Satan's Little Season | Matthew's Bible

We are in Satan's little season following the millennial reign of Christ.

Jesus tells the Jews, the Romans, and the church - his disciples; have all been told to look forward to this coming soon event.
The Statements in the bible rule out a future 2nd coming of Christ.

The Scripture

Revelation 1 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, for to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass.

Revelation 1 3 For the time is at hand.

[The crucifiers shall see him]:
Revelation 1 7 Behold he cometh with clouds, and all eyes shall see him: and they also which pierced him.

Revelation 1 9 John your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience which is in Jesus Christ

Revelation 22 6 And the Lord God of saints and prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants, the things which must shortly be fulfilled.

Revelation 22 7 Behold I come shortly.

Revelation 22 12 And behold I come shortly

Revelation 22 10 And he said unto me: seal not the sayings of prophesy of this book. For the time is at hand

Revelation 22 20 He which testifieth these things saith: be it, I come quickly, Amen
[I come shortly or quickly means 'I come without delay']

[Jesus saying his return will come quicker]---->
Matthew 10 23 When they persecute you in one city, fly into another. I tell you for a truth, ye shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the son of man be come.

Matthew 16 28 Verily I say unto you, some there be among them that here stand, which shall not taste of death, till they shall have seen the son of man come in his kingdom.

Matthew 23 36 Verily I say unto you, all these things shall light upon this generation.

Matthew 24 34 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all be fulfilled.

[Jesus said to Caiaphas (a pharisee)]:
Matthew 26 64 Jesus said to him: Thou hast said. Nevertheless I say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and come in the clouds of the sky.

Mark 9 1 And he said unto them: Verily I say unto you: There be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

Mark 13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

Luke 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Luke 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

Luke 21 22 For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfil all that are written.

Luke 21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

John 1 50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

John 12 31 Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out a doors.

[The Resurrection]---->
John 5 25 Verily, verily I say unto you: the time shall come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God. And they that hear, shall live.

Romans 13 11 this also we know, I mean the season, how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed

1 Peter 4 7 The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers

James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Paul is stating they were going to be in the presence of Christ in His second coming --->
1 Thessalonians 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

1 Thessalonians 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

1 Thessalonians 4 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel, and trompe of God. And the dead in Christ shall arise first: then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort your selves one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul is speaking of imminent judgement ---->
2 Thessalonians 1 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

[We don't see the holy city any more and we have misinterpreted many passages.]
Revelation 22 19 And if any man shall minish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things which are written in this book.

The bible was preached around the world:

(Matthew 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world,
for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.)

Romans 10 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing cometh by the word of God. But I ask: have they not heard? No doubt, their sound went out into all lands: and their words into the ends of the world

Romans 16 25 To him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, where with I preach Jesus Christ, in opening of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began, and now is opened at this time and declared in the scriptures of prophecy, at the commandment of the everlasting God, to stir up obedience to the faith published among all nations

Colossians 1 3 We give thanks to God the father of our Lord Jesus Christ alway praying for you in our prayers, since we heard of your faith which ye have in Christ Jesu: and of the love which ye bear to all saints for the hope’s sake which is laid up in store for you in heaven, of which hope ye have heard by the true word of the gospel, which is come unto you, even as it is into all the world

Colossians 1 23 if ye continue grounded and stablished in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, whereof ye have heard, how that it is preached among all creatures, which are under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister.

The Bible confirms the gospel was preached to the whole world before revelation was written. The disciples believed they would see Jesus return in their lifetimes. Jesus talked to his disciples 2000 years ago prophesying to them about what they were going to see.

The 'Book of Martyrs' by John Foxe also testifies of this: https://www.matthewsbible.com/bookofmartyrs

The bible says Jesus is coming soon because he did come soon.

According to the historical written record:

According to many historical records Jesus face appeared in the skies, seen by many. Multiple historians of the first centuries documented fiery armies and fiery chariots surrounding the cities of Israel. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, testified in his epistles 'Wars of the Jews', book 6, chapter 5, section 2 and 3 about chariots and troops of soldiers running about among the clouds and surrounding cities. The Roman historian Gaius Tacitus testified the same in his book 'The Histories', book 5 § 13.

The Greek Christian historian Pseudo-Hegesippus (66-70 AD) wrote in book 5 chapter 44 of the latin version a burning comet coming like a fire and a sword being in the air for a year announcing with iron and fire the coming destruction of the people, the kingdom and the city itself. His writings testified of a certain figure of tremendous size appearing in the sky, which many saw, just as the books of the Jews have disclosed, and in the clouds chariots and armed battle arrays, by which the cities of all Iudaea and its territories were invaded.

Eusebius of Caeserea wrote in his history book 3, chapter 8 of Ecclesiastical history about a star standing over the city like a sword and a comet for a whole year. He also reported about testimonies over the whole country about chariots and armed troops coursing through the clouds and surrounding the cities.

Sepher Yosippon writer of 'A mediaeval history of ancient Israel' wrote about a single great star shining like swords located over the temple and seen above the Holy of Holies and for a whole night a outline of a man's face, the like of whose beauty had never been seen in all the land, and his appearance was quite awesome. He wrote about people seeing chariots of fire and horsemen, a great force flying across the sky near to the ground coming against Jerusalem and all the land of Judah, all of them horses of fire and riders of fire. Excerpts from chapter 87 "Burning of the Temple."

