The Great Tribulation

The Great Tribulation

What is the Great Tribulation & the Fourth Beast? 

Daniel 7:19  Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.  21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.  23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.  24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

(Daniels writings go right along with John’s writings in):

Revelation 13: 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.  6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: (that happened to the early church) and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Showing that these forty and two months have passed and showing you this man in Revelation is exactly the same one as in Daniel.

Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.  (Exactly forty and two months)

History states and Daniel states that the daily sacrifice was taken away…  that happened in A.D. 70.

Luke 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

You know they were led away captive over 1900 years ago proving along with history that this has already been fulfilled.  They couldn’t offer up sacrifices under the Law of Moses anymore.

Daniel 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, (speaking of Jesus) but not for himself: (no, he died for us) and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary; (the holly place) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war (the flood) desolations are determined.  27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, (the abomination of desolation) even until the consummation, (consuming the people) and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

This is when God sent them out to bid them to the wedding:

Matthew 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.  7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

That was the destruction of natural Jerusalem and I’m going to give you an excerpt from the “History of Israel and the Nations”.  You find it on page 224.

And when the Temple area was taken by the Romans and the sanctuary itself was still burning…(Well, that’s fulfilling Matthew 22:7) But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.  (That was talking about natural Jerusalem.)

Again, And when the Temple area was taken by the Romans and the sanctuary itself was still burning, the soldiers brought their legionary standards into the sacred precincts and set them up opposite the eastern gate.  There is the abomination of desolation.  When you see the abomination of desolation set up.

Well, here it is.  That’s when it happened.  They burned the city of Jerusalem and the soldiers brought their legionary standards into the sacred precincts.  That has happened.

PAGE 223 says, accordingly in A.D. 70, that is seventy years after Christ came, around 1900 years ago, Titus infested Jerusalem.  The Romans captured the forces of Antonio.  Twelve days later the daily sacrifice in the Temple was discontinued.

I have shown you that the saints were not gone off but they were here being slaughtered by this power,worn out by that hellish power.  You know this doctrine that the great tribulation is in the future is not true.

Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

We are going to show you why God said “nor ever shall be”.

Ezekiel 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; 26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.  27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.  29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

They never will destroy the Jews and drive them out of their homeland anymore.

From: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - Handout

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