THE TRIBULATION JUDGMENTS
THERE ARE THREE SETS OF JUDGMENTS IN THE TRIBULATION:
1. SEVEN SEAL JUDGMENTS
2. SEVEN TRUMPET JUDGMENTS
3. SEVEN BOWL JUDGMENTS
THE SEAL AND TRUMPET JUDGMENTS MAKE UP THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD AND THE SEVEN BOWL JUDGMENTS MAKE UP THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF OR THE GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD. THE SEVENTH JUDGMENT OF EACH SET INTRODUCES THE NEXT SET OF JUDGMENTS. THE SEVENTH SEAL JUDGMENT FOR EXAMPLE CONTAINS THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS.
LETS LOOK AT THE SEAL JUDGMENTS:
THE FIRST FOUR JUDGMENTS ARE HORSES OF DIFFERENT COLORS. WE HAVE COME TO KNOW THEM AS THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE. THESE JUDGEMENTS ARE FOUND IN REVELATION 6.
THE FIRST SEAL: A WHITE HORSE
REVELATION 6:1-2:
I WATCHED AS THE LAMB OPENED THE FIRST OF THE SEVEN SEALS. THEN I HEARD ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES SAY IN A VOICE LIKE THUNDER, “COME!” 2 I LOOKED, AND THERE BEFORE ME WAS A WHITE HORSE! ITS RIDER HELD A BOW, AND HE WAS GIVEN A CROWN, AND HE RODE OUT AS A CONQUEROR BENT ON CONQUEST.
THE FEATURE OF THIS HORSEMEN IS THAT HE COMES WITH A BOW AND NO ARROWS. THIS MEANS THAT HE WILL DO HIS CONQUERING THROUGH DIPLOMACY NOT MILITARY STRENGTH. HE IS SUCCESSFUL AS HE WEARS A CROWNS. THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT THIS RIDER IS THE ANTICHRIST.
THE SECOND SEAL: A RED HORSE
REVELATION 6:3-4:
WHEN THE LAMB OPENED THE SECOND SEAL, I HEARD THE SECOND LIVING CREATURE SAY, “COME!” 4 THEN ANOTHER HORSE CAME OUT, A FIERY RED ONE. ITS RIDER WAS GIVEN POWER TO TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH AND TO MAKE PEOPLE KILL EACH OTHER. TO HIM WAS GIVEN A LARGE SWORD.
THIS RIDER WILL TAKE PEACE FROM THE EARTH, AND WILL LEAD TO WHAT COULD BE CALLED WORLD WAR III. AFTER THE ANTICHRIST ESTABLISHES HIS TEN REGIONS OF THE WORLD WITH TEN RULERS, THREE WILL RISE UP IN REBELLION AGAINST HIM. THIS REBELLION WILL BE EASILY CRUSHED BY THE ANTICHRIST, AS THE REGIONS INVOLVED SWILL SIMPLY HAVE NO WEAPONS TO COUNTERACT THE STRENGTH OF ANTICHRIST’S FORCES. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT TODAY WE HAVE THE POWER TO WIPE OUT ENTIRE CITIES WITH NUCLEAR MISSILES, IT IS NOT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS DEATH TOLL WILL BE CATASTROPHIC.
THE THIRD SEAL: THE BLACK HORSE
REVELATION 6:5-6:
WHEN THE LAMB OPENED THE THIRD SEAL, I HEARD THE THIRD LIVING CREATURE SAY, “COME!” I LOOKED, AND THERE BEFORE ME WAS A BLACK HORSE! ITS RIDER WAS HOLDING A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HAND. 6 THEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A VOICE AMONG THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, SAYING, “TWO POUNDS OF WHEAT FOR A DAY’S WAGES, AND SIX POUNDS OF BARLEY FOR A DAY’S WAGES, N AND DO NOT DAMAGE THE OIL AND THE WINE!”
