We live in solemn times. Yet the solemnity stems not from the threat of nuclear war, geological disasters, or political upheaval. As Christians, we are not shaken by physical death, which God promises will lead to new life at the resurrection, but by the loss of eternal life. Physical death often draws attention with its loud, dramatic events, while spiritual death can creep in silently, almost imperceptibly. A single decision at a critical point of no return can lead to desolation—when the Holy Spirit no longer dwells in His temple. Through his agents, Satan actively deceives the world, seeking to mislead even the elect.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but… against spiritual wickedness in high places. (Ephesians 6:12)

God’s prophetic word is our sure guide. All the prophecies in Revelation are reaching their climax. The prophecy of the two witnesses in chapter 11, the pinnacle of Revelation, can now be fully understood. In our previous article, Elijah and the Silent Witnesses, we showed how the two witnesses ascended to heaven when two novae (V462 Lupi and V572 Velorum) appeared in the southern sky, both visible to the naked eye at the same time—a unique event in recorded history! In this article, we will explore the fulfillment of the dramatic events in Revelation 11:13, the verse following the ascension of the two witnesses. We will take a broad perspective to understand what shook the earth at that time.

The Same Hour

To understand the earthquake in Revelation 11:13 that occurs “at the same hour” as the ascension of the two witnesses, we must keep their ascension in proper context:

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:11-13)

Brother John explained that the two witnesses are described in four parts: two olive trees (at the two solstices) and two lampstands (at the two equinoxes). This describes the two witnesses before their ascension. Their ascension involves the witnesses “rising” from the Mazzaroth (the ecliptic) to the open heavens, where the two novae were visible.

Throughout the year before the 70th jubilee,^[1] as the sun reached each of the four points on the Mazzaroth (the two equinoxes and the two solstices) representing the two witnesses,^[2] the Spirit of life entered them. A comet appeared in the headspace of each corresponding constellation at the four points of the two witnesses.

This led to the Jubilee year, starting March 30, 2025, when God’s redeemed are separated from Babylon, against whom He executes His vengeance:

For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. (Isaiah 63:4)

This day of vengeance points to a time within the 70th Jubilee year of the redeemed, which began on March 30, 2025, after the Spirit of life finished entering the two witnesses on the Mazzaroth in early 2025. Then, as the sun reached the next witness station at the June solstice, the two witnesses ascended from the Mazzaroth to the open heavens, seen in the two novae.

With the context of this refresher, we can better understand “the hour” in Revelation 11:13. In Greek, the word for “hour” can also mean “time,” allowing for ambiguity—either a specific hour on one of God’s clocks or a more generalized place in time. The entire story is about the two witnesses, which ascended during a known period: the first nova, V462 Lupi, was visible from June 12 to July 10, and the second, V572 Velorum, from June 25 to July 4.

We must keep this prophetic setting in mind, as several prophecies converge in these days. For example, the Great and Marvelous Sign, the sign of the thrown censer, and the hour, day, month, and year of the sixth trumpet all point to June 25, 2025.^[3] A forthcoming video will explain the sixth trumpet’s prophecy in the context of the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, a heavenly sign tied to the second woe, which the sixth trumpet warned about.

The timeline of the novae, from their first appearance to when they faded from naked-eye view, helps us identify “the same hour”:

This timeline also guides us in identifying the fulfilling events happening “the same hour” as the ascension. It focuses on the specific events that occurred during this period, namely:

And the same hour was there…

1. a great earthquake, and

2. the tenth part of the city fell, and

3. in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and

4. the remnant were affrighted, and

5. gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13)

Shaking the Earth

Was there a great earthquake within this timeframe? We’re not discussing a literal earthquake measured on the Richter scale, but a symbolic one. Could it be that the earthquake signifies a location? In Revelation’s prophetic symbolism, the “earth” represents the United States in modern times. This perspective leads us to focus on a major disruptive event in the U.S. during the appearance of the two novae, particularly V462 Lupi, visible from June 12. It shined in Lupus the wolf, symbolizing the wolf in sheep’s clothing—pastors from apostate Protestant churches in the U.S., such as are now tied to Trump’s White House faith office.

This event was inescapable, and the impact of the shaking was felt most during V462 Lupi’s visibility. Donald Trump prioritized deporting foreign nationals, claiming it would curb drug trafficking and crime, and championed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” during this period. Introduced on June 10, it passed the Senate on July 1 and was signed into law on July 4.

The measure would authorize a level of immigration enforcement spending that analysts and advocates say is without precedent. Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” dedicates roughly $170bn for immigration and border-related operations – a staggering sum that would make US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) the most heavily funded law enforcement agency in the federal government, and that critics warn will unleash more raids, disrupt the economy and severely restrict access to humanitarian protections like asylum.

