Many people do not understand that the reason for the rapture is to remove the saints before God pours out his wrath on the Antichrist and the people who would have been deceived to collect the mark of the beast....

Tha Antichrist will be against the saints, because they are the ones who would be rejecting and preaching to people not to receive the mark, and see through the lies of the false prophet. That's why no one would be able to buy or sell without collecting the mark. Many saints will be killed die to the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ... See what the book of Revelation said;

Revelation 7:13-14 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
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.

Revelation 6:9-11 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:
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

That why the Lord Jesus said, he that endure to the end shall be saved (Matt 24:13)

Now see from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ;

Matthew 24:21-25 "

For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened
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"

Please let's follow what the Bible said

See what black folks are wasting time discussing . No wonder we are so backward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ligvhaf7g4w

Chosen1984:


My Brother what do you call the killings of Believers for the Name of JESUS CHRIST.the little hardship going on here and there and all the shakings all over the World? These are Tribulations .

You Don't Understand what Great Tribulation is..

Prayerfully read your bible and ask GOD for Understanding

When JESUS CHRIST described the last days He vividly made Reference to " As in the days of Noah"
" As in the days of Lot"

Now ask yourself what happened in the days of Noah and lot?

GOD Does not Punish the Righteous with the Wicked!

Just like Noah (A preacher of Righteousness)and his family we're Exempted, Lot and His Own were Exempted, so will it be..

The saints will be taken away!

Read the prayer of Luke 21:36

I put this out weeks ago
https://www.nairaland.com/5775158/church-go-through-great-tribulation

https://www.nairaland.com/5775158/church-go-through-great-tribulation

The rapture is different from the second coming. The rapture is God's capture of His own while the second coming is God's return physically to the earth to establish his kingdom.
If you want to learn more check out Perry stone's teaching on the subject from a biblical standpoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Tkw-Da5-Y

The COVID-19 vaccine will carry a microchip with the number 666 of the Antichrist

TAYO124:




The rapture is different from the second coming. The rapture is God's capture of His own while the second coming is God's return physically to the earth to establish his kingdom.
If you want to learn more check out Perry stone's teaching on the subject from a biblical standpoint.

You Right!

The Rapture is instant Catching away of the Saints in a Twinkling of an eye.


The 2nd Coming is JESUS Christ and Us Coming back to Earth... we will have a New Earth.. and we will live the original plan of Creation for Mankind

johnoj24:

Wait a minute, are you a genuine Christian at all?

ofcourse I'm!
Or do you have anything to prove what i have said wrong?

Before The rapture and the second coming though, there are serious matters to deal especially in Nigeria. Such matters like:
1. The collapse of the national economy.
2. Ongoing government corruption.
3. Buhari's monumental failure and lies exposed.
4. Other issues pressing as they will affect you.

The effects of Covid-19 is no joke, it will unleash a flood of aftershocks. However to the wise and discerning it will also open up opportunities for growth and expansion. Now this is what we should be really talking about.

This corona virus thing may not be the second coming of Christ but it might be the perfect set up for the antichrist to be revealed and an indication that the rapture is about to take place. The antichrist will come at a time when there is world chaos and he will proffer solutions to the chaos and to achieve this, he has to be set up as a world leader. He will be given authority to rule. Now note the following:
1) First, the church must be raptured before the antichrist is revealed. He is already probably in the world right now but has not yet been revealed. It is only the power of the church that holds him back from fully manifesting himself.
2) Second, for the antichrist to be fully manifest, there must be some sort of world chaos just as we see happening right now. If anyone ever told you several years ago that every part of the world will experience chaos at the same time, no one would have believed you. But it is happening right before our very eyes as was prophesied in the bible. So this gives us an idea that the time for the antichrist to finally reveal himself is closer than ever.
3) Following from the above, it means that the rapture of the church is closer, because the antichrist will only reveal himself after the church must have been taken away.
4) After the rapture would have taken place, the antichrist will have only 7 years to rule. The first 3.5 years of his rule, he will bring peace to the world. He won’t be as devilish as many expect him to be. His peaceful moves will win him the heart of many, especially when he strikes a deal with Israel to secure peace with their hostile Arab neighbours, something that had never been achieved before. There will be nothing like mark of the beast at this first 3.5 years. The first 3.5 years will be one of peace.
5) Now when his first 3.5 years are over, he will destroy the covenant he had made with Israel and set up himself as god in their temple. He will now demand to be worshipped. This is where the mark of the beast will be created. This second 3.5 years is when the great tribulation begins, where anyone who refuses to take his mark will be killed. Infact Jesus said that such tribulation will be the worst the world has ever seen, and if God had not shortened the time of the tribulation, then most persons would never be saved.
So a rough timeline is this:
 Chaotic world event occurs and then rapture of the church takes place OR
 Rapture of the church takes place and then chaotic world event occurs
 Then antichrist is fully revealed
 His first 3.5 years, one of peace and solidifying himself as false messiah of the world
 His final 3.5 years: one of great trouble (great tribulation), especially for Israel and those who missed the rapture but who who still trust in Jesus and refuse to receive the mark of the beast nor worship him
 After the final 3.5 years, the second coming of Jesus (this time as the long awaited messiah which the Jews had waited for. When he came 2,000 years ago, this same Jews did not receive him as messiah because they had expected the messiah to come with so much power and authority and not as a mere man which Jesus did) with the saints from heaven to defeat the antichrist and false prophet takes place. This time, Jesus comes with great power and glory (compared to his first coming as a man born in a manger), that the Jews who rejected him before will mourn so greatly in repentance at not accepting him before. The antichrist and his prophet are both thrown into the lake of fire while Satan is also bound in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years
 Jesus and the saints will now reign on earth for 1,000 years from Jerusalem. Other countries of the world will still exist with their leaders like they are today.
 When 1,000 years are over, satan will be released from the bottomless pit and he will go out to once again deceive the nations of the world (like he is doing today) and incite them against Jesus and his saints at Jerusalem.
 The countries of the world and their leaders (presidents, kings, etc) will now brace up for a fight against Jesus and the saints, and this final battle will take place at Armageddon. The kings and leaders and their armies will be so roundly defeated that bible says it will takes months for their bodies to be cleared up.
 Finally. New heaven and new earth will be unveiled from heaven. Jesus and his saints will rule forever.

