I'm going to ask you to take your Bible with me this evening. We're turning to the book of the Revelation, the 12th chapter, Revelation chapter 12. We're continuing a series that we've been in, and I think I'm finishing it this evening, and I hope you're finishing it with me, all right? It's on the topic of a case for pre-tribulationalism, and I owe a debt of gratitude to Brett, who's here tonight. When Brett was studying for his ordination, and I think also taking a class with Maranatha that was offered here on campus, he came across an a couple of articles that he shared with me. And from those articles, I've been able to gain some of the information that I want to share with you tonight. One was from a Trinity Evangelical Journal, and the other was from a doctoral or master thesis from Dallas Theological Seminary. And they were riveting articles on Revelation chapter 12. And I trust that this will be a blessing to you this evening. We begin our reading in verse one. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 12 stars. And she, being with child, cried, travailing in birth and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and 10 horns and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of the heaven and did cast them to the earth The dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up unto God and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand, two hundred, and threescore days." Ask a question after reading that passage tonight. Who's the woman? Who's the dragon? And who's the man-child? We're going to explore those questions tonight. And I trust as we come to an answer together, we'll find ourselves intrigued. And not only intrigued, but edified as we enter into God's Word. As the 20th century dawned, prophetic conferences and Bible studies attracted large crowds. We've talked about some of those. Bible conferences in places like Northfield, Massachusetts, where D.L. Moody would invite friends to come and explore the scriptures, in places like Niagara, of course, near Niagara Falls. What these Bible conferences had in common, people taking a literal position on how to exegete, how to come to understand the truths of God's word. These literalists came to be known as millenarians. because one of the things that they were fascinated by was found in the end of the book of the Revelation, this statement over and again, 1,000 years, 1,000 years, 1,000 years, in reference to the kingdom that Jesus Christ will establish on earth. The millenarians were fascinated by prophecy, and out from these Bible conferences grew Bible institutes, Bible institutes like Prairie Bible Institute up in Canada, Moody Bible Institute here in the States, Davis College now in Johnson City, New York. It was practical Bible training center a number of years ago. It's now over 100 years old. The Bible Institute's birthed Bible colleges, more than a three-year degree, a four-year degree. And of course, along the way, the Schofield Reference Bible, which took a very strong position advocating for something called dispensationalism with a clear literal interpretation of prophecy. But by the middle of the last century, in some circles, there was a bit of apprehension with regard to studies of biblical prophecy. After all, there are those who would be categorized as sensationalists, who rose up, and date setters. I can still remember when I was in high school, my father was part of an advanced team in the state of New York for Jack VanIppy Ministries as they had a citywide campaign and thousands of people came every evening. This was about 1971 or 72. I remember this because I still remember specifically Jack Bennett telling us that the Communist Party would take over America by 1976. And I thought in my childish and immature mind, well, that's good. I won't have to graduate from high school. So I know he would have been classified at that time as something of a date setter. Of course, along the way, sensationalist writings and movies like The Late Great Planet Earth and not too long ago, Harold Camping of the radio broadcast syndicate setting an actual date for the second coming of Christ. All these things have caused, I believe, people in this 21st century that we have now entered to tend to avoid conversations about prophecy out of embarrassment, out of fear, out of not wanting to be associated. There are several reasons I think that people have pretty much given up a lot of the study of prophecy that was once enjoyed. First, I would say that popularity weakened. the pre-tribulational position. What do you mean, Pastor Phelps? How can popularity weaken something? So many Bible-believing literalists have taken this position for granted, that they have weakened and weakened the arguments. It's kind of like asking, do you believe in the virgin birth? I mean, can you be a Christian and not believe in the virgin birth? Doesn't every Christian believe in the virgin birth? Okay, prove it. When things become so assumed, the apologetic behind it often is forgotten. We could say we believe in the Trinity. We all do, right? Okay, prove it. And how many messages have you heard on that theme in recent years? Once something becomes popular within Bible-believing circles, often the arguments that made it popular are forgotten and the position is remembered. That's a dangerous place to be, especially when the position is being led by populists who sometimes lack the training necessary to explore God's word