“We’ve already seen aggressive, indiscriminate immigration enforcement across the country – and protests in reaction to how horribly it’s been carried out,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the liberal Economic Policy Institute.^[4] 

This unprecedented crackdown resembles “ethnic cleansing” in its execution. Many legal, productive immigrants with no criminal history face deportation simply for resembling those who fit a targeted profile. The opening of inhumane facilities like “Alligator Alcatraz”—thrown together in eight days beside an airstrip surrounded by miles of alligator- and python-infested swampland—raises questions about what Trump meant with his campaign to bring religion back to America! Announced on June 19 and opened on July 3, 2025, it falls squarely within V462 Lupi’s visibility.

The indiscriminate and unprecedented ICE raids and mass deportations have sparked civil unrest, pointing to a larger scheme beyond Trump or the Democrat-Republican divide. These leaders are mere tools. Democrats were used to flood the nation with liberal insanity, then Republicans were used to push back. This pendulum has swung for several cycles, growing more extreme, until this current pushback abandons all moral restraint. Morality isn’t just about pride month; it’s about how we treat fellow humans—especially hardworking, productive Christians, some known to this writer, who were welcomed under one administration only to face unyielding, aggressive deportation under the next.

The few who are criminals are used to justify inhumane treatment, family separations, and widespread injustice, betraying the values the U.S. once upheld. The nation is in full betrayal its Protestant roots. This is the true war—a war against Christianity. In this earthquake, the U.S., once a Protestant beacon, is now led by a betrayer, and his actions reveal the depth of that betrayal.

The Breached City

To understand the next event in the sequence, we should view the earth from a higher perspective, seeing beyond our immediate surroundings. This approach is key to interpreting Revelation 11:13. From an earthly viewpoint, we might assume the great earthquake causes all the subsequent events. However, the events in verse 13 are connected by “and,” hinting they are distinct. The ascension of the two witnesses sets the timeframe—June 12 to July 10—so we focus on prominent events within this period, as seen with the earthquake.

The term “earthquake” guided us to the United States. Similarly, “the city” in verse 13 offers clues about its identity. In Revelation 11, this is the third mention of a city, and the three mentions are linked through what is called chiasmus, a biblical literary style named after the Greek letter (chi) for its symmetry. This structure emphasizes the middle theme. The following chapter outline shows the mountain-like reflection of Revelation 11’s content, highlighting the relevant parts for this event:

The first and last mentions of the city are on the same chiastic level, meaning they are thematically related but not identical. The first mention, “the holy city,” refers to Jerusalem, suggesting the last mention is related. The central mention, “the great city,” is a heavenly one whose street is the ecliptic, where the two witnesses were stationed in heaven.^[5] The ecliptic, formed by twelve constellations corresponding to Israel’s twelve tribes, symbolizes the heavenly spiritual Israel as the “great” city.

The last mention of the city (v.13) must refer to an earthly location, like the first (v.2), while drawing from the heavenly “great city” (v.8) in that it encompasses all of God’s Israel. This suggests the last city mentioned in Revelation 11 symbolizes the earthly land of Israel.

How does this square with reality? What “tenth part” of Israel fell during our timeframe? This points, of course, to the so-called 12-day war (unended but paused by a ceasefire) from June 13 to June 24, within the visibility of Nova V462 Lupi. Sources report the extent of Israel’s losses:

Most of the missiles were intercepted by Israeli and American air defenses at an interception rate of around 90 percent, similar to the rate in Iran’s April and October 2024 attacks on Israel.^[6] 

If 90 percent of missiles were intercepted,^[7] then 10% caused destruction. In other words, when Iran targeted Israel, a tenth part fell.

From a heavenly perspective, Revelation 11:13 describes events at specific places globally. One part shakes (the U.S.), while elsewhere a city (Israel) partially falls in the same hour. Notably, America played a role in Israel’s air defense, linking these events.

Seven Thousand Slain

Revelation 11:13 next states that seven thousand were slain “in the earthquake”—that is, in the United States, the “earth” that was shaking. One might wonder about the significance of the 7000 killed, whether literal or symbolic, but importantly, the Bible provides clarity regarding their identity. This number appears elsewhere, linked to Elijah, when God reassured him that he was not alone in Israel:

Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18)

From His heavenly perspective, God saw 7000 faithful ones. This connection matters because the two novae witnesses relate directly to Elijah, marking the ends of his comet, C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). The number 7000, or 7 × 1000, holds symbolic meaning. In prophecy, a thousand represents “many,” while seven signifies “completion” or “perfection.” Yet, this alone isn’t specific enough. The context clarifies: these 7000 are of Israel who had not bowed to Baal, nor kissed him with their mouth.

Spiritual Israel is rooted in the Seventh-day Adventist Church,^[8] which, like Israel in Elijah’s time, has largely fallen into apostasy, dancing before the altar of Baal. Their name even reflects the number seven! Thus, the 7000 are those within the Seventh-day Adventist Church who remain faithful, rejecting Baal worship. But what does Baal worship mean today?

