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WATCH THEREFORE! (THE FOUR WATCHES)


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Hello all!

This is the best explanation of the four watches that I have ever seen. The author gives so many types and shadows of their validity throughout the New Testament. While going over this material, a most amazing thought came to mind about the true meaning of the “three days of darkness”. I won’t go into that until the end of this study, as maybe you will have the same insight after reading about the four watches, as I did.

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THE FOUR WATCHES

By Leland Earls

The Lord Jesus emphasized repeatedly the necessity of "watching" relative to His coming again. Notice His words in Mark 13:33-37: "Take heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch therefore!: for you know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all. Watch!"

The admonition to "watch" is intimately linked with the references to the "watches" of the night as they were designated at that time under the Roman rule. The first watch referred to as "at even" was from six to nine; the second watch was from nine to twelve and was called the "midnight" watch; the third watch from twelve to three was designated the "cockcrowing" watch; and the fourth watch from three to six is spoken of as "in the morning".

THE FIRST WATCH (At Even)

Although Jesus was emphasizing the uncertainty of the exact time of His coming, He was also giving a veiled insight into the various phases of His end-time coming. Actually there is a phase or episode of His coming that is fulfilled in each of the four watches mentioned. According to the Jewish reckoning of time, a new day of twenty four hours always began "at even" with the setting of the sun. Thus a "new day" begins with the setting in of darkness. However, "darkness" is always associated with the world and not with Christ and Christians. This is pointed out by Paul in I Thess. 5:5-6: "You are all children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. There­fore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."

In those days people generally did very little after sunset and with darkness setting in they went to bed and to sleep, rising early in the morning with the rising of the sun. But notice that Paul says "Let us not sleep, as do others (the world); but let us watch". Here we have an enigma which can only be solved as we realize the difference between Christians and the world. Christians are "the children of light, and the children of the day" and "not of the night, nor of darkness.”

Therefore when Jesus speaks of His coming first "at even," He is referring to that end-time period when a new day is beginning; to the world it means the setting in of increased darkness, but to those who are ''watching,' this first watch of the new day means an increase of spiritual tight or truth; it is his coming in a further revelation of Himself to give light (understanding) to His intimate followers.

But it is a "new day" only to those who are "watching,” to those who are not sleeping as is the world. We are now witnessing the "coming" of the Lord ''at even"—in the first watch of the new day. Never before since the days of the apostles in the first century has there been such an increase in spiritual light and understanding as in our day. To those who are not asleep but are watching, the Spirit of the Lord is speaking, "Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you." (Isa. 60:1).

But notice the very next verse. It shows the contrast between that which is taking place among the "watching "ones in the first watch, and that which is overtaking the world. “For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise on you, and his glory shall be seen upon you.” (Isa. 60:2). Thus the Lord is coming (in the power of His Spirit) to bring light and glory to His people. We are now in the inception period of this coming; "at even", or in the first watch of the new day.

THE SECOND WATCH (At Midnight)

In Mark 13:35, we notice that Jesus also warned that, as the Master of His house, He would also come "at midnight." Midnight concludes the second watch of the night; but as we have already seen, since the Hebrew day began at sunset, it is actually the second period of a new day. We must keep in mind the double significance of the prophetic picture. To most of the world the "day of the Lord" is a period of increasing darkness. (See Joel 2:1-2, Zeph. 1:15). But to God's called out remnant who are "watching" and are not of the night, nor of the darkness, and who are not asleep, it is a time of increasing light.

Concerning the Lord's coming "at midnight," we read in (Matt, 25:6,) "And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes." The "wise virgins" were taken into the marriage, and the "foolish virgins" were left. This coming at midnight is referred to elsewhere as Jesus' coming "as a thief." Notice Rev. 3:3, "If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on you.” Notice the warning of being unprepared as were the foolish virgins.

The same warning note is sounded in Rev. 16:15, "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." A thief, when he breaks in to take something, does not announce his coming, and the only evidence that he has "visited" is that something is missing. He comes "at an hour when you think not" Luke 12:40). He comes to "make up His jewels"(Mal. 3:17).

These "jewels" are the 144,000 firstfruits who are virgins (wise virgins) and who are "redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb" (Rev. 14:4). They will be translated at the beginning of the tribulation period, for they are "accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21:36). Concerning these "jewels" the Lord says, "I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him." (Mal. 3:17). Since they have a ministry to fulfill on the earth during the tribulation, the Lord speaks further, "Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not." (Mal. 3:18).

Concerning the "thief-like" coming of Jesus we read in (Matt. 24:43)"But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken up" (or "through"--see Luke 12:39. The "house" referred to is the church, which is the "household of God" (Ephes. 2:19). This is the "price" he exacts of a careless household which is not "watching" and not ready. He "breaks through" and takes the wise virgins, for "they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage" (Matt. 25:10). This is in harmony with Rev. 19:7 which says "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife has made herself ready."

