The midnight hour in the parable of the ten virgins has taken on real-life importance since the heavenly clock of the Horologium constellation struck twelve on March 4/5. The news of the Bridegroom’s coming—of Jesus’ return—was the most exciting and all-consuming experience we have ever known, and to have finally reached the point in the parable when the cry was made at midnight was wonderfully momentous. It was time to trim our lamps and light the way to the marriage feast!
At the beginning of the midnight cry, we saw conversions, baptisms, and new light flooding in from heaven…
Yet, it is dark in the world. At the stroke of midnight, banks started to crumble and new economic fears quickly spread around the globe. This, of course, cannot be a complete surprise to anyone who reads the book of Revelation (or even just the letter of James[1]) and therefore knows that the end of the world was always prophesied to be accompanied by a terrible collapse of monetary value. But as students of the book of Revelation, we sought further understanding of the midnight cry of Jesus’ parable in the context of its prophecies.
As explained in The Persecutor’s Doom Foretold, the time when comet K2 struck midnight on March 4/5, 2023 was closely connected with the comet C/2023 A3. That is because it was within a literal hour as the comet hand (K2) passed the midnight mark on the heavenly clock, that the news of comet A3 was first understood for its prophetic significance in relation to the angel of Revelation 20 that binds Satan for a thousand years. This angel wraps up the story of the earth and consequently, understanding its fulfillment signifies that the mystery of God must be finished beforehand with the sign of the Son of man.
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. (Revelation 10:7)
Seeing this messenger from God bringing tidings of the persecutor’s doom means that the Lord will have gotten the authority to bind Satan.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15)
The significance of comet A3, given exactly as the heavenly clock struck midnight, shows that this transfer of power had begun, and that the sign of the Son of man, the sign of the eternal reign of the new King of the earth could begin to unfold one week later on March 12. “Behold, the Bridegroom cometh!”
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice [the midnight cry], as of a trumpet [the seventh], Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last [the sign of the Son of man]: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia…. (Revelation 1:10-11)
Interestingly, when we gathered to study together on that very day of March 5, 2023, the Lord directed us to randomly read from a very fitting chapter in the book of Jeremiah:
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. (Jeremiah 6:1)
The chapter closes with a hint to the current financial crisis, describing His people in terms of disdained currency, because evil was not purged from them:
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. (Jeremiah 6:30)
In the setting of the world financial system, with Silvergate Bank at its breaking point, which would usher in a new wave of not-so-called bailouts, it is very fitting for prophecy to speak of “reprobate silver,” as a trumpet is to be blown and that it is high time to “flee out of the midst” thereof.
At the same time, we began to see a significant uptick in interest in the sign of the Son of man. This is anecdotal evidence that Christians (the virgins in the parable) are actually waking up to trim their lamps to look for the coming Bridegroom.
This understanding presents a predicament for those who (in the language of the parable of the virgins) are just now “waking up” and seeing the sign of the Son of man in heaven. Is it too late? According to the parable, the answer is “yes and no.” A certain preparation time is over, but the door to the marriage supper has not yet closed. Now is the time to trim your lamp and go out with light shining bright to meet the Bridegroom and attract as many others as possible to the wedding procession. There is NO time to waste with dubious vendors of oil from questionable sources, like the five foolish virgins who were ultimately shut out.
With the seventh trumpet of Revelation related to the midnight cry of the parable, it follows that part of “trimming one’s lamp” includes the study of the seventh trumpet to let the light of understanding shine its brightest. Notice how the seventh trumpet text describes this midnight cry:
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven… (From Revelation 11:15)
We are obviously dealing with a “loud” event: one that wakes up the sleeping virgins. But more to the point, there are voices “in heaven.” Let us listen closely to what these voices say:
…The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15)
The seventh trumpet text seems to describe Christ’s reign as an earthly reign, but Jesus clearly said that His return is not to establish a kingdom on this old earth, but to take His people to heaven.[2] So, what does the prophecy mean for Jesus to reign over the kingdoms of this world, if He is not even on this world? It is simply that He reigns through His body.
Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the kingdom of God come?”
Jesus answered, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes. People will not say, ‘Look, God’s kingdom is here!’ or, ‘There it is!’ No, God’s kingdom is within you.” (Luke 17:20-21 ICB)
Jesus Christ gained the right to become King of the earth because His children demonstrated love and perseverance to search out the mystery of God to its end[3] and have embraced His sacrificial character, proclaiming it to the world by their testimony of faith. The great voice of the midnight cry like a trumpet is joined by the voices that declare that the kingdoms that belonged to the prince of darkness now belong to the King of light on account of His people who are spread throughout the earth! As the final storm rages, the earth is nevertheless lightened by the glory of God with great power.[4]
In addition to the spiritual aspect of the shift in power, the kingdoms of this earth are divided and will not stand, though the whole world would attempt to unite under one government or one currency. The foundation of every kingdom is its money, and the ditching of the dollar and its looming implosion (or explosion) is prophetic. In fact, it is even an expression of Christ’s reign: when the world reserve currency is losing value, and another solid asset is taking its place, there is a shift in power. One of the most prominent Bible prophecies of Christ’s return is connected to exactly that scenario and was given to a king who didn’t want the monetary value of his kingdom to diminish. God showed him the kingdoms of today in a dream:
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2:44-45)
This dream is fulfilling before your very eyes. It describes Bitcoin as the stone currency cut out (or mined) without hands (not by manual labor), and this stone is growing to fill the whole earth. It is still small today, but all the experts in the field know that it will inevitably subsume all the present and future wealth of the world, and everything else will diminish in value by comparison. This means the fiat currencies, which are symbolized by the gold, silver, bronze, iron, and dirt to represent everything from the USD world reserve currency to other virtually worthless national currencies, will all be smashed and ultimately disappear in the smoke of the burning of Babylon as it is prophesied in Revelation 18.
Understanding Bitcoin as a symbol for the kingdom of heaven is important for those living in these days of prophesied monetary changes. God calls His people out of Babylon, out of the servitude to fiat currencies. Please watch the video Streets of Gold if you aren’t familiar with it yet. The articles Reward Her Double and Shelter in the Time of Storm are also valuable to understand Bitcoin’s role in these last days before Christ’s return. But just to give you a sense of how the prophecy of Daniel quoted above is fulfilling, consider the recent news from Michael Saylor:
MICROSTRATEGY PURCHASES 6,455 BTC, PAYS OFF $205M LOAN AT 22% DISCOUNT
In a nutshell, Michael Saylor had a bitcoin-backed loan[5] with Silvergate Bank—the insolvent bank that triggered the midnight “crysis,” and when Silvergate was liquidated, he was able to pay off his loan at a bargain price:
MicroStrategy has announced the repayment of a $205M bitcoin-collateralized loan in full at a 22% discount for $160M, along with the acquisition of an additional 6,455 BTC, bringing their total holdings to 138,955 BTC.
Keep in mind that Satan doesn’t give up without a fight, and the final spiritual battle of Armageddon is also reflected in the money war: as the Bitcoin on- and offramps from the fiat money highway are blocked and broken down, the battle lines become increasingly well-defined. Notice what the G7 is planning:
G7 Countries Set a Date for Imposing Global Crypto Regulation After the Recent Banking Crisis (Report)
Most likely the present banking crisis was orchestrated intentionally to crush Bitcoin and justify the implementation of CBDCs. But Revelation speaks much about money, and its prophecies tell us that these plans will not succeed, ultimately. Irony kudos to the St. Louis Fed for teaching US students that the Roman Empire fell because of inflation.[6] We live in fascinating times. How much more insight could this warning of the seventh trumpet give us into the present and future time of trouble?
