Tribulation vs Great Tribulation (part 2)

To fully understand this article I would urge you to read Tribulation vs Great Tribulation which is the first part of this two part discussion. To encapsulate both we must understand we are talking about a period of time for believers and non-believers. The theology has primarily been;

The church is raptured out prior to the tribulation and does not suffer the calamities outlined within revelations etc.

The ideology behind the theology has always been;

The church will be spared from the horrors because of it’s (repentive sinners) cleanliness, however, as we have discussed in a previous posting the church (Father why are my feet on fire?) is not as clean as it should be, thus the concern I will put forth here begins to have some validity.

The word judgement (crisis) means; to bring unto repentance. My concern is not whether I’m right or wrong about the two periods of time, the Tribulation period or the Great Tribulation period, because no matter what I do believe in the rapture, my concern is ARE YOU READY FOR THE TRIBULATION PERIOD IF I’M RIGHT. There are two distinct periods of time, both of tremendous judgement, yet both of different calamity, death, and destruction. I believe the church must go through the tribulation period to be brought under (repentance) judgement, let’s face the fact;

Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. (14) “Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. Based on the above scripture if your having an easy time living as a christ-minded individual you might be holding a one-way ticket to hell and not even realize it, which is what the great deceiver (satan) desires.

There is no-man /woman alive today who can honestly claim; It’s so easy to LIVE as a believer. I want to be very clear here, it’s not difficult to be a believer, it’s difficult to live as a believer, folks, the true believer is not of this world and the church body has become so tolerant and accepting of the world over the past 40-60 years the TRIBULATION PERIOD is what I believe will be needed to produce a truly repentive church.

Lets take a look at; John 12:25

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Please understand the above. You must have a relationship with Christ that is so focused on Him you hate living IN THIS WORLD, very distinct scripture above, IT’S THIS WORLD YOU MUST HATE, not the new heaven and earth which will begin after the great tribulation. Today, the world is out of control and any christ-minded individual who claims it’s easy to live as a believer should really evaluate their relationship with Christ. This is a tough world to live in as a believer; sex, drugs, corruption, deceit, lieing, death, destruction, murder etc abound daily.

In closing let’s examine; Matthew 24:7-13

“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (8) “All these are beginning of sorrows. (9) Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. (10) “And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. (11) “Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. (12) And because lawlessness will abound and the love of many will grow cold. (13) But he who endures to the end shall be saved. Now, in looking at these verses you will undoubtedly realize the subject matter is a period of time, a time period of famines, sorrows, tribulation, killing, hatred etc. agree? Yet, who is involved in this period of time?

I believe it’s the church / world during the tribulation period of time. Please look closely at verse 10: many will be offended, will betray one another and hate one another. This is definately the church not the world, not the unbeliever. There is nothing the unbeliever would be offended by etc. Could the believer be offended by some false theology about the tribulation period, the unexpected realization their in the midst of horrific times.

Look at verse 11: False prophets will rise up and decieve many. Where, I believe within the church. How many church goers today would be decieved into believing they missed the rapture if their right in the middle of the tribulation period, hay, you lied preacher you said we would not go through this etc. Can you imagine the new false teaching; If there is no rapture then there is no God, how many would believe that teaching? I believe many will be deceived, and holding a one way ticket to hell.

Look, closely at verse 13: But he who endures (only the believer endures, the non-believer endures nothing, they are apart of this world) shall be saved. This is clearly talking about Christ-minded repentive believers who endure till the end of the tribulation period, they will be saved by the rapture, the non-believer can endure till the end all they want and they will never be saved, period.

In Closing let’s examine; Matthew 24:21 “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, not ever shall be.

The scripture is clear about the two different periods of time, I believed in the theology of pre-tribulation rapture for most of my adult life, however, the more and more I study and hate this world the more and more I’m led to understand; my faith will allow me to endure the tribulation period.. Laughing:)

If I’m wrong about the mid-trib rapture this blog will have to run itself, if I’m right this blog will be full of FAITH ENDURING SCRIPTURE and truth to help us endure till the rapture.

God Bless the repenter!!

Tribulation vs Great Tribulation

There is a time frame within scripture called the tribulation period along with a time frame called the Great tribulation and we must understand the difference between the two. The tribulation period of time is a time of trouble, a prelude to the Great tribulation time of trouble. There are those who believe the body of Christ is raptured prior to the tribulation period, however, the scripture is clear in outlining the two time periods of tribulation, one which is judgement upon the earth for ALL believers/non believers, then a judgement for ALL non believers. I have discussed this in an earlier posting, please review at:

Belief or Faith, What do you have?

