The Great Day

The Great Day
Today, two millennia after Christ, we are standing in the middle of prophecies. That is why we hardly know how they all add up. For a moment, let us attempt to see things as God would see them. He sees the end from the beginning, and vice versa.
All apocalyptic prophecy began with allegory of the glorious woman in Revelation 12. Through her, the eternal purpose of God for humanity is complete—from Eden to the new Jerusalem. But there was an adversary at every turn. He is determined to thwart this eternal plan. No matter where you stand in the calendar of time, you will find the adversary looming around and wreaking havoc.
When Satan discovered God’s plan for humanity, he coveted it. He then launched a vicious attack upon the glorious woman of Revelation 12 as she was about to deliver her male Child—God's purpose for humanity through Christ. He is the future King of the whole earth—a position Satan covets for himself. Without the “birthing” by this woman there would have been no salvation for the world. The hope of New Jerusalem would be a mirage.
After Satan's fall he devised five strategies of war to conquer humanity. His first war strategy is total annihilation. He began by attacking the first couple in Eden—the root of all wars on earth. His war strategies include weaving a seamless blend of facts and fiction. By controlling people’s perception of reality, you control them. That was the bait he used for Eve. This has been the weapon of the adversary against the church.
Secondly, he targeted every firstborn he suspected might be a channel for the Messiah. These include, Cain, Ishmael, Esau, Reuben, Eliab, Amnon, Absalom and Jesus himself. His potent tactics is “divide-and-conquer.” He aims to separate the parts, and sow dissension and division among God’s people. Before he pushed Israel out of their land into exile, he first divided them to two kingdoms. At some points, they even drew swords against each other. He then began to send evil leaders to rule over them.
Satan uses this strategy all the time. Using the Moabite women as baits he corrupted the children of Israel. The mixed multitudes caused Israel to rebel in the wilderness. He caused Solomon to sin through strange women. He caused Israel to rebel against God, after Jezebel nationalized Baal as the state religion. Recall the fight between Elijah and false prophets of Baal and Asherah! The result is exile in Assyria and Babylon.
But the enemy still has two more potent end-time battle-axes.
Fourth, Satan set up his movable throne in Babylon. There he invented the Babylonian mother-son cult. The Babylonian Mystery or Cult was concocted by Semiramis the mother of Tammuz. Both were worshipped as Asherah and Baal in Israel, and under various names world-wide. This is the Babylon of Revelation 17—the mother of harlots—that is, root of all idolatry and paganism.
By inventing Babylon, Satan’s aims to mimic and counterfeit God’s purpose. Understanding these two iconic women of the apocalypse, is key. The first is the glorious woman—Jerusalem, and she bears God’s eternal purpose. The second woman is Mystery Babylon, the great harlot and abomination of the earth. This Babylon will help Satan to finally ratchet up his sinister plans.
Babylon was a game-changer for Satan. Babylon will persecute the saints, the offspring of the glorious woman. She will apply Satan's strategies above, with an extra one: Fait accompli. That means “taking small bites.” Her goal is to bring the entire planet under Satan's worship and control. And she is succeeding at this. The end of Babylon will finally come. The Lord who judges her is mighty and strong, and faithful. The Holy Spirit warns: “Come out of her!” I also say, be wise and come of out of her. Come out of her harlotry, bondage and deception.
But Satan took one further step.
Fifth, as said earlier, the devil is a strategist. His last straw that he hopes will break the camel’s back—is the entrenchment of the unholy trinity. This involves the incarnation of Satan as the antichrist in Revelation 13—Satan in human flesh—half-human, half-beast. He will be Satan incarnate. For long, the ancient harlot, Babylon has been preparing the ground for this beast. There will be no other time of chaos, catastrophes, woes and pandemonium like it.
There will be no wicked demagogue comparable to the antichrist. This anarchist will massacre at an unprecedented speed and scale during the seven-year great tribulation period.
The antichrist will first sign a seven-year treaty with Israel. He will then violate it and persecute the glorious woman’s offspring—Jews and Christians. His true nature will manifest in the opening of the seven seals. But God will raise up two protagonists who will match him and oppose him. They will call forth ten plagues as the reprisal wrath of God. He will later kill them, and claim victory.
Before all these things, the rapture will have occurred.
We have described the role and reign of the antichrist in more detail in this book. The seven seals are retribution from God. They contain a set of seven trumpets of wrath, and seven bowls of the wrath of God.
The antichrist will partner with Babylon, but he will ultimately destroy the great harlot and burn her. He will finally occupy Israel. He will attempt to fight the King of kings in the Armageddon battle. This final war from heaven will happen after the seventh trumpet.
The game will be over for the antichrist and the false prophet and all their followers. The outcome is certain—they will be cast into the eternal lake of fire. Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega and the Almighty God. He will reign on earth!