The “tribulation of those days”…IS:
** Seven seals….opened by the Lamb of God
** Seven trumps…sounded by angels…
First 4 trumps sounded…
.1/3 part of sun & moon darkened.. Rev 8:12
Next 3 trumps sounded are woes…
NOtE* Rev 9:2 AIR darkened world wide by SMOKE rising up from bottomless pit.
….5th trump….Rev 9:3
….6th trump.…Rev 9:13
….7th trump…..Rev 11:15
THEN…
Shall the Son of man BE Revealed..SEEN (not ON Earth)…sitting on a white cloud.
Rev 14:14
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sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
SHALOM
Earth darkens…
Yes…after the 7 SEALS, 7 TRUMPS….tribulations…
Yes…after the 144,000 (tribes of Israel) preach to the Jews….(on Mt ZION)….after the two witnesses preach in Jerusalem…after an Angel preaches to the whole world the Gospel of Christ Jesus…(rev 14:6)….
THEN is the Son of man seen sitting on a white cloud above the earth.
This is brief…however during the trib…
(7 Seals, 7 Trumps) the inhabitants of the Earth have their last opportunity to Repent, confess Belief and willingly give their body unto DEATH as their testament of Love for the Lord God….and be SAVED….
after Rev 14:6 (angel preaching to the whole world)….the door is closed for opportunity of men to confess belief and receive soul salvation…and willingly give their body unto death for the Lord God….
The last portion of the trib…pouring out vials/bowls….is Gods tribulations, (punishments), wrath (anger), vengeance (avenging the men tormented by men for their beliefs)….
Rev 19:11 does the Lord return with Power.
We live in DAYS of tribulations…men against men…
End days tribulations…come down from Heaven….upon the whole earth….and it’s inhabitants.
Those IN Christ are not appointed to wrath.
God bless you.
Glory to God,
Taken
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Thank you for your detailed response = allow me time to go over, as i do not want to miss anything
While your response gives much to examine, i will take the KISS approach by taking one point at a time.
My Brother
@Taken, let us 'reason together' by allowing our FATHER's words to be of the HIGHEST Calling upon our lives = Together
Many equate "tribulation" with God's wrath which is not precise according to Scripture.
***Note*** -
tribulation is also synonymous with "persecution" - like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich = they go together
If "tribulaton" were God's wrath, then JESUS is lying! = and we KNOW HE is not and NEVER did = therefore we BELIEVE His every word
John 16:33 - These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
John 15:18-20 - “
If the world hates you,
you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Remember the word that I said to you, ‘
A servant is not greater than his master.’
If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.
Matt 10:28 - And
do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matt 24:9-14 "Then
they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Acts 14:22 - And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting
them to continue in the faith, and
saying,
“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
Romans 5:3 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character;
and character, hope.
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
trials
πειρασμοῖς (
peirasmois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3986: From peirazo; a
putting to proof (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity.
the GREAT TRIBULATION for the Saints - Revelation
Revelation 12:7-12
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
Revelation 14:9-13
Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives
his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Write:
‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them.”
To be Continued with MORE VERIFIED TRUTH from the Holy Scriptures on TRIBULATION versus God's WRATH
SHALOM Brother
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Marvel not IF the world hate you , if you were OF the WORLD the world would LOVE its own .
Do not be as the many who now beleive that if the world hates us it means our message is non loving and that we do not know love .
For this message is of the world to merge the world and the religoins to be as one .
If the world loves you and accepts your sermons and speeches , WHICH sure let them feel OKAY in SIN
then the love of the world has enslaved you to a lie . a lie which tries to imply that this is the Love of GOD .
WHEN IT AINT at all the LOVE of GOD .
Woe unto you when men shall speak well of you for so did they unto the FALSE PROPHETS
AS THEY DO TODAY i might add . I SEE Lots of unrepentant sinners who justify their sins
sitting in pews and loving the messages given by their so called love churches . THEY LOVE IT , BECAUSE IT IS OF THE WORLD
and it will not expose their sin but rather lets them feel fine in sin .
Beware of men for decievers have abounded and in the name of what they call love and tolerance
HAS SEDUCED this church age right into a LIE .
GET into the bible and learn it for you .
HAD these churches actually preached THE WORDS of GOD it had caused those who sit in it to REPENT OF their wickedness .
BUT THEIR WORDS encourage the sinner. THEY promise them life and none repents of HIS wicked ways .
AND THIS is not a new pattern . What came upon Jerusalem
has come upon Christendom . The prophets preach for hire , for reward
and prophesy smooth things unto this people that none returns from his wickedness
and the peoples love to have it so