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   beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who   
   had not worshiped the wild beast, neither his image, nor had received his   
   mark upon their foreheads or on their hand, lived and reigned with their   
   Messiah these thousand years. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and   
   holy is he who has part in the first resurrection: over them the second   
   death has no power, but they shall be the priests of God and of his   
   Messiah, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.   
      
   The question is, where will his return occur, and when will his return occur?   
      
   For the where, this is what we find:   
      
   After God gave crucified Jesus the new glorified regenerated body   
   and Jesus began to appear to his apostles and disciples and others   
   we are told that this was during a period of forty days and that   
   lastly he was on Mount Olives speaking with a gathered crowd   
   and that when he was finished speaking he ascended into the   
   clouds in front of their very eyes...   
      
   Acts 1   
   And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up,   
   behold two men stood by them in white robes, and these two men   
   said to them, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into   
   heaven? This same Jesus who has ascended from you into heaven,   
   shall so come in like manner as you have seen him ascend into   
   heaven.   
      
   So we see here that Jesus lastly ascended into the clouds above   
   Mount Olives and that his return shall be descending through   
   the clouds above Mount Olives to stand again on Mount Olives.   
   This is the exact depicted prophecy also given here...   
      
   Zechariah 14   
   Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, and your [Jerusalem's]   
   spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. For I will gather   
   all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be   
   taken and the houses plundered and the women ravished; and half   
   of the city [East Jerusalem] shall go into captivity, but half   
   of the people shall not perish from the city. Then the Lord shall   
   go forth and fight against those nations as when he fought in the   
   day of battle. And his feet shall stand upon the mount of Olives,   
   which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives   
   shall split in two...   
      
   So now, for the when, this is what we find:   
      
   Acts 3   
   God shall send to you One who has been prepared for you, even   
   Messiah Jesus, whom the heaven must receive until all the things   
   which God has spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets since the   
   world began should be fulfilled.   
      
   So we see here that there are certain other prophesied events   
   which must occur first before Jesus can make his return. What are   
   those certain other prophesied events?   
      
   1.   
   False messiahs, and false prophets;   
      
   2.   
   Wars, and rumors of wars;   
      
   3.   
   Nation rising against nation, and kingdom rising against kingdom;   
      
   4.   
   Famines, plagues, and earthquakes;   
      
   5.   
   The King Of The South pushing at The King Of The North;   
      
   6.   
   The King Of The North squashing The King Of The South;   
      
   7.   
   The King Of The North placing its military in and around Israel   
   [taking it over for time/times/half - 3 1/2 years - 42 months -   
   1,260 days ("Then they will deliver you over to be oppressed,   
   and they will kill you; and you will be hated by all nations for   
   my name's sake. Then many will stumble, and they will hate one   
   another, and betray one another [Matthew 24])."], called in The   
   Holy Bible "the time of the Gentiles" and "the tribulation";   
      
   8.   
   The arising of God's two true Witnesses Prophets Testifiers with   
   two extraordinary powers - to kill another person instantly just by   
   speaking it so [depicted as speaking fiery words in anger], and to   
   control the elements [depicted as holding back rain, and ruining   
   waters so that they become undrinkable, and smiting the earth   
   with all plagues as often as they want to] - whose mission period   
   is concurrent with the aforementioned time/times/half - 3 1/2 years -   
   42 months - 1,260 days;   
      
   9.   
   The King Of The East mustering its military 200 million strong to   
   the large plain Megiddo / Har Megiddo / Armageddon which is 55   
   miles north of Jerusalem [after having killed 1/3 of the population of   
   the earth and crossed the dried river Euphrates on the way there],   
   then moving it down into valley Kidron which is immediately adjacent   
   to East Jerusalem, then moving it into East Jerusalem to battle pillage   
   plunder every person place thing there, called by society "the battle   
   of Armageddon", and called in The Holy Bible "the time of Jacob's   
   trouble" and "the great tribulation";   
      
   10.   
   The killing of the two true Witnesses Prophets Testifiers and their   
   bodies having lain on a street in Jerusalem for almost 3 1/2 days,   
   then God having signaled for Jesus to begin his descent back to   
   Mount Olives, then God immediately having opened and read the   
   book or record of every soul, then God immediately having instantly   
   given the new glorified regenerated body to all the righteous dead   
   while at the same time having instantly gathered them together in   
   the clouds above Mount Olives to be there to meet and greet and   
   join Jesus when he finishes his descent back to Mount Olives, then   
   God having immediately brought the two true Witnesses Prophets   
   Testifiers back to life in their Adamic bodies, then God immediately   
   having instantly given the new glorified regenerated body to all the   
   righteous quick including these two while at the same time having   
   instantly gathered them all together in the clouds above Mount   
   Olives to join those already gathered there to meet and greet and   
   join Jesus when he finishes his descent back to Mount Olives, then   
   Jesus having thus met up with this group, THEN JESUS AND THIS   
   GROUP BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND DESCEND TO MOUNT   
   OLIVES.   
      
   So we can see here, though this is a rather long list of events, that the   
   main one to watch for is when The King Of The East's military enters   
   into East Jerusalem which has been and is occupied by the military of   
   The King Of The North. It is this very scenario - the nations being   
   gathered together in battle against Jerusalem - like a footstool for Jesus'   
   returning feet - that The Holy Bible itself emphasizes as being the last   
   main key event which must occur before Jesus can make his return:   
      
   Psalm 110   
   The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,   
   until I make thine enemies thy footstool.   
      
   Matthew 22   
   The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,   
   till I make thine enemies thy footstool.   
      
   Mark 12   
   The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,   
   till I make thine enemies thy footstool.   
      
   Luke 20   
   The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,   
   until I put down your enemies under your feet.   
      
   Acts 2   
   The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,   
   until I make thy foes thy footstool.   
      
   Hebrews 1   
   But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand,   
   until I make thine enemies thy footstool?   
      
   Hebrews 10   
   But this man Jesus, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat   
   down on the right hand of God. From henceforth there he will remain   
   until his enemies are placed as a footstool under his feet.   
      
      
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   ARTICLE SIX   
      
   BIBLE PROPHECY: JESUS' RETURN:   
   THE RIGHTEOUS CAN AND SHOULD KNOW WHEN;   
   THE WICKED WILL NOT KNOW WHEN   
      
   The Holy Bible plainly tells us that the righteous can and should know   
   when Jesus' return or second coming is about to occur - not the hour,   
   not the day, but its place in a timeline and/or the year and/or   
   the season and/or its proximity. Alternately, we are told that the   
      
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