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Prophecy The Letters To The Angel Introduction The Angel In Ephesus The Angel In Smyrna The Angel In Pergamos The Angel In Thyatira The Angel In Sardis The Angel In Philadelphia The Angel Of The Laodiceans Hold That Fast Which Thou Hast Serpents And Scorpions Introduction Serpents Would Judge Scorpions Would Multiply Virtue Privated To Tread On Serpents That Rapture Thing Introduction The Rapture Vaccine Not The Mark Of The Beast Grace To The Very End No Other Irredeemable Mark No Return To the Law Not The Work Of Antichrist The Irony Gone Objections To The Proof Pleasure In Unrighteousness Made Perfect In Weakness Introduction As By Christ As By The Holy Spirit As By The Father Satan's Last "What If" Introduction The Kingdom Count Assumes Facts Not In Evidence How Art Thou Fallen? The Crushing Defeat Never A Morning Star Apotheosis The Great Tribulation Introduction Not A Matter Of Timing The Election Of Grace The Abomination That Makes Desolate The Great Tribulation The Time Of Trial Armageddon, Finally! Introduction What Does Armageddon Mean? What Of "Gog and Magog"? All Judgement Given To The Son Seven Mountains With Fervent Heat Lessons Of History Introduction The Moral High Ground Is Null Breaking In Pieces Self-Propelled Into Perdition Pearls Of Wisdom Introduction Amillennialism The Least Is Holy In Christ The Only Regenerative Eight Cycle What Then, Is Hell? Two Parts Cut Off The Open Door The Keys Of Hell And Of Death Immunity From Demonic Possession A Unique Inheritance Descending From Heaven Introduction In The Sight Of Men Coming Down From God The Church In Error Introduction The Early Church Was Not Communist The Idol Shepherd Who Is The Church Anyway? Not By Might, Nor By Power, But By My Spirit Over The Cities Of Israel No Literal Hell, Only Literal Judgement Fall On Us Faith, Hope And Charity Introduction An Octal Constructed The Most Excellent Way And The Tables Turn	Introduction There is huge disagreement over the "great tribulation" as foretold by Christ. Different sequences, trials and timings are hotly debated and such theories do the reputation of Christians harm when they fail. Christ's statements in the Olivet discourse (cf. Matthew 24 etc.) have provided the prophetic content for this debate, but the truth in Christ's words is simple and it fits the scriptures of His record perfectly. Synchronising the items in the Olivet discourse across the gospels and the drawing of multiple escatological charts is completely unnecessary. Only a simple statement was given to begin with, yet the future expectation of many Christian teachings fails on its elaborate and varied application. Not A Matter Of Timing The eschatology applied to the interpretation of Christ's words is a fascinating subject, albeit pointless. If Christ had known the timing, He would have said so - and it is not to be predicted from His own words. Instead, take a quick look at the passage and ask yourself a few simple questions instead. The Election Of Grace Here is the kicker! No one would have believed it, would they? I inwardly groan when I think of the millions spent on end times theology when the truth is simple that the world ends with the immediate judgement, deliverance and salvation (of the believer) on the last day as taught by the scriptures in their entirety. The Abomination That Makes Desolate When did the great tribulation actually start and why? When I was baptised I suffered a spiritual backlash; when Christ had baptised and revelation had come to the early fledging fellowship of the saints, they too, had their backlash of the enemy and it was brutal in the extreme. The Great Tribulation Simply put; if the great tribulation started all those years ago, and things are comfortable for the saints in their churches and in their institutions today, where is that great tribulation heading? The answer is that there is equal (s)election on the basis of the love for the truth found in Christ: there is no test forced or inevitable without a denial of Christ. In order to explain "great tribulation" near every believer has denied Christ, but for a few that "have not defiled their robes". By suspending judgement, such sobriety (rather than ambivalence) is perhaps a great indicator of genuine faith. God bless you if you found it. The Time Of Trial At the very end of the age there is to be a "time of trial". Why then, is this not the same great tribulation? I would answer that "fair is fair" and God is just. Continue To Next Section Continue To Next Page Return To Previous Section

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