THIS BLACK HORSE THAT THE RIDER COMES OUT ON IS A SYMBOL OF THE FAMINE AND DISEASE THAT WILL FOLLOW THE UNSUCCESSFUL REBELLION.
TERMINAL DISEASES OF VARIOUS KINDS WILL RUN RAMPANT OVER THE ENTIRE WORLD. WORKERS WILL WORK ALL DAY JUST TO GET ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT. THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP THEIR FAMILY OR THE ELDERLY. IT WILL BE THE EQUIVILENT OF A WHEELBARROW FULL OF MONEY JUST TO BUY A LOAF OF BREAD.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE WEALTHY THIS JUDGMENT WILL NOT EFFECT THEM. THE CALL IS NOT TO HARM “THE OIL AND THE WINE.”, SYMBOLS OF WEALTH. WHY IS THIS? IT CREATES FURTHER SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WHERE THE POOR WILL LOOK AT THE WEALTHY WITH GREAT ANIMOSITY. VIOLENCE WILL BE THE ULTIMATE RESULT HERE AS WELL.
THE FOURTH SEAL: A PALE HORSE
REVELATION 6:7-8:
WHEN THE LAMB OPENED THE FOURTH SEAL, I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE FOURTH LIVING CREATURE SAY, “COME!” 8 I LOOKED, AND THERE BEFORE ME WAS A PALE HORSE! ITS RIDER WAS NAMED DEATH, AND HADES WAS FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND HIM. THEY WERE GIVEN POWER OVER A FOURTH OF THE EARTH TO KILL BY SWORD, FAMINE AND PLAGUE, AND BY THE WILD BEASTS OF THE EARTH.
THIS HORSEMEN IS KNOWN AS DEATH. I REMEMBER SEEING MY MOTHER SHORTLY BEFORE SHE DIED. HER FACE WAS COMPLETELY PALE, NO COLOR AT ALL. THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS RIDER AND HE BRINGS DEATH AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AS THE RESULT OF THIS SET OF JUDGMENTS.
THE FIFTH SEAL: THE MARTYRS:
REVELATION 6:9-11:
WHEN HE OPENED THE FIFTH SEAL, I SAW UNDER THE ALTAR THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN SLAIN BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE TESTIMONY THEY HAD MAINTAINED. 10 THEY CALLED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, “HOW LONG, SOVEREIGN LORD, HOLY AND TRUE, UNTIL YOU JUDGE THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD?” 11 THEN EACH OF THEM WAS GIVEN A WHITE ROBE, AND THEY WERE TOLD TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, UNTIL THE FULL NUMBER OF THEIR FELLOW SERVANTS, THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WERE KILLED JUST AS THEY HAD BEEN.
THIS JUDGMENT IS TAKING ABOUT THE TRIBULATION SAINTS. MOST IF NOT ALL OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO CHRIST DURING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD WILL BE MARTYRED. THESE ARE THOSE WHO WERE SLAIM=N BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT DENY THE LORD AND MAINTAIN THEIR TESTIMONY.
THE SIXTH SEAL: A GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
REVELATION 6:12-17:
THIS EARTHQUAKE WILL BE DEVESTATING, BUT NOT AS BAD AS THE ONE THAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE BOWL JUDGMENTS. JOHN TELLS US THAT EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND WILL BE MOVED OUT OF PLACE.
JOHN ALSO SEES METEORITES FALLING INTO THE EARTH (V.13), AND HUGE MUSHROOM CLOUDS AROUND THE EARTH (V.14). CONSIDER THE ULTIMATE RESULT THE FEAR IN PEOPLE BROUGHT THEM TO.
REVELATION 6:16-17:
THEY CALLED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ROCKS, “FALL ON US AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND FROM THE WRATH OF THE LAMB! 17 FOR THE GREAT DAY OF THEIR WRATH HAS COME, AND WHO CAN WITHSTAND IT?”
