Subject: Sheep nations and goat nations

Time: The third coming of Christ, at the end of the Battle of Armageddon

Place: Earth

Basis or reason for judgment: The treatment of Jews

Results: The goat nations destroyed; the sheep nations remain on the earth to live in the thousand Perfect Age

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left (Matthew 25:31-33). Three groups are involved in this judgment: the sheep nations, the goat nations and the Jews. Jesus did not count the Jews with the other nations but called them brethren. When Jesus takes His place on the throne of Glory, He will first judge the nations, all nations on the basis of their dealings with the Jews. Just as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats, the Lord will divide the nations. The sheep nations (those nations supporting the Jews) to the right, the goat nations (those nations fighting against the Jews) to the left.

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren [the Jews], ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:34-40).

To those who did not care for the brethren Jews: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels…Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal (Matthew 25:41,44,46).

God Judged the Jews’ Persecutors

Mistreating the brethren Jews is the same as mistreating Jesus. God has already judged nations and kingdoms for this. Under Pharaoh, the Israelites were in great bondage; and God raised up Moses to deliver them. “Let my people go!” Moses told Pharaoh. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Let there more work be laid upon the men (Exodus 5:6-9). At this point of Jewish persecution, God began to send His judgments.

A Plague of Blood

In Exodus 7:20,21 we read that Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

The Frog Plague

Pharaoh didn’t relent when the waters were turned into blood, and so God sent a plague of frogs. In Exodus 8 we learn how this plague was to affect the Egyptians: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants (Exodus 8:3,4). Aaron stretched out his rod over the waters, and frogs came up to cover the land. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened.

The Plague of Lice

God sent another plague: Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt (Exodus 8:17). This is God at work, God giving judgment to a nation.

A Plague of Flies

Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened to God and the Israelites. The next judgment fell: And there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go (Exodus 8:24,32).

Livestock Killed

Because Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go, more calamities fell: Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one (Exodus 9:3,6). God’s judgment of plagues.

A Plague of Sores

Pharaoh’s heart was still hardened. And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt (Exodus 9:8,9). The Lord was bringing great suffering: curses, not blessings. God can be as angry as He is loving and kind. Recording His judgments that fell in Bible days, God wanted to be sure we would believe the judgments to come.

A Plague of Hail

God rained down hail on the Egyptians; Moses told them it was to come: Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation (Exodus 9:18,23,24). God’s judgment of plagues.

A Locust Plague

Locusts came. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt (Exodus 10:13-15). This judgment is a small foretaste of the judgment of plagues the Lord will rain down in the Tribulation Period. God is warning that He will do all He has promised in the book of Revelation during the Jews’ seventieth week.

Darkness That Could Be Felt

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings (Exodus 10:20-23). God has all power. On the Egyptians came darkness that could be felt, and on the Israelites, light. Nothing is impossible with God, but man is so deceived today that he thinks God can do no more than a man. The Egyptians became believers in God’s power by the time God had finished with them. They believed that God was God, and Pharaoh had to declare it.

The time is coming when every knee will have to bow to God and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Death of the Firstborn

And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel (Exodus 11:1,4-7). God remembered how the Egyptians killed the boy babies when Moses was born. God never got it out of His system. Many things God has not gotten out of His system; and He will bring judgment because of them, judgment upon the disobedient, the wicked, the sinful.

What a cry went forth in Egypt: death, death, death in every unprotected household! In the Tribulation Period, the Bible tells us, death will ride freely upon the earth.

The Waters Parted

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore (Exodus 14:21-25,27,28,30).

After all the plagues, all the judgments, God destroyed the whole army. This is a miniature picture of what the Tribulation Period will be like when the waters of judgment close in to destroy nations in the Battle of Armageddon. God let the Egyptians go to the Red Sea, His place of judgment. In the Tribulation Period, God will again bring the disobedient to His place of judgment. God rained down plague judgments upon the human race in Old Testament days and warns that judgment will fall again. Just before the Egyptians drowned, they recognized God and His power, that He fought for Israel against them. But it was too late for them.

How many of the Egyptians were destroyed in the Red Sea? All who had pursued the Israelites. In the Tribulation Period God will destroy the goat nations, those who have mistreated the Jews. Open your eyes. What God says He will do, He will do! For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God (Deuteronomy 4:24).

