THE TRIBULATION PRESENTED  BY JOY JOSEPH  MUNDUKOTTACKAL KONKANI CHRISTIAN (BRETHREN) ASSEMBLY
THE TRIBULATION THE BRIEF STUDY COVERS   What the tribulation is ? For whom it is determined ? Why the tribulation period is set ? How long will be the tribulation period ? Will the Church pass thru tribulation ? Arguments in favour and against. How it will affect the world ? Events during the tribulation period. What are the signs of the tribulation ? How will be the end of tribulation ? What after the tribulation ?
TRIBULATION (WHAT THE TRIBULATION IS ?) WHAT EXACTLY THE TRIBULATION IS ? It is a time of troubles revealed It is the time that follows the rapture It is the time between rapture and revelation It is the day of the Lord It is the day of the wrath of God It is the day of the vengeances of the Lord It is the 70 th  week determined It is the days of Jacob’s troubles It is the refining period of Israel
TRIBULATION IT IS THE TIME OF TROUBLES REVEALED 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. IT IS TIME THAT FOLLOWS  THE RAPTURE 2  Thes 2: 3   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not  come, except there come a  * falling away  (RAPTURE ) first, and that man of  sin be   revealed, the son of perdition ; TIME BETWEEN RAPTURE   AND  REVELATION 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. ( *   Read Rev.6: 12-17 ) ( * “ Falling away ” does not mean “Apostasy” in original text)
TRIBULATION IT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD 2 The. 2: 2   That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither  by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ  is at hand. IT IS THE DAY OF WRATH Luke 21: 23  But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that  give suck, in those days! for there shall be  great distress  in the land,  and  wrath  upon this people. IT IS THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF  THE LORD Luke 21: 22  For these be  the days of vengeance , that all things which  are written may be fulfilled. Isaiah 26: 21   behold, the LORD cometh out of his place  to punish  the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:
TRIBULATION IT IS THE 70 TH  WEEK REVEALED Daniel 9: 24   Seventy weeks  are determined upon thy people and  upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end  of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in ever-  lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and  to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9: 27   And he 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.
TRIBULATION IT IS THE REFINING PERIOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 13: 9   And I will bring the third part through the fire, and  will refine  them as silver is refined , and will  try them as gold is tried :  they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my  people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. IT IS THE DAYS OF JACOB’S TROUBLE Jeremiah 30: 7   Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is  even  the time of Jacob's trouble ; but he shall be saved out of it. Daniel 12: 1   and there shall be  a time of trouble ,  such as never was   since there was a nation even to that same time:
TRIBULATION (FOR WHOM IT IS DETERMINED ?) THE 70 TH  WEEK Daniel 9:24   Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people  (Daniel’s)   and upon thy  (Jerusalem)  holy city,  to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,  (Is.4: 4; 43:25) and to make reconciliation for iniquity,  (Is.40: 2; 59: 20-21) and to bring in everlasting righteousness,  (Is.10:21-22; Is.45: 25) and to seal up the vision and prophecy,  (Is.2: 3; Is.43:10) and to anoint the most Holy.  (Is.56:7; 60: 14) Daniel 10:14   Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall  thy people  in the  latter days : for yet the vision is for many days.
TRIBULATION (WHY THE TRIBULATION IS SET ?) THE LORD WILL REFINE HIS PEOPLE Ezekiel 20: 32-33   And that which cometh into your mind shall not  be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of  the countries, to serve wood and stone.  As I live, saith the Lord GOD,  surely with a mighty hand, and  with a stretched out arm, and  with  fury poured out, will I rule over you : Ezekiel 20: 37   And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will  bring you into the bond of the covenant:
TRIBULATION (WHY THE TRIBULATION PERIOD SET ?) ONE WEEK REMAINS NOW Daniel 9: 24   Seventy weeks are determined  upon thy people and  upon thy holy city,  (Jews & Jerusalem) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,  and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Jeremiah 32: 31   For this city hath been to me as a provocation of  mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto  this day;   (Reason why to the city of Jerusalem)
TRIBULATION (HOW LONG THE PERIOD OF TRIBULATION ?) HE WILL CONFIRM THE COVENANT  Daniel 9: 27   And he 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. CALCULATION OF SEVENTY WEEKS . Daniel 9: 24   Seventy weeks  are determined upon thy people and upon  thy holy city. Daniel 9: 25   Know therefore and understand, that  from the   going forth  of the commandment to restore  and to build Jerusalem  unto the Messiah the Prince  shall be  seven weeks, and  threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the  wall, even in troublous times .( 7+ 62= 69 )
TRIBULATION (HOW LONG WILL BE THE TRIBULATION ?) THE FINAL ONE WEEK Daniel 9:26   And  after  threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be  cut off, but not for himself: Daniel 9:27   And he  (beast)  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. (Between the 69 th  and 70 th  week, came in  the church  period;  so  one  week remains  to be fulfilled in relation to Jews) Church was a mystery  (Rom.16:14-15)  till Lord revealed  (Mat.16:18)
