THE TETRAD AND THE TEMPLE PROPHETIC KEYS TO SEQUENTIAL RESTITUTION Olivet Discourse Blueprint of Israel s History

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1 THE TETRAD AND THE TEMPLE PROPHETIC KEYS TO SEQUENTIAL RESTITUTION Olivet Discourse Blueprint of Israel s History by Luis B. Vega vegapost@hotmail.com for illustration in chart section Jesus came out from the Temple and was going away when His Disciples came up to point out the Temple buildings to Him. And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down." As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your Coming, and of the end of the Age?" - Matthew 24:2-3 The Tetrad theory basically asserts that an event or series of events of Biblical proportion, regarding Israel and/or the Jews has and will happen when 4 consecutive total Blood Moons occur in a row without partial eclipses in-between them. What the Tetrad theory postulates is that a Tetrad is deemed to be prophetic when the 4 Blood Moons fall on the Feast Days of Passover and Sukkot. Sukkot is also referred to as Tabernacles. The Tetrad theory has basically been ascribed to Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries, but there have been others who have studied and written about these eclipse patterns for several years as well. What the Tetrad theory hinges on is even more distinctive when taking into account the whole Tetrad sequences since Christ but especially since the last 3 in particular. The emphasis of the Tetrad theory is on the possible prophetic significance of the last 3 Tetrads of , , and As it pertains to the End of Days and Biblical prophecy in relation to the Tetrads, this study will attempt to show that the Tetrad sequence follows the outline by Jesus Christ in His Olivet Discourse to His Disciples concerning the Temple, Jerusalem and Israel. The Olivet outline or blueprint gives the 3 prophetic keys that appear to be corresponding to these 3 factors and are being fulfilled in reverse order. The Tetrad appears to have been correlated to when the Jews began returning from their Diaspora back to the Land of Israel after World War 2. The Tetrad correlates to the recapture of the Old City of Jerusalem by Israel during the 6-Day War in This was the first time since the destruction of the Holy Temple in AD 70 that the Jews were able to worship on the Temple Mount on which the Holy Temple once stood. Thus the argument has been made that a certain prophetic event relevant to Israel or that of the Jews in general will be fulfilled during the time of the Lunar Tetrad related to the 3 rd Temple. 1

2 This Tetrad in question starts on April 15, 2014 and ends on September 28, 2015 spanning 531 days or almost 76 weeks by 15 days. Thanks to NASA s calculations and cataloging of eclipses, any type of eclipse for thousands of years can be mathematically derived as a result; in fact 5 millennia from BC to AD 3000 to be precise. The Tetrad hypothesis stipulates that a prophetic event will occur, perhaps during or soon thereafter in the case of the Lunar Tetrad. This Tetrad event fulfillment will not just be an ordinary occurrence but one of Biblical proportions like Israel being reborn or the Old City of Jerusalem recaptured by Israel. The hypothesis of this coming 3rd Biblical fulfillment presented in this study is based on the blueprint pattern given by Jesus Christ during the Olivet Discourse. The Olivet Discourse basically consisted of a prophetic outline that would involve the restitution of 3 factors that have to be in place before the LORD s 2nd Coming. The factors disclosed by Christ start with the Temple, then Jerusalem and ended with Israel. Christ foretold that these 3 factors would be destroyed, in that precise order. The Olivet Discourse went on to disclose that miraculously, the same would involve a reinstitution but in reverse order. This would occur at the End of Days signaled by the budding of the Fig Tree, Israel and concluding with the rebuilding of the 3rd Temple. The acceptance of Israel as a sovereign nation into the UN occurred at the middle of the Tetrad. Israel, as the fulfillment of the Fig Tree Prophecy began to bud in 1947 and started this Olivet Discourse countdown. The recapture of the Old City of Jerusalem to include the Temple Mount occurred at the beginning of the Tetrad. If this pattern is reliable, then the 3rd Temple will be either start to be built and/or dedicated towards the end of the Tetrad. The 3 Keys of Biblical Prophecy The event or event(s) associated with the Tetrad of will be just a prophetic step towards the ultimate restitution of all things as the convergence of all Biblical prophecy will culminate in Israel s redemption and the LORD Jesus Christ s 2nd Coming. This study will present and examine why the Lunar Tetrad of is unique and relevant to a coming convergence of Biblically prophecy. The framework of this study will seek to establish that indeed there is relevance between the Lunar Tetrad of and Biblical prophecy as it pertains to the 3 prophetic keys given by the LORD Jesus Christ during His discourse on the Mt. of Olives. These 3 keys of Biblical prophecy pertain to the Temple, Jerusalem and Israel in that precise order as the LORD spoke about each in the context of His 2nd Coming. As it was stated, it was the order in which the 3 factors were destroyed but as this study will show, they will be restored in reverse order. This current generation has seen the first 2 Biblical prophecies fulfilled; that is the return to and rebirth of Israel and the unification of the Old City of Jerusalem. What remains to be prophetically fulfilled, based on this Olivet blueprint is the rebuilding of the Holy Temple. 2