The concept of The Great Tribulation, antichrist, are greatly misrepresented by many, especially Christendom. The word "rapture" is not even found in the Bible.

HabuD:
This corona virus thing may not be the second coming of Christ but it might be the perfect set up for the antichrist to be revealed and an indication that the rapture is about to take place. The antichrist will come at a time when there is world chaos and he will proffer solutions to the chaos and to achieve this, he has to be set up as a world leader. He will be given authority to rule. Now note the following:
1) First, the church must be raptured before the antichrist is revealed. He is already probably in the world right now but has not yet been revealed. It is only the power of the church that holds him back from fully manifesting himself.
2) Second, for the antichrist to be fully manifest, there must be some sort of world chaos just as we see happening right now. If anyone ever told you several years ago that every part of the world will experience chaos at the same time, no one would have believed you. But it is happening right before our very eyes as was prophesied in the bible. So this gives us an idea that the time for the antichrist to finally reveal himself is closer than ever.
3) Following from the above, it means that the rapture of the church is closer, because the antichrist will only reveal himself after the church must have been taken away.
4) After the rapture would have taken place, the antichrist will have only 7 years to rule. The first 3.5 years of his rule, he will bring peace to the world. He won’t be as devilish as many expect him to be. His peaceful moves will win him the heart of many, especially when he strikes a deal with Israel to secure peace with their hostile Arab neighbours, something that had never been achieved before. There will be nothing like mark of the beast at this first 3.5 years. The first 3.5 years will be one of peace.
5) Now when his first 3.5 years are over, he will destroy the covenant he had made with Israel and set up himself as god in their temple. He will now demand to be worshipped. This is where the mark of the beast will be created. This second 3.5 years is when the great tribulation begins, where anyone who refuses to take his mark will be killed. Infact Jesus said that such tribulation will be the worst the world has ever seen, and if God had not shortened the time of the tribulation, then most persons would never be saved.
So a rough timeline is this:
 Chaotic world event occurs and then rapture of the church takes place OR
 Rapture of the church takes place and then chaotic world event occurs
 Then antichrist is fully revealed
 His first 3.5 years, one of peace and solidifying himself as false messiah of the world
 His final 3.5 years: one of great trouble (great tribulation), especially for Israel and those who missed the rapture but who who still trust in Jesus and refuse to receive the mark of the beast nor worship him
 After the final 3.5 years, the second coming of Jesus (this time as the long awaited messiah which the Jews had waited for. When he came 2,000 years ago, this same Jews did not receive him as messiah because they had expected the messiah to come with so much power and authority and not as a mere man which Jesus did) with the saints from heaven to defeat the antichrist and false prophet takes place. This time, Jesus comes with great power and glory (compared to his first coming as a man born in a manger), that the Jews who rejected him before will mourn so greatly in repentance at not accepting him before. The antichrist and his prophet are both thrown into the lake of fire while Satan is also bound in the bottomless pit for 1,000 years
 Jesus and the saints will now reign on earth for 1,000 years from Jerusalem. Other countries of the world will still exist with their leaders like they are today.
 When 1,000 years are over, satan will be released from the bottomless pit and he will go out to once again deceive the nations of the world (like he is doing today) and incite them against Jesus and his saints at Jerusalem.
 The countries of the world and their leaders (presidents, kings, etc) will now brace up for a fight against Jesus and the saints, and this final battle will take place at Armageddon. The kings and leaders and their armies will be so roundly defeated that bible says it will takes months for their bodies to be cleared up.
 Finally. New heaven and new earth will be unveiled from heaven. Jesus and his saints will rule forever.

Show us where in the Bible it is said that the rapture of church occurs before the tribulation.

Also the Bible has specifically said, "Antichrist will make war with the saints, and overcome them", now who are the saints?

