My Prophetic Outlook of 2012

The date of April 6, 2009 was found counting 1260 (3.5 X 360) days back from the Feast of Trumpets in 2012. Paul gave us Feast of Trumpets (I Thess. 4-5) for Christ's return, and Daniel (12:10-12) gave us the year which is 45 years after Jerusalem was retaken by Jews in 1967. All other dates are merely my conjecture. For how my post-trib view of the fulfillments of the seals, trumpets, and vials, read the 2011 booklet on my site at http://www.kneelingmedia.org/AwakeBride/.

On April 6, 2009, President Obama began his 3.5 years as the “little horn” by announcing in Turkey that “The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.” In the first three months of 2011, President Obama systematically removed three of the ten horns of the Sunni beast: Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. President Obama has not attempted to remove the two horns of the Shia beast: Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi army in Iraq; and Ahmadenijad, the dictator of Iran (Persia). The Sunni and Shia hate the idolatrous Wahhabi of Saudi Arabia (whore of Babylon).

In October 2011, the US uncovered an Iranain plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador in DC. The Saudis are afraid the Iranians will attack them on their own soil. Al-Qaeda's attempts to blow-up the Kaaba in Mecca failed, but the Sunni beast will destroy the Jeddah-Mecca area (possibly with a little help from Shia Iran). The port of Jeddah sends out oil tankers throughout the world. The Saudis have had the US and other countries wrapped around their little oily fingers for generations.

“And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.” (Rev. 17:12-18)

This destruction will be quick and devastating, and the smoke will be visible for miles.

“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall mourn her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come.” (Rev. 18:8-10)

That sounds like a conventional bomb. This is “mystery Babylon” not the city in Iraq. Babylon was the religious center of its time, today all Muslims pray facing Mecca.

The book of Esther is read during Israel's holiday of Purim. Purim is March 8, 2012 this year. In Persia, Haman cast lots (purim) for the best day to annihilate the Jews, and arrived with the 13th of Adar (Esther 3:13), which is the twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar. Because Esther fasted and prayed and boldly pleaded to the king for her people, the Jews were granted authrority to kill their persecutors on that day instead. Though Leon Panetta suggested Israel may attack Iran in April, May or June, I think March 8th would be poetic justice for the modern-day Haman.

Today on The 700 Club, Erick Stakelbeck stated that war against Israel would occur this year. He also suggested Isaiah 17:1 might be fulfilled soon.

“The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.” (Isaiah 17:1)

For more of Stakelbeck's amazing indepth reporting, check out his “Stakelbeck on Terror” at
http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror and don't be alarmed if his site is under attack and difficult to view. Though Tiglath-Pileser beseiged Damascus for three years, the Assyrians did not leave it as a heap of ruins.

This April 6, 2012 will be the evening prior to Passover commemorating Yahweh's deliverance of the Jews from Egypt. Egyptians might seek some poetic justice of their own in attacking Israel that day or during the following week of Unleavened Bread.

On the day of Messiah's return, September 16, 2012, some country is going to use chemical and/or nuclear bombs according to Zechariah, or the LORD will simulate something like it.

“And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.” (Zechariah 14:12-15)

Stay close to the LORD Jesus in prayer, and obey what His Holy Spirit tells you to do, because the coming days will be very perilous. 2011 saw the most earthquakes of any single year, and had ten different billion dollar disasters in the US alone. Jesus told us of the increase of quakes and signs in the sky (Matthew 24). I pray you are prepared.

Christmas 2011

In the first edition of The Maya (1966), author Michael D. Coe suggested the date of December 24, 2011 as one on which the Maya believed "Armageddon would overtake the degenerate peoples of the world and all creation." Also associated with this date was a catastrophic earthquake that would cause a one-world government to assemble and intervene.
On December 13, 2011, Dutchsinse gave an earthquake update in which he stated the west-coast of the US was due for a 5.0 – 6.0 quake in the next two weeks, which is not devastating. Geologists and prophets are expecting the Big One.
I have heard journalists and military experts say that if Israel was going to take out Iran's nuclear facilities it would have to be before winter. Since Christmas Eve isn't important to Jews, and news outlets give their major reporters time off, maybe it would be an opportune time for Israel to make a pre-emptive attack. The US has pulled its troops out of Iraq and may have left some fuel behind for Israel to refuel its jets.
Jesus was not born on December 25th, but legends say Mithra(s) was born from the rock on that day. Mithra was linked to the Sun and bulls, like Egyptian god Ra. The Vedic word mitra means “to bind” and is associated with judgment. So it would be interesting if the world sought to mete out 'justice' on that day against Israel after their “pre-emptive” strike against Iran who has been at war with them through Hamas and Hezbollah for over a decade.