A Nation from the Midst of a Nation

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live (Deuteronomy 4:33)? You’ve had an experience, Israelites, and you had better remember it. Remember God’s love, remember that God delivered you, spoke to you. You actually heard the voice of God speaking to you—and you lived. God took a nation from the midst of another nation. Not since the time God created the earth has such a thing been heard, or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt (verses 34,37).

A mighty deliverance of one people prepared another people for further judgment. In our day, God will give a mighty deliverance to His obedient Holy Spirit-filled people by taking them out of the tribulation to come: The Rapture. And then the thunder clouds of tribulation will close in. God is getting ready for another judgment. Nations will come against the Jews, but the Lord will fight for them again just as He fought for Israel against the nation of Egypt.

The Sun Stood Still as Israel Avenged Themselves

God told Israel He would drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day (Deuteronomy 4:38). God drove out seven nations and gave the land to the Jewish people. On seven nations God brought judgment.

God loved Israel so much, upheld them to the extent that in one battle the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel (Joshua 10:13,14). What victory, what power God gave the Jews!

Five kings of five nations fled before Israel and hid themselves in a cave. And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them. Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave (Joshua 10:18,22). Is Joshua going to forgive them? What will he do? Joshua did just what God wanted done. And Joshua said unto them [the Jews], Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening (verses 25,26). This is the judgment of God for leaders of wicked nations. He destroys them. God is a God of judgment as well as a God of love. Those who won’t accept His love will face His judgment.

If I Perish, I Perish

God placed the judgment of death on a man called Haman in the book of Esther because he tried to destroy the Jewish people. Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them (Esther 4:7). Haman, no doubt, was a wealthy man; and he offered to pay the king for the destruction of the Jews. What the king didn’t know, however, was that Queen Esther was a Jewish girl. Her uncle, Mordecai, gave one of the king’s chamberlains the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people (verse 8).

Esther knew that it meant death if she went in before the king unbidden and he did not hold out the golden scepter to her. The king had not called for her in thirty days, and she was determined to approach him. If I perish, I perish, she said (Esther 4:16). In order to save her people, Queen Esther, her maidens, and the Jews in Shushan fasted three days, When she approached the king, she received his favor. “What is your petition?” he asked. And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him (Esther 5:4). The king agreed, and Haman was invited to the banquet where again the king promised her petition would be granted, even to half his kingdom. Esther then invited Haman and the king to a banquet the next evening. Joyfully, Haman left; but seeing Esther’s uncle ruined his mood to the extent his wife and friends suggested that he build a gallows for Mordecai.

That night the king couldn’t sleep, and he commanded the book of records to be read. In the reading, he discovered that Esther’s uncle had uncovered a plot against him. He found further that no reward for this timely service had been given. Now Haman came bustling into the court to speak to the king about hanging Esther’s uncle. Before he could say anything the king asked, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour (Esther 6:6-9).

Imagine Haman’s shock when he realized the king was talking about honoring the very man he was plotting to kill! Not only that, the king asked Haman to be the one to bestow honor on Mordecai the Jew.

When these things were done, the king’s chamberlains hurried Haman off to the banquet Esther had prepared. Again, the king asked Esther what her petition was. Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage. Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified (Esther 7:3-10).

But the damage put into motion by the king’s decree had to be undone. Letters had been sent into all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, women and children. The king couldn’t undo the decree, but he could add to it. He gave the Jews the privilege to protect themselves. The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them (Esther 9:2,5). To celebrate this great victory, the Jews set aside every year the days of Purim.

An Angel of Death

God has fought for the Jews again and again. We read in Isaiah of the time God sent an angel to kill 185,000 soldiers of the enemies of God. Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses (Isaiah 37:36). That ended that war. The remaining army departed before they were slain, too.

Judgment That Reached to Heaven

God had warned the Israelites not to worship the gods of the nations they had driven out of the Promised Land instead of the true and living God, but they didn’t obey. God was angry. Babylon invaded the Holy Land. The king of Babylon destroyed the holy temple of God, carrying away all the valuables, burning the rest, leaving the land desolate.

Even then God did not forget the Jews. Thus saith the LORD; Behold I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about (Jeremiah 51:1,2). That is exactly what happened. The Medes and Persians took over Babylon. The walls around the city of Babylon were so thick that three chariots could run abreast on top of it. It was high. No enemy, they thought, could ever penetrate that wall. But God saw to it that the city was taken. Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense (verse 6).