Even the whole idea of the number 666 eludes many. For an understanding of the events that mark the end of this system of things, I recommend the book Revelation and its Climax published by Jehovah's Witnesses.

OgogoroFreak:
Would you people allow dead people rest in peace?

Catholic Christians won't allow mary rest in peace while pentecostal Christians won't allow Jesus rest in peace.

Sapelewaterfreak

MrPresident1:


He is coming to give us access to the tree of life

Genesis 3:22-24

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

NextD18:
It is known that Religion and common sense don't work together, reason I'll very foolish to read this rubbish just to agree that Coronavirus is the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Did you understand what the guy wrote?

Jokerman:


This is a wrong teaching bro... The Bible specifically states that the saints will be around when the Antichrist is around.

There is no Bible verse to support your theory... Look at what the prophet Daniel said:

Daniel 7:20-22 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

Daniel 12:1-3 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: 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.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

my brother, Read the Bible Prayerfully.
Who are the. Holders of thy people!
Who are Daniel's People- The Nation of Isreal!

It's not us the Gentiles!

Everyone who has Accepted JESUS CHRIST will be taken out from the Earth before the Great Tribulation

Olori Oko nbo wa.... The owner of the Land is coming back!

Make yourselves ready

alBHAGDADI:
There's currently a notion out there which says that a COVID-19 vaccine might actually be the make of the beast otherwise known as 666. While many who hold the idea base it on speculations that the vaccine will be forced on people, some say it can't be the mark of the beast because the rapture must take place before the Antichrist shows up with his 666.

While no one is certain what the vaccine is, I just want to correct a notion among Christians which says rapture must take place before the Antichrist comes. This is a false doctrine not found in the Bible but in Hollywood movies.

Christians will be here on Earth when the Antichrist shows up and enforcing his mark. That is what Jesus Christ himself said.

The concept of rapture before the Antichrist was made popular by movies like LEFT BEHIND and some America. televangelists. Before 1800, there was no church or preacher holding such doctrine. It was started by a man named John Darby who even wrote his own Bible which lacked key verses. Today, the doctrine is held by roughly 65% of Christians. The doctrine that we will escape the tribulation is false and not Biblical.

Jesus himself spoke of when the rapture will take place. Notice how his disciples asked him to tell them what the signs of his coming will be.

Mathew 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?

Now read the further

24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24:6 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.
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
24:9 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.
24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
24:15 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)
24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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.
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.
24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24:24 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.
24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
24:26 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.
24:27 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.
24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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:
24:30 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.
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.

In verse 9, Jesus spoke of Christians getting delievered up for persecution and are killed. That is the tribulation. But false teachers have taught that the people who will face such are unbelievers who are left behind after Christians have been raptured. Well, basically we all agree that the tribulation involves persecution. But the confusion here is who are the people to face the tribulation? Some believe it is unbelievers after Christians have been raptured, while some say it is Christians who will be persecuted by the Antichrist for failing to received the mark of the beast. Let's allow the Bible settle this confusion.

First, let us see whether Christians will be raptured before the tribulation or not.

[Mathew 24:29-31
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:
24:30 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.
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.

Did you see the bold part in the passage above? Did you also see that the rapture takes place immediately after the tribulation of the end times? The events in verse 30 to 31 are the same as described by Apostle Paul in...

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

But some people have deceived many by saying that what Jesus said in Mathew 24 cannot be the rapture because he was talking to the Jews and not to Christians. Why is it not the rapture when it is the same event described by Paul? Trumpet, angels, God's people getting caught up to heaven etc.

Yes, Jesus was talking to the Jews because his disciples who asked him to tell them about the end time were still under Judaism. But if you read Mark 13 and Luke 21, you will see that it's the same thing Jesus said in Mathew 24. At the last verse of Mark 13, Jesus said what he's saying to the people whom some quarters are saying is not the church, he's saying to ALL which includes the church.

Mark 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Now, we see that the tribulation occurs before the rapture, but who carries out the tribulation and what is it exactly? The tribulation is the persecution of Christians at the end time such as never was and never will be.

Mathew 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.

Christians will be beheaded and persecuted all around the world. This persecution will be carried out by the Antichrist engineered by Satan himself.

Mathew 24:15 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)


The Abomination of Desolation is the Antichrist who exhaust himself above everything called god and forces people to worship him.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,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.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Did you read the passage above? Did you see where it spoke about the coming of our Lord Jesus? Did you see in verse 3 that the day which Jesus will come will not exists until the man of sin (Antichrist) is revealed? Read verse 4 as well.

Yet some people say Christians won't face the tribulation even when the Bible says the Antichrist who will persecute during the tribulation will come first before Jesus Christ who will come and deliver Christians from his grip. Many will mistake him for Christ.

Mathew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.



This Antichrist will wage war against the saints.

Revelations 13:4-8

13 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?
13:5 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.
13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

As you can see above, the Antichrist exhalst himself and blasphemes God's name. Is this not the same man Paul spoke of in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, whom he said must first come before Jesus Christ comes back?

