The Great TRIBULATION

The Great TRIBULATION

The Great Tribulation did indeed already occur during the ERA of the "Pale Horse" which encompasses the the time from 538 A.D.-1563 A.D.

The "Four Horsemen" as it's taught today in the modern church is NOT a biblical doctrine, it is a doctrine manmade to fit in with their understanding of the end time apoclypse.

The Bible uses the phrase (Great Tribulation) only three times in reference to (a tribulation). Here they are:

1. Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
2. Rev 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
3. Rev 2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

NONE not one of these verses speaks of any end-time "great tribulation". The (Great Tribulation) Jesus spoke of here is NOT the end time (Time of Trouble) these are two very different issues in scripture. But in order to understand the truth about these two events in human history, one must visualize themselves at the foot of Jesus in the 1st century A.D. when He spoke these words. ALL three of the above verses that speak of a (great tribulation) in the end times, but those end times for humanity began when Jesus was crucified in 31 A.D. Paul said that in his own day that we were in the last days. Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.

In Paul's day, he saw the time in which he lived as the (last days) and he was correct because they began in the first century A.D. and would run consecutively until the second coming. The context of Matthew 24:21 is found in Matthew 24:15-20.

Mat 24:15-20 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. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day.

What was the abomination of desolation that Daniel spoke of in Daniel in Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. This abomination was set up in 508 A.D. by Clovis who passed a law that required forced participation in the mass. The five words in Daniel 12:11 that have been added by the translators and are cursive (that, sacrifice, there shall be) are not in the original text. That leaves the reading as follows: Dan 12:11 And from the time the daily shall be taken away,  (the daily speaks of the daily administration of Jesus on behalf of the saints in the heavenly sacntuary above as our "great High Priest") and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, (Is the false Catholic system with thier mass and their priest who claim to have authority to "forgive sin" which ursurps the priesthood of Jesus Christ) (This is the Abomnination that makes DESOLATE within the spiritual realm) a thousand two hundred and ninety days. This is the 1290 day prophecy that began in 508 A.D. and ended in 1798 A.D. when Napoleon Bonaparte conquered Rome.

Therefore, the time of which Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24:15 was NOT what most people perceive as they see this prophecy of Jesus referring to the overthrow and sacking of and burning of Jerusalem by Titus in 70 A.D. as its fulfillment. The time Jesus was speaking of didn't begin until the beginning of the sixth century in 508 A.D. The following verses were directed towards those Jews who were living under Roman rule at the time this (abomination of desolation) would be enforced within the early church. That is why Jesus told them to flee and do it quickly. Mat 24:16-20 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day.

With this understanding then we can move on the verse Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. (Because the Dark Ages would ONLY occur ONCE) This verse covers the timespan between the time of Christ all the way up until 1798 A.D. in which the (great tribulation) Jesus spoke of here occurred and that we call today the persecution of the church from 508 A.D. through 1798 A.D. for 1290 years in which the (great tribulation) known today as the Dark Ages of Curch history materialized and 50 plus million of Gods people were murdered at the behest of the Catholic Church. Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Those days were indeed shortened at the rise of the Protestant Reformation in 1517 A.D. For the sake of God's elect the Protestant Reformation shortened the days of the (great tribulation) Jesus spoke of. It didn't entirely and totally eradicate them, because of the Counter-Reformation of the Jesuits, but it did shorten them as they had previously been exercised against God's saints.

After the Protestant Reformation sparked the Revival of the Christian church, there begin to arise from various different "sects" within the Reformation churches that sprung up especially after 1798 many church leaders who claimed to have Christ and preach Christ, but they were (false Christ) preaching a false gospel, and that has continued until this day. Mat 24:23-26 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.

Then Jesus switches the narrative to the actual second advent in the following two verses, which tell us that these days of false Christ and false prophets i.e. (false preachers) would continue all the way up in time, until He returns back to this Earth.

Mat 24:27,28 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. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. What is a "carcase" as used here? A carcass is a dead body (carrion) food for birds of prey, this is why Jesus used the word "eagles" here. The church would be totally "dead" carrion for the birds which means a place of worship through those false Christ and false prophets with (dead carrion) sitting in the pews, food or the birds when He Returns.