At the twelve o’clock hour on the Horologium clock, the great heavenly chime began to resound and the carillon to play. Meanwhile, although the Horologium constellation announces the coming of Jesus Christ as King with comet K2, the companion comet to form the sign of the Son of man, E3, was just crossing the river at the foot of Orion. This indicates that Jesus, as depicted with His wounds in Orion, is the very One proclaimed as King.
The Orion constellation (which has an hourglass form) is also a clock, as described in the Orion presentation. It is the heavenly venue described in Revelation 4 and 5, where the 24 elders surround the throne.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God… (Revelation 11:16)
These elders are instrumental in worship, especially during the sounding of the carillon, such as at the twelve o’clock hour. Both comets began the sign of the Son of man together with the same message of worship that Jesus-Alnitak,[7] the One depicted in Orion, is now to reign as King of the earth!
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. (Revelation 11:17)
Jesus is revealed in three major ways: past, present, and future. These are depicted in the sign of the Son of man from right to left with the baptism of Jesus’ sacrifice at the center.[8]
In the sign can be seen Jesus in Orion, Jesus in the river as represented by Phaeton, and Jesus as Time Himself in the Horologium constellation. All three symbols are representations of time: “which art” present in Orion (ministering His blood as High Priest since John’s day), “and wast” in the past in the river of baptism (a symbol of death and resurrection), “and art to come” in the future (from John’s perspective) in the pendulum clock.
Now He is taking His great power. The signet ring of authority is now being placed on His finger, and we can see the signature that it bears, as the comets began to trace it on the heavenly canvas. This means that Jesus is now sealing all those who have His DNA. Those who accept and believe in Him through the sign of the Son of man are receiving His seal figuratively on their foreheads; as they look up to His sign in the heavens, His name is written on their minds and hearts. They will not let mankind destroy their genetic heritage. They will not do evil for their names to be blotted out of the book of life, because they know God.
But the message must go out. It must reach those who need to be strengthened and sealed by it. When Jesus was on earth, He sent the disciples out as fishers of men:
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:19)
As persecution increased against the early church, Christians began to identify themselves with the sign of the fish, known as the ichthys. In the sign of the Son of man, we see a very great fish. When you go out as fishers of men, you are working for the Big Fish to bring people into His net.
The seventh trumpet also indicates that trouble will now increase on the earth as the end comes:
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Revelation 11:18)
The anger of the nations is boiling all over the news headlines on multiple fronts. Just a sampling:
March 20 – Putin’s visit to Mariupol on Sunday unleashed an angry reaction from Ukraine
March 16 – ‘Path of error and danger’: China angry and confused over Aukus deal
March 16 – Russia Is Furious as Georgians Fight for Their Democracy
March 5 – Poor Nations’ Leaders Unleash Anger, Despair at UN Summit
March 17 – Violent protests in France over Macron’s retirement bill push
March 18 – Bank failures: Anger in Congress, but division on what to do
However, it is not only the nations that are presently angry. The Bible also says of God that “Thy wrath is come.” God is angry. This, in the context of the seventh trumpet, corroborates that the world is now coming face-to-face with the third and last woe of Revelation[9] before the coming of Jesus.
The first woe, which is associated with the fifth trumpet, was deciphered to be the coronavirus crisis. As the text says, this was a woe to those who had no qualms about forfeiting their identity as sons and daughters of God.
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. (Revelation 9:4)
Those who value God’s role in designing the human genome to protect against viruses and trust His design over man’s invention were ultimately not hurt by the coronavirus. Even if they died by it, it could not touch their eternal lives. But those who wanted a vaccine at any cost, even the cost of removing their DNA from the lineage of the Creator, actively sought eternal death but could not get it because such vaccines were not immediately available.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. (Revelation 9:6)
In some places such as the European Union, the vaccines even “fled from them” in the sense that promised and paid vaccine doses were not delivered, much to the chagrin of EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and of all Europe.
