EndGame

Endgame – 7 End time Events

The Tribulation

The 7 year Tribulation begins after the Rapture – When the church is removed from Earth.

I’m going to be sharing the thought and the exact scripture it comes from.

· @BillyGraham: "The Word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress."

1. It will be worldwide

· Revelation 3:10 (NIV) 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

2. It will be the worst time of suffering and distress ever to occur in the history of humanity

· Daniel 12:1 (NIV) 1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered.

· Matthew 24:21 (NIV) 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.

3. The period will be under the control of the “man of lawlessness” The Antichrist

· Daniel 9:27 (NIV) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him".

4. During this time, there will be both Jews and Gentiles who believe in Jesus Christ and are spiritually saved.

· But those who come to trust Christ after the tribulation begins will have to endure what is to come.

· Revelation 7:14 (NIV) 14 I answered, "Sir, you know." And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

5. It will be a time of great suffering and dreadful persecution for all who continue to be faithful to God

· Revelation 13:15 (NIV) 15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.

6. It will be a time of God’s wrath (i.e., justified anger, vengeance) and judgment upon the ungodly throughout the earth

· This is where the Seals, Bowls and Trumpets of Revelation come in –

· During the tribulation – We will go through them on Wednesday

· Revelation 6:16-17 (NIV) 16 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 stand?"

1. Those who hate Jesus will pray to the rocks before they would turn to the Redeemer

7. Jesus says those days will be shortened.

· This period of time will be so awful that if it were not limited to a shorter period of time, no one would survive; that is, the whole human race would be destroyed.

· Matthew 24:22 (NIV) 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

8. The great tribulation will end with Jesus Christ’s glorious return to earth

· the church, those who had already been in heaven with him, to rescue those who come to know Jesus during the tribulation and who survive up to that point.

9. When he comes, Christ will destroy the forces of the antichrist who have gathered against his people of Israel at the battle of Armageddon and bring final judgment on all the wicked

Revelation 9:20-21 (NIV) 20 The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Wow! This all seems harsh doesn’t it?

Daniel 4:35 (NIV) 35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?"

Isaiah 46:8-10 (NLT2) 8 “Do not forget this! Keep it in mind! Remember this, you guilty ones. 9 Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. 10 Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.

What does all this mean to us?

· We must be ready

· We must be praying for those who don’t know the Lord!!

· We must be praying – Thy Kingdom Come – Thy Will be Done!!

· When in Doubt - Worship