• Cuando los ejércitos de la Bestia (la confederación occidental) entren a la tierra de Israel, el Señor vendrá del cielo para juzgar (como “un ladrón en la noche”). Él destruirá a sus ejércitos con el resplandor de Su venida. Esta es la aparición de Cristo (2 Ts. 2:8; Ap. 11:15-18 — 7ª trompeta; Ap. 16:15-21 — la Babilonia política es juzgada — 7ª copa; Ap. 19:11-19; 2 Ts. 1:7-10; Jud. 14-1514And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15); Col. 3:44When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4); Tit. 2:13; 213Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13) Ti. 4:1,8; 1 Jn. 2:28; 3:2; 1 Ti. 6:14; Is. 13-14:23; 66:5; Mal. 3:2; 12But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: (Malachi 3:2)
2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, (Malachi 1:2) P. 1:7; 5:4; Ap. 14:9-12; Jer. 50-51; Dn. 2:34-35,44-4534Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:34‑35)
44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2:44‑45); la piedra cortada no con manos — Cristo — destrozará los diez dedos de los pies de la imagen — el revivido imperio romano).
• Ningún hombre conoce ni el día ni la hora de la venida del Señor (la aparición; Mt. 24:36-41).
• Los santos celestiales que fueron previamente tomados arriba con Cristo en el rapto, vendrán con Él. Se hace referencia a ellos como el ejército del cielo (1 Ts. 3:13; 4:14; 2 Ts. 1:7; Zac. 14:5; Ap. 1:7; 19:14; 17:14).
• El Señor arrojará vivos dentro del lago de fuego al líder romano (la Bestia — el cuerno pequeño) y al falso Mesías de los judíos (el anticristo; Ap. 19:20-21).
El día del Señor
La siega
• Con la aparición de Cristo también comienza la “siega,” que es un juicio discriminativo hecho por los ángeles, quienes limpiarán la tierra profética occidental de todos los ofensores. Los ofensores serán tomados de la tierra y arrojados vivos en el lago de fuego. Aquellos que no hayan rechazado la predicación del evangelio del reino, serán dejados en la tierra para disfrutar las bendiciones terrenales del reino. Así como un granjero en los tiempos de la siega separa el trigo de la cizaña, el Señor separará lo bueno de lo malo. En este tiempo, “uno será tomado y el otro dejado” (Ap. 14:14-16; Mt. 13:37-42; 24:40-41; Is. 24:1; Dn. 2:3535Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:35); Jer. 51:1-21Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. (Jeremiah 51:1‑2)).
• Luego de que los ángeles hayan ido a través de la tierra profética separando a los malos de entre los justos, la población en occidente decrecerá grandemente. La gente en estas tierras, que una vez estuvieron iluminadas, serán escasas como el oro (Is. 13:12; 14:23; 24:6; Jer. 50:3,39; 51:23For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. (Jeremiah 50:3)
39Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. (Jeremiah 50:39)
2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. (Jeremiah 51:2)).
• Los “tiempos de los gentiles,” el período de la supremacía gentil sobre Israel, terminará. Esto cierra la semana número setenta de Daniel, que es de 1278 días desde la mitad de la semana (Lc. 21:24; Dn. 2:34-35,44-45; 7:9-14,22-2734Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:34‑35)
44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Daniel 2:44‑45)
9I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 11I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 12As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. 13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Daniel 7:9‑14)
22Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. 23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. (Daniel 7:22‑27)).
La destrucción de los ejércitos del Rey del Norte
• El Señor saldrá a defender a Jerusalén del retorno de los ejércitos del Rey del Norte (Is. 31:4-9; Zac. 9:8; 12:8; 14:3).
• El Señor arrojará al Rey del Norte vivo en el lago de fuego (“Tofet”), donde la Bestia y el falso profeta (anticristo) ya se encontrarán (Is. 30:33).
La restauración de Israel
• La venida del Señor (la aparición) no será solo para la destrucción de las potencias gentiles, sino también para la liberación del remanente judío fiel, y para la restauración de las diez tribus perdidas de Israel (Lc. 18:1-8; Sal. 90-106 — 4º libro de Salmos).
• La restauración de Israel se producirá en dos fases. Primeramente, los judíos (las dos tribus: Judá y Benjamín) que hayan pasado la gran tribulación en la tierra de Israel, serán restaurados al Señor; y luego, las diez tribus perdidas (Dt. 28:25; 32:2625The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Deuteronomy 28:25)
26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: (Deuteronomy 32:26)) retornarán y serán restauradas (Dn. 12:1-21And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:1‑2); Ez. 37:15-17; Jer. 33:7; 27And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. (Jeremiah 33:7)
7And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. (Jeremiah 2:7) S. 2:1-4*; 2 S. 5:1-3*; 2 S. 19:9-15*; en cada referencia, Judá — los judíos — se menciona primero).
• Aunque los que habiten en occidente verán a Cristo en todo el resplandor de Su gloria (2 Ts. 1:7-9; 2:8), evidentemente los judíos no le verán inmediatamente. Mientras el Señor estará juzgando la confederación occidental y al Rey del Norte, aparentemente estará oculto de la vista de Su pueblo. Su aparición, desde la perspectiva occidental, se refiere como “en una nube,” sugiriendo un ocultamente parcial de Sí mismo con respecto a los judíos. Esto aparentemente tiene por objeto reservar el momento cuando Él se revelará a ellos a solas (Lc. 21:27; Is. 8:17; Sal. 88:14). Cuando Su venida (aparición) está en referencia a la restauración de los judíos, se lo menciona como apareciendo “sobre una nube.” Esto implica una total manifestación pública (Zac. 14:4; Hch. 1:9-11; Mt. 24:27,30; 26:64; Job 19:2525For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (Job 19:25)).
• El Señor será visto sobre el Monte de los Olivos. Cuando Sus pies toquen el Monte, este se partirá en dos formando un gran valle que correrá desde el este al oeste (Zac. 14:4).
• En este momento, el Señor se revelará a Sí mismo a los judíos en una reposada e íntima manifestación. Esta manifestación privada será entre el Señor y los judíos; las dos tribus, Judá y Benjamín, a solas (Zac. 14:4; Hch. 1:9-11; Zac. 12:10-14; Gn. 45:1-51Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. 4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. (Genesis 45:1‑5)*).
• Aquellos que vean a Cristo actuarán como mensajeros para el resto del remanente de los judíos. Irán a las montañas, donde muchos se habrán escondido llevando las noticias del retorno del Señor a Jerusalén. El remanente saldrá de sus escondites y vendrá al valle que el pie del Señor abrirá (Is. 52:7; Zac. 14:5).
• El remanente judío mirará a aquel a quien traspasaron y llorarán de arrepentimiento. Ellos aceptarán su culpa nacional a causa de la sangre de Aquel que crucificaron, y serán consecuentemente restaurados en este momento (Sal. 51:14; Hch. 2:23; Gn. 44:14-3414And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. 15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? 16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. 17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; 31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. (Genesis 44:14‑34)*; Is. 53; 2 S. 19:15*; “Gilgal” es el lugar del juicio propio; Zac. 12:10-14; Jn. 20:24-2824But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:24‑28)*).
• El Señor reunirá a las diez tribus de Israel nuevamente en su tierra (Dt. 30:1-51And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. 4If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. (Deuteronomy 30:1‑5); Is. 10:20-22; 11:11-13; 26:19; 27:12-13; 35:10; 49:8-26; 66:19-20; Jer. 30-33; 46:27-2827But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. 28Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (Jeremiah 46:27‑28); Ez. 20:34; 34:11-16; 36:16-38; 37:1-28; Dn. 12:22And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2); Os. 6:1-3; 14:1-9; Mi. 4:6-7; 5:3; Zac. 8:7-8; Am. 9:14-15; Sal. 68:22; Sal. 107-150 — 5º libro de Salmos, particularmente Sal. 120-134, ejemplo, Sal. 122:4; Gn. 46:1-291And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: 7His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 9And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. 11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. 13And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 14And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 15These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 17And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. 20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 21And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 22These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. 23And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 24And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. 26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; 27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. 29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Genesis 46:1‑29)*; Lv. 23:24-2524Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 25Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (Leviticus 23:24‑25)*; “la fiesta de las trompetas”).