The three woes of the last three trumpets are more severe than the trumpets alone (hence they are called woes). However, the Bible does not give a separate description of the woes apart from the trumpets. Could it be that they signal the beginning of the plagues?
During the coronavirus time, shortly before the vaccines were approved for emergency use, God sent a special comet—one that even became visible to the naked eye for many—that came directly from the hand of Orion. As the sun was darkened in the total solar eclipse of 2020, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was in Orion, preparing to be thrown from “the hand of the giant” to Virgo and the scales, indicating that judgment against the apostate church would soon begin.
Given the setting of the first woe, an interesting observation can be made about the first plague. Sores as described in the first plague could suggest what actually happened in the world because of the COVID-19 vaccines and their little-publicized side-effects.
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. (Revelation 16:2)
Notice that the first plague was also selective like the first woe that went before it, as the fifth trumpet text says in Revelation 9:4 quoted above. The woe is said to afflict those who don’t have the seal of God—corresponding to those who were tormented during the lockdowns and eager to get back to their exciting lifestyles. When the vaccines came out, such ones were glad to be able to get back to the streets and to their parties. To worship the image represents holding the LGBT-supportive ideology (the image of the beast) that whatever the flesh desires should be granted.
Those who live in agreement with the image of the beast welcomed the woe of vaccination, which became a plague for many. Many churchgoers were also glad to get back to their social clubs, indifferent to taking a vaccine that interferes with the Creator’s genetic design. So, the first woe (Covid-19), opened the way for the second woe (genetic vaccination), which in turn, led to the first plague.
The second woe is associated with the sixth trumpet. Indeed, it was the war that few saw coming, where the fire, smoke, and brimstone of the sixth trumpet were recognized to bring about the eternal death of a huge fraction of the earth’s population through vaccination.
But in contrast to the woes, the plagues track different themes, and only the first plague bears a direct relationship to the woes, representing the enduring physical consequences of the vaccination woe. The second plague afflicts Europe, which is the “sea” in prophetic symbolism, for which the war in Ukraine corresponds very well:
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. (Revelation 16:3)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made Europe (because Ukraine is part of Europe) as the blood of a dead man, so to speak. And the fear has always been that Russia would take the whole of Europe and turn it into a sea of blood. The text very well describes what is happening there. It describes the end state, which has been developing over a course of time. The plagues are cumulative and will not stop.
As with the first plague, there was a comet that had caught our attention at that time, and it was “poured out” into the heavenly sea area while Russian troops were amassing at the Ukrainian borders until Putin enraged the dumbfounded world by crossing over.
The tide of evil that has resulted from the war is not restricted to the deaths of thousands of soldiers, but includes the shock to the global economy, energy market, and food supply chain, from which the world is still reeling. The comet itself—C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS)—disintegrated before leaving the sea area, just as neither the war nor its wake of death has left the borders of Europe to this day.
Thus, while the terrors of the war continue to be poured out in the second plague, the woeful vaccination drive has effectively come to a halt.
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. (Revelation 11:14)
While the woes are said to pass, the plagues linger and accumulate. The woes lead to eternal death, while the plagues are consequences of man’s actions that affect various aspects of creation.
This brings us to the third plague:
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (Revelation 16:4)
The warning for this plague upon the waterways was given by the third trumpet angel, from whom we may gather more detail. The text of the third trumpet describes a disaster striking a portion of the waterways and poisoning them with wormwood:
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. (Revelation 8:10-11)
Interestingly, comet E3 was precisely approaching the river Eridanus when the seventh trumpet began to sound in heaven at midnight on the Horologium clock. Seven days later, it crossed the river. In those seven days, a lot of interesting things happened that portend growing trouble as we’ve already seen. But there’s even more. Wormwood can be interpreted as radioactive contamination being poured into the waters. This warning of the third trumpet manifested in the third plague and came to light shortly after the comet crossed the river.