THISE SET OF JUDGMENTS WILL HAVE DEVESTATING RESULTS ON THE WORLDS POPULATION. 25% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION WILL BE KILLED DURING THIS SET OF JUDGMENTS. IN A 21 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME USING A POPULATION NUMBER OF 7.5 BILLION PEOPLE, 1,875,000,000 PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED. THIS NUMBER WILL GO UP AS THE POPULATION INCREASES.
THE SECOND SET OF JUDGMENTS ARE THE TRUMPET JUDGMENTS:
THESE WILL OVER A 21 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME AND ARE GREATER IN DEVESTATION THAN THE SEAL JUDGMENTS.
THE FIRST TRUMPET: HAIL, FIRE AND BLOOD
REVELATION 8:7:
THE FIRST ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND THERE CAME HAIL AND FIRE MIXED WITH BLOOD, AND IT WAS HURLED DOWN ON THE EARTH. A THIRD OF THE EARTH WAS BURNED UP, A THIRD OF THE TREES WERE BURNED UP, AND ALL THE GREEN GRASS WAS BURNED UP.
THIS IS THE FIRST JUDGMENT THAT INVOLVES NATURE. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE EFFECTS OF THE SIN NATURE WAS PASSED ON TO NATURE AS WELL AS HUMANITY. THE NATURAL DISASTERS WE SEE TODAY WHILE SOME ARE MANMADE AND SOME A RESULT OF MAN’S SIN, ARE ALL A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT WHEN MAN FELL, SO TOO DID THE WORLD AROUND HIM. THAT WORLD HAS TO BE RE-CREATED WITHOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE SIN NATURE.
THIS FIRST TRUMPET WILL DESTROY ONE THIRD OF THE TREES AND GRASS ON THE EARTH. THE EFFECTS OF THIS DESTRUCTION WILL BE FURTHER FELT BY THE LACK OF GRAZING GROUND FOR ANIMALS AND HOMES FOR VARIOUS WILDLIFE THAT USE TREES.
IT IS ALSO A FULFILLMENT OF A PROPHECY IN THE BOOK OF JOEL WHERE IS SAYS:
JOEL 2:30: I WILL SHOW WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS AND ON THE EARTH, BLOOD AND FIRE AND BILLOWS OF SMOKE.
THE SECOND TRUMPET: A MOUNTAIN OF FIRE
REVELATION 8:8-9:
THE SECOND ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND SOMETHING LIKE A HUGE MOUNTAIN, ALL ABLAZE, WAS THROWN INTO THE SEA. A THIRD OF THE SEA TURNED INTO BLOOD, 9 A THIRD OF THE LIVING CREATURES IN THE SEA DIED, AND A THIRD OF THE SHIPS WERE DESTROYED.
THE SIZE OF WHAT CRASHED INTO THE SEA WAS ENORMOUS, AS WAS THE DESTRUCTION IT CAUSED. ONE-THIRD OF THE SEA BECAME BLOOD. THIS KILLED ONE-THIRD OF EVERYTHING IN THE SEA, AND AS WELL DESTROYED ONE-THIRD OF ALL THE SHIPS ON THE SEA. THE IMPACT OF LOSING THIS AMOUNT OF SHIPS TRANSPORTING CARGO AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE GREAT.
THE THIRD TRUMPET: A STAR CALLED WORMWOOD
REVELATION 8:10-11:
THE THIRD ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND A GREAT STAR, BLAZING LIKE A TORCH, FELL FROM THE SKY ON A THIRD OF THE RIVERS AND ON THE SPRINGS OF WATER—11 THE NAME OF THE STAR IS WORMWOOD. A THIRD OF THE WATERS TURNED BITTER, AND MANY PEOPLE DIED FROM THE WATERS THAT HAD BECOME BITTER
THIS METEOR CRASHES INTO THE EARTH AND EFFECTS ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD’S FRESH WATER, THE RIVERS AND SPRINGS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE DEATH OF MANY PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF LACK OF PURE WATER AND THE DISEASE THAT COMES FROM DRINKING CANTAMINATED WATER.
