About the events of End Times when Kingdom of God will come to Earth

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Luke 21: 8 Don’t be fooled by those who will come and claim to be me. They will say, “I am Christ!” and “Now is the time!” But don’t follow them. 9 When you hear about wars and riots, don’t be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn’t the end. 10 Nations will go to war against one another, and kingdoms will attack each other. 11 There will be great earthquakes, and in many places, people will starve to death and suffer terrible diseases. All sorts of frightening things will be seen in the sky. 25 Strange things will happen to the sun, moon, and stars. The nations on Earth will be afraid of the roaring sea and tides, and they won’t know what to do. 26 People will be so frightened that they will faint because of what is happening to the world. Every power in the sky will be shaken.27 Then the Son of Man will be seen, coming in a cloud with great power and glory. 28 When all of this starts happening, stand up straight and be brave. You will soon be set free. 29 Then Jesus told them a story: When you see a fig tree or any other tree 30 putting out leaves, you know that summer will soon come. 31 So, when you see these things happening, you know that God’s kingdom will soon be here. 32 You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all of this takes place. 33 The sky and the Earth won’t last forever, but my words will. (What Jesus told to his disciples about His second coming according to Luke)

 

Matthew 24: 3 And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came and asked him when they were by themselves, 'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be of your coming and of the end of the world?' 4. And Jesus answered them, 'Take care that no one deceives you, 5. because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the Christ," and they will deceive many. 6. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet. 7. For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8. All this is only the beginning of the birth pangs."   'Then you will be handed over to be tortured and put to death; and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name. 10. And then many will fall away; people will betray one another and hate one another. 11. Many false prophets will arise; they will deceive many, 12. and with the increase of lawlessness, love in most people will grow cold; 13. but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14. 'This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as evidence to the nations. And then the end will come. 15. 'So when you see the appalling abomination, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16. Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains; 17. if anyone is on the housetop, he must not come down to collect his belongings from the house; 18. if anyone is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak. 19. Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come! 20. Pray that you will not have to make your escape in winter or on a Sabbath. 21. For then there will be great distress, unparalleled since the world began, and such as will never be again. 22. And if that time had not been shortened, no human being would have survived; but shortened that time shall be, for the sake of those who are chosen." (What Jesus told to his disciples about His second coming according to Matthew)

 

Mark 13: 5 Then Jesus began to tell them, 'Take care that no one deceives you. 6 Many will come using my name and saying, "I am he," and they will deceive many.7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet. 8 For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is the beginning of the birth-pangs. 9 'Be on your guard: you will be handed over to sanhedrins; you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them, 10 since the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations. 11 'And when you are taken to be handed over, do not worry beforehand about what to say; no, say whatever is given to you when the time comes, because it is not you who will be speaking; it is the Holy Spirit. 12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death. 13 You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 'When you see the appalling abomination set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains; 15 if a man is on the housetop, he must not come down or go inside to collect anything from his house; 16 if a man is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak. 17 Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come! 18 Pray that this may not be in winter. 19 For in those days there will be great distress, unparalleled since God created the world, and such as will never be again. 20 And if the Lord had not shortened that time, no human being would have survived; but he did shorten the time, for the sake of the elect whom he chose. 21 'And if anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ" or, "Look, he is there," do not believe it; 22 for false Christs and false prophets will arise and produce signs and portents to deceive the elect, if that were possible. 23 You, therefore, must be on your guard. I have given you full warning. 24 'But in those days, after that time of distress, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, 25 the stars will come falling out of the sky and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then he will send the angels to gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the world to the ends of the sky. 28 'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 So with you when you see these things happening: know that he is near, right at the gates. 30 In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away all these things will have taken place. 31 Sky and Earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 32 'But as for that day or hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels in Heaven, nor the Son; no one but the Father. 33 'Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come. (What Jesus told to his disciples about His second coming according to Mark)

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2 Timothy 3: 1 Remember this! In the last days there will be many troubles, 2 because people will love themselves, love money, brag, and be proud. They will say evil things against others and will not obey their parents or be thankful or be the kind of people God wants. 3 They will not love others, will refuse to forgive, will gossip, and will not control themselves. They will be cruel, will hate what is good, 4 will turn against their friends, and will do foolish things without thinking. They will be conceited, will love pleasure instead of God, 5 and will act as if they serve God but will not have his power. Stay away from those people. 6 Some of them go into homes and get control of silly women who are full of sin and are led by many evil desires. 7 These women are always learning new teachings, but they are never able to understand the truth fully. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres were against Moses, these people are against the truth. Their thinking has been ruined, and they have failed in trying to follow the faith. 9 But they will not be successful in what they do, because as with Jannes and Jambres, everyone will see that they are foolish. (About godlessness among many people which will bring calamities)

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Isaiah 2: Go into the rock, hide in the dust, in terror of the Lord, at the brilliance of His majesty, when He arises to make the Earth quake. 11 Human pride will lower its eyes, human arrogance will be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted, on that day. (Some details of God’s judgement)

