If you′ve just tuned in, you are listening to a special WORLD NEWS BROADCAST. We are recapping the major past events, from Israel′s rebirth through the Tribulation and destruction of the world during the Battle of Armageddon.
Some people in the world never heard about an event called the Rapture. Others did not believe regarding this event.
There were many skeptics, mockers, scoffers, and unbelievers. Some would say with a mocking attitude,
WHERE IS THE PROMISE OF HIS COMING?
FOR ALL THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY WERE…
Others said, MY LORD IS DELAYING HIS COMING,
or they believed the Rapture would come during or at the end of the Tribulation. Clergy that taught these things were leading many people astray.
They appeared to be followers of Christ, but they did not understand His Word. They were uncorrectable.
It was like the days of Noah. People ignored the signs of the times and even made jokes about it, until the rains came, and then they began screaming in terror as they drowned.
Of those that did believe in the Rapture, most did not believe it was imminent. They did not believe it would come when it did. When it came, many were caught unprepared.
Finally, (and later than some had expected) on the Feast of Trumpets—the “Translation,” the “caught
up,” or what many call the RAPTURE—IT TOOK PLACE.
There was a cry made at midnight, Israeli time. Then many Christians realized they were not ready, and they
became desperate, while others readied themselves and went forth to meet Jesus. First, the dead in Christ arose, then they which had been
watching, and waiting, and were ready were taken.
So many people and clergy that were absolutely positive they were saved—were left behind. They made all kinds of excuses to justify themselves, but to no avail. Jesus appears to have communicated to them, in some way—that they were left behind, because they had not repented as required. They had not given up all willful sin, and neither had they done the will of God as they should have. Some did their own will, but called it God′s will. Life had been the test, and they had failed the test. But they didn′t believe that life was a test either, even though the Word of God had clearly revealed they would be proved or tested in all sorts of ways to see if their faith was genuine.
Another reason some were left behind was God had sent them a powerful delusion. This was because they refused to receive the truth and did not love the truth so that they might be saved. These were those that did not believe the truth and they delighted in wickedness.
The things of this world can easily blind a person to what is happening. Believers were to be ready, so they would not get snared.
Many got caught up with the pleasures of this life, the cares of this life, the lusts of all sorts of things, and the deceitfulness of riches.
Many were overwhelmed with carousing, and some with drunkenness or drugs. Many loved this present world. Then when the Rapture came they were
caught by surprise. They had not been patiently waiting for the Lord′s return and neither had they been faithfully studying their Bible. Neither
had most churches been warning the people it was about to happen, even when it did.
The Lord came and knocked but most people were not ready.
UNKNOWN TO MOST AT THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE, there were people present from four of the seven churches listed in the Revelation.
These were the church of Thyatira, which represented a good church, but it was allowing the great whore named
Jezebel (which was the Roman Catholic Church) to seduce God′s servants. Those of the good church were taken,
but those of Jezebel went into Great Tribulation, unless they repented. The Roman Catholic Church continued into the Great Tribulation.
The church of Sardis, which represented the churches of the Reformation had also continued up to the Rapture.
The church of Philadelphia was the best church of the four. It mainly existed from app. 1750 to 1948. A few of
these God‐fearing, noncompromising churches continued up to the Rapture, but they were rare.
Last was the Laodicean church, which represented the church age from app. 1948 to the Rapture.
This was the church which often thought of itself as the best, but in God′s eyes was the worst of the four.
(No one was raptured from either the church of Laodicea or the Roman Catholic Church, unless they repented.)
The lukewarm Christian church of the latter days included many denominations. It had beautiful and comfortable
buildings, plus many Bible schools, seminaries, colleges and universities.
This was the church that reached the world with its missionaries, plus radio, television, and the Internet.
But this was also the church that was so blind, that it did not know its true condition and how God viewed it.
This was the church of the lukewarm—the wretched, miserable, poor, “blind”, and “naked” church,
which went to sleep as the Rapture neared.
This was the church that was not clothed with white raiment.
This was the church of the wide gate and broad way that led many to destruction from which not one person was raptured,
unless they anointed their eyes with eye salve, so they could see and repent.
This was the church that taught to please the people′s itching sinful ears, rather than to please God.
This was the church of artificial love that also tolerated sin.
This was the church that if confronted with dying for their faith, their faith would fail; for they had not died to themselves.
This was the church age that was so inept in understanding the Bible that some taught doctrines, such as
“God is your servant,” rather than you are to humble yourself, fear God, follow Him, and Him only shalt thou serve. They
also taught such doctrines from the Deceiver as:
“you can name it or speak it and claim you have it,”
“everyone should be healed, and if you are not—something is wrong with your faith,”
“invest $100 in our ministry and get back a hundredfold return,”
and God wants everyone to “prosper and be in health.”
