CHAPTER 36

THE SECOND ADVENT

In Jerusalem near the Temple the bodies of Moses and Elijah had been lying in the street for three days while many came to look and scoff and celebrate their death.  The unbelieving world was glad to be rid of them.  They constantly reminded them that their days on earth would be short, and then they would spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.  World leaders saw the two as getting in their way.  Their message was seen as no longer valid in a modern world.  The witnesses were despised, and the authorities would not let them be buried.  They wanted the world to watch their bodies rot in the street where they had died.

Jill Steiner now remains in the studio 24 hours per day.  She does not want to miss a thing, so she sleeps in small segments at the studio.  She told her audience earlier this morning to watch the bodies of Moses and Elijah today, because they would see something spectacular.  And they did.

A viewer in Jerusalem who was an avid follower of Jill Steiner's news kept a live video feed going from just before sunrise.  Of course, Jack Ford kept the video on screen full time, sometimes side by side with other video coming into the studio.  In Jerusalem at sunrise, Moses and Elijah suddenly stood up.  A few standing by cheered.  They knew it was coming.  But most were horrified to see the rotting corpses, which had been stinking from lying three days in the sun, alive and whole again.  As the world watched Moses and Elijah, now alive again for a third time, the pair raised their hands toward the sky and departed upward in a cloud.

As the two were standing there, Jill read to her audience: "As it says in Revelation 11: “But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.”

Jill continues:  "Resuscitated once again, the two show the power of God to an evil world, then are taken up into Heaven as the world watched in disbelief and horror.  That spectacular event is a signal that the seventh Trumpet is about to begin.  They are resuscitated on the day the Lord returns.  Today is that day, the Day of the Lord.  The Second Advent of Christ."

Jill reads from her book, as she has done so often.  It has never let her down:

"The Second Advent of Christ is the 3rd Woe and includes the seventh Trumpet and the seventh Bowl.  The armies of the world will gather to attempt to destroy Israel and the Jews, and will end up facing each other at Armageddon, at which point the Lord returns.  The Second Advent is not so much a single event as a series of events which occur as Jesus Christ returns and completes the task of cleansing the earth from evil in preparation for His rule during the Millennial Kingdom...At the Second Advent He returns to deliver the earth from Satan's rule and arrives as a Warrior-King, judging the guilty and avenging the death of those believers killed by these evil people, and destroys the armies attempting to slaughter Jewish believers in Jerusalem and throughout Israel.  His warrior role is primarily aimed at the final defeat of Satan and his demons, but degenerate mankind will join Satan’s cause, making them also the objects of His vengeance."

Jill reviews the current status: "The Antichrist and his Western Alliance army has invaded Israel attempting to destroy it.  God has also pulled the other three Alliance armies of the Kings of the North, South, and East into northern Israel to set up one final battle at Armageddon, and also to distract and frustrate the Antichrist's forces (King of the West) as they attempt to kill all remaining Jews in Israel.  The Antichrist's armies are now split into four parts located in southern Israel, Jerusalem, the Israel/Jordan border, and the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.

Jack Ford shows video from southern Israel where Western Alliance forces have been trying to wipe out the Israeli Resistance forces under Generals Dayan and Gurian, who are bravely fighting the Western Alliance forces.  President Antivon has given his hardened troops orders to wipe out all Jewish fighters, and take no prisoners.  The battle was not going well for the Israeli Resistance.  It was at this hopeless point when the darkness came, and the video turned blank, but the audio remained.  Jack was confused for a moment, but then Jill explained to her audience:

"We are now seeing the second supernatural darkness supplied by the Lord to shield his people.  It affects only the Western Alliance forces while the Israeli Resistance forces will be able to see clearly."

Back in southern Israel General Dayan recognized what was happening, and it was just as Zechariah had prophesied.  His troops could see clearly, but the Western Alliance forces of the Antichrist were blinded by the darkness.  He ordered his troops to attack.  This was for Jerusalem.  This was for the imprisonment of Jews captured and sent to concentration camps.  This was for revenge.

The tide of the battle turned, as the blinded Western Alliance forces could not see or detect the Israeli Resistance troops as they engaged them.  These were the hardened evil forces which had ransacked Jerusalem and taken their fellow Jews into captivity, sending them out of Israel into concentration camps.  The Israeli Resistance forces under the command of Generals Dayan and Gurian are fighting with great enthusiasm as the Lord shields them while the blinded Western Alliance troops mostly fight each other because the Lord brought panic and confusion on them.  The Jewish forces are enabled by the Lord to accomplish incredible feats of daring, bravery, and skill as warriors.  They will first finish the task of destroying the enemy outside Jerusalem, then will go do the same inside Jerusalem.  The Lord could do this Himself, but He allows the Jewish believers to have their own victory over their oppressors who have killed so many of their friends and compatriots.  Revenge belongs to the Lord, but He sometimes shares it for specific purposes.