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Joel 3: 3. I shall show portents in the sky and on Earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke with palm-like spreading at the top.' 4. The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the Day comes, that great and terrible Day. (Some details of God’s judgement)

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Song of Songs 3: 6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke with palm-like spreading at the top, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? (Parallel implying God and King or “groom” coming to join the people who believe in Him, or his “true bride”. His coming is marked by “columns of smoke with palm-like spreading at the top” in Hebrew, the original language of the Old Testament. English translation just says "columns of smoke")

 

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The future military conflict when Babylon the Great is fallen and Israel is invaded

 

Revelation 14: 6 Then I saw another angel, flying high overhead, sent to announce the Gospel of Eternity to all who live on the Earth, every nation, race, language and tribe. 7 He was calling, 'Fear God and glorify Him, because the time has come for Him to sit in judgement; worship the maker of heaven and Earth and sea and the springs of water.' 8 A second angel followed him, calling, ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.' (The Gospel reaches out to the whole world. Then there is judgement against world’s superpower called “Babylon the Great”)

 

Revelation 17: 1 One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came to speak to me, and said, 'Come here and I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute who is enthroned beside abundant waters, 2 with whom all the kings of the Earth have prostituted themselves, and who has made all the population of the world drunk with the wine of her adultery.' 3 He took me in spirit to a desert, and there I saw a woman riding a scarlet beast which had seven heads and ten horns and had blasphemous titles written all over it. 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet and glittered with gold and jewels and pearls, and she was holding a gold winecup filled with the disgusting filth of her prostitution; 5 on her forehead was written a name, a cryptic name: 'Babylon the Great, the mother of all the prostitutes and all the filthy practices on the Earth.' 6 I saw that she was drunk, drunk with the blood of the saints, and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I was completely mystified. 7 The angel said to me, 'Do you not understand? I will tell you the meaning of this woman, and of the beast she is riding, with the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 'The beast you have seen was once alive and is alive no longer; it is yet to come up from the Abyss, but only to go to its destruction. And the people of the world, whose names have not been written since the beginning of the world in the book of life, will be astonished when they see how the beast was once alive and is alive no longer, and is still to come. 9 'This calls for shrewdness. The seven heads are the seven hills, on which the woman is sitting. 10 The seven heads are also seven emperors. Five of them have already gone, one is here now, and one is yet to come; once here, he must stay for a short while. 11 The beast, who was alive and is alive no longer, is at the same time the eighth and one of the seven, and he is going to his destruction. 12 'The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet been given their royal power but will have royal authority only for a single hour and in association with the beast. 13 They are all of one mind in putting their strength and their powers at the beast's disposal, 14 and they will go to war against the Lamb; but because the Lamb is Lord of lords and King of kings, he will defeat them, he and his followers, the called, the chosen, the trustworthy.' 15 The angel continued, 'The waters you saw, beside which the prostitute was sitting, are all the peoples, the populations, the nations and the languages. 16 But the ten horns and the beast will turn against the prostitute, and tear off her clothes and leave her stark naked; then they will eat her flesh and burn the remains in the fire. 17 In fact, God has influenced their minds to do what he intends, to agree together to put their royal powers at the beast's disposal until the time when God's words shall be fulfilled. 18 The woman you saw is the great city which has authority over all the rulers on Earth. (An alliance of powerful rich nations called “Babylon the Great” once embraced the ways of the Lord but later abandoned these, therefore, becoming “the great prostitute” due to infidelity to the Lord. “Babylon the Great” has some influence and control of kings of the world including a group of kings representing another alliance referred to as “scarlet beast”. Something happens and “Babylon the Great” is challenged and attacked by “scarlet beast” because the kings of this alliance are driven by the war-like spirit of “the beast from the Abyss”. This spiritual force is known to the world and is considered a thing of the past never to return again. But when this spiritual force appears again everyone in the world is surprised. Eventually, the alliance of “scarlet beast” countries destroys the alliance of the countries called “Babylon the Great”)

 