Now as seen in verse 7 above, the Antichrist wages war against the saints and will overcome many. Why is he waging war against the saint if some people believe the saints wont be around during the tribulations? In verse 13, everyone on earth is seen worshiping the Antichrist. Those who won't worship him are those whose names are written in the book of life. This is what will anger the Antichrist and make him wage war against them with great tribulation and persecution.

Revelations 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ

What we see so far is that people with their names in the book of life won't worship the Antichrist. But I ask, what are they doing on earth? I thought some people said they would have been raptured and escaped.

The proponent of a pre-tribulation rapture doctrine have said that the people left behind will be unbelievers who will now have to pay with their blood to get saved. They are the ones the Antichrist will persecute. This is a lie. If all Christians will be raptured before the tribulation, then those left will be unbelievers who are already tools of Satan. Do you expect someone who doesn't give a damn about Jesus to stand with Jesus when a cutlass is placed on his neck? He will gladly received the mark of the beast because he's not used to suffering for Christ whom he never believed in.

In revelations 12:17, we see that Satan will make war against those who hold the testimony of Jesus Christ. How some people believe that the people that Satan will make war against are unbelievers is what baffles me. Do unbelievers hold the testimony of Jesus? No.

Basically, what we've seen so far is that the Antichrist comes first, then follows a great tribulation which involves the persecution of Christians. It is immediately after the tribulation that Jesus Christ will appear and will redeem his people through a rapture.

Don't let anyone deceive you. Prepare yourself for that day which is fast approaching.

For the unbelievers, if you happen to be alive during the Great Tribulation, you still have the chance to be saved. Just listen to the preaching of Christians which will be very widespread by then because Christians will perform more during that period.

The reason why true Christians have no fear of the tribulation and the mark of the beast is because they cannot receive the mark no matter. They have been saved by Jesus and sealed with the mark of Christ. It is those who aren't saved but called themselves Christians that are worried and praying to bail out through a false rapture doctrine.

So, if COVID-19 vaccine is the mark of the beast, I'm rest assured that it won't get to me. This may make me lose my job and so many things due to persecution, but not my love for God who has sealed me until the day of rapture when I will meet him in the sky when it is all over. Accept Jesus today by confessing your sins and relying on him. That's the only way to prevent yourself from receiving the 666 in whatever design it comes in.

Note:

As the lockdown period gets eased tomorrow, please beware of fake COVID-19 miracles from false prophets who have been looking for a way to cash in on the pandemic to safe face after discovering that their falsehood has been exposed for not seeing any vision about the coming of the virus. They are warming up, so beware.

OP plz open church, I will fly from UK to your church every Sunday.

paxonel:
Fake story of Antichrist and rapture .
Matthew 24 did not mention rapture, rather it explains all the events that will happen when Jesus was coming to earth to be crucified according Daniel's prophecy that was written down in the script (Matthew 24:15)

And 1Thessalonians 4 aimed at explaining resurrection of the dead not rapture.

Rapture was fake doctrine developed by primitive ancient catholic church and how is it fake?
They say it will happen soon.
They have been saying that since ancient Roman empire till now, how soon is that?

This is just a sign to let any reasonable person know that the doctrine if fake, because God isn't God who says something will happen and that thing isn't happening, he isn't a lair.

Devil has blind your insight for spiritual understanding... Pls read that Matthew 24 again and pray that the holy Spirit hi you divine meaning to it... That's if you are a child of God

But if not, confess your sin and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior first, then read the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit

Tetrahedron:


Nope he is coming

We have been hearing that for the past 2000yrs
We're no longer interested in His coming

Chosen1984:


My Brother what do you call the killings of Believers for the Name of JESUS CHRIST.the little hardship going on here and there and all the shakings all over the World? These are Tribulations .

You Don't Understand what Great Tribulation is..

Prayerfully read your bible and ask GOD for Understanding

When JESUS CHRIST described the last days He vividly made Reference to " As in the days of Noah"
" As in the days of Lot"

Now ask yourself what happened in the days of Noah and lot?

GOD Does not Punish the Righteous with the Wicked!

Just like Noah (A preacher of Righteousness)and his family we're Exempted, Lot and His Own were Exempted, so will it be..

The saints will be taken away!

Read the prayer of Luke 21:36

I put this out weeks ago
https://www.nairaland.com/5775158/church-go-through-great-tribulation

https://www.nairaland.com/5775158/church-go-through-great-tribulation

Sorry bro, the OP is right.

The way any Christian gets to escape the tribulation is if they die before it begins.

There is no rapture before the Great Tribulation.

Preceding the times of the Great Tribulation will be the times of Noah. So far so good, I'm yet to see invasion of Earth by fallen angels physically. No hybrid created, no evil of such height perpetrated. So, bro, go and prepare yourself. Forget the lies you're being fed in your churches.

Jesus said his coming will be like a thief in the night, in particular to his disciples one will notice. Why should it be so? Because the great deception has begun, and Christian have relaxed into a delusion they won't see the Great tribulation. When it hits them, they lose hope in the faith they have and fall. All of them that believe in this great deception

Therapyken:
Even the whole idea of the number 666 eludes many. For an understanding of the events that mark the end of this system of things, I recommend the book Revelation and its Climax published by Jehovah's Witnesses.