• El Señor utilizará a Sus ángeles para reunir a Sus escogidos de las tribus de Israel. Una gran compañía de Israelitas vendrá desde todas partes de la tierra, de tan lejos como la China (“Sinim,” Is. 49:12) y partes de Rusia (“Mesec,” Sal. 120:5; Mt. 24:31; Jer. 31:8; 15:48Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. (Jeremiah 31:8)
4And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 15:4); Dt. 28:2525The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Deuteronomy 28:25); Ez. 36:24).
• Aparentemente habrá unos pocos judíos que, por alguna razón, no retornarán a su tierra cuando la masa de judíos regrese al principio de la tribulación. Este pequeño remanente vendrá primero y será restaurado al Señor (Zac. 12:7; 2 S. 19:17*; Gn. 44:18-3418Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; 31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. 32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. (Genesis 44:18‑34)*).
• Algunos de éstos, del remanente restaurado de los judíos, serán usados como mensajeros o instructores para las tribus dispersas de Israel (Is. 6:8-13; Gn. 45:9-139Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: 11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. 12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. (Genesis 45:9‑13)*; 46:28*; Jn. 1:43-4943The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. 44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:43‑49)*; Dn. 12:33And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)).
• Las tribus perdidas de Israel volverán llorando, quebrantadas de espíritu, luego de un largo exilio de casi 2800 años (Jer. 31:6-96For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God. 7For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. 8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. (Jeremiah 31:6‑9); Sal. 84:5-8).
• Las tribus de Israel irán también alabando al Señor mientras regresan (Sal. 138).
• La “lengua” del mar rojo (los brazos este y oeste del mar que forman la península de Sinaí), las siete fuentes del Nilo y el río de Egipto (una pequeña fuente ubicada a 120 kilómetros al este de Suez), serán secados. Esto abrirá un pasaje claro y fácil para el retorno de las tribus (Is. 11:15-16; 19:5-10; 27:12-13).
• Las necesidades de las tribus que retornen serán satisfechas por muchas naciones gentiles, que se humillarán frente al poder y la gloria del Señor manifestado en la tierra (Sal. 18:44-45; 66:3 JND). Las tribus de Israel vendrán sobre caballos, mulas, camellos, carros y en barcos (Is. 11:12; 14:1-2; 49:9-23; 60:8-9).
• El retorno de las diez tribus será bastante rápido (Is. 60:8-9; 66:8).
• Mientras los ángeles reúnan a los elegidos de Israel (Mt. 24:31), vendrá mezclada entre ellos una multitud. El Señor llevará a estas tribus a los lugares desolados de los bordes de la tierra, para purgarlos. Los rebeldes (los que no tengan fe) serán extirpados de entre aquellos que tengan fe, y éstos serán llevados a la tierra para reunir con sus hermanos los judíos (Ez. 11:9-10; 20:35-38; Os. 2:14-15; Am. 9:9-10; Sof. 3:10-12; Jer. 31:1717And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border. (Jeremiah 31:17); Sal. 135:14-18).
• Cuando las tribus que retornen vean al Señor, preguntarán, “¿Qué son esas heridas en tus manos?" El Señor responderá, “Son las que me hicieron en casa de mis amigos” (los judíos). Ellos no estaban en la tierra en el momento de la crucifixión de Cristo como sí lo estaban los judíos, y en consecuencia la culpa de la crucifixión de Cristo no estará sobre sus conciencias. Sin embargo, aceptarán su propia culpa de estar bajo la maldición de quebrantar la ley de Jehová, y serán restaurados por el Señor en aquel tiempo (Zac. 13:6; Lv. 23:26-3226And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 27Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 28And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 30And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. (Leviticus 23:26‑32), “el día de expiación”; Lv. 26:40-4240If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 41And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Leviticus 26:40‑42); Os. 5:15).