To understand, we must examine what happened among Seventh-day Adventists during the novae’s visibility, from June 12 to July 10. Those who view world events through a biblical perspective and a well-informed history of God’s people would look not only to old Israel but also to spiritual Israel. Every five years, the Seventh-day Adventist Church holds its General Conference (GC) Session, where delegates representing Adventist churches worldwide convene and participate in voting as the church’s highest authority. Though the 2020 session was delayed to 2022, the next one occurred on schedule in St. Louis, Missouri, from July 3 to 12, 2025—within the general timeframe of the two witnesses’ ascent, marked by the novae.

This brings us closer to identifying the 7000 slain. They are “many” Seventh-day Adventists represented at the GC Session, either through delegates or in person. But what does “slain” mean? No literal destruction occurred at the “Dome at America’s Center,” where the session was held. God’s words to Elijah provide the clue: the 7000 did not bow to Baal or kiss him “with their mouths.” In the context of the GC Session, we can discern what Baal worship represents, though some background is needed to fully grasp what transpired.

A Measure of Ten Years

We pick up the story a decade ago, when the 60th GC session was held in San Antonio, Texas, in 2015. This ministry operated as the LastCountdown ministry—an “independent ministry” because we had no church support. But those of us who came from the Seventh-day Adventist Church were still members of the church at that time.

Seventh-day Adventists have long understood their history in Revelation 10, where the bitter disappointment their fathers experienced in 1844—when Jesus did not return as expected—is depicted by John’s bitter stomach after eating the sweet book of Daniel’s prophecies. Yet, the chapter ends with a special injunction from the angel who gave the book:

And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. (Revelation 10:10-11)

The context is clear: this command to prophesy again followed the bitter disappointment of 1844. However, the Seventh-day Adventist Church ignored it, refusing to study biblical time prophecies anew. Instead, they echoed those who once mocked their church fathers, claiming, “No man knows the day or the hour,” despite valid explanations from their past.

Therefore, God raised up Brother John who, unbound by their biases, sought God’s timing from His word. Elijah had been sent with the Orion message to fulfill the prophecy in Malachi:

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. (Malachi 4:5-6)

He published articles on lastcountdown.org, hoping to spark revival in the church, but his efforts were in vain. Unwittingly at first, he was fulfilling the call to prophesy again, leading to the next verse, found in the following chapter:

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. (Revelation 11:1)

Brother John’s earliest study was about the measuring reed, and revealed a measure of time, later confirmed with the Judgment clock. In the 2015 Orion Trumpet Clock, the sixth trumpet angel was about to lift up his trumpet on July 8, 2015—coinciding with the 2015 GC Session.

At that time, women’s ordination was a divisive issue threatening to split the church.^[9] On July 8, the very day marked by God’s clock, the critical vote occurred. He watches His people and knows their works. We had our own human expectations about how events might fulfill prophecy, but God’s ways are higher than ours. Our article, subtitled Doomed in the Dome, anticipated the church openly voting for state-mandated women’s equality. Instead, deception prevailed at the highest level of the church.

Superficially reading, the question subject to vote appeared to address women’s ordination but actually determined which church branch had authority to decide in the matter. Ultimately, they empowered the church leadership to act a kingly role. Then they could fully comply with state equal-opportunity laws for tax exemptions while outwardly upholding traditional values. This deception led us to resign from the lying Laodicean church, which had proven itself, to us, a child of the father of lies at its highest level:

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)

Shortly after that 2015 GC Session, we wrote (original emphasis):

Thus, probation finally closed for the Seventh-day Adventist Church organization. They voted the end of their own freedom of conscience at the sound of the sixth trumpet. But by framing the vote as a trick question, with Ted Wilson [the global church president from 2010-2025] insisting that no motions be made to amend the wording, the church prevented God from giving an immediate answer to the decision. God could not answer by fire on that same day, any more than an honest man can answer a trick question with a simple yes or no. Time had to be allowed to clarify the muddy issue.

The reference to God answering by fire is because we likened the event to Elijah’s call at Mt. Carmel to choose between Baal and Yahweh. All spiritual Israel was represented at the Alamodome in Texas, where the GC Session met at that time. This was before the 2016 prayer for more time, making it the church’s final chance to repent. That’s why we said that her time of probation had ended then. The temple was measured and found wanting.

Remarkably, our words from a decade ago remain accurate. Time was granted—ten years. On July 8, 2025, during the 2025 GC Session and the anniversary of their infamous trick question of 2015, Elijah revealed to our small congregation the significance of 3I/ATLAS as the heavenly censer thrown to earth, marking the end of Jesus’ intercessory ministry. Our ominous 2015 subtitle, Doomed in the Dome, proved prophetic rather than inappropriate. After the 2025 GC Session, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has no further chance for repentance. Their course is set for the next five years, but their fate will become clear much sooner.