“12And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13And 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. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” (Rev. 16:12-16)

If Israel strikes Iran militarily, that doesn't mean troops of the world will be on the ground at Megiddo the next day. Though Turkey caused the Euphrates to dry up in 2008, they would need to do so again for the Muslim armies to cross it and fulfill the sixth vial. Now that US troops are out of Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr can revive his Mahdi Army. Notice that our Savior places a note of His second coming in this build up toward the battle at Megiddo. For Jesus Chirst will come and gather His saints and we will join Him in destroying the armies attacking Israel as His warrior Bride.

Fulfillment of prophecy on August 23, 2011

Recap regarding how I arrived at the date of August 23, 2011 for the beginning of the sixth trumpet and vial.

In 2007 I began earnest study of the “feasts of the LORD” and their prophetic fulfillments. I discovered Messiah fulfillfed the Spring and Summer feasts in order at the end of His first coming. Yeshua became our Lamb sacrifice on Passover, He was entombed as the Sinless Savior during the feast of unleavened bread, and He rose the third day on the feast of first fruits. Yeshua is the resurrection and the life! He physically walked and ate with His disciples for 40 days in His resurrected body, and then ascended to heaven; and sent them His Holy Spirit 7 days later on feast of weeks (pentecost). 3 + 40 + 7 = 50 days

I discovered that the first fall feast was not named, nor was it known when to celebrate during Messiah's time on earth, because the Sanhedrin had to verify/sanctify the new moon; so it was the only feast no one knew the day nor hour to celebrate it. Jesus had answered His disciples exactly which day to expect Him to return. Those who know the feasts of the LORD, know Messiah returns on the “memorial for blowing trumpets”. The memorial of Joseph being raised by pharaoh to power and given a wife. In Hebrew ceremonies, the groom arrives after sunset to escort his bride to the wedding; he steals her away like a 'thief'.

“But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” (1 Thess. 5:1-4)

After some study, I knew Daniel predicted the year of Messiah's first coming as the Prince when God declared “This is my beloved Son” at His baptism in 29 AD, 483 years from Artaxerxes decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. By reading commentaries prior to the 1800's I learned it was traditionally accepted that Messiah then made a covenant of faith with many Jews, and was cut-off in the middle of the “week”, 3.5 years into His ministry. The remaining 3.5 years “until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured on the desolate” was fulfilled during the Israel-Roman War from 66-70 AD in which the Daniel's “holy city” was burned and destroyed.
As I read the entire book of Daniel, I discovered there was more than one “abomination of desolation”; in particular one which the reader should “understand”.

“Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” (Daniel 12:9-12) 1290 years + 45 years more = 1335 years

I investigated as to when the Muslim abominations had been “set up” on the Temple Mount. The Dome of the Rock was constructed in 687 AD. The wooden Al-Aqsa Mosque was started between 670-674, and seen completed by Gaullic bishop Arculf who lived in Palestine between 679 and 682 (Medieval Jerusalem and Islamic Worship by Amikam Elad). Trying the years 674-679, I found that starting with the year 677 AD + 1290 = 1967 which was the year Jews regained the Temple Mount. Forty-five years later came to 2012. Daniel's prophecy of the year of Christ's return was “sealed” until the first seal was opened on September 11, 2001. I imagine others have discovered it as well. On January 11, 2009 I published my first video on how the first seals had already been opened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWJ03U70EWI
Rosh haShanah in 2012 is September 16th.

“Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.” (Rev. 9:14-15)

The three and a half years of the tribulation equal 1260 days based upon 30 day months (Rev. 11:2-3). Using this verse as a time marker for the 6th trumpet, 12 x 30 + 1 x 30 + 1 = 391 days. Counting backwards 391 days brought me to August 23, 2011 for the beginning of the 6th trumpet.
As I studied Revelation, I noticed the parallels of the judgments of the trumpets and vials. On page 598 of J. Barton Payne' “Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy” I saw a chart which showed the trumpets and vials in tandem.
Counting backward 3.5 years x 360 days = 1260 days from September 16, 2012 came to April 6, 2009 for the beginning of Revelation's Great Tribulation. Though I had the bulk of my book, “Awake, Bride” completed before that date, and rushed a first edition, it had many typos, so I was able to include what happened on that date in my revision. I then began producing videos to accompany the book. Then with work and moving, I set it all aside for a season; during which time I had missed recognizing the first two trumpets and vials. By the time of Japan's quake and nuclear disaster, I was confused that the 3rd trumpet seemed to be out of order. Then I carefully reviewed the disasters since April 6, 2009, and came to realize everything was perfectly in order, and I published a fulfillment update to “Seals, Trumpets and Vials” and produced a video about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3tmdjitOk