3 It was at this place and time, on the Mt. of Olives overlooking Herod s Temple or the 2nd Temple built by Zerubbabel s after the 2nd Diaspora from Babylon, that Christ Jesus outlined the context of the coming convergence of all Biblical prophecy and restitution. According to Messiah, these 3 factors would have to be in place first before His 2nd Advent specifically related to Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple. This prophetic blueprint or framework was given by Jesus Christ in Luke 21 as a discourse to the Disciple s question about the 2nd Temple that stood during their day. Christ specifically linked it to the time just prior to all restoration as foretold by the Prophet Daniel at the End of Day just before Messiah s return. It was in this context that the 3 prophetic keys were divulged in the very discourse itself given by the LORD Jesus to His Disciples that will unlock the sequence and timing of such a prophetic time that referenced the Sun, Moon and the Stars as sign posts and prophetic time-markers. Specifically, the 3 prophetic keys Messiah mentioned during the Olivet Discourse have to do with 1) the very Temple they were gazing upon that would be leveled to the ground 2) the armies that would surround Jerusalem and 3) the Diaspora that would occur thereafter or exile from the Land of Israel. The timeframe for the beginning of this all-encompassing restitution of Israel would be signaled by the ominous day of the 9th of Av, that was around August 11, 70 AD and the giving of the Fig Tree metaphor for a future miraculous re-budding of the nation inferred by the Fig Tree allegory. This study strongly suggests that the Fig Tree in turn would constitute the prophetic start of the countdown in which the 3 restitutions of Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple would be corresponding to the Tetrads sequence of to be completed before Messiah s return. This is the context and premise for the Tetrad theory presented in this study. The 3 prophetic keys will be shown that these 3 factors of the prophetic restitution are correlating to the last 3 Lunar Tetrads of according to the blueprint of the Olivet Discourse outline given the LORD Jesus Christ Himself. There can be no denying that since 1948 with the rebirth of Israel, the Lunar Tetrads appear to directly correlate prophetically to the sequence of the Olivet Discourse in how the Temple, Jerusalem and Israel have started to be restored, but in reverse order. The first 2 restorations have been in-step with the last 2 Lunar Tetrads since the Jews returned to the Land of Israel and forged a nation in 1948 as foretold in Isaiah 66. Thus this study, based on in the context of the Olivet Discourse pattern, postulates that the 3rd Lunar Tetrad of since 1948 will be in step with the restoration of the Holy Temple. What this means is that in terms of eschatology or the study of End- Times, the Tetrad of , the last Tetrad in the sequence will be correlating to the 3rd key. Thus this Tetrad is based on the prophetic blueprint of the Olivet Discourse will be correlating to the Biblical restitution -in the present generation of the 3rd Temple of YHVH. To many, the Temple is required to fulfill the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation as it will necessitate the stage to be set for the eventual return of the King, Jesus Christ. 3

4 To reiterate, the 3rd restitution, per the Olivet Discourse has to do with the rebuilding of the Holy Temple -if it follows the prophetic sequence of restoration. As it correlates directly with the Tetrad sequence of , this restitution commenced with the UN admittance of Israel in 1949 and the recapture of Jerusalem in This study thus strongly argues that the Lunar Tetrads are prophetic, signaling the remaining restitution of the Olivet Discourse that will ultimately lead to the coming convergence of all Biblical prophecy, that is the Great and Dreadful Day of the LORD. This is not to say that the Tetrad of is when Messiah will return but that it fulfills the conditions for the LORD s 2nd Coming to occur as prescribed by the LORD Himself to the Disciples on the Mt. of Olives. The following is a menorah pattern that graphically denotes this Tetrad theory of the 3 prophetic keys that Christ gave in the Olivet Discourse. Olivet Discourse Menorah Pattern Tetrads Temple >> Jerusalem >> Israel (DIASPORA) Israel >> Jerusalem >> Temple destroyed surrounded exiled reborn restored rebuilt Key 1 Key 2 Key 3 (Church Age) Key 3 Key 2 Key 1 The Tetrad theory should not be overlooked or dismissed as nonsense or not being relevant to End-Time prophecy because it can provide the possible timing of Biblical events regarding the nearness of Messiah s 2nd Coming. As it pertained to this ultimate fulfillment of Biblical prophecy, what still remains to be fulfilled is the rebuilding of the Holy Temple, as some interpret eschatology. Messiah outlined the sequence of events that in a sense are the keys of what Biblical prophecy should be focused on, mainly Jesus glorification at His 2nd Coming to restore all things as the Prophet Daniel conveyed in Daniel 9:24. Prophetic Timing Based on the Olivet Discourse outline, the 3rd Temple is the last of the prophetic keys left to complete the main condition needed to set the stage for the Return of Jesus Christ. This 2nd Coming of Messiah is prophetically associated with the Sun, Moon and the Stars per the Olivet Discourse for one. Thus a careful examination into such celestial signs in the heavens in these End-Times will only enrich the understanding of its schedule and help in such discernment of it. To reiterate, the 3 keys or prophetic restitutions as it pertains to Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple are tied to the Sun, Moon and Stars. What is striking is that the LORD Jesus stated that when this sequence of prophetic keys were turned to fulfill their prophetic purpose. It would be that Terminal Generation alluded in Psalm 150 that would see His Return to that very spot on the Mt. of Olives -as disclosed in Zephaniah 14, where He gave those keys to End-Time Prophecy to His Disciples. Since 1948, many believed that the rebirth of Israel was the last prophetic sign and that the generation would see the return of Christ in Such added 40 years to 1948 but it was not discerned in full as Israel did not have control over the Temple Mount. This would only be accomplished in 1967 during the 6-Day War during a Tetrad. Because the Jews operate on a lunar based calendar in general, some of the LORD s appointed Feast Days or Moeds will inevitably fall on the Blood Moons. 4

