Jeremiah 24:1 KJVS
“The Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.”
After Nebuchadnezzar (the king of Babylon of old) took Judah into captivity the Lord showed Jeremiah this vision of the two baskets of figs. Nebuchadnezzar was used as a type for Satan when Satan will appear as the antichrist (instead of Christ) in The Middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week, to carry many away into his confusion.
Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon in Jeremiah’s time, and Satan will appear as the king of Babylon, which is to say confusion, during this final fig tree generation. Satan as the spurious messiah , at that time will carry away the third of the world’s population who are Christians into his deception. This is the Woe of the Sixth Trumpet which will transpire in the middle of Daniel’s seventieth week.
Again, Daniel’s seventieth week was originally seven years but has been shorten for the elect’s sake (Mark Chapter 13: 20) to a five-month long hour of temptation (Revelation Chapter 9), this is known as Satan’s tribulation.
Jeremiah 24:2 KJVS
“One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”
These two baskets of figs will be set in front of our Lord Jesus Christ upon His return at the end of Daniel’s shortened seventieth week at the Seventh Trumpet. It will be at the seventh trumpet when the true Christ returns, with His angels from heaven, and this is when Satan’s role of the king of Babylon of the end times, which is his role as the false prophet; the antichrist, will be destroyed. It will also be at this time when the good and bad figs will be gathered and separated in front of the Son of man, our lord Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 24:3 KJVS
“Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.”
First, we will look further into the gathering of the good figs in Mark Chapter 13.
Mark 13:24-27 KJVS
“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, [25] And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. [26] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. [27] And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”
In those days after Satan’s tribulation which is again the five- month long hour of temptation (Daniel’s shorten seventieth week) we shall see the brightness of our Lord’s coming (2nd Thessalonians Chapter 2 verses 8 and 9) when He comes with His angels, to destroy the workings of Satan. Satan’s appearance as the Antichrist will be his defiled reign which will completely take over many in the middle of the five month period at the sounding of the Sixth Trumpet.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, at the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet, will send His angels forth which are most of the 7000 Zadok (elect) from heaven, that have lived and died throughout the centuries and served our Lord in each of their appointed generations. Upon their return with the Lord they will gather the elect that will be here on earth at that time from the four winds. The four winds symbolize the five month long hour of temptation.
The church of Philadelphia will be gathered to Jerusalem to serve in the millennial priesthood with the returning Zadok as good figs, to bring many back to our Heavenly Father throughout the Lords Day which is 1000 years. Those years will be made up of our Lords Millennial Correction.
The elect that will be gathered from the four winds with the Zadok that return with Christ, will be the church of Philadelphia which I believe are the 232 Final Remnant from the 7000 Zadok that will be here to serve our Heavenly Father throughout the five- month period. Also, we have the church of Smyrna, that are the 144,000 who will hear our Lords voice through the church of Philadelphia when the Holy Spirit speaks through that final remnant when they are delivered up first to Satan for a testimony. We can also see in our Heavenly Fathers word, the 144,000 at that time will awaken out of Satan’s confusion and repent during the latter half of the five-month period which is the sixth trumpet, and some of them will be used also by the Holy Spirit for a testimony against Satan.
Not to forget with the gathering of the 144,000 there will be also whomsoever with freewill out of most if not all of the remaining five churches spoken about in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3. At the time of the delivering up they will also hearken to what the Holy Spirit will say and repent by coming out Satan’s deception before the seventh angel sounds. However not predestined, those of their own freewill, which may include those who were never Christians, that escape Satan’s deception will go forth at the seventh trumpet to take part in the first resurrection with the 7000 Zadok and the 144,000.
Gathered from the uttermost part of earth to the uttermost part of heaven at the seventh trumpet, they all together will be consumed into one candlestick to shine as the millennial priesthood that will hold our Lords teachings. Those Teachings which is our Lords discipline, will go forth into outer darkness throughout the 1000 years which is the Lords Day, the seventh trumpet.
This is the first resurrection that the good figs will take part in when the true Christ returns. These are the thrones and those who will sit upon them spoken about in Revelation Chapter 20.
Revelation 20:1-4 KJVS
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. [2] And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, [3] 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. [4] And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
After Satan’s role of the false prophet is destroyed, Satan himself will be bound and cast into the bottomless pit for 1000 years, while those who are the good figs take part in the first resurrection. At the seventh trumpet, they will sit upon their thrones and will be alive spiritually to reign 1000 years with Christ, distributing His millennial teachings that will go forth from Christ who will sit in His millennial Temple.
