p.1 The Seven seals being open

When does the day of the Lord begin? At the Seals being opened with THE FIRST 4 RIDERS

In Revelation 5:1-14 we read of the Lamb who opens the Seven-Sealed Scroll. The opening of the seven seals has the Tribulation judgments commence with riders on 4 different horses in succession, one after another. This happens to be a separated time, a unique time when God deals with man’s wickedness on earth by the outpouring of his wrath (Zeph. 1:14-15). The Great tribulation has no similarity to any Tribulation that man has had since he was removed from the garden, it is a separated time period for the end of the age, it is the most severe of any other time in history.

The Seven-Sealed Scroll is spoken of in verse one:

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. It is a scroll (the real meaning of the Greek term translated “book”) that

is written upon both sides and is sealed with seven seals.

Verses 2-4 describe the problem of the scroll:

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who

is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And

no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth,

was able to open the book, or to look thereon. And I wept

much, because no one was found worthy to open the book,

or to look thereon: . . .

One problem of the Seven-Sealed Scroll was that no one was found worthy

to open it. This difficulty, however, is solved in verses 5-7:

“And one of the elders says unto me, Weep not; behold, the

Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath

overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof. And I

saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures,

blessing. And every created thing which is in the heaven, and

on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all

things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sits

on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the

honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell

down and worshipped.

42 MONTHS
The False Messiah known as the antichrist "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months." (Rev 13:5)

Chapters four and five describe events in Heaven that precede the Tribulation. Rev.5-6 the seals are broken because of the signing of the treaty. The day of Jehovahis the most common term found in the Old Testament for the Tribulation. It begins with the signing of the seven-year covenant and ends with the second coming of Christ exactly seven years later (Known as Armageddon).

Then comes the wrath of God on the world (called sudden destruction) 6 ^th seal on 7 ^th seal 7 Jews are sealed to evangelize the world.

We the church are no appointed to wrath Rev.3

Jesus said "then shall be great tribulation, not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Mt. 24:21). Jesus indicated its length to be three and one-half Years until He returns.

“Jesus said, except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortene d" (Mt. 24:22). God will shorten the Great Tribulation to no more than three and one-half years 1,260 days so that man will survive.

It is described as Isa. 13:12-13 “ I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold , A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir. Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the LORD of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger.

There are three series of judgments (classified by seals, trumpets, bowls) the prelude to the Seal Judgments is to be found in chapter five.

The Seal judgments:

Rev.6:1-1st Seal: White horse (Antichrist) swiftly comes to conquer

Rev.6:3-2nd Seal: Wars on earth

Rev.6:5-3rd Seal: Worldwide economic troubles

Rev.6:7-4th Seal: Death released. 1/4 of the world’s population to die by plagues, disease, and beasts of the earth

Rev.6:9-5th Seal: Persecution and mass killing of God's people worldwide

Rev.6:12-6th Seal: A Massive earthquake felt on earth

Rev.7:2-7th Seal: Silence in heaven, the sealing of 144,000 then the 7 trumpet judgments

Rev 7:13-14 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" 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.”

This is not the middle but more toward the beginning, at the 7 ^th seal.

Speaking of the last half Jesus said the middle of the 70th Week will initiate a time of terrible persecution of the Jews which results in their hiding in a wilderness.

Isaiah 13:9: “ Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.”

A period of “seventy weeks” is given in which God deals with his nation Israel. A total of seventy (70) "weeks" are determined for "thy people", the Jews. This is separated by 7 "weeks" and 62 "weeks" (a total of 69 "weeks"), 69 of these "weeks" have already happened at his first coming.

Lasting a total of 483 years, from this we know how long the 70th "week" will be.

The Tribulation begins with the signing of the peace treaty with Israel. For this to happen there needs to be a state of Israel.

Daniel's amazing prophecy also foretells the exact time of Messiah's coming: 7+62=69 weeks of years (69x7=483) after the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem

Daniel prophecies of a period of 70 weeks (of years) that will include the first coming of Christ, His death (a "cutting off"), and the coming of one who will pretend to be "Messiah the Prince," called "the prince that shall come," i.e., the bible identifies as Antichrist.

Isa.28:14-15 This covenant Is made to guarantee security to Israel. God’s perspective of this covenant, he calls it a covenant of death and hell. What Israel thought was best for their security turns out to be their worst nightmare.vs.16 tells us what happens to those who do not go along with it.Vs.19 mentions a covenant for security Vs.20 an illustration of non security and no comfort (by having too short a bed and blanket) vs.21-22 called Jehovah’s strange work and act a decree of destruction on the whole earth because of the covenant being signed.

The New Testament calls it The Great Tribulation—Matthew 24:21; Revelation 2:22; 7:14

(The Tribulation—Matthew 24:29).

The word for Tribulation ( thlipsis in Greek), means pressure, affliction, anguish, persecution. Jesus adds the word great (Greek is megas ) meaning exceeding or large. In context, the whole world will be encompassed, having pressure on life unlike any other time in its history. No time before this has occurred.

The main names for this time period of 7 years

The Time of Jacob’s Trouble—Jeremiah 30:7

The Day of Israel's Calamity - Deut. 32:35; Obadiah 12-14

The Day of Vengeance—Isaiah 34:8; 35:4; 61:2

The Time of Trouble—Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 1:15

The Day of Wrath—Zephaniah 1:15

The Day of Distress—Zephaniah 1:15

The Day of Wasteness—Zephaniah 1:15

The Day of Desolation wrath—Zephaniah 1:15

The Day of Darkness—Zephaniah 1:1

The Book of Revelation coincides with Daniel's 70th week (Daniel 9:27)

Daniel 9:24 “ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city,
he then describes several points,
(1) to finish the transgression, (all of it)
(2) and to make an end of sins
(3) and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
(4) and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
(5) and to seal up the vision and prophecy,
(6) and to anoint the most Holy. This would be the holy of holies in the temple Christ will be he rules from Zion.

Some see the second half of the seven-year period, the last 3½ years as the“Great Tribulation.” I take the position that the whole seven year period is the Great Tribulation, being the last heptad of Daniel. As it is called the 70th Week of Daniel (Daniel 9:27), though the last 31/2 years is especially the harshest.

The tribulation is 7 years. Half of each of this measures out to 1,260 days, 42 months, or three and one half years.

we find these time periods mentioned in Revelation 11: 2 “But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.”

The gentiles have control over Jerusalem for the last half of the tribulation period
We also read that The LAST HALF of Daniel's 70th " week " has the " woman " [who is Israel] fleeing from the antichrist for the 1260 days, half the tribulation period.
" And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days ” (Rev. 12:6)

“And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent." (Rev.12:14)

It is here where the portion of the nation that fled out of the land is all saved.

Pt.2 A tribulation is coming

 

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