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148 DAY OF THE LORD 24:22) The second figure, “thousand three hundred and five and thirty days” refers to time of the only event that is expected to happen after the end of the Tribulation, the second coming of Christ, the day of the Lord, as we are told in Matthew 24:29-30: 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: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. From this we can assume that the forty-five days (1335-1290) is the period between the end of Antichrist, which we narrated in the previous chapter and the second coming of Christ, also referred to as “the day of the Lord.” Of course the figure 45 is also symbolic for no one is supposed to know the time of the second coming of the Lord which will be “as a thief in the night.” (I Thes 5:2, II Pet 3:10, Rev 16:15) All we can say is that it probably refers to a two digit number of days, a short time. What will happen during this period, known figuratively as the forty five days? A lot! Let us find out what the Bible tells us concerning them. If we read Matthew 24 carefully, we can find out these events that will follow one another. Verses 1-14 tell us of the “beginning of sorrows” or the signs that will happen before Antichrist is revealed: wars, pestilences, earthquakes and persecutions. Then in Matthew 24:15-18, we are told about Antichrist (Abomination of Desolation) declaring himself as god and the urgency by which we should flee him, “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains. Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.” This urgency is explained later, since when this happens, the great tribulation will start and the Church will take flight, being carried away into the wilderness by the wings of the great eagle. (Rev 12), “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
DAY OF THE LORD 149 should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.” (Matt 24:21-22) Immediately after this we are told, “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” (Matt 24:23-27) You see, even after Satan loses his greatest advocate (Antichrist) he tries to lure the elect to their destruction. Now that Antichrist is gone, having been sent alive to Gehenna by the Lord Himself, the only expectation of the elect, who were given victory over Antichrist and the Great Tribulation by the Lamb in whom they trusted, and to whom they remained steadfastly faithful, is the coming of the Son of God to take them into His heavenly kingdom. Satan, knowing this, will use this heightened expectation of the imminent second coming to his own advantage. How is he going to do this? By false christs! Rumors that Christ has appeared here or that he is there, in the hope of luring the elect into believing in these false christs and thus losing there salvation. Imagine how ingenious this plan is, if he (Satan) could not deceive the elect by the greatest false christ of all time (Antichrist) then he tries something else, the various false christs that will appear during the “forty-five days” and try to deceive even if it were possible, the elect. It is for this reason that the Lord admonishes us at length, “if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. ... if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. ... Behold, I have told you before.” Then He tells us the secret of His second coming, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” This means, since when lightening appears every body sees it whether they are in the east or in the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man, every one will see Him equally, and no one needs to be told about His coming, for “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him.” (Rev 1:7)
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When ye therefore shall see The Abo
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THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION SPOKE
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 3 before
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 5 a book
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 7 love of
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 9 healed:
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ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION 11 here s
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THE SIGNS OF HIS COMING 1 The revel
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 15 learned, and
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 17 Many of the
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 19 God’s elec
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 21 became blood
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 23 Fund for Nat
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 25 tails like u
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING 27 Worldwide, i
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 29 Some peop
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 31 this worl
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 33 I thought
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 35 among chi
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 37 Christian
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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II 39 together.
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THE UNHOLY TRINITY 51 five are fall
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THE UNHOLY TRINITY 53 The book of M
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THE UNHOLY TRINITY 65 shall come in
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THE UNHOLY TRINITY 67 the Cross and
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ANTITHEOTOKOS: FALSE PROPHETESS? 1
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ANTITHEOTOKOS 81 Antitheotokos dema
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ANTITHEOTOKOS 83 Now something is r
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ANTITHEOTOKOS 85 THE DATE OF HIS CO
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ANTITHEOTOKOS 89 very “logical.
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HIS BEGINNINGS 1 The ancient writer
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HIS BEGINNINGS 93 THE THREE KINGS:
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HIS BEGINNINGS 95 on Earth. God Alm
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