Re my #39 reply to you; I should clarify that last statement: this mark of the beast is what will enable everyone who bears it to be able to buy or sell; the remnant of Israel and those who become believers during this time (believers in the coming of Messiah) will, of course, not bear the mark.
Israel will flee to the area of Petra and be there for the 3 1/2 years leading up to Christ’s return.
Jerusalem will lose 2/3 of its people, but 1/3 will be saved (see Zech. 12), but God will destroy the nations of the earth, “those who dwell on the earth” who come up against Jerusalem.
Sorry, I meant this, #46 for you, not myself.