in a way that can really edify the believers. Many of the proponents of pre-tribulationalism in its early days were highly trained, but in latter days, not so much. There's a name that I'm gonna give to you tonight of a man who's been much maligned in many circles, and that's really a pity. One of the founding fathers of dispensationalism is a fellow by the name of John Nelson Darby. Perhaps you've never heard his name, John Nelson Darby was a curate of the Church of Ireland. He was a founding father of the Plymouth Brethren. Perhaps the most famous of the Plymouth Brethren is H.A. Ironside. The Plymouth Brethren are typically known as very separatistic in their practices. They never have church fellowships, believing that that's the best way to apply 1 Corinthians 11 with regard to the love feast. They practice foot washing. They have an unusual way of leading their churches, but no one ever condemned the Plymouth Brethren for not being Bible-centered and focused on biblical themes. And so when we talk about Darby, this founding father of the Plymouth Brethren, he was trained in Greek and Hebrew, he was fluent in French and German, he was skilled in exegetical interpretation, and he becomes really one of the founding fathers of pre-tribulationalism. He arrives at this position, which of course in his day would have been very unusual. He arrives at this position because of his belief in four pillars, four presuppositions, if you will, that are gonna lead him to weave together a belief that we now know as pre-tribulationalism. The first, he believes that the 70th week of Daniel chapter nine is still future. Now we've gone down that pathway. So if you're here with us tonight for the first time, we explored Daniel chapter 9 in some measure of length, and I told you when we did so that from my position as one who believes in a pre-tribulational rapture, I don't begin my conversation in 1 Thessalonians 4, I don't begin my conversation in 1 Corinthians 15, I begin my conversation on the pre-tribulational rapture in Daniel chapter 9 because God says to Daniel, Daniel, 70 weeks, these are 77s, 490, 70 weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city. Daniel's people were the Jews, Daniel's holy city was Jerusalem. And for a specific purpose, and you recall that after 483 years, 483 years into this prophecy, the Messiah would be cut off Then the 27th verse of Daniel chapter 9 says, a prince that will come will sign a covenant for one week. That's seven years. That prince that will come is none other than the Antichrist. He's signing a covenant with Daniel's people. That's key to me. Daniel is often called the key to biblical prophecy and for good reasons. The key to understanding pre-tribulationalism It's hanging in Daniel chapter 9 and verse 27 that the tribulation is about Israel. It's not about the church. The tribulation has a very Jewish purpose. We're going to explore that from a different text this evening, but back to Darby. Darby believed in the mystical union of, that should say, Christ and the church, the mystical union of Christ and the church, and we'll talk about that. The difference, of course, between Israel and the church. Those who believe in a difference between Israel and the church are called right. No, that's true too. They are called right. Those who believe in an ongoing difference between the church and Israel are called dispensationalists, okay? And so Darby believed in a difference between Israel and the church, that the church today is not Israel. The church today is the Jew and the Gentile baptized together by the Spirit of God to make us one, according to Ephesians. One glorious body. What was once a mystery is now what we enjoy every time we gather together and we certainly would pray that the Lord would add more who are Jewish who have come to Christ. But the gospel has been given to the Gentiles and we rejoice in that. So we have looked at inferential and theological arguments. Don't let these big words scare you. Inferential arguments we've talked about how you can see perhaps some overtones of the rapture and how God brought Lot out before he destroyed Sodom and how God brought Noah out before the flood. These are inferential arguments. Then we looked at theological arguments and we talked about how God has a purpose for the tribulation being specifically Jewish and no purpose for the church. Then we started looking at exegetical arguments, and that's where we are this evening. And from here forward, it ought to be kind of fun. I really look forward to this. We've opened our Bibles to the book of the Revelation, the 12th chapter, to discover what we would consider to be an exegetical argument for pre-tribulationalism. It's in a passage that a lot of people have never explored, and so we look at this passage, and first we discover the context of this passage. In Revelation 11, 12, and 13, we have what appears to be a purposefully connected section of the book of the Revelation. What do you mean, Pastor Phelps? Well, let me show you. In chapter 11 of the book of the Revelation, we're introduced to two witnesses. Verse three, I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy. These two witnesses will prophesy for 1,260 days. Two witnesses prophesying for 1,260 days. And the Bible tells us that they're protected by the Lord. In verse five, if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth. We believe these two witnesses are none other than Moses