It was as Zechariah had prophesied:

Zechariah 9:15 “And the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar. 16 The Lord their God will save his people on that day.”

Jack Ford then runs another video of satellite footage showing the four Alliance armies are in place in the Jezreel Valley of northern Israel.  There does not seem to be much movement, as all sides seem to be waiting for something to happen.

Jill:  "The stage is set, as it says in Revelation 16.

“Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”

"While we are waiting for that Grand Finale, let me provide an overview from my book The Future Times which has served us so well over the past seven years:"

"At the Second Advent, Jesus Christ will return to earth when Satan's four human armies are amassed in Israel, forming a battle line from the north at Armageddon, going southeast along the Jordan River Valley, and extending to Jerusalem and southern Israel.  These armies are intending to destroy the Jewish believers in Israel, many of whom are trapped in their last remaining stronghold in a portion of Jerusalem.  At the northernmost part of the battle line in north Israel is Armageddon (aka the Plain of Megiddo or Esdraelon; Valley of Jezreel) where the bulk of the four armies will be located.  The Jewish believers fighting the Antichrist troops in Jerusalem are cut off and in danger of being annihilated, but the Lord covers the Antichrist forces with supernatural darkness for the last several days prior to the Second Advent, preventing the destruction of the Jewish believers fighting against him.  This will be an impenetrable darkness where artificial lights will be of no use, so the unbeliever armies and their sophisticated weapons of war, many of which rely on using the electromagnetic spectrum such as fiber optics, microwave, GPS and other technologies, will be immobilized by it.  Then the whole world will be darkened during the last day, and while it is still dark, without warning there will be blinding light and angelic trumpets, and the Lord returns to deliver His people who are in great jeopardy.  Jesus Christ first comes down to southern Israel (Judah) to defend the Jewish believers there, since they are in the most danger once the supernatural darkness is lifted by the Second Advent.  Then He will go to Jerusalem and literally stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem and split it in half with an earthquake, allowing the Jewish remnant of believers fighting in Jerusalem to escape using the newly formed valley through the middle of the Mount of Olives.  As the Jewish believers are empowered by the Lord, they begin to wipe out the unbeliever armies in southern Israel, then these Jewish fighters come to the aid of those fighting in Jerusalem.  The Lord also brings panic and confusion on the enemy forces, causing them to turn on each other.  Once southern Israel and Jerusalem are secure, the Lord proceeds to work His way up from the south, wiping out the unbeliever armies amassed all along the Jordan border with Israel where the Jewish believers who had fled at the Midpoint of the Tribulation are in hiding.  Finally, He attacks the unbeliever armies of the four kings at Armageddon where they have gathered to fight each other.  Upon seeing the Lord, these four armies stop fighting each other and turn instead to fight against Him.  At that point they are annihilated by a word from the mouth of Jesus Christ and the world war ends, and all Tribulation Bowl and Trumpet Judgments are complete.  All elect angels and resurrected believers from Heaven ride along with Him, but do not participate in the destruction.  The Lord needs no help, although He allows the Jewish believers fighting in and around Jerusalem to have their victory over the unbeliever armies which had sacked Jerusalem.  The end of the world war sets the stage for Jesus Christ to claim His rightful position as ruler of the earth from Satan who usurped the position at the fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden."

Jill is reporting as the scene unfolds:

Jill: "The world's four great Alliances are gathered together for battle at a place called by many names.  It has been called the Valley of Jezreel, the Plains of Esdraelon, and the Valley of Megiddo.  It is otherwise known as the ancient site of Mount Megiddo, translated as "Armageddon."  It is an eye shaped valley 25 miles long and about 6 miles wide at the center.  The pupil would be the city of Afula.  At the eyelash area is Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus Christ.  

"Is it only a coincidence that the world has long viewed "Armageddon" as the ultimate battle leading to total destruction?  I think not.  The boy from Nazareth, who became the Lord of the Universe, is coming home."

Jill continues:  "Friends, let me be very clear.  If you are not a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are on the wrong side of history.  The forces gathered together at Megiddo are about to be wiped out.  All of them.  In one instant.  The Lord is coming back.  He will destroy the forces gathered at Megiddo."

"The Bible says "every eye will see Him."  We are very close to that moment.  The "Great Tribulation" is about to end, and it will end with the slaughter of evil.  If you are on their side, you will not be delivered.  I do not have anything else to say to you.  I have said what there is to say...so we now wait for the return of the Lord."

