Unraveling Revelation

<p>OUR DETOUR through Nahum, Isaiah, and Ezekiel finally takes us back to Isaiah 14, the chapter with the famous verse, “How art thou fallen from heaven, o Lucifer, son of the morning.”</p><p><br></p><p>While most read it as either a condemnation of the king of Babylon or “Lucifer,” it is also a prophecy of the future destruction of the rebellious “sons of God” from Genesis 6:1–4. The entity called “Lucifer,” Enlil (AKA El, Molech, Dagon, Assur, Kronos, Saturn, Shemihazah, and many other names) and the “slaughter [of] his sons” (Isa. 14:21) is linked to Isaiah 26:13–14, which declares that in the Resurrection, “they are [Rephaim], they will not arise,” and the prophesied destruction of the Watchers—not “cities”—in Isaiah 14:21 and Numbers 24:19.</p><p><br></p><p>We also find a fascinating difference between our English Bibles and the Septuagint translation of Isaiah 14:20, where this entity is told, “You will certainly not remain into eternity, evil seed!”</p>

<p>OSIRIS ISN’T mentioned in the Bible—at least, not directly. However, a loanword in Isaiah 14:19 suggests that the prophet Isaiah had the Egyptian god of the underworld in mind.</p><p><br></p><p>The verse, as it’s translated into English, is confusing: “[B]ut you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch…” It’s assumed that the word netser, meaning “branch,” was what Isaiah wrote. However, scholar Christopher B. Hays argues convincingly that the word is a homonym for a well-known Egyptian word that means “divinized corpse”—a term often found in Egyptian texts about the god Osiris.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the relationship between Osiris and Isis, the parallels to other pagan deities of the ancient Near East like El, Enlil, Dagon, Molech, Kronos, and Saturn, which are just different names for the same entity, and the connection to end times prophecy.</p>

<p>THE REBEL in Isaiah 14 is described as having been “brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.” This is the same fate suffered by Assur, the “Assyrian Enlil,” in Ezekiel 32—and it’s another reason we connect this entity to the angel of the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:11.</p><p><br></p><p>We continue our study of Isaiah 14 and its links to the Book of Ezekiel, but this week, instead of chapter 28 (the parallel chapter to Isaiah 14), we look at Ezekiel 32. We’re not aware of anyone who shares our interpretation of these passages, which we believe supports our theory that the divine rebel in Isaiah 14/Ezekiel 28 is Shemihazah, leader of the rebellious sons of God in Genesis 6—otherwise known as “the Destroyer,” Abaddon or Apollyon.</p>

<p>ISAIAH 14 is comprised of multiple sections. The first three appear to address the king of Babylon, “Lucifer,” and “the Assyrian.” We think those sections, Isaiah 14:1–27, are directed at a single entity—and it’s not Satan.</p><p><br></p><p>We continue our prelude to the study of “Mystery Babylon” in Revelation 17. We show the connections between the melek babel, “king of the god-gate,” and the chief deity of Assyria, Assur, and explain why we believe those two are one and the same with Helen ben Shachar, the entity confusingly dubbed “Lucifer” in the fourth century AD.</p>

<p>Who is Lucifer? Most of us have been taught it’s Satan, but evidence in the Bible suggests otherwise.</p><p><br></p><p>We continue laying the groundwork for our upcoming study of Babylon the Great by showing the connections between Babylon, Babel, and the chief god of Assyria. Assur was the Assyrian form of Enlil, whose name in Akkadian was Ellil. As we showed last week, Ellil/Enlil was the name from which the prophet Isaiah created the word usually translated into English as “worthless idol.”</p><p><br></p><p>In Isaiah 14:12, the prophet names the rebel kicked out of Eden as Helel ben Shachar, translated into English as Day Star (or Lucifer), son of Dawn. Scholar William Gallagher showed in a 1993 paper that Helel is the West Semitic form of Ellil—meaning that “Lucifer,” based on the Latin words for “light-bringer,” was Enlil. Thus, we believe the king of Babylon mentioned in Isaiah 14:4 is actually the melek babel, the “king of Babel,” or “king of the god-gate.”</p><p><br></p><p>We believe the evidence identifies this creature, known elsewhere in the ancient Near East as El, Dagon, Kronos, and Saturn, as Shemihazah, leader of the rebellious sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4. Since he’s in Tartarus, the bottomless pit (2 Peter 2:4), he cannot be Satan.</p><p><br></p><p>The other key detail in Isaiah 14 is the missing “the.” Isaiah 14:25 foretells the destruction of “the Assyrian”—but the definite article “the” is not in the Hebrew text. The Hebrew word aššur can mean Assyria, but it is also the name of this entity, Assur—AKA Enlil, El, Molech, Shemihazah, et al. Thus, Isaiah 14:24–27 is a prophecy of the future destruction of the fallen Watcher who led the Genesis 6 rebellion on Mount Hermon—on the mountains of Israel! Is this an Old Testament reference to Armageddon?</p><p><br></p><p>Watch every episode of Unraveling Revelation at <a href="http://www.UnravelingRevelation.tv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.UnravelingRevelation.tv</a>. And please subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation</a>.</p>