• La nación de Israel (las doce tribus) será, por así decirlo, “nacida de una vez” (Is. 60:22; 66:8).
• El Señor hará un nuevo pacto con Israel (el remanente de las doce tribus) que durará para siempre (Jer. 31:31-3431Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:31‑34); He. 8:8-12; Mt. 26:28).
• Las doce tribus de Israel recibirán un “nuevo corazón,” lo cual se refiere a que nacerán de nuevo, y consecuentemente serán obedientes a la ley de Dios (Ez. 36:25-27).
• Toda en enemistad será removida entre las tribus de Israel. Habitarán pacíficamente juntas. Las diez tribus (llamadas Efraín) no envidiarán a los judíos (Judá), y los judíos no irritarán más a las diez tribus (Is. 11:13; Ez. 37:15-28; 38:11; Sal. 133:1-3; Os. 11:1).
• La boca de Israel se llenará con risa y su lengua se volverá para cantar, mientras se regocijan juntos (Sal. 126).
• Las tribus de Israel que retornen llenarán la tierra al punto tal, que no habrá espacio suficiente para ellos. Serán como la arena del mar en número, y le pedirán al Señor más tierras (Is. 9:3 JND, nota al pie; 49:19-20; 54:1-3; Ez. 36:37-38; Zac. 10:10; Os. 1:10; Sal. 115:14).
La invasión de Gog — el segundo ataque
de los Asirios
• Mientras la indignación continúa, Gog (Rusia) y sus enormes hordas (la gran Asiria en su última forma), viendo a las doce tribus de Israel descansar en su tierra, vendrán desde las tierras del norte en un intento por derrotar el reino del Señor Jesucristo en Israel. Esto es mencionado como el segundo ataque de los Asirios (Ez. 38-39; Is. 10:28-32; 29:13; 33:1; Is. 36-37*; 2 Cr. 32*; Sal. 46:3; Sal. 86:14; Sal. 140:1-4,9; Mi. 4:11-12; 5:5).
• El Señor utilizará esta ocasión para causar que ejércitos de muchas naciones de la tierra vengan con ellos. Gog (Rusia) liderará el ataque final (Is. 34:12; Jl. 3:12,9-1512Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. (Joel 3:12)
9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. 12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. (Joel 3:9‑15); Sof. 3:8; Mi. 4:11-12; Ez. 38:46).
• Las noticias de que las hordas lideradas por Gog (Rusia) se aproximan, llegarán a oídos del recientemente reunido Israel, y pedirán ayuda al Señor para salvarse (Is. 10:28-32; 29:4; 37:1-4*; Sal. 86:14-17; Sal. 140-143).
• Las innumerables filas del ejército enemigo al aproximarse parecerán una nube (Ez. 38:16).
• El Señor, ahora en Sión (Jerusalén), no permitirá que la ciudad sea tomada de nuevo (Sal. 46:4-6; Nah. 1:1-151The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. 5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 7The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. 8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. 9What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. 11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor. 12Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. 13For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. 14And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. 15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. (Nahum 1:1‑15); Sof. 3:15).
• El Señor animará a Israel a confiar en Él como su refugio (Is. 10:24-27; 26:20-21; 37:33-35; Sof. 3:8; Mi. 5:5; Sal. 46:1-3,5; Sal. 140:7; Sal. 143:9; Nahum 1:77The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (Nahum 1:7)).
• El Señor causará sorpresivamente un terremoto masivo para interrumpir el plan de batalla de los ejércitos invasores. El temor y la confusión se derramarán entre sus filas. El pandemónium comenzará entre los enemigos, y en su pánico los ejércitos comenzarán a atacarse unos a otros (Ez. 38:18-21; Zac. 14:12-13; Is. 29:6).
• Al mismo tiempo el Señor causará otras catástrofes naturales para acompañar el terremoto, tales como pestilencias, granizos, lluvias torrenciales y fuego (Ez. 38:22; Is. 29:6).