TRIBULATION Weeks are not weeks of seven days. The original word is   “SHABUA”  or  “HEPTADS”   SHABUA  means only  SEVENS   ( doesn’t carry connotation of  days, week,  or years)   It is  seven years of 360 days each   (learn below) Daniel 9: 27   And he 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. Revelation 12: 6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath  a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a  thousand two hundred and threescore  days.  (Ref: Petra of Arabia) (Number of days, or months said in reference to  “midst of the week” helps us to learn  “Shabua”  or  “sevens”  as  7 years of 360 days each)
TRIBULATION (Events during middle of tribulation) TWO WITNESS’S   MINISTRY  (Rev.11: 3-13) Time of their ministry Revelation 11: 3   And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and  they shall prophesy  a thousand two hundred and threescore  days,  clothed in sackcloth.  (former part of 70 th  week) (May be  Enoch  and  Elijah -  Reason -  1.Cor.15: 50 ) (1260 DAYS = 42 Months= 3 ½ years) Revelation 11: 7   And when they shall have finished their testimony,  the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war  against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
TRIBULATION (Events during the middle of tribulation) SATAN CAST DOWN TO THE EARTH Revelation 12: 9   And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,  called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was  cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him . DRAGON (Satan) GIVES POWER TO BEAST Revelation 13: 4-5   And they worshipped the dragon which gave power  unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto  the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things  and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue  forty and two months .  (3 ½ years)  (latter part of 70th week) (Latter part will be days of the cruel rule of Anti-Christ)
TRIBULATION NUMBER OF DAYS DECIDED Daniel 12:  6   And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was  upon the waters of the river,  How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?  Daniel 12: 7   And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon  the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left  hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall  be for  a time, times, and an half   (3 ½ YEARS) Revelation 11: 2   and the  holy city  shall they tread under foot  forty  and two  months.  (3 ½ yrs) ( End of the times of Gentiles  which  begun in  BC.606 - Lk.21: 24)
TRIBULATION CALCULATING THE 70 WEEKS 42 Months + 42 Months= 84 = 7 years =  1 Week (7 x 7 ) + (62 x 7) = 49+ 434=  483 Years 7 Weeks+ 62 Weeks= 69+ 1  week=  70 Weeks 70 weeks (Shabua) are of 7 years=  490 years Decree to restore and rebuild  1. By Cyrus –539 BC –  (Ezra 6: 3; Is.44: 28)  To rebuild temple 2. By Darius- 519 BC  –(Ezra 6: 12)    About temple 3. By Artaxerxes- 457 BC-   (Ezra 7: 13-26)  Of return with Ezra 4.  By Artaxerxes  (again)– 445 BC-  (Neh.2: 1; 7)  Restore walls.. (From 445 BC,  483 years  reaches  AD.27 ; the year of the beginning of  Lord’s  public  ministry- Dan. 9: 25 –  Prince –  Lk.4: 18 )
TRIBULATION WILL CHURCH PASS THRU TRIBULATION ? THEORIES ON RAPTURE 1. Pre-tribulation rapture 2. Mid-tribulation rapture 3. Post-tribulation rapture CHURCH WILL NOT PASS THROUGH TRIBULATION (I BELIEVE  IN THE PRE-TRIBULATION  RAPTURE) 1 Cor.15: 52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:  for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,  and we shall be changed.  (Rapture is imminent)
TRIBULATION (WHY THE CHURCH WILL NOT PASS THRU TRIBULATION) AS BRIDE OF CHRIST Church is the bride of Christ  ( Rev.22: 17 ) Church is espoused to Christ  ( 2.Cor.12: 2 ) Church is waiting for Him  ( 1.The.1: 10 ) Will not deliver his turtle dove  ( Ps. 79: 19 ) Church is not the object of His wrath 1 The.5: 9   For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain  salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 The.1: 10   And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised  from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to  come.
TRIBULATION (Why church will not pass thru it?) RAPTURE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION BIGINS Rev. 1: 1   The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to  shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he  sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Rev. 1:19   Write  the things which thou hast seen, (Christ  the glorified-Rev.Ch.1) and the things which are,  (Mystery of the seven churches- present period (Ch.2-3)  and the things which shall be hereafter; (After rapture- Rev. 4: 1  After this I looked, and, behold, a door was  opened in heaven:  I heard  which said,  Come up hither , and I will shew thee things  which   must be hereafter .  (From Ch.4: 1 – Ch.18: 14; Church is not seen)
TRIBULATION (ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR AND ANSWER) JEWS HAD TROUBLES IN THE PAST? (But this is un-precedent –Mat.24: 21; Jer.30:7) The Church had suffered in the past? Had not allowed to suffer at times and places? Why not  then allow the last part to pass thru? (But tribulation is the wrath; He will not- 1.The.5: 9) “ He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved”?  (Matt.24: 13) It is about the tribulation saints  (We are saved by Grace alone-  Ep.2: 8 )
TRIBULATION (ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR AND AGAINST) Resurrection at the last trumpet? Will not then church pass thru  other six? Seven trumpets are of judgment; so different from the other  (Learn the different use of trumpets in Num. 10: 1-10;  Here it is v.9 ) (Resurrection was not; but translation of saints a mystery; Apostle  Paul revealed-  trumpet of 1.Thes.4: 16, 1.Cor.15: 52 ) Why the need of two phases for His coming? Rapture and Revelation are revealed in the Scriptures. Why not allow together with Jews the tribulation? Church (we) will be caught up before tribulation ( 1.Cor.15: 52 )
TRIBULATION WILL IT AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD ? Dan 12: 1   And there shall be a  time of trouble, such as   never  was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people  shall be delivered,  every one  that shall be found written in the book. 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. Luke 21: 35   For as a snare shall it come on all them that  dwell on the  face of the whole earth . (If you are not in the rapture, you will be left behind to pass thru the tribulation)