5 In the past, some Feasts have occurred during a singular or paired Blood Moon sequence of a given Tetrad. The point being is that to have a total lunar eclipse on one of the Jewish Feast is not that extraordinary in itself. Out of the various Tetrads that have occurred, those that have the 4 consecutive Feast Days of the LORD are peculiar and should be examined and not dismissed as happenstance or insignificant. Some peculiarities about prophetic timing will be addressed in the following section. The primary reason why Biblical prophecy is correct to be ascribed to the Lunar Tetrad theory, in part is because it is Biblical to do so. These eclipses mark a point in time and are for prophetic signs according to the protocols of Creation given the LORD directly in the Book of Genesis. Passages in the Bible like Psalm 19, Joel 2, Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Acts 2 amongst others emphatically connect Biblical prophecy with Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple to the Sun, Moon and Stars. The Bible speaks of a Star that will come out of Israel or Jacob. The city of Jerusalem is often associated with Blood Moons. The Temple can be associated with the Sun and light due to the Shekhinah Glory. The Temple s Holy of Holies contained the very Presence of YHVH and radiated the Light of the World as bright as the glory of the Sun. Although there have been numerous Lunar Tetrads since the time of Jesus Christ, the last 3 Tetrads in particular of are said to be prophetic as a countdown. What is significant about these last 3 Tetrads is that unlike all the 5 others since Christ, they have occurred or will since Israel has become a sovereign nation as the Fig Tree has budded and branched out. All the prior Tetrads before Israel became a nation occurred during the Diaspora. The Diaspora is a term used to describe the time and condition when the Jews were scattered around the world since the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD. This particular date of 70 AD will be one of the major time markers or bench-marks in considering the mathematics of the Tetrads and year counts leading up to the Tetrad of For example, there is 1948 years, rounded off from 70 AD to the Central Blood Moon of July 2018.The day of the destruction of the 2nd Temple, as it was for the 1st Temple occurred on the 9th of Av. This date is considered very evil or a bad omen for the Jews as it commemorates the Bad Report that the 10 Spies gave to Moses about the Promised Land during the times of the Exodus. As a consequence, Israel had to wander in the Wilderness for a generation of 40 years before the Israelites could then proceed to the Promised Land. There is debate as to what this date of the 9th of Ave, 70 AD exactly translated to in the Julian calendar that was then converted to the Gregorian one later in Some estimate that the date of the 9th of Av was from August 4th to the 11th of the year 70 AD. Using this bench mark date of August 11, AD 70 one gets unique time counts. For example, May 11, 1949 was the date that Israel established the Green Line, marking its geographic border after its War of Independence against the Muslims. This date is exactly 1878 years, 8 months from August 11, 70 AD. Furthermore, the first Tetrad of the sequence occurred on Passover April 13,

6 This astronomical event and sign happened to be a Central Blood Moon, in line with Jerusalem exactly 28 days after the defining of Israel and Jerusalem s borders, the exact duration of 1 lunar cycle. Moreover, from May 14, 1948 when Israel declared its independence to the July 27, 2018 Central Blood Moon is 70 years, 2 months, 14 days or 3663 weeks. Why 2018 is significant is because the Tetrad of is centered directly in-between the Central Bull s Eye Blood Moons of 2011 and This is a 7- year time span that features both Central Blood Moons in line with Jerusalem. The specific length of time between these Central Blood Moons is exactly 7 years, 1 month and 17 days. The Tetrad of 1949 did have a Central Blood Moon but what makes the Tetrad of unique is that the 2 Central Bull s Eye Blood Moons constitute a Triad on either end of the Tetrad. The following is just one example of numerous and impressive symmetry. Last Blood Moon of Triad of Dec 10, 2011 to First Blood Moon of Tetrad April 15, 2014 = 122 weeks or 2 years, 4 months 5 days Last Blood Moon of Tetrad of Sep 28, 2015 to First Blood Moon of Triad of Jan 31, 2018 = 122 weeks or 2 years, 4 months 3 days Prophetic Time Regardless of any possible correlation of Lunar Tetrads being prophetically relevant to Israel or End-Time prophecy, Tetrads have been and are part of the solar and lunar cycles. These celestial cycles are a time piece initiated by the LORD Himself since Creation according to the Book of Genesis. Such celestial bodies were to mark prophetic time. GOD alone fashioned these celestial bodies in such a manner that mankind is the beneficiary of these solar and lunar eclipses as a prerogative to mark time using the celestial bodies of the Sun, Moon and Stars. Biblical prophecy, as it is disclosed in the Bible is also intertwined with time. Time is a factor of Biblical prophecy and vise-versa. The Lunar Tetrads, if nothing else should remind mankind that it is just an observer of such GOD s reckoning of time and of a celestial schedule that will culminate with the end of time itself as much as prophecy will be too. Thus Biblical prophecy will end when time will end as prophecy is nothing more that events in a future point in time not yet realized. The point being is that regardless of any specific prophetic nuance of a Lunar Tetrad upon Israel, or the world for that matter, the solar and lunar eclipses are markers of not only time but of signs or appointments of Biblical prophecy that have to be fulfilled as decreed by the LORD Jesus Christ. For example, based on the Fig Tree analogy of Israel given by the LORD at the Olivet Discourse, Israel is disclosed as a factor of prophetic time that was to re-bud in the future. Thus time is marked off prophetically by Israel s rebirth and existence. To not have Israel would be tantamount to not having Biblical prophecy, period. Both are thus just as much intertwined with each other s time-piece and prophetic purpose of YHWH. Both are marching on, simultaneously from their beginning and to their prophetic fulfillment. This same principle of time is a factor with the Church Age and how it will be completed at the Rapture. 6