<p>WHEN IS an idol not an idol? When it’s the demonic minion of a fallen angel.</p><p><br></p><p>We move from Nahum’s condemnation of Nineveh, and by extension Assyria, to the judgment decreed against Assyria by God through the prophet Isaiah.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we look at a fascinating passage in Isaiah 10, where a word translated “idols” (and elsewhere in the Old Testament as “worthless idols”; see Psalm 97:7), the Hebrew ʾelîl, according to some scholars derives from the Akkadian name of Assyria’s chief god, Ellil.</p><p><br></p><p>In other words, the elîl or ʾelîlim are essentially the minions of the father-god of Mesopotamia, Ellil, also known as Enlil, Assur, El, Kronos, and Saturn, who we believe is the Watcher chief Shemihazah, the leader of the Genesis 6 rebellion.</p><p><br></p><p>So, while Isaiah’s prophecy of imminent judgment against the king of Assyria had a near-term fulfillment when his kingdom was destroyed by the Chaldeans of Babylon in 605 BC, it is also a “not yet” prophecy of the ultimate destruction of Assur/Shemihazah and his demonic minions at the end of the age.</p>

<p>GOD CONDEMNED the ruling nobility of Assyria in the Book of Nahum—or did He?</p><p><br></p><p>We continue our study of Nahum and the links between Assyria and Babylon, especially at the supernatural level. Our theory is that Assur, translated “Assyria” in our Bible, may refer to Assur, the chief deity of the Assyrians—a god equated with Enlil of Babylon and El of Canaan.</p><p><br></p><p>The Hebrew word translated “nobles” or “officers” (ʾʾʾʾ’addirekha) is used in Psalm 16:3 (“the excellent ones”) and Ezekiel 32:18 (“majestic,” “powerful,” or “famous” nations) to describe entities in the underworld. The corresponding word is found in pagan texts from Ugarit and Phoenicia to refer to the spirits of the Rephaim—in one case mentioning Og, the king of Bashan in the days of Noah!</p><p><br></p><p>So, there appears to be more going on in Nahum that just a condemnation of the king of Assyria. We view this as an “already but not yet” prophecy of the destruction of Assur/Enlil/El, the divine rebel known to the Hebrews as Shemihazah (leader of the “sons of God” in Genesis 6), Molech, and Abaddon.</p>

<p>THE HEBREW phrase that literally means “sons of Belial” is usually translated into English as “worthless fellows.” We’ve encountered Belial in the Book of Nahum as we continue our look at his prophecy of the destruction of Nineveh.</p><p><br></p><p>While scholars disagree as to whether Belial was the name of an entity in the Old Testament, it was definitely used as such during the Second Temple period, including in the New Testament (2 Cor. 6:15). The Hebrew word beliyya’al occurs twice in Nahum, once in the phrase “worthless counselor” (Nah. 1:11), a contrast to Isaiah’s prophecy of Messiah, the Wonderful Counselor (Isa. 9:6), and again in these words of comfort to the kingdom of Judah:</p><p><br></p><p>Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him</p><p> who brings good news,</p><p> who publishes peace!</p><p>Keep your feasts, O Judah;</p><p> fulfill your vows,</p><p>For never again shall the worthless [beliyya’al] pass through you;</p><p>he is utterly cut off. (Nahum 1:15, ESV)</p><p><br></p><p>Note that the definite article “the” is not in the Hebrew, so we think the sentence should read: “For never again shall Belial pass through you; he is utterly cut off.” That’s why we take this as an “already-but-not-yet” prophecy that applies to the end times and possibly to Mystery Babylon—as we’ll explain in the weeks ahead.</p>

