Christ's Olivet Discuss: Different Manifestations of the Rapture

 

DIFFERENT MANIFESTATIONS OF THE RAPTURE.

When we consider Christ’s eschatology we would see that the things of His coming has different descriptions which in certain ways signifies that they are different from each other and thus has to do with different instances. Let’s make some considerations

 

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:29-31

 Looking at the above, we see that this coming of Christ shall occur at the end of the tribulation period, other gospels gives us further insight

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Luke 21:24-27

This particular rapture is preceded by tribulation and many signs in the heaven and the earth, and it shall also be a time of great fear, because of the expectation of the things that are coming from heaven which are unknown. In certain ways, some Hollywood Sci-Fi movies are prophesying and seeking to prepare man for a counterfeit, so that the coming of Christ as the Rider of the Horse would be taken to be a sort of planetary invasion by an alien force. These movies shall be subtly conditioning the sinners of the earth in those days to believe the lie and to be joined with the beast as they would seek to stop the so called planetary invasion which shall have to do with the coming of the Son of man.

 

Considering the above description of the coming of Christ in the two passages above, we see that it is in stark difference to another description of the circumstances that shall surround the coming of the Son of man.

 

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matthew 24:24-42

 

We would see that in contrast to the first, the description of this passage indicates that it shall occur in an unexpected time. The first two passages furnishes us with many signs in the heavens, in the earth and in the seas, so that men shall be in expectation of things to come from heaven. While the first passages has also to do with tribulations, so that the rapture should occur immediately after it, in the passage (Matt. 24:24-42) above, we have description of peace and normalcy. So that people could be buying and selling, marrying, planting, building house, going about their business and suddenly, Christ comes.

 

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 21:34-36

 

This is also in contrast to another description concerning Christ’s coming that we may consider to involve a different manifestation of the coming of the Son of man.  This manifestation has to also do with the tribulation, but we shall consider it after establishing more grounds and premise. The first we have considered that it has to do with signs in the heavens and in the earth, men in fearful expectation of the things that is approaching to earth from the heaven. The second in our consideration is described to be a time of peace and safety, where things will go as normal. So that people will go about their business, feasting, marrying, building/planting, trading and being grossed with the cares of this life. And from the above passage, Christ shall come unexpectedly to many in the midst of these things. This best fits to what Paul described by the Holy Ghost.

 

But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-4

 

The Premise of Christ’s Answers

To continue further, there is a need to consider the questions that Christ was answering and the premise on which He answered them, as He gave an exposition in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21.

 

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Matthew 24:1-3

 

We would see how Christ told His disciples that there shall not be left one stone upon the other that shall not be thrown down.

 

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Luke 21:20-24

 

We would see that there was a measure of fulfilment of this prophecy in the things unto the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. Yet there shall be another fulfilling of this prophecy, and we must also consider that Christ’s focus was at the end. And this end has to do with the tribulation that Israel shall face as described also testified in Daniel.

 

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Daniel 9:26

The Tribulation

The times of the Gentiles continues into the tribulation of Israel that shall precede the resurrection which is described by Daniel. Like as the first in AD 70, the holy city shall be surrounded by armies and there shall be great trouble until Christ comes with the army of Heaven, even as also detailed in Zechariah’s prophecies.

 

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Daniel 12:1

 

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. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 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.

Zechariah 14:2-4

 

It involves also the things of the prince that shall rise in the 70th week

And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

Daniel 9:27

 

It is that in which Christ comes at the end of the tribulation that was the focus of His exposition on mount Olivet. Nevertheless, we would see several descriptions of the events that shall precede this coming which includes the great tribulation. With this understanding, we would see in the discourse that He begun with the things that surrounded the end of this age and unto the gathering of His elect. And after this He followed with the showing of the provision and possibility of an escape from the things of the end, even the peculiar tribulations associated with it.

 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 21:36

 

And so, Christ reveals how that the end shall be surrounded with tribulation so that during this tribulation, the gospel shall be preached unto all nation. The end starts after the gospel has being preached and those that endures this era shall be saved.

 

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 24:9-14

 

And when we look closely at the things in the book of Revelation, we would see that the above passage is best fitted with the things about the two witnesses which represents a company of saints.

 

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Revelation 11:7-8

 

And so, the salvation of those that shall be saved is connected to the resurrection and catchup of the two witnesses. For we see that they are given to prophesy, which involves the whole world for 1260 days. It is after their testimony that they are fought against and slain. It is after their testimony that the end begins.