Then these verses: Mat 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days [After the Dark Ages came to an end] 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. The Reformation ran from 1517 to around 1578 intensively but continued until the 19th century. This part of the prophecy of Jesus has ALREADY been fulfilled. Take note the word "Immediately" shortly after Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Rome, in 1798 these three events (the sun be darkened, the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven) all were fulfilled beginning in 1780 A.D. and 1833 A.D. these three events took place. The 1780 event is recorded in history as the Dark Day of May 1780. The Falling of the Stars is recorded in history in Nov. 1833. The Dark Day was so dark in fact at noonday, that it has been said that it could be (felt), that a white sheet of paper on the end of the nose couldn't be seen with the eyes. That same night there was NO MOON light shining. Google It if you are in doubt.

Mat 24:30,31 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. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

There's NO such thing as any (seven-year tribulation period) before Jesus comes again as is taught in the modern apostate churches. Also, the church will NOT be spared the (time of trouble) which is the period before Jesus returns in which the entire world will experience, NOT just the church. But you believe what you want to believe I am only giving you a warning that your church is in apostasy when it teaches such false doctrines. The church will NOT escape the time of trouble! The modern churches are so spiritually sick today, that they are beyond as church denominations any hope of healing. Only those individuals within these churches who are sincerely called in scripture (the Remnant) will be saved if they are steadfast and (keep the true faith) when Jesus returns.

The (Great Tribulation) Jesus spoke of has already come and gone into human history and will as He spoke (Mat 24:21(c) no, nor ever shall be.) It's already a done deal friend, but today's church is so sick it cannot discern the word of God.

The (Time of Trouble) is upon us right now, and it will intensify greatly as time continues into the coming Mark of the Beast, which is just around the corner for humanity. During the (time of trouble) these events will take place. Mat 24:4-8 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [NOTICE: That it will be through "man" that deception will come upon the world.] For many [33,000 church denominations ALL claim to represent Jesus Christ, their can be only ONE that truly does, that of the Apostolic Church Jesus established ALONE] shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; [ALL of these various church denominations ALL claim to represent Jesus Christ] and shall deceive many. [They are deceptive churches preaching a deceptive "gospel" that Jesus DID NOT preach nor teach.] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for allthese thingsmust come to pass, [This part of the prophecy can ONLY take place in the "end time" because it then that the "modern war machine is present in human history.] but the end is not yet. [This rattling of (war sabers) has been intense among mankind since the rising of the "image to the beast" which is America which has fought since its founding some 187 different wars.] For nation (in the Greek ETHNOS) shall rise against nation, (against ETHNOS it's where we get the English word Ethnicity) and kingdom (Political STATE) against kingdom:(Political STATE) and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, (Worldwide) in divers (Different) places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. We are there RIGHT NOW folks.

The (Time of Trouble) has already begun many years ago. This is why Jesus did not give a specific (time prophecy as did Daniel in the 1260-1290-2300-and the 1335 day prophecies, ALL of which have already been fulfilled.), but one that would begin in the (end times) just before He returns. We have been in the (end times) for many years now. Hab 2:1,2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. What vision was the Lord speaking of that Habakkuk should write? There are only three chapters in Habakkuk and none of them list any (vision was given to Habakkuk) so what vision was God speaking of that Habakkuk should record and write?

Since Habakkuk was contemporary with Jeremiah, and since Habakkuk chapter Hab 1:6-11 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. Speaks of the coming destruction of Judah and Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians i.e. the (Chaldeans) then the vision Habakkuk is instructed to write must have been the vision given to his contemporary Jeremiah since when Jeremiah wrote the prophecy and it was burned and rewritten, God instructed Habakkuk to also write the same prophecy concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah by the Babylonians.

Disaster from the North

(Revelation to Jeremiah)

Jer 4:5-18 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. The lion (Babylon was represented by the "Winged Lion") is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. [According to Habbakuk Hab 2:1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. Habbakuk was one of these (watchers) God spoke to Jeremiah.] As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar

Jer 21:1-10 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

What does all of this have to do with the (Great Tribulation) or the (Time of Trouble)? Only the fact that everything happens as Go has decreed it including the past (Great Tribulation) i.e. from the time of Jesus which began the (end times) for humanity as the Redemptive act on the Cross completed by Jesus Christ marked the beginning of the end for humanity, and everything that is in human history since that time as prophesied in Matthew 24 have already been fulfilled with the exception of Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

· Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. The destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.