<p>THE DESTRUCTION of Nineveh, capital of Assyria, was prophesied by Nahum about a century after the city was spared in the days of Jonah. However, its ultimate destruction may be linked to the fate of Mystery Babylon in the last days.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we begin a detour through the short book of Nahum, inspired by Jesus’ decision to base his ministry in Capernaum (Hebrew kfar nahum: “village of Nahum”) and the discovery by scholars that Nineveh was one of several Mesopotamian cities sometimes called Babylon.</p>

<p>Who or what was the synagogue of Satan? It’s mentioned twice in Revelation, connected to the churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia.</p><p><br></p><p>It’s been misused through the ages to justify anti-Semitism on the grounds that the Jews of today are not “real Jews.” Dr. Mike Spaulding, author of Letters from Jesus, joins us to discuss the letters to the churches of Philadelphia and Laodicea, and he explains that “those who say they are Jews and are not” were Jews who opposed the work of the apostles leading people to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.</p>

<p>THE CHURCHES of Asia we discuss this week had serious problems. Jesus had nothing good to say about one of them, and the other had apparently followed a so-called prophetess into satanic sexual immorality.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Mike Spaulding, author of Letters from Jesus, discusses our Lord’s messages to the churches of Thyatira and Sardis, and explains why the church of Sardis, despite having a reputation for doing good, was called “dead” by Jesus.</p>

<p>The churches of Smyrna and Pergamum were about as different as could be, judging by Jesus’ letters: He had no criticism at all for Smyrna, while Jesus said Pergamum was “where Satan dwells.”</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Mike Spaulding, author of Letters from Jesus, joins us to discuss Revelation 2:8–17—the letters to Smyrna and Philadelphia and what we can learn from them today.</p>

<p>Jesus dictated a series of seven letters to the churches of Asia 2,000 years ago, but there are lessons for us. Dr. Mike Spaulding, author of Letters from Jesus, joins us to explain why those letters are relevant today.</p>

<p>Our recent tour of Israel featured a visit to Gilgal Refaim, the “Wheel of the Giants” on the Golan Heights. Why did we go there, and why is it relevant to our study of end times prophecy?</p><p><br></p><p>We share video of our visit to this fascinating site that some call “Israel’s Stonehenge.” That really does Gilgal Refaim a disservice, because it’s much bigger and much older than Britain’s famous megalith. The most recent excavations at Gilgal Refaim date it to about 3700 BC, but it’s probably older. And it was more than likely used in rituals to summon and commune with the dead, a cult that was expressly forbidden by God. </p><p><br></p><p>We explain the link between the Nephilim (later called Rephaim by the Canaanites and Israelites), the region of Bashan, and end times prophecies in Isaiah 26:13–19, Isaiah 27:1, and Psalm 68:21–22 that foretell the deaths of the giants, their supernatural fathers (the “sons of God” of Genesis 6:1–4), and Leviathan—the spirit of chaos that we believe indwells the Antichrist in the last days. </p>

<p>A coalition of Israel’s neighbors may be led into war in a deception to convince Jews to accept the Antichrist as their Messiah.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we connect Ezekiel 38 and 39, Psalm 83, and Daniel 11 to Revelation 19 to present a controversial end times scenario that accounts Islam’s 1.7 billion adherents.</p>

<p>Contrary to what many prophecy teachers believe, Russia is not the head of the confederation of Gog of Magog.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we did into Ezekiel 38 and 39 to explain why Russia is not part of the prophecy. Magog, and all of the nations mentioned in the northern coalition, were located in what is modern-day Turkey.</p><p><br></p><p>More important, however, is the Hebrew phrase translated “the uttermost parts of the north.” We explain why this is not a geographical reference—at least, it doesn’t refer to a place in the natural realm.</p>