Well, I didn't know what 'sign' would occur at the beginning of 6th trumpet and seal on August 23, 2011, but just like the sign of the beginning of the Great Tribulation on April 6, 2009, it involves Obama "the son of perdition" and the US "that withholds" being “taken out of the way”. I think the earthquake jarring the US capitol is one of God's warnings to the American people to make sure they're on God's side in support of Israel and not on Obama's side who recently asked Netanyahu to apologize to Turkey when they ran Israel's blockade last year; the earthquake was God's response. It cracked the Washington Monument signifying America is damaged, and will be further damaged. Several Israelis were killed by Egyptian Muslims last week, and Israel killed an Islamic Jihad member in Gaza on August 23, 2011 as a sign that Israel eventually is victorious. (http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/aug2011/jay825.htm) The UN is already blaming Israel for that surgical strike. The UN also felt the earthquake of God's response.
I have been faithful to freely publish what Almighty God has enabled me to see in His Word. (www.kneelingmedia.org) I pray many followers of Yeshua will study it and be prepared for His return on September 16, 2012.

The Next Holocaust: Obama Signing 2008 was a Signal, not a Gaff

My husband and I went to the Dallas Holocaust Museum on Memorial day. There I learned that though deaths had occurred from 1933 to 1945, the upswing began on June 7, 1941; and that 80% of all Jews killed during WWII were killed in 1942. Searching further I found that the war became global on June 22, 1941 when the Nazis entered the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union suffered the highest casualties of WWII: 27 million, which was 13% of their population. Poland had the highest percentage of casualties at more than 18%, and Lithuania had almost 14%. The Nazis invaded Lithuania in June, 1941, and 80% of their Jewish population were killed by the end of the year.

I noted that June 7, 2011 would be 70 years since the upswing in the slaughter of Jews began. Seventy is the number of nations listed in Genesis 10. Seventy years was a prophesied punishment for the Jews to be under Babylonian control and exile (Jer. 25:11 and Daniel 9:2), which presaged Daniel's 70 sevens prophecy regarding Messiah's first coming (Daniel 9:24-27).

Isaiah 23:13-18 “Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Howl, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that have been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.”

Because of “wilderness” connections to Rev. 12:6 and 14, I think this passage may have something to do with the USA. After WWII, the USA became the world's super-power, but then its morals began to decay. Though evolution was taught in public schools since the early 1900's, by the early 1960's America legally cast aside Creator God (1962 removed school-sponsored prayer and 1963 removed school-sponsored Bible reading) which led to legalization of homosexuality (in 1973 it ceased being a psychological aberrant behavior) and abortion (1973 Roe v. Wade) and other sins. America has become a spiritual “harlot”, but the USA is not the “mother of harlots” (Rev. 17:1-7) which is Saudi Arabia. The presidents of the USA have built a bond with Saudi Arabia since WWII which JFK tried to sever and was assassinated for his attempt. (The Dallas Holocaust Museum is across the street from the book depository museum of JFK's assassination.)

The Islamic calendar begins with Mohammed's hajj (AH 0) in 622 AD, but because they use a lunar calendar which is 11-12 days shorter than a solar year of 365.25 days; their total years can't easily be subtracted. In early Islamic prophecy, the AH 1400th year would see the forerunners of the Mahdi, the Muslim savior. The AH 1400th year was 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini led the Iranian revolution of those seeking the Mahdi. Also, according to prophecy for that year, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty. “Before the final hour, there will be a dusty and smoky tribulation like patches of dark light.” (Sunan Abu Dawud). Osama bin Laden, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi to his followers, planned to fulfill this prophecy in the prophetic year AH1421 = 2001 AD.