 

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Matthew 24:15-21

 

The things after the gospel of the kingdom is preached and the beast from the Abyss rises to fight against the saints can be seen in Elijah’s testimonies as follows.

 

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

1 Kings 19:1-4

 

And so that in which Jezebel sent a messenger who threatened Elijah’s life so that he fled into the wilderness represents the days after the testimony of the witnesses, wherein they shall be given to fight against the beast. And so the fight of the witnesses with the beast shall be for 42 days after which they are overpowered and after 3 ½ days, they are raised and caught up into heaven.  Interestingly, when we add up the 45days here with the 1290 that the abomination will persist, we shall have the 1335 days of Daniel 12:11-12.

 

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. 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. 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. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Matthew 24:23-28

 

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. 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. 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. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Revelation 16:12-15

 

In considering Matthew 24:23-28 above, we shall understand that in it is another instance of the coming of CHRIST when we see that some of the things in it can be found in Revelation 16:12-15. For the great tribulation begins when the beast begins to reign, and this reign has to do with the kings of the east which are the ten horns when they give their power to him. And at the end of the testimony of the witnesses which shall also be close to the end of the beast’s reign, there shall be that contest like as on Mount Carmel, but unto the death of the two witnesses instead. The death of the two witnesses and their company and that in which the whole earth shall feast and result shall also be the reason for the destruction of the earth at the wedding supper of the Lamb.

 

And the coming of Christ described as the lightning that shines from the east to the west, and that in which where the carcasses is the eagles shall be gathered relates with the things of the resurrection and catch-up of the two witnesses and their companies. The shadows of these things we see in the event before the ascension of Elijah into heaven.

 

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

2 Kings 2:7

 

The gathering of the 50 sons of the prophets to view is as that gathering of the eagles to the place of the carcasses. And this carcasses has to do with the unburied bodies of the two witnesses and their companies in those days. For part of what the sons of the prophets represents has to do with that rejoicing and feasting of the whole world as a result of the defeat and death of the servants of God, whose bodies shall be gazed upon.

 

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:11-12

 

The way in which the chariots of fire and horses of fire appeared and parted Elijah and Elisha is as that coming of Christ which shall be as the lightning that shines from the east to the west. We will then see that after Christ described the manner and details of this rapture or His coming, he talked about what happens immediately after the tribulation.

 

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. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:27-31

 

This is in a similar sense to the things seen about the sixth and the seventh vial. For in the sixth vial, we are given details about that coming of Christ like a thief which we have established that it relates to the things of the catchup of the two witnesses after they are raised from the dead. So that the details shown in the seventh vial is as that which Christ described will occur immediately after the tribulation.

 

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.  And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Revelation 16:17-21

 

CONCLUSION

From the above we shall see how that the days of the Son of man which shall involve His coming and the rapture of the saints shall be in three steps. And with respect to the tribulation there shall be a pre-tribulation rapture, a mid-tribulation and a post-tribulation rapture.

 

1.       Pre-Tribulation Rapture: This is the escape for the watchful saints from the things of the tribulation that shall come to pass. Nevertheless, there shall also be some form of testing and trial for the saints, like the ten days mentioned in the second letter to the churches in Revelation 1.

2.       Mid-Tribulation Rapture: This has to do with the two-witnesses which consists of the remnants of those that we caught up into heaven at the first. These shall occur after the end of the 70^th week when they shall have finished their testimony and be fought against and slain.

3.       Post-Tribulation Rapture: This occurs immediately at the end of the tribulation or it brings an end to the tribulation. In this shall be a visible manifestation of the Lord in the clouds such that He shall be seen by all.

 

It is important to understand these things as there shall be very pivotal to our watchfulness and prayerfulness. This knowledge also constitutes the extra oil that the wise virgins had, for all shall sleep until the midnight, when the call shall be made.

