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The Tribulation Is Coming
According to Jesus, the Tribulation will be the worst time period to live in since man has been on the earth. Listen to what Jesus said.”For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened”. Matthew 24:21,22 The question many people ask is, what is the purpose of the Tribulation? The purpose of the Tribulation is three fold. (1) To bring a world revival in the earth. (2) To prepare Israel for their coming Messiah. (3) To bring destruction on the wicked. Revelation seven gives us a picture of a coming world revival, listen. ”Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand” Rev.7:3-8. This is one hundred and forty-four thousand Jewish Evangelist sent all over the earth. Then the Revelation gives us the result of their ministry, listen. “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb”.Rev. 7:9,10
The Tribulation will also serve to prepare Israel for the second coming of Christ.” And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord”. Ezk.20:34-38 The Jewish people are scattered all over the world, but during the tribulation God will touch them wherever they are, and He is going to bring to pass the word that He spoke through the prophet Ezekiel; “ For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them”. Ezk. 36:24-26 During the Tribulation God is going to deal with wickedness all over the world. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.: Isaiah 13:9
The Day of the Lord is always a reference to the Tribulation. Isaiah goes on to say.”The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth”. Isa. 24:19-21 The cleansing of the wicked will help prepare the earth for the second coming of Christ. Many people believe that the Tribulation is something created by men, but the Tribulation is the work of God. The Tribulation is the fulfillment of the word of God to Israel. In Leviticus 25 God says to Israel;” Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land”.Lev.25:2-5 Here God tells the Israelites that they could plant their crops for six consecutive years but on the seventh year there were to allow the land to have a Sabbath Rest. The people violated this command for many, many years.
Now God tells them;”And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it” Lev.26 God allowed the Israelites serve the Babylonians for Seventy Years because of their disobedience in breaking the Sabbath rest of the land commandment. Seventy is the number of Judgment. This judgment had a twofold application, the present and the future, God brought the people back to the land after the Seventy years of captivity and reestablished them. This ended the present judgment, but there is still a future judgment to come, so God tells the prophet Daniel;“Seventy weeks[a] are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of[b] sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness ,To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy” Dan. 9:24. This is seventy sevens, or seventy times seven or 490 years of Judgment that shall come upon the Israelites in order to fully atone for them breaking the command of the land having a sabbath rest . This is also called the seventy weeks of Daniel, it is really seventy sevens of years, or 490 years. These seventy Weeks comes in three parts. (1) From the time that the Israelites finished the captivity in Babylon and returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt the city covers Seven Weeks, or forty nine years. (2) From the time that the Israelites finished rebuilding the city until the crucifixion of Messiah Jesus was Sixty Two Weeks, this is a total of Sixty Nine Weeks.
(3) The Tribulation is One Week, or Seven years, for a total of Seventy Weeks, fulfilling the judgment of God. God used Israel to save the world, He will use this last judgment of Israel to purge the world. Most people want to know when will the Tribulation begin? God sent the Angel Gabriel to give Daniel this information. Gabriel tells Daniel; “and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined”.Dan.9:26 Here Gabriel talks about a prince that shall come, this prince is the Antichrist, he will be world leader. Gabriel goes on to tell Daniel;”And he (the prince) shall confirm the covenant with many for one Week: and in the midst of the Week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate”. Dan.9:27 Here the Prince that shall come, makes a covenant with the leaders of Israel, probably agreeing to protect them from their many enemies, for a period of one Week, or seven years., but in the middle of the Week, or three and one half years, he going to break the covenant agreement, go into their rebuilt temple and declare that he is God. This will be the Abomination of Desolation. When Israel signs a covenant with a world leader after the Rapture of the Church, this world leader will be the Antichrist. The signing of this Covenant will be the beginning of the Tribulation. Jesus said that this will be the worst time to be on earth since man has been on the earth, there will never be a more devastating time period as the Tribulation. You don’t want to be here. Amen
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