THE FOURTH TRUMPET: DARKNESS DESCENDS
REVELATION 8:12: THE FOURTH ANGEL SOUNDED HIS TRUMPET, AND A THIRD OF THE SUN WAS STRUCK, A THIRD OF THE MOON, AND A THIRD OF THE STARS, SO THAT A THIRD OF THEM TURNED DARK. A THIRD OF THE DAY WAS WITHOUT LIGHT, AND ALSO A THIRD OF THE NIGHT
OUR WORLD IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DEPENDANT ON SOLAR ENERGY. THIS PARTICULAR JUDGMENT WILL HAVE A HARSH IMPACT ON OUR SOLAR POTENTIAL.
WITH THE LOSS OF ONE-THIRD OF OUR SUNS ENERGY, ALONG WITH THE MOON AND STARS, WE WILL SEE FAR REACHING EFFECTS ON OUR WORLD. THINGS WILL GRIND TO A STANDSTILL AS THERE WILL BE NO ENERGY TO MOVE FORWARD. IT WILL HAVE EFFECTS AGRICULTURALLY AS PLANTS THAT NEED SUNLIGHT TO GROW WILL NOT HAVE THIS AND DIE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS JUDGMENT WILL BE FAR-REACHING.
TRUMPET JUDGMENT FIVE: THE LOCUSTS OF APOLLYON
REVELATION 9:1-11
WHEN THIS JUDGMENT IS SOUNDED SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES “LOCUSTS” WITH SCORPION-LIKE TAILS WILL INVADE THE EARTH AND STING ALL NON-BELIEVERS. THEIR STING IS NOT FATAL, ALTHOUGH SCRIPTURE TELLS US THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE STUNG MAY WISH IT TO BE. THE PAIN THAT THEY CAUSE WILL BE IMMENSE.
THIS JUDGMENT SHOWS US SOME IMPORTANT THINGS. GOD DOES PUT BOUNDARIES AND LIMITATIONS ON THE JUDGMENTS. BELIEVERS ARE NOT TO BE STUNG BY THESE LOCUSTS. THE LOCUSTS ARE NOT TO ATTACK THE FOLIAGE, JUST UNBELIEVERS. THESE BITES ARE NOT FATAL AND TO LAST A DEFINITE PERIOD OF FIVE MONTHS.
THE SIXTH TRUMPET: THE FOUR ANGELS RELEASED
REVELATION 9:13-19:
THIS JUDGMENT INVOLVES THE RELEASE OF FOUR EVIL ANGELS HELD IN CAPTIVITY. THEY ARE GIVEN THE POWER TO LEAD AN ARMY OF 200,000,000 SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, THAT WILL KILL ONE-THIRD OF THE EARTH’S REMAINING POPULATION THROUGH SUPERNATURAL MEANS (FIRE, SMOKE AND BRIMSTONE).
THIS JUDGMENT WILL OCCUR IN A 21 MONTH SPAN OF TIME. THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST TWO JUDGMENTS INCLUDE, THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLDS WATER SUPPLY, ONE-THIRD OF ITS SOLAR ENERGY, AND THE DEATH OF OVER 3.6 BILLION PEOPLE, BASED ON A WORLD POPULATION OF 7.5 BILLION.
NOW WE ENTER THE FINAL JUDGMENT THE BOWL JUDGMENTS. THIS TAKES IN THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION.
THE FIRST BOWL: FOUL AND LOATHSOME SORES
REVELATION 16:2: THE FIRST ANGEL WENT AND POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE LAND, AND UGLY, FESTERING SORES BROKE OUT ON THE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND WORSHIPED ITS IMAGE
WHAT THESE SORES ARE WE DON’T KNOW. THE BEST WAY I CAN THINK OF TO DESCRIBE IT IS TO THINK OF THE WORST CASE OF SHINGLES YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE, THINK OF THE PAIN BEING A MILLION TIMES GREATER, AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE FEELING. THIS IS A JUDGMENT OF INTENSE, UNENDING PAIN FOR ALL UNBELIEVERS. THIS WILL NOT EFFECT TRIBULATION SAINTS.
