1 Peter 4:17
17. For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1. I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" 2..I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
New Heart,
Those 3 1/2 years are spent in the wilderness.
They are in the wilderness because they have gone out of the gate of the corrupted city.
If the judgement begins with "the family of God" then it starts in The temple.
Revelation 11
1 And a reed like a rod was given me as he said: “Get up and measure the temple [sanctuary] of God and the altar and those worshiping in it. 2 But as for the courtyard that is outside the temple [sanctuary], cast it clear out and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
This is the Christian Temple, the body of Christ.
Christians are tormented by this judgement. They refuse to believe that their temple has been profaned.
Revelation 11
10 And those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and enjoy themselves, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth.
Before any of the nations are judged the Christian Temple will receive its judgment:
Revelation 11
13 And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven.
I believe these seven thousand persons are part of the anointed "body of Christ"... The Christian Temple.
Isaiah 66:6
There is a sound of uproar out of the city, a sound out of the temple! It is the sound of Jehovah repaying what is deserved to his enemies.
At the same time the righteous part of this Christian Temple will start to become manifested.
Isaiah 66
7 Before she began to come into labor pains she gave birth. Before birth pangs could come to her, she even gave deliverance to a male child. 8 Who has heard of a thing like this? Who has seen things like these? Will a land be brought forth with labor pains in one day? Or will a nation be born at one time? For Zion has come into labor pains as well as given birth to her sons.
It will be a painful and very trying experience.
The profaned "body of Christ" will weep and gnash their teeth.
The ones who kept on the watch and saw the disgusting thing enter into and profane The Christian Temple will be ready for this to happen and have a different experience:
Matthew 13:43
41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out from his kingdom all things that cause stumbling and persons who are doing lawlessness, 42 and they will pitch them into the fiery furnace. There is where [their] weeping and the gnashing of [their] teeth will be. 43 At that time the righteous ones will shine as brightly as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him that has ears listen.
persons who are doing lawlessness = seven thousand persons?
How many memorial partakers are eating the emblems and drinking the wine with the drunkards?
How many are partaking outside the city in the wilderness?
Revelation 11
15 And the seventh angel blew his trumpet. And loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever.â€
In Christ
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