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End times Eschatology. This section shows how this present age will end according to God's plan in the Bible. What follows is only a basic overview of the end times, as several subtitles fall under this heading. Please see, Rapture, Return of Christ, Heaven, Hell, Soul Sleep, Purgatory, Judgment, Death, Resurrection, Revelation. Russia will fight Israel, Millennium, Armageddon, and a Christ, Mark of the Beast, 666, Final State, Return of Christ. It is the position of this author that the rapture, when Christians are taken out of the world, will take place before the seven year tribulation. See rapture, see the revealing or revelation of Christ that will take place at the end of the tribulation, see return of Christ. Before the tribulation, Jesus will return in the clouds and take Christians out of the world by first giving us new bodies that will never die, Corinthians fifteen fifty one to fifty three, and then bringing us to heaven, John fourteen one to four. This is called the rapture. The word rapture is not in the Bible, but it is called being caught up. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. But we escape the tribulation. We are caught up together with them in the clouds, wherefore comfort one another with these words first Thessalonians four seventeen to eighteen. But for those who remain, the worst history of earth is yet to come. For 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. Matthew twenty four twenty one to twenty two. These signs given above are during the tribulation, and those who are saved during the tribulation are from after the church age. The church is not mentioned in Matthew chapter twenty four, but Israel is. In verse fifteen it says, Stand in the holy place, which is the temple. In verse sixteen, Judea was to flee, not any other country. In verse twenty, believers of that time are to pray that their flight is not on the Sabbath day. How could Christ forget Sunday or churches? Because we will be raptured before the tribulation period. In the book of Revelation, the tribulation takes place between chapters six and nineteen. The church is not mentioned during that time, but Israel is mentioned several times. Did Christ forget his bride the church? No. For there is one time the church is mentioned during the Great Tribulation, Revelation six to nineteen, but it is not on earth where the tribulation will be, but in heaven at the marriage supper of the lamb. In the Bible the lamb represents Christ, John one thirty six, and his wife is the church. Ephesians five thirty one to thirty two. Revelation nineteen one takes place in heaven, and then in verse seven, his servants rejoice and say, For the marriage of the lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Then in verse eleven, and I saw heaven opened, for Christ and the armies of heaven are preparing to leave and come back visibly to earth to destroy the Antichrist and his armies at the Battle of Armageddon fourteen to twenty one. So the marriage of the lamb with his bride is not only taking place in heaven, but during the time of the great tribulation here on earth. That is one reason the rapture is called the Blessed Hope thirteen, because we will miss all the suffering of the tribulation. After the tribulation will be the millennial reign of Christ on earth, Revelation twenty one to fifteen, C Millennium, and then the beginning of eternity, C final State, during which will be a new heaven and a new earth. Revelation twenty one one C Rapture Behold, I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump, for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. The Bible tells us in Matthew twenty four, that at the end we can expect an increase in the following false Christs, and shall deceive many. More wars, not less. Wars and rumours of wars, for nation shall rise against nation. There will be more hunger, there shall be famines, there will be more disease, and pestilences. Our planet will become more unstable, and earthquakes in diverse places, more religious deception, and many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. More sin, iniquity shall abound, less love, the love of many shall wax cold. The worst is yet to come. For 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 we escape. We are caught up together with them in the clouds, wherefore comfort one another with these words. The tribulation will last for seven years, and most believe the last three and a half years are called the Great Tribulation Matthew twenty four twenty one. Though this name also appears to be used for other times, Revelation two twenty two, seven fourteen. The author is not setting any date for our Lord's return. How are we to interpret the great plagues and disasters that the Bible said will come upon the earth? Some believe we should not interpret them literally, saying that they are only figurative, mystical, allegorical, etc. But all the plagues that Moses warned Pharaoh of in the Old Testament were later fulfilled literally. See interpretation. The Great Tribulation will last seven years. Daniel nine twenty seven. The week in this verse is according to Strong's seven, period of seven days or years. The context requires it to be a week of years. No one makes a covenant, peace treaty, with many for seven days, see Leviticus 25 8 for how time is expressed elsewhere. It will be before the signing of this treaty that the rapture will take place. Christians will be taken out of this world, caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and those left behind will face the worst time this world has ever known. Things on this earth will not get better, but worse. This know also that in the last days perilous times shall come. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world. The Antichrist will make his mark necessary to buy or sell, see Mark of the Beast six hundred sixty six. But thankfully, the believers will be taken out of this world first, before the tribulation. The church age is between the sixty ninth and seventieth week of Daniel nine hundred twenty four to twenty seven. It was after the sixty ninth week that Messiah be cut off, Jesus crucified, and the people, Rome of the prince that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. So, these events must take place before the last week of years, seven years. In prophecy, gaps do occur, see interpretation. The church is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament, and the church age would fall between the sixty ninth and seventieth week of Daniel. The rapture takes place at the end of the church age, and God will again begin to work with the nation of Israel during the seven year tribulation, which is the seventieth week of Daniel. God is not finished with Israel, and we cannot take the promises of Israel and apply them to the church. As a footnote, we should seek to be a blessing to Israel and Jews. God says, I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee. This was said not only to Abraham and to Isaac, but to the whole nation of Israel Genesis twelve three, twenty seven twenty nine, Numbers twenty four, nine. And though God has blessed Ismael, the father of the Arabs, still the land that Israel has was given to them by God Genesis seventeen seven to eight, eighteen to twenty one. Paul says, When speaking about the nation of Israel, God hath not cast away his people, which he foreknew. This is found in Romans eleven, one to two, and in verses twenty five to twenty six, God in the future works through Israel again. The rapture of the Christian believers marks the end of the church age and the beginning of the tribulation. The end of the church age is not marked by a growing faith, but a departure from the faith. The Antichrist cannot be revealed until there is first a falling away from the faith, Second Thessalonians two three. This has already happened as the vast majority of Christianity no longer trust Christ for salvation, but sacraments, good works, or their church. If one doubts what I write here, then he would only need to ask people what they are trusting to get to heaven. Very few would say they are only trusting Jesus Christ for their salvation. Now is the time to be saved, before the awful time of persecution of the Antichrist. And after the rapture, there will be people who will be saved during the tribulation, Revelation seven nine to fourteen, not by the church age believers, who are mostly Gentiles, but by the hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Revelation seven three to eight. The passage plainly says they will be Jews, not Gentiles, so any church or person who claims to be of this group would first have to prove he is of Jewish descent. God will be working with the Hebrew nation again to win people to himself, because the church will be gone. The great tribulation is called the time of Jacob's trouble, Jeremiah thirty seven, Jacob is Israel. It is not the trouble of the church, we won't be here. Christ gave the examples of Lot and Noah. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be, for as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. This was given for the end time, but as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. And as both Noah and Lot were removed before God's judgment fell, so in the future Christians will be raptured before the tribulation, see Rapture. Please see Rapture, return of Christ, heaven, hell, soul sleep, purgatory, judgment, death, resurrection, revelation. Russia will fight Israel, Millennium, Armageddon, Antichrist, Mark of the Beast, 666, Final State.