The Great tribulation after the tribulation period is clearly the WRATH of God outlined within the scripture. The tribulation period is a judgement by Jesus upon the earth, focused on saving His chosen, the Church. The Great tribulation period is a judgement by God upon the earth, focused on saving His chosen, the Israelites.

In discerning the difference between the two time periods alot of ministries focus on the tribulation as a point of rapture for the church, however, the scripture clearly differentiates between the two. The 144,ooo Jews who are sealed in Chapter 7 are not sealed prior to the tribulation period as some ministries claim, the sealing is after the tribulation and before the Great Tribulation nor does this chapter claim the rapture has already taken place as some ministries teach. The verse that must be clearly understood within this chapter is verses 13 and 14 which reads as follow;

13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

If we look at verse 13 a ANSWER is made to John (author) “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from.? This is not a past tense or present tense grammatical question, it is a FUTURE TENSE answer to a question which is answered by the same elder who asked it. If you look at verse 14 John replies “Sir, you know” (John asked the question, Sir, you know) and the elder said (answered): These are the ones who COME OUT of the great tribulation etc.

See chapter 7 is John discerning the two periods of time, the tribulation vs the great tribulation. The elder is assured of John’s discernment because he uses the words COME OUT which is a future tense statement, he did not say; ones who CAME OUT because up to this point in time they had not come out, the chapter is a discernment by John of what is to come.

This chapter clearly differentiates between the tribulation period and the Great tribulation period of time, as I have previously stated in an earlier posting my opinion is the church (body) will go through the tribulation period and be rapture out just prior to the Great tribulation which I believe transitions within a twinkling of an eye. We will transition from the tribulation period of time into the great tribulation period of time with the sound of a trumpet (flash) as declared in chapter 11 vs 15.

Please repent, fast and pray, for tribulation will come upon us all. I believe the future is full of death, destruction, and pain, as not seen before, and ALL will partake in this destructive time period.

God Bless the repenter!!!

Identity Theft Is Of The Devil

The words of the Bible ring true in all aspects of our lives. The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob has never left us nor has he forsaken us, He desires to protect us in all areas of our lives and established the Bible as the playbook for our lives.

The devil desires to kill us, destroy us at every level of our lives and we can see this throughout all the scripture, he is a deceiver of the truth, laying in wait to devour our testimony along the road of life.

In this posting we must understand the attack is not physical, it is spiritual, it manifests itself physically, however, it is a spiritual battle through and through. We should review some scripture as to what a NAME really means;

Proverbs 22:1
A Good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Genesis 17:5
“No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham: for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:15
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

In these few verses we can see the power of your name, your name is your heritage it is your destiny, your legacy is remembered by your name. God always moved on His name, and the name of His son, Jesus Christ. The name of the Lord brings power, grace, mercy and forgiveness. The name of Jesus is longlasting, enduring and brings forth salvation. The physical aspect of Jesus (flesh) has passed away however the spiritual aspect of Jesus (His name) lasts forever and ever and ever.

The rise of identity theft is a spiritual attack on your name, your legacy, your destiny. All throughout the scripture the devil attempted to change the name of an individual, attempting to change the destiny or legacy of the surname forever and ever, scripture;

Daniel 1: 7
To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hannaniah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego.

In studying history these names belonged to pagan gods, not the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob which as we know is above all names. The devil was attempting to change their destiny’s their legacy.

There is an amazing attack on identity, an attack that is destroying the names of many families. We all must protect our names not only against identity theft but against ALL attacks. We must protect our credibility by discerning the times we are in. Please pray over all your financial decisions, along with all your business dealings. The devil is out to destroy your good name and we must do whatever we can to protect our legacies.

Just a few statistics:

1. The number of US adult victims of identity fraud decreased from 10.1 million in 2003 and 9.3 million in 2005 to 8.9 million in 2006.
2. Total one year fraud amount rose from $53.2 billion in 2003 and $54.4 billion in 2005 to $56.6 billion in 2006.
3. The mean fraud amount per fraud victim rose from $5,316 in 2003 and $5,993 in 2005 to $6,278 in 2006.
4. The mean resolution time is at a high of 40 hours per victim in 2006 compared to 28 hours in 2005 and 33 hours in 2003

God Bless the repenter!!!
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