Abdullah-bin-Umar said, "I memorized a Hadith of the Messenger of Allah which I have not forgotten. I heard the Messenger of Allah say, 'The first of the Signs that will come is the rising of the sun from the place of its setting and the emergence of the Daabba to people in Duha (later portion of the morning before noon). Whichever of these two (signs) occurs before the other, then the other one will occur immediately after it." (Sahih Muslim) Dabba is a thing or a creature that “speaks” and gives a particular message, which is addressed to all of mankind.
According to the tradition, Imam Ali ibn Abi-Talib (Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law) prophesied that at the End of Times, the “Ultimate Savior”, a “tall black man will assume the reins of government in the West,” commanding “the strongest army on earth”.
Obama's emblem during his campaign, looked like the sun rising on America, the West. During his campaign in 2008, Obama made speeches outside of America to the world, and the world accepted him as their president, and some accepted him as their messiah.
Islamic prophecy for 2008 AD was that it would be the year of victory for morals and the Koran when a leader unites Islam and helps to introduce the Mahdi. On May 24, 2011, President Obama signed a guest book with the year 2008; this was a signal, not a gaff. It was a signal for the Mahdi to be introduced to the world from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This may occur June 7th, the day Israel reclaimed Jerusalem during the 6-day war; another 'nakba' day for Muslims. It may occur later this summer so that it will be in connection to the Gaza flotilla. The leader of the Mahdi army in Iraq is Muqtada al-Sadr. On May 26, 2011, the 70,000 strong Mahdi army marched in Baghdad as two million people cheered [http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136671832/al-sadr-followers-rally-in-iraq-against-u-s-troops].

The signal has been given, and the stage has been set for “the final solution” (holocaust), WWIII against Israel, the war of Armageddon. Recall 80% of all Jews killed during WWII were killed in 1942; the same may happen in 2012. Unto the Sunni “beast of the sea” with seven heads and ten horns “was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations (Rev. 13:7). “And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful" (Rev. 17:12-14).

Locusts of the 5th Trumpet are Swarms of Muslim Rebels

The first time locusts are mentioned in the Bible is with the 8th plague of the exodus (Ex. 10:4). These locusts were a one-time phenomenon (Ex. 10:14), and they were associated with darkness.

“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened [chashak]; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 10:15)

Chashak means to withhold light. The locusts' swarm was so thick it blocked sunlight. These locusts ate everything green which had not been destroyed by the hail. This is unlike the locusts of the 5th trumpet who were commanded “that they should not hurt [adikeo] the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” (Rev. 9:4) This is a big clue that these are not typical locusts.

Our first clue is that the locusts of today came from the smoke of the abyss (Rev. 9:2-3) and are commanded by a 'fallen star' king who opened the abyss (Rev. 9:1,11) Natural locusts have no king (Proverbs 30:27) Today's locusts are “given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power” (Rev. 9:3).

During their exodus, the children of Israel were led through wilderness containing fiery serpents and scorpions (Deut. 8:15). The Middle East has several different venomous scorpions which cause human deaths every year. Scorpions of the earth have power to sting and inject venom which paralyzes or kills their prey, but God commands these locust-scorpions to not kill yet to torment a particular people group who are not sealed with God's Holy Spirit (Rev. 9:4-5).

God equated scorpions with rebels.
“And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” (Ezekiel 2:6)

God gave this command to Ezekiel along with a scroll which he ate and tasted sweet (Ezek. 2:8-3:4), but then later became bitter when he had to prophesy (Ezek. 3:14-17). This is similar to the scroll John was asked to eat after God revealed the seven thunders to him and before He sent him to prophesy (Rev. 10:8-11)

Jesus associated scorpions with Satan, and gave His disciples power over them.
“And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt [adikeo] you." (Luke 10:18-19)

Adikeo is to be unjust, that is, (actively) do wrong (morally, socially or physically): - hurt, injure, be an offender, or be unjust (Strong's). Christians are protected by Christ's promise in Luke and in Revelation that these scorpion rebels will not hurt us.

Amos saw a vision of grasshoppers come upon the land, but interceded, and the Lord relented and did not bring it upon king Jeroboam II of Israel (Amos 7:1-3). The prophet Joel predicted a plague of locusts during the reign of king Uzziah of Judah which did occur. In Joel 1:4, some scholars assume Joel was describing the four growth stages of locusts. After hatching from the egg, a nymph is called a hopper; what most of us recognize as the green grasshopper. But after heavy rains when lots of green vegetation exists, solitary grasshoppers can change into gregarious locusts. Green nymphs change to yellow and black locusts, immature adults change from brown to red locusts, and mature adults change from brown to yellow locusts. The coasts of the Red Sea are their natural breeding grounds.

In Joel 2:2, the plague of locusts is now a plague of “people” who blot out the sun (Joel 2:10). The people of Judah heeded Joel's warnings and fasted and prayed for deliverence from such an army; whereas the people of Israel did not heed Amos, and were taken away into captivity.

“For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.” (Joel 1:6)
“. . . and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.” (Rev. 9:8)
The Sunni “beast of the sea” has the “mouth of of a lion” (Rev. 13:2); it “had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces (Daniel 7:7).

“The Mahometans speak much of God being the Maker of locusts; they say he made them of the clay which was left at the formation of Adam; and represent him saying, I am God, nor is there any Lord of locusts besides me, who feed them, and send them for food to the people, or as a punishment to them, as I please: they call them the army of the most high God, and will not suffer any to kill them.” (John Gill's Bible Commentary) I have not been able to verify this.

