Where will the Remnant of Israel Gather during the Great Tribulation?
Bozrah / Petra = The Sheep Pen of the Remnant
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Understanding Bible Prophecy
The Day of Vengeance in Edom
September 22, 2006
In the Book of Daniel an
Angel of God is revealing the Mystery of the End Times to Daniel while he is a
captive in Babylon. In the following passage, the Angel explains
that the Antichrist will enter Israel and other nations:
41 He
shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown:
but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of
the children of Ammon (Daniel
11:41 KJV)
Edom, Moab and Ammon are
all in Jordan ... these areas must escape the Antichrist so that Israel can flee
to Edom (Petra/Bozrah is in Edom) where she escapes during the last 1/2 of the
Tribulation (times = 2 years, time = 1 year and 1/2 time = 1/2 year ... total =
3.5 years):
14 And
to the Woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and
half a time, from the face of the Serpent (Revelation
12:14 KJV)
In the Gospel of Matthew, written more specifically to the Jew, an escape route for the remnant of Israel is noted by Jesus as He identifies the kickoff event (cf. Daniel 9:27) for the last 1/2 of the Tribulation Period. This "kickoff event" is the Antichrist setting up an idol to himself in Israel's rebuilt Temple of God:
15
Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF
DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the Holy
Place (let the reader understand),
16 then those who are in
Judea must flee to the mountains; (Matthew
24:15-16 NASB)
During the terrible last 1/2 of the Tribulation Period, 2/3 of the population of the Nation of Israel falls to the armies of the Antichrist. The remaining 1/3, the remnant, flees this tyranny foretold in the prophecy of Zechariah:
8
It will come about in all the land,
Declares the LORD, That two parts in it will be cut
off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
9 And I will bring the
third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as
gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say,
"They are My people,' And they will say,
"The LORD is my God.' (Zechariah
13:8-9 NASB)
In Micah, we find a prophecy from the Lord declaring Bozrah as the sheep pen of the remnant of Israel:
12 I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold (Bozrah - KJV); Like a flock in the midst of its pasture they will be noisy with men. (Micah 2:12 NASB)
12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah (fold - NASB), as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Micah 2:12 KJV)
When the Antichrist tries
to finish Israel off at Bozrah/Petra in Edom ... Jesus Christ returns to save
them ... After the Battle of Armageddon, His clothing reflects the Winepress of
God in Isaiah 63:
1 Who is this that
cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in His
apparel, travelling in the greatness of His strength? I
that speak in righteousness, mighty to Save.
2 Wherefore
art Thou red in Thine apparel, and Thy garments like Him that treadeth in the
winefat?
3 I
have trodden the Winepress alone; and of the people there was none with Me: for
I will tread them in Mine anger, and trample them in My fury; and their blood
shall be sprinkled upon My garments, and I will stain all My raiment.
4 For
the Day of Vengeance is in Mine heart, and the year of My Redeemed is come.
5 And
I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to
uphold: therefore Mine own arm brought Salvation unto Me; and My fury, it upheld
Me.
6 And
I will tread down the people in Mine anger, and make them drunk in My fury, and
I will bring down their strength to the Earth (Isaiah
63:1-6 KJV)
The Day of the Lord is also
pictured in the Book of Revelation as Jesus returns to Earth on a white horse.
The Winepress of God from Isaiah 63:3 is again found in the 15th verse of
Revelation chapter 19:
11 And
I saw Heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was
called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war.
12 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.
13 And
He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called The Word
of God.
14 And
the armies which were in Heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine
linen, white and clean.
15 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
19:11-15 KJV)
See Bozrah/Petra as "The Valley of the Crescent Moon" in "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade"!
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