Remember my surprise the other day?
Let me give it to you now.
Actually If you don't really want to read,
it's ok.
This is going to be a long entry.
I'm going to give you
excerpts from Pastor How's Eschatology,
or End Times.
This will give you a clearer understanding of
The Book of Revelations.
Let's start.
We'll start with the Time Sequence.
The Day of the Lord(DOTL) is the day of God's wrath
upon the evils of this world.
But before the DOTL,
more stuffs need to happen.
Before the DOTL,
there will be a great blackout.
[Joel 2:31]
The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible day of the Lord arrives.
But before the Blackout,
The Great Tribulation will happen.
[Matthew 24:29-30]
29 “Immediately after the anguish of those days,
the sun will be darkened,
the moon will give no light,
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
30 And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
The Great Tribulation is the times of persecution
[Matthew 24:3-28]
3 Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?”
4 Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, 5 for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.
9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. 11 And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. 12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.
15 “The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about—the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!) 16 “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. 17 A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. 18 A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. 19 How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. 20 And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. 22 In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.
23 “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. 25 See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.
26 “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! 27 For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. 28 Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.
Altogether the whole time sequence is in 7 parts.
The 1st thing that is going to happen,
is that there will be great deceptions
that are going to happen.
Churches with false doctrines will rise up
and these churches will win many people
to their cause.
2nd thing:
Wars will come.
[Compare this with Matthew 24:6-7 above]
3rd thing:
There will be food shortages and therefore food prices will shoot up!
4th thing:
Death.
If there are approximately 6 billion people
on earth,
1.5 billion people will die from
diseases carried by animals,
famines and wars.
These 1st 4 things are just the beginning of sorrows.
5th Thing:
Great Tribulation.
6th Thing:
Blackout.
7th thing:
The DOTL.
This is when God's wrath is unleashed unto the world.
But before the start of DOTL,
Those who are in Christ will be taken out of the world.
7 things will happen to the wicked who are not in Christ.
1/3 of them will die, those near the seas will be destroyed, they will die because of poisonous or lack of water, they will be scorched with great heat, they will be tormented with pain and sores, they will gather to form an army but 1/3 of them will die and lastly those who have been taken up with Christ will lay siege to that army and kill all of them and the devil will be imprisoned for 1000 years.
Therefore the Time Sequence goes like this:
Beginning of Sorrows -> Great Tribulation -> DOTL
Interesting huh?
There's a lot more facts about the End Times.
What I gave you is but a fraction of it.
If this was an orange,
I just gave you the skin,
I haven't touched on the juicy parts.
^.^
Most interesting part should be the Time sequence.
Especially the Beginning of Sorrows.
Does it all look familiar in our world context currently?
Makes you think huh?
LOL
Ok.
I hope you learnt something today.
The End