Get out of here with your Jehovah's false witness doctrine.

alBHAGDADI:
There's currently a notion out there which says that a COVID-19 vaccine might actually be the make of the beast otherwise known as 666. While many who hold the idea base it on speculations that the vaccine will be forced on people, some say it can't be the mark of the beast because the rapture must take place before the Antichrist shows up with his 666.

While no one is certain what the vaccine is, I just want to correct a notion among Christians which says rapture must take place before the Antichrist comes. This is a false doctrine not found in the Bible but in Hollywood movies.

Christians will be here on Earth when the Antichrist shows up and enforcing his mark. That is what Jesus Christ himself said.

The concept of rapture before the Antichrist was made popular by movies like LEFT BEHIND and some America. televangelists. Before 1800, there was no church or preacher holding such doctrine. It was started by a man named John Darby who even wrote his own Bible which lacked key verses. Today, the doctrine is held by roughly 65% of Christians. The doctrine that we will escape the tribulation is false and not Biblical.

Jesus himself spoke of when the rapture will take place. Notice how his disciples asked him to tell them what the signs of his coming will be.

Mathew 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?

Now read the further

24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24:6 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.
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
24:9 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.
24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
24:15 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)
24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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.
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.
24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24:24 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.
24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
24:26 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.
24:27 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.
24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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:
24:30 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.
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.

In verse 9, Jesus spoke of Christians getting delievered up for persecution and are killed. That is the tribulation. But false teachers have taught that the people who will face such are unbelievers who are left behind after Christians have been raptured. Well, basically we all agree that the tribulation involves persecution. But the confusion here is who are the people to face the tribulation? Some believe it is unbelievers after Christians have been raptured, while some say it is Christians who will be persecuted by the Antichrist for failing to received the mark of the beast. Let's allow the Bible settle this confusion.

First, let us see whether Christians will be raptured before the tribulation or not.

[Mathew 24:29-31
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:
24:30 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.
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.

Did you see the bold part in the passage above? Did you also see that the rapture takes place immediately after the tribulation of the end times? The events in verse 30 to 31 are the same as described by Apostle Paul in...

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

But some people have deceived many by saying that what Jesus said in Mathew 24 cannot be the rapture because he was talking to the Jews and not to Christians. Why is it not the rapture when it is the same event described by Paul? Trumpet, angels, God's people getting caught up to heaven etc.

Yes, Jesus was talking to the Jews because his disciples who asked him to tell them about the end time were still under Judaism. But if you read Mark 13 and Luke 21, you will see that it's the same thing Jesus said in Mathew 24. At the last verse of Mark 13, Jesus said what he's saying to the people whom some quarters are saying is not the church, he's saying to ALL which includes the church.

Mark 13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Now, we see that the tribulation occurs before the rapture, but who carries out the tribulation and what is it exactly? The tribulation is the persecution of Christians at the end time such as never was and never will be.

Mathew 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.

Christians will be beheaded and persecuted all around the world. This persecution will be carried out by the Antichrist engineered by Satan himself.

Mathew 24:15 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)


The Abomination of Desolation is the Antichrist who exhaust himself above everything called god and forces people to worship him.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,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.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Did you read the passage above? Did you see where it spoke about the coming of our Lord Jesus? Did you see in verse 3 that the day which Jesus will come will not exists until the man of sin (Antichrist) is revealed? Read verse 4 as well.

Yet some people say Christians won't face the tribulation even when the Bible says the Antichrist who will persecute during the tribulation will come first before Jesus Christ who will come and deliver Christians from his grip. Many will mistake him for Christ.

Mathew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.



This Antichrist will wage war against the saints.

Revelations 13:4-8

13 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?
13:5 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.
13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

As you can see above, the Antichrist exhalst himself and blasphemes God's name. Is this not the same man Paul spoke of in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, whom he said must first come before Jesus Christ comes back?

Now as seen in verse 7 above, the Antichrist wages war against the saints and will overcome many. Why is he waging war against the saint if some people believe the saints wont be around during the tribulations? In verse 13, everyone on earth is seen worshiping the Antichrist. Those who won't worship him are those whose names are written in the book of life. This is what will anger the Antichrist and make him wage war against them with great tribulation and persecution.

Revelations 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ

What we see so far is that people with their names in the book of life won't worship the Antichrist. But I ask, what are they doing on earth? I thought some people said they would have been raptured and escaped.

The proponent of a pre-tribulation rapture doctrine have said that the people left behind will be unbelievers who will now have to pay with their blood to get saved. They are the ones the Antichrist will persecute. This is a lie. If all Christians will be raptured before the tribulation, then those left will be unbelievers who are already tools of Satan. Do you expect someone who doesn't give a damn about Jesus to stand with Jesus when a cutlass is placed on his neck? He will gladly received the mark of the beast because he's not used to suffering for Christ whom he never believed in.

In revelations 12:17, we see that Satan will make war against those who hold the testimony of Jesus Christ. How some people believe that the people that Satan will make war against are unbelievers is what baffles me. Do unbelievers hold the testimony of Jesus? No.

