The Great Tribulation Period: Revelation 12:9-14 | Revelation 13:5-8 | Matthew 24:15-16 | Revelation 11:3-7

The Gentiles: Isaiah 11:10 | Isaiah 60:3 | 2 Esdras 2:34-39

Revelation 12:9: “And the great dragon was cast out,” [Of heaven] “that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Revelation 12:10: “And I [John] heard [At the time when Satan and his angels were cast out of heaven] a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser” [Satan] “of our brethren is cast down,” [Into the earth] “which accused them before our God day and night.”

Revelation 12:11: “And they” [The brethren/Servants of God raised up again] “overcame him” [Satan] “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony;" [The Spirit from God] "and they loved not their lives unto the death.”

Revelation 12:12: “Therefore” [Because Satan and his angels are cast out of heaven] “rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. [The righteous angels] Woe” [Persecution, killing, affliction etc.] “to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”

Revelation 12:13: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he” [Satan] “persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.”

Revelation 12:14: “And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she [The woman] might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,” [3 ½ Years] “from the face of the serpent.”

Revelation 13:5: “And there was given unto him [The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed] a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.” Or 3 ½ years.

Revelation 13:6: “And he” [The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed] “opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”

Revelation 13:7: “And it was given unto him” [The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed] “to make war with the saints, [The 144,000/Servants of God] and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

Revelation 13:8: “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,” [The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed] “whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 24:15: “When ye therefore shall see The Abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)”

Matthew 24:16: “Then" [When the daily sacrifice is taken away and The Abomination of desolation is set-up] "let them which be in Judaea" [The followers of Christ] "flee into the mountains:”

Revelation 11:3: “And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, [Three and half years] clothed in sackcloth.” The Great Tribulation period.

Revelation 11:4: “These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.”

Revelation 11:5: “And if any man will hurt them,” [The Two Witnesses] “fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.”

Revelation 11:6: “These” [The Two Witnesses] “have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:" [The thousand two hundred and threescore days mentioned in verse 3] "and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.”

Revelation 11:7: “And when they" [The Two Witnesses] "shall have finished their testimony,” [The end of their appointed time] “the BEAST that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit” [The BEAST whose deadly wound was healed] “shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.”

Isaiah 11:10: “And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.”

Isaiah 60:3: "And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."

2 Esdras 2:34: "And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world."

2 Esdras 2:35: "Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore."

2 Esdras 2:36: "Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly."

2 Esdras 2:37: "O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom."

2 Esdras 2:38: "Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;"

2 Esdras 2:39: "Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord."