Welcome to my "Stars of the Bible" blog on information dealing with Bible prophecy and our current military technology.  I started this blog in 2011 with an examination of all the different stars found in the Bible.  You can find this information in the blog archive under June 2011. 

My intent with this blog was to provide some military explanations of the prophecies found in the Bible.  However, I started preparing a series of lessons for church groups and friends.  I returned to this blog in 2020 and decided it would be a good place for anyone to access the information in my lessons.  A total of 7 lessons can be found in the blog archive. They are:

Jan 2020                Lesson 1              Indicators of Christ's Return

                              Lesson 2              Prophecy Overview

                              Lesson 3              The Four Horsemen (part 1, 2, and 3)

Feb 2020               Lesson 4              When the Stars Fall (part 1 and 2)

Mar 2020              Lesson 4              When the Stars Fall (part 3 and 4)

Apr 2020              Lesson 5              War with the Beast (part 1 and 2)

May 2020             Lesson 6              Kingdoms of the World

                             Lesson 7              A Time of God's Wrath (part 1 and 2)

I hope you find the information in these lessons a valuable source for understanding Bible prophecies that are being revealed to our generation.  The military descriptions in Revelation pinpoint our generation as the final generation before Christ's return.  The difficult aspect of most Bible prophecies is identifying the peoples, nations and kingdoms that are represented by the symbols found in the Bible.  In these lessons, some theories have been postulated about the nations participating in the final wars.  These theories are based on current military technology and the present day geopolitical alignment. 

A timeline of events found in Revelation and other passages of the Bible was created and correlated to historical events.  This correlation reveals that Christ has already opened the first four seals and we are currently living in the fourth seal which is described as the "green horse".  The color green which historically represent the Islamic religion indicates that this religion will have authority over one fourth of the earth.  The world population of Islam in the year 2020 was estimated at 24.9% or one forth of the earth.  The fifth seal that Christ opens, will be an event that occurs in heaven and is not visible to the world.  The next visible event for the world to see will be when Christ opens the sixth seal - a nuclear war using Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs).  The day of this nuclear attack signals the beginning of the last 3 1/2 years before Christ's return.  It also points out what will happen to the United States and the role christian nations will play in defending Israel and reaping the final end time harvest for Jesus Christ. 

Lesson 7 - A Time of God's Wrath (part 2)

 

Technology and Bible Prophecy

Technical Insights for

Bible Prophecy

by

Dwight Wickersheim

2018

Lesson 7 – A Time of God’s Wrath (part 2)

The Seven Bowls are the Wrath of God

o   John’s chronology makes a transition from Chapter 11 to Chapter 15

o   Rev 11:19  And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple,

o   Rev 15:5  After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,

o   The Seven Bowls contains the Seven Plagues of the Wrath of God.

o   Rev 16:1  And I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth."

o   The Seven Bowls of Wrath

o   Bowl 1 – poured into the earth; malignant sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast.

o   Bowl 2 – poured into the sea; became blood, every living thing in the sea died.

o   Bowl 3 – poured into the rivers; became blood, Thou hast given them blood to drink.

o   Bowl 4 – poured upon the sun; it scorches men with fire and fierce heat, they did not repent.

o   Bowl 5 – poured upon the throne of the beast; his kingdom became darkened, gnawed their tongues because of pain, they blasphemed God and they did not repent of their deeds.

o   Bowl 6 – poured upon the great river, the Euphrates; its water dried up, to prepared for the Kings from the East. Spirits of demons went to gather the Kings of earth to Armageddon.

o   Bowl 7 – poured upon the air; “It is done”, great earthquake, islands fled away, huge hailstones.

(Read down each column for the chronology of events.)

The War of Armageddon

o   Christ appears on a white horse with His armies on white horses (symbolic of new government).

o   Rev 19:11  And I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

o   Rev 19:12  And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems; and He has a name written upon Him which no one knows except Himself.

o   Rev 19:13  And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of God.

o   Rev 19:14  And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

o   His weapon is unique.

o   Rev 19:15  And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.

o   The antichrist and those with the mark of the Beast are thrown into the lake of fire.

o   Rev 19:19  And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him who sat upon the horse, and against His army.

o   Rev 19:20  And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.

o   The armies from the Kings of the East are killed with the sword of His mouth.

o   Rev 19:21  And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat upon the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

o   He captures Satan and binds him from activity for 1000 years.

o   Rev 20:1  And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

o   Rev 20:2  And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

o   Rev 20:3  and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer,

o   We will reign with Christ on earth for 1000 years.

o   Rev 20:4  Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Lesson Seven Summary

o   God will reap a great harvest of believers during the last 3 ½ years by:

o   Pouring out His Spirit on all mankind, Joel 2: 27-32;

o   Protecting His bondservants from radiation and poisons, Rev 7:3 and 9:4;

o   Giving His bondservants power to cast out demons and heal the sick, Mark 16;

o   Giving Christian nations military power to defend Israel and Christians, Rev 11:3.

o   The preaching of the gospel is finished when the Beast nations defeat the Christian nations defending Israel in Jerusalem.

o   The conditions for the resurrection of the witnesses found in Rev 11 are found in other scriptural references for the resurrection of the believer.

o   Christ begins to conquer the earth at the 7th and last Trumpet.

o   The Seven Bowles or Plagues are the “wrath of God” poured out on the earth.

o   The Beast nations and the Kings from the East gather to Armageddon for the war with Christ and His resurrected/raptured army.

o   Christ begins His rule on earth after defeating the world nations and binding Satan so he cannot deceive the nations for 1000 years.

 

Technology in Bible Prophecy Summary

o   Our current military technologies and the nuclear war effects described by the prophets of the Bible are the best indicators that Christ will return in our generation.

o   John’s vision in Revelation was found to be literal and in chronological order from John’s sequential viewpoints.  John is occasionally interrupted by angels or specific signs to describe the people or nations involved in the chronological events. Christ uses some symbols to describe future individuals, nations, people groups, and kingdoms.

o   Symbols for current world forces were identified for the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Rev 6) and the 4 end time beasts described by Daniel (Daniel 7). 

o   The nuclear ICBM descriptions found in the 6th and 7th Seal can be accomplished by only two nations today; the USA and Russia.  This technical fact identifies Russia as the Kingdom that Satan influences into starting the nuclear war (WW III).

o   After WW III, a global government will be set up by 10 powerful nations to prevent future use of nuclear weapons.  Through Satan’s power, Russia will dominate this government.

o   This Beast Kingdom ruled by the antichrist (from Russia) will remove 3 kings (powerful Christian nations) and begin WW IV by attacking Israel and the Christian nations. 

o   A 3 ½ year time line was developed and correlated with God’s “Appointed Times”.  This time line begins at the 6th Seal, the day of the first ICBM nuclear war and ends 3 ½ years later at the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth).  Christ returns on Rosh Hashanah.

o   Christ’s plan for an end time harvest of believers starts by casting Satan out of heaven.  God will then pour out His Spirit (latter rain) and seal His bondservants during the last 3 ½ years.  He will protect them from radiation/poisons and give them signs of  spiritual powers, new tongues, and healing as they witness and prophecy about Christ.