The Great Tribulation: When, Where, & Why? | Matthew 24:15-21 [Sermon]

Thanks for watching! Check out the rest of our channel for more content and teaching series.

[Etruth]

Excellent teaching! I'm currently studying Dr. Kenneth Gentry's latest commentary on Revelation, and this message aligns well with his perspective.

[NinjaMasterOOO]

WOW great video and great info. There is a lot of perspective i had never considered. I need to listen again when i can pay closer attention. Thanks guys keep em coming!

[FirstTimer]

Here's why the abomination of desolation is not referring to AE killing a pig on the alter. Revelation says the abomination causes desolation. By the time AE took Jerusalem, the desolation had already occurred. Next, the killing of the pig on the alter, along with the other travesties committed by AE led to the Maccabean revolt which succeeded in repelling Epiphanies army. When Revelation talkes about the abomination, it says that the abomination itself will cause abomination. "The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed." Revelation 13:5

So we se that the abomination itself was able to cause desolation. When AE set up the statue of Zeus and killed the pig, those were empty items that were not given any power to do anything.

[harryevans]

The Rapture: Revelation

Revelation 6:1-6 - And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 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. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 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. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. 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.

Revelation 13:3-4 - And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Revelation 13:14-17 - And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Revelation 6:7-8 -And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 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.

Revelation 6-9-11 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, 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 they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 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.

Revelation 13:7 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations

Revelation 6:12 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Revelation 14:14-17 - 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. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

Revelation 7:9 - 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, and palms in their hands;

Revelation 7:14 - And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 8:1 - And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Revelation 20:4-6 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

[mikebrown]

God operates on the principle of duality. Ex: the OT physical nation of Israel(the church in the wilderness Acts 7:38) and the NT church, spiritual Israel. Prophecy is also dual, meaning there is a forerunner and an anti type, latter day fulfillment.
The 70 AD holocaust, exclusive to the cities of Judah, was merely a forerunner type of what is to occur just prior to Christs return. Daniel was written for “the time of the end”(Daniel 12:8-9) which is when its main fulfillment would happen. Verse 1 is the same exact prophetic language as Matthew 24:21. Daniel 12:7 and Revelation 12:14 are identical in describing the time duration of these end time catastrophic events that the Church(the woman) is protected from.
Also, without understanding who the end time nations of Israel are, it is impossible to have a clear picture of these events and where the world is in prophetic time. Otherwise, it’s just human reasoning trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle.

[pretribtruth]

Mat 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: 
Mat 24:30  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. 
Mat 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. 

Here's the issue immediately after that tribulation we see the cosmic signs which have never been seen to this day and immediately after that tribulation Jesus returns to gather the elect which requires a resurrection since the dead in Christ rise first.

Peace,
PTT

[harryevans]

The Rapture: 1 Thessalonians & 2 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 4:14-16 - For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: 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.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-10 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

[Paulusfan]

They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, ¹ because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again. Those, therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death 2 in the midst of their disputes. But it were better for them to treat it with respect, 3 that they also might rise again.

Oh JESUS said the " same":

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

[RealClaySavage]

"...the end will come therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the Prophet." The sign is the abomination of desolation and Jesus returns once. Two witnesses will die six weeks after the setting up of the abomination of desolation. Top Bible Scholars agree that what has been revealed now is that the day of the Lord is in the first half of the final 7 years. Daniel 7:25-26, Saints are put into the hand of the antichrist for about 3½ years. Who would give Saints to the antichrist half way through the 7 years? No one! Are the first 3½ years the time-line? Yes. The fig tree parable. It is not about Isreal reborn in 1948 or the "works" described. A generation is not 76 years! When you see sacrifices in Isreal stopped at the abomination of desolation, six weeks later, two witnesses will be killed and left to lie on the street in Jerusalem. Jesus returns just 3½ days later! "When you see the first buds on a fig tree, or any tree, you know that summer is soon." About six weeks later. What is day 1, 335 in Daniel 12:12 ? Ask any Post trib teacher and they will say "I don't know. I was taught 7 years". Day 1, 335 is the day of the Lord!

[SteveAaroe]

While he practices his lawyerly studies in doctrinal "arguements" the great tribulation starts tomorrow. 😮