 

Even so

Come LORD Jesus

Amen

CHARIOTS AND HORSES

The strength of an army is usually described by firstly the number of Chariots, then the horses and lastly its foot soldiers (1Chr 18:4). When we talk about the LORD’S army, chariots and horses also come on view.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. Thou hast descended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; year, for the rebellions also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Ps 68:17-18

Prophet Elijah and Elisha was parted by chariots and horses of fire after they had crossed the river Jordan (2Kings 2:6-14) and was taken to heaven by a whirlwind. Our LORD Jesus Christ was taken up into heaven in a cloud as the over 500 witness looked on (Acts 1:9-10). From scriptures we understand that both the chariots and horses of fire, the whirlwind and the clouds are all manifestations of the LORS’S chariots which are identified as the Cherubim of Ezekiel’s visions even furthermore as God reveals (Ps 104:4)

In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire” Heb. 1:7 NIV

In Ezekiel’s vision, we see that these chariots are both four living creatures with four heads each and in the design of the ark of the testament, they are two creatures and in the war of Rev 19 it is but a creature; a white horse. And the palmist tells us that the LORD’S chariots are twenty thousand even thousands of angels. These creatures having eyes all about them going to and fro the earth. And these are those angels by which eyes of the LORD, the seven spirits of God operates all over the earth. And from the analysis of the various manifestations of their number we would understand that by the power of the Spirit of the LORD upon them, there are empowered to multiply, not to reproduce but carrying out different activities in different locations by the command of the LORD at the same time. For the four chariots that goeth from standing before the LORD is the living creature and the horse on which He rides and the white cloud on which He site.

The prophet Zechariah in the visions did show how these chariots in their operation are of the Spirit of the LORD even the breath of life in the four wind of heaven.

And the angel answered and said unto me, these are the four spirits of the heavens, when go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth... Then cried upon me, and spoke unto me, saying, behold, these that go toward the north country have my spirit in the north country.
Zech. 6:5-8

This their ability to be duplicated as necessary to carry out their activities is as that force and power of the wind whose action can be felt in different places at the same time. Furthermore in this particular vision of Zech. 6 after the vision of the four chariots of the LORD, we can say that each of the chariot consists of four horses even as the prophet Ezekiel saw each of the living creatures having four head each. After this visions of chariots in the same chapter we see that God instructs that about five crowns be made for five persons and the first one was distinguished from the rest four in Zech 6:9-15

Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, a d set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech the high priest; And speak unto him, saying, thus speaketh the LORD of hosts saying, behold the man whose name is the basket; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and he shall be a priest upon his throne! and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
And they that are for off come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Zech 6:10-15

We note that these five crowns were given for empowerment and authorization for the building of the temple of the LORD. The first for Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest who also is sitted upon a throne and his name called the BRANCH. And we know that this Joshua, the high priest is a picture of our LORD Christ who is our Apostle and High Priest.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partners of heavenly calling, consider the apostles and high priest of our profession, Christ Jesus.
Heb 3:1

Studying furthermore on the New Testament, in the writings of Paul and with one of our opening scriptures even as we read.

Wherefore he saith, (when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended in the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things)  And he gave some, apostle; and some prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of man, and coming craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ.
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that whom every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Eph 4:8-16

The activities of the four chariots of the LORD is deeply connected to the fivefold ministry gifts of our LORD Jesus Christ. These gifts were manifest unto the church by the reality of his ascension into heaven on the mount olive even as typified in Elijah’s ascension into heaven as it is written.

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, ask what I shall do for thee, before I been taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
And he said, two hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, they appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan
2king 2:9-15

So also our LORD Jesus Christ even as in the last times before his death on the cross with the eleven apostles, he began even to say

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16:17
Hither to have you asked nothing in my name! ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
John 16:24

The Holy Spirit is as the mantle of Jesus Christ even as Elijah to Elisha even a double portion of the spirit and power of Elijah. The ascension of our LORD Jesus Christ as it was manifest at the mount of olive, it was also manifest at the foot of the cross in a sense that in the dying on the cross we are told
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, my God, My God why have you forsaken me? Some of them that stood there when they heard that , said, this man calleth for Elijah. And straight way one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a read and gave him to drink. The rest said, let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him Jesus, when he had cried again with aloud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rock rent;
Matt 27:46-51

Notice how the renting of the temple veil into two when Christ yielded the Ghost is foreshadowed in Prophet Elisha renting of his own clothes into two after his master was taken into heaven. Also this reveals how that while Christ was on the cross, he first ascended into heaven in spirit even as he descended at the cessation of the breathe.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Luk 23:46

The human (personal) spirit or soul of our LORD Jesus Christ in those three hours of darkness after he was hung on the cross- the Son of man being lifted up came into heaven with filthy garments, and Satan stood at His right hand resisting him for He had now become sin; bearing our sins in his body on that tree. These thing show a fulfilment of the shadow shown in Zech. 3, and being come into heaven in such appearance, the Father being so holy did forsook him but He yielded up his ghost and the sacrifice was completed. His blood by the eternal Spirit offered up to God without spots being acceptable, his filthy garments were removed and our sins purged, even so the inner veil of the temple which represented that in which our sins separates us from God is removed.