• The disciples question to Jesus concerning the end of the world. Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? NOTE: It concerned the "end of the world!"
• Mat 24:4-8 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many [MANY different church denominations would rise claiming Christ as their motivation] shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; [Or I am OF CHRIST] and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. The (end times) in which we are in today!
• Mat 24:9-12 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. This timeframe began shortly after the crucifixion of Jesus and extended in TWO separate events. Those times when the apostles with the exception of John were all murdered at the hands of wicked men, and the remaining persecution at the (end of the world) just before Jesus returns will take place during the (Time of Trouble), in the in-between two times of these two events (the Dark Ages) i.e. the (Great Tribulation) would take place when more than 50 million would be murdered because of the faith. We are currently living in the (time of the end) of this world just before Jesus returns to end this world. We are in the beginning of the end IN the (Time of Trouble) the very closing times of human history and it has only just begun and it's going to get a lot worse and never better. This is why I can confidently state that the mantra of "Make America Great Again" is a useless endeavor for the people of the United States and especially a deception through the Evangelical church supporters of the current sitting president who actually believes he was the (chosen one) because those false prophets who surround him on his faith advisory board have convinced him of such a calling. Yes, God allowed it through His permissive will, but for His ultimate will to fulfill the times in which we live today. The very next heavenly event to take place on Earth is the coming Mark of the Beast, and once that materializes you had better be ready to make the right choice, and if you're not walking in the spirit today, you will accept that mark whether you believe you won't will not come into play if your faith is not genuine. After this mark runs its course in God's time (it will be a very short time) because God has waited long enough and has put up with this fallen race far too long and will cut the time short as He has said.

LAST DAY EVENTS in ORDER

• The soon coming Mark of the Beast to be implemented. Revelation 13:15
• The eternal destiny Decree that fixes for all eternity everyone spiritual condition Revelation 22:11
• The rapid falling of the Seven Bowl Plagues upon ALL humanity of which ONLY FIVE will fall (at the very end of the extreme TIME OF TROUBLE) and then six and seven FALL simultaneously as the Lord breaks the Eastern Sky coming back to this Earth. Rev 16:1-11. The sixth bowl plague is the same event as this truth. 2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. It will be the destruction of the wicked at the coming of Jesus when ALL who don't belong to Him will be slain upon the Earth, making [a way] (so to speak) for the (kings of the East) which are simply God's living saints who are alive when He returns from the EAST, they are (kings and priest) that belong to Him as He arrives. Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. The seventh and last bowl plague falls at the same time when Jesus declares:

Rev 16:17-21 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. [This is the voice of God the FATHER since it comes from heavens throne and is called a "great voice".] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city [The "great city" here IS NOT Jerusalem, it is VATICAN CITY consisting of those three parts of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet i.e. it's Babylon the Great consisting of all the apostate churches of Earth.] was divided into three parts, and the cities [ALL cities of the Earth including today's modern Jerusalem] of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: (about 75 pounds each) and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

QUESTION: If the wicked are (SLAIN) by the presence and glory of God when He returns to Earth, does that then mean they are ALL DEAD physically when this event takes place? Could it be possible that they are just as those who when the angel came to the tomb of Jesus that the Roman soldiers the scripture says: Mat 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. ONLY Matthew records this and no other... It doesn't say they were actually dead! And since it is not specifically designated in scripture and there is no record of the guards actually written that they died at the resurrection, then we must look for the meaning of the word "became" which is in the Greek the word: γίνομαι ginomai ghin'-om-ahee A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen" -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.): - arise be assembled, be (come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, be done, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought. There are ONLY (a few words) within this description of the Greek word "ginomai" that can be applied to the word "became" condition of the Roman guards at the time of the resurrection, and they are these words. (to cause to be, to become, be (come, be-fall), be brought (to, fall, be found, happen, be made, to be, seem, X soon as it was, be turned.

Nowhere in scripture does it state they were actually dead, but just immobilized we today would say (physically paralyzed) at the presence of divine glory. The reason the scripture states the phrase "destroy" in 2Th 2:8 simply means that when it's all completed by the (75-pound hailstones) the wicked will be destroyed. Where God commanded ancient Israel to (use stones) to inflict the death of the offender deserving of death. When He finishes His work upon Earth, He too will finish it by bringing (death) by the use of the (STONES) He uses in this case huge stones of ice will complete the work of the destruction of the wicked while His present divine glory is being displayed by His presence. This is what 2Th 2:8 means.

Friends many today who study (don't really study at all) they just read and read into scripture what it doesn't say (concerning the Great Tribulation) and that is why the modern church and church members themselves are living in a chosen apostasy against God. They believe they have all they need of the word of God and that is why Jesus told them: Rev 3:15-17 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, [I have CHRIST] and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

The WATCHMAN !!!