The seven-year Tribulation period is right around the corner; it is a time when God's wrath is poured out upon wicked mankind that live in opposition and defiance of the LORD, those persons that did not accept Jesus as their Savior when there was still time. Some time before the Tribulation, all those believers that looked to Jesus in faith and repentance were taken to heaven in the Rapture of the Church. Followers of Christ will therefore not experience God's great wrath ( 1 Thessalonians 5:9). God's wrath for believers has been satisfied because of their faith in Jesus who took the wrath for them when He died on the cross. See my previous post on July 7, 2016, directly below for more information on the Rapture.
Many of you may be aware of the verses at Matthew 24:37-39 where it says of the end times that it will be just as in the days of Noah when Christ returns soon. Did you know that scientists are now producing animals with human organs, that they are planning to experiment with human babies having 3 parents, and that they are attempting to reach a godlike state and live forever with transhumanism? The fallen angels in Noah's day were doing animal/human creations before God wiped them out with the flood. It all points to the fact that we are now living in the end times. I wrote more about this earlier at this link, where you will also find two videos about the days of Noah: one featuring comments by Jeff Kinley, and the other video with commentary by Billy Crone. Check out what Jeff Kinley has to say; you will find it interesting and eye-opening. I decided to show the Billy Crone video here again right now:
In the video above, Billy Crone talks about how it was in the days of Noah, as well as the experiments being done in our time with animal/human hybrids (chimeras) and the attempt to create super-soldiers with micro-chips and vaccines to give soldiers where they feel no pain when injured so they can continue to fight. Much, much more fascinating information is on this video -- things that were being done in Noah's day before God put a stop to it with the global flood. The heavenly Father will soon put an end to all the evil atrocities being done today, things not only done in the name of science but in every other area as well. These are the last days !
This post will deal mostly with generalities about the Tribulation; I will get into more detail about the judgments of Revelation in future posts. Unsaved people need to be aware of how terrible and devastating and all encompassing the Tribulation destruction and punishments will be so that they will turn to Jesus as their Savior and avoid the plagues that will occur during that seven-year period of God's wrath on wicked people.
The Olivet Prophecy at Matthew 24 and 25 also speaks of this time. Please read those two chapters. Jesus says at Matthew 24:22, "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." He also says at Matthew 24:29, "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken."
There will, however, be many that will be saved during the Tribulation. Revelation 7:14 tells us, "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." These Tribulation survivors and believers will have to pay with their lives under the One World Government and the Antichrist. Revelation 20:4 says, "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." Notice in Revelation 20:4 these believers during the Tribulation were beheaded. Look at what is now happening with Christians being beheaded and you can figure out that this will continue during the Tribulation -- and by whom, no doubt. It is easy to see how near we are to first the Rapture, then the Tribulation period. It is time to get right with the Lord !
"(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) - 2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV
Just a reminder, when we say "Tribulation" we are speaking in general of the entire seven-year period. But the Bible speaks of the "Great Tribulation", which is the last half of the Tribulation or 3-1/2 years . Jesus says at Matthew 24:21, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
Jesus is here referring to the the event at Matthew 24:15 which is about the revealing of the "abomination of desolation." This is referring to the Antichrist and his desecrating the future rebuilt temple in Jerusalem. Daniel 12:1b refers to this as "a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time......" In fact, the last 3-1/2 years of the Tribulation is also known as "Jacob's trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7). Jacob was the ancient patriarch whose name was changed to Israel from whence came the nation of Israel, So called "Jacob's trouble" because this time period of persecution and natural disasters is God's way of dealing with the nation of Israel and its sin, in order to bring Israel, the Jews, to acknowledge God and also Jesus as the Messiah.
I will go into more detail about this topic in my next post and also more about the 70 weeks of Daniel. Below is a 3 part short sermon (about 25 minutes total) by Dr. Charles Stanley on the Tribulation period. After the first 10 minutes of the sermon, it automatically rolls over to part 2 and then part 3.
"Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." - Jesus speaking at Revelation 3:11