and Elijah because of how they're portrayed in this passage. And then we read in verse seven, when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascended out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them. Their bodies shall lie in the street to the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. Where would that be? Where was our Lord crucified? Jerusalem. Okay, so the epicenter of their ministry is Jerusalem. Their dead bodies are lying in the street And they of the people of the kindreds and tongues and nations, verse nine, see their dead bodies, their broadcasts. And that's not hard for us to imagine today, whether on the internet or television, they'll not allow their dead bodies to be put in graves. In fact, those that dwell upon the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and send gifts to one another. It's like Christmas time. They're sending gifts because these prophets of God have been martyred. And the Bible tells us in verse 11, and after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God entered into them and they stood upon their feet. Great fear fell upon them that saw them. They heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, come up hither. And they ascended up into heaven. That hasn't happened yet, folks, but it's going to. And by the way, those two prophets are Jewish, Moses and Elijah. And they're prophesying during a time that we would clearly believe to be the tribulation spoken of here in the book of the Revelation. And so they're hated by all nations, and they die, and then they're resurrected. But when you go over to chapter 13, something interesting is happening. This is why we say this is one section, 11, 12, and 13. When you come to chapter 13, you have two beasts that are being introduced. Verse one, and I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise out of the sea. Verse 11, and I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth. Now not two prophets, two beasts. And these two beasts are going to prophesy, and they're gonna prophesy for four and a half months. I'm sorry, for four and a half years. 42 months, thank you for 42 months. If I could read what I write, it would be a wonderful blessing. They prophesy for 42, I wrote four and a half months, 42 months, 42 months, which is 1260 days, which is three and a half years. And so they are ministering as the beast under the power of Satan. They are worshiped by all nations. They are worshipped by all nations and we discover, look at verse three, and I saw one of the heads as it were wounded to death, his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast and worshipped the beast saying who is like unto him. You see the parallelism between chapter 11, you'd see it better if I'd done right in typing this PowerPoint, in chapter 13, two witnesses, two beasts, 1260 days, four and a half years, one who is rejected, one who is worshiped, one who is martyred and resurrected, one who is martyred, not really, but died and resurrected only to die again because in the book of the Revelation chapter 19, both of these beasts are cast in the lake of fire. There's parallelism here for a purpose because when you open to chapter 12, you're in a chapter that is sharing the dominant theme of the book of the Revelation. Well, what's that? It's the rise and fall of God's enemies. Chapter 12 presents to us in a nutshell the rise and the fall of God's enemies, which brings us to the characters that are discovered in chapter 12, the characters in chapter 12. We read in verse one of a woman. This woman in chapter 12 and verse one, there appears a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, upon her head a crown of 12 stars. And so we look at her condition in verse two, she being with child cried, travailing in birth and pain to be delivered. She's in the midst of giving birth, And along the way, there's a compliment to this one that I want us to notice. And what would that compliment be? I put it up here for you. You can read Genesis 37 and verse 9 and you recall that in Genesis 37, Joseph is having a dream. It's a dream that doesn't make him especially in favor with his brothers. But remember, he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brethren and said, behold, I have dreamed a dream more. Behold, the sun and the moon and the 11 stars made obeisance to me. Does that sound familiar? Verse 1 again, this woman is clothed with the sun and the moon and on her head are 12 stars. You say, well, there's a difference between the 11 and the 12. Yes, there's a difference. Why would Joseph talk about 11 and the book of the Revelation talk about 12? Because Joseph is one of the twelve, okay? And so there's a parallel that needs to be seen here. The sun and the moon and the stars, all corresponding symbols to this dream of Joseph's. And many times in the Old Testament, when you're reading about Israel, you'll find Israel described as a woman Travailing, giving birth, Israel as a nation is reflected upon with this same picture. I've given you references for it, but here's one, Isaiah 54 in verse 1. Sing, O barren, thou that didst bear. Break forth into singing and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. For thy maker is thine husband, the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of the whole earth, shall he be called. God is speaking to the nation of Israel in Isaiah 54, and he's using this metaphor, this picture, that Israel is like a