Basically, what we've seen so far is that the Antichrist comes first, then follows a great tribulation which involves the persecution of Christians. It is immediately after the tribulation that Jesus Christ will appear and will redeem his people through a rapture.

Don't let anyone deceive you. Prepare yourself for that day which is fast approaching.

For the unbelievers, if you happen to be alive during the Great Tribulation, you still have the chance to be saved. Just listen to the preaching of Christians which will be very widespread by then because Christians will perform more during that period.

The reason why true Christians have no fear of the tribulation and the mark of the beast is because they cannot receive the mark no matter. They have been saved by Jesus and sealed with the mark of Christ. It is those who aren't saved but called themselves Christians that are worried and praying to bail out through a false rapture doctrine.

So, if COVID-19 vaccine is the mark of the beast, I'm rest assured that it won't get to me. This may make me lose my job and so many things due to persecution, but not my love for God who has sealed me until the day of rapture when I will meet him in the sky when it is all over. Accept Jesus today by confessing your sins and relying on him. That's the only way to prevent yourself from receiving the 666 in whatever design it comes in.

Note:

As the lockdown period gets eased tomorrow, please beware of fake COVID-19 miracles from false prophets who have been looking for a way to cash in on the pandemic to safe face after discovering that their falsehood has been exposed for not seeing any vision about the coming of the virus. They are warming up, so beware.

Adam's sin


Adam's sin was not external, not what he ate, it was internal, thoughts that produced words, words that rejected the Gospel. Titus 1:2.


Remember that Moses wasn't born when Adam was existing. So he received the event by visions, because of His state he couldn't properly express what happened then he used figures of speech like trees, tree of life, to represent the Gospel of Christ and The tree is Good and evil to represent sin.

So Adam eating the tree of good and evil means adam rejected the Gospel, the tree of life which is Christ. Hence Adam's sin was UNBELIEF, Adam was separated from God, this separation is called sin.( unbelief) this sin, unbelief is also known as death.

So the mother which is sin/unbelief made man to begin to kill, steal, fornicate, commit adulterers, because in man there's no good in the man outside Christ no matter how moral he is.

So this bad actions are called deeds, acts or sins not sin but sins with an 's'

So remember that the reward Adam got when he rejected the Gospel was separation, which is sin which is death.

So it means when Jesus died he took away the reward of unbelief which is that separation, death, sin without 's'

In other words Jesus died for you sin, separation which is death to reunite us with God forever but He didn't die to make you stop lying, stealing sins with an 's' which is actions, but as you grow in the knowledge of Christ you are empowered.


So Jesus came and took away that separation by reconciling us in His death ,burial and Resurrection


But because we are still mortal in this fragile body, waiting till the full revelation of our glorious body the putting away of this mortality to wear immortality a completely perfect body where there's no sin as in actions again, there is the tendency for man to make mistakes in this mortal body.

So the man who receives Jesus's sacrifice is saved from Sin which is unbelief which is death which is separation.


But however because he is still mortal, he will do sins the sin with an 's' meaning actions, he might lie, steal, fornicate, beat someone, but as he grows spiritually he will gradually put all that away.

Whether completely or not before we remove mortality he might make mistakes but he is different from the man who is still in Sin/unbelief.

The man in unbelief/sin will still commit sins too but if he rejects Christ he will go to hell


But the man who receives Christ is saved from sin/unbelief/death but will still do sins actions but he will never go to hell.


So sins can never take a man to hell only unbelief can take a man to hell.


It is first the nature before the conduct.


Further Reading.

Matthew 5:10 Jesus asked all the people to come together near him. ‘Listen to me’, he said, ‘so that you can understand my words.

11 God will not say to a person, “I will not accept you because you ate a certain food.” It is not the food that a person eats. Food does not cause God to say, “I cannot accept you.” Instead, what comes out of his mouth is important. This can cause God to say, “I will not accept you.” ’

12 Jesus’ *disciples went near to him and they said, ‘The *Pharisees heard what you said to them. They are not happy with what you said. Do you know that?’

13 Jesus replied to his *disciples, ‘Those *Pharisees are like plants that God, my Father in *heaven, did not put in the *soil. He will pull all these plants out of the *soil.

14 Do not be *anxious about them. They cannot see, but they are telling people which way to go. A man who cannot see does not show another man like himself where to go. If he does this, then both men will fall into a deep hole in the road.’

15 Peter said to Jesus, ‘Explain to us what you just said.’

16 ‘You still cannot understand what I am saying. You are like the *Pharisees and the teachers of the *Law’, replied Jesus.

17 ‘The food that a person eats first goes into his mouth. Then it goes into his stomach, and then it goes out of his body.

18 The words that a person speaks come from their thoughts. So what a person says can cause God to say to him, “I will not accept you.”

19 A person can think bad thoughts. These thoughts may cause him to kill somebody. Or they may cause him to have sex with another man’s wife. He might rob somebody. He might say things that are not true about someone. Or he might say bad things about somebody.’ note

20 ‘All these bad things cause God to say to a person, “I cannot accept you.” But perhaps a man does not wash his hands before he eats. This does not cause God to say, “I will not accept you.” ’


Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; note

3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

Great333:
Sorry bro, the OP is right.

