MID TRIBULATION
LAST 3-1/2 YEARS
Four kinds of blasphemy that will come from the antichrist.
1. He will blaspheme God.
2. He will blaspheme the name of God.
3. He will blaspheme the tabernacle of God.
4. He will blaspheme those who live in Heaven.
Blasphemy is an offense against God and religion (Christianity)
By denying the existence or providence of God.
He will be anti-God, Anti church, and anti-Semitic
Anti-anything that has to do with God the father.
The mere mention of thing like Jesus, the cross and the redemption will send him into a rage.
The tribulation saints face the most intense persecution the world has ever known. In the short term their future will be bleak. But in the long term, their future will be bright.
Satan will give the antichrist power to conquer all wo turn to God.
Revelation 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.
He will go forth with a vengeance to wipe out all Christians. Multitudes will be slaughtered in his effort to establish a one world satanic religion.
No one on earth will be safe. The antichrist will extend his domain to include every tribe, every tongue and every nation on earth.
Everyone must submit to him or be killed. This will be one world government and religious persecution at its very worst.
Revelation 13:15 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Next is the false prophet. After setting up an image this false prophet will be given the power to impart breath to the image of the antichrist.
When he does the image will appear to come to life, talk and answer questions.
This will be a reminder that the antichrist was once dead but is alive again… there is no doubt that it will be an incredible event. One that will catch the world’s attention.
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Still today, even Christians, or at least a lot of them believe we might have to take the mark of the beast 666.
This is not true, at that time if you are a believer you will have been in heaven three and one half years before this occurs.
The rapture will have come and gone before the mark is presented in the earth.
Those who take the mark are accepting the antichrist as their god.
They are choosing the beast over Jesus and refusing Gods offer of salvation, forgiveness and Love.
Everything that is needed in the form of chips and systems to enforce the mark is already available through today’s Technology.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Since the antichrist and his followers will not accept the blood of Jesus, as an atonement for their sins, seven angels will be given bowls filled with Gods wrath, instead of the blood of Jesus.
Things just keep getting worse for those who reject Gods Son, when the angel leave the temple it will be filled with smoke from the power and glory of God.
No one will be able to go back in or enter the holy of holies, also no one can change their mind and pour blood on the mercy seat for their sin.
There will be no more mercy, no more delays, and no more opportunities to repent, until the seven plagues have passed.
Revelation 16: 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
These sores will have a very offensive odor. Only those who take the mark of the beast or worship his image will be afflicted.
When the antichrist is unable to heal his own people, the world will know he is a false physician.
This in kind of like the sixth plague in Egypt.
Revelation 16:3 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
The second bowl of judgment will pollute the sea by turning it into blood and killing everything in it.
One can easily imagine the repercussions of such a horrible event.
Revelation 16:4 4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
The third bowl of judgment will be worse. This plague will be similar to the time God turned all the waters of Egypt into blood.
The fish died, the water smelled and the people could not drink it. This plague will be far worse because all the Earths water will be polluted, causing worldwide suffering and death.
Revelation 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
We probably don’t realize the important role angels play in managing Gods creation. We have already encountered the four winds of angels. Those angels in charge of holding back the Earths wind.
Ezekiel 37:9 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Now we learn that God has a water angel in charge of the earths water. Were it not for these angels, man would not have survived as long as he has.
According to the prophet Malachi, a day is coming when the Earth will burn like an oven. Many evil doers will be reduced to ashes.
Malachi 4:1-3 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Multitudes will want to wash their painful sores, but they will only be able to wash with blood.
The sun will scorch the earth and men with fire. Major uncontrollable fires will break out all over the world, destroying homes, vegetation, and livestock.
Revelation 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
The strong heat of the sun will bear down on them with a vengeance. They will thirst but will not have anything to drink except blood.
The fifth angel poured out his bowl. Darkness comers the planet, men will not repent, but lame God for their afflictions. They will continue to follow the antichrist and his false prophet.
Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
When the sixth angel pours out his bowl, the Euphrates river will dry up. The kings of the east will be able to move their two hundred-million-man army against Israel in the battle of Armageddon.
These kings will include China, North Korea, India, Japan and others. They will wind up in the middle east with the nations coming together to attack Israel.
When the seventh angel pours into the air something will happen to the atmosphere. Great flashes of lightning will explode to the ground, and thunder will rattle the Earth.
Revelation 16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
This is the only time Armageddon can be found in the bible. Armageddon is Hebrew and a name of a place in northern Israel close to Telavi.
The Euphrates river will dry up to allow the two hundred-million-man army to approach from the east.
Satan will gather other armies form all over the world to join in this massive army in the Armageddon war.
This army is gather to fight the king of Kings, Jesus Christ himself. They know he is coming, but they don’t know when.
It is Jesus who says, I am coming as thief, this means the coming of Jesus will be a surprise. It can’t be the rapture; it has already occurred.
It can’t be the church; they went in the rapture. This is a reference to the coming of Jesus at the end of the tribulation period, known as the second coming.
Read revelation 16:19 through revelation 20:12
To complete after the 2nd coming.
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