For afterwards Elijah’s mantle fell unto Elisha, and he took it after he had rent his clothes. Even so also, the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ was manifest after the veil of sin was torn away and this was seen in the power of the Spirit breaking upon the graves unto the quickening of the dead bodies of the saints at His resurrection.
Now these filthy garments were taken away by those angel who we can say are as the Seraphs of Isaiah’s purging, doing so by the offering of the blood of Jesus Christ which was offered upon the altar of heaven.

"Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled craftsman. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Put the atonement cover on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place
Ex. 26:31-34 NIV

Talking about this curtain, we see that it had works of cherubim entwined in its design. Furthermore in the tabernacle of tents and curtains, we see how that for a wall are curtains used which had embroidery upon them, even the designs of Cherubim. And thereafter in Solomon’s temple and Ezekiel’s temple we see the designs of Cherubim, palm trees and open flowers upon the walls and doors (1King 6:29) even the ceilings and door frames and doors with carvings of Cherubim.
The Mount Sinai of Zion is that which has to do with the spiritual rain of the righteousness, for from thence cometh the law of his testament even the covenant of the blood of Jesus.
The temple of walls and the tabernacle of curtains all a revelation of the LORD’S house, his building, his body which is of His church and the believers, and both doth shows us the deep spiritual relationship of these four creatures; the cherubim to the building of the LORD’S house.
We know that there are twelve apostle foundations of Jesus Christ according to twelve apostles of the Lamb. These twelve apostolic foundations hath much to do with the LORD’S chariots.

LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Judges 5:4-5

God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. When you went out before your people, O God, when you marched through the wasteland,
Ps 68:7-8 NIV

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Isa 45:8

And they come to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.
Exodus 15:27

There are twelve springs of water and also twelve spiritual covers for a covering and for rain over God’s people which are of the twelve apostolic ministries of the Lamb of God on which the church His body is built, these things are chiefly coordinated by chariots; the Cherubim and Seraphim. The Seraphim are more prophetic in that they are seen give praise and worship to the holy One. While we have understood that the cherubim are of the twelve well/springs of salvation, the seraphim are of the seventy palm trees of the righteousness.
The foundation of our LORD Jesus Christ is apostolic and prophetic (Eph. 2:20)

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophet and Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone, in whom all the building fitly framed together growth unto a holy temple in the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
Eph. 2:20-22

All apostles are prophetic but not all prophets are apostolic. The seraphim’s are prophetic and also apostolic, they reveals more of the prophetic foundations of Jesus Christ even in declaring the name of his holiness. The sum of the manifestations of the seraphim and cherubim is of the revelation of the apostolic ministry and priesthood of our LORD Jesus Christ which is expressed in all the fivefold ministry gifts unto his servants in building up His house the church, His temple, the body.
All fivefold ministry gifts have their root in apostles and prophets of the Holy Scriptures.

That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the Holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior
2 Pet. 3:2

The seraphim being seen to be prophetic is seen in their worship of He who sits on the throne along with the twenty four elder and how that in the opening of the first four seals we see how that they calleth to show forth that which is to come. And as these Seraphs declare and show forth that which is to come, the Cherubs are sent forth to execute; the Cherubs being the chariots and horses that execute his commandment. The four angels of the four winds of heaven shown in Rev.7 are a sum of the chariots and horses that executes God’s word. It is this four angels that authorizes the activities of the horsemen seen in the opening of the first four seals. For the horsemen of the first four seals are not of God’s angelic divisions, rather they are of that in which Satan is given limited permission to carry out God’s judgments like in the case of Job.

Their connection and symbolism with the palm tree can be seen in many ways. First, of the seventy elders of the twelve tribes of Israel who did prophesy. Secondly, these Seraphs are as God’s holy bird or holy doves seen in their flying above the throne and the Cherubim are God’s holy beasts or holy horses seen in their running to and fro from under the throne or with the throne. And we know that the birds of the air dwell upon trees mostly and caves of the rock.
The palm branches in Scripture were used in communicating the feast of the tabernacles, in making booths and in praises onto God, such that in Christ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, he was praised with this as we have recorded.

