A person in the Great Tribulation Period whom we Christians know little about!

Many people talk about Messiah ben Joseph (or Ephraim using his Hebrew title).  But I like to use his Biblical title, one we can put our finger on the page and say “there he is” in scripture.  In Isaiah 11:1, Zechariah 3:8 and other places, he is called the "BRANCH" sometimes all letters are capitals sometimes just the "B" is.  It’s still the same person, who, by the way, is not Messiah ben David (Jesus).  It is someone in prophecy who is much lessor than the Son of God.  

In John 1:19-25, John the Baptist gives him his other biblical title as "that prophet", set apart from "the Messiah' (Jesus) or "Esaias" (Elijah).  And in the same verse that John gives him his New Testament or (Christian Bible) name, he confirms a second time that he is a separate person in the last days.  

This mentioning of this person the second time is important when you’re dealing with Biblical things and when studying Biblical prophecy of the "Tribulation Period”, which are the last seven years before the 1000 year reign and ruling of Jesus (Messiah ben David).  Note, I did not say the prophetical "Last Days", because the last days have been going on since the Spanish Armada was destroyed at the Battle of Gravelines in 1558.  Of the 130 Spanish ships that sailed from Spain, only 60 were finally accounted for.  After England (and God) defeated the Spanish Armada, the Lion of England came forth out of the Sea to establish its dominance on the World Stage and the promotion of the Protestant ascendance in England.  Because of the force of their navies, they sent Protestant missionaries all over the world.  

In the Bible we knew this was going to happen because of Daniel's vision (chapter 7) were he sees the winged Lion come up out of the depths of the sea.  This was a dream depicting the nation’s ascendancy within the frame work of the Biblical "Last Days".  It foretold the ascendancy of England and the ascendancy of the Protestant stabilization, i.e., the "standing on its feet like a man and a man's heart given to it." (vrs. 4).   You see, we have been in the "Last Days" since 1558 AD.  What we are about to go into is the seven year period known in eschatology (study of last things) as the "Great Tribulation Period", which happens 1000 years before the end of the World (well, at least this "fallen" state of a world we live in). 

Even the 1000 year reign of Jesus on Earth cannot take us back to Eden before the fall.  For that to happen, the Earth and the Heavens must be destroyed as happens in Revelation 21:1.  "And I saw a new heaven and a new Earth, for the first heaven and the first Earth (that which we live in) were passed away."   The Lord cannot erase the effects of the fall of mankind on creation.  For one thousand years he cleans it up enough for His Bride (the New Testament's "sons of God”) to be trained in how to be His Bride as well as well as the "sons of God".  After we get trained for 1000 years, we are given the New Earth and the New Heavens.  After a thousand years of learning and training we will know better than to sell out for apple pie!