Revelation 18: 1 After this, I saw another angel come down from heaven, with great authority given to him; the Earth shone with his glory. 2 At the top of his voice he shouted, 'Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen, and has become the haunt of devils and a lodging for every foul spirit and dirty, loathsome bird. 3 All the nations have drunk deep of the wine of her prostitution; every king on the Earth has prostituted himself with her, and every merchant grown rich through her debauchery.' 4 Another voice spoke from heaven; I heard it say, 'Come out, my people, away from her, so that you do not share in her crimes and have the same plagues to bear. 5 Her sins have reached up to the sky, and God has her crimes in mind: treat her as she has treated others. 6 She must be paid double the amount she exacted. She is to have a doubly strong cup of her own mixture. 7 Every one of her pomps and orgies is to be matched by a torture or an agony. ‘I am enthroned as queen’, she thinks; ‘I am no widow and will never know bereavement.’ 8 For that, in one day, the plagues will fall on her: disease and mourning and famine. She will be burned to the ground. The Lord God who has condemned her is mighty.' 9 'There will be mourning and weeping for her by the kings of the Earth who have prostituted themselves with her and held orgies with her. They see the smoke as she burns, 10 while they keep at a safe distance through fear of her anguish. They will say: Mourn, mourn for this great city, Babylon, so powerful a city, in one short hour your doom has come upon you. 11 'There will be weeping and distress over her among all the traders of the Earth when no one is left to buy their cargoes of goods; 12 their stocks of gold and silver, jewels and pearls, linen and purple and silks and scarlet; all the sandalwood, every piece in ivory or fine wood, in bronze or iron or marble; 13 the cinnamon and spices, the myrrh and ointment and incense; wine, oil, flour and corn; their stocks of cattle, sheep, horses and chariots, their slaves and their human cargo. 14 'All the fruits you had set your hearts on have failed you; gone for ever, never to return again, is your life of magnificence and ease. 15 'The traders who had made a fortune out of her will be standing at a safe distance through fear of her anguish, mourning and weeping. 16 They will be saying: Mourn, mourn for this great city; for all the linen and purple and scarlet that you wore, for all your finery of gold and jewels and pearls; 17 your huge riches are all destroyed within a single hour.' All the captains and seafaring men, sailors and all those who make a living from the sea kept a safe distance, 18 watching the smoke as she burned, and crying out, 'Has there ever been a city as great as this!' 19 They threw dust on their heads and said, with tears and groans: 'Mourn, mourn for this great city whose lavish living has made a fortune for every owner of a sea-going ship, ruined within a single hour. 20 'Now heaven, celebrate her downfall, and all you saints, apostles and prophets: God has given judgement for you against her.' 21 Then a powerful angel picked up a boulder like a great millstone, and as he hurled it into the sea, he said, 'That is how the great city of Babylon is going to be hurled down, never to be seen again. 22 Never again in you will be heard the song of harpists and minstrels, the music of flute and trumpet; never again will craftsmen of every skill be found in you or the sound of the hand mill be heard; 23 never again will shine the light of the lamp in you, never again will be heard in you the voices of bridegroom and bride. Your traders were the princes of the Earth, all the nations were led astray by your sorcery. 24 In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and all the blood that was shed on Earth.' (After a swift and complete destruction “Babylon the Great” will never recover)

 