On the next day much people that come to the feast, when palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna blessed is the king of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, fear not daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
John 12:12-15

Now these waving of the palm branches and leaves in which Christ cometh sited on an ass’s colt corresponds to the six wings of the Seraphim with which they also worshiped God, these wings made to be as instruments of music covered with precious stones of fire which are the eyes seen all about them. We are told in the Psalms of doves coved with silver and their feathers with yellow gold (Ps 68:13). Now after that our LORD Jesus was baptized in the river Jordan the spirit of God did came on him as lightening and as a dove.

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mat 3:15-17

Although the Holy Spirit is not a dove but that apostolic anointing with which our LORD Jesus Christ discharged his ministry of Acts 10:38 is that which came forth through the seraphim. For after Isaiah, the son of Amos was ministered to by one of the seraphs, he was sent forth to the people even in that manner which foreshadowed Christ’s ministry. And so the dove that appeared upon Christ is of that in which the Holy Ghost wore the Seraphim as a garment descending upon Him.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luk. 2:9

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Mat 13:13-16

And that anointing and power with which Jesus did work is encapsulated in the seven vials of God’s wine which is given by one of the beasts unto the seven angels on white linen under the sixth seal. For the wine of God’s wrath while it manifests judgments against the enemy, it is unto the empowering of the saints in which they are delivered by judgments in the display of the power of God. For so was Christ anointed to destroy all the works of the devil, even in the judgments of His Cross.

And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Rev 15:6-8

The seven seals are of the seven spirits of God. The seven Trumpets proclaims the seven names of the LORD unto the seven churches. The seven seals are those seven things that the lamb is worthy to receive Rev 5:12 which are of God Rev 7:12

These Seraphs in essence are the custodians of the anointing and power of the Holy Ghost. The dove that descended upon Jesus Christ had on them the fire and the eyes of the LORD. These eyes and fire are of the seven Spirits of God by which they operated, and these are the Spirits of the anointing of God upon Jesus Christ.

And out of the throne proceeded lightening and thundering and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.
And before the throne there was a sea of glass line unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Rev 4:5-6

In a sense John the Baptist was Elijah and Jesus Christ being baptized by him was as an Elisha that receives the mantle of Elijah, a double portion of the spirit and power at work in him. So as the ministry of the two witnesses is concluded under the fifth seal, they ascend into heaven in a cloud and their mantle falls upon the remnant (who is as Elisha) in and through the manifestations of the seven vials under the sixth seal.

And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them come up hitter. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city sell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Rev 11:13

The tenth part of the city mentioned here is greatly related to the tenth part of the teil tree that is left in Isaiah’s vision

Then said I, lord, how long? And he answered, until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the LORD have removed man far away and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. but yet in it shall be a tout and it shall return and shall be eaten as a tail teil tree and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
            Isa. 6:11-13

Concerning John’s baptism Jesus saith suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness this John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance.

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mat 3:5-6

And so, if Jesus did fulfil the righteousness of John’s baptism, He must also had been making confession of sins not His own sins for He knew no sin but He made intercession for sinners, for His people of whom He became identified with. And this His commission is as that which Prophet Isaiah typified, how that afterward he saw the glory of God and exclaimed his unworthiness; declaring his uncleanness, the Seraph did manifest unto Isaiah an anointing of fire and purging. And this is as that in which one of the holy doves or the dove (the Seraphim), descending upon the LORD, did manifest the anointing and power of the Holy Ghost by which Jesus was sent unto ministry.

ANGELS: SERAPHIMS AND CHERUBIMS

The book of Ezekiel reveals how that the cherubim which are four living creatures constitute the Lord`s chariots, in  Ezekiel 2 considering the description of these chariots in Ezek. 1and 10 we can observe, that it is in one place seen as one creature and in another four creatures, each having four heads.