The teachings of that time allured to the flesh by taking a few Scriptures out of context, and many were deceived.
This last church age before the Rapture—much of their teaching revolved around vanity.
It is a vastly different Gospel than one of repentance, being transformed, humbleness, brokenness, trembling at His
Word, selling all that thou hast, forsaking all and trusting in Jesus, denying oneself and picking up your cross daily
and following Jesus. There were so many other Gospels taught in this last church generation, who could count them?
Even the signs outside many Christian churches did not contain the Word of God. Often they would use some clever saying
that had nothing to do with Christ.
This was not a church that loved all their brothers in Christ, or that greatly feared God and hated every sinful way.
This was not a church that recognized what sin was.
Many did not recognize that not denying oneself was sin,
refusing to pick up their cross and follow Jesus was sin,
refusing to obey God′s Word was sin,
refusing to serve God and do the works which Jesus had prepared for them to do from before the foundation of the world
was sin. Listed in the Bible are over 600 sins.
This was the church of the GREAT FALLING AWAY, but few ever recognized this was what was happening.
This was the church age of both the people and church falling away from God, from His Word, from truth; for it is
written: 2 Thes 2:3‐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.
Why did the churches seldom use God′s Word that might convict people of sin and of their fallen condition?
It is written: Heb 4:12‐FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK, AND POWERFUL (or living and active), AND SHARPER THAN
ANY TWOEDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVIDING ASUNDER OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF THE JOINTS AND MARROW,
AND IS A DISCERNER OF (or judges) THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS (or attitudes) OF THE HEART.
If God′s Word is used the way Jesus used it, it makes many people uncomfortable. Many churches were careful
not to offend anyone. They found ways to use God′s Word in such a manner that it would not drive people out
the door. In the same way, neither did it drive people to their knees, crying over their sinful condition in
repentance and brokenness. They preached the love of God, but they showed little love toward their flocks, as
they preached lukewarm messages that people′s itching ears wanted to hear.
This was a church that seldom taught about Satan, how he works in people′s thoughts and emotions, how he
deceives the whole world, and the ways he makes people positive they are right when they are wrong, as
well as making people positive they are saved when they are not.
This was a church that did not understand spiritual warfare and how the deceiver uses fear, persecutions,
hardships, lusts, cares of this life, pleasures, riches, unrepentant personal desires, and even love to
tempt the Christian to go back to wallowing in the mud, from which they had repented. Most did indeed
fall away. Luke said it clearly in chapter 6:46‐49: AND WHY CALL YE ME, LORD, LORD, AND DO NOT THE
THINGS WHICH I SAY? The only Christians that survived the tests they went through were those that
heard (or read) and obeyed God′s Word.
Once a person received Christ, all sorts of rains, floods, and winds came and beat vehemently against
the Christian to tempt them to turn aside. As a result of Satan′s attacks, most wilted and returned to
their old ways, while others just became unfruitful. God forbid, the latter day churches, for the most
part, did not teach that these things came to prove (or test) if a person′s faith was genuine. Few
professing Christians, prior to the Rapture, ever became spiritually minded, as was written in Ro 8:6.
Few ever conformed to the image of Christ, as Ro 8:29 speaks of. Few ever walked as Jesus walked, as
they were to do‐1 Jn 2:6; and few ever repented of loving this world. This was the church age of
unprofitable servants.
This was the church age that made claims of leading many to Christ in their churches, through the
radio, on television, and on the Internet; but, when the Rapture came, there was little evidence
that their claims were true.
There were some at this time (whose understanding of the whole counsel of God was not good) that
taught against the Rapture, and others taught the church would not be raptured until the midst of
the Tribulation, and others that thought it would be raptured at the end.
Others taught that no one could know when the Rapture would happen. It is true that those that
were not ready did not know the day and hour of the Rapture; however, those watching and ready
could, and some did. 1 Thes 5:4 had said‐BUT YE BRETHREN, ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, THAT THAT DAY
SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU AS A THIEF.
There was a verse in the Bible that did mention about not knowing the day and hour; however, it
was not concerning the Rapture, but rather when the heavens and earth would pass away.
Mt 24:35,36‐HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY BUT MY WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY. BUT OF THAT DAY
AND HOUR KNOWETH NO MAN (the day and hour of the heavens and earth passing away, no one can know)
NO, NOT THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN, BUT MY FATHER ONLY.
The final outcome for the lukewarm was they were spewed out.
As already said, an almost countless number of Christians that believed they were eternally saved
found themselves left behind when the Rapture came. They had been taught to never doubt their salvation.