7 According to the prophecy of the Book of Revelation and Daniel, the dimension of time and having to have a need to mark time will cease only after the Millennial Kingdom of a 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ on Earth is completed. This Millennial Age will commence at Jesus 2nd Coming. The Bible states that the dimension of time will come to a close when the prophecy of the Gog-Magog War II culminates in the eventual final judgment of Lucifer that will result in his being cast into the Lake of Fire once and for all. It will be at this time or point when time will expire and a New Heaven and New Earth will commence, void of the dimension of time according to the Book of Revelation. Thus there will be no need for such celestial bodies to mark time as it is currently with the Sun, Moon or Stars. Eclipses and even the day and night will not be needed as the Bible discloses that the Light of the Lamb, the Messiah will be so bright that there will be no shadows to be found anywhere in the New Jerusalem for example. As a side note, what is fascinating about one of the properties of prophetic time is that it has a factor of resonance or sound at its core, of frequency and vibration because of its existence within space. The whole of the created Universe hinges on this divine frequency of sound or Logos or what the Bible calls the Word, and the LORD said, let there be etc. Time was vocalized into existence as one of the many dimensions created according to the Creation account in Genesis that exists at a certain frequency and resonance. It was manifested out of nothing into existence from that which came out of the mouth and breath of the Creator GOD, Jesus Christ and for Christ according to Colossians 1:16. For example, the Earth s resonance or frequency operates around ~7.8 Hz. This very frequency is the frequency also found within humans. The human body resonates at 7.8 Hz and the Alpha and Theta brain waves both border the frequency of 7.8 Hz. The point being is that when the resonance ceases, it s because its time has expired. In other words, when a human dies, it s because its resonance has run its course. A man and a woman are but a breath, a musical note coming from the LORD. The spirit bestowed upon the human creation returns to the LORD, the very breath of life. Psalm 62: 9 states, Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. The Lunar Tetrads, as part of the solar and lunar eclipse patterns does demonstrate mathematical frequency and symmetry within time. A Phi Ratio Pattern If the Tetrads have been or are prophetic, then at least to some degree, they will thus be based on one s limited understanding of time and mathematical factors that can be derived from such eclipse patterns. This means that certain mathematical coefficients are to be found encoded in the very fabric of the Tetrad sequences in time. This is the case as such mathematical relationships as the phi ratio occur amongst the Tetrad sequence pattern since Christ. For example one fascinating property of the last 3 Tetrads of is that they are in approximate phi ratio. 7

8 This means that they are mathematically juxtaposed in perfect harmony to each other in terms of space and time. Also there is a 19 and 47 year count pattern found in certain Tetrads and echo the rebirth year of Israel in This phi ratio property also occurs when applied to the date of 70 AD. A mathematical correlation to when the 2nd Temple or Herod s as it was referred to was first started to be refurbished in 22 AD and then to when the Diaspora intensified around 90 AD. Thus these Tetrads should be regarded as being mathematically significance due to their sequence, symmetry and timing alone if nothing else. To some extent then, science is also as much a part or integrity of these Tetrads. It is even hard science because the eclipses of the Tetrads can be calculated and predicted with computer pin-point accuracy. The cataloged eclipses and calculations done by NASA is yet to be called heretical or based on astrology. Student of Scripture and Biblical prophecy just have to do a better job at discerning these celestial signs as they pertain to the LORD s celestial schedule and Biblical prophecy; it has been neglected. What is undeniable is that solar and lunar cycles that the Tetrads are a part of, have a verifiable degree of harmonic resonance of time that is occurring in our dimension. They are truly functioning as divine celestial time-markers that occur in patterns and have mathematical principles and symmetry. The Coming Convergence of All Prophecy Tetrad sequences thus allude to intelligent design that cannot be explained away as random chance or pure Darwinian evolution but they are directly a function of Biblical prophecy. This study postulates that the Tetrad of centers on a coming convergence of Biblical prophecy before the return of Jesus Christ. To reiterate, this prophetic convergence is accompanied by celestial signs such as the Tetrads according to many Biblical accounts. These signs involve the very Sun, Moon and Stars. These celestial signs have already started to occur, especially since the rebirth of Israel in 1948 as Israel is analogous to the Fig Tree given in the Olivet Discourse. This convergence is basically a prophetic countdown to Messiah s 2nd Coming. It started with the rebirth of Israel and it will culminate in Messiah s Kingdom on Earth in righteousness and justice. This study strongly suggests then that the Lunar Tetrad of is specifically prophetic as no other Lunar Tetrads will occur for hundreds of years after It is if as though the Tetrad of was a culminating Tetrad of sorts that this study will try to emphasize in more ways than one. The Tetrad of has to be a major Biblical prophetic time-marker as it approximates the end time of a Biblical generation. Many believe that a full restoration of Israel that exists in Peace and Safety or a future Temple is still in the distant future. Counting 50 years off from 1967 is 2017 and 70 years from 1947 is To go beyond the scope of a 50 and 70 year-generation since 1948, in the context of the Olivet Discourse is to lose any prophetic significance and would invalidate and the very Word of Messiah. For the purposes of this study, the year 1948 that saw the rebirth of Israel on May 14th will be considered the starting point to the culmination of all prophecy. The primarily reasons for this assertion is because of how 1948 is tied mathematically to the Central blood moon of July