And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched from over their heads above.
Ezek. 1: 22

Also out of the midst there of come the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of man.                                                                                         Ezek. 1:5

Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as appearance at the likeness of the throne.
Ezek. 10:1

And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out. And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man’s hand under their wings
Ezek. 10:7-8

This living creatures or these four living creatures in that description of their activities in which they run and return as flashes of lighting unveils them to be the four chariots that goeth forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth as shown in Zech. 6:5-7. Furthermore the association of the movement of their wings and wheels being associated with the cloud of his glory and the whirlwind unveils them to be the four angels of the four winds of heaven revealed in Rev 7:1-3. These four angels being considered in another perspectives as a single living creature is the white horse that the LORD of host sits upon as seen in Rev. 19

And saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and truth, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.                                                                                                           Rev. 19:11

Having established these premises, we shall begin to examine the relationship between the seraphim and cherubim. Before we do this, we will need to explore more of what is revealed in scriptures about the seraphim. The seraphim are first encountered in Isaiah’s vision, Isa 6:1-7. Comparing the description of the bodies and their activities with that which is seen in the throne room of Rev 4, we can conclude that the four beasts before the throne of God in Rev 4 were the same that Isaiah saw which are the seraphim.
First of all we are to note that while the seraphim are surrounding the throne and sometimes hovering above it, the cherubim are distinctly seen under the throne.
In Rev 6 and Zech. 6, we see that the four beasts before the throne of God gives authority to four groups of horse riders. Before we go further, let us consider the heads of both the seraphim and the cherubim.

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Ezek. 1:10

And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast a calf, and the third beast had face of a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Rev 4:7

The four beast calls John to come see and is show four riders on different coloured horses. These horses were authorized to manifest different judgements. We in considering Zech. 6 discover that these coloured horses have the same colours with the four chariots that goeth from standing before the LORD. Of course the four horsemen of Rev 6:1-7 are different from the four chariots of the LORD. For the fourth horsemen “Death and Hades” are not God’s ally for in Rev 20:14, they are cast into the lake of fire.

Studying the book of Ezekiel unto whom the four living creatures were revealed in great details and the subsequent judgements and prophecies that follows, we will understand that that in which this creatures run to and fro the earth, returning as flashes of lighting do they execute God’s word in the issues of the plagues and judgement which in Ezekiel 14 are summed up into four.

For thou saith the lord GOD; how much more when i send my four sore judgements upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it men and beast.      Ezek. 14:21

And in that day will I make covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safety.                                                                     Hos. 2:18

The seraphim did call John to come and see but we are neither told nor shown that the things which the horsemen received were given to them by these four beasts. We would say that the seraphim in manifesting the opening of the first four seals reveals how that it is through the cherubim in allowing and empowering these four horsemen that these four plagues are exerted against the inhabitants of the earth with the church still in it. In this according to the prophecies of Hosea 2 is the church punished also of their sins and under the fifth seal is she in the wilderness where God allures her and is taken and in the sixth seal, the false bride is judged and in seventh seal the bow, sword and the battle is broken.

Concerning the angels, they are some key truth that are revealed in scriptures.
Considering the seal- the four hundred years of the bondage of Abraham seed is as the first four seals- the fifth seal manifesting the two witnesses and their various plagues is as Moses and Aaron exerting those ten plagues even into their journey in the wilderness where the children of Israel are preserved and are thus fed forty years with manna in the company of the two witnesses. Their crossing the river Jordan is that opening of the sixth seal that unleashes the wrath of the Lamb after the seven vials had being poured forth. The sixth trumpet unleashes the four angels of the river trumpeted unto the war of Armageddon.

As Moses and Aaron in the plague led out the Israelites unto the crossing of the Red Sea so the two witnesses in their numerous plagues brings out God’s people from Babylon even as the two angels brought Lot and his family out Sodom. Concerning these two angelic visitors there is much to assert from the previous study, we do see how that the Seraphim orchestrates the activities of the Cherubim.

The Cherubim have four faces on their head, this gives these angelic beings the ability to take any form as necessary to executes God’s command in any of the four classes of living creatures in the heavens, earth and sea. The form, appearance and likeness that angels can take and the multiplicity of their activity is that which is inherent in their nature. Angels can appear as horses, as a lion, as eagle, as man or woman as the assignment may require. In the design of the ark of the testament, we are shown a description of the two covering cherub, that cover the atonement cover with their wings. In the design of the walls and curtains of the temple are embroidered and engraved designs of cherubim having a man’s head and a lion’s head in between the palm trees.

Concerning the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the appearance unto father Abraham and the angels unto Lot, with scriptural parallelism of similar events, we see in the case of Elisha who was surround with horses and chariots of fire pointing to that in which that these two angels that comes unto Lot are of the cherubim that goeth forth from standing before the LORD. For the men Sodom were struck with blindness even as the host of Syria on coming to surround Elisha habitation in Dothan were struck with blindness after Elisha’s servants eyes were opened to see the vision of horses and chariots of fire.