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leak from Minnesota nuclear plant
You can imagine the public outrage about not being notified of a radioactive leak until four months after the incident. But this event has deep spiritual significance regarding the faith of God’s people. The biggest city within the contamination zone of the plant is Minneapolis, Minnesota, where the Holy Spirit once sought to inspire His people with the message of righteous living by faith in Christ, but was rejected. This is the infamy of the 1888 General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that was held in that city.
The Adventist church was uniquely positioned to combine their emphasis on obedience with the righteousness by faith that is still taught in an isolated form in many churches today (but “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.” – James 2:17). Christ sought to give the complete picture for His people through that church, but they rejected the Holy Spirit and allowed their waters—their teaching—to be contaminated. It has now come to the point that they actively promote Covid vaccination and provide it on the church’s own grounds, deceiving trusting souls into willingly forfeiting their genetic identity as sons and daughters of God—polluting their own gene “fountains.” How can one overcome such a virus as has infected the church? Read about it in Christ in You, the Gene of Glory—represented in the sign of the Son of man by the heavenly river and the baptism into Christ.
As we examine the remaining verses of the description of the plague, something very interesting is said, in light of the sign of the Son of man:
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. (Revelation 16:5-6)
Here another angel is introduced that ascribes righteousness to the Lord for His judgments: “the angel of the waters”. Which angel could this be? Without having this verse in mind, an inquiring commenter on one of our videos wrote to us desiring understanding about comet C/2021 S3 (PanSTARRS), which is present within the sign of the Son of man. (Such a comment is a delight to us and to the Lord, as it shows interest and curiosity about the messages God is sending from heaven.) This faint comet with perihelion in 2024 has not featured much in the press, and we had not considered it up to that point, but seeing the comet in the constellation of Columba (the dove) as the third vial (represented by E3) was poured out on the waters suggested a possible meaning.
Upon investigation, it turns out that comet S3 indeed came from Eridanus (the waters), where it was when the Orion message began in 2010, so it fits the description as “the angel of the waters”. Since then, it has come out of the waters to circle around Columba (the dove) at this time as the third plague begins, which makes his speech the testimony of the Holy Spirit. How fitting that the Holy Spirit would bear witness to the Lord’s righteousness just as He did at His baptism, which this comet highlights in the sign!
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Matthew 3:16-17)
It is the same Holy Spirit whose message of righteousness was rejected in 1888, who now confirms that our Lord, depicted in three portraits of present, past, and future, is righteous. Comet E3 stands in the waters here at the beginning of the sign as Jesus did at His baptism, but tracing its path to the end of the sign, it marks the hour of resurrection when the Father’s voice will be heard in approval of the righteous members of the body of Christ.
That voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus was not spoken just for Him who needed no cleansing from sin. It was spoken to every soul who accepts Jesus as their Lord and follows Him into the sacrificial waters of self-abnegation. Those who commit their lives to a labor of love at unlimited cost to self will be declared by God and witnessed by the Holy Spirit to be “His beloved children, in whom He is well pleased.” This emphasizes why the scene of Jesus’ baptism is at the center of the sign of the Son of man.
In the text of the third plague, there is a third voice from the altar giving testimony:
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. (Revelation 16:7)
The altar with its four horns is represented by Taurus, which also has four “horns” radiating from the central area. The only voice that was in Taurus on March 12, 2023, was Mars, the war planet that imparts the color of blood to the rivers, situated perfectly between the horns of the bull. This would seem to answer the question of what the third plague will entail, once it has fully panned out. Mars would indicate war, and this would fit with the prospect of a nuclear world war, since radioactive contamination of the water such as seen in Minneapolis is something that would also result from nuclear war. The leak from the nuclear plant is only a faint hint of what the nation would be able to cry over if it goes to war with other nuclear superpowers. Thus, we see that the plagues apparently grow more severe with time.
And this brings us full circle to the failure of the Adventist church in 1888: she, like all churches, stopped short of accepting the full message of righteousness by faith which must result in works of love commensurate with said faith. Those who only go down into the waters of baptism to have their sins washed away but do not come up to a new life of selfless service out of love for Christ can never hear those comforting words of Paternal ownership, “This is My beloved son.”