TRIBULATION HOW THE DAYS OF TRIBULAION ? Zep.1: 14-15   The  great day of the LORD  is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation. Amos 5: 18-19   the  day of the LORD  is darkness, and not light. As if a  man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house,  and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Revelation 9: 6   And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not  find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Mat 24: 22   Except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
TRIBULATION (EVENTS DURING THE TRIBULATION) Rev.1: 1   The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him,  to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John Rev.1: 19   Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which  are,  and the things which shall be hereafter; (Events what we read of happening from Ch. 6  till the end of  Ch. 18  are the events during the tribulation; but the church is not seen there)
TRIBULATION (When anti-christ be revealed) 2 Thes.2: 7-8   He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out  of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed. He  (Holy Spirit)  is not letting  (is resisting now) In Rapture Holy Spirit will take the church. Then the way is for the wicked to be revealed The wicked world will be ready to accept the  “ the Man of Sin”,   or  “the Son of perdition”, “The prince to come”, “the beast” (World  when “light” removed, in spiritual darkness will accept the man of wickedness )
TRIBULATION (THE RISE OF ANTI-CHRIST) THE RISE OF ANTI-CHRIST Soon after rapture Anti-Christ revealed ( 2. The.2: 3 ) Beginning he appear as a man of peace ( Rev.6: 2 ) He will confirm the covenant for a week ( Dan.9:27 ) Apostate Jews will enter covenant ( Is.28: 15 ) Temple will be allowed to build ( Dan.9: 27 ) He will stop oblation and sacrifice a the middle of the week ( Dan.9: 27 ) Isaiah 28: 18   And your  covenant with death shall be   disannulled , and  your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (Till the middle of the week it may be peaceful, after the peace treaty – From the end of (first) war -  Ez. 38 )
TRIBULATION (Seven seals) THE LAMB OPEN THE SEALS  (1- 7 seals) The rise of Anti-christ  (“Man of sin” or “Beast”) Rev. 6: 2   When he opened the  first seal , and behold  a white horse:   and he that sat on him  had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him:  and  he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (This man is not Christ, but the Anti-Christ- he  appear as the man of  peace in the beginning) Rev.6: 4   When he opened the  second seal , And there went out another  horse that was red : and  power was given to him that sat thereon to  take peace from the earth,  and that they should kill one another: and  there was given unto him  a great sword .
TRIBULATION (SEVEN SEALS) Rev.6: 5 -6  And when he had opened the  third seal ,  And I beheld, and lo   a black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair  of  balances in his hand . And I heard a voice in the midst of the four  beasts say,  A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of  barley for a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. Rev.6: 7-8   And when he had opened the  forth seal ,  and behold  a pale horse:  and his name that sat on him was  Death, and  Hell followed with him . And power was given unto them over the fourth  part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death,  and with the beasts of the earth. (Same person but appears differently-Lev.26:22-26; Ez.14: 21)
TRIBULATION (SEVEN SEALS) Rev. 6: 9   And when he had opened the  fifth seal ,   I  saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word  of God,  and for the testimony which they held: Rev.6: 12   And I beheld when he had opened the  sixth   seal , Lo,  there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black  as  sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Rev.8: 1-2   And when he had opened the  seventh seal , There was  silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.  And I  saw  the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were  given seven trumpets . (FOLLOWED BY  7 TRUMPETS-  Num.10: 9 )
TRIBULATION (What seven seals means?) Rev. 5: 1  I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne  a book written within and on the backside, sealed with  seven  seals. Rev.5: 9   And they sung a new song, saying, Thou (the lamb) art worthy  to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Shadow in the Bible of the scroll   (Jer.32: 6-16) Ps.24: 1;  Col.1: 16; 1.Jn.5:19 ( Picture of the Lamb redeeming it from usurper the Satan ) (To Daniel revealed - Dan.12:4 = but not the contents;  For us revealed  thru Jesus Christ our Lord. Rev.1: 1; 10: 6)
TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT AS TRUMPETS- Joel 2: 14; Is.30: 31) (Similar judgments we see in Egypt as shadow) Rev.8: 7  The  first angel sounded ,  There followed  hail and fire mingled with blood, ( Hail - Ex.9: 19)  Rev. 8: 8   The  second angel sounded ,  As it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea:  and the third part of the  sea became blood ;  ( Blood  -Ex. 7: 17) Rev.8: 10-11  The  third angel sounded ,  There fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it  fell upon the third part of the rivers,  and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,  because they  were made bitter.
TRIBULATION (Judgment as trumpets- Joel 2: 14) Rev.8: 12   And the   forth angel sounded ,  The third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon,  and the third part of the stars; so as the   third part  of them was  darkened ( Darkness -Ex.10:21) Rev.9: 1   And the  fifth angel sounded ,  I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was   given the  key of the bottomless pit. Revelation 9:3  And there came out of the  smoke  locusts  upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power ( Locust  Ex.10:13) ( Rev. 9: 12   One woe is past; and, behold,  there come two woes more hereafter.)
TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT AS TRUMPETS- Joel 2: 14) Rev. 9: 13   And the  sixth angel sounded ,  I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before  God,  Rev.9: 19   (Locusts) For their power is in their mouth, and in their  tails : for their tails were like unto serpents,  and had heads, and with  them they do hurt. (Joel 3: 4) (Five months to hurt man  but not the vegetation ) (Men shall seek death; but shall not find death -Rev.9: 6) Rev.11: 14   The  second woe is past ; and, behold,  the third woe cometh  quickly. Rev.11: 15   And the  seventh angel sounded ;  There were great voices in heaven, saying,  The kingdoms of this world  are become the kingdoms of our Lord,  and of his Christ Rev.11: 19  and there were  lightning, and voices, and thundering, and  an earthquake, and  great hail .  (Is. 30: 30)
TRIBULATION (Why the judgment ?) Ex. 12: 12   For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night,  and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast;  and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD .  (Redemption of  the children of Israel) Numbers 33: 4   For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn,  which the LORD had smitten among them:  Upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments .  (Judgment to Pharaoh and his men) (Each plagues were judgment to their gods) (The Lamb will redeem the earth; also He will judge Satan and all who followed him)
TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT AS VIALS- Rev.11:18) THE VIALS- THE WRATH OF GOD-  Rev.Ch.16) Rev.15: 1   And I saw another sign in heaven,  great and marvelous,  seven angels  having  the seven last plagues;   for in them is filled up  the wrath of God. Rev.16: 1   I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways,  and pour   out the  vials of  the wrath of God  upon the earth. Rev.16: 2   And the  first   went, and poured out  his vial   upon the earth ; and there fell a noisome and  grievous sore   upon  the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them  which worshipped his image. ( Sore  –Ex.9:10)
TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT AS VIALS) Rev.16: 3   And the   second angel  poured out  his vial   upon the sea ;  and it   became as the blood   of a dead man: and  every  living soul died in the sea. Rev.16: 4   And the  third angel  poured out  his vial   upon the rivers and fountains of waters ; and they  became blood. Rev.16: 8   And the  forth angel  poured out  his vial   upon the sun ; and power was given unto him to  scorch men with fire . Rev.16: 10   And the  fifth angel  poured out  his vial   upon the seat of the beast ; and  his kingdom was full of darkness ; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT AS VIALS) Rev.16: 12   And the  sixth angel  poured out  his vial   upon the great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried  up, that the  way of the kings of the east  might be prepared . (For battle of Armageddon) Rev.16: 17-18   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 . 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.  Rev.16: 21  And there fell upon men  a great hail out of heaven , every  stone about the weight of a talent: and  men blasphemed God   because  of the plague of the hail ; (Job.38: 22-23) ( Hail  -Ex.9: 18)
TRIBULATION (Battle of Armageddon-Rev.16: 12-16) Its end is with a flood (War)  Dan.9: 26   Is. 28:18  And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And  your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge,  when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place. (Read comparing with v.14-15) Re 17:14  these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall  overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, Re 19:19  And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their  armies, having been gathered together to make war with him who is sitting upon the horse, and with his army;  (Ze.14:2; Joel3: 2 *? ) The end of Anti-christ and his followers  (Rev.19: 20-21) Beast and the false prophet cast alive in to the lake of fire  The rest were killed with the sword of him who is sitting on horse
TRIBULATION (Battle of Armageddon-Rev.16: 12-16) This will be “war to end of all wars”  (Dan.9: 26) Armageddon  means “the hill of slaughter”  (Rev.16: 16) Two or more wars are to be fought in Megiddo in future 1. At the beginning of the week  ( Ez.38 )  2. At the end of the week  ( Ez.39; Rev.16: 16 )  (careful study reveals as two different battles) 3. At the end of millennium  ( Rev.20: 7-9 ) (fire from God out of the heaven will devour them) Past history of Megiddo Sisera was killed in the battle  by Barak  ( Jud.5: 19 )  King Ahab was killed in battle  by Syrian army  ( 1.Ki.22 )  King Josiah was killed  by Pharaoh Necho  ( 2.King 23: 29 )
TRIBULATION (Battle of Armageddon) Geographical features of Megiddo From Haifa on the north to the south 20 miles and 14 miles wide   (Plains of Megiddo) Napolean  stood on the hill of Megiddo said; “ All the armies of the world could maneuver for battle here” General Allenby defeated Turks here in 1918 and earned the  title  “The Earl of Megiddo” It is the prophesied  “valley of the final battle”   ( Ez.Ch. 38; 39; Rev. 16: 16; Rev.20: 9 )
TRIBULATION (SIGNS) Matt.24: 29   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: Matthew 24: 30   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.  (Revelation) (No above signs for Rapture  – Matt.24:3-12; Lk.21:8-12 ) (Cataclysmic tribulation begins after the middle –Dan.9:27)
TRIBULATION HOW WILL BE THE END OF TRIBULATION Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ  ( Revelation ) (At Revelation all will see him-  Rev. 1: 7; Is.52: 8 ) JEWS AS A NATION WILL LOOK UNTO HIM Zec.12: 10   And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants  of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and  they shall look upon   me whom they have pierced , and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for  his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. ( The plagues, the famine, the war, and the cruel rule of Anti-christ will make them  to turn to God. God will send them upon  “spirit of  grace and supplication”   Then  the Lord will come down, and they will look un to him  “the one they pierced”  They will mourn like the ..)   “ Mourning of Hadad –rimmon”  ( 2.King.23:29;2.Chr.35:24-25 )
TRIBULATION (HOW THE END OF TRIBULATION ?) ANTI-CHRIST AND FALSE PROPHET CAST TO THE  LAKE OF FIRE 2 The.2: 8   The Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall  * destroy with the brightness of his coming: ( * Brightness of coming may inactive him- Read Rev.19:20) Revelation 19: 20   And the  beast  was taken, and with him the false prophet   that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.  These both were  cast   alive into a lake of fire  burning with brimstone.