Discerning Between Two Altars

As Elijah called Israel to Mt. Carmel to discern the true God, so too, after being sent before the day of the Lord as prophesied by Malachi, Elijah challenged spiritual Israel. Obviously, the culture and setting has changed: there are no animal sacrifices, the involved parties are global bodies, and the “mountain” was the dome hosting the GC Session. Elijah’s modern call was written, not spoken in person, and his influence on Ahab far exceeded any that Brother John could have had on Ted Wilson, the SDA church president at the time.

With a spiritual setting, why would we expect literal fire? A destructive judgment would reflect the slaughter after the sacrifice, not the confirming fire from heaven. The fire was meant to consume the sacrifice, not destroy Baal’s worshippers. In 2015, the Adventist church was measured with a test regarding the image of the beast. They bowed to it while deceiving others with an appearance to the contrary. In relation to the number of the beast, much of the church body was irreversibly desecrated. Allow me to explain.

The Bible describes three physical temples: Solomon’s temple was first, continuing the wilderness tabernacle with the Father’s Shekinah glory. Next was the temple Jesus taught in during His ministry. The third temple is not built of stone or cedar, but is the body of Christ—the Christian church—inaugurated by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost who has sustained it ever since:

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (1 Corinthians 6:19)

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. (John 2:19-21)

God’s law is the standard of judgment. Trillions of cells comprise the body temple, each reflecting God’s temple pattern.^[10] God’s law corresponds to one’s genetic material and the cellular activities involved with it. The sequence of High Sabbaths on God’s prophetically validated calendar during the judgment of the dead formed a double-stranded series of codes, strikingly analogous to the molecule of life, DNA:

This strand of “heavenly DNA” terminated in 2015. The Adventist church was measured, having long before strayed from faith, never repenting. As noted, they embraced deception and intimidation at the 2015 GC Session to achieve their devious purposes at their highest decision-making gathering.

Meanwhile, Elijah and his small group embraced Christ’s “heavenly gene,” letting Him guide their steps. This led to the sacrifice of Philadelphia—not literal blood, but our lives, ministry, and reputation offered to God for His use for the sake of others. Elijah’s altar was prepared in the hearts of those who believed his message enough to sacrifice for it. In contrast, the Adventist church sank ever deeper into Baal worship, bowing to state demands to preserve their tax exemption.

Their altar was also prepared, dancing to the government’s tune. This became evident at the 2022 GC Session, where the church’s stance on Covid-19 vaccination was called into question. It had no reservations against mRNA vaccines, rather mirroring that of secular workplaces, offering no support for members who refused it. Many faced demanding policies or job loss, yet the church president used intimidation to suppress discussion, standing formidably with his closest colleagues.^[11] 

The church set up vaccination clinics, serving Baal’s cause by disrupting humanity’s genetic lineage—a blasphemous hope in Big Pharma instead of Christ. Ancient Baal worshippers cut themselves with knives;^[12] modern ones use needles. Could God accept their offering tainted with their own blood?

Whose altar received the fire of God’s approval? The fire indeed fell from heaven—it was the falling of the Holy Spirit fire in great measure, affirming our sacrifice. Our 2016 official statement clearly shows what fire was to fall:

THEREFORE, WE HEREBY OFFICIALLY DECLARE, for all the world to read, THAT ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016, WE PETITIONED FOR JESUS—who had already stopped His intercession, who had already left the Most Holy Place, who was already on His way to Earth—TO REFRAIN FROM COMING YET, AND FOR THE FATHER TO SEND IN HIS STEAD ANOTHER GREAT OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT so the loud cry that the Seventh-day Adventist Church should have sounded could be repeated for one heavenly hour, which is seven earthly years.

After this pivotal sacrifice, God led Elijah’s new WhiteCloudFarm ministry to many profound prophetic discoveries, deciphering Revelation through biblical astronomy with ever increasing clarity. The self-serving heart of the Adventist church we separated from received no such fire, but descended further into apostasy, distracted by disputes over LGBT issues, vaccination, and even abortion. Through seven years until the 2022 GC Session, the altar was measured as with a reed. The Adventist church embraced the number of the beast, while Philadelphia’s altar exposed it. As Elijah prayed that it would be known that he did all those things at God’s word, the fire of the Holy Spirit on Elijah’s altar at the White Cloud Farm confirms that all these things today were done according to His word.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. (1 Kings 18:36)

Faithful Unto Death

One final measurement remained: that of the worshippers, the individual members of the body. Have they followed God’s ways or Baal’s? That is the measure.

At the 2025 GC Session, some delegates tried to discuss the church’s vaccination policy, a public document stating that the church’s health emphasis rested on both religious foundations and peer-reviewed science. This stance enabled employers to deny Adventist employees religious exemptions, because the church policy was guided by science, which at that time purportedly universally supported the new technology as “safe and effective.” With their words, church leaders kissed their idol, Baal, echoing its claims.