And he pressed open them greatly, and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did have unleavened bread and they did eat.                                                                                                     Gen 19:3

In the night before Lot and his family were to be delivered from the hand of the People of Sodom and Gomorrah, there was a form of the feast of unleavened bread even as in the night that the children of Israel were to be delivered from Egypt, they have the feast of unleavened bread. The mystery of the body and blood of Jesus Christ in that feast delivereth the saints from Sodom and Egypt.
Now considering the life of the prophets Elijah and Elisha, both function in the same spirit and power and of them both, it is declared “my father, my father, the horsemen of Israel and the chariot thereof. And we see these two prophets’ associated angelic chariot and horses.

And it came to pass, and they still went on, and talked, that, behold, they appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted theme both asunder; and Elijah went up by whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them into pieces.                                                                     
2Kings 2:11-12

It is not that Elijah was a chariot or a horsemen, both as a prophet and father over Israel, he was a commander of the activities of this angelic host and of such he did possess the spiritual force and power that is a chariot even as it. As there were horses and chariot of fire round Elisha in his environment where he lived so it is to manifest God’s angelic host that manifest territorial authority. So God’s horses and chariots of fire constitutes the divine territorial spirits.
Is expressed illustrated in the scripture below.

And it came to pass in the seven time, that he said behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not ... And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
1King 18:44-46

We note that Elijah was empowered by the hand of the LORD to be faster and be better than the king’s chariot. The phrase “... And gird up your loins” reveals to us the place of the belt of truth in our spiritual armoury and how that it is state and condition influences the character of the spiritual strength and power.
Prophet Elisha who was warning on the spirit and power of Elijah having these angelic hosts of cherubim, horses and chariots of fire ministering to him by asking of the LORD did direct their affairs even is smiting the Syrian host with blindness as the two angels that came to Sodom in Lot’s house. And so our LORD Jesus Christ did say

Thinkest thou that I can now pray to my father, and he shall presently give more than twelve legions of angels?
Matt 26:53

The LORD’S army consists of chariots and horsemen.

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels; the lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place
Ps 63:17

And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horsed, clothed in fine linen, white and clean
Rev 19:14

According to the different facilities of the human soul, the spirit has varying depths of manifestation from the mind to the emotions explained above.
Concerning the sixth trumpet and the sixth seal were shall usher in the fay of the LORD after the judgement of the seven walls are poured forth are given a detailed description of the Lord’s army in Joel 2
Blow yet the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is right at hand ... The appearance of them is as the appearances of horses, and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the top of the mountains shall they leap, like the noise of the flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.                                                                                                            Joel 2

The astral realm is the realm of the power of the air, it is that which is the interest of the spiritual and physical realities in the air which holds the breathe of life and is defined by imaginations and that which is of our human spirit that flows through our breathe; the breathe of life in our nostrils.

Son of man, prophecy against the prophets of Israel that prophecy, and say thou unto them that prophecy out of their hearts, hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD GOD; woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! They have seen vanity and lying divination... Therefore thus saith the lord God; Because ye have spoken vanity and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the LORD GOD.                                                                                Ezek. 13:1-8

The passage of scriptures shows us the link between our spirits and the human imagination proceeding out of the mind of his heart. In Genesis 6 in the judgement of the flood we see that which associates our imagination with the air, through the breathe of life in our nostrils.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.... And the LORD said, I will destroy whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:5-7

And Noah build an altar unto the LORD; and took out every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
Gen 8:5-7

The seraphim, the four beasts before the throne in whose worship, the clouds of God’s glory are manifest are the creatures of the golden altar of sweet incense unto God. These are spirits of the golden altar and constitutes the voice of the golden altar. As these creatures were manifest in the unleashing of the four horsemen of Revelation 6 so are they manifest in unleashing the four angels held on the river Euphrates.