Jeremiah 50: 2 Announce it to the nations, proclaim it, hoist a signal and proclaim it, making no secret of it, say, 'Babylon is captured, Bel disgraced, Marduk shattered. (Her idols are disgraced, her Obscenities shattered.)' 3 For a nation is marching on her from the north, to turn her country into a desert: no one will live there any more; human and animal have fled and gone. 4 In those days and at that time the people of Israel will return (they and the people of Judah); they will come weeping in search of the Lord their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces towards her, 'Come, let us bind ourselves to the Lord by an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten!' 6 Lost sheep, such were my people; their shepherds led them astray, the mountains misled them; from mountain to hill they went, forgetful of their fold. 7 Whoever came across them devoured them, their enemies said, 'We are not to blame, since they have sinned against the Lord, the Home of Justice, against the Lord, the Hope of their ancestors.' 8 Escape from Babylon, leave the country of the Chaldaeans. Be like he-goats, leading the sheep! 9 For look, I shall raise a league of mighty nations to attack Babylon, from the land of the north. They will take up position against her; by them she will be taken. Their arrows, like an experienced soldier's, never return in vain. 10 Chaldaea will be plundered, all her plunderers will be satisfied, the Lord declares. 11 Rejoice! Have your triumph, you plunderers of my heritage! Be playful like a heifer let out to grass! Neigh like stallions! 12 But your mother is covered with shame, disgraced is the woman who bore you; she is the least of nations now; a desert, a parched land, a wasteland. 13 Because of the Lord's anger, no one will live there any more, she will become a total solitude. All who pass by Babylon will be appalled and whistle at the sight of all her wounds. 14 Take position against Babylon, surround her, all you who bend the bow. Shoot at her! Do not spare your arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord! 15 Raise the war cry against her from all sides. She surrenders! Her bastions fall! Her walls collapse! This is the Lord's vengeance! Take revenge on her. Treat her as she has treated others. 16 Deprive Babylon of the man who sows, of the man who wields the sickle at harvest. Away from the devastating sword, let everyone return to his own people, let everyone flee to his own country! 17 Israel was a straying sheep pursued by lions. First, the king of Assyria devoured him, and latterly Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon crunched his bones. 18 So the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, says this: Look, I shall punish the king of Babylon and his country as I punished the king of Assyria. 19 I will bring Israel back to his pastures to browse on Carmel and in Bashan, on the highlands of Ephraim and in Gilead, and he will be satisfied. 20 In those days and at that time, the Lord declares, you may look for Israel's guilt, it will not be there, for Judah's sins, you will not find them, for I shall pardon the remnant that I leave. 21 March on the country of Merathaim, march on it and on the inhabitants of Pekod; slaughter and curse with destruction every last one of them, the Lord declares, carry out my orders to the letter! 22 The din of battle fills the country, immense destruction. 23 How utterly shattered that hammer of the whole world! What a thing of horror Babylon has become throughout the nations! 24 I set a snare for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You have been found and overpowered for having defied the Lord. 25 the Lord has opened his armory and taken out the weapons of his fury. For the Lord of hosts has work to do in the country of the Chaldaeans. 26 Fall on her from every side, open her granaries, pile her in heaps, curse her with destruction, until nothing is left of her. 27 Slaughter all her bulls, down to the slaughterhouse with them! Disaster on them, their day has come, their time for being punished. 28 Listen! Fugitives and runaways from the country of Babylon arrive in Zion and proclaim the revenge of the Lord our God, revenge for his Temple! 29 Call up the archers against Babylon! All you who bend the bow, invest her on all sides, leave her no way of escape. Repay her as her deeds deserve; treat her as she has treated others, for she was arrogant to the Lord, to the Holy One of Israel. 30 And so in her squares her young men will fall, and all her fighting men will perish, that day, the Lord declares. 31 My quarrel is with you, 'Arrogance!' the Lord of hosts declares, your day has come, the time for me to punish you. 32 'Arrogance' will stumble, she will fall, no one will lift her up: I shall set fire to her towns and it will devour all around it. 33 The Lord of hosts says this: The people of Israel are oppressed (and the people of Judah too), all their captors hold them fast, they will not let them go. 34 But their redeemer is strong: the Lord of hosts is his name. He will take up their cause, to give our country rest but make the inhabitants of Babylon tremble. 35 A sword against the Chaldaeans, the Lord declares, against the inhabitants of Babylon, against her princes and her sages! 36 A sword against her diviners: may they lose their wits! A sword against her warriors: may they panic! 37 A sword against her horses, her chariots and the conglomeration of people inside her: may they be like women! A sword against her treasures: may they be plundered! 38 Drought on her waters: may they dry up! For it is a country of idols, and they are mad about those bogeys of theirs! 39 Hence wild cats and jackals will live there, and ostriches make their home there. She will never again be inhabited, for ever, but remain uninhabited age after age. 40 As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and their neighboring towns, the Lord declares, no one will live there any more, no human being settle there again. 41 Look, a people is coming from the north, a mighty nation; from the far ends of the Earth many kings are stirring. 42 They are armed with bow and spear, they are cruel and pitiless; their noise is like the roaring of the sea; they ride horses, ready as one man to fight you, daughter of Babylon! 43 The king of Babylon has heard the news, his hands fall limp, anguish has seized him, pain like that of a woman in labor. 44 Look, like a lion he climbs the thickets of the Jordan to the perennial pasture! In a flash I shall make them run away and there appoint someone I shall choose. For who is there like me? Who can hale me into court? Name me the shepherd who can stand up to me. 45 So now hear the plan that the Lord has laid against Babylon, the schemes he has in mind against the country of the Chaldeans: they will certainly be dragged away like the smallest in the flock! Their pastures will certainly be sacked before their eyes! 46 The Earth quakes at the sound of Babylon's capture, and the shouting echoes through the nations. (The fall of “Babylon” described in Old Testament has got similarities to what is written in Revelation 18)

 