On July 4, the last day Nova V572 Velorum was visible, church president Ted Wilson “apologized”—not for manipulating delegates’ votes, but for posting an “incorrect version” of the document for ten years, including during the entire Covid-19 pandemic. Waving a paper from afar, he claimed it held the original wording, which was promptly updated on the website—without consequence, since the issue has faded, publicly. He was like a security guard diverting attention from something sensitive: “Nothing to see here; move along.”

Despite these antics, the delegates declined to revisit the topic and voted to elect Wilson’s close ally, who had stood intimidatingly with him in his efforts to suppress vaccination discussions at the prior GC Session. This vote reflected the condition of church members worldwide, as each delegate represented many members.

Thus, the issue died, along with those who refused to bow to Baal or kiss him with their words. They were forever silenced: “in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand.” The church leaders had bowed to the image of the beast, endorsing its number with their approval, actively administering the mRNA number. Now they took “life” from those who would not kiss Baal, in the same way as was done to those who would not bow to his image:

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, [LGBT equality]

that the image of the beast

should both speak, [through the tax laws requiring equal opportunity]

and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast [within the church]

should be killed [that is, silenced]. (Revelation 13:15)

This is another example of chiasmus. The opening phrases describe life given to the image of the beast (LGBT equality, with women’s ordination as its precursor in the church) and are contrasted with the closing phrases referring to life taken from those who refuse to worship it. At the chiasmus’s center is the key: the life that is given to the image and taken from those who do not bow to it, is the power to speak.

When the “7000” Adventists, who neither bowed to Baal’s image nor approved its number, were silenced, they were—in Revelation’s symbolism—slain. Exceedingly few voices remain in the world who understand and proclaim the spiritual significance of the number of the beast and the spiritually deadly effect of receiving synthetic mRNA. Yet, the remnant of true Adventism does.

The SDA church has embraced the beast, and shall God spare it? He has already decided. By the 2025 GC Session, the interstellar censer in heaven was sighted by the ATLAS telescope team on July 1, 2025. We recognized that Jesus ended His ministration with the prayers of the saints, left the most holy place, and threw down the censer. The worshippers have been measured, and the faithful among them gave their testimony for Jesus.

Signs of Judgment

The time Philadelphia had prayed for in 2016 came to an end. The Holy Spirit would no longer strive with the unrepentant. On earth, the Spirit is likened to water, and as Moses was to speak to the rock the second time to bring forth water, so Elijah and his family of faith prayed in 2016 to the Rock, Jesus, from whom came more water of life for the people to drink a little longer. On June 4, in the sixth bowl of wrath, that water dried up:

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. (Revelation 16:12)

The Spirit, who carries our prayers to the Lord, transforming them into a sweet-smelling aroma of the sanctuary’s special incense, is likened to the air. It wasn’t until the seventh bowl was poured out on the air that Jesus stopped His intercession:

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. (Revelation 16:17)

This happened when the moon of the seventh bowl reached the heavenly symbol for the air: Jupiter. The voice from the throne declared, “It is done,” on June 25, 2025—the last day of the Great and Marvelous Sign and the day of Jesus’ oath that “there should be time no longer.”

This momentous day was marked in heaven as the first day the interstellar censer of heaven, 3I/ATLAS, could be observed in images captured by the ATLAS telescope—days before its official discovery on July 1. God’s spiritual judgment had begun at His former SDA house:

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 9:6)

Keep in mind that while Elijah literally killed the priests of Baal in Bible times, the slaughter in Adventism today is spiritual. Not only was the time of this event marked by the ascent of the two novae, but the physical location was pinpointed with precision by the God of heaven.

Both the time and place of this judgment were prophesied. Remember how many Christians noted the giant “X” slashed over the United States by two solar eclipses, seven years apart? Near the center of that “X” on the 2017 eclipse line lies St. Louis, where tens of thousands of Adventists gathered before Elijah.^[13] Today, one can see who the modern apostate Spiritual Israel truly is: the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Nova V572 Velorum in the Argo Navis constellation was discovered exactly on June 25, when the decision in heaven was made and the censer came into view. The nova shone brightly until July 3-4, when Ted Wilson lied at the GC Session, and the members approved.^[14] Their fate was sealed on that date.

It is also significant that at the very center of the “X” is a town called Carbondale—an Old English name meaning “Coal Valley”. It reflects the fate of Baal’s priests in the Adventist church, when the coals from the censer are scattered over their city.

And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. (Ezekiel 10:2)

The appearance of the censer is the final evidence that this judgment has come, the end is here, and Jesus is coming quickly.