THE SECOND BOWL JUDGMENT: THE SEA WILL BE TURNED INTO BLOOD
REVELATION 16:3: THE SECOND ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE SEA, AND IT TURNED INTO BLOOD LIKE THAT OF A DEAD PERSON, AND EVERY LIVING THING IN THE SEA DIED.
NOW THE LORD COMMANDS THAT THE ENTIRE SEA BE TURNED INTO BLOOD. THE EFFECTS INCLUDE THE DEATH OF ALL CREATURES THAT LIVE IN THE SEA. ALL SHIPPING WILL BE GROUNDED. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL DIE AS A RESULT OF THE DISEASE THIS JUDGMENT WILL CAUSE.
THE THIRD BOWL: THE RIVERS AND SPRINGS TURNED TO BLOOD
REVELATION 16:4-7:
THE THIRD ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE RIVERS AND SPRINGS OF WATER, AND THEY BECAME BLOOD. 5 THEN I HEARD THE ANGEL IN CHARGE OF THE WATERS SAY: “YOU ARE JUST IN THESE JUDGMENTS, O HOLY ONE, YOU WHO ARE AND WHO WERE; 6 FOR THEY HAVE SHED THE BLOOD OF YOUR HOLY PEOPLE AND YOUR PROPHETS, AND YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM BLOOD TO DRINK AS THEY DESERVE.” 7 AND I HEARD THE ALTAR RESPOND: “YES, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, TRUE AND JUST ARE YOUR JUDGMENTS.”
IN THIS JUDGMENT ALL REMAINING FRESH WATER IS GOING TO BE TURNED INTO BLOOD, EFFECTING ONLY UNBELIEVERS. JUST IMAGINE, A TRIBULATION SAINT WILL DRINK FREELY, BUT THE MOMENT THEY GIVE WATER TO AN UNBELIEVER IT TURNS TO BLOOD. THERE IS NOTHING THAT EITHER PARTY CAN DO ABOUT IT.
THE FOURTH BOWL: SCORTHING HEAT:
REVELATION 16:8-9:
THE FOURTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE SUN, AND THE SUN WAS ALLOWED TO SCORCH PEOPLE WITH FIRE. 9 THEY WERE SEARED BY THE INTENSE HEAT AND THEY CURSED THE NAME OF GOD, WHO HAD CONTROL OVER THESE PLAGUES, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPENT AND GLORIFY HIM.
RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY SOME VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES, BUT WE HAVE THE BENEFITS OF BEING ABLE TO COOL OFF IN POOLS, HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING, GET COOL DRINKS OF WATER. IT’S HOT BUT WE CAN COPE.
NOT SO WITH THIS JUDGMENT. THE UNBELIEVERS HAVE NO FRESH OR SALT WATER TO BATH IN OR DRINK. NOW THEIR SKIN IS GOING TO SCORCH WITH INTENSE UNNATURAL HEAT, THAT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON BELIEVERS.
NOW THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS JUDGMENT IS WHAT JOHN SAYS AT THE END OF THE VERSE, WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPONSE, “THEY CURSED THE NAME OF GOD, WHO HAD CONTROL OVER THESE PLAGUES, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPENT AND GLORIFY HIM”.
HERE IS A KEY POINT TO THE JUDGMENTS. GOD IS IN CONTROL OF THE JUDGMENTS. HE CAN CHANGE A GLASS OF BLOOD IMMEDIATELY TO A GLASS OF COOL WATER IF THE PEOPLE WOULD JUST REPENT AND TURN TO JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS THAT THEY HARDENED THEIR HEARTS EVEN HARDER IN RESPONSE TO THE JUDGMENTS. INSTEAD OF TURNING TO GOD IN MERCY FOR HIS GRACE, THEY TURNED TO HIM IN ANGER.