TRIBULATION (END OF TRIBULATION) . SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS Rev. 20: 2-3   And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,  w hich is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him  into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season . REGATHERING OF ISRAEL Matt 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. Ezekiel 39: 28-29   Then shall they know that  I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered …for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. ( Re-gathering :  Is.27:13;  Is.49:22;  Ez.20:34;  Ez.36:24;  Zec.8:7;  Zec.10,10)
TRIBULATION (THE END OF TRIBULATION) THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS Matthew 25: 32-34   Before him shall be gathered all nations:  and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth  his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the  sheep on his right hand ,  but  the goats on the  left. Then shall the King say unto them on his  right  hand , Come, ye blessed  of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25: 41   Then shall he say also unto Them  on the   left hand ,  Depart from me, ye cursed , into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
TRIBULATION (What follows the tribulation ?) GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES PROPHESIED Zec.14: 4   And his feet shall stand in that day  Upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount  of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west,  and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove to-ward the north, and half of it toward  the south. Zechariah 14: 8   And it shall be in that day,  That living waters shall go out from Jerusalem;  half of them toward the former  sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (It is read, Israel have a plan to bring the water of Mediterranean sea to  the dead sea; but due to the earth quake or changes water will began to flow to the dead  sea and then it will be with fishes)
TRIBULATION USHERING TO THE MILLENIAL KINGDOM (THE THOUSAND YEAR RULE ON EARTH) Isaiah 11: 6-10   The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,  T he leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like  the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned  child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain:  For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign  of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. (CHANGE HAPPENS WITH NATURE)
TRIBULATION (USHERING TO THE MILLENIUM) THE LORD WILL RULE OVER THE EARTH Zec.13: 8-9   And it shall come to pass,   That in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be  cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will  bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as  silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall  call on my name, and I will hear them:  I will say,  It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. THE UNIVERSAL PEACE WILL BE ESTABLISHED Isaiah 35: 1   The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
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Tribulation

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    THE TRIBULATION PRESENTED BY JOY JOSEPH MUNDUKOTTACKAL KONKANI CHRISTIAN (BRETHREN) ASSEMBLY
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    THE TRIBULATION THEBRIEF STUDY COVERS What the tribulation is ? For whom it is determined ? Why the tribulation period is set ? How long will be the tribulation period ? Will the Church pass thru tribulation ? Arguments in favour and against. How it will affect the world ? Events during the tribulation period. What are the signs of the tribulation ? How will be the end of tribulation ? What after the tribulation ?
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    TRIBULATION (WHAT THETRIBULATION IS ?) WHAT EXACTLY THE TRIBULATION IS ? It is a time of troubles revealed It is the time that follows the rapture It is the time between rapture and revelation It is the day of the Lord It is the day of the wrath of God It is the day of the vengeances of the Lord It is the 70 th week determined It is the days of Jacob’s troubles It is the refining period of Israel
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    TRIBULATION IT ISTHE TIME OF TROUBLES REVEALED 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. IT IS TIME THAT FOLLOWS THE RAPTURE 2 Thes 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a * falling away (RAPTURE ) first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; TIME BETWEEN RAPTURE AND REVELATION 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. ( * Read Rev.6: 12-17 ) ( * “ Falling away ” does not mean “Apostasy” in original text)
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    TRIBULATION IT ISTHE DAY OF THE LORD 2 The. 2: 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. IT IS THE DAY OF WRATH Luke 21: 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. IT IS THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF THE LORD Luke 21: 22 For these be the days of vengeance , that all things which are written may be fulfilled. Isaiah 26: 21 behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:
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    TRIBULATION IT ISTHE 70 TH WEEK REVEALED Daniel 9: 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in ever- lasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9: 27 And he 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.
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    TRIBULATION IT ISTHE REFINING PERIOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 13: 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined , and will try them as gold is tried : they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. IT IS THE DAYS OF JACOB’S TROUBLE Jeremiah 30: 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble ; but he shall be saved out of it. Daniel 12: 1 and there shall be a time of trouble , such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time:
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    TRIBULATION (FOR WHOMIT IS DETERMINED ?) THE 70 TH WEEK Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people (Daniel’s) and upon thy (Jerusalem) holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, (Is.4: 4; 43:25) and to make reconciliation for iniquity, (Is.40: 2; 59: 20-21) and to bring in everlasting righteousness, (Is.10:21-22; Is.45: 25) and to seal up the vision and prophecy, (Is.2: 3; Is.43:10) and to anoint the most Holy. (Is.56:7; 60: 14) Daniel 10:14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days : for yet the vision is for many days.
