MTH. 24, REV. 6 And
LEV.23 Summary
Jesus’ Olivet Discourse on the “End
of the “Age” and on His ‘Coming’:
“And as He (Jesus) sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto Him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be, & what will be the Sign of Your Coming, & the end of the age?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
Christ; and shall deceive many.
And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not
troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places.
All These
Are The Beginning of Sorrows.
Then shall they deliver
you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
And
then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall
rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
When
you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place,
Then shall be Great Tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall
be
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's
sake those days shall be shortened..
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:
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.
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.
Zechariah prophesied (in Zec. 9:14-16):
And the LORD shall be seen over them …
and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, … And the LORD their God shall save them in that day.
Paul writes (in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18):
"For the Lord himself will descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the shofar (trumpet of God); and the dead in Christ
shall rise first.
Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
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So likewise, when you shall see all these things, know
that it is near, even at the doors
Truly I say unto you, this generation shall not pass,
until all these things be fulfilled.
As in the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be,
But of that day and hour know no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Yet, Jesus rebuked those who did not anticipate the “Season of His Coming”:
Ezekiel prophesied: “Israel shall
no longer be 2 Nations, but 1 Nation in the latter days”. (Ezk. 37:21-22)
Jesus said: “In this world you will
have ‘Tribulation’, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” for "He that
endures to the end will be saved".
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Tribulation is defined by the Greek words:
Peirasmos;
meaning trials, testing, temptation tribulations, and
Thlupsis; meaning Affliction, Persecution tribulations.
“Tribulation” described by Jesus
in Matthew 24:5 – 29, is also concurrently described by John in Revelation chapter 6 as the first 6 of 7 seals o the
scroll of ‘God’s Wrath’.
"These
things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world
you will have tribulation (thlupsis); but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
John 16:33
(thlupsis; tribulation, affliction, distress, persecution)
“Behold, I
have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction”
(thlupsis). Isa. 48:10
“For
our light affliction (thlupsis), which
is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory…” 2 Cor. 4:17
“No temptation (peirasmos)
has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not
allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make
the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:13
“The
Lord knows how to deliver (ruesthai) the godly out of / from (ek)
temptations” (peirasmos) … 2 Peter 2: 9
The Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words by W.E.
Vine combined commentary on 2 Peter 2:9 and Rev. 3:10-12:
The verb is used of testing as permitted by God, and of the believer as one who should be in
the realization of his own helplessness and his dependence upon God.
The noun is used of trials with beneficial purposes and effect, also of trials or temptations Divinely
permitted or sent:
I.e.
2 Peter 2:9 “to prove” or “to try” and in Rev. 3:10 “trial or temptation”.
“Wrath”
is defined by the Hebrew and Greek words ‘Ebrah’ and ‘Orges’:
The “Wrath” of God is described in Revelation Chapters 8 –16 as the 7 Trumpets and 7 Bowls
of “God’s Wrath” is then poured out in Judgment upon the unrepentant.
Wrath translated from Hebrew
word “Ebrah” (Orges in Greek); Strong’s #5678 connotes the “overflowing
fury of God”; and is only used in conjunction with "Day of the Lord" wrath after the 7 th
seal is broken, and the scroll of God’s wrath is opened.
“The DAY OF THE LORD” & “HIS
WRATH”:
Much more then, being
now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Rom. 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath,
(“Ebrah”) but to obtain salvation …. I Thes. 5:9
“For the great day of His wrath (Ebrah / Orges) is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev.
6:17
The first use of the word “wrath”
in Revelation is at Rev. 6:17, and is a prelude statement to breaking the 7th seal, which then allows OPENING
of the SCROLL, releasing God’s wrath written in the scroll.
Please
visualize the scroll with the 7 seals. The scroll contains the wrath of God,
but is not opened until ALL 7 seals are broken; opened by “the Lion of the tribe of Judea”/
Jesus, then the 7 trumpets
and 7 bowls of “God’s wrath” in Rev. 8 –16 continues until the Feast of Atonement
aka. Judgment Rev.17 & 18.
Jesus then
breaks the 7th seal; thus opening the scroll releasing His “wrath”
Upon Jesus’ return to deliver us fro the wrath to come, He then stays
to deliver His ‘Wrath’ upon the unrepentant:
“… I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on
the back, sealed with seven seals… Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David,
has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." …. And
they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have
redeemed us to God by Your blood …” Rev. 5:1,5,9
“He
was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God….
And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness
and wrath of Almighty God…. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND
LORD OF LORDS…. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds
that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God” Rev. 19:13, 15-17
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Jesus “Comes”
(Parousia) only Once:
AFTER “Tribulation”
(seals 1 –6), and BEFORE “wrath” (7th seal) per Rev. 6 and Mth. 24:5-31.
The first 6 seals of “Tribulation” ‘caused’ by God’s permissive will was allowed by
God; to encourage repentance prior to wrath and judgment.
Jesus then gathers His “elect” / "chosen"
prior to wrath; Mth. 24:30-31 (Pre-Wrath Raptured); as
Jesus Himself clearly states:
“ Immediately
After the Tribulation (trials) of those days, shall the sun be darkened
and the moon give no light, and the stars fall from heaven.
Then
shall the Son of man come…with a great sound of a trumpet of God
… and gather the “elect”
/ "chosen". (Pre Wrath Rapture)
“For the great day of His wrath (Ebrah / Orges) is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 6:17
Jesus then continues to stay and deliver His Wrath; (7th
seal), until Judgment has been delivered, and then to rule in His Millennial Kingdom 1,000 years in a "Year
of Jubilee". (No coming and going)
This period
completes the “Feasts Of The Lord” Feasts of Trumpets proclaiming the time to repent, unto the “Feast of
Atonement” / Judgment, unto the “Year of Jubilee”.
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Note: The period of “Tribulation” (Peirasmos & Thlupsis), during the first
6 seals were allowed by God through His permissive will to cause repentance; before His “wrath”
and Judgment upon the unrepentant. I.e. Typical of warnings given by God in scripture to repent, before God unleashes
His “over flowing fury” / wrath.
SEE:
INTERPRETATIVE CHART file link
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Additional File Links:
DANIEL 9: 24-27 PROPHECY
LAST DAYS DATA
"Tribulation to Rapture to Wrath"
file link
PRE WRATH RAPTURE Hermeneutics file link
"END OF THE AGE" – SIGNS OF JESUS COMING
JESUS’ “PAROUSIA” / “COMING”
FEASTS OF TRUMPETS TO ATONEMENT TO JUBILEE file link
THE LAST TRUMPET file link
DAY OF THE LORD & HIS WRATH file link
ESCHATOLOGY SUMMARY
file links.
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By Bill Miller
email: wmrmiller@everestkc.net Updated Jan. 29, 2009
Web site: http://www.feastsofthelord.net (Continually updated) This
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