<p>The death of the pagan gods has been decreed. End times prophecy is about how that sentence will be carried out.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Michael Heiser, a good friend and excellent scholar who passed into glory February 20, 2023, joined us in the summer of 2021 to discuss the divine council—what it is, where we find it in scripture, and why Psalm 82, contrary to the interpretation of most Bible teachers, is a courtroom scene in heaven at which God passes judgment on the small-G gods.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-109-john-10-gods-or-men/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Here is the link</a> to the episode of Mike’s Naked Bible Podcast where he explains why Jesus quoting Psalm 82 in John 10:34–36 does not mean that the “gods” of Psalm 82 are men. At that page, you’ll find links to <a href="http://www.thedivinecouncil.com/Heiser%20Psa82inJohn10%20RegSBL2011.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mike’s academic paper</a> and a narrated slide presentation on this topic.</p>

<p>Verses mentioning Mount Hermon and the land of Bashan are sprinkled throughout the Bible. To Israelites during the Biblical Period, they were obvious references to the land of the dead.</p><p><br></p><p>Bible scholar Dr. Michael Heiser, who sadly passed away February 20, 2023 at the age of 60, joined us for an interview in 2021 and explained why Bashan and Hermon were important, and why Jesus deliberately traveled there for some very specific events during his ministry—like picking a fight with the Enemy.</p>

<p>Jesus descended into the abyss to declare victory over the spirits who disobeyed “in the days of Noah” (1 Pt. 3:20), a reference to the “sons of God” from Genesis 6.</p><p><br></p><p>Bible scholar Dr. Michael Heiser, in an interview recorded in July 2021, explains why this passage in 1 Peter 3 is so profound, why the apostle connected it to baptism, and how it was influenced by the Book of 1 Enoch.</p>

<p>The weird parts of the Bible are important! So says scholar Dr. Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm, Angels, Demons, and Reversing Hermon.</p><p><br></p><p>We’ll feature Mike over the next four weeks in an interview recorded in July of 2021. This week, Mike discusses the controversial passages in Genesis 6:1–4 and explains why they weren’t controversial at all 2,000 years ago. Jews of the Second Temple period and the early church were in agreement: Giants once walked the earth, they were the hybrid offspring of supernatural beings and human women, and the spirits of those giants, who died in the Flood of Noah, are the demons that afflict humanity to this day.</p>

<p>One of the most enduring mysteries of the Bible is the identity of the Great Prostitute, or the whore of Babylon.</p><p><br></p><p>It will take us several episodes to get through this section of Revelation. This week, we begin to unpack the characteristics of Babylon the Great.</p>

<p>Those words are spoken by God Himself when the seventh and final bowl of His wrath is poured out on the earth.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the identity of “the great city” that is split into three parts at that point in the end times, a question that scholars have debated for 2,000 years. Is it Jerusalem, Rome, or, as Sharon suggests, a world system that is yet to emerge—something suggested by the present-day march toward World War III?</p>

<p>A globalist group that’s been around since 2007 finally emerged from the shadows last month to proclaim our imminent doom.</p><p><br></p><p>We’re talking about The Elders, ten politicians from around the world who shared a stage with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to declare that the time on the Doomsday Clock has moved forward ten seconds to 23:58:30—or 90 seconds until global annihilation.</p><p><br></p><p>Who are The Elders, and why do they claim Nelson Mandela as their founder? The group was, in fact, created by billionaire Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel, who convinced Mandela to lend his name and reputation to the group. The message of The Elders is simple: Between war, pestilence, and climate change, we’re on the eve of destruction.</p><p><br></p><p>Because we’re not coincidence theorists, it’s no surprise that the messages from The Elders are echoes of the warnings from the globalists at the World Economic Forum. Whether they know it or not, they’re working to build the infrastructure for the global kingdom of the Antichrist.</p>

<p>A statue unveiled in New York City last month is supposed to be a tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We suggest it represents something else—something ancient and very dark.</p><p><br></p><p>We explain why the symbolism of the statue represents the gender-fluid Sumerian deity Inanna, the goddess of carnal sex and mindless violence. And in the weeks ahead, we’ll explain why we believe Inanna is Mystery Babylon, the woman who rides the beast in Revelation 17.</p>