With that said, Jill looks at the video screen and waits.  The screen shows the forces of the world milling around, seemingly waiting for someone to give an order.  The world waits.  No one does anything except to watch and wait.  Most of the world's people are starving, thirsty, sleep-deprived, and have very painful red sores, now thoroughly infected from the endless scratching.  There is no economy.  There are no jobs.  There is no recreation.  But believers are doing well because of divine protection, although everyone suffers from the effects of the disasters and judgments.  But those who took the Mark suffered just as unbelievers did.

While waiting, Jill Steiner wants her audience to know that for believers, the future is very bright:

"In summary of what the Millennium will be like, it is the Kingdom which Christ will rule for 1000 years, with His throne located in Jerusalem.  It will be a time of perfect environment on the earth.  All Jews will be regathered into a much larger nation of Israel.  Jerusalem will be raised up as a mountain higher than any other on earth.  We see that after the Tribulation the Lord will heal the earth since it will be in terrible shape.  The destruction which occurred will be repaired, and the earth will also be changed such as the flattening of mountains, few islands and so forth.  Satan and fallen angels will not be on the earth to try to influence man and world events.  Humans in resurrection bodies will be on the earth as rulers over the humans who are living out their natural lives.  Elect angels will also live on the earth.  Plant life will be restored and also tamed.  Animals will no longer be wild or eat each other.  The seas and sea life will be restored and will thrive.  The sun and moon, afflicted during the Tribulation, will be made whole again.  Barren land and deserts will bloom.  The earth will be very friendly to mankind and will easily provide much bounty."

Producer Jack Ford tells the staff to keep the live video feed from Jezreel on screen.  An hour passes, and then another.  The screen shows the forces continuing to mill around.  It is now almost sunset in the Jezreel Valley.

Suddenly a bright flash of light occurs in the atmosphere circling the entire earth.  It is seen around the world.  In the atmosphere above Israel there is much activity, looking like an army of clouds moving quickly from place to place, first to southern Israel, then far south Israel, and then above the Jordan River.  At that point the army of clouds moves up along the Jordan River toward northern Israel.

Jill reads from her book:

Isaiah 63:1 “Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah [southeast of the Dead Sea in Jordan], with his garments stained crimson? [The Lord has annihilated the armies massed along the Jordan border with Israel] Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward [to finish the task at Armageddon] in the greatness of his strength? “It is I [Jesus Christ at Second Advent], proclaiming victory, mighty to save.” 2 Why are your garments red, like those of one treading the winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the nations no one was with me. I trampled them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath; their blood spattered my garments, and I stained all my clothing. 4 It was for me the day of vengeance; the year for me to redeem had come....6 I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground.”

Joel 3:16 "The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem [during Second Advent]; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.”

These Old Testament passages show the path the Lord will take during the Second Advent, starting with the Antichrist's forces in southern Israel (Judah) outside of Jerusalem, then those in and around Jerusalem, followed by the enemies of Israel massed along the Jordan border southeast of the Dead Sea (Bozrah), then finally the remainder at Armageddon and anywhere else in Israel.

The armies of Heaven are the "clouds" which can be seen above Israel.  It includes all elect angels plus those believers who were taken up at the Rapture nearly seven years ago.  Those taken up in the Vanishment have returned.  The returning believers are in their final status as eternally sanctified in resurrection bodies and each one is more powerful than any angel ever was, including Satan, yet they do no fighting.  Only Jesus Christ has earned the right to be the Judge and to execute these intense judgments.  

Revelation 19:15 “Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”  He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.”

Isaiah 34:1 “Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it! 2 The Lord is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter. 3 Their slain will be thrown out, their dead bodies will stink; the mountains will be soaked with their blood. 4 All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll [nuclear warfare among the four Kings' armies]; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree. 5 My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; see, it descends in judgment on Edom [western Jordan], the people I have totally destroyed [where enemy armies are massed along the Jordan River Valley]. 6 The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat—the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom [both located along the Jordan River Valley]. 7 And the wild oxen will fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat. 8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.”

The Israeli Resistance fighters under General Dayan have completely defeated the Western Alliance forces of the Antichrist in southern Judah, and enter Jerusalem to help General Gurian's forces trapped inside the city.  They merge their forces just as a great earthquake occurs, splitting the Mount of Olives and creating a new valley through which the Israeli Resistance forces escape out of Jerusalem toward the east.

General Dayan looks back through the newly formed valley to see the remaining Western Alliance forces enter the other end of the valley, and coming toward them.  Once the forces are all inside the valley, the walls of earth from the Mount of Olives fall in on them and they are killed.  Every last one of them.

The two Generals count heads as they make their final escape out of the newly formed valley.  Not one has been killed or even wounded in all the fighting over the past 24 hours.  The troops look skyward to see the army of clouds proceeding northward.