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    TRIBULATION (WHY THETRIBULATION IS SET ?) THE LORD WILL REFINE HIS PEOPLE Ezekiel 20: 32-33 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you : Ezekiel 20: 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
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    TRIBULATION (WHY THETRIBULATION PERIOD SET ?) ONE WEEK REMAINS NOW Daniel 9: 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, (Jews & Jerusalem) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Jeremiah 32: 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; (Reason why to the city of Jerusalem)
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    TRIBULATION (HOW LONGTHE PERIOD OF TRIBULATION ?) HE WILL CONFIRM THE COVENANT Daniel 9: 27 And he 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. CALCULATION OF SEVENTY WEEKS . Daniel 9: 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city. Daniel 9: 25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times .( 7+ 62= 69 )
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    TRIBULATION (HOW LONGWILL BE THE TRIBULATION ?) THE FINAL ONE WEEK Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: Daniel 9:27 And he (beast) 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. (Between the 69 th and 70 th week, came in the church period; so one week remains to be fulfilled in relation to Jews) Church was a mystery (Rom.16:14-15) till Lord revealed (Mat.16:18)
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    TRIBULATION Weeks arenot weeks of seven days. The original word is “SHABUA” or “HEPTADS” SHABUA means only SEVENS ( doesn’t carry connotation of days, week, or years) It is seven years of 360 days each (learn below) Daniel 9: 27 And he 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. Revelation 12: 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. (Ref: Petra of Arabia) (Number of days, or months said in reference to “midst of the week” helps us to learn “Shabua” or “sevens” as 7 years of 360 days each)
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    TRIBULATION (Events duringmiddle of tribulation) TWO WITNESS’S MINISTRY (Rev.11: 3-13) Time of their ministry Revelation 11: 3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. (former part of 70 th week) (May be Enoch and Elijah - Reason - 1.Cor.15: 50 ) (1260 DAYS = 42 Months= 3 ½ years) Revelation 11: 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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    TRIBULATION (Events duringthe middle of tribulation) SATAN CAST DOWN TO THE EARTH Revelation 12: 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him . DRAGON (Satan) GIVES POWER TO BEAST Revelation 13: 4-5 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months . (3 ½ years) (latter part of 70th week) (Latter part will be days of the cruel rule of Anti-Christ)
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    TRIBULATION NUMBER OFDAYS DECIDED Daniel 12: 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? Daniel 12: 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (3 ½ YEARS) Revelation 11: 2 and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. (3 ½ yrs) ( End of the times of Gentiles which begun in BC.606 - Lk.21: 24)
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    TRIBULATION CALCULATING THE70 WEEKS 42 Months + 42 Months= 84 = 7 years = 1 Week (7 x 7 ) + (62 x 7) = 49+ 434= 483 Years 7 Weeks+ 62 Weeks= 69+ 1 week= 70 Weeks 70 weeks (Shabua) are of 7 years= 490 years Decree to restore and rebuild 1. By Cyrus –539 BC – (Ezra 6: 3; Is.44: 28) To rebuild temple 2. By Darius- 519 BC –(Ezra 6: 12) About temple 3. By Artaxerxes- 457 BC- (Ezra 7: 13-26) Of return with Ezra 4. By Artaxerxes (again)– 445 BC- (Neh.2: 1; 7) Restore walls.. (From 445 BC, 483 years reaches AD.27 ; the year of the beginning of Lord’s public ministry- Dan. 9: 25 – Prince – Lk.4: 18 )
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    TRIBULATION WILL CHURCHPASS THRU TRIBULATION ? THEORIES ON RAPTURE 1. Pre-tribulation rapture 2. Mid-tribulation rapture 3. Post-tribulation rapture CHURCH WILL NOT PASS THROUGH TRIBULATION (I BELIEVE IN THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE) 1 Cor.15: 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (Rapture is imminent)
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    TRIBULATION (WHY THECHURCH WILL NOT PASS THRU TRIBULATION) AS BRIDE OF CHRIST Church is the bride of Christ ( Rev.22: 17 ) Church is espoused to Christ ( 2.Cor.12: 2 ) Church is waiting for Him ( 1.The.1: 10 ) Will not deliver his turtle dove ( Ps. 79: 19 ) Church is not the object of His wrath 1 The.5: 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 The.1: 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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    TRIBULATION (Why churchwill not pass thru it?) RAPTURE BEFORE THE TRIBULATION BIGINS Rev. 1: 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Rev. 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, (Christ the glorified-Rev.Ch.1) and the things which are, (Mystery of the seven churches- present period (Ch.2-3) and the things which shall be hereafter; (After rapture- Rev. 4: 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: I heard which said, Come up hither , and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter . (From Ch.4: 1 – Ch.18: 14; Church is not seen)
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    TRIBULATION (ARGUMENTS INFAVOUR AND ANSWER) JEWS HAD TROUBLES IN THE PAST? (But this is un-precedent –Mat.24: 21; Jer.30:7) The Church had suffered in the past? Had not allowed to suffer at times and places? Why not then allow the last part to pass thru? (But tribulation is the wrath; He will not- 1.The.5: 9) “ He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved”? (Matt.24: 13) It is about the tribulation saints (We are saved by Grace alone- Ep.2: 8 )
