By To walk in these dangerous times, do not be frightened by catastrophes commonly associated with the end times. Like the most dreaded things those faithful followers of the Way will gonna face, when they’re into the severe testing of their faith. What will they think about its extremity? Could they endure its seriousness? Haven’t you wonder how it would be like to be in the great tribulation? Could there be a preservation, a deliverance or a complete destruction?
The 7 years of tribulations. The picture of tribulations according to God’s word will be filled with unprecedented horror, persecution, disasters, massive slaughter, political turmoil, world chaos, you name it will all happen. (1Thessalonians 5:1-2.) Times will happen suddenly there will be birth pains occurring going to severity. You cannot know it will happen it will be surprise to the world but those who know the Bible it not so much a surprise. The 7 years of severity. No single description in the Bible that tells anything good about the tribulation but it will only last 7 years as shorten for the sake of the elects. The 7 years tribulation : first half 3.5 years 1260days 42 months. Second half the great tribulation 3.5 years 1260 days and 42 months.
The great tribulation: Deuteronomy 32:35, Moses called it the day of their calamity, Zephaniah 2:2 the day of the Lord’s anger, 1 Thessalonians1:10 Paul call it the wrath to come, Rev. 3:10 John calls it the hour of trials, Rev.14:7 referred it the hour of His judgement, Daniel 12:10 called it a time of trouble such as never was there a nation, Matthew 24:21-22 Jesus described it “For then there will be a great tribulation such as has been since the beginning of the world until this time, no!nor ever shall be. Unless those days will be shortened , no flesh will be saved but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.”
ISRAEL and the TRIBULATION:
The “fig tree generation”. The tree died and never to form a tree again and so Israel died to never bear fruits again. Matthew24:32-34. There is an idea that Jesus meant the “Jewish people” by the term “this generation”, meaning that they would not perish (despite terrible persecution and attempted genocide) until these things were fulfilled. In May 1948 there was the proposed rebirth of Israel. The dead testimony of this nation once again became green or tender in the entirely “NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE” controlling the nation, a “ NEW ISRAEL”. As what stated here the “FAKE JEWS”; “I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say, THEY ARE JEWS and THEY ARE NOT, but are a synagogue of Satan.” Revelation 2:9 ASV. These new people of Israel even displayed a deceptive Star of David in their nation’s flag. “Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.” Amos 5:26 ASV
When you see the tribulation befalling the nation of Israel in particular and the world in general you know that the second coming is near. The fig tree can’t bear leaves unless it’s alive. This “new Israel” under the new group of people have already made all the preparations and plans “blueprints” in rebuilding the temple of Jerusalem heeding to the coming out of the antichrist. The temple which was condemned by Jesus which was totally destroyed, “But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Matthew 24:2 ASV . The “new group” of Jewish people’s unfortunate relationship to the antichrist is actually what starts the 7 years tribulation. It’s the trigger when the Jewish people make a covenant with the antichrist. There’s a global political leader who’s going to do what nobody else can do. When the Israel makes a covenant with the antichrist and so the start of the tribulation.
THE PURPOSE of the TRIBULATION:
1. TO PURIFY ISRAEL:The purpose of tribulation is He’s going to save Israel, it’s gonna be through the tribulation. The Jewish nation tested God’s patience in spite of its consistent rebellion God never abandons His promise, to preserve the scattered Jews enabling them to remain intact to reclaim their land as promised this nation to “Abraham”. This world is geared up for its judgement so that the promises of Abraham will be able to be received. The purpose of tribulation is to purge out as He will deal will the rebels of the Jewish nation and purify the “REAL JEWS.” Romans 11:26-27. On this day God will bring back Israel to Himself and purify Israel. “For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:” Romans 11:25-26 ASV. And there were saved from the people of Israel: “And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:” Revelation 7:4 ASV
2.To PUNISH SINNERS: He will judge the whole world for their REBELLION and EMBRACING the antichrist. Romans1:18. The LOVE OF GOD, His love goes with the WRATH OF GOD. “Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.”Nahum 1:2 ASV,prophet Nahum explained it this way: Trafficking, killing, enslaving children and with all the evils happening in the world .God will step forward and He will make things right because He is a good God and cannot do unwise. No good God can ignore the killings of the innocents He must be righteous and His righteousness will FLAME UP during the tribulation.
“and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?” Revelation 6:16-17 ASV
Vivid descriptions of the great tribulation in the book of Revelation: Rev.6:2-17, 8:8-13, 9:1-20, 16:1-21. All peace will end, rampant slaughter will bloody the earth, hell and fire will burn the earth, famine will dry up food supply, river and seas become so polluted to contain life and dried up, a quarter of world population will die by starvation and beastly predators, earthquakes, thunders and lightning destroy cities, a massive meteor showers will crash the earth, demonic insects will inflict painful stings, rampant pandemics and all will flee from the cities hides in caves and under the rocks . A tribulation period is a hell on earth. The WRATH OF GOD will be severely felt by those who worship and being marked by the beast.
During the tribulation His holding out His hands to invite people to Himself so that they can escape the wrath to come. When God works in judgment He as well works in mercy. God will judge evil but He will never stops inviting people to His Grace and His mercy.
PRESERVING THE CHURCH:
The saved Jewish remnants at Pentecost received the promise Holy Spirit of the New Covenant . When the Holy Spirit was poured to the Jewish remnants that was the birthday of the church. Until then the Gentiles had been added to the growing church. Tribulation is not about the church or the Christians. Tribulation is about the wrath of God against DISOBEDIENCE and REBELLION. Tribulation speaks about massive amounts of murders for the antichrist was given an authority to inflict the believers during the tribulation periods. We will SUFFER and will be PERSECUTED in this world because of the evil jealousy and greediness of the antichrist inflicting the faithful elects, but when you accepted Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior all the wrath of sin is taken out by the Cross. The Bible says therefore if you are in Christ Jesus there’s no condemnation. We’re not appointed to wrath but freedom through Jesus Christ. They were preserved in Jesus. Jesus Christ is our guardian and our protector.
“While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.” John 17:12 ASV
The most important thing you need to have in order to be ready for the new world order and the great tribulation is to have your faith and trust securely built up in Christ Jesus. The problem is not for those who are His but for those who are not His. Rev.3:10-12. You are not being prepared to be tested , you are being prepared to be preserved. If you live in His truth , in His will and focus on Him you will see that none of what is coming is for your destruction. Don’t worry about what you’re losing here get yourself prepared for Jesus. Don’t cling even to your own temporary life:
Mark 8: 35-36 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Those that will be counted to be among His faithful must be ready to move when He says move. You must be able to trust Him when you don’t know what’s happening. You must be able to let go of any of your possessions when He says so, the story of “Lot” is the example. In the end times let your heart attached to Jesus not on the things of this world be ready to let it go. For in Jesus there is Salvation! When you see all these things happening, WATCH! BE SOBER AND PRAY! Salvation draws near !
“Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10 ASV
David Guzik Bible Commentary and Matthew Henry Bible Commentary.
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