The seventh trumpet begins to sound after the first two woes have concluded, and considering that almost no one receives first-time vaccinations anymore, that time has effectively come:
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. And the seventh angel sounded… (Revelation 11:14-15)
This last trumpet has most always been understood as the culmination of the apocalypse, including the destructive plagues, because it mentions hail:
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:19)
Regardless of whether this hail is a reference to the same hail of the seventh plague, or whether it is a distinct hail, it still shows that the divine judgments become destructive after the seventh trumpet sounds. First, however, only heavenly events surrounding the Lord’s possession of the kingdoms of the earth are described; only then are the judgments over the world mentioned.
Furthermore, we can now see that not all the plagues begin after the seventh trumpet sounds: the first and second plagues are excluded.
This emphasizes the fact that a king does not execute his enemies until he has been installed on the throne.[10] The revealing of the ark mentioned in the seventh trumpet text, as explained previously, represents the nearness of absolute justice: the due reward being given to God’s enemies through the mentioned means of lightning bolts, thundering, quaking, and hail. This was not the case before and points to a coming time without mercy.
God is not merciless in His nature, but there is a time when the wicked have rejected the pleas of mercy to the point that no further mercy can appeal to their hardened hearts. No matter how much more time could be given, they would make no change of direction. The proof of God’s never-failing mercy is in the fact that even during this time, He will protect those who have chosen Him, but the time will have come to judge the wicked in righteousness.
Oh, that the people might know the time of their visitation! There are many who have not yet heard the testing truth for this time. There are many with whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God’s destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those who have had no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched; His hand is still stretched out to save, while the door is closed to those who would not enter. {9T 97.2}
This progression of hardening justice can be illustrated as follows:
The division between the two plagues before the sign of the Son of man and the five plagues within it, suggests a correlation with the men with slaughter weapons whom Ezekiel saw going to kill all who were not bemoaning the abominations done in the land and thus did not receive God’s mark.
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. (Ezekiel 9:2)
Notice the role of the man with the writer’s inkhorn to seal God’s people. The timing fits perfectly with the sealing with the sign of the Son of man described earlier in this article. First the man in linen goes through and seals, then the other five follow.
And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. (Ezekiel 9:4-6)
One way to understand the command, “Go ye after him,” is that the slaughterers begin their work before the man in linen has finished, but following in his path. This is possible because as soon as the man in linen passes through an area, it is clear to the slaughterers what decision every soul there has made. Either they have been marked or not; there is no second chance. The man in linen does not make any other round, but visits every individual only once. The plagues of this period of God’s vengeance are the theme of an upcoming article.
This is of the utmost gravity to every single person alive today who hasn’t yet received the vaccine or otherwise sided with the enemies of God. The sealing mark is now becoming visible in heaven, and those who receive the seal—those who allow it to be impressed upon their minds—they are the ones figuratively marked by the man in linen. They are sealed in His name, while those who make light of His invitation are destroyed.[11]
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
That name is Jesus: Alnitak of Orion, the Alpha and the Omega, the wounded One! This is the last chance. This is the final opportunity to receive the sign of Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit—or be left out like the foolish virgins. In the days of Ezekiel, the literal sign was the ancient Hebrew letter tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alephbet, which looks like a cross. Today we are talking about receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit as illustrated in the sign of the Son of man, wherein is depicted the baptism of the Alpha and Omega who died for you.
To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart… (From Psalm 95:7-8)
Hear Him![12] Listen to the man in linen with the writer’s inkhorn, who is none other than the High Priest depicted in Orion! Listen to the One who gave His life for you, illustrated as Phaeton, motionless on that High Sabbath[13] in the river of time. Listen to the King of kings who speaks now with all authority on Earth, represented by the pendulum clock that has struck midnight.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:28)
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