they will say at that time, but instead the Holy Spirit will literally speak through their mouths (Matt 10:17-24, Mark 13:9-13, Luke 12:11-12, 21:12-15, Rev 2:10).

The predestinated elect and the 144,000 are the only people in the world (Matt 24:24), aside from some of God’s servants that are dispersed throughout the gentile population, who will not be deceived by antichrist and his one world religious system (Rev 12:9, 13:13-14).

During the Millennium, the elect, called the zadok levites, will serve Jesus as teachers (Eze 44:23), priests (Eze 44:15, 44:27-31), kings (Rev 20:4) and judges (Eze 44:24), as well as they will directly serve Jesus in His inner court (Eze 44:15-16, 44:27). These are the people that God knows He can always count on.

Antichrist

The role of the antichrist will be filled by satan (Isa 14, Eze 28, 2 Thess 2:3-4), when he returns, halfway through the tribulation (Dan 7:7-8, 8:13-14, 9:27, 11:20-21, Rev 8:1, 9, 11:1-2, 13:11-18). He will claim to be Jesus, and any other savior from other religions. The antichrist will appear to be everything that most Christians expect Jesus to be when He returns, but it will not truly follow what the scriptures say about Jesus’ return. He will be a cheap impostor, just as he carries a cheap imitation bow and rides the white horse (Rev 6:1-2), with the purpose of uniting the world in a one world religion (Rev 13:11-18). And most importantly, he will come before Jesus’ return!

He will be given miraculous power, by God, to perform miracles and signs to deceive the world to believe that he is the savior that everyone has been waiting for (Rev 13:13-14). This deception will unite the world religions and convince the world that the differences between religions, and their respective messiahs, are merely misunderstandings of their scriptures (Rev 12:9, 13:11-18). The world, for a while, has been promoted the idea, by religious leaders and public figures, that all religions are equal, and even that they the same. This has been used to prepare the world for this deception of antichrist.

The deception of antichrist and his one world religious system will be allowed by God to separate those who have studied and know the scriptures very well from those who have not (2 Thess 2:7-12, 2 Tim 2:15). Only the best biblical students (the elect) will be able to pass this test and know that antichrist is not Christ (Matt 24:24, Rom 11:7-11, Rev 12:9). Those who know who antichrist really is will not bow to him in worship or receive the mark of the beast (Rev 20:4). This is because these people are sealed with this knowledge by the Holy Spirit, and they will pass this test and overcome (Rom 11:4-5, Rev 7).

Everyone who receives the mark of the beast, because they were deceived, will fail this test, and will be taught and disciplined in the period immediately following Jesus’ return, the Millennium (Eze 44, Rev 20). This will lead to a third, and final, test at the end of the Millennium when satan is released to try to deceive the world one last time (Rev 20:7-9).

Tribulation

The Tribulation is a period of time, just before the return of Jesus (Matt 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27, Luke 21:20-28), in which the world will be united by a one world government (Dan 7:7-8, Rev 13) and all people on earth will be tested through the flood of lies (Matt 24:37-41, Luke 17:26-27, Rev 12:15), that comes from the mouth of satan, to see what they will do if their understanding of the truth is put under pressure, and those who do not know God’s Word will be swept away in these lies and this deception. This period of time was originally said to be 7 years, in which antichrist would have been on earth for 3 and a half years (Dan 8:13-14, 9:27, 12:6-10, Rev 11:2, 12:13-14), but Jesus told us that He had it shortened for the sake of His elect (Matt 24:21-22, Mark 13:19-20) because even the elect would be deceived in such a long period of satan running amuck.

(Mar 13:19)For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

(Mar 13:20)And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

(Mar 13:21)And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

Satan will come to earth as antichrist halfway through this hour of temptation and will deceive the world into believing he is the Messiah, and that he should be worshipped (Dan 8:9-12, 2 Thess 2:3-4). He will be an impostor of Jesus Christ to all Christians, but also he will impersonate the messiah of every other religion, in order to join everyone together in a one world religion (Rev 13:14-15) under the rouse that every religion is basically the same, but misunderstood, and that they all actually have the same messiah.

(Mat 24:26)Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

(Mat 24:27)For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Only those who have studied the Bible, and know Jesus Christ on a personal level, will be able to tell the difference between satan acting as a false Jesus, and Jesus Christ Himself (2Thess 7-12, Rev 13:11). You must study to show yourself approved (2Tim 2:15). This will be a time of great deception like the world has never seen (Matt 24:21, Mark 13:19).

(2Ti 2:15) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Millennium

The Millennium is a 1000-year period in which Jesus will reign on earth as King from His Millennial Temple in the Holy Land (Ezekiel 40-48, Rev 20), which will be built at the beginning of the Millennium. This period of time immediately follows His return, at the beginning of the Lord’s Day, which is just after the tribulation (Matt 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27, Luke 21:20-28), at the 7th trumpet (Zech 9:14, Matt 24:30-31, 1Cor 15:52, 1Thess 4:16, Rev 11:15-19).

During this time, those who have not yet overcome passed the test of standing against satan will receive discipline and teaching from the elect for the entire time period (Ezekiel 44). Satan will be bound and held captive from the very start of the Millennium so that he will not be able to influence anyone or interfere with their spiritual growth (Isa 14:15-19, Rev 20:2-3). At the very end of the Millennium, satan will be once again released and allowed to do what he will to deceive anyone who will let their guard down (Rev 20:7-9). This will be the final test by satan to lead the children of God away from Him. Those who have learned their lesson and remain disciple will not be tempted by satan and will remain faithful to Jesus.

Just after this time of deception, will be the Great White Throne Judgment, in which those who had not yet overcome (the [spiritually] dead) will be judged by their works (Rev 20:11-13), and those who have remained faithful will be rewarded. Those whose names are not written in the Book of Life will be thrown into the Lake of Fire (Rev 20:14-15) to be blotted out, or erased, from existence (Deut 29:19-20, Psa 69:28, 109:13-15, Rev 3:5).

See Ezekiel 40-48, Revelation 20

Armageddon

We have heard the term, Armageddon, thrown around in many doomsday genre movies, but few know what it actually means. Most of the time, the term is used by laymen in reference to the final battle of good and evil. However, Armageddon actually refers to the place that the final battle of the flesh age takes place. The first syllable, ar-, or har, is Hebrew for ‘mountain’ or ‘hill’. The rest of the word, -mageddon, comes from the Hebrew word, megiddon, which means ‘place of gathering’ or ‘place of rendezvous.’

This is a place where satan (antichrist) and his army will be gathered to attack God’s elect, who have refused to bow to antichrist during the tribulation.

(Rev 16:12) And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

(Rev 16:13) And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

(Rev 16:14) For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

(Rev 16:15)Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

(Rev 16:16) And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

But this battle will not go as satan has planned, as Jesus will return at the 7th trump and wipe out satan’s army very quickly.

(Zec 14:1) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

(Zec 14:2) For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

(Zec 14:3) Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

(Zec 14:4) And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

(Eze 39:1) Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

(Eze 39:2) And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

(Eze 39:3) And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

(Eze 39:4) Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

(Eze 39:5) Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Jesus would not let a hair on the head of any of His elect to be harmed by antichrist. Thus, this battle will not be fought by His elect, but by Jesus Himself.

(Luk 21:18)But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

(Luk 21:19)In your patience possess ye your souls.