In this continuing study I take a look at the Rapture Doctrine. Is this a Pre-Trib, as taught in most mainstream Churches are do Christians go through the Tribulation Period? I compare Thessalonians to Matthew 24 along with Revelation. I venture into Paul’s writings to explore what he has to say, along with what Yahweh says in Ezekiel. I also ask the listeners to grab a pencil and paper as we create charts for comparison as we get deeper into this study.
In this Part 35 I continue our study in this Matthew 24. I share John 17 verse 1; Rev. 22 verse 18; 2 Chronicles 7 verses 12-14
I go into a rant over the Covid issue, Catholic and the Pope, The New Agreement Bible
The apostle John received revelation relating to the Daniel 9:27 prophecy: Satan and his demonic angels will be cast down from their heavenly realm to the earth in the middle of the seven-year Tribulation (Rev. 12:7–9). This action will infuriate Satan. Knowing his time is growing short, he will begin wrathful desolation (Rev. 12:12). Then he apparently will take possession of Antichrist and prompt him to stop Israel’s reinstated Old Testament worship. He will seize the Temple, set himself up as Yahweh in that place, and demand to be worshiped as Yahweh. Because Satan desires to be worshiped as Yahweh (Isa. 14:12–14), he will receive that worship by proxy through his Antichrist (see Rev. 13:4). Once this blasphemous worship begins, Antichrist will be empowered to continue for 42 months (Rev. 13:5; cf. Dan. 7:25).
Yahweh will not crush Satan and establish His Millennial Kingdom on Earth until Israel repents and experiences a national reconciliation with Yahweh (Zech. 12—14; Acts 3:12–21). Thus Satan attempts to destroy Israel beforehand so that Yahweh will not crush him.
The word translated “tribulation” refers to “distress” and was used to describe birth pangs. The word translated “great” emphasizes the “intensity” of the distress.Earlier in His discourse (vv. 4–8), Yahshua indicated the first half of the Tribulation will be characterized by “the beginning of sorrows” (literally, “birth pangs”). The concept of “great” distress in verse 21 means the second half will be characterized by the intense, hard-labor birth pangs. The Greek text reveals that Yahshua used a double negative to emphasize the impossibility of any other time equaling the intense distress of that time.
Could Yahshua Messiah be making reference to what Josephus writes in his Book Wars of the Jews Book 2 Chapter 13 Section 4? There was also another body of wicked men gotten together, not so impure in their actions, but more wicked in their intentions, which laid waste the happy state of the city no less than did these murderers. These were such men as deceived and deluded the people under pretense of Divine inspiration, but were for procuring innovations and changes of the government; and these prevailed with the multitude to act like madmen, and went before them into the wilderness, as pretending that God would there show them the signals of liberty. But Felix thought this procedure was to be the beginning of a revolt; so he sent some horsemen and footmen both armed, who destroyed a great number of them.
And then we read in Section 5: But there was an Egyptian false prophet that did the Jews more mischief than the former; for he was a cheat, and pretended to be a prophet also, and got together thirty thousand men that were deluded by him; these he led round about from the wilderness to the mount which was called the Mount of Olives, and was ready to break into Jerusalem by force from that place; and if he could but once conquer the Roman garrison and the people, he intended to domineer over them by the assistance of those guards of his that were to break into the city with him.
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