What Babylon did to Israel would be avenged; God rendered unto her a recompense.

We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple (Jeremiah 51:9,11).

A Dwelling Place for Dragons

God didn’t forget that the Babylonians destroyed His temple, the house that was built to honor and glorify His name. God had ordered what was to be in that house, every vessel, every design. But the king of Babylon had carried them away. Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD (Jeremiah 51:25,26). And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant (verses 29,37). Before these things took place, God foretold them.

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth (Jeremiah 51:47,49). Babylon killed the Jews, and God foretold the judgment that would fall because of it.

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD (Jeremiah 51:53). No matter how strong Babylon became, God would send spoilers; God would bring her down.

Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite (Jeremiah 51:55,56). Babylon would be desolate forever. Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah (verses 62-64).

Prophecy after prophecy in the Old Testament has been fulfilled, and those that haven’t soon will be. We live in a day we can look back in history and see that the fulfillment of these prophecies has taken place in Egypt, in Babylon.

The Fire of God’s Wrath against Russia

God has also prophesied about Russia. She has mistreated many of the Jewish people. Of all the nations holding to the Jewish people, none have held on like Russia. God promised judgment to Russia just as He promised judgment to Egypt and Babylon. This judgment will also be part of the Tribulation judgment of the Jews spoken of in the third major judgment. And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog [Russia’s leader] shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone (Ezekiel 38:18-22). Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes (verses 14-16). And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land (Ezekiel 39:11,12). God will give Russia a place of graves in Israel, not victories. Russia will trigger the Battle of Armageddon. She will desire a spoil in Israel. Thinking that the land will be easy to take, Russia will go down. She will be mistaken, for she will fail to take into account the God of Israel. Pharaoh and the king of Babylon did not count on God, and they were destroyed.

And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken (Ezekiel 39:2-8).

Read of the destiny of Russia as recorded in Ezekiel. Know what is to come; understand what will happen to the goat nations. The Bible tells it all.

Frog Demons

And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty (Revelation 16:13,14). Three unclean spirits like frogs—demons. Where are they going? To the kings of the earth to gather them to the great Battle of Armageddon. Those devils will go to the kings of the earth, giving such power that the kings will think they can’t be defeated by Israel.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (Matthew 24:21). Remember what happened in Egypt, in Babylon; think of the wars down through the years. Jesus tells us in Matthew that this tribulation will be greater than anything thus far.

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city (Zechariah 14:1,2). And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it (Zechariah 12:3). Only God could bring this about; only God could unite those nations against Jerusalem. In His judgment, in His anger, He will force them all to come. What a time for Jesus to return to Earth!

The Lion of the Tribe of Judah

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle (Zechariah 14:3). The fury with which the Lord fought for the Jews when they were obedient to Him, He will display again. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south (verse 4). Staying in a hotel on the Mount of Olives when I was in Jerusalem, I would think, Jesus is coming one day. This mountain I’m lodging on will split wide open! I rejoiced to think of the return of the Lord to Earth.

God will make the way for the Jewish people who look to Him, the Jews who accept Jesus as Lord, as their Messiah—and, remember, one third will.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he [Jesus] that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself (Revelation 19:11,12). This is Jesus of battle, the roaring Lion of the tribe of Judah. No longer the Lamb, Jesus will come to bring judgment upon the nations.

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God (Revelation 19:13-15). Jesus will come to smite the nations, not just one nation but all the goat nations gathered to fight the Battle of Armageddon. When it looks as though total chaos rules, as though the whole nation of Israel that God had gathered back is going to be destroyed, Jesus will appear on the scene.

The nations to be ruled with a rod of iron are the sheep nations, the nations that did not come against the Jews. Once a year these sheep nations will have to go up to Jerusalem to worship, or the Lord won’t send rain on their land.

And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS (Revelation 19:16). It’s King Jesus, King of kings and Lord of lords. And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of the kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great (verses 17,18).

The same cry went forth for Russia; God called the fowls of the air, the beasts of the field to come to the great supper of God Almighty. Now He is crying again to the fowls to come and eat the flesh of all men, the wicked who have mistreated the Jews. Many will be in that number. Some from the sheep nations, of course, will be slain, also, as they fight against the goat nations.