9 There are approximately 1,948 years from the Central Blood Moon of 2018 to 70 AD when the 2nd Temple was destroyed. Nonetheless there are 3 main dates to consider when determining which is the actual start date of the prophetic countdown; it is subject of much debate Palestinian Mandate by the UN, a defacto birth of Israel 1948 Declaration of Independence by Ben Gurion on Pentecost 1949 When Israel was officially admitted as a nation by the UN For the purposes of this study, the Fig Tree prophecy is considered to be from when Israel budded in 1947 and has ever since. The next factor to determine is how long the correct Biblical generation is. This generation time could thus be applied to the Tetrad sequence since Israel s rebirth to ascertain the nearness of the LORD s 2nd Coming. Many have studied this subject and it depends; by some calculations of genealogies, a Biblical generation can even be 52 years and even up to 72 years aside from the 80 years that Psalm 90 alludes to. Nonetheless to have decades of time go beyond the Tetrad of without a major Biblical fulfillment would go beyond the timeframe of the generation that saw Israel reborn in It would go against the timely completion of the parable of the Fig Tree itself. The LORD promised that the generation that would see the Jews return to the Land of Israel would be the generation that will see His Return. This return to the Land, Eretz Israel from the 3rd and final Diaspora according to what the LORD prescribed to Ezekiel would be in conjunction to Messiah s return as well. Thus based on the prophetic keys of the Olivet Discourse, this study stipulates that according to this Tetrad theory pattern, the singular Biblical prophetic event scheduled next to be fulfilled will be when the Jews of Israel will dedicate the 3rd Temple on the Temple Mount next to the Dome of the Rock and most likely towards the end of 2015 or soon thereafter. If a specific Biblical fulfillment occurs during the Tetrad, this remains to be seen, but this study is only postulating a certain event that could occur, that is the 3 rd Temple. Furthermore, this study strongly suggests that the year 2015 will most likely be the key year that will facilitate the 3rd Temple. Again this assertion is only based on mathematical calculations extrapolated from prior Temple periods of time and the Blood Moon Tetrad patterns. Based on these variables, 2015 will possibly see a major prophetic event occur in Israel of Biblical proportions. This is based on the Olivet Discourse and the eclipse patterns. Many who believe in the pre-tribulation and pre-wrath Rapture of the Church argue that the Church cannot be present when the Temple even begins to be constructed. Also, many within the Christian community do not ascribe to a pre-tribulation Rapture. Consider that there was an overlap after Christ was raised from the dead all the way to the destruction of the Temple Christ Himself foretold would be destroyed in the Olivet Discourse. The Temple sacrifices were still being performed up until 70 AD, some 40 years later. In one scenario, the Temple could possibly be started as the Church is still on Earth during a short overlap in as the construction could be started then. 9

10 On the other hand, it goes to show just how close the Rapture truly is in light of such a Biblical fulfillment of the last key of the Olivet Discourse blueprint of the Temple s restitution. Other Christians believe that the Rapture will occur sometime after the Tribulation. Regardless of the Rapture, if the Rapture is to occur before the animal sacrificial worship system is implemented, then it could possibly mean that the Rapture has to take place before the Confirming of the Covenant with the Many that many agree will allow for the building of the Temple in the first place and will be the occasion to reveal who the AntiChrist will be. The Keys of the Olivet Discourse If the rebuilding of the Holy Temple is indeed the 3rd and last key of Jesus Christ s Olivet Discourse blueprint, then this assertion has a serious and profound ramification for Israel and the world as a whole. The Lunar Tetrad of may unlock the mystery and timing of the conditions that would have to be in place then right before Christ s 2nd Coming. These conditions were disclosed to the Disciples on the Mt. of Olives that overlooked the 2nd Temple itself in Matthew 24 and Luke 21. The Olivet Discourse gives one the sequence of these prophetic keys that have to be in place to turn and unlock the mystery and culmination of the 3rd Temple s prophecy and timing. Presently, the very conditions and circumstances surrounding the 2nd Temple, the City and ancient Israel in general now mirror the conditions in modern Israel as they were then when Christ gave the personal discourse to the Disciples. Israel During the times of Jesus, the Exiles of Israel were back in the land from the 2nd Diaspora in Babylon with sovereignty but yet certain aspects of the Jews authority was curtailed by Rome, the world superpower at the time. It is the same case today, the Exiles of Israel are back in the Land of Israel from the 3rd Diaspora after World War 2 with sovereignty yet Israel is often dictated to or curtailed by the U.S. superpower and/or UN. It is widely accepted that the USA is the successor of Roman European heritage, government, military and religion. Even Washington DC has been ascribed as being the New Rome, etc. Jerusalem In the days of Messiah, Jerusalem was in the control of Israel but Rome had their governors and king of the Jews, the Edomite Herod with a standing army overseeing his administration. So too soon after the War of Independence for Israel in 1948 and 1967, Jerusalem had UN Peacekeepers as buffering agents between the Jews from the Muslims. Even today, there are certain portions of land between Israel and Jordan, known as in the Jordan Valley that are no-man s land that Israel is seeking to annex for example. Currently East Jerusalem will be designated the capital of the Palestinian State if the Treaty between the Palestinians and Israelis comes to pass. A major point of contention will be the very Temple Mount as it is part of the Old City and whom the Palestinians covet as being part of East Jerusalem. 10