Jeremiah 51: 1 The Lord says this: Against Babylon and the inhabitants of Leb-Kamai I shall rouse a destructive wind. 2 I shall send winnowers to Babylon to winnow her and leave her country bare, for she will be beleaguered on all sides, on the day of disaster. 3 Let no archer bend his bow! Let no man swagger in his breastplate! - No quarter for her young men! Curse her whole army with destruction! 4 In the country of the Chaldaeans the slaughtered will fall, in the streets of Babylon, those run through by the sword. 5 For Israel and Judah have not been bereft of their God, the Lord of hosts, although their country was full of sin against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Escape from Babylon (save your lives, each one of you); do not perish for her guilt, for now is the time for the Lord's vengeance: he will pay her reward! 7 Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord's hand, she made the whole world drunk, the nations drank her wine and then went mad. 8 Babylon has suddenly fallen, is broken: wail for her! Fetch balm for her wounds, perhaps she can be cured! 9 -'We tried to cure Babylon; she has got no better. Leave her alone and let us each go to his own country.' -Yes, her sentence reaches to the sky, rises to the very clouds. 10 the Lord has shown the uprightness of our cause. Come, let us tell in Zion what the Lord our God has done. 11 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! the Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because he has a plan against Babylon to destroy it; this is the Lord's revenge, revenge for his Temple. 12 Against the walls of Babylon raise the standard! Strengthen the guard! Post the sentries! Take up concealed positions! For the Lord has both planned and done what he promised he would to the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 Enthroned beside abundant waters, rich in treasures, you now meet your end, the finish of your pillaging. 14 By his own self the Lord of hosts has sworn: I shall fill you with men as though with grasshoppers, and over you they will raise the triumph-shout. 15 By his power he made the Earth, by his wisdom set the world firm, by his discernment spread out the heavens. 16 When he thunders there is a roaring of waters in heaven; he raises clouds from the furthest limits of the Earth, makes the lightning flash for the downpour, and brings the wind from his storehouse. 17 At this everyone stands stupefied, uncomprehending, every goldsmith blushes for his idols; his castings are but delusion, with no breath in them. 18 They are futile, a laughable production, when the time comes for them to be punished, they will vanish. 19 The Heritage of Jacob is not like these, for he is the maker of everything, and Israel is the tribe that is his heritage; His name is the Lord of hosts. 20 You were my mace, a weapon of war. With you I crushed nations, struck kingdoms down, 21 with you crushed horse and rider, with you crushed chariot and charioteer, 22 with you crushed man and woman, with you crushed old man and young, with you crushed young man and girl, 23 with you crushed shepherd and flock, with you crushed ploughman and team, with you crushed governors and magistrates, 24 and I shall repay Babylon and the inhabitants of Chaldaea, before your eyes, for all the wrongs they have done to Zion, the Lord declares. 25 I am setting myself against you, mountain of destruction, the Lord declares, destroyer of the whole world! I shall reach out my hand for you and send you tumbling from the crags and make you a burnt-out mountain. 26 No corner-stone will be taken from you again and no foundation-stone, for you will be a desert for ever, the Lord declares. 27 Raise the standard throughout the world, sound the trumpet among the nations! Consecrate nations to make war on her; summon kingdoms against her: Ararat, Minni, Ashkenaz; appoint a recruiting-officer for her enemies, bring up the cavalry, bristling like locusts. 28 Consecrate nations to make war on her: the kings of Media, her governors, all her magistrates and the whole territory under their rule. 29 Then the Earth trembled and writhed, for the Lord's plan against Babylon was being executed: to change the country of Babylon into an unpopulated desert. 30 The warriors of Babylon have done with fighting, they have stayed inside their fortresses; their courage exhausted, they are now like women. Her houses are on fire, her gates are shattered. 31 Courier follows close on courier, messenger on messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been taken from all sides, 32 the fords occupied, the bastions burnt down and the fighting men seized with panic. 33 For the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says this: the daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor when it is being trodden: a little while, and then the time for harvesting her will come. 34 He devoured me, consumed me, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, left me like an empty dish, like the Dragon he has swallowed me whole, filled his belly with my titbits and threw me out. 35 'On Babylon be the wounds I suffered!' the daughter of Zion will say. 'On the inhabitants of Chaldaea be my blood!' Jerusalem will say. 36 So, the Lord says this: Look, I am taking up your cause to make sure you are avenged. I shall dry her river up, make her springs run dry. 37 Babylon will become a heap of stones, the lair of jackals, a thing of horror and of scorn, with no one living in it. 38 Like lions they roar together, they growl like lions' whelps. 39 Are they feverish? I will prepare them a drink and make them drink until they are tipsy and fall into an everlasting sleep, never to wake again, the Lord declares. 40 I will drag them away to the slaughterhouse like lambs, like rams and goats. 41 What! Has Sheshak been taken, been conquered, the pride of the whole world? What a thing of horror Babylon has become throughout the nations! 42 The sea has risen over Babylon, she sinks beneath its boisterous waves. 43 Her towns have been turned into wasteland, a parched land, a desert, a country where no one lives and where nobody goes. 44 I shall punish Bel in Babylon and make him disgorge what he has swallowed. In future the nations will stream to him no more. The very walls of Babylon will fall. 45 Get out of her, my people; save your lives, each one of you, from the Lord's furious anger. 46 But do not be faint-hearted! Do not take fright at rumors hawked round the country: one rumor spreads one year, next year another follows; violence rules on Earth and one tyrant succeeds another. 47 So look, the days are coming when I shall punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire country will be humbled, with all her slaughtered lying on home-soil. 48 The heaven and Earth and all within them will shout for joy over Babylon, for the destroyers from the north are coming to her, the Lord declares. 49 Babylon in her turn must fall, you slaughtered ones of Israel, just as through Babylon there fell men slaughtered all over the world. 50 You who have escaped her sword, leave her, do not wait! Remember the Lord from afar, let Jerusalem come into your mind. 51 -'We were ashamed when we heard of the outrage, we were covered in confusion because foreigners had entered the Temple of the Lord's holy places.' 52 -So look, the days are coming, the Lord declares, when I shall punish her idols, and the wounded will groan throughout her country. 53 Were Babylon to scale the heavens or reinforce her towering citadel, destroyers would still come to her on my orders, the Lord declares. 54 The din of shouting from Babylon, of immense destruction, from the country of the Chaldaeans! 55 Yes, the Lord is laying Babylon waste and silencing her monstrous din, whose waves used to roar like the ocean and their tumultuous voices rang out. 56 For the destroyer has fallen on Babylon, her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. Yes, the Lord is a God of retribution, he never fails to repay. 57 I shall make her princes and her sages drink, her governors, her magistrates, her warriors; they will fall into an everlasting sleep, never to wake again, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts. 58 the Lord of hosts says this: The walls of Babylon the Great will be razed to the ground, and her lofty gates will be burnt down. Thus, peoples toil for nothing and nations wear themselves out, for the flames. 59 This is the order that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah when Seraiah left for Babylon with Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was lord chamberlain. 60 Now, on one sheet, Jeremiah had written down the entire disaster that was to befall Babylon, that is, all these words recorded here against Babylon. 61 Jeremiah then said to Seraiah, 'When you reach Babylon, see to it that you read all these words aloud. 62 Then say, "You, the Lord, have promised to destroy this place, so that no one will live here ever again, neither human nor animal, and it will be desolate for ever." 63 Then, when you have finished reading this sheet, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates, 64 with the words, "So shall Babylon sink, never to rise again from the disaster which I am going to bring on her." ' Thus far the words of Jeremiah. (More about the fall of “Babylon”)

