Have you considered the possibility that it is
YOU who are confused and spiritually asleep please?
How could anyone in their right mind think Revelation 19:11-16 isn't Christ the Saviour? Do you know of anyone else who is the
King of kings and Lord of lords? And how can you have missed so many of the "
signs of the times".
Why exactly would you think Christ wouldn't be here again,
IN THE FLESH, during the Great Tribulation,
exactly as He promised His Disciples He would be, to gather the "Elect" (
Gen. 49:10,
22-24)?
"Christian" prophecy today is
filled with
false prophets and
false christs claiming to know the exact day when the great tribulation will begin and when it will end, along with what they think will happen in between. Fortunes have been made writing books and making films on this subject because people are starting to see how bad it's getting and are looking for answers. Unfortunately most are looking in all of the
wrong places (
John 5:39-40).
Christ describes the great tribulation in the following way:-
Matthew 24:21-22
24:21
For then shall be great oppression, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
24:22
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the Elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
The great tribulation/oppression is also described in the Book of Daniel:-
Daniel 12:1
And at THAT time shall Michael [the Archangel] (
Eno. 20:5;
36:1;
40:8;
58:1;
59:9;
57:1-2;
70:4;
Rev. 12:7;
Sura 2:98)
stand up, the Great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the Book [of Life] (
Rev. 13:8;
17:8;
20:15;
21:27;
Sura 83:20).
12:2
And many of them that sleep in "the dust of the earth" (
Gen. 13:16;
28:14)
shall awake, some to Everlasting Life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to Righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and "seal" the Book (
Rev. 5:1-5), [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and [evil] knowledge (
1 Tim. 5:20) shall be increased.
And in the Book of Jeremiah:-
Jeremiah 30:7-11
30:7 Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
30:8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the "I AM" Lord of hosts, [that] I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
30:9
But they shall serve the "I AM" their God, and My Well-Beloved their king, whom I will raise up unto them (
Ezek. 21:26-27,
Luke 1:32).
30:10 Therefore fear thou not, O My servant Jacob, saith the "I AM"; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make [him] afraid.
30:11 For I [am] with thee, saith the "I AM", to save thee: though I make a complete end of all nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a complete end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
And we're even told what we need to do to prepare and what will happen when the great tribulation ends:-
Malachi 4
4:1 For, behold, the Day cometh, that shall burn like 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 "I AM" Lord of hosts, that it shall leave of them neither
root nor
branch (nothing).
4:2 But unto you that fear My name shall
the Sun of Righteousness (Christ - The Light of the World) arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
4:3 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 "I AM" Lord of hosts.
4:4
Remember ye and return to The Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for
all Israel, [with] the Statutes and Judgments.
4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the "I AM" (
Sura 43:61):
4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse (see verse 1 for the details of the curse).
From these verses we
know the following information about the great tribulation from a
CERTAIN point of view:
1. it will be the worst oppression
ever (
Matt. 24:21);
2. God will have to intervene for us to avoid
total annihilation (
Matt. 24:22);
3. it is aka “the time of Jacob's (Israel's) trouble” (
Jer. 30:7);
4. it is punishment for Jacob/Israel not keeping The Law (
Jer. 30:11,
Mal. 4:4);
5. the Great Prince Michael will be here
during it (
Dan. 12:1);
6. Christ will be here during it (
Jer. 30:9,
Mal. 4:2);
7. Elijah the Prophet will be here
during it (
Mal. 4:5);
8. there will be a great spiritual awakening during it (
Dan. 12:2);
9. Judgment Day and The Fire will take place after it (
Mal. 4:1,
5); and
10. the
truth about it has been sealed up (
Dan. 12:4), awaiting
Christ's Second Coming (
Rev. 5:1-5).
Isn't
WHY this is happening just as, if not
MORE important than
WHEN it will happen?
The reason for the great tribulation is simple: it is a
final attempt to awaken
true Israel from her spiritual slumber by motivating us to
see the
TOTAL INSANITY of our incessant
criminal behavior (which is destroying our planetary life-support system and each other), and give us one last chance to repent of and
REFORM our evil ways.
True repentance means to
stop doing all of this evil just as
true reformation means doing away with
everything that is corrupt and wrong. And there is something
terribly corrupt and wrong about this country, this world and this way of life, isn't there?
There are at least two dozen Scriptural birthmarks describing
Christ's Second Coming in a new body from the tribe of Joseph-Ephraim with a
NEW NAME (
Rev. 2:17,
3:12,
19:12).
Further, Christ Himself described to His Disciples an event that the entire world would see marking
His Second Coming. Perhaps you missed it?
Matthew 24:32-34
24:32
Now learn a parable of the Fig tree (Jews); When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves (1948), ye know that Summer [is] nigh:
24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it (the end) is near, [even] at the doors.
24:34 Verily I say unto you, THIS generation (from 1948-on) shall not pass, till ALL these things be fulfilled.
Christ even prophesied that when His Second Coming in the flesh was complete, He would shed the body He is
CURRENTLY using to fulfill His Mission, at which time He would be seen by everyone, coming in the "Clouds" with the Heavenly Host (God's Army, aka "the eagles")
TO REAP THE EARTH.
Matthew 24:27-30
24:27
For as the lightening cometh out of the East, and shineth even unto the West; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
24:28 For wheresoever THE CARCASE IS, there will the eagles be gathered together.
24:29 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:
24:30 And THEN shall appear the Sign ("Star") 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.
The only thing we don't know is the Day and the Hour of Judgment, when Christ will separate the sheep from the goats (
Matt. 25:31-46,
John 5:22). Only Father (God) knows that (
Matt. 24:36).
Any questions?