The way any Christian gets to escape the tribulation is if they die before it begins.

There is no rapture before the Great Tribulation.

Preceding the times of the Great Tribulation will be the times of Noah. So far so good, I'm yet to see invasion of Earth by fallen angels physically. No hybrid created, no evil of such height perpetrated. So, bro, go and prepare yourself. Forget the lies you're being fed in your churches.

Jesus said his coming will be like a thief in the night, in particular to his disciples one will notice. Why should it be so? Because the great deception has begun, and Christian have relaxed into a delusion they won't see the Great tribulation. When it hits them, they lose hope in the faith they have and fall. All of them that believe in this great deception

You better be Ready so u don't be left behind!!

I DONT argue ! I Tell you! It's your Choice to be left behind if u wish!

May GOD HELP U

Christians will never agree with them selves. This means Holy spirit wc is common factor between all Christians do not exist. If it do exit would have solved common diff btw u all. Think

Audinary Tribulation b4 or after rapture is confusing ur guys. You guy are forced mentally to accept falsehood and lies.

Funaki:


Live forever doing what?

hahaha my dear live this demon witness alone, they will live forever on earth roaming around the world

NextD18:
It is known that Religion and common sense don't work together, reason I'll very foolish to read this rubbish just to agree that Coronavirus is the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Bros you Bleep up, suppose u read it, you will know you are not on the lane at all, I think what you think also, not until I read it all.. its very long truly, but educate my ignorance in some ways

They are Related, but the end is not yet. However, the end is closer than ever.

You’re absolutely spot on @albhagdadi.
I thank God for my salvation and I will continue to preach the gospel of Christ through write-ups like yours by His grace. Please permit me to post this article on my Christian blog. I will reference you as the author. Thanks.

You are absolutely correct!

Thanks for making my day �


JESUS CHRIST, The LORD and SAVIOR of Humanity gave one the most Terrifying words in
Matthew 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.

The Lord Jesus Christ Who is the way , The Truth and the Life, not given to exaggeration. Yet He speaks of a time so terrifying, so horrible, that nothing compares to it.

JESUS CHRIST is not speaking of those general “trials and tribulations” all of us have. This is a unique time, seven years of hell on earth. There is nothing like it in all history, secular or biblical. Revelation chapters 6-19 describe that terrible time.

What is the purpose of the Great Tribulation?

Will Believers alive,( whose Names is written in the book of life) go through it?

Let's have a look at the purpose.

1.The Great Tribulation is the last seven years of God's dealing with the nation of Israel before they are brought to a final crisis—and prepared for receiving their Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. We know this because of many Scriptures connecting the Great Tribulation to the nation of Israel.
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.
Also see Daniel 12:1

These chapters makes it clear that the Tribulation is a time to prepare the Jewish people to receive the Lord Jesus Christ and that God will save Israel out of it.

When the Bible uses the word “Jacob,” it always refers to fleshly Israel, natural Israel, the Jews as we know them. It is not speaking of “spiritual Israel”—the Church—the Body of Christ.

Jeremiah 30:10-11 explains further
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

From these scriptures, we see that Jacob is Isreal. Daniel people are the Jews ( Isrealites)

They are the Elect who JESUS talked about in Matthew 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.

2. Another purpose of the Tribulation is to punish the Gentiles for their arrogance, rebellion and godlessness. Isaiah 24 and Jeremiah 25 beginning with verse 30 describe the Great Tribulation coming upon the Gentiles.

God will pour out His wrath upon a world that has spurned Him, that has laughed at and ridiculed His precepts and principles.

So who will be going through this great tribulation?

Clearly, Israel, for it is “the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

notice in all of the scriptures that deal with the Great Tribulation, not one scripture mentions the Church—the Body of Christ—as being present during that time, not even the book of Revelation.

The Key to Revelation

To better understand the book of Revelation, you first need the key to the book.


In chapter one, the apostle John was in prayer when he heard a voice behind him. The Voice identifies Himself as “the Alpha and Omega,” the resurrected Christ. He instructs John in verse 19 to write those things “which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.”

There is the key! if you do not understand this one verse, you will not understand Revelation or that it is divided into three sections: past, present, and future—the things John has seen, the things which currently are, and what will happen in the future.

What had John seen? John had a vision of Jesus Christ coming in power and great glory, and he wrote that. So the first division is complete.

In chapters 2 and 3, John moves to the second division, things which are, and John brings seven messages to seven churches. These were seven literal, actual churches, but they represent all churches of all time. Chapters 2 and 3 say “church” over and over again. This is the second division: the Church Age. We are living in the church age.

Now notice something remarkable, beginning in Revelation 4:1.

And after this, behold a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said come up hither and I will show thee the things which must be hereafter.

From Revelation 4:1 through to the end of the book, we have entered into “the things which must be hereafter.” John, our brother in the Church Age, is symbolically lifted out of this earth, taken up to heaven, and then his description of “the things which must be hereafter” begins.