THE THIRD WATCH (The **** Crowing)

In Mark 13:35 we see a further coming of the Lord “at the cockcrowing." "The cockcrowing" ends the third watch, which was from midnight to three. If was undoubtedly during this very watch that Peter denied his Lord. Previously, as they went out into the Mount of Olives following the Passover supper together, Jesus had said to Peter, "Verily I say to you, that this day, even in this night, before the **** crows twice, you shall deny me thrice."(Mark 14:30). It happened even as Jesus had spoken (see Mark 14:66-72).

Thus, in the scriptures, "the cockcrowing" is prophetically connected with Peter's denial. What does this show us? It shows us that those who are not taken at the midnight hour, and are left to go through the tribulation period, have at some time and in some measure denied their Lord. The tribulation is therefore to test them and prove them that the Lord might know them, and that they might be made ready to be called to the marriage supper.

When the Lord comes "at the cockcrowing," it is for all those who have been made ready during the tribulation, both the "foolish virgins" and what might be called the "tribulation saints" (those who have come to know the Lord during the tribulation period and have had sufficient time to develop from a "blade" to a "full corn in the ear" Christian (Mark 4:28). Even as in the natural, the crowing of the **** awakens those who are sleeping, so will it be when Jesus comes "at the cockcrowing;" those who are "asleep in Jesus" will be raised. Immediately following, the saints who are alive shall be "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air." (I Thess. 4:13-17).

This coming of Jesus "at the cockcrowing" immediately follows the tribulation period, for it is "in those days, after that tribulation" that He shall "send his angels, and shall gather together his elect" (see Mark 13:24-27). A more detailed picture of the order of events "in those days, after that tribulation" is given in the book of Revelation. Just before the seven vials of wrath are poured out on the earth (see Rev. Chapter 16), the elect saints are united with the Lord and begin their ascent toward the temple in heaven. This is pictured in Rev. 14:14-16 by one "like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle."

By this sharp sickle He reaps the "harvest of the earth," gathering the ripened grain into the "barn" of His heavenly kingdom, for "then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father" (see Matt. 13:30, 43). These glorified saints are seen in Rev., Chap­ter 15, after their gathering to the Lord, singing a song of victory and deliverance (15:2-4).

Immediately following the reaping (gathering) of the elect saints, we read in Rev. 14:17-19 of an angel with another sharp sickle with the command to "gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are ripe." The sickle is thrust in to gather the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. This "wrath of God" is the result of the seven "vials of wrath" being poured out on the earth (see Rev. 15:1, 7; 16:1). Not until these vials of wrath begin to be poured out on the earth, do the saints who have been translated and gathered to Jesus enter into the temple in heaven to share in the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Rev. 15:8).

At the same time the saints are participating in the marriage supper of the Lamb in the temple in heaven, there is an invitation going forth for another supper which is taking place on the earth. We read in Rev. 19:17 these words; "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven (Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."

There are two kinds of guests at this supper: the thousands of humans who are to be slain in the outpouring of the vials of wrath, and the fowls of the air who will eat their fill of the flesh of the dead. The marriage festivities in heaven will come to an end just before the final vial of wrath is poured out on the earth. Then down to earth will descend the Lord Jesus, followed by the multitude of saints "on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean"(see Rev. 19:11-14).

THE FOURTH WATCH (In the Morning)

Now we are ready for the final phase of the "coming" of the Lord as it is symbolized by the "watches" as recorded in Mark 13:35. The final watch, which was from three to six, is referred to by Jesus as "in the morning." This is when the Lord "comes with ten thousands of his saints" (Jude 14). He arrives just as the final vial of wrath is poured out, for "he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God"(Rev. 19:15).

He is revealed from heaven "in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."(II Thess. 1:8). This is when He comes "with power and great glory," being seen by those on earth who have survived the atomic holocaust which rages throughout the seven vials of wrath. What the inhabitants of the earth will actually see first is the "sign" of the Son of man in heaven(Matt. 24:30). This is the "glory cloud" which will begin to be seen when He gathers His elect just before the final vials of wrath.

It will be this supernatural light appearing in the sky that will cause the "tribes of the earth" to mourn. Finally they shall see the Son of man coming "in the clouds of heaven" with power and great glory (Matt. 24:30). The "clouds" which surround Him as He appears are the hosts of the redeemed and glorified saints. Matt. 24:31, rather than giving an account of something following His appearing in power and glory, is an explanatory detail encompassed within the over­all picture of His glorious return, to show the meaning of the "clouds" which accompany Him. The clouds are the "elect" who will have been gathered previously and who appear with Him in His manifestation of great glory.