The Affrighted Remnant

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. (Revelation 11:13)

We understand now, how the events described in this verse are clearly coming together—happening precisely within the time frame of the visibility of the two novae witnesses. Now let’s consider the remnant. On a surface level, these appear to be those who weren’t killed in the earthquake, as the 7000 were. However, when we consider what we learned about the 7000, that they are the ones within the Adventist Church who don’t bow to the image of the beast nor take his number, and were silenced, then the remnant who ultimately give glory to the God of heaven are surely not found among the vaccinated majority of Adventist Baal worshippers!

What clues do we have to narrow down who the remnant refer to in the verse? If we look a couple verses earlier, we find another mention of a certain class upon whom “great fear” falls:

And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them [the two witnesses on the ecliptic], and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. (Revelation 11:11)

While popular teaching would have us believe that this is about a literal resurrection of two strange men lying unburied in the streets of Jerusalem, it should be clear now that the truth is seen on the heavenly canvas. Like we reviewed at the beginning, the Spirit of life already entered into the two witnesses along the ecliptic and they stood up,^[15] but then the text gives an important clue: “great fear fell upon them which saw them.” We have often expected this to happen in such a way that the enemies who behold the two witnesses would have great fear. However, it is at their ascension when their enemies are said to behold them^[16]—which are clearly the enemy constellations (the apostate wolves of Lupus and the Babylonian ship of Argo Navis, in which the novae appeared). Nothing is said of any fear in them.

In verse 11, it simply mentions those who see the two witnesses standing up. In all the world, who was it who saw the Spirit of life entering the four constellations of the two witnesses by four timely comets?

Only those who follow this ministry could see that heavenly wonder presented in the video When Michael Stands Up. What kind of fear is this referring to, then? It is not that they became afraid for their lives, but rather, the clarity and improbability that such a thing could happen by chance, brought those (few) who saw it to a great fear of the Lord. In the Bible, the same word is used for being afraid as for being awestruck, but in this context, were we who saw it, not awestruck before our Creator who orchestrated all these marvelous signs with such precision?

And this is the setting that continues two verses later when the remnant are affrighted. Again, the same Greek root is used in verse 13 as in verse 11, which is also used in contexts of the fear of God.^[17] The remnant were “affrighted” or reverential before the Lord, seeing the demonstration of the greatness of His power.

So, who are the remnant? Who heard during the timeframe of the visibility of the novae—or now hears—the fulfillment of these things in heaven and fears God for those wondrous works that show that He is certainly wrapping up His heavenly ministry to come and get His children promptly? Many assume that “the remnant” title belongs to those who are extra faithful in the church, but this verse gives a more specific description. It tells us that they fear God because of those things that happen when the two novae witnesses ascended! They see God’s hand in the wonders of heaven that describe what is happening among His professed people on earth.

But was there a specific manifestation of God’s power that gave them a renewed fear of the Lord? Indeed, there was, and it relates to how they glorified the God of heaven at the right time as the culminative part of Revelation 11:13 declares.

Glory to the Father of Lights

The last of the phrases to decode is how the remnant “gave glory to the God of heaven”. Pay attention to the expression that is used. It emphasizes the God of heaven, because it has to do with the heavens! So what was the heavenly sign that relates to the events that were deciphered in connection with the ascension of the two witnesses? We mentioned it already: It was on June 25, precisely when the second witness (Nova V572 Velorum) became visible, that 3I/ATLAS was first captured in the data from the ATLAS telescope. While the two novae witnesses were shining in their ascended places above, the Lord revealed the sign of His censer, indicating that He has ended His High Priestly ministry in heaven, along with the significance of the former interstellar objects in connection with the prophecy of the woes.

While the world would have you consider the possibility that this visitor is an alien spacecraft or an uninteresting space rock, the remnant gave the God of heaven glory when they revealed this powerful understanding from Him to the world. In fact, it was during this very time that we prepared and published relevant material relating to Jesus throwing down the censer in the 3I interstellar object—the sign that He has ceased interceding with the incense in heaven:

In the video, Woe, Woe, Woe, we share the overview of how the interstellar objects fit into the prophecy, and in The Seventh Trumpet Begins to Sound, we share in imagery, the significance of the three objects, plus a fourth to come. Both these videos were published on the same day, July 10, which was the end of the reported naked-eye visibility period of Nova V462 Lupi.^[18] 

And did you notice the contrast with the remnant and the previous groups? With the various phrases of Revelation 11:13, while they point to different areas of the world and diverse events, large and small, there is a connecting theme that runs through them all. Israel was once the land of God’s chosen people to be a light to the Gentiles. Protestant America has been the land of God’s chosen for many years as a beacon of hope to a world darkened by false teaching. The location of Nova V462 Lupi in the wolf points to the apostasy of America and Israel, which have forsaken the way of truth. The symbolism of the wolf, slain by the Centaur’s spear, who exposes it as the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church was also chosen to serve as a witness for God in the time of Judgment, a vessel of truth to lighten the earth. The location of the ascension of Nova V572 Velorum in the constellation of Argo Navis points to its quiet alliance with the Roman church and the eye of its “holy see”. The Adventist church has also forfeited its special purpose, and only a very small remnant gave glory to the God of heaven, the Father of lights.