In Revelation chapters 4-19, we see the horrors of the Great Tribulation.
from this point on, you do not hear the Church, the Body of Christ, mentioned again.

The Lord has specifically promised to keep the Church from the Great Tribulation.

1Thesl 1:9-10
9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
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.

In Conclusion,we can see that the Tribulation is for
1.the correction and preparation of the nation of Israel
2. the punishment of rebellious nations and people who have rejected God.

The Bride of JESUS CHRIST, The Church will not be Here during the Great Tribulation..

Before the antichrist Officially takes over, The Church Must Be taken away..

Also The antichrist cannot Officially take over until we the saints are Gone...

maak400:
You’re absolutely spot on @albhagdadi.
I thank God for my salvation and I will continue to preach the gospel of Christ through write-ups like yours by His grace. Please permit me to post this article on my Christian blog. I will reference you as the author. Thanks.

Go ahead and post it on your blog.

May God be with you.

Chosen1984:




JESUS CHRIST, The LORD and SAVIOR of Humanity gave one the most Terrifying words in
Matthew 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.

The Lord Jesus Christ Who is the way , The Truth and the Life, not given to exaggeration. Yet He speaks of a time so terrifying, so horrible, that nothing compares to it.

JESUS CHRIST is not speaking of those general “trials and tribulations” all of us have. This is a unique time, seven years of hell on earth. There is nothing like it in all history, secular or biblical. Revelation chapters 6-19 describe that terrible time.

What is the purpose of the Great Tribulation?

Will Believers alive,( whose Names is written in the book of life) go through it?

Let's have a look at the purpose.

1.The Great Tribulation is the last seven years of God's dealing with the nation of Israel before they are brought to a final crisis—and prepared for receiving their Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. We know this because of many Scriptures connecting the Great Tribulation to the nation of Israel.
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.
Also see Daniel 12:1

These chapters makes it clear that the Tribulation is a time to prepare the Jewish people to receive the Lord Jesus Christ and that God will save Israel out of it.

When the Bible uses the word “Jacob,” it always refers to fleshly Israel, natural Israel, the Jews as we know them. It is not speaking of “spiritual Israel”—the Church—the Body of Christ.

Jeremiah 30:10-11 explains further
10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

From these scriptures, we see that Jacob is Isreal. Daniel people are the Jews ( Isrealites)

They are the Elect who JESUS talked about in Matthew 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.

2. Another purpose of the Tribulation is to punish the Gentiles for their arrogance, rebellion and godlessness. Isaiah 24 and Jeremiah 25 beginning with verse 30 describe the Great Tribulation coming upon the Gentiles.

God will pour out His wrath upon a world that has spurned Him, that has laughed at and ridiculed His precepts and principles.

So who will be going through this great tribulation?

Clearly, Israel, for it is “the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.

notice in all of the scriptures that deal with the Great Tribulation, not one scripture mentions the Church—the Body of Christ—as being present during that time, not even the book of Revelation.

The Key to Revelation

To better understand the book of Revelation, you first need the key to the book.


In chapter one, the apostle John was in prayer when he heard a voice behind him. The Voice identifies Himself as “the Alpha and Omega,” the resurrected Christ. He instructs John in verse 19 to write those things “which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.”

There is the key! if you do not understand this one verse, you will not understand Revelation or that it is divided into three sections: past, present, and future—the things John has seen, the things which currently are, and what will happen in the future.

What had John seen? John had a vision of Jesus Christ coming in power and great glory, and he wrote that. So the first division is complete.

In chapters 2 and 3, John moves to the second division, things which are, and John brings seven messages to seven churches. These were seven literal, actual churches, but they represent all churches of all time. Chapters 2 and 3 say “church” over and over again. This is the second division: the Church Age. We are living in the church age.

Now notice something remarkable, beginning in Revelation 4:1.

And after this, behold a door was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which said come up hither and I will show thee the things which must be hereafter.

From Revelation 4:1 through to the end of the book, we have entered into “the things which must be hereafter.” John, our brother in the Church Age, is symbolically lifted out of this earth, taken up to heaven, and then his description of “the things which must be hereafter” begins.

In Revelation chapters 4-19, we see the horrors of the Great Tribulation.
from this point on, you do not hear the Church, the Body of Christ, mentioned again.

The Lord has specifically promised to keep the Church from the Great Tribulation.

1Thesl 1:9-10
9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
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.

In Conclusion,we can see that the Tribulation is for
1.the correction and preparation of the nation of Israel
2. the punishment of rebellious nations and people who have rejected God.

The Bride of JESUS CHRIST, The Church will not be Here during the Great Tribulation..

Before the antichrist Officially takes over, The Church Must Be taken away..

Also The antichrist cannot Officially take over until we the saints are Gone..

Thanks for this bro. alBHAGDADI is reading these passages word for word and letter for letter. The letter of the Bible kills! I dont like argueing this concepts with people because it's very dangerous as we all still need to pray fervently for continuous revelation of the mysteries of God's world at this end time.

I wanted alBHAGDADI to explain the parable of ten virgins and how it applies to this end time tribulations.