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hunger; never again will they thirst The sun will not
beat upon them, nor any scorching heal For the Lamb
at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he
will lead them to springs of living water. And God will
wipe away every tear from their eyes: (Rev. 7:14-17)
In the same spirit, Revelation 14:13 continues, • ... Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."
"Yes," says the Spirit, •they will rest from their labor, for their
deeds will follow them."
Scripture indicates that there would even be a spiritual revival
of sorts in the midst of this persecution. Daniel11:32-33 states:
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he
corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their
God shall be strong, and do exploits.
And they that understand among the people shall instruct
many ...
Daniel 12 goes on to say:
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the
heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like
the stars for ever and ever. But you, Danie~ close up and
seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end.
Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.
Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but
the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the
wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
(Dan. 12:3-4,10)
The Bible makes it very clear that the time of the Antichrist must
come, but it also assures us that Jesus Christ will put an end to the
tribulation when He returns. Paul wrote:
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
being gathered to him ...
Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day
will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of
lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction
... whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath
of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
(2 Thess. 2:1,3,8b)
Jesus described His coming in detail to His disciples:
Immediately after the distress of those days "the sun will
be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the
stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will
be shaken."
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in
the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They
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will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky
with power and great glory. And he will send his angels
with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his
elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens
to the other. (Matt 24:29-31)
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Those who remain faithful to Jesus will be avenged. They will
receive their just reward, reigning with the Lord forever.
I believe that God wants us to heed His warnings and to take
His prophecies seriously, otherwise He would not have given them
to us. By His prophecies we are warned, prepared, and encouraged.
Unlike the thousands of psychics and spiritualists whose predictions
are mostly inaccurate and originate in the occult, the prophetic statements
of the Bible are proven and true. They are God's revelations
directly to His prophets through the Holy Spirit
You must understand that no prophecy of Scripture
came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For
prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but
men spoke from God as they were carried along by the
Holy Spirit. (2 Pet. 1:20-21)
The Apostle Paul warned, "Do not treat prophecies with contempt"
(1 Thess. 5:20). And Jesus, speaking through His angel to John,
promised, "Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this
bookw (Rev. 22:7b).
Some may consider the scenario presented in this chapter too
overwhelming. Yet the Lord has impressed it upon my heart to warn
people, particularly Christians, of coming hard times so that they might
be spiritually prepared. I must remain true to this regardless of what
the world might say or think.
The Rapture
Jesus said that no one would know the exact day of His return,
"not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father"
(Matt 24:36). However, from the multitude of prophecies given concerning
Christ's second coming, God clearly wants us to know when
this time draws near so that we might be prepared. The same may
be said concerning the rapture.
Over the years, two primary views have arisen within the
Church regarding the general time when God would rescue His remnant
from the earth. One view first became popular in the 1800s and
contends that God will take Christians from the world before the
beginning of the great tribulation. This is commonly referred to as
the pre-tribulation rapture theory. According to this view, those· Chrh
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