SUMMARY

Now let us summarize. We are to be watching for His coming. But before we fully know how to "watch," we must understand the different phases of His coming as portrayed by Jesus in Mark 13:35. Right now He is coming "at even," the beginning of the Day of the Lord, and we are watching for and are even now participating in a greater revelation of Himself as He comes in the power of His Spirit to give light and understanding of His end-time purposes for His Church. He is now visiting His temple in a time of quickening, cleansing, restoration, and preparation for a second Pentecost and a mighty world-wide outpouring of the Holy Spirit such as the world has never seen.

This preparatory move of the Spirit is to make ready a people who shall be used mightily in the time of tribulation which is coming, and who will be an in­strument in the hand of the Lord to reap a great harvest throughout the earth. Are you "watching" daily that He might give you greater light and understanding, moving with the Spirit into that which He has purposed for this end time?

Are you also watching for His coming "at midnight?" Is the "lamp" of His word burning brightly? Do you have extra oil in your vessel, that you might have the "spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him?" (Ephes. 1:17). Is that oil of His Spirit in sufficient supply that the love of God may be shed abroad in your heart?(Rom. 5:5). Do you know the "love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God?"(Ephes. 3:19).

You see, beloved, there is a lot more to having extra oil them claiming to have had an experience. The 144,000 Bride Company, which shall be received of the Bridegroom at the midnight hour are those who "follow the Lamb wherever he goes" (Rev. 14:4). Are you hearing His voice and following Him in everything? Whether you qualify for the Bride or not, it is important for you to be as ready as possible to receive the mighty outpouring of the Spirit which is to follow shortly after the Bride is translated, for it will come upon a prepared people; a people who will be used mightily by the Lord during the harvest days of the tribulation period.

And in that day, if you are not taken as a part of the Bride, then quickly "watch" for the secret appearance of the Lord or one of his glorified saints, even as the Lord appeared to His disciples in the upper room after His resurrection (Luke 24:36), or to the two who walked on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-31), or to others in that day. Yes, "let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and you yourselves like to men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately" (Luke 12:35-36). Since those who are glorified do not need doors to be opened to them (see John 20:19), the "knocking'' and the "opening" is a spiritual readiness to receive, even to those who are "watching."

After the mighty and glorious ministry of the saints on the earth during the tribulation, then there must be a readiness and "watching" for Jesus' coming "at the cockcrowing." For that is when all those truly sanctified will be changed and "caught up" to be with the Lord (I Cor. 15:51-54), (I Thess. 4:14-17). Then, after the marriage supper in heaven, the Lord will return with all of His saints to rule and reign on the earth. This is His coming "in the morning" in power and great glory.

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First of all, I really like how the last three watches match up with the harvests of the crops on earth. First the Barley then the Wheat and finally the Grapes. Obviously, the first watch is the most important one, as when Christ appears to one personally and they are born again…I refer to this as the “born again Rapture” as the foundation of all the rest. For if this has not happened, one will not be watching, at all, until being cast into the Great tribulation.

As to my insight into the “three days of darkness”, here is the paragraph from this study that really stood out:

“And in that day, if you are not taken as a part of the Bride, then quickly "watch" for the secret appearance of the Lord or one of his glorified saints, even as the Lord appeared to His disciples in the upper room after His resurrection (Luke 24:36).”

Just as Jesus appeared to His disciples 3 days after His crucifixion, so could there be 3 days of darkness from the ingathering of the 144,000 Bride Company and their appearing to the left behind Church. This does not mean there will not be a literal 3 days of no light on earth, but this would certainly be a spiritual fulfillment of that happening. Just a thought. I wonder if anyone else saw that possibility upon reading this article.

Personally, from all my studies into this issue, I feel that at the midnight cry the Lord comes for His first fruits, and at the same time, Satan is thrown out of heaven. Thus, this will begin the three days of darkness, where Satan is on earth, and there is no Spirit Light or presence of Christ for three days (thus the sign of Jonah), and then the Manchild Bride Company returns to begin their ministry.

May we all be in His Light at His Coming and hear His midnight cry!!

JESUS IS ALL AND EVERYTHING!!

Patti C.

Re: WATCH THEREFORE! (THE FOUR WATCHES)

I am bumping this up now, as I feel the 2nd watch is where we are. Jesus will be sealing all those that are His soon...what others see as rapture, is this sealing, and we will not be going to heaven, but evangelizing the whole earth.

The timing is getting clearer, and more are seeing this same date, or close to it in Dec. I see the tenth day of the tenth month has something major to do with when this 3 days of darkness will occur. This date this year is Dec 13th, and then 3 days of darkness ends with a perfect cross in the heavens between Ison, Venus, Earth and the Sun on Dec.16th.

There are many good videos out there now on Dec.15 being the day...I think we should be on watch, as the sealing of the 144,000 of the second watch is about to take place.

JW on 5 Doves posted "The Three Comings of Jesus", and believes as I do that those believers sealed have a mission...and also mentioned that I posted the same study here a few days ago.

Things are getting interesting...to many seeing these dates, there must be something to them.

Will post more about this later.

Patti C.