The World Turned Upside Down

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army (Revelation 19:19). The beast is the Antichrist. When he sees Jesus sitting on the horse with His armies, he will think he can defeat the very Son of God. He is a deceiving devil, bringing with him men who think like he does. This army that will go forth against Jesus will find death awaiting them.

Isaiah the prophet foretold Armageddon. Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof (Isaiah 24:1). What terror this describes! Do you want to be in this war? The nations are getting ready for Armageddon right now. When men cry peace, sudden destruction will strike.

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left (Isaiah 24:5,6). Out of the population of the whole earth, few men will be left alive—comparatively speaking. This world is headed for Armageddon, traveling faster each day. Throughout the whole earth the effects of Armageddon will be felt.

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again (Isaiah 24:20). The earth will never be the same. The Lord is going to judge the nations, and then the thousand year Perfect Age will begin. Jesus will set up His Kingdom right here on planet Earth.

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath (Revelation 16:18,19). The great cities throughout the world will fall when this catastrophic earthquake takes place, the cities of the nations. Think of Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, London and all the other great cities…falling. The spirit of Babylon is remembered.

And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great (Revelation 16:20,21). Mountains fleeing before the wrath of God as He walks the earth….

Once I experienced the Lord walking the earth. As His feet came down on the earth it sounded like paper crushing with each step. Never would I have thought to witness something like that!

Hailstones weighing almost one hundred pounds fall as men blaspheme God, curse and despise Him. And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth (Zechariah 14:12). God will destroy those who fought against Jerusalem by this method. Their flesh will vanish, their eyes melt in their sockets, their tongues melt in their mouths. It’s Armageddon; it’s the wrath of God. God will have had enough.

Antichrist: Into the Lake of Fire!

And the beast [the Antichrist] was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Revelation 19:20). At the close of the Battle of Armageddon, the Antichrist and the false prophet will be taken alive and cast into the lake of fire. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh (verse 21).

Satan: Into the Bottomless Pit

What happens to Satan at this time? And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season (Revelation 20:1-3). The Antichrist, the false prophet are in the lake of fire, and now Lucifer is thrown into the bottomless pit.

The Nations Separated

It’s time for the nations to be judged: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). The Lord is talking to the wicked, the hateful, the evil. The sheep nations are to the right, the goat nations to the left. Remember the scripture at the beginning of this booklet: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (verses 31-34).

This is the fourth judgment, the judgment of the nations.

Subject: The goat nations and the sheep nations

Time: The return of Jesus Christ at the end of the Battle of Armageddon

Place: Earth

Basis: Treatment of the Jews by the nations

Result: Goat nations destroyed; sheep nations enter Perfect Age

Do You Need Jesus?

The Gentile dispensation will close with the Bride of Christ being taken out. Are you ready to meet the Lord? Are you ready for Jesus to come? Are you expecting Him? If you need Jesus in your heart, lift up your hands and pray the sinners’ prayer with me: Oh, God, save my soul! Forgive me of my sins. I’m so sorry, Lord, that I sinned against you. But I have come home, and I’m going to serve you, Lord, the rest of my life. I believe that Jesus died for me, and I will live for Him. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins, all of my sins. Come on in, Jesus! Come on in!

If you meant that prayer, He has come; He is all yours. Start reading your Bible, praying daily to Him. He will hear you. Some fasting will help you, true Bible fasting.

Weigh God’s Judgments

Thus saith the Lord: Weigh my judgments just as you seek to weigh my love. Weigh my promises of destruction just like you weigh all of my good promises. Declare unto this generation that the Lord will come. Declare unto this generation that the God of all flesh is moving with love and anger. Declare to this generation that their hour is a short hour. Declare to this generation that it’s time for them to bow in obedience before the great I-Am. It is time for this generation to repent and humble themselves in the presence of their God. It is time for this generation to open their ears that they may hear, open their eyes that they might see. It is time for this generation to go to my Word and caress it all and embrace it all and believe it all. It is time for this generation to know the hour in which they live. It is time for the wicked to be told that judgment will soon be theirs. It is time for the wicked of your household to know that judgment will soon be theirs. It is time for all peoples throughout the earth to hear my message of love, my message of love, and my message of destruction, judgment and damnation, saith the Lord. Be bold in my Spirit. Be alive in my Spirit, and have the tongue of gladness and the tongue of love and the tongue of my fire, saith the Lord; and speak the things of God. This is your hour of victory if you will yield daily to me, saith the Lord.