<p>What was it about the Amorites that connects Abraham, the sojourn of Israel in Egypt, and the end times?</p><p><br></p><p>The practice of worshiping “the dead,” who were in fact the spirits of the Nephilim destroyed in the Flood, was spread throughout the ancient Near East by the Amorites. There is a strange connection between the Amorites and one of its most ancient tribes, the Tidanu, and the old gods of the Greeks, the Titans. The Amorites also founded Babylon, the symbol of the end times church of the Antichrist in Revelation 17 and 18.</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the gods of the Amorites, especially their creator-god El, who was also called Enlil, Dagon, Assur, and Milcom by the nations around ancient Israel, who called this entity Molech. Derek argues in his book The Second Coming of Saturn that this fallen angel, who led the rebellious sons of God mentioned in Genesis 6, is also Saturn (Kronos), king of the Titans, and the Destroyer, Abaddon/Apollyon, of Revelation 9. </p><p><br></p><p>We also talk about Mystery Babylon as we look ahead to Revelation 17. Sharon has discussed the gender-fluid goddess Inanna (also called Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus) in several presentations and makes a convincing case that she is the great prostitute who rides the scarlet beast.</p>

<p>The seven trumpet judgments and seven bowl judgments are similar, but they are not the same.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we clear up some confusion Derek may have caused by suggesting a connection in time between the sixth bowl, when the Euphrates dries up to prepare for the kings of the East, and the sixth trumpet, when four angels bound in the Euphrates are released along with an army of 200 million.</p><p><br></p><p>A careful reading of Revelation shows that the bowls follow the trumpets, which are essentially God’s final warnings before He pours out His wrath on an unrepentant world.</p>

<p>The fourth, fifth, and sixth bowls of wrath poured out in the end times finally move us into judgments reserved specifically for the spirit realm.</p><p><br></p><p>The fourth bowl judgment, when the sun scorches the earth, is global warming that not even the most ardent climate justice warrior can imagine. The fifth bowl judgment, however, targets the kingdom of Antichrist specifically, and it’s the first judgment that targets the beast and his kingdom.</p><p><br></p><p>The sixth bowl judgment is a callback to the sixth trumpet. In this judgment, the Euphrates River is dried up “to prepare the way for the kings from the east.” This seems to be a precursor to the invasion of Israel by the army of 200 million described in Revelation 9:13–20.</p><p><br></p><p>These three bowls echo the fourth, fifth, and sixth trumpet judgments of Revelation 8 and 9, in which the sun is darkened (rather than scorching the earth), the abyss is opened, and the four angels bound in the Euphrates are released.</p><p><br></p><p>We explain why we believe that army is demonic and why we think the drying up of the Euphrates is a symbol for tearing down the barriers between the physical world and the spirit realm.</p>