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    TRIBULATION (ARGUMENTS INFAVOUR AND AGAINST) Resurrection at the last trumpet? Will not then church pass thru other six? Seven trumpets are of judgment; so different from the other (Learn the different use of trumpets in Num. 10: 1-10; Here it is v.9 ) (Resurrection was not; but translation of saints a mystery; Apostle Paul revealed- trumpet of 1.Thes.4: 16, 1.Cor.15: 52 ) Why the need of two phases for His coming? Rapture and Revelation are revealed in the Scriptures. Why not allow together with Jews the tribulation? Church (we) will be caught up before tribulation ( 1.Cor.15: 52 )
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    TRIBULATION WILL ITAFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD ? Dan 12: 1 And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 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. Luke 21: 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth . (If you are not in the rapture, you will be left behind to pass thru the tribulation)
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    TRIBULATION HOW THEDAYS OF TRIBULAION ? Zep.1: 14-15 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation. Amos 5: 18-19 the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Revelation 9: 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. Mat 24: 22 Except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
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    TRIBULATION (EVENTS DURINGTHE TRIBULATION) Rev.1: 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John Rev.1: 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; (Events what we read of happening from Ch. 6 till the end of Ch. 18 are the events during the tribulation; but the church is not seen there)
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    TRIBULATION (When anti-christbe revealed) 2 Thes.2: 7-8 He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed. He (Holy Spirit) is not letting (is resisting now) In Rapture Holy Spirit will take the church. Then the way is for the wicked to be revealed The wicked world will be ready to accept the “ the Man of Sin”, or “the Son of perdition”, “The prince to come”, “the beast” (World when “light” removed, in spiritual darkness will accept the man of wickedness )
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    TRIBULATION (THE RISEOF ANTI-CHRIST) THE RISE OF ANTI-CHRIST Soon after rapture Anti-Christ revealed ( 2. The.2: 3 ) Beginning he appear as a man of peace ( Rev.6: 2 ) He will confirm the covenant for a week ( Dan.9:27 ) Apostate Jews will enter covenant ( Is.28: 15 ) Temple will be allowed to build ( Dan.9: 27 ) He will stop oblation and sacrifice a the middle of the week ( Dan.9: 27 ) Isaiah 28: 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled , and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. (Till the middle of the week it may be peaceful, after the peace treaty – From the end of (first) war - Ez. 38 )
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    TRIBULATION (Seven seals)THE LAMB OPEN THE SEALS (1- 7 seals) The rise of Anti-christ (“Man of sin” or “Beast”) Rev. 6: 2 When he opened the first seal , and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (This man is not Christ, but the Anti-Christ- he appear as the man of peace in the beginning) Rev.6: 4 When he opened the second seal , And there went out another horse that was red : and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword .
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    TRIBULATION (SEVEN SEALS)Rev.6: 5 -6 And when he had opened the third seal , And I beheld, and lo a black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand . And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. Rev.6: 7-8 And when he had opened the forth seal , and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him . And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (Same person but appears differently-Lev.26:22-26; Ez.14: 21)
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    TRIBULATION (SEVEN SEALS)Rev. 6: 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal , I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Rev.6: 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal , Lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Rev.8: 1-2 And when he had opened the seventh seal , There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets . (FOLLOWED BY 7 TRUMPETS- Num.10: 9 )
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    TRIBULATION (What sevenseals means?) Rev. 5: 1 I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. Rev.5: 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou (the lamb) art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Shadow in the Bible of the scroll (Jer.32: 6-16) Ps.24: 1; Col.1: 16; 1.Jn.5:19 ( Picture of the Lamb redeeming it from usurper the Satan ) (To Daniel revealed - Dan.12:4 = but not the contents; For us revealed thru Jesus Christ our Lord. Rev.1: 1; 10: 6)
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    TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT ASTRUMPETS- Joel 2: 14; Is.30: 31) (Similar judgments we see in Egypt as shadow) Rev.8: 7 The first angel sounded , There followed hail and fire mingled with blood, ( Hail - Ex.9: 19) Rev. 8: 8 The second angel sounded , As it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood ; ( Blood -Ex. 7: 17) Rev.8: 10-11 The third angel sounded , There fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
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    TRIBULATION (Judgment astrumpets- Joel 2: 14) Rev.8: 12 And the forth angel sounded , The third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened ( Darkness -Ex.10:21) Rev.9: 1 And the fifth angel sounded , I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Revelation 9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power ( Locust Ex.10:13) ( Rev. 9: 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.)
