Scott Downey
Well-Known Member
Tribulation comes from Satan against the church.Disagreement is okay.
I stand in my position for several factors…
* Regarding the Second / Last Trib.
Pre - Mid - Post Trib…all plays a role of regarding “who is” raised up “when and why and how”.
* Historical Reference in Regard to the First Trib.
“Who was” raised up “when and why’.
8 humans believed.
8 prepared (built an ark) Gods order, way.
8 entered ark.
God closed the door.
7 days pass, rain begins.
Ark begins rising up.
Fountains of the deep rise up.
Ark rises above mountain tops.
Above mountain tops…CLOUDS.
Ark with 8 humans Above the face of the earth (dry land), being destroyed by water.
NEW testament “hint”…
Matt 24:
[37] But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
[38] For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
The days of Noah…8 (few of the Then population believed, Prepared) according to Gods Order and Way.
The rest of the Population…were carrying on AS Usual…(not Believing, not Preparing) Until Noah (8) entered the ark.
Irrelevant “WHEN” was first rain ever…but important … the Dry Land (God called Earth) was quickly being covered from WATER from above and below….EFFECTING “EVERYONE” WHO WAS on the face of the Earth….
AND the EFFECT of the “Believing AND Prepared” 8 humans?
THEY were “RISING UP”.
How HIGH DID “the Believing AND Prepared “. RISE UP ABOVE the Chaos and Destruction ON the Earth? To the Height of CLOUDS above the Mountain tops.
The NEW (better) Testament reveals A NEW OFFERING FROM GOD TO HUMAN MEN….
FOR: any willing man to TAKE Gods Offering and BE “PREPARED” and they as well “ESCAPE” …. The NEXT, SECOND, LAST….Tribulation God has Revealed HE SHALL SEND DOWN FROM Heaven…AGAIN upon the WHOLE Earth.
AFTER the FIRST Trib. The 8 prepared saved believers were RETURNED to the face of a (restored) Dry Earth.
OT… revelation…knowledge
Ecc 1:
[9] The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
The BELIEVING….AND..PREPARED
(According to Gods Offering, Order, Way)
WILL NOT BE APPOINTED to suffer Tribulations AND Wrath SENT DOWN FROM HEAVEN
The RAPTURE….described IN 1 Thes…eing lifted up OFF the face of the Earth, UP to the CLOUDS…applies TO: the Believing AND Prepared (who are MADE Prepared ….
By, Through, Of…the Lord God)…
By, through, of …human men WHO accepted the Lord Gods Offering, according to HIS Order and Way.
ALL OTHERS…ON the face of the earth, having NOT become ”PREPARED” SHALL suffer Tribulations AND Wrath SENT down from Heaven……
Until…IF, WHEN, during the Tribulations and Wrath sent down from Heaven…
“THEY WILLINGLY” “give, submit” their OWN…
Body…unto death, FOR their belief IN the Lord God Almighty.
THEN shall “such” individuals BE MADE, bodily physically dead, soul saved, spirit quickened…AND their departed saved soul and quickened spirit RISE UP to Heaven and Remain with God…”until”…
RETURNING TO THE FACE of the Earth…
The DAY of Judgement and their own Bodies Risen up IN Glory, to the face of the Earth…and their saved soul and their quickened spirit imparted INTO their glorious risen body.
Your comments welcome.
God bless you.
Glory to God,
Taken
The great tribulation time is such a thing, where the Dragon, Beast, False prophet all make was against the saints and overcome them for a season of time. Tribulation and wrath coming from heaven.... well I think the world experiences wrath in God's judgement against the world.
The people of the world will also suffer during the great tribulation. And they will experience God's wrath as they refuse to love the truth and be saved.
Jesus says this, for the sake of the elect whom HE chose, those days will be shortened by God, else no flesh will be saved.
Now we know there are believing survivors on the LAST day, (some flesh is saved) when HE returns and the world is consumed by fire and the destruction of the ungodly , who at that time are all Dragon worshippers,. We believers (elect) who remain and alive are caught up into the clouds, gathered to Christ and He destroys the world in fire. So then we don't experience any kind of wrath, but we do experience tribulation, and that is never coming from God against His people. We shall be with Him at that time, we will see it.
The Great Tribulation
15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the [c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.Revelation 13
6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every [a]tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 17
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
IF we are with the LAMB of GOD at His destroying of the wicked, then first we were gathered, then onto the war.
All this happens in a single DAY, called the Day of the LORD, and it also includes the dead rising in Christ and the judgement of the world
The LAST DAY is the resurrection, the judgement , the time when God's people inherit the earth,
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