Let that settle in your mind. Why is that? How is it that the US suffers a terrible earthquake, Israel suffers at the hand of its enemies, the SDA Church is doomed to death, and even the 7000 who stood strong against modern Baal worship—the image and number of the beast—were silenced?! None of those groups gave glory to the God of heaven! None were looking up! None sought Elijah, whom God promised to send. Only a little group of people found Elijah and accepted his help in understanding God’s heavenly language to decipher His prophetic word and to see the two witnesses brightly, yet quietly ascending, and to give the glory due to the Father of lights by following and reporting on His work and His movements in the heavenly sanctuary with the thrown censer.

This is a sad revelation. It need not be that way. Since you are reading these words, consider this a personal call from the God of heaven to be “affrighted” with reverence before the God of heaven, and give Him the glory due His holy name.^[19] 

Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:16-17)

How Long?

Those who have been “slain through silencing” for their fidelity to God during the ascension of the two witnesses are a kind of martyr. The fifth seal marks an important transition in the experience of the martyrs. In the following sections, we will consider how the prophecies of the seals of Revelation 6 are also reaching their climatic point and the wonders the God of heaven has revealed. Since the seals are opened in Orion, we should look there for further understanding.

From the beginning, when we understood that the seals were repeating in Orion according to the model of Jericho,^[20] the first four seals—the four horsemen—were clearly outlined in the Orion clock, between the outer stars. Then (in 2014), as we now understand, the Judgment transitioned from the dead to the living, and Jupiter began its sealing journey across the heavens to seal the 144,000 from the twelve tribes of the Mazzaroth.

However, for years we struggled to place the remaining three seals. Only when God led us in 2020 to see how He also used the comets to indicate the fulfillment of His prophetic word, did it become possible to eventually understand how the last three seals would be signaled in Orion.

It was when Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was passing through Orion that we recognized that God was using this flying object to fulfill the scriptures. We did not at that time understand its full significance, however, but we did see enough to recognize it as the Comet of Elijah. Today, we can better identify its role, as we have been doing in connection with the story of the two witnesses, but its entrance into Orion on May 29/30, 2020—as the world was under Covid lockdown—also signaled the opening of the fifth seal.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? (Revelation 6:9-10)

Orion is “under the altar” where the blood flowed down in the Eridanus and the dead were judged during the Orion Judgment cycle. The entrance of comet F3 in Orion was already several years after the judgment of the dead had terminated. With the loud voice of the sun in the altar as the comet of Elijah began to pass through, those who gave their blood for Christ symbolically cry out, inquiring how long until God would avenge their blood.

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. (Revelation 6:11)

As Comet F3 passed through Orion, the white robes were given to those represented there as they continue to rest and wait. However, a transition is indicated, because a difference is made between the former martyrs and their brethren who “should be killed as they were.” What makes the difference?

In the Greek, the word used to describe the resting martyrs is not the same as the word used for their fellow servants who should be killed. The former describes a bloody, violent slaughter, most often used in reference to the Lamb, while the latter is simply to kill or destroy, and is the word used in Revelation 11:13 to describe the 7000 who were killed in the earthquake through silencing.

Considering that this fifth seal was opened directly in the heart of the Covid era, when vaccines were eagerly anticipated, but not yet available, the picture becomes clear. How many sought to speak the truth and were silenced by having their social media accounts deleted or otherwise censored? How many posts of warning were thus eliminated or not promoted, so the truth could not advance nearly as fast as the lies? Those who sought to speak publicly found no one among the large broadcasters who would project their voice. Anyone going against the narrative was aggressively persecuted and silenced.

The intent of martyrdom is also to silence the testimony of the witness for the truth. In former times, the governing bodies brutally killed many who stood for their faith, to silence them. Today, the same institutions—whether state or church—silences the faithful with policy and tactical technology. By this means, many voices went unheard during the Covid vaccination drives, being silenced by the governing bodies and even the Adventist General Conference delegates. Church and state united against hearing the truth and giving glory to God.

Wrapping Up the Work

The ascent of the two witnesses with the attendant earthquake events marks an ending time for the ministry of the two witnesses also in relation to Elijah. Elijah came, he was redeemed, and he served as a messenger of God,^[21] making His word from heaven more accessible and understandable to the rest of us, who could not discern the heavenly signs clearly enough to learn the language on our own. With the understanding of the interstellar objects published, Elijah’s essential work of deciphering Revelation with biblical astronomy is complete. The messenger has given his message, and the scroll can be rolled up.