11 Temple Then there is the very Temple that stood during the times of Jesus. The sacrifices of animals at the Temple were permitted by the Romans but with reservations. However, the Romans did not allow for the Jews to carry out any capital punishment. This is why the Jewish Sanhedrin had to give Jesus over to Pilot for execution. This was a befitting way for the religious ruling council of Israel to wash their hands of their sin and betrayal of their Messiah. This act was very much how the Jewish brothers dispensed with Joseph, sold into slavery. Presently, the administration of the Temple Mount, on which the Holy Temples Stood, is deferred to the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf or trust. This is the current reality even though Israel recaptured the site during the 6-Day war in It was Moshe Dayan that deferred the administration of the Temple Mount to the Islamists as a good-well gesture after the 6-Day War. Ironically, the Islamic Waqf denies the very notion that a Jewish Temple ever existed on the Temple Mount. The Jews since then have been restricted to certain degrees in pray until recently but the laws of the Israeli Supreme Court are not enforced practically as the Jewish presence on the Temple Mount is growing. Often times, Jewish and Christian visitors have to be escorted by Police and are sometimes followed or shadowed by Muslims. It is becoming very problematic for the Islamic Waqf and it has become a flashpoint for Intifadas or uprisings in the past. The Heritage of the AntiChrist This study further stipulates that based on the elements correlating to the world empires as depicted in Daniel s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar s dream of a metallic man, as Rome was in power during the time of Christ, so too will Rome s successors be in power still at the 2nd Coming of Christ. More so, the 3 restitutions of the Olivet Discourse have to be in place: Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple. The prior empires that correlated to their particular corresponding metals of gold, silver, bronze and iron were distinct and conclusive as where the Empires; one succeeding upon another. This will not be the case with the last New World Order. It is the exception with the last Empire that has been clearly recognized as being a continuation of Rome. Rome has been the longest continuous empire morphing from the imperial Roman Empire initially after the fall of Greece to the Roman Catholic church in the West and the Orthodox church in the East. This fall of Rome in the West and the East is depicted by the point at the knees. It is in accordance to the human body proportion of the statue of Nebuchadnezzar s dream that is also in phi ratio measure. Thus, the distinctive attribute of the last Empire to rule the world will involve a mixing with the prior rendition that could possibly involve that the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox churches with Islam. They will somehow be mixed with some element that allows for their continued function but with an added element. To some, the argument has been from Islam to an alien genetic altercation of humanity s DNA, etc., is the mix. As to what the clay will be is still to be determined. Regardless, if the vision of Nebuchadnezzar s dream of the metallic man of world empires is concise, it can thus not be attributed to a 10 world regional empire but one that is regionalized still around Europe and the Mediterranean. 11

12 Ultimately this last world power or order will have dominion in all the world as all power and authority will be given to the AntiChrist by Lucifer. This Empire is part of the condition that this study strongly suggests has to be in place as it was when Messiah Jesus Christ first came into the world. This Empire will have the same spirit that infused the prior AntiChrist kingdoms and where empowered by Lucifer. It will mirror that which was, is and will be as Ecclesiastes 1 extols, What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again. It will be the very same Luciferian world power that of Rome that will morph into its ultimate confederation of the 10 Toe New World Order just before Christ s 2nd Advent. This new age will be led by an up and coming Prince of Rome as was Titus. This coming Prince or AntiChrist will eventually usurp the Messiahship of Jesus. Empire Based on the metallic man statue of Nebuchadnezzar, it follows that the same empire at will exist at Christ s 2nd Coming will be one in the same as it was at Christ s 1st Coming. Perhaps there may be 10 spheres of influence around the world as some purport the 10 Toes are denoting but the last Empire that will rule the world or have preeminence over the world will still be Rome in its last rendition. Son of God In the time of Christ, there was the Roman Caesar that proclaimed himself to be the son of god. In Christ s day, Caesar Augustus was deemed the son of god. So too in the Last Days will there be a man that will claim to be the son of god, the upcoming Prince false Messiah or world Caesar that will present himself and be accepted by Israel as their long awaited Messiah ruling the successor to the world Roman world empire system. False Prophet Then there as Herod who proclaimed himself to be the king of the Jews. As the refurbisher of the Temple, he saw himself as the sort of true priest or prophet of Israel as such. You have here a type of the False Prophet that likewise will be in place at Jesus Christ s 2nd Coming. The Bible foretells that the False Prophet will guide all worship to the AntiChrist. Perhaps the Jews will accept this Messiah coming in his own name because this figure will be the one that will sanction the rebuilding of the Jewish 3rd Temple and allow for the animal sacrificial system to commence. The coming False Prophet will be as Herod was to Cesar Augustus in so much as Herod, the false king of the Jews had direct dealings with the renovation of the Temple and its sacrificial jurisdiction during Christ s time. It must have been heart breaking for Jesus Christ as He wept over the condition His Nation, His City and His House, the Temple. Jesus Christ was and is the rightful Heir, Prophet, Priest and King. Yet His House, City and Nation were utterly usurped by a false Kingdom, a false prophet, false priests and a false king. Such were the conditions then as they will possibly soon where there will in Israel a false prophet and ruled over by a false king sanctioned by a false god of Rome. 12