La vendimia (o el lagar)
• El Señor entonces rugirá desde Jerusalén para hollar el lagar de la ira de Dios. Este es el juicio del lagar o de la vendimia. Gog (Rusia), que dirigirá el ataque, caerá en las montañas de Israel (Ap. 14:17-20; Is. 26:21; Ez. 38:13-23; 39:1-5; Is. 10:33-34; 27:1; 33:10-12; 37:36; 63:1-6; Jl. 3:1616The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16)).
• Cinco sextos de los ejércitos de Gog (Rusia) serán destruidos (Ez. 39:2).
• El Señor, en fiera indignación, hollará la ola de naciones que sigan a Gog mientras marchan a través de la tierra, desde Jerusalén hasta la tierra de Edom, donde los ejércitos bajo el mando de Gog se reunirán. Esto será aproximadamente unas 320 kilómetros (Ab. 3-12; Ap. 14:20; Jl. 3:1212Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. (Joel 3:12)).
• El hedor de sus cadáveres subirá desde la tierra, y las aves de los cielos comerán su carne (Is. 34:3; Ez. 39:4).
• Los gentiles que sean eximidos de los juicios desoladores del Señor, volverán a sus tierras a las partes lejanas de la tierra para declarar las noticias de la gloria del Señor. Las naciones oirán y temerán, y ayudarán a todo Israelita remanente a volver a su tierra (Is. 11:11-12; 66:19-20).
• Los juicios del Señor en Edom, sobre las naciones que siguieron a Rusia en la batalla, serán tan severos que la misma tierra de Edom quedará en perpetua desolación. Permanecerá árida y desolada de generación en generación, y servirá como un recordatorio para todos aquellos que puedan pensar en revelarse durante el milenio (Is. 34:5-15; Jl. 3:1919Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. (Joel 3:19); Mal. 1:33And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (Malachi 1:3)).
• El Señor retornará a Israel desde Edom, habiendo hollado Él solo el lagar (Is. 63:1-6).
Los ejércitos de Israel
• Habiendo retornado, el Señor guiará a los ejércitos del Israel restaurado a combatir y a subyugar a todos los enemigos que aún estén situados en lo que es su territorio por derecho; tal como en los días en que Josué guió a los hijos de Israel en la conquista. La batalla se extenderá más allá de la tierra de Asiria (Mi. 5:5-6). En este momento Israel tomará posesión de toda la extensión de su herencia prometida, desde el río Eufrates hasta el río de Egipto (Gn. 15:15-1815And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (Genesis 15:15‑18); Ex. 23:3131And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. (Exodus 23:31); Jos. 1:44From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. (Joshua 1:4); Sal. 47:3; Sal. 108:7-13; Sal. 144:1; Is. 11:14; Jer. 51:20-2320Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. (Jeremiah 51:20‑23); Ez. 25:14; Ab. 17-21; Mi. 4:13; 5:5-6,8; Ez. 39:10; Zac. 10:3-5; 12:6; 14:14; Nm. 24:17-19; 217I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. (Numbers 24:17‑19)
17Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. (Numbers 2:17‑19) S. 8:1-13*; Est. 9:1-19*; Sal. 118:10-12; Sal. 18:34-48; Mal. 4:33And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 4:3)).
• Los filisteos también recibirán su golpe final de los ejércitos de la tierra. Ellos tampoco permanecerán como nación sobre la tierra (Is. 11:14; Sof. 2:5; Am. 1:8; 2 S. 8:1*).
Satanás atado
• Satanás y sus ángeles serán atados y confinados en el abismo insondable por mil años (Ap. 20:1-3; Is. 24:21-22, “muchos días”).
El juicio de sesiones
• El Señor establecerá entonces “su gran trono de gloria” en la tierra de Israel, y todas las naciones remanentes de la tierra serán convocadas delante de El. Serán juzgadas de acuerdo a cómo han tratado a los mensajeros del evangelio del reino, que fueron a predicar a todas las naciones (Mt. 24:14). El Señor las separará como el pastor divide las ovejas de las cabras. Las naciones que sean halladas justas, entrarán en la bendición sobre la tierra con Israel. Las que sean halladas injustas, serán enviadas al castigo eterno. Este es el juicio de las sesiones del Señor (Mt. 25:31-46).