“The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness." (Joel 2:4-6)
“And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. . . . And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.” (Rev. 9:7-9)

Though John never quoted the Old Testament directly in Revelation, he indirectly quoted it or alluded to it. Both of them tell us about this final battle prior to the LORD's return.
“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. . . . Assemble yourselves, and come, all you heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause your mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.” (Joel 3:2, 11-17)
“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to 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 watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 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 lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were on 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 to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath." (Rev. 16:14-19)
“For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. Flee out of the middle of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense. Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. The LORD has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.” (Jeremiah 51:5-10)

The locusts of the 5th trumpet are swarms of Muslim rebels upon whom the LORD will have His vengeance.

Riots and Debt according to Habakkuk

Habakkuk once warned Israel of impending violence from the Chaldeans (Babylonians of the Euphrates), because the Israelites had committed violence which had gone unpunished.

“. . . for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument. For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.” Habakkuk 1:3b-4 (Bible in Basic English-BBE)

The Chaldean “makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them. . . . and there is no end to his destruction [slaughter] of the nations.” (Hab. 1:10+17b BBE) The Babylonians would lay siege to walled cities and starve them out. Those in the Middle East now are making little of their rulers through mob protest and riots.

“And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence [hormema] shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.” (Rev. 18:21 AKJV)

“Hormema” is only used this once in Scripture. It means a rush, as in “they rushed with one accord into the theater” (Acts 19:29c). It means an assault or a mob causing a riot. It looks as though the entire ancient Babylonian empire will be brought down through riots. Then Osama bin Laden and his mujahadeen, empowered by the pit of hell (Rev. 9), will take five months beginning March 26th to organize through violence the last Islamic caliphate known as “the beast” (Rev. 13).

“And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run [rush] that reads it.” (Hab. 2:2)
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.” (Rev. 18:4)

Though many Christians have voluntarily left the Muslim Middle Eastern countries, or have been driven out. God is making His final call to those believers remaining to hurry up and leave because His plagues are about to be poured out.
For “that wicked” “man of pride”, who is weighed down by debt, is gathering the nations to himself. What did you think all of that bowing to Muslim and fascist leaders was all about? His creditors will suddenly turn on him. The great city of Babylon (Mecca-Jeddeh, Saudi Arabia) will fall, and the nations will gather for war against Israel at Armageddon.

“A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself. Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors! Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war? Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.” (Hab. 2:5-8)

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” (Rev. 14:8)
“For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.” (Rev. 16:14)

The war will last for one year, one month, one day, and one hour (Rev. 9:15) until midnight of Rosh Hashannah in 2012, and then the glory of Jesus returning to earth with flashes of lightning and great earthquakes will end the battle as He crushes the nations to save Israel.

“He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret. Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet. From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal. . . . You went stepping through the land in wrath, crushing the nations in your passion. You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah." (Hab. 3:4-13)

Iran's Trap for Israel

Revelation 6:3-4 "3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword."
Sword is machaira in Greek; meaning a large sword (like a machete) for cutting flesh and killing. It is the feminine form of mache, a battle.
Revelation 8:7-8 "7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."
Sword is rhomphaia in Greek; meaning a sabre or cutlass, which is comparable to the scimitar. The Persian word for scimitar is shamshir, meaning 'lion's claw'.
Beasts is therion in Greek; meaning wild or venomous beasts. It is based upon thera, which means hunting with a snare or trap, and figuratively to prepare the destruction of men.
Iran has set its trap for the destruction of Israel with Hezbollah in the north (2006 war) and Hamas in the south (Dec. 2008 current war) while Iran prepares the components given to it from Russia and other countries to produce a "great sword". In December, 2008 Russia sold Iran S-300 long-range missiles as an "air defense" system. [http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=5789]
As Iran keeps tormenting Israel into battles, Islam is fomenting its hatred for the Jews worldwide, and most media is playing into their hands. They will eventually turn the whole world against Israel and demand its destruction.
Revelation 16:13-16 "13And 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. 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
Although they are bent upon another Holocaust. Jesus will come to deliver His people and to slaughter the unbelievers.
Revelation 17:14 "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
Notice just prior to the battle of Armageddon, Jesus tells His Bride to watch for His coming; and when Jesus engages the enemy, His chosen and faithful Bride is with Him to do battle. Wake up, Bride, and keep your garments pure and righteous.

For more info on the rapture of the Bride of Christ, see the lesson on Resurrections and Rapture at www.KneelingMedia.org/AwakeBride/