They had not been taught to examine themselves by God′s Word to see if they were in the faith. They had
not obeyed the Scriptures and died to themselves.
Many seldom read their Bibles, but simply believed what other deceived Bible teachers said. Things of
this world were more important to them than God′s Word.
Others did read their Bibles, but twisted Scripture to fit what they already believed or what their
self‐centered desires wanted to believe.
God had given the people of the latter day generation a very, very severe and terrifying warning, but
His warning was ignored.
He told the people in 2 Thes 2:10-12 (para. KJV,NIV), that would not receive the truth or refused to love
the truth (which is God′s Word) and so be saved, which had pleasure in or delighted in wickedness—for this
reason God would send them a powerful delusion, so they would believe the Lie (or Antichrist), so that they
would all be condemned.
Those that did hear a minister exhort people to repent, and study and obey their Bible, usually took a ho‐hum attitude. They just wanted to do their own thing. They were willing to take their chances, as they loved this present world more than they loved God. They paid a horrible price, as did the people that mocked the flood, or didn′t believe Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed.
Consider, does anyone in the entire world, ever really believe when they die—that they will immediately go to a place called hell, a place of fiery torment? We believe the answer is no, because if they did, it would seem they would be so terrified that they would surely fear God, repent and believe the Bible. Yet nearly every person on earth, when they died, went to hell. Chances are you may be included, whether you believe it or not.
The last prophecies that were completely fulfilled, prior to the Rapture, were:
the church and people going to sleep,
the shaking of people′s faith,
and the final falling away of those whose faith failed.
A Christian can only stand by faith and trusting in Jesus Christ. This results in their attitude being changed,
converted, and conformed to the image of Christ. This results in them bringing forth good fruit, as well as the
fruit of the Spirit.
The Bible, which we may call the fertilizer, which enriches the trees and fruit, had been greatly diluted by the
church, so the trees and fruit became unhealthy.
Then as the rains came, the floods arose, and the winds blew and shook the fruit on the trees, much fruit
fell off. Only the fruit that had been enriched with good fertilizer survived the storm and remained firmly
attached to the tree. Then when the trumpet blew, the good fruit that remained went to be with the Lord,
as it was worthy.
The man of sin was still being held back. This was because God′s people, who were saved by the blood of the Lamb and had received the gift of the Holy Ghost, were still present on this earth.
God gave the Jewish people seven feasts that were to be kept. They were to make three trips a year to Jerusalem to keep these feasts. The first trip was in the first month (March or April) to keep the first three feasts. The second was approximately fifty days later to keep the fourth feast. The third trip was made in the seventh month (September or October) to keep the last three feasts.
While these feasts were well‐known by the Jews, many Gentiles were ignorant of them. These were part of God′s prophetic calendar that He gave so we could know during what time of the year certain events would happen.
1-The first feast was Passover. This was the fourteenth day of the first month. Jesus was crucified on this exact day. Jesus became our Passover Lamb (which was fulfilled exactly on this day).
2-The second was Unleavened Bread. This began on the fifteenth day of the first month for seven days. Jesus, our Bread of life, was buried. During the Passover Seder, the middle loaf of matzo (the afikomen) was hidden or buried. (This was fulfilled exactly on this day).
3-The third feast was Firstfruits. This was the Sunday following Unleavened Bread. Jesus was resurrected on this day. He became the Firstfruits of those that died (fulfilled exactly on this day).
4-The fourth feast was Pentecost (also called Feast of Weeks). This occurred on the fiftieth day after Firstfruits. The Holy Spirit came in His fullness. (This was fulfilled exactly on this day.)
5-The fifth feast was the feast of Trumpets. This was the first day of the seventh month. It represented the
Rapture. There were two major events.
First, the dead in Christ rise.
Second, we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds.
There were two trumpets, the first and the last. It was the next major event to happen just before the Tribulation began.
God gave the day of the year to expect the Resurrection and Rapture, but only a general time regarding what year it will be.
That general time was approximately 7 or more years prior to a generation after the rebirth of Israel.
6-The sixth feast was the Day of Atonement. This was the tenth day of the seventh month. This represented the repentance of Israel. This occurred when they looked upon Jesus, Whom they had pierced. Israel was redeemed as Jesus returned at the Battle of Armageddon. (Again, this happened exactly as predicted prior to the end of the generation of Israel′s rebirth.)
7-The seventh and last feast was the feast of Tabernacles. This began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days. This represented the beginning of the coming state of rest called the Millennium. Jesus Christ began His reign on earth for one thousand years as the King of kings and Lord of lords. The tabernacle of Jesus was among men. (Again this event was fulfilled exactly on the correct day.)
Next Page
Tribulation in Detail-Introduction
Tribulation in Detail-Broadcast Menu