woman and travailing. More importantly, in Isaiah 66, we're reading exactly the passage that's being quoted in Revelation 12. Revelation 12 speaks of her being with child, verse two, travailing in birth, paining to be delivered. Isaiah 66, before she travailed, she brought forth. Before pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. Who hath heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion prevailed, that's Israel, she brought forth her children. Something interesting about Isaiah 66. The woman is bringing forth a multitude, not one, but many. And so we read, delivering this man child, bringing forth this nation. Zion prevailed and she brought forth her children. You're going to see something very important about that in a moment. But a simple reading of Revelation 12 often causes people to read the first and second verse and say, this must be talking about Mary. She travailed in birth and she brought forth and was paying to be delivered. There appeared a wonder in heaven, this red dragon. And under her was born this child that the dragon, verse 4, wants to destroy. She brought forth a man-child. So many people in their devotional reading will read Revelation 12 and say, well, the woman in travail, I don't understand the stars and the sun and the moon and all that stuff. Well, hey, wait a minute. Did you know that especially in some Greek, Russian, and even Roman Iconographic portraits, pictures of Mary. You with me right now? Have you seen the crown that she wears? 12 stars? Right here. This isn't Mary though. Mary didn't bring forth a multitude. But Mary is also alluded to here. Because what we're going to discover with every one of the persons in Revelation 12, just as there was a parallelism in 11 and 13, when we come here, every one of these has kind of a double entendre. Each one of these that is being revealed, we can see overtones of others. So we come to chapter 12, verse 3. And now we come to the devil. You know, I skipped over. There's a slide out of place here. Let's see what happens. No, no, I'm not out of place. I'm good. Dragon, the dragon, verse 3, there appeared another wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns with his heads. I skipped ahead but now I want to be here. What are the heads and horns and all these things talking about? Well, that's an allusion to Daniel chapter 7 where the four great kingdoms are revealed. The first beast is Babylon, the second beast is Persia, the third beast, Greece, has four heads, and the fourth beast is Rome, and Rome has 10 horns. So let's count the heads now in Daniel chapter 7. Babylon, Persia, Greece, that's 4, and Rome, we're at 7. And let's count the horns. Well, Rome is identified in Daniel 7 as having 10 horns. So when I read about this one who's being revealed in verse 3, this dragon has 7 heads, 10 horns, 7 crowns on his head. What are the 7 heads, horns, and crowns symbolizing? Kingdoms of the earth. Kingdoms of the earth. His tail draws a third part of the stars of heaven, casting them to the earth. What's that? That's the angels. This is when the angels fall, and so most believe that one third of the angels became demonic at the fall of Satan. The dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as soon as it was born. And so as we look at this one who is most assuredly the devil because verse 9 points that out, the great dragon which was cast out is the old serpent called the devil and Satan. It's interesting to discover in this passage that Satan here is also symbolized by the horns and the heads. Double entendre, you've got Satan and you've got the world system. And so now we come to the man-child. Keep skipping ahead. The man-child. In verse 5, she brought forth a man-child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. Again, the man-child is a double referent, like the woman and the dragon. I believe the man-child symbolizes Jesus Christ and his church. Why would you say that? Because of the mystical union that the church has with Christ. Now, bend a little deep, take a breath. It's about to get really clear. Okay, I can tell you're just like, ooh. I don't want to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher up here, wah-wah, wah-wah, wah-wah. Okay. The man-child. Look at 1 Corinthians 12, verse 13. For as the body is one and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many are one body, so also is Christ. For by one spirit we're all baptized into one body, whether Jew or Gentile, whether we bond or free, we've all been made to drink into one spirit. Jew and Gentile baptized together equals the church. The church is the body of Christ. He is the head, Ephesians tells us, and we are the body. This is the mystical union and you can read about it in the other references. But look what he says, she brought forth this man-child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Surely this has to be Christ, right? Because Psalm 2 does say that Christ is gonna rule and reign with a rod of iron. There it is, Psalm 2. In Psalm 2, the Lord sets his holy one upon the throne. And the Bible says, he will break them with a rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. But I put another reference up here for you, and you may wanna go back there in the book of the Revelation, you're close to it. Revelation chapter two, look back here at Revelation chapter two, and you have an interesting prophecy that ties this together in a bow. It's found as he speaks to the church