<p>The seven bowl judgments decreed by God are reserved for a world that is beyond redemption.</p><p><br></p><p>While we believe that a remnant will survive into the period of the Lord’s wrath, it will not be a good time to be alive for anyone. This week, we look at the first three bowl judgments: Ugly and painful sores on everyone who takes the mark of the Beast and worships his image and the transformation of the waters of the world into blood.</p><p><br></p><p>Beyond echoing plagues that struck Egypt during the Exodus, Sharon observes that pouring out the judgments from bowls is a reversal of the ancient pagan ritual called kispum, a necromancy ceremony in which spirits of the dead (actually demons) were summoned to a meal at which a drink offering was poured out.</p><p><br></p><p>We also note that there is an angel in charge of the waters, just as there is an angel in charge of the fire on the altar of God (Rev. 14:18) and four angels who hold back the four winds (Rev. 7:1).</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19–30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>New dates for our tour of Türkiye: We’ll visit the churches of Revelation, Abraham’s home city Harran, Göbekli Tepe, and more in October of 2023. Find out more at <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>One of the greatest mysteries of end times prophecy is the location of Mystery Babylon, the city of the Antichrist’s one-world religion of the end times.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.faith-happens.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Doug Woodward</a>, author of <a href="https://www.faith-happens.com/store/?variation_id=2969023#!/WILL-BABYLON-BE-REBUILT-IN-THE-LAST-DAYS/p/510194458/category=0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Will Babylon be Rebuilt in the Last Days?</a>, joins us to discuss his belief that contrary to some popular teachings, the ancient city of Babylon will not be resurrected during the reign of Antichrist.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>Prominent rabbis in the second century AD changed the timeline of their scriptures—what we Christians call the Old Testament. Why would they do such a thing?</p><p><br></p><p>Doug Woodward (<a href="http://www.faith-happens.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.faith-happens.com</a>), author of the two-volume set Rebooting the Bible, explains that years were deducted from the ages of the patriarchs (and kings deleted from Persian history) to discredit the claims of Christians that Jesus was the promised Messiah.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>Prominent rabbis in the second century AD changed the timeline of their scriptures—what we Christians call the Old Testament. Why would they do such a thing?</p><p><br></p><p>Doug Woodward, author of the two-volume set Rebooting the Bible, explains that years were deducted from the ages of the patriarchs (and kings deleted from Persian history) to discredit the claims of Christians that Jesus was the promised Messiah.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch every episode of Unraveling Revelation at <a href="http://www.UnravelingRevelation.tv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.UnravelingRevelation.tv</a>. And please subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>New dates for our tour of Türkiye: We’ll visit the churches of Revelation, Abraham’s home city Harran, Göbekli Tepe, and more in October of 2023. Find out more at <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>Three of the characters that prophecy scholars have tried to identify for the last 2,000 years are the two witnesses (Rev. 11:1–14) and the restrainer (2 Thess. 2:6–7).</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Doug Hamp, pastor of The Way Congregation in Denver and author of Corrupting the Image III: Singularity, Superhumans, and the Second Coming of Jesus, explains the connections between the witnesses, who he identifies as Elijah and Moses; the restrainer, who he believes is the archangel Michael; the Antichrist; and the covenant with death that we discussed last week.</p><p><br></p><p>(For the record, we agree with Doug on the identities of the two witnesses and “he who now restrains” the “mystery of lawlessness.”)</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch every episode of Unraveling Revelation at <a href="http://www.UnravelingRevelation.tv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.UnravelingRevelation.tv</a>. And please subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation</a>.</p>

<p>The two witnesses of Revelation 11 may be seen by a fallen world as evil aliens, prompting a global demand for a false savior—the Antichrist.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Doug Hamp, author of Corrupting the Image III: Singularity, Superhumans, and the Second Coming of Jesus, explains why what sounds like a science-fiction scenario may actually be part of the modern UFO disclosure movement.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch every episode of Unraveling Revelation at <a href="http://www.UnravelingRevelation.tv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.UnravelingRevelation.tv</a>. And please subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation</a>.</p>

<p>God’s wrath will be poured out on an unrepentant world in a sequence of events you definitely want to miss.</p><p>We return to the Book of Revelation this week and pick up with chapter 15. We discuss John’s vision of the angels receiving bowls of judgment from the cherubim, the throne guardians, those who had “conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name,” and of the nations (Greek ethnē, as in “ethnicities”) who join in singing the song of Moses—a radical idea for Jews in the first century!</p><p>The first three judgments—painful sores, and the transformation of the sea and rivers to blood—echo several of the plagues that struck Egypt during the Exodus, which is not a coincidence.</p><p>And we learn in Rev. 16:5 that there is an angel in charge of the waters, just as there is one over the fire (perhaps of the altar; Rev 14:18) and the four winds (Rev. 7:1)—an idea that certainly runs counter to our modern, scientistic worldview.</p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel.</a></p>

<p>Jesus declared war on the demonic spirits of the dead Rephaim from the very beginning of his ministry.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we show the geography of Galilee to explain why Jesus was baptized where he was. It wasn’t near Jericho, contrary to popular belief, but north of the Sea of Galilee in Batanaea—the Greek name for Bashan—a land covered in megalithic monuments to “the dead” believed to be the literal entrance to the netherworld.</p><p><br></p><p>A key aspect of Jesus’ mission, which we’ve forgotten over time, is the resurrection of the dead in Christ. And he made that clear with where he chose to base his ministry.</p><p><br></p><p>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel.</a></p>

<p>We take it for granted that “the Son of Man” is a messianic title. After all, Jesus applied it to himself more than 80 times in the New Testament.</p><p><br></p><p>However, we’ve learned just recently that the title was unknown to Jews until the writing of the Book of Parables, chapters 37–71 of the Book of 1 Enoch, in the late 1st century BC. (Yes, it’s in Daniel 7, but as a description—“one like a son of man”—rather than a title.)</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the Essene community near the Sea of Galilee, authors of this text, and why its location in the north, rather than at Qumran, was significant. Galilee in the early 1st century was ready and waiting for the Messiah—and Jesus deliberately chose that place and the title “Son of Man” to announce his role in the coming supernatural judgment of fallen angels and their human agents.</p>