In the 16th century the followers of Christ knew that the establishment of the thousand year reign was in their past. The notes in the Geneva Bible published by the end of 1500 AD specified the establishment of the thousand year reign and the expiration the thousand years. In the section "The order of time" preceding the book of Revelation, the following statements were made:

•Around 70 AD the dragon was bound 1,000 years

•Around 1073 AD the dragon was let loose after 1,000 years

[Revelation 20:7 side note] •The thousand year falleth precisely upon the times of that wicked hildebrand, who was called Gregorie the seventh a most damnable necromancer and sourcer, whom Satan led as an instrument when he was loosed out of bonds, thenceforth to annoy the saints of God with the most cruel persecutions, and the whole world with dissentions', and most bloody wars.

Geneva Bible 1607 (Revelation 20:7 Side note)

The historian John Foxe wrote studies about the times of the thousand year reign and the destruction of the reign. In "The Acts and Monuments" of John Foxe volume I by Rev George Townsend, the following is written:

•First, I will intreat of the suffering time of the church, which continued from the apostles' age about three hundred years.

•Second, of the flourishing time of the church, which lasted other three hundred years.

•Third, of the deelining of backsliding time of the church, which comprehendth other three hundred years, until the loosing out of Satan which was about the thousandth year after the nativity of Christ.

[The majority of Israel became Christian around 400 AD]

In 'The Acts and Monuments' of John Foxe volume IV by Rev George Townsend, the following is written:

•To be short, then came in the time that the Revelation speaketh of, when Satan, the old serpent, being tied up for a thousand years, was loosed for a certain space, of the which space, here, in these books, by the help and supportation of Christ our Lord, we intend something to entreat and speak of, though not of all things in general done in all places, yet that such things as be most principle may come to light, the knowledge whereof shall be necessary for all our countryman to understand.

The 'Acts and Monuments' Continuation of book V contains a chapter "The last three hundred years from the loosing out of Satan."

There is archeological evidence of the 1,000 year millennial reign:

Below you will find examples of the 'spirit inspired' architecture that was created under the 1,000 year rein of Christ. Much of which was destroyed by fire, war, or dismantled after they were repurposed for world fairs. The world, under the control of Satan in this little season calls the millenial reign, or the 1000 Byzantine empire, the "dark ages."

Buffalo 1901

San Francisco 1915

St. Louis 1904

Chicago 1893

Old World Order

Raftsman's journal. January 06, 1858:

"Strange as it may appear, America abounds in antiquities, so extensive, so beautiful and majestic, as to rival those of Thebes or Nineveh. Ruins of ancient cities, of immense extent; fortifications, mounds and pyramids; temples with walls built of hewn stone showing a refined taste in architecture - and adorned with human figures, beautifully executed; large altars ornamented with hieroglyphics, probably giving a record of those who reared them, but which no man has been able to decipher; remains of ancient palaces with beautiful specimens of sculpture and painting, with many other marks of ancient greatness, proved to us that this is not a new world, but a powerful empire existed in a very remote period of time, teeming with a population highly skilled in arts, and in a state of civilization far beyond anything we have been led to conceive of the aborigines, previous to the discovery of the continent by the Europeans. The antiquities of America extend from the eastern shores of Maine and Massachusetts to the Pacific and from the Great lakes of British dominions to Peru and La Plata in South America; in fact, throughout the extent of both continents. Immense forest grow over the ruins of large cities, and the gigantic size of the trees, with indications that other generations of trees sprung up and grew before them, proved that the ruins were in existence before the Christian era. In every portion of the United States interesting ruins have been discovered. In the state of New York have been found sculptured figures of 100 animals of different species, executed it in a style far superior to anything exhibited by any of the existing tribes of Indians. The state of Ohio abounds and ruins of towns and fortifications, with extensive mounds and pyramids. At Marietta, and in Missouri, beautiful pottery, silver and copper ornaments, and pearls of great beauty and lustre, have been dug from the Earth. in the caves of Tennessee and Kentucky, mummies have been found, in a high state of preservation, clothed with cloths and skins of various texture, inlaid with feathers. Like discoveries have been made at Carrolton near Milwaukee, in the state of Wisconsin - ruins of huge fortifications appear. Similar ruins appear in the state of Missouri. On the south side of the Missouri River in the Western portion of the state is an enclosure some 500 acres, which includes the ruins of a building (no doubt ancient Tower) with walls over 100 ft high, and 80 ft wide at the base, attached to which are a redoubt and citadel, with work much resembling the structure of a tower in Europe."
- Raftsman's journal. January 06, 1858 https://www.matthewsbible.com/antiquities

Who occupies these buildings today?
Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the people which are in the four quarters of the earth Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle whose number is as the sand of the sea: and they went up on the plain of the earth, and compassed the tents of the saints about, and the beloved city.

To be continued...

The millennial reign is labeled by this current generation as the "dark ages" or the 1,000 year byzantine empire. The mosaics of the period show angles and people with halos. Similar mosaics are found on the spirit inspired architecture the old world left behind. That architecture was potentially built by glorified saints and angels. Example: The Sistine Chapel. The millenial reign would have also be filled with resurrected saints.