And the sixth angel sounded and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden alter which is before God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, loose the four angels which are  bound him the great river Euphrates.
Rev 9:13-14

With that understanding which we obtain from this sense in the vision we shall understand, the relationship between the seal and the trumpet that the opening of the seals causes the sounding of the trumpet and in the sounding of the trumpet the beast commands the angel blowing the trumpet to authorize the necessary horsemen/men to execute the determined judgement whose activities on their exertions results in that which is described under the trumpets.
The four living creatures in their names are righteousness and judgement, mercy and truth. These are the four living creatures that are before the throne of God even as God’s chariots and horses are called salvation. These are the exactors of God’s word in the city, Zion. While the seraphs are about the throne, the chariots are about the city.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgement are the habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Ps. 97:2-3
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.                                                                Ps 85:10
Justice and judgement are the habitation of my throne; mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Ps 39:14
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty… And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach these terrible things.
Ps 45:3-4
...... Thou didst ride upon thine horse and thy chariots of salvation.
Hab. 3:5
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron; I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Isa 60:17

We see one of these seraphs ministering the righteousness and judgements of God for the cleansing of Isaiah’s uncleanness of lips in Isaiah 6. And so these could also be the angels that removes the filthy garments from Joshua the high priest, robbing him with new garments of righteousness and salvation with a crown of glory in Zech. 3. And also they could be the ones that coronate Jesus as the High priest when he ascended into Heaven at His resurrection to offer up his blood even as foreshadowed in the vision concerning Joshua, the high priest.
As these beasts are seen giving vials to the seven angels of Rev 15, coals of fire unto Isaiah, coal of fire unto the man clothed in linen of Ezek. 10. We can say that they are that which shall manifest the garment, robs and crowns of the saints....

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth those who are the heirs of salvation.
Heb. 1:14

The four unique descriptions of the beast manifest a fourfold revelation of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who is the beast of our salvation even as he is that serpent that Moses lifts in the wilderness.

The face of a man    > The Son of man
The face of a lion     > The Lion of the tribe of Judah
The face of an Ox     > The Lamb of God
The face of an eagle >The Son of righteousness/ Bright morning Star.

Talking about the seals and the trumpet, we shall understand that Moses and Aaron doth typifies the two witness who in going unto the LORD God, standeth against Pharaoh unto the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt unto the wilderness. And after the death of both of them, in that Moses was buried and was no longer found perhaps God taking him- The children of Israel are led up to cross the river Jordan is as the crossing of the river Jordan after which prophet Elijah ascends into the heaven. These and much more shows us how that the ministry of two prophets of Rev. 11 is similar to Moses and Aaron, in that the two witnesses both shall manifests plagues against the people of the beast in Sodom and Egypt and are also as a prophetic covering like the wings of an eagle in the wilderness similar to the Israelites journey in the wilderness for 31/2 years after which they are killed. In the ascension of this two witness, the children of God crosses the spiritual river Jordan and are called up into heaven.

In their death, the fifth seal is fulfilled and in their ascension into heaven, the sixth seal and seven vials are manifest and God’s people crosses into the spiritual Canaan of their inheritance of the earth which is they shall fight through the seven vials unto the day of the LORD in the seventh vial, even as the Israelites fought battles after the crossing into Jordan beginning with Jericho. This Jericho the first, is the strategy in which the saints through the seven vials shall take over the kingdoms of the world under the sixth seal.

THE ANGEL OF THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD

We see this angel in Rev. 7:2-3, this is the Angel of Rev. 10 who give John the book to eat. The sealing of the servants of God is in the eating of the scroll. This Angel is an encapsulation of the revelation of the Glory of the LORD even the Spirit moving upon the living creature. The roar of a Lion given by this Angel is that which is spoken in Rev. 7:2-3

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Rev 7:2-3

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:  And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Rev 10:1-3

The voices of the seven thunders are unto the numberings of the twelve tribes of Israel.

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. Rev 10:4-8

We see that the cross our LORD Jesus Christ is the seal of the Living God and it is unto that in which we should drink His Cup and be baptized in His Baptism. And so the LORD Jesus admonished His followere to take up their cross and follow Him. For the cross we see that name and title is encrypt of the seal of the Living God. The name “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS” was written in three languages.

And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Joh 19:19-20 

We can see it is written in

            GREEK             à        This has to do with the Father’s name “Alpha and Omega”

            HEBREW          à        The place in Hebrew called “Golgotha, the place of the skull” shows

how the name of the city of our God shall be written upon our heads even on the skull.

LATIN               à        This is the LORD’s new name in Latin “JESUS” as much as we see

how the English Language is fathered by Latin, the language of Rome .

We see how Christ in speaking of the overcomers, He speaks of writing His Father’s name, the name of the new Jerusalem and His new name on them. These are they who watch and pray, keeping the word of His Patience. It is only those who was and keep this word of His patience that will receive the seal of the Living God which should preserve them from the hour of trial that come on the whole world to test them that live on the earth.

Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. Rev 3:9-12