The tribulation is coming and it’s not like the world as a whole hasn’t brought it on. Daniel in his prayer reminded the Israelites what was to happen if they turned their back on God.
Daniel 9:13-14 – 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. 14 The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster on us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.
Well, not everyone in the world has turned their back on God, but the world as a whole has turned its back on God.
The Israelites fell from favor because they turned from God. The world was completely flooded back in Noah’s day and all but 8 humans perished because of their evil and turning away from God. Yet in the last days there will be even more turmoil than that. Here is what Jesus had to say about it.
Matthew 24:21-22 – 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
The further away man gets from God the more wicked he becomes. That’s what is happening today. Mainstream is getting further away from God. The doors are starting to shut all over the world on getting the Gospel out. The resources are starting to slowly dry up here in America, because we’re starting to go broke.
Once the rapture hits, you have those who don’t know God left on earth. They will be two groups. The ones who will be willing to accept Him and those who won’t accept Him, ever. Those who do, most of them will be put to death in the Tribulation, but they will be saved. Those who won’t accept Jesus will continue to get more and more evil. God’s wrath, which really hits hard in the second half of the Tribulation, is reserved for these who really have distaste for God.
Revelation 9:20-21 – 20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 16: – 8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire. 9 They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.
You see man chooses God or he doesn’t. To curse God and not repent even though they know they are being punished for choosing to be against Him, reveals how hard a man’s heart can become.
The Tribulation is coming, but his God’s wrath is not for those who love Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 – 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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