In Matthew 24. we read
vs.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.
vs.29
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 heaven shall be shaken.
vs.30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, then shall 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.
vs31
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.
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Friends there are not multiple comings of Christ in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory, angels and trumps and gatherings together of the elect, there is only one such coming. It is the same one spoken of by Paul in 2.Thessalonians 2 and fits his description perfectly.
It happens Jesus said "after the tribulation of those days"
People try to draw their eschatology from out of the book of Revelations, the problem is no two Christians can agree exactly what Revelations is saying. It is much more sensible to draw eschatology from plain and open scriptures first and then make Revelations to agree with the plain and open scriptures, and it does.
And 2.Thessalonians.2. simply could not be plainer, there had been much confusion which Paul was anxious to clear up.
"Concerning our gathering to meet the Lord in the clouds......
.....that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition"
Antichrist must come first
vs.4
who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped
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Friends he is not just going to shake his fist, he is going to persecute. This is the great persecution which Jesus spoke about. Tribulation is persecution. He is going to do his darnedest to destroy ALL religion before he sits in the temple of God declaring that he himself is God.
But his sitting in the temple and his declaring that he is himself God is not the beginning of his career but the end for it is then that the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout.
So first is Antichrist and his awful persecution in the tribulation then is Christ the Lord and our gathering to meet Him in the clouds of heaven.
Let no-one deceive you dear brethren....prepare yourselves for this, for the western church is not prepared.
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vs.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.
vs.29
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 heaven shall be shaken.
vs.30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, then shall 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.
vs31
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.
*
Friends there are not multiple comings of Christ in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory, angels and trumps and gatherings together of the elect, there is only one such coming. It is the same one spoken of by Paul in 2.Thessalonians 2 and fits his description perfectly.
It happens Jesus said "after the tribulation of those days"
People try to draw their eschatology from out of the book of Revelations, the problem is no two Christians can agree exactly what Revelations is saying. It is much more sensible to draw eschatology from plain and open scriptures first and then make Revelations to agree with the plain and open scriptures, and it does.
And 2.Thessalonians.2. simply could not be plainer, there had been much confusion which Paul was anxious to clear up.
"Concerning our gathering to meet the Lord in the clouds......
.....that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition"
Antichrist must come first
vs.4
who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped
*
Friends he is not just going to shake his fist, he is going to persecute. This is the great persecution which Jesus spoke about. Tribulation is persecution. He is going to do his darnedest to destroy ALL religion before he sits in the temple of God declaring that he himself is God.
But his sitting in the temple and his declaring that he is himself God is not the beginning of his career but the end for it is then that the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout.
So first is Antichrist and his awful persecution in the tribulation then is Christ the Lord and our gathering to meet Him in the clouds of heaven.
Let no-one deceive you dear brethren....prepare yourselves for this, for the western church is not prepared.
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