Don't Be Deceived by Chris Whitcomb - HTML preview

Chapter 24: Christ set the dead in Death free.

The Great King took Adams hand and let him rise from dead. He then turned to the other and told them to follow him who has died because of Adam touching that tree and that they are now all set free by the tree of the cross. With that he sends them all out. Adam thanks him for getting him out from the depths of Death. The same goes for the profits and all other people of God. Jesus then made the sign of the cross on Adams forehead and blessed him. He did the same to all others. He then took all of them quickly from Death. Everybody then praised him.

Chapters 25 and 26: Christ take the dead people to paradise.

Jesus took Adams hand and went to paradise where he handed them all to Michael the head angel. At the gates of paradise, they were met by two old men, Enoch and Elijah. They were both taken into paradise alive and will then be send to fight against the anti-Christ and be killed but be resurrected after 3 days. They were then also joined by the man who was crucified with Jesus carrying a cross.

In chapter 27, the two brothers were sent back to earth by the angel Michael.

This version of what happened in Hades or Death does make sense to a degree because we can link the stories to Biblical scripture. We know that Jesus did go to set the dead free, that he did come back with the keys of hell and death, that many people were resurrected from the dead after the cross and that Jesus preach to the dead and the spirits in prison and that he did go down to the lower parts of the earth.

If this is the actual story of what happened during Jesus’s visit to hell, then the promise to the murderer was true, and Jesus did both things during his time in the grave or when he made it clear to his disciples that he is alive. What is important to understand is that Jesus set the captives free, that he took them to a place called paradise, that is run by Michael and that he took the keys from hell and death with him.

The big question now is what we should understand from the following scriptures:

 Daniel 12:13 “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and

stand in thy lot at the end of the days”

 1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the

first fruits of them that slept.”

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 1 Corinthians 15:51” Behold, I shew you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but

we shall all be changed.”

 1Thessalonians 4:16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a

shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the

dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remained shall be

caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so,

shall we be with the Lord.

 Daniel 12:2 “and many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

 Revelation 20:4 “..and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the

witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the

beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads,

or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

 Revelations 20:5 “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand

years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

 Revelation 20 :14-15 “And death and hell were cast in the lake of fire. This is

the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life

was cast into the lake of fire.

In summary we can conclude that when a person dies, they go to rest to the end of the days. Christ was the first to be resurrected from the dead. Not everybody will die before Jesus returns at the second coming, but they will be changed. At the second coming of Jesus, it will take place with a shout from an archangel and the trump of God. The dead in Christ will rise first and the elect who are still alive, will with the dead, be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. Those in Christ will awake to everlasting life and the others will awake much later to be judged and if found that their names are not written in the book of life, they will be cast in the lake of fire.

A very interesting point to note is that hell and the lake of fire is two separate places. Hell is cast into the lake of fire. And that is the second death.

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At this point it might be wise to consider what John saw what is going to take place during the last days. In Revelations 4:1 John had a vision of heaven. A voice from heaven said to him” Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” This is what John saw:

The first thing he saw was the following:

 A throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

 The one sitting on the throne looked like a jasper and a sardine stone and a

rainbow was round the throne in sight like unto an emerald.

 Round the throne there were 24 seats and sitting on the seats were 24 elders

clothed in white raiment and they all had golden crowns on their heads.

 And lightnings and thundering and voices came out of the throne and there

were seven lambs of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal and in the

midst of the throne, and round the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind,

 The first beast was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a

man and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And they all had six wings, and they were full of eyes, and they rest not day or night saying Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is and is to come.

 During this time the 24 elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and

worship him that live for ever and ever and they cast down their crowns before him saying thou art worthy, O Lord to receive glory and honour and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

The second thing John saw was the following:

 He saw in the right hand of him sitting on the throne a book written within and

on the backside the book was sealed with seven seals.

 Then a strong angel with a loud voice proclaiming Who is worthy to open the

book and loose the seals thereof. John then wept because no man was found.

 Then one of the 24 elders said weep not, behold the Lion of the tribe of

Judah the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book and to lose the seven seals thereof.

 Then he saw a Lamb as it had been slain standing in the midst of the elders,

the throne and everybody there accept him who was sitting on the throne

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worshiped the Lamb and the one sitting on the throne. They all give glory unto him saying Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory and blessing. The Lamb then took the book from the one sitting on the throne and he then opened the book.

 And when the Lamb opened one of the seals, John heard a noise of thunder

and one of the beasts saying, come and see.

The third thing John then saw was the opening of the seven seals of the book.

1. John saw a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was

given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. Many people

say that the rider on the white horse is the anti-Christ. He will not conquer but

only kill God’s people without conquering them. They will die before they do

this. This is more like Jesus who conquered Satan and hell and death on the

cross and will still one day conquer all his enemies after which he will hand

the earth back to his farther. Read 1 Corinthians 15:23 to 26.