General Dayan stops his troops and tells them:  "Today we have been given a great victory by the Lord.  It is He who delivered us in southern Israel today, and it was He who split the Mount of Olives for our escape.  It was He who covered the enemy troops with earth as He had covered the Egyptian army with the Red Sea during the time of Moses.  He then quoted from Psalm 21 "Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes. When you appear for battle, you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and his fire will consume them."

Jill continues reading from her book and quoting from the Bible to fill the time between events.  

Matt 24:27 “For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man... 29 Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 30 Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven [after total darkness]. And then all the peoples [unbelievers] of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect [dead Old Testament and Tribulation believers resurrected] from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”

Revelation 16:17 “The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. 19 The great city [Jerusalem] split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed... 20 Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found. 21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.”

"After the 7th Bowl is released, the phrase “It is done!” is stated by the Lord from the throne room in Heaven.  This is the final Bowl Judgment before the Second Advent of Christ.  Tremendous earthquakes, huge hail, and devastating natural disasters torment the remaining unbelievers around the world.  The huge hailstones kill many unbelievers, destroy their homes and other structures, and cause widespread panic.  Again, believers are spared from these judgments unless they take the Mark of the Beast.  Jerusalem is split into three parts by an earthquake, allowing the Jewish believers in the city to flee to safety as they are fighting the armies of the Antichrist who is attacking Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:4-5).  “No earthquake like it has ever occurred since mankind has been on earth” describes its intensity.  Many other major cities also collapse during the massive earthquakes.  Islands cease to exist from all the tsunamis and explosive volcanoes set loose by those earthquakes.  Mountains are leveled worldwide.  All of this sets up changes in the landscape for the Millennium, when the earth will be leveled as mountains fill in the valleys setting the stage for perfect weather.  (Isaiah 40 - 64)"

Revelation 19:11 “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 “His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”  He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.”

Revelation 19:17 “And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.”

There is about to be a great feast for the vultures.  This is literal slaughter of the human unbeliever armies of Satan, resulting in an enormous number of dead.  It is the first stage of removing all unbelievers from the earth.  The Millennium will start with only believers on the earth under the rule of Jesus Christ.

Jack Ford has kept his "Armageddon Cam" video, as he called it, going full time for the past 24 hours.  Suddenly he tells Jill that something is happening there, and it needs her attention immediately.  The video from the Jezreel Valley shows the armies of the four Alliances are all looking skyward.  The army of clouds appears on the video over the Jezreel Valley.  The forces of the four world Alliances all turn their weapons away from each other, and upward toward the cloud army.  And then there is a single bright flash, like the sun glistening off the blade of a highly polished and sharp sword.  In an instant there are two million dead bodies lying where the four armies had stood just moments earlier.  Jill thought to herself: “That was almost anticlimactic.”  But then the video showed two figures who remained alive and standing.  These two would get special treatment.  They were the Antichrist, and his False Prophet.

Jill reads of their fate:

Revelation 19:19 “Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.”

"The King of the West, also known as the Antichrist, and his False Prophet were at Armageddon, along with the Kings of the North, South, and East.  The armies of the four Alliances were all killed by the Lord except that the Antichrist and False Prophet were not directly killed, but instead were kept alive so they could be thrown alive into the Lake of Fire.  These two have become the very first residents of that eternal Lake of Fire, which will eventually replace the current Hell.  These two evil dictators will be its only residents for the next 1000 years.  Obviously being “thrown alive” into the Lake of Fire is a far more tortuous outcome."

Jill continues:  "Now that the Antichrist and False Prophet have been eliminated, all Jews everywhere will now return to Israel.  This is the regathering which was promised to Abraham long ago.  As a matter of fact, I need to pack for the trip."

Jill concludes her final broadcast: "Jesus Christ has put an end to evil dictators, war, disasters, hunger and endless misery.  He has been revealed as the only true King and the only true Lord.  He will now sit on His Millennial Throne and rule over the renewed earth, which He will heal.  In fact, the paradise is already starting to emerge.  Look outside, it is like a super-Spring emerging after a long dark winter of evil.  And the Antichrist is gone -- now that's a Vanishment!  We started seven years ago with one, and we end today with another.  The Antichrist has vanished.  Forever.  The nightmare is over.  The Millennial Kingdom of our Lord is here!"

"This is Jill Steiner, and Jack Ford, signing off from Los Angeles, California, USA.  We hope to be reporting from Jerusalem shortly.  And there will be no more daily reading of long lists of horrible disasters.  I hope to bring you wonderful stories of our Lord's reign and the resulting perfect environment, abundance, beauty and grace -- for the next 1000 years!"

FOR BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST

THERE IS NO END