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TRIBULATION: ANTICHRIST & MARK OF THE BEAST
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SECTION 1: IMPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS
1. There Are 3 Distinct Groups: Jew, Gentiles & Church
1 Corinthians 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
* The church is distinguished because its a spiritual nation from the physical nations of Jews and Gentiles
2. Spiritually We Are One In Christ Jesus
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
* Spiritually there is no Jews and Gentiles, we are all a christian church
* If a Jew gets saved today, they are not considered a Jew nationality in God's eyes, they are considered as the church of God
Note:
* The christian church replaces the Jews temporarily but God is going to restore the Jews again
* Once the tribulation occurs, the Jews are going to be the focus now
* The church will be raptured out before tribulation begins
* Because the christians are gone, the spiritual dealings are also gone
* Then the physical dealings can be operational again
* Thats why dispensationalism is important so that no contradictions is going on
SECTION 2: FOCUS GROUP IN TRIUBLATION (JEWS & GENTILES)
* the church is not mentioned in the entire tribulation
1. The 144,000 From The 12 Tribes Of Israel Who Are Sealed
Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
* See the 1st focus group
* Its Israel and specific tribes are mentioned (See verses 5-8)
* Physical Israel is dealt with again
2. All Other Gentile Nations
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;
* See the 2nd focus group
* This is dealing with all nations, all other nations (non Jews)
* These are the Gentiles
Note:
* We know that the book of Revelation is about the tribulation end times
* Look at the focus group of people in that time, its only Jews and Gentiles
* Church is never mention at all in the entire tribulation period, different from the christian epistles
* If we are familiar with our covenants, God is going back to physical dealings again
* Revelation 6: the 1st seal is open up (the beginning of tribulation)
* Revelation 19: Jesus coming down to earth (the end of the tribulation)
* The christian church is gone before the tribulation, the spiritual dealings is not the primary focus at this time. Its physical dealings
* The church is raptured up to heaven so God can focus and operate primarily on physical dealings again
SECTION 3: TRIBULATION SALVATION = FAITH + WORKS
1. Works Is Required For Salvation: They Have To Endure To The End To Be Saved
Matthew 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
2. Faith & Works Is Required For Salvation: They Have To Keep The Commandments Of God, And The Faith Of Jesus To Be Saved
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
SECTION 4: KEEPING THE HOLY SPIRIT IS DEPENDANT ON PHYSICAL LIVING (WORKS)
1. The Disciples Ask Jesus What Is The Signs Of His Coming & End Of The World
Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
* When they ask this question, Jesus answered from verse 4 onwards all the way to chapter 25 verse 46
2. Holy Spirit Can Leave A Person During The Tribulation: Parable Of The 10 Virgins. Their Oil Gone Out. God Says He Does Not Know Them
Matthew 25:1-12 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
* The story is there are 10 virgins (5 wise and 5 foolish) and the all had oil in their lamps
* The wise retained the oil in their lamps but the foolish did not retain the oil in their lamps
* Many scholars teaches the oil represents the Holy Spirit (that is true, we will look at that)
* Since the oil is the Holy Spirit, notice these people lost the Holy Spirit
* So one can loose the Holy Spirit, thus one can loose one's salvation
* But if we are familiar with the covenant, we already know the answer
* This takes place in the tribulation. This is not for christians. This is during the tribulation end times
3. Anointing Oil Symbolises The Holy Spirit
a. The Oil Anointing Is The Holy Spirit
1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
b. The Anointing Is Connected To The Holy Spirit
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
* When Jesus was preaching on the book of isaiah, Jesus mentions that the anointing is connected to the Holy Spirit
c. The Anointing Is The Holy Spirit
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
4. The 5 Virgins Who Lost The Oil Said Lord Let Us In But God Said To Them “I Know You Not”
Matthew 25:11-12 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
5. If God Doesnt Know Them, They Are Not Save
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Note:
* Because of physical dealings, keeping the Holy Spirit is dependent on physical living (works)
* This is no surprise to us if we are familiar with our covenants
* God is not focusing on spiritual dealings (faith alone without works)
* God is going back now towards physical dealing again (faith and works)
SECTION 5: DIFFERENCE OF APPLYING THE BLOOD OF JESUS
A. TRIBULATION SAINTS: THEY HAVE TO WASH THEMSELVES WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS
1. They That Came Out Of Great Tribulation, Washed Their Robes Making Them White In The Blood Of The Lamb
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.