WE HAD A DOG NAMED “MILLIE”. ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE WALKING IN THE WOODS, MILLIE HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A PORCUPINE. IT WAS QUITE BAD AND INVOLVED A TRIP TO THE VETS TO GET THE SPINES REMOVED. AS WE TALKED WITH THE VET I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT ONE OF TWO THINGS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
MILLIE WOULD EITHER FEAR PORCUPINES AND STAY AWAY FROM THEM, OR SHE WOULD HAVE SUCH AN ANGER WITH THEM FOR THE PAIN THEY CAUSED HER THAT SHE WOULD ATTACK ANY SHE SAW. FOR MILLIE IT WAS TO ATTACK.
THE SAME IS TRUE FOR UNBELIEVERS AT THIS TIME. THEY CHOSE TO LASH OUT AT GOD IN ANGER FOR HIS RIGHTEOUS JUSGEMENT AND IGNORE THE GIFT OF MERCY HE OFFERED.
THE FIFTH BOWL: DARKNESS ON THE BEASTS KINGDOM
REVELATION 16:10-11:
THE FIFTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE THRONE OF THE BEAST, AND ITS KINGDOM WAS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS. PEOPLE GNAWED THEIR TONGUES IN AGONY 11 AND CURSED THE GOD OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR PAINS AND THEIR SORES, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPENT OF WHAT THEY HAD DONE.
THIS JUDGMENT WAS A TYPE OF BLINDNESS THAT WOULD EFFECT ONLY UNBELIEVERS. THEY WERE IN SUCH MISERY BY NOW THAT THEY LITERALLY WILL GNAW THEIR TONGUES IN AGONY. I HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE I BIT MY TONGUE AS I’M SURE YOU HAVE TO. IT CAUSED GREAT PAIN FOR A SHORT WHILE. THE PAIN THESE UNBELIEVERS WOULD FEEL WILL NOT GO AWAY. IT WILL IN FACT BE A PREVIEW AS TO WHAT THEIR ETERNITY IN HELL WILL BE LIKE FOLLOWING THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. STILL THEY WILL NOT TURN TO THE LORD.
THE SIXTH BOWL: THE EUPHRATES DRIES UP
REVELATION 16:12: THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED OUT HIS BOWL ON THE GREAT RIVER EUPHRATES, AND ITS WATER WAS DRIED UP TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE KINGS FROM THE EAST
THE DRYING OF THE EUPHRATES IS GOING TO CREATE THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO FOR THE LAST GREAT BATTLE IN HISTORY, THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. THE DRYING OF THE EUPHRATES WILL CREATE A BATTLEFIELD LARGE ENOUGH FOR THIS BATTLE TO TAKE PLACE.
CONCLUSION:
1. THE TRIBULATION PERIOD IS INITIATED BY GOD TO SHOW HIS POWER AND TO OFFER PEOPLE ONE LAST CHANCE FOR SALVATION.
2. THE TRIBULATION PERIOD IN DESTROYING SO MUCH OF THE EARTH, IS ACTUALLY PREPARING IT FOR A RE-CREATION AS OUR HEAVENLY ETERNAL HOME.
3. THE TRIBULATION PERIOD IS A SERIES OF RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS THAT ARE MADE ON PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO ACCEPT GOD’S GIFT OF SALVATION, AND CHOOSE THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND TO FOLLOW HIM.
4. YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. BY ACCEPTING CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOUR YOU WILL BE TAKEN WITH THE CHURCH AT THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PAIN. REMEMBER ALTHOUGH THE EFFECTS OF THE JUDGMENTS WILL NOT BE FELT BY TRIBULATION SAINTS, IT DOES NOT SHIELD TRIBULATION SAINTS FROM THE SADNESS THAT WILL OCCUR AS THEY SEE THEIR LOVED ONES DEALING WITH THESE JUDGMENTS.