at Thyatira, beginning in verse 26, saying, he that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, To him will I give power over the nations. He's talking to a church, the church at Thyatira. The church at Thyatira will have power over the nations? Yes, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. As the vessels of a potter shall be broken to shivers, even as I received my father, I will give him the morning star. He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear. Now, Psalm 2, clearly Jesus is given the rod of iron to rule the nations. Revelation chapter 2, the church at Thyatira is given the same rod of iron to rule the nations. And when we come to Revelation chapter 12, the man-child who was brought forth rules the nations with a rod of iron. Now we're talking about the mystical union, the body and the head. The body is the church, the head is Christ. You're saying, Pastor Phelps, are you really saying that New Testament believers, church-age saints, will be given power over the nations? Not just the nations. Don't you realize 1 Corinthians 6 says we will also judge angels? And while we are terribly unworthy of the honor that's been given to us, we are seated together in heavenly places and we're joint heirs. That means the airship that Christ has received, we have an equal portion. And we sing the song, how wonderful and my song shall ever be. Oh, how wonderful. It is wonderful beyond our ability to describe the position that we've been given. And that position is being identified and described here in Revelation chapter 12. It's described as this day when the body and the head will be united and there'll be a rulership over the nations. But there's something else that we need to see in this passage. We have looked at the characters. The woman is Israel with room for Mary. The dragon is Satan with room for the beast and the kingdoms. The man child is the church with room for Christ. She gave birth to these children, remember, in Isaiah 66, not this child who would be Christ. And so watch what's happening now in verse 5. And she brought forth a man-child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up unto God and to his throne. Now that's an interesting verse. Because when you look at that word, caught up, you're reading a Greek word, harpazo, which means to be snatched by force. And some having compassion, pull them from the fire, Jude 23 says, hating even the garments that are spotted with sin. It means to be snatched by force. It's the same word that's used in 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 and verse 17. The dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up. It's the word that is for us in our minds, the catching up. And it's not the word that is used in the New Testament typically to describe the ascension. Christ ascended up. There's a difference between his ascending up peacefully and being seized. The word for ascension, in fact, is a word that John knows quite well. He uses that word for ascension just a few verses earlier. You'll find that back in Revelation 11 where he talks about the one being ascended or being gathered up. Two different words. Harpazo is the word we're looking at here, and it means to be rescued. It means to be rescued. It's the word in Acts 23 where the Apostle Paul was rescued from those who wanted to do him harm. So with that in mind, as we read verse 5, she brought forth a man-child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up unto God. This is not talking about Jesus' ascension. This is talking about something else. I believe it's talking about the rapture, being seized. So if we read it with that in mind, there's a conflict that needs to be understood, and now the picture ought to become clear. It's like working that little thing and you're trying to take the aperture and make it clear. Here's where it becomes clear. The rescue that's pictured in Revelation 12 and verse five separates the man-child from Israel. She, we've established that that's Israel, brought forth a man-child," we've established that's the church, who with Christ is to rule all nations with a rod of iron, her child was caught up unto God and to his throne. Well, what happens to her? Verse 6, the woman fled into the wilderness where she had the place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand, and we're clearly in the tribulation. We're clearly talking about Israel being protected in the tribulation for 1,203 score days. And so we find the man-child is separated from Israel and Israel is left behind to face the wrath of the dragon. Anybody confused tonight? Okay, that's an exegetical argument for a pre-tribulational rapture. And if you're a little bit confused, now you know why people often go to talking about Lot and Noah and 1 Thessalonians 4 and never go back into the deep weeds. But if you go into the deep weeds exegetically, this is where Darby started the argument for pre-tribulationalism, and it's where we are tonight. And if you look at the sixth verse, something interesting is happening. She flees into the wilderness to a place that's prepared for her, and I apologize for the small type here this evening, but Matthew 24, verse 15. Jesus in Matthew 24, it's the Olivet Discourse, he's speaking to the nation of Israel. And as he speaks to the nation of Israel, watch what he says. That's Daniel chapter 9. C, this abomination spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, whosoever