This, too, is depicted in heaven, and prophesied as part of the sixth seal. You may recall from Brother John’s video, Sealing Mankind’s Fate, that the sixth seal was opened when comet K2 entered the Orion constellation on December 14, 2023. Let’s briefly review the subsequent events of the prophecy.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (Revelation 6:12-13)

They began on January 1, 2024, with the great Noto earthquake in Japan, ultimately claiming some 500 lives, and leaving extensive destruction that still remains today.^[22] The sun was darkened with the solar eclipse mentioned above, which completed the “X” over the United States, followed by the moon turning to blood in the smokey skies that prevailed in certain areas in the summer of 2024 due to extensive forest fires. The stars of heaven fell as the Orionid meteor shower passed through the fig tree in Orion’s hand. Then comes the scroll of heaven:

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (Revelation 6:14)

This verse presents a bit of a conundrum because the image of the heavens departing (with outward motion) is contrary to the provided analogy of a scroll being rolled together (with inward motion)! However, when you understand that this is speaking of the heavenly scroll—the word of God in heaven—then it makes perfect sense! It is pointing to the finished message of God’s messenger, Elijah, who came before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, and prepared the way for His return.

Upon finishing his work, the heavenly message is rolled together and the two witnesses ascend. In other words, the ascent of the two novae witnesses also points to the rolling up of the scroll. And that makes it clear how the scroll itself is represented in heaven:

The two witnesses ascended to where the scroll is rolled together. But how can one be sure that Elijah has given the last message? What defines the last message of Revelation? It is a question that can only be answered if its purpose is understood. It is a revelation of Jesus Christ. So the mystery is solved when there is visible evidence that He is coming. Before the censer was seen, we could not know whether Jesus had finished His work and is heading out of the heavenly sanctuary on His way to earth as King of kings. But having seen it now, the point of no return is reached. Jesus is on His way and there are but days remaining until we see the fourth interstellar object—with Jesus Himself coming with a cloud.

About two years ago, a brother among us received a dream where three sheep were tied in huge tree roots and the dreamer was commanded by Jesus to untie them, after which, Jesus extended His hand and the dreamer followed Him as He left. This dream included a special task, so Brother John earnestly sought to understand the meaning of the untying of the sheep. Were they people who were bound in sin? It was difficult to identify who or what those three specific sheep were for a long time. But when the third interstellar object was discovered, and he recognized the significance of not just this third one, but all three interstellar objects that have visited the solar system, it became clear what the three sheep were. Upon the discovery of 3I/ATLAS, it was located directly above the head of the Lamb of God on the cross!

This was the object through which God gave the understanding to “untie” the mystery of the three interstellar objects. Hence, they are the three sheep in the dream, after which the dreamer left with Jesus! They were tied at a huge (i.e. heavenly) root of a great tree: the tree of the cross in heaven.

The sixth seal continues to unfold until Jesus returns, bringing great fear while the remnant—those who began to look up and give glory to the God of heaven—see the tokens of their deliverance.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? (Revelation 6:15-17)

In the fifth seal, we saw the faithful in Christ who were slain for their testimony—both literally, mostly in former times, and otherwise silenced in modern times. In neither case could their testimony completely stop shining, for the blood of the former was itself a testament to their faith, inspiring another generation to follow suit. And today, the light of the silent, but faithful ones of Smyrna may still be found by those who search diligently for it.

In the sixth seal, the Bible describes those who live through to the end, when the vengeance inquired about by those of the fifth seal would be executed. Those who look up and believe the testimony of Philadelphia as the scroll of Elijah is rolled up, are represented in the sixth seal. The chapter closes with an open question: “Who shall be able to stand” through the terrible events of the great day of the wrath of the Lamb? The answer is given in the verses that follow—that is, Chapter 7. This chapter opens with angels holding the four winds of the earth, who are given permission to let go, but one angel tells them to hold a little longer until the 144,000 are sealed. The church of Philadelphia called for that additional hold in 2016; they are those who found Elijah and learned from the two witnesses. These shall be able to stand in the time of God’s wrath, being kept from deception with the light of truth to understand the time and the biblical significance of the events transpiring in heaven and on earth.

Then, the seventh seal opens with glory on earth and silence in heaven, because Jesus and His hosts have departed the heavenly realm for earth, leaving it quiet.

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (Revelation 8:1)

We have to ask, what is the object that will be visible in Orion where all the seals have opened, to signal the opening of the seventh seal? Naturally, it is the very cloud upon which Jesus sits when He returns—the fourth interstellar object! The Bible describes the constellation of Orion in the passage where the book of seven seals is opened, and we have seen one seal after the other broken in Orion. This leads to the prediction, biblically, that Jesus must Himself come from Orion when He returns to open the seventh seal.

Between now and then, whatever happens on earth, keep your gaze on Orion, for there is where the last word is spoken from heaven as the seventh seal is finally opened.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. (Luke 21:27-28)