13 It will be no different in the Last Days as the Biblical events depicts a time when the False Prophet will direct all Temple worship to the AntiChrist. In one sense, this forging or mixing of the iron with clay may be alluding to who the very AntiChrist, politically in conjunction with the False Prophet, religiously enables and directs all world worship to the Dragon, Lucifer. This unholy trinity will eventually attempt to destroy GOD s People, both Jews and those that become Christians during the Tribulation period. At some point according to the words of Christ from the Olivet Discourse, the AntiChrist will command the Daily Sacrifices to cease as Christ referenced the prophecy of Daniel for this account. The False Prophet will allow the False Messiah to enter the Holy of Holies of the rebuilt Temple. This coming false Messiah of Israel will stand and thereafter sit himself upon the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant to proclaim his divinity and demand worship from Israel and the world. Both will be in conjunction with Lucifer, the Unholy Trinity to oversee the Holy worships libations of the 3rd Temple. They will seek to funnel Israel and the world s worship and adoration to the Beast. For such deeds will both the AntiChrist and the False Prophet will be thrown alive into the Lake of Fire at Jesus Christ s 2nd Coming. Why this condition will be accepted by Israel and the world, in part will occur because of the Lie that will be believed after the Rapture of the Church takes place, possibly for one. The disappearance of millions of Christians might be used as part of an explanation as the spiritual void will be met by the False Prophet and AntiChrist that will replace the void. The other reason is that the days on Earth just prior to when Christ will come back will be characterized by a situation that was present also amongst GOD s People during Christ s ministry. This condition was characterized by spiritual blindness, a falling away, political division, etc. It may be the case that before the above scenario can possibly occur, the convergence of prophecy involving the 3rd prophetic key building of the Holy Temple has to happen first or soon thereafter. This 3rd Temple will happen to correlate to the end of the Tetrad of or soon thereafter. Perhaps it might even well correspond to when the New World Order is to start that has been prepared to be led by a New World Prince. It will be a time when a Caesar and the False Prophet will be exposed and identified after the Rapture of the Bride of Christ. Many speculate that the AntiChrist will be of royalty, a Prince as Titus of Rome was and eventually destroyed the Temple, Jerusalem and exiled the Jews from the land of Israel. Why Study The Tetrads? In the coming Biblical scenario, the AntiChrist will also establish his tents on the mountains of Israel and surround Jerusalem itself in collaboration with the False Prophet. According to the book of Revelation 19:10, the purpose of all Bible prophecy is to testify of Jesus Christ. This study strongly suggests that the Tetrads are of the signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars that may correlate to some possible Biblical prophecy and should be at least considered. Even so, such celestial signs as Tetrads should be investigated and put to the test spiritually per 1 John 4:1. 13

14 They should be analyzed regardless of their complexity but they should always be measured up against the Bible to see if it extols the preeminence of Jesus as both Savior and LORD. If it does not, it should be suspect and/or considered false prophecy and the source or origin should be questioned. The Bible itself safeguards the integrity its own prophecy by having a litmus test for testing a spirit of revelation to ascertain if it is of the LORD or not. Jesus Christ has to be the center of its theme, aim and fulfillment. All Biblical prophecy eventually points to the fulfillment of the 2nd Advent of Jesus Christ. All Biblical prophecy that is pronounced has to have Christ at its core foundation and/or that helps build up to it. With respect to the Olivet Discourse and Tetrads, the context of Christ s 2nd Coming does appear to be the object lesson of the Tetrads signs. Jerusalem is once again under the administration of its government and the 3rd Temple is rebuilt. A second requirement is that the prophecy will always come to pass, the first time. Jesus in the Olivet Discourse did actually say to watch for these 3 specific signs in relation to the heavenly bodies. If we take the precept that the Bible discloses in that the Creator was Jesus Christ, then this statement is true from the very beginning of Creation. The LORD in Genesis declares that the Sun, Moon and Stars are for signs and to keep count for appointed times. These signs thus confirm prophecy and Jesus very own words by the mere fact that they come from the very schedule of the LORD Creator of the Universe. Jesus Christ reprimanded the blind guides of Israel s religious Rabbinical leadership for being able to discern the sky but not as it relates to prophecy of the coming Day of Jesus Christ s visitation. This would be a dire and tragic mistake to be repeated by the whole Body of Christ if the heavenly signs of the End-Times are ignored. Followers of Jesus Christ cannot afford to miss the signs of the LORD as they pertain the Sun, Moon and Stars as secondary witnesses to Biblical prophecy. The People of GOD will truly perish for lack of knowledge if they are not awake and aware of what the prophetic time is or the season is by watching the heavens for signs in the Sun, Moon and Stars. Although the message and discourse of Christ to His Disciples on the Mt. of Olives was to Israel, much can be inferred by omission concerning the Church, the Body of Christ. However, there is much confusion in the Body of Christ regarding this discourse as it has been made to fit a Rapture paradigm and schedule that no one knows the day or the hour etc. For one, Christ is addressing Israel, not the Church in the context of His 2nd Coming, that no one knows the day or the hour thereof, not the Rapture. This was the very reason for the discourse in that the question was prompted by the very admiration of the ongoing renovation to the 2nd Temple that led to the question of when the Kingdom would be established. As it pertains to the Olivet Discourse, one of the specific questions the Disciples asked of Jesus was when would the end of the Age be. Christ responded in part by referencing to the Sun, Moon and Stars, in the context of Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple. 14