readeth, let him understand. Then let them which be in Judea, that's a part of Israel, flee into the mountains, let them which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of the house, neither let him which is in the field return back to his clothes. Woe unto them that are with child and them that give suck in these days. Pray you that your flight be not in winter, neither on the Sabbath day, for then should be great tribulation. He's talking to Israel. Great tribulations such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nurse shall ever be. Except those days be shortened, there shall no flesh be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened. So Darby gets a hold of this argument, and this is what he says. He says it a lot more clearly than I've said it tonight. He says, if the mighty man, the mystic man, the man-child, is to act in judging the world with a rod of iron, he must first be complete. head and the body must be united. Not until then, until the church, the body is united with the head Christ in heaven, is the mystic man in that sense complete and therefore the church must be taken up before Christ can come in judgment. The church has to be taken up before Christ can come in judgment. That is an exegetical argument for a pre-tribulational rapture, and it's a beautiful argument. And so when people say, you never see the church in the book of the Revelation, you got to look real close. And when you find the church in the book of the Revelation, your heart's going to be warmed. Because right in the center section that shows the entire argument of the book of the Revelation, you see the church being brought forth by the woman who is left behind. But the church gathered in mystical union with the Savior who is going to rule with a rod of iron. If there's ever a time a rod of iron is being used, surely it's during the tribulation period as the nations are brought to the point of bowing the knee. So where's the church? Glory. The church isn't here during the tribulation. Now somebody might say, well, you could still argue for the middle of the tribulation because if you notice the passage, verse six says, the woman is left behind for 1260 days. Okay. And I could give you that. You could argue for the middle of the tribulation in that passage. But one thing you can never do, you can never say the rapture is at the end of the tribulation based on what we just discovered. And oh, by the way, the post-tribulational rapture theory is the one that's gaining the greatest traction in evangelical circles right now. cannot find it in Revelation 12. Mid-trib, yeah, you could do that, but you still have a problem with that one. Who can tell me what the problem is? And we're done. What's the problem with saying, well, yeah, it's 1,260 days, maybe it's the middle. What's the problem? Seventy-sevens are determined upon Daniel chapter 9 and verse 25, are determined upon thy people and upon thy city. The 70th week is about Israel, the whole part of it. It's all about Israel. Frank, you're going crazy back there. I can see the wheels are spinning. Go ahead. A week of years, that's a 70th week that has to come about. Yes. I don't know whether you discussed that earlier on. Yes, I did. Weeks, not weeks. Weeks of the years. Yes. Yes, so Daniel chapter 9, in the original language, says 70 sevens. And so it's translated in our King James 70 weeks. And it's 77s, and so we would say a week of years, which is accurate. 77s are seven times seven, 490. And we did go into some good detail on that as it being one of the most precise prophecies in all of God's word from the order to go back and rebuild until the coming of Jesus right on the triumphal entry. It's a specific fulfillment of 483 years to the day, right? But one week is left. Okay. Yes. Yes. At the end of the book of the Revelation, we find the Feast of the Lamb and then we also see the church coming back, right, with the Lord as he comes down in the time of Armageddon. Lauren? That's exactly why chapter, that's perfect. That's exactly why chapter 11 is there because it introduces us to the two witnesses who I believe become the springboard of the 144,000 who are Jewish, 12,000 from every tribe. And now this remnant of our seed, these are believers during the tribulation. There's going to be a huge number of believers, a worldwide revival during the tribulation, because the Bible says out from the tribulation comes a number that no one can number. So yes, that's a really good point. So this, the remnant of our seed would be the tribulational saints, not the church. Well, I told you we'd go down a little bit deeper tonight. And I was excited about this all day. I'm like, I can't wait to share this. This is really fun stuff. If you don't share my enthusiasm, the good news is we're done, okay? But we're done looking at a pre-tribulational rapture from the position of an exegetical argument, and I trust it's been a blessing to you, and we'll go this evening. Father, thank you for the blessing of being able to be in your house, about your work. I pray, Lord, for our children tonight, our teens, our young adults meeting in other parts of the campus, that in every meeting around this place, your word would be central, and your spirit would be our teacher, and Lord, that we have souls that would come to Christ as Savior, as we would persevere until you come. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Thank you. God bless you as you go.