The Tribulation - What is it ? When will it happen ? What will
occur during it ?
When it comes to Bible prophecy, there is probably no event that
causes more fear or more questions than the Tribulation. The
Tribulation is an event that will involve the whole world. The
Bible says it will start immediately at the moment the Rapture
occurs, (Return of Jesus Christ to remove his followers from the
world, to safety with him in Heaven). At this moment the world
will be in a very confused state, millions of people will have
just vanished without a trace off the face of the Earth.
Families driving together in cars may all vanish, while one
person on a full bus may be the only one who vanishes, Jetliners
may fall from the sky as their pilots vanish, subways and trains
will derail as their drivers vanish, people will vanish from
their homes, off the streets, in stores, and at work, and many
others will even be removed or vanish from their graves, where
they were buried for years or just recently.
The Bible tells us this is just the beginning of terrors that
will happen:
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First God allows his angels to unleash or cause what are named
the ' SEAL JUDGEMENTS '.
1. The four horsemen of the Apocalypse are unleased.
First seal -- White horse - False Peace Plan - The antichrist
comes from the European Union with a false peace plan between
Israel and her enemies, Rev 6:1-2 - " I watched as the Lamb
opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the
four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" I
looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a
bow, and he was given a Crown, and he rode out as a conqueror
bent on conquest ".
Second seal --Red horse - War, Rev 6: 4 - " Then another horse
came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take
peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was
given a large sword ". (This Red horse probably symbolizes the
Russian - Arab attack against Israel, the beginning of the
Battle of Armageddon.)
Third seal -- Black horse - Famine, Rev 6: 5-6 - " I looked, and
there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair
of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice
among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a
day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and
do not damage the oil and the wine!"
Fourth seal -- Pale horse - Death by War, Famine, and Diseases
and Plagues, Rev 6: 8 - " I looked, and there before me was a
pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following
close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the
earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild
beasts of the earth ".
Fifth seal -- Believers in Jesus are killed during this time
period by a Christ rejecting world, and orders from the
Antichrist. Rev 6: 9 - " When he opened the fifth seal, I saw
under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of
the word of God and the testimony they had maintained ".
Sixth seal -- A world-wide earthquake occurs and meteors fall
from the sky - Rev 6:12-14 - " I watched as he opened the sixth
seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like
sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a
fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a
scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed
from its place ".
(During a short time period after the Sixth Seal Judgementl)
144,000 Jews accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior and become
evangelists all over the world. In addition to other methods,
this group leads a multitude to Christ from every corner of the
globe. Most of these new converts to Jesus will be killed for
their faith in Christ.
Seventh seal -- This seal unleashes such horror, that for one
hour there is complete silence in Heaven, probably as a tribute
or time of mourning for the inhabitants of the earth and what
they are now going to face. - Rev 8: 1 - " When he opened the
seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour
".
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Now God allows his angels to unleash or cause what are named the
' TRUMPET JUDGEMENTS '.
Rev 8: 6-13 - " Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets
prepared to sound them ".
First Trumpet Judgement - Rev 8: 7 - " The first angel sounded
his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and
it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was
burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the
green grass was burned up ". (This could be the effects of a
massive meteor shower that hits the earth, or this could be the
time that Russia's remaining forces team up with China and
others, and they unleash a nuclear war.)
Second Trumpet Judgement - Rev 8: 8-9 - " The second angel
sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all
ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into
blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a
third of the ships were destroyed ".
Third Trumpet Judgement - Rev 8: 10-11 - " The third angel
sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch,
fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of
water, the name of the star is Wormwood. (Here we may the
description of a massive comet or asteroid hitting the earth.) A
third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the
waters that had become bitter ".
Fourth Trumpet Judgement - Rev 8: 12 - " The fourth angel
sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third
of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them
turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a
third of the night ". (Here again we see the after-effects of
the previous Judgement, after a large comet or asteroid has hit
the earth, the light from the sun and stars will be blocked out.)
Fifth Trumpet Judgement - Rev 9: 1-11 - " The fifth angel
sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the
sky to the earth. (Representation maybe of a falling angel -
demon, because the bible refers to it as having a key, etc, so
it cannot be a real star, but as mentioned in the Bible in other
places, Lucifer and angels are called ' stars, or ' shining ones
'.) The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When
he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a
gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke
from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the
earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant
or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God
on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but
only to torture them for five months. And the agony they
suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it
strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will
not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their
heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces
resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and
their teeth were like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like
breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the
thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They
had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had
power to torment people for five months. They had as king over
them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon,
and in Greek, Apollyon ".
What are these horrible locusts that sting all of the
non-christian converted people during the tribulation ? They
must be locusts for that is what they are called, but they have
powers and look unlike any normal locusts do, one thing to note
is they have a leader over them, normal locusts do not. These
locusts appear to be demons that were inprisoned deep in the
earth in the ' abyss' or hades. They have been given this body
or shape to appear in, as in their normal state they would be
invisible to human eyes. This horrible appearance as a locusts
with a human face with sharp teeth and a scorpions tail, is to
help them scare and torment the humans they attack for a period
of 5 months. This is just another thing God does to try to get
more people to convert their lives to Jesus Christ before it's
too late, for we see that they do not even attack any christian.
There leader is a powerful demonic spirit (The star, ' demon '
who was given the key) whose name is Abaddon or Apollyon. It's
very interesting to note that the name ' Abaddon ', means: ' The
angel-prince of hell, the minister of death and author of havoc
on earth. The Vulgate renders the Greek Apollyon by the Latin
Exterminans (that is, "Destroyer").
Sixth Trumpet Judgement - Rev 9: 13-15 - " The sixth angel
sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns
of the golden altar that is before God. It said to the sixth
angel who had the trumpet, " Release the four angels who are
bound at the great river Euphrates." And the four angels who had
been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year
were released to kill a third of mankind ".
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The remaining or next series of judgements are called the ' BOWL
JUDGEMENTS '.
First Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 2 - " The first angel went and
poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores
broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and
worshiped his image. " (This is the computer inplant or mark
that the antichrist from the EU requires everyone to recieve, so
they can buy and sell, the ' mark of the beast - 666).
Second Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 3 - " The second angel poured
out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a
dead man, and every living thing in the sea died ".
Third Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 4 - " The third angel poured out
his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became
blood ".
Fourth Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 8 - " The fourth angel poured
out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch
people with fire. They were seared by the intense heat and they
cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but
they refused to repent and glorify him ".
Fifth Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 10 - " The fifth angel poured out
his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged
into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony and cursed the
God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they
refused to repent of what they had done ". (Here we see that the
antichrists temple and his kingdom is destroyed towards the end
of the tribulation.)
Sixth Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 12 - " The sixth angel poured out
his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried
up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. Then I saw
three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the
mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of
the mouth of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons
performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the
whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of
God Almighty. (The antichrist, false prophet and the beast image
that had the power to speak, etc) were being controlled by
demonic spirits possessing them and giving them their great
powers. Now these spirits are able to possess world leaders are
others, making them gather together all the worlds armies for
the last large phase of the armageddon war.)
Seventh Bowl Judgement - Rev 16: 17-21 - " The seventh angel
poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a
loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!", Then there
came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a
severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since
man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake. The great
city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup
filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Every island fled
away and the mountains could not be found. From the sky huge
hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And
they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the
plague was so terrible.
At this time, Jesus Christ and his followers return to the
Earth, Jesus sits foot on the Mount Of Olives and put's a stop
to all wars forever, he restores the earth and sits up his
kingdom for the Millennial (1,000 year) reign upon the earth.
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