15 It follows then that Jesus answer to them presupposes and involves such an understanding of the times by taking note of the celestial signs in the sky. This watching of the celestial schedule is just part of the vigilance of a Watcher in anticipation of Jesus 2nd Advent as it should be with modern End-Time Disciples. Thus, key celestial events like comets, Tetrads, eclipses will correlate, in part to spiritual and/or political affects upon Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple Mount and are of upmost importance to take note of and investigate. The LORD s Prophetic Time Marker: Israel Tetrads have occurred throughout the centuries since Jesus Christ and history has occurred regardless of their relevance, occurrence or possible prophetic significance, much less Biblical implication as far as Israel is concerned. But in terms of Biblical prophecy, the Bible does emphatically proclaim that some amazing events are about to happen. These events have yet to occur concerning Israel before the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ back to Earth to establish His everlasting Kingdom. According to Jesus account from the Olivet Discourse, the coming point in time regarding the Biblical convergence of prophecy will be a culmination of various unprecedented world events. In part, the Olivet Discourse even described the Earth as entering into a state of convulsion with roars of the waves, earthquakes, leading up to the LORD s return etc. When these events start to happen, it will be like birth-pangs of a woman in labor -about to give birth. At times these events will be so horrific that it will be on a global scale that they have not been seen before by human beings. Although many aspects of Biblical prophecy are in dispute as to when they are going to occur, or have or will is mere conjecture; the premise still remains the same. This premise is that Israel is at the center of the world s eye of the prophetic storms coming upon Earth; Jerusalem is a cup of trembling as Isaiah 51 states and the Temple Mount is the most contested piece of real estate on Earth. Nonetheless, the most notable up-and-coming Biblical prophecies to occur are the Rapture, the Psalm 83 War, the Ezekiel 39 War and Armageddon. The exact timing and sequence of these events are not given but certain clues and signs were laid out by Christ Himself as to the circumstances and composition of certain prophetic keys given to His Disciples during the Olivet Discourse. For example, the reemergence of Israel on the map of the world IS the most profound fulfillment of Biblical prophecy in modern history. This was a prophetic fulfillment, in this generation no less corresponding to the 3rd prophetic key of the Olivet Discourse. As it pertains to November 29, 1947, this day was when the UN after World War 2 passed and adopted the Palestinian Partition Plan. It was rejected by the Palestinians but nonetheless, this in effect established Israel as a de-facto State. Then about 5 months later on the Pentecost Sabbath evening of May 14, 1948 the infant nation declared its independence to make good on the UN s Resolution. Not less than a day old, Israel s birth as foretold by Isaiah 66 had occurred that Israel had to fight for her very existence. Israel had to defend herself against the 7 wellequipped Islamic armies that came upon her in an attempt to abort it. 15

16 This study strongly suggests that the regathering of the Exiles of Israel back to the Promised Land is the center piece in itself of the fulfillment of the Fig Tree promise of the LORD. This sets in motion the turning of the 3 prophetic keys of the Olivet Discourse for the final foretold restitution of Israel, Jerusalem and the Temple that in turn corresponds to the Tetrads of This last in-gathering of the Exiles constituted the 3rd and last regathering before the Advent of Jesus Christ. This last regathering of the Jews is part of the 7-fold fulfillment of Daniel s 70th Week blueprint given in Daniel 9:24. It is a prophecy that pertained to Israel and related to the rest of the world. What this means is that the rebirth of Israel as a nation in 1948 will have Israel in the Land to never be exiled again. This means that the prophecy that is yet to be completed as outlined in the prophecy given to Daniel is about to be completed within this present generation. The prophetic outline given to Daniel is as follows. A 70 Weeks determined Menorah Pattern of Prophetic Time based on Daniel 9:24. Messiah s 1st Coming 1. For your People and for your Holy City Passover Christ as the Lamb 2. To finish the transgression U. Bread Christ crucified 3. To make an end of sins First Fruits Christ resurrected (Church Age) 4. To make reconciliation for iniquity Pentecost Body of Christ Messiah s 2nd Coming 5. To bring in everlasting righteousness Rosh HaShana Christ as the Lion 6. To seal up vision and prophecy Yom Kippur Christ anointed King 7. And to anoint the Most Holy Sukkot Christ sets up Temple Prophetic Warnings In the Olivet Discourse of Luke 21, the LORD Jesus instructs His Followers on what Biblical Prophecy is. Biblical Prophecy is founded upon and should be referenced to Christ s 2nd Coming. To reiterate, the prophetic parameters pertain to watching 1) the Nation of Israel, 2) the Old City of Jerusalem and 3) the Temple Mount. This is in the exact sequence but in reverse order of how the Lunar Tetrads since 1949 are mirroring the restoration of ALL things according to Christ s prophetic pattern disclosed to the Prophet Daniel in Daniel 9:24. The Olivet Discourse was a warning to the Jews to be ready to flee when such conditions became a reality such as armies surrounding Jerusalem. The discourse was given to the nation of Israel and not to the Church but the Church should take heed of its principles as it pertains to the End of Days timeline. These judgments fell upon the nation of Israel because of unbelief. Israel did not accept the LORD Jesus as Messiah and as a result, great judgment came upon GOD s People, the Jews of that time. It was the Christians that took flight and were led up to the hills.yet YHVH promised in His mercy and unconditional promise to Abraham to always leave a remnant and re-gather the Exiles back to the Land of Israel. 16