Global earthquakes and cataclysms during the time God pours out His wrath upon the Earth with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements level mountains and islands, the land around Jerusalem is made into a plain, Jerusalem itself (and Mount Zion) is supernaturally lifted up to become the highest mountain in the world, and Jesus returns to rule from there in Jesus 1,000-year kingdom.

The key Scriptures describing these events are found primarily in the prophetic books of the Old Testament (Isaiah, Micah, Zechariah, Ezekiel) and the book of Revelation. They portray major topographical changes to the earth during God’s wrath poured out with the Trumpet and Bowl judgments, followed by the exaltation of Jerusalem as the highest mountain, where Jesus establishes His Millennial Kingdom.

1. Mountains Flattened / Earth Reshaped During the Trumpet and Bowl Judgements

The bowl judgments include a massive earthquake that dramatically alters the earth’s topography.

• Revelation 16:18-20 (7th Bowl Judgment — final outpouring of God’s wrath):
• “And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.“
• This occurs at the very end of the Bowl judgements just before Christ’s return. Also, the 2nd trumpet judgement (Revelation 8:8-9) involves a “great mountain burning with fire” cast into the sea, but the widespread flattening of land and mountains is tied especially to the last bowl earthquake.
• Related earlier judgment: Revelation 6:12-14 (6th Seal) also describes “a great earthquake… and every mountain and island were moved out of their places,” showing progressive cataclysmic changes.

These events are understood to level much of the earth’s terrain, setting the stage for the restructuring described below.

2. Restructured Jerusalem on the Highest Mountain for the Millennial Kingdom

After the judgments and at Christ’s return, Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are supernaturally elevated as the highest point on earth, becoming the center of Jesus’ earthly reign.

• Isaiah 2:2 (and parallel Micah 4:1): “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.” (KJV) This is a classic prophecy of the Millennial Temple and Jerusalem as the exalted worship center for all nations under Christ’s rule.
• Zechariah 14:4, 9-10 (describes the day of the Lord’s return and kingdom establishment): “And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.” (v. 4) “And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.” (v. 9) “All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place…” (v. 10) Jesus’ feet touch the Mount of Olives (restructuring it), the surrounding land is flattened into a plain, but Jerusalem is raised up — directly linking the topographical changes to the Millennial setup.
• Ezekiel 40:1-2 (vision of the Millennial Temple): “…the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.” The entire Millennial Temple complex is shown on this exalted mountain, consistent with Isaiah 2 and Zechariah 14.

These events culminate when Jesus returns (Zechariah 14:3-4; Revelation 19:11-16), defeats His enemies, binds Satan (Revelation 20:1-3), and reigns from Jerusalem for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4-6), with the city and Temple as the focal point of the renewed earth.

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