Very important to understand, John saw the thrones and those that sat upon them and whom judgment was given to at the seventh trumpet, and they are as follows:
Those who were beheaded are most of the 7000 Zadok that return with Christ who have lived and died throughout the centuries which have been literally killed for the witness of Jesus and the word of God. We can say they are the prophets’ and apostles of old that were used to fulfill our Heavenly Fathers scriptures. These prophets and apostles of old will be among many other Zadok that will return who were also used by our Heavenly Father in the past to help bring forth His ultimate plan of salvation.
” Also, in verse 4 of Revelation Chapter 20, we see those “which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands.”
These I believe are the church of Philadelphia who are the 232 final remnant from the 7000, who will remain barren from Satan’s deception throughout the entire five -month long hour of temptation, especially in that critical, latter half (two and a half months) of that five-month period when Satan as that king of fierce countenance stands in Jerusalem claiming to be the true Christ return during the sixth trumpet.
Again, we also have to take in account the church of Smyrna who are the 144,000 who will awaken out of Satan’s deception. The 144,000 are predestined to escape out of Satan’s deception when the seeds of the seal of God spring forth in their minds during the sixth trumpet. We also must consider many of those with freewill out of most if not all of the remaining five churches spoken about in Revelation Chapters 2 and 3, who will come out of Satan’s confusion, and receive the seal of God at that time. They will receive the seal of God when they hear what the Holy Spirit will say through the church of Philadelphia during their delivering up.
Although deceived by receiving the mark of the beast in their foreheads (deception) and in their Right-Hand, which means pushing along that deception at the sixth trumpet; upon repentance, the 144,000 and whomsoever with freewill shall be as if they never committed such iniquity. We can see the extent of our Lords forgiveness in Hebrews Chapter 8.
Hebrews 8:12 KJVS
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”
Indeed, He won’t remember their iniquity and those who are the 144,000 and whomsoever with freewill that hearken to the Holy Spirit and come out of Babylon which will be made up of the defiled Christians confusion before it falls (Revelation Chapter 18) will earn their crowns with the total 7000 Zadok going into that day of judjment. They will all together join the first fruits of the first world age (The 7000) in partaking in the first resurrection. They will all live, sit and judge while reigning with Christ in their respected areas during the 1000 years.
These are the good figs.
Back to Jeremiah Chapter 24.
Jeremiah 24:4-5 KJVS
“Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, [5] Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.”
There will be those who will be acknowledged throughout the captivity of antichrist who are sent into the land of deception for their own good. Sent into the fire (so many can be purged and purified) for a testimony which can only be given to them by the Holy Spirit starting with the church of Philadelphia who will remain undefiled and unharmed by that fire, and we have the 144,000 who are the church of Smyrna and whomsoever with freewill that will go through that fiery deception of Satan only to come out of it as purged vessels of honor.
In regard to the church of Philadelphia, we may want to look at the children that were in the Babylonian captivity of old as an example, such as Daniel, Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abed-nego), which were children with no blemish (undefiled). We can also consider the example of Ezekiel who was sent to those of the captivity for us to have a prophetic understanding of the Holy Spirits testimony.
Jeremiah 24:6-7 KJVS
“For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. [7] And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord : and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”
So, it will be at the seventh trumpet when Satan’s role of the false Christ, the king of Babylon of the end times is destroyed, that those who were sent into captivity (unharmed) and of the captivity (purged and refined) for their own good, will take part in the first resurrection. Having taken part of the first resurrection, they will earn their Crowns with the rest of the Zadok that return with Christ at the seventh trumpet.
This Millennial priesthood that will be made up of good figs will be alive spiritually, having a heart to know our Heavenly Father, to reign, not removed but planted and built as a royal priesthood (1st Peter Chapter 2 verses 1 through 10) in Christ to distribute His millennial teachings. Those teachings which will be Christ millennial correction will go forth to those vile figs that were still found in Satan’s deception upon the true Christ return.
The good figs will be planted in Jerusalem while those evil figs who offend will be removed into outer darkness to be given a chance to return to our Lord at the end of the Lords Day. Given a chance so they may be acknowledged also, and to be consumed so to speak, into the body of Christ that is to say to inherit the land which our Heavenly Father through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ has promised us all, eternity.
Next we will focus on these vile figs as the parable of the fig tree continues.
To be continued.
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