12 Tribes of Israel

2 Esdras 13:52: “And he said unto me,” [Esdras or Ezra] “Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in THE DAY time.”

Isaiah 59:20: "And the Redeemer" [Christ] "shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob," [The children of God (followers of Christ)] "saith the LORD."

Isaiah 59:21: "As for me, this is my covenant with them,” [Christ and his followers] “saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee," [Christ] "and my words which I have put in thy mouth," [See John 12:49] "shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,” [See Galatians 3:16, 26, 29, Romans 12:4-5 and John 6:39-40] “nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever." See 1 Corinthians 13:9-12.

The Prophecy of THE LIGHT/DAY (Christ and His Disciples), NIGHT/DARKNESS, and the Return of THE LIGHT/DAY

2 Esdras 7:28-31, Isaiah 60:1-2 and Daniel 9:26-27 explains the coming of Christ and the gathering of God’s people; the DARKNESS that follows; and the regeneration of the followers of Christ and those that rejected him.

Daniel 9:26: "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:” [See Isaiah 53:3-5, 7, 10-12 and Hebrews 9:28] “and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;” [See Luke 21:20] “and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.” See Luke 21:22-24.

Daniel 9:27: “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:” [See Isaiah 60:2, Revelation 10:8-11 and Isaiah 30:20-21] “and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,” [See Daniel 7:25] “and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” See Revelation 19:20.

During the Babylonian/Persian captivity Esdras was shown the prophecy of LIGHT (Christ The Redeemer), His disciples, and the followers of Christ; DARKNESS (False Teachers/Lies); and return of THE LIGHT.

THE LIGHT/DAY (Christ and His Disciples)

2 Esdras 7:28: “For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.” See Isaiah 60:1 and Luke 19:35-38.

THE NIGHT/DARKNESS (After Christ and His Disciples)

2 Esdras 7:29: “After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life.” The disciples of Christ. See Daniel 9:26.

2 Esdras 7:30: “And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days," [DARKNESS, see John 9:4] "like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.” See Isaiah 60:2.

THE LIGHT/DAY (Teachers and followers of Christ)

THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS and THE GREAT TRIBULATION

2 Esdras 7:31: “And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up,” [See Isaiah 60:2-3] "and that shall die that is corrupt." See Matthew 24:29-31.