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The Tribulation Period
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May 1st, 2007
God’s Word tells us of a coming time of awful judgment for this world.
- Jesus spoke of it, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matt. 24:21.
- Jeremiah spoke of it, “Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it.” Jer. 30:7.
- Zephaniah foretold it, “that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of waste, and desolation.” Zeph. 1:15.
- Isaiah prophesied about it, “and they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake terribly the earth.”
- The book of Revelation tells us much about this terrible time. In Rev. 6:8 we are told the ¼ of the earth’s population will be killed. By Rev. 9:15 another 1/3 will die, now equaling ½ of the population. After the vial judgments probably 2/3 of the earth’s population are dead. Jesus said “Except those days should be shortened, (limited to 7 years), no flesh should be saved.” Matt. 24:22.
One second after the trumpet sounds there will not be a believer on the earth, 7 years later there will not be an unbeliever alive on the earth (Matt. 25:41). There will be a multitude of believers to go into the millennial kingdom in their natural bodies to repopulate the earth.