The Tribulation according to the Bible
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The Tribulation according to the Bible
The first Seal, Rev 6:2: “And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. “
-Antichrist, or he who will later become the antichrist (after his deadly wound is healed and apparent “resurrection”) sets forth. This may or may not be apparent to the population, little detail is given.
The Second Seal, Rev 6:4: “And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.”
Matt 24:7: “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…”
-Peace taken from Earth, World War.
The Third Seal, Rev 6:5-6: “And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.”
Matt 24:7:”...and there shall be famines...”
-Widespread food shortages and hyperinflation. A penny here is a translated from the greek word denarion, equivalent to a full twelve hour workday’s wages.
The Fourth Seal, Rev6:8: “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
-A quarter of the earth dead at this point.
The Fifth Seal, Rev 6:9,11: “I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held... ...And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Matt 24:9, 15, 21, 23: “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.” ”When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place...” “... then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.”
Rev 12:17: “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
-Period of intense persecution and killing of true believers in Christ. The “Great Tribulation”.
The Sixth Seal, Rev 6:12-17: “...there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Matt 24:29-30: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”
1 Th 4:16 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:…”
Rev 14:14-15: “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
-Christ appears in the clouds, people of the whole world terrified at His coming. Dead believers resurrected.
Rev 7: (After the Sixth Seal but before the Seventh): “...After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes…”
Matt 24:31: “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
1 Th 4: 17: “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord”
Rev 14:16: “And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.”
- The “Rapture” Note carefully that multiple passages such as in Matt 24 and Mark 13 agree it is “after the tribulation of those days”.
The Seventh Seal, Rev 8:1-5: “...there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer... ...And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound."
-The beginning of God’s wrath on a Christ-rejecting, Antichrist-worshipping world. Leading to the trumpet judgements and pouring our upon the earth the vials of God’s wrath.