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Isaiah 13: 1 A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath — those who rejoice in my triumph. 4 Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war. 5 They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens — the Lord and the weapons of his wrath — to destroy the whole country. 6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. 7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear. 8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. 9 See, the day of the Lord is coming — a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger — to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. 10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light. 11 I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. 12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger. 14 Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, they will all return to their own people, they will flee to their native land. 15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword. 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated. 17 See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold. 18 Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children. 19 Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks. 21 But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about. 22 Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged. (The prophecy by Isaiah about the fall of “Babylon” also has got similarities to what is written in Revelation 18 and Jeremiah 50 - 51)

 

Isaiah 14: 1 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. 2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors. 3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, 4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended! 5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, 6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression. 7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. 8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.” 9 The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you — all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones — all those who were kings over the nations. 10 They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.” 11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. 12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13 You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. 14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” 15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit. 16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, 17 the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?” 18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. 19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, 20 you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again. 21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities. 22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord. 23 “I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord Almighty. (More about the fall of “Babylon” and Israel’s deliverance)

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Invasion from the North against Israel and coming of God’s kingdom. God’s judgement and salvation of Israel.

 

Ezekiel 38: "The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, 2. 'Son of man, turn towards Gog, to the country of Magog, towards the paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. 3. Say, "the Lord says this: I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4. I shall turn you about, I shall fix hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your entire army, horses and horsemen, all perfectly equipped, a huge array armed with shields and bucklers, and all wielding swords. 5. Persia and Cush and Put are with them, all with buckler and helmet; 6. Gomer and all its troops, Beth-Togarmah in the far north and all its troops, and many nations with you. 7. Be ready, be well prepared, you and all your troops and the others rallying to you, and hold yourself at my service. 8. "Many days will pass before you are given orders; in the final years you will march on this country, whose inhabitants will have been living in confidence, remote from other peoples, since they escaped the sword and were gathered in from various nations, here in the long-deserted mountains of Israel. 9. Like a storm you will approach, you will advance and cover the country like a cloud, you, all your troops and many nations with you. 10. "The Lord says this: That day, a thought will enter your mind and you will form a sinister plan. 11. You will think: I shall attack this undefended country and march on this peaceful nation living secure, all living in towns without walls or bars or gates. 12. You will come to plunder and loot and turn your might against the ruins they live in, against this people gathered back from the nations, these stock-breeders and traders who live at the Navel of the World. 13. Sheba and Dedan, the merchants and all the magnates of Tarshish will ask you: Have you come for plunder? Are you massing your troops with a view to looting? To make off with gold and silver, seize cattle and goods, and come away with unlimited spoil?" 14. 'So, son of man, prophesy. Say to Gog, "the Lord says this: Is it not true that you will set out at a time when my people Israel is living secure? 15. You will leave your home in the far north, you and many nations with you, a great army of countless troops all mounted. 16. You will invade Israel, my people. You will be like a cloud covering the country. In the final days, I myself shall bring you to attack my country, so that the nations will know who I am, when I display my holiness to them, by means of you, Gog. 17. "The Lord says this: It was of you that I spoke in the past through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, foretelling your invasion. 18. The day Gog attacks the land of Israel -- declares the Lord -- my furious wrath will boil up. In my anger, 19. in my jealousy, in the heat of my fury I say it: That day, I swear, there will be such a huge Earthquake in the land of Israel, 20. that the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping along the ground, and all people on the surface of the Earth will quake before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, all walls collapse, and 21. I shall summon every kind of sword against him -- declares the Lord -- and each will turn his sword against his comrade. 22. I shall punish him with plague and bloodshed, and rain down torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him. 23. I shall display my greatness and holiness and bring the many nations to acknowledge me; and they will know that I am the Lord." (Development of military conflict which will affect all humans and animals on the planet)