2. Then the second seal was opened, and the second beast said come and see

and there was a red horse. And power was given unto him sitting on the red

horse to take the peace from the earth so that they would kill one another and

there was given unto him a great sword. Although we hear of a lot of wars and

fighting going on, this is not what is going to happen in the future. If we keep

on in Revelation 6:8 that a fourth part of the earth will be killed and in the

battle of Gog and Magog so many people will be killed that it will take Israeli

people months to bury them all.

3. Then the third seal was opened, and he saw a black horse. The rider on the

black horse had in his hand a pair of balances. And a voice says a measure of

wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou

hurt not the oil and the wine. Symbolically, this passage seems to indicate a

common experience in real world crises: war and famine give way to inflation

due to supply and demand. A denarius in the first century was usually equal to

a day’s wages, and the amount of grain given here is just enough to keep a

person alive. The oil signifies the anointing of the Spirit of God or maybe food

to keep the body alive, The wine symbolises the cleansing and the saving

power of Christ to our souls or even to keep the spreading of the gospel

during this time alive. This fits very nicely into what we discussed about the 10

virgins. We can therefore see this horse as the time of the great tribulation,

specially to the people who does not want to take the mark of the beast.

4. Then the fourth seal was opened and John heard a voice of the fourth beast

say, come and see, and 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 unto

them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, (third seal) and with

hunger and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. The wild beast

referred to in this portion is refers to rulers like in a kingdom or nation, who

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have power over you. The rulers of Jerusalem were the wild beast who persecuted Christians, The Romans were wild beast who killed Christians, Jews and people in general. This sound like the rule of the anti-Christ.

5. When the fifth seal was opened, John saw under the alter the souls of them

that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And they were told that they should rest yet for a little season, until their follow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they should be fulfilled. This is again a clear indication that everything which happens on this earth is part of God’s great plan. The people still to be killed are the great multitude which will be killed during the great tribulation.

6. And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great

earthquake; and the sun become black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casted her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. All the people of the earth hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sites on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand? This is the second coming of Jesus.

The seventh seal was not opened at this time, but an angel said that the servants of our God must first be sealed. This is the 144 000 men, 12 000 from each tribe of Israel. From verse 9 in Revelations 7. John then saw the great multitude, which no man could number of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sites upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. One of the elders then asked John who these great multitude of people are but John told him he do not know but that the elder should know. The elder then told him these are the people who lost their lives during the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the

lamb to complete the number of the ones giving their lives for the Word of God. This can only mean that this took place before the second coming of Jesus or what some people will call the rapture. Please note when this, according to the Bible, will take 67

place during the great tribulation. The seventh seal will only be opened after the 1 000 years of Jesus’s rule on earth.

7. Then in Revelations 8:1 John saw the seventh seal opened. And there was

silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And John then saw the

seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven

trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden

censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it

with the prayers of all saints upon the golden alter which was before the

throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the

saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand. And the angel took

the censer, and filled it with fire of the alter, and cast it into the earth: and

there were voices, and thundering, and lightnings, and an earthquake. And

the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to

sound.

The Seven Trumpets of the Angels.

The first angel sounded: and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

The second angel sounded: and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; and a third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

The third angel sounded: and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountain of waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters become wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

The fourth angel sounded: and the third part of the sun was smitten and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so, as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

What is amazing here is that if we read what Jesus said to his disciples in Matthew 24:29 is almost the same as the words of the fourth angel. Is this then the sign of the return of Jesus on the clouds to rule over the earth? What follows before the fifth angel blew his trumpet was that an eagle flu in midair calling out Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpets blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!

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The fifth angel sounded his trumpet: and a star fell from the sky to the earth. The start opened the Abyss, and smoke rose from it like smoke from a gigantic furnace and locusts came down on the earth and they were told not the harm the earth but only those people who did not have the seal off God on their foreheads. The locusts were told not to kill the people but only to torture them for five months. The first woe is past.

The sixth angel sounded his trumpet: and John heard a voice telling the angle to release the four angles bound at the great river Euphrates who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year to kill a third of mankind. The number of the mounted troops was 200 000 000. A third of all humans on earth was killed by them.

In Revelation 10 the angel with the little scroll is then described followed in chapter 11 by the two witnesses before the seventh trumpet is blown.

The seventh angel blew his trumpet: and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah. And he will reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and has to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and has reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament; and there were lightings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

It should be very clear that between what John saw after the sixth trumpet and the seventh trumpet, there is some time period mentioned in other parts of scriptures which he did not see or did not describe. This is the period of the 1000-year reign of Jesus with his elect. He did however remark about it when he said “because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and has reigned. He also refers to the fact that the other dead will now be judged has now come. All this will take place after the 1000 years of Jesus’s rule on earth.

What is of most important to understand, is what is going the happen to happen too his children on earth after the sixth angel has blown his trumpet, and the period until the coming of our saviour Jesus on the clouds to come and rescue his children.

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