* These people are washing themselves in the blood of the lamb
* Its different from us christians
2. They Overcame Him By The Blood Of The Lamb
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
* They overcame by themselves
* They have to live well for good testimony
* They have to prioritize Jesus till death
* They are doing something on their own by the blood
* Not Jesus doing the active work for them
* Their complete salvation is depended on them to apply the blood themselves, not Christ
B. CHURCH AGE SAINTS: JESUS WASHES US WITH HIS BLOOD
1. Jesus Washed Us Christians From Our Sins With His Blood & Made Us King’s And Priests
Revelation 1:4-6 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
* Jesus did the washing for us
2. Jesus Redeemed Us Christians To God By His Blood & Made Us King’s And Priests
Revelation 5:9-10 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
* "hast redeemed us to God by thy blood"
* Jesus doing the active work wherelse we are the passive
* because christians are not dependent on our physical works
* Notice the difference with those who came out of tribulation (Rev 7:14, Rev 12:11)
* They are the ones doing the active work
Note:
* A christian when he is saved by faith alone, Jesus Christ does the washing with His blood for us, Jesus does the active work for us
* The christians are not dependent on our physical works (we don't do the work at all, its all just by faith, nothing of us)
* If we are familiar with the Pauline epistles, everytime it talks about the blood of Jesus, we will notice that its Jesus Christ doing the active action while we are the passive receiver
* In the book of Revelation (tribulation time period) we can notice the switch
* The tribulation saints are the ones doing the active, they are doing the work themselves
SECTION 6: PHYSICAL SIGNS AND WONDERS WILL CONTINUE
1. Physical Signs And Wonders Are Operational Again In The Tribulation
Revelation 11:3-6 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
2. The 2 Witness Is Moses And Elijah
Malachi 4:4-5 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
SECTION 7: EVENTS IN THE TRIBULATION
1. Post Tribulation Rapture: To Gather His Elect (The Jews)
Matthew 24:29-31 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:
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.
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.
2. Abomination Of Desolation Happens And The Jews Running For Their Lives
Matthew 24:15-16, 20 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
3. 2nd Coming Of Jesus (Battle Of Armageddon)
Revelation 19:11-16 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
4. Judgement Of Nations: Jesus Judges The Gentile Nations On Who Is Worthy To Enter The Millenium Kingdom Depending On How Well They Treat The Jews
Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, /u>Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
* This is a judgement of nations to see who is worthy to enter his kingdom on the earth (physical kingdom on earth)
* Their salvation is dependent upon how well they treat the brethren (works)
a. Brethren In This Context Is Jews
Matthew 23:8-9 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
SECTION 8: THE GOSPELS IN TRIBULATION
1. The Gospel For The Gentiles In Tribulation: The Everlasting Gospel, Preached By An Angel, To Fear God And Worship Him
Revelation 14:6-7 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
a. Paul Says If An Angel From Heaven, Preach Any Other Gospel, Let Him Be Accursed
Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Note:
* This is different from our christian gospel which is the death buriel and ressurection of Jesus Christ
* If the christian church is in the tribulation, it will conflict this gospel
* It makes sense that the church is already raptured out
2. The Gospel For The Jews In Tribulation: Gospel Of Armed Warfare
Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
a. The Gospel Is To Fear God And Believe In God And don't Fear The Gentiles Nation
Hebrews 3:16-19 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
* This gospel is the gospel that the children of Israel heard before
b. They Fear The Gentiles But Did Not Have Faith In God
Numbers 14:5-14 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
* The children of israel fell short of entering the promised land because they did not fear God and doubted his power
c. Gospel Of Armed Warfare Is To Have Faith In The Power Of God Fighting For Their Nation
Zechariah 12:1-9 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
* The Jews need to have faith in God that he will protect them againts the gentiles nation
Note:
* The gospel of armed warfare is to have faith in the power of God fighting for their nation
* The Jews will be the enemy of all the world
* When all the world turns against all the Jews, their gospel is to have faith and fear God and that they cannot compromise and fear the other gentile nations but they should stand their ground when they battle againts them until their Messiah comes down to rescue them from all the other nations
SECTION 9: VERSES MEANT FOR THE TRIBULATION TIME PERIOD THAT PEOPLE MISAPPLY TO THE CHURCH AGE TO SHOW THAT SALVATION IS NOT BY FAITH ALONE OR WE CAN LOOSE OUR SALVATION
* Many churches keep using the book of James and general epistles to show that christians in the church age’s faith has to have works in it or one can loose salvation
* They are misapplyiing verses meant for the Jews in tribulation to the church age.
* We know the general epistles are dealing with Jewish people and it should be no surprise to us that a lot of physical dealings will be involved concerning their salvation and connected to Jews
1. James 2: Faith & Works Is Required For Salvation
James 2:14, 22, 24 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Debunk:
a. This Applies To Jews Not Christians
James 1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
* 12 tribes Israel = Jews
b. This Applies To End Times Not Church Age
James 5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
* Last days = tribulation time period
Conclusion:
* Because it is for Jews in the end times, It should be no surprise that works will be involved for salvation
2. If One Sin Wilfully After We Are Saved, One Goes To Fiery Indignation In Hell
Hebrews 10:26-29 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Debunk:
a. This Applies To Jews Not Christians
* The context is end times, the book title is hebrews (they are talking about the Jews in the end times)
b. In The End Times, Whoever Worships The Beast & Receive His Mark Will Lose His Salvation
Revelation 14:9-12 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Note:
* In the tribulation its faith and works for salvation and one can loose their salvation because its God's physical dealings again and the Jews are restored
* When we hear a Jew, a red light should come up in our mind and be aware that physical dealings would be involved that includes salvation, baptism, or law of Moses etc
* Thats why it makes sense works are involved: a person has to do physical works like resist the mark of the beast in his physical body
* How to argue one is saved by faith alone in the tribulation when one cannot buy or sell and be starved to death, become poor and get persecuted
* Thats a lot of work involved
* If we are very honest, those are really hard works
Conclusion:
* Because it is for Jews in the end times, It should be no surprise that works will be involved for salvation and one can loose their salvation