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Joel 2: 1 "Blow the ram's-horn in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everybody in the country tremble, for the Day of The Lord is coming, yes, it is near. 2. Day of darkness and gloom, Day of cloud and blackness. Like the dawn, across the mountains spreads a vast and mighty people, such as has never been before, such as will never be again to the remotest ages. 3. In their van a fire devours, in their rear a flame consumes. The country is like a garden of Eden ahead of them and a desert waste behind them. Nothing escapes them. 4. They look like horses, like chargers they gallop on, 5. with a racket like that of chariots they spring over the mountain tops, with a crackling like a blazing fire devouring the stubble, a mighty army in battle array. 6. At the sight of them, people are appalled and every face grows pale. 7. Like fighting men they press forward, like warriors they scale the walls, each marching straight ahead, not turning from his path; 8. They never jostle each other, each marches straight ahead: arrows fly, they still press forward, never breaking ranks. 9. They hurl themselves at the city, they leap onto the walls, swarm up the houses, getting in through the windows like thieves. 10. As they come on, the Earth quakes, the skies tremble, sun and moon grow dark, the stars lose their brilliance. 11. The Lord's voice rings out at the head of his troops! For mighty indeed is his army, strong, the enforcer of his orders, for great is the Day of The Lord, and very terrible -- who can face it?" (Prophet Joel tries to describe his vision relevant to the events of the war in the distant future using terms of his time)

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Joel 1: 2 “Listen, you leaders and everyone else in the land. Has anything like this ever happened before? 3 Tell our children! Let it be told to our grandchildren and their children too. Swarm after swarm of locusts has attacked our crops, eating everything in sight. 5 Sober up, you drunkards! Cry long and loud; your wine supply is gone. 6 A powerful nation with countless troops has invaded our land. They have the teeth and jaws of powerful lions. 7 Our grapevines and fig trees are stripped bare; only naked branches remain. 8 Grieve like a young woman mourning for the man she was to marry. 9 Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the Lord’s temple. His servants, the priests, are deep in sorrow. 10 Barren fields mourn; grain, grapes, and olives are scorched and shrivelled. 11 Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There’s no wheat or barley growing in our fields. 12 Grapevines have dried up and so has every tree — figs and pomegranates, date palms and apples. All happiness has faded away. 13 Mourn, you priests who serve at the altar of my God. Spend your days and nights wearing sackcloth. Offerings of grain and wine are no longer brought to the Lord’s temple. 14 Tell the leaders and people to come together at the temple. Order them to go without eating and to pray sincerely. 15 We are in for trouble! Soon the Lord All-Powerful will bring disaster. 16 Our food is already gone; there’s no more celebrating at the temple of our God. 17 Seeds dry up in the ground; no harvest is possible. Our barns are in bad shape, with no grain to store in them. 18 Our cattle wander aimlessly, moaning for lack of pasture, and sheep are suffering. 19 I cry out to you, Lord. Grasslands and forests are consumed by the fire. 20 Wild animals have no water because of you; rivers and streams are dry, and pastures are parched. (About future highly destructive war and war-induced climate change)

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Ezekiel 39: "So, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "the Lord says this: Look, I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal. 2. I shall turn you about, lead you on, and bring you from the farthest north against the mountains of Israel. 3. I shall break the bow in your left hand and dash the arrows out of your right. 4. You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, all your troops and the nations with you. I shall make you food for every kind of bird of prey and wild animals. 5. You will fall in the wilds, for I have spoken -- declares the Lord. 6. I shall send down fire on Magog and on those living undisturbed in the islands, and they will know that I am the Lord. 7. I shall see that my holy name is acknowledged by my people Israel, and no longer allow my holy name to be profaned; and the nations will know that I am the Lord, holy in Israel. 8. "All this is to happen; all this is to take place -- declares the Lord. This is the day I predicted. 9. "The inhabitants of the towns of Israel will go out and set fire to and burn the weapons, the shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, javelins and spears. They will burn these for seven years 10. and not fetch wood from the countryside or cut it in the forests, since they will be burning the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and despoil those who despoiled them -- declares the Lord. 11. "That day, I shall give Gog a famous spot in Israel for his grave, the valley of the Obarim, east of the Sea -- the valley that halts the traveler -- and there Gog and his whole throng will be buried, and it will be called the Valley of Hamon-Gog. 12. The House of Israel will take seven months to bury them and cleanse the country. 13. All the people of the country will dig their graves, thus winning themselves renown, the day when I display my glory -- declares the Lord. 14. And men will be detailed to the permanent duty of going through the country and burying those left above ground and cleansing it. They will begin their search once the seven months are over, 15. and as they go through the country, if one of them sees any human bones, he will set up a marker beside them until the gravediggers have buried them in the valley of Hamon-Gog 16. (and Hamonah is also the name of a town) and have cleansed the country." 17. 'Son of man, the Lord says this, "Say to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Muster, come, gather from everywhere around for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you can eat flesh and drink blood. 18. You will eat the flesh of heroes, you will drink the blood of the princes of the world. They are all rams and lambs, goats and fat bulls of Bashan. 19. You will glut yourselves on fat and drink yourselves drunk on blood at this sacrifice I am making for you. 20. You will glut yourselves at my table on horses and chargers, on heroes and every kind of warrior -- declares the Lord." 21. 'I shall display my glory to the nations, and all nations will see my sentence when I inflict it and my hand when I strike them. 22. The House of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward for ever. 23. The nations too will know that the House of Israel were exiled for their guilt; because they were unfaithful to me, I hid my face from them and put them into the clutches of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. 24. I treated them as their loathsome acts of infidelity deserved and hid my face from them. 25. 'So, the Lord says this, "Now I shall bring Jacob's captives back and take pity on the whole House of Israel and show myself jealous for my holy name. 26. They will forget their disgrace and all the acts of infidelity which they committed against me when they were living safely in their own country, with no one to disturb them. 27. When I bring them home from the peoples, when I gather them back from the countries of their enemies, when I display my holiness in them for many nations to see, 28. They will know that I am the Lord their God who, having sent them into exile among the nations, have reunited them in their own country, not leaving a single one behind. 29. I shall never hide my face from them again, since I shall pour out my spirit on the House of Israel -- declares the Lord." ’ (Deliverance of Israel from destruction)