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    TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT ASTRUMPETS- Joel 2: 14) Rev. 9: 13 And the sixth angel sounded , I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Rev.9: 19 (Locusts) For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails : for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. (Joel 3: 4) (Five months to hurt man but not the vegetation ) (Men shall seek death; but shall not find death -Rev.9: 6) Rev.11: 14 The second woe is past ; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. Rev.11: 15 And the seventh angel sounded ; There were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ Rev.11: 19 and there were lightning, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and great hail . (Is. 30: 30)
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    TRIBULATION (Why thejudgment ?) Ex. 12: 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD . (Redemption of the children of Israel) Numbers 33: 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: Upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments . (Judgment to Pharaoh and his men) (Each plagues were judgment to their gods) (The Lamb will redeem the earth; also He will judge Satan and all who followed him)
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    TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT ASVIALS- Rev.11:18) THE VIALS- THE WRATH OF GOD- Rev.Ch.16) Rev.15: 1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. Rev.16: 1 I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. Rev.16: 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth ; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. ( Sore –Ex.9:10)
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    TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT ASVIALS) Rev.16: 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. Rev.16: 4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters ; and they became blood. Rev.16: 8 And the forth angel poured out his vial upon the sun ; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire . Rev.16: 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast ; and his kingdom was full of darkness ; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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    TRIBULATION (JUDGMENT ASVIALS) Rev.16: 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared . (For battle of Armageddon) Rev.16: 17-18 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 . 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. Rev.16: 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven , every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail ; (Job.38: 22-23) ( Hail -Ex.9: 18)
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    TRIBULATION (Battle ofArmageddon-Rev.16: 12-16) Its end is with a flood (War) Dan.9: 26 Is. 28:18 And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place. (Read comparing with v.14-15) Re 17:14 these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, Re 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, having been gathered together to make war with him who is sitting upon the horse, and with his army; (Ze.14:2; Joel3: 2 *? ) The end of Anti-christ and his followers (Rev.19: 20-21) Beast and the false prophet cast alive in to the lake of fire The rest were killed with the sword of him who is sitting on horse
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    TRIBULATION (Battle ofArmageddon-Rev.16: 12-16) This will be “war to end of all wars” (Dan.9: 26) Armageddon means “the hill of slaughter” (Rev.16: 16) Two or more wars are to be fought in Megiddo in future 1. At the beginning of the week ( Ez.38 ) 2. At the end of the week ( Ez.39; Rev.16: 16 ) (careful study reveals as two different battles) 3. At the end of millennium ( Rev.20: 7-9 ) (fire from God out of the heaven will devour them) Past history of Megiddo Sisera was killed in the battle by Barak ( Jud.5: 19 ) King Ahab was killed in battle by Syrian army ( 1.Ki.22 ) King Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Necho ( 2.King 23: 29 )
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    TRIBULATION (Battle ofArmageddon) Geographical features of Megiddo From Haifa on the north to the south 20 miles and 14 miles wide (Plains of Megiddo) Napolean stood on the hill of Megiddo said; “ All the armies of the world could maneuver for battle here” General Allenby defeated Turks here in 1918 and earned the title “The Earl of Megiddo” It is the prophesied “valley of the final battle” ( Ez.Ch. 38; 39; Rev. 16: 16; Rev.20: 9 )
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    TRIBULATION (SIGNS) Matt.24:29 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: Matthew 24: 30 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. (Revelation) (No above signs for Rapture – Matt.24:3-12; Lk.21:8-12 ) (Cataclysmic tribulation begins after the middle –Dan.9:27)
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    TRIBULATION HOW WILLBE THE END OF TRIBULATION Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ ( Revelation ) (At Revelation all will see him- Rev. 1: 7; Is.52: 8 ) JEWS AS A NATION WILL LOOK UNTO HIM Zec.12: 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced , and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. ( The plagues, the famine, the war, and the cruel rule of Anti-christ will make them to turn to God. God will send them upon “spirit of grace and supplication” Then the Lord will come down, and they will look un to him “the one they pierced” They will mourn like the ..) “ Mourning of Hadad –rimmon” ( 2.King.23:29;2.Chr.35:24-25 )
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    TRIBULATION (HOW THEEND OF TRIBULATION ?) ANTI-CHRIST AND FALSE PROPHET CAST TO THE LAKE OF FIRE 2 The.2: 8 The Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall * destroy with the brightness of his coming: ( * Brightness of coming may inactive him- Read Rev.19:20) Revelation 19: 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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    TRIBULATION (END OFTRIBULATION) . SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS Rev. 20: 2-3 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, w hich is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season . REGATHERING OF ISRAEL Matt 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. Ezekiel 39: 28-29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered …for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. ( Re-gathering : Is.27:13; Is.49:22; Ez.20:34; Ez.36:24; Zec.8:7; Zec.10,10)
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    TRIBULATION (THE ENDOF TRIBULATION) THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS Matthew 25: 32-34 Before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand , but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand , Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25: 41 Then shall he say also unto Them on the left hand , Depart from me, ye cursed , into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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    TRIBULATION (What followsthe tribulation ?) GEOGRAPHICAL CHANGES PROPHESIED Zec.14: 4 And his feet shall stand in that day Upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove to-ward the north, and half of it toward the south. Zechariah 14: 8 And it shall be in that day, That living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (It is read, Israel have a plan to bring the water of Mediterranean sea to the dead sea; but due to the earth quake or changes water will began to flow to the dead sea and then it will be with fishes)
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    TRIBULATION USHERING TOTHE MILLENIAL KINGDOM (THE THOUSAND YEAR RULE ON EARTH) Isaiah 11: 6-10 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, T he leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. (CHANGE HAPPENS WITH NATURE)
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    TRIBULATION (USHERING TOTHE MILLENIUM) THE LORD WILL RULE OVER THE EARTH Zec.13: 8-9 And it shall come to pass, That in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. THE UNIVERSAL PEACE WILL BE ESTABLISHED Isaiah 35: 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
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    STUDY ON TRIBULATIONBELOVED IN THE LORD, Hope this study “Tribulation” is edifying. Any comments, suggestions, questions please write to the email given below. May God bless you. Email: [email_address]