<p>What do the Essenes, the Book of Enoch, and Bible prophecy have in common? A lot more than we thought!</p><p><br></p><p>The Book of Parables, which is what scholars call chapters 37–71 of the Book of 1 Enoch, had a powerful influence on the New Testament—especially end times prophecy. It was probably written by Essenes, but not at Qumran. There was another Essene community in Galilee, near the town of Magdala.</p><p><br></p><p>Next week, we’ll explain how the Book of Parables influenced John the Baptist and John the Revelator, and why the location of the Essene community near the Sea of Galilee is significant. </p>

<p>Nearly 3,000 years ago, Solomon built cult sites for the pagan gods Astarte, Chemosh, and Milcom on the Mount of Olives. Because of this, the priests called it the Mount of Corruption.<br><br>Derek showed in his book The Second Coming of Saturn that a better translation from the Hebrew is Mount of the Destroyer—which is important, because the evidence also shows that Milcom, better known as Molech, is also “the Destroyer” of Revelation 9, Abaddon/Apollyon.<br><br>We also continue our discussion from last week about the potential rivalry between Abaddon and Satan. If, as Derek argues in The Second Coming of Saturn, “the Destroyer” is the entity who led rebellious sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4, will he be happily reunited with Satan when he’s freed from the abyss, or will there be civil war amongst the Fallen?</p>

<p>When the “sons of God” mentioned in Genesis 6:1–4 came to Earth, were they disobedient from the start or were they lured into sin by Satan?<br><br>We engage in some speculation this week as we discuss the entity called Shemihazah by the Jews of Jesus’ day, the leader of the rebellious Watchers who sinned by commingling with human women (2 Pt. 2:4; Jude 6–7). We believe that entity has been known by many names throughout history, including Kronos by the Greeks and Saturn by the Romans.<br><br>But John foresaw a day when Saturn is released from the abyss, described in Revelation 9:1–11, because we think Saturn/Shemihazah is “the Destroyer,” Abaddon or Apollyon. The question is this: When Saturn is let out of the abyss, will he follow Satan in his war against God?</p>