   

Joel 2: 20 “An army attacked from the north, but I will chase it into a scorching desert. There it will rot and stink from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean.” (Short reference to the invasion of Israel from the north and the end of the invaders)

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The future peaceful kingdom of the King of kings

 

2 Thessalonians 2: 1 About the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, brothers, and our being gathered to him: 2 please do not be too easily thrown into confusion or alarmed by any manifestation of the Spirit or any statement or any letter claiming to come from us, suggesting that the Day of The Lord has already arrived. 3 Never let anyone deceive you in any way. It cannot happen until the Great Revolt has taken place and there has appeared the wicked One, the lost One, 4 the Enemy, who raises himself above every so-called God or object of worship to enthrone himself in God's sanctuary and flaunts the claim that he is God. 5 Surely you remember my telling you about this when I was with you? 6 And you know, too, what is still holding him back from appearing before his appointed time. 7 The mystery of wickedness is already at work, but let him who is restraining it once be removed, 8 and the wicked One will appear openly. The Lord will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and will annihilate him with his glorious appearance at his coming. (Rise of the wicked war-like men to the high position of power shortly before the return of the Lord)

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Luke 21: 25 'There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on Earth nations in agony, bewildered by the turmoil of the ocean and its waves; 26 men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. 27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (Jesus briefly tells about signs and troubles before terrifying conflict which alters the planetary climate. He will come afterward)

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Revelation 19: 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the great sound of a huge crowd in heaven, singing, 'Alleluia! Salvation and glory and power to our God! 2 He judges fairly, he punishes justly, and he has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the Earth with her prostitution; he has avenged the blood of his servants which she shed.' 3 And again they sang, 'Alleluia! The smoke of her will rise for ever and ever.' 4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves down and worshipped God seated on his throne, and they cried, 'Amen, Alleluia.' 5 Then a voice came from the throne; it said, 'Praise our God, you servants of his and those who fear him, small and great alike.' 6 And I heard what seemed to be the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, 'Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun; 7 let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. 8 His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the good deeds of the saints.' 9 The angel said, 'Write this, "Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb," ' and he added, 'These words of God are true.' 10 Then I knelt at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, 'Never do that: I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of all your brothers who have in themselves the witness of Jesus. God alone you must worship.' The witness of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 11 And now I saw heaven open, and a white horse appear; its rider was called Trustworthy and True; in uprightness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were flames of fire, and he was crowned with many coronets; the name written on him was known only to himself, 13 his cloak was soaked in blood. He is known by the name, The Word of God. 14 Behind him, dressed in linen of dazzling white, rode the armies of heaven on white horses. 15 From his mouth came a sharp sword with which to strike the unbelievers; he is the one who will rule them with an iron scepter, and tread out the wine of Almighty God's fierce retribution. 16 On his cloak and on his thigh a name was written: King of kings and Lord of lords. 17 I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he shouted aloud to all the birds that were flying high overhead in the sky, 'Come here. Gather together at God's great feast. 18 You will eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of great generals and heroes, the flesh of horses and their riders and of all kinds of people, citizens and slaves, small and great alike.' 19 Then I saw the beast, with all the kings of the Earth and their armies, gathered together to fight the Rider and his army. 20 But the beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had worked miracles on the beast's behalf and by them had deceived those who had accepted branding with the mark of the beast and those who had worshipped his statue. These two were hurled alive into the fiery lake of burning Sulphur. 21 All the rest were killed by the sword of the Rider, which came out of his mouth, and all the birds glutted themselves with their flesh. (The wicked men are destroyed at the coming of the Lord)

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Joel 2: 12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” 13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm. 14 Who knows if he will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him — a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God? 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly; 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, and the bride from her dressing room. 17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord, Weep between the porch and the altar; let them say, “spare Your people, o Lord, and do not give Your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ” 18 Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, and pity His people. 19 The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, and you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. 20 “But I will remove far from you the northern army, and will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, with his face toward the eastern sea and his back toward the western sea; his stench will come up, and his foul odor will rise, because he has done monstrous things.” 21 Fear not, o land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done marvelous things! 22 Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; for the open pastures are springing up, and the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; for He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you — the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. 24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. 25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, my great army which I sent among you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be put to shame. 27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God and there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. (People repent. God interferes to deliver them and restore their fortune)

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