<p>Five red heifers were shipped from Texas to Israel in September. They may be used in a mysterious ritual described in Numbers 19, a precursor for construction of the Third Temple.<br><br>We discuss the red heifer, how much of what is believed about the rites are actually in the Bible, and how we as Christians should process this development that is bound to ramp up religious and political tensions in Israel.<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>WE WRAP our six-week series based on our last tour of Israel with a look at the incredible city of the Nabataean Arabs, Petra.<br><br>Petra was a cult center, a pilgrimage destination for pagans of the ancient world until the time of Muhammad in the early 7th century. That’s because Petra was the site of the original Mecca—and may have been the location of Mount Sinai, as well.<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>AT THE SOUTHERN END of the Jordan River, Sodom and Jericho were destroyed, Moses was buried, and Elijah was carried up to heaven in a whirlwind. It’s also where the prophet Ezekiel foresaw the destruction of the army of Gog of Magog.<br><br>Our video tour of Israel continues east of the Jordan this week as we show you what Moses saw, explain why God called Mount Nebo “this mountain of the Travelers,” and take you out into the desert of ancient Edom. It’s easy to see why the Israelites complained, looking at mostly sand and scrub for forty years!<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.<br><br>Watch every episode of Unraveling Revelation at <a href="http://www.UnravelingRevelation.tv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.UnravelingRevelation.tv</a>. And please subscribe to our YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation</a>.<br><br>New dates for our tour of Türkiye: We’ll visit the churches of Revelation, Abraham’s home city Harran, Göbekli Tepe, and more in October of 2023. Find out more at <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS of Abraham, Joshua, David, and Jesus. That’s the short version of this week’s program.<br><br>Our 2019 tour of Israel took us from Joshua’s altar, site of the recent discovery of an ancient curse tablet written in archaic Hebrew at a time when the Israelites weren’t supposed to be in the land of Canaan, to the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount. Messianic Rabbi Zev Porat showed us the historic locations of the crucifixion and burial tomb of Jesus on the Mount of Olives, while our visit to the Temple Mount was interrupted by angry ravens. <br><br>And you can see those places with us next spring! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>IN MAY OF 2019, we saw what can only be described as a sign in the sky over the ancient Hebrew holy site of Shiloh, where the tabernacle of God stood for more than 300 years.<br><br>This week, we show you what we saw in the sky. Skeptics may call it jet contrails or an unusual cloud formation, but to us, it looked for all the world like the wings of the cherubim touching over the Ark of the Covenant.<br><br>We also discuss baptism as we share a teaching in the Jordan River, hear from Jim Barfield of the Copper Scroll Project at Qumran, and watch as a camel nearly throws off our good friend and cameraman, Taylor Joseph.<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS places in Israel is the recently recognized Serpent Mound of Bashan.<br><br>It’s three-quarters of a mile long, 20 to 25 feet high, covered with more than 140 megalithic tombs probably more than 5,000 years old, and it’s a quarter of a mile from Gilgal Refaim on the Golan Heights.<br><br>We discuss the significance of this monument to the cult of the dead and speculate on whether this is why the ancient kingdom of King Og was called Bashan—the “Place of the Serpent.”<br><br>We also visited Tel Dan at the foot of Mount Hermon, where we showed how a misunderstood verse in the Book of Hosea reveals that the golden calves of Jeroboam marked a return to the worship of the entity who was believed to live on the mountain, the Canaanite creator-god El—who, as Derek shows in his book The Second Coming of Saturn, was known to the Hebrews as Molech.<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour March 19-30, 2023, visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>ISRAEL IS GROUND ZERO in the long supernatural war in which we all play a part. This week, we begin a series of programs to show you Israel through our eyes.<br><br>In 2019, we traveled across the country and captured the adventure on video (special thanks to our friend, Taylor Joseph, who did most of the video work). Our tour began at the town where Jesus spent his childhood, Nazareth, where you can find a working first-century village today that helps you see what life was like for Jesus and his family.<br><br>From there, we traveled to the Jezreel Valley and visited Megiddo—which, contrary to popular teaching, is not where Armageddon will be fought—and Mount Carmel, the site of Elijah’s epic confrontation with the prophets of Baal.<br><br>Israel is open for tourists again! For details on our Israel Tour (new dates: March 19-30, 2023), visit <a href="http://www.gilberthouse.org/travel" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.gilberthouse.org/travel</a>.</p>

<p>THE SEVEN ANGELS who pour out the wrath of God will reverse an ancient pagan ritual that required humans to pour out drink offerings to the spirits of the dead.<br><br>We discuss the kispum ritual of the Amorite neighbors of ancient Israel, its connection to the cult of the dead, the dolmens that surrounded the city of Sodom, the song of Moses in Deuteronomy 32 (repeated in Revelation 15), and Jesus’ baptism by John in Bashan (not Bethany!) across the Jordan.</p>

<p>A DAY is coming when God’s patience runs out. When it does, seven angels will be dispatched from the throne room of God, and what they bring to the earth will be horrific.<br><br>We discuss the prelude to God’s wrath, with special attention on the song of Moses. We compare it to his song in Deuteronomy 32, and note where it was sung the first time—near, and possibly directly over, the ruins of ancient Sodom.</p>

<p>GOD TOLD the prophet Joel that He would “gather all of the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.” But that valley doesn’t exist on any map.<br><br>At least not yet.<br><br>This week, we discuss the connections between the end times prophecies of Joel 3, Zechariah 14, and Revelation 14, and explain why we believe the Valley of Jehoshaphat suddenly appears on the Day of the Lord—Armageddon—when Jesus returns and lands on the Mount of Olives, splitting the mount in half.</p>

<p>THE SUPERNATURAL soldiers of Joel chapter 2 have been interpreted as a divine army fighting for God in the end times. But when you read Joel 2 in context, it’s clear that this army is fighting for the other side.<br><br>We discuss “Joel’s army” and examine the links to the evil, locust-like entities from the abyss in Revelation 9 and the connections to Revelation 14 and Zechariah 14.</p>