Are we already living in the Tribulation—or is something far worse still ahead? In this 20-minute prophecy teaching, discover what the Bible actually says about the coming seven-year Tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist, and God’s purpose behind it all. ➡️ Watch to the end to learn how you can live with peace, confidence, and hope in these chaotic times. What Is the Tribulation — and Are We In It Now? The world feels out of control—wars, deception, moral collapse, and lawlessness everywhere. But is this the Tribulation the Bible warns about, or are we merely witnessing its approach? In this powerful Bible study, we’ll unpack key Scriptures from Daniel, Matthew, Thessalonians, and Revelation, revealing what God’s Word says about the timeline, purpose, and prophetic events leading up to the seven-year Tribulation. You’ll see why this period is yet future, what signs show we’re getting close, and how to be ready for Christ’s imminent return. Chapters 00:00 – Opening Hook: Are We Already in the Tribulation? 01:05 – Why This Study Matters 02:35 – Daniel’s 70 Weeks: The Prophetic Foundation 05:10 – The Tribulation vs. The Great Tribulation 07:40 – Have the Biblical Triggers Happened Yet? 10:00 – What We’re Seeing Now: Birth Pains and Global Signs 12:20 – When the Tribulation Will Begin (After the Rapture) 14:10 – God’s Purposes: Israel’s Restoration & World Judgment 16:30 – The Prophetic Timeline Simplified (Pre-Trib View) 18:10 – How You Can Be Ready — The Call to Salvation 19:30 – Final Thoughts: Our Blessed Hope in Christ 📖 Scriptures Referenced • Daniel 9:24–27 • Matthew 24:21–22, 24:15 • 2 Thessalonians 2:6–8 • Revelation 6:1–2; 7:14 • 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 • Revelation 3:10 • Isaiah 13:9–11 • Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:26–27 🙏 Call to Action If you’re unsure whether you’d be taken in the Rapture if it happened today—believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. He died for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). Trust in Him alone and be saved today. ⚖️ Why This Matters This teaching is based on the Pre-Tribulation and Dispensational understanding of Scripture, distinguishing between God’s prophetic plan for Israel and His plan for the Church. While the world prepares for judgment, believers can rest in the Blessed Hope—that Jesus will return to take His Church before the wrath to come. 🌍 Connect & Support 📺 Subscribe for more weekly Bible prophecy teachings and updates. 🔔 Turn on noti
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Chapter 1: Opening Hook: Are We Already in the Tribulation?
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So, here's the big idea. Are we already living in the tribulation, or is there something much worse still coming?
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Why don't we examine what the Bible really says about the coming seven-year tribulation period? Because knowing the difference can change how you live today.
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Hello my friends, my brothers and sisters in the Lord. Welcome to the Dogeared Disciple Channel. I'm David Floyd. Welcome. So glad you're here
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today for some Bible study time. I hope you have your Bibles with you. We're going to be doing a bit of studying,
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poking around in Matthew 24 and Daniel chapter 9. Got quite a bit to look at.
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So what is it? Are we in the tribulation period? Has it already started? Well,
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you know, many Christians are really uncertain about what the Bible calls the tribulation period because some think it's just symbolic, allegorical,
Chapter 2: Why This Study Matters
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or that it's already happened back during the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in AD.70,
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where others confuse it with general suffering in the world today.
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persecution,
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things that hap have been happening for the last 2,000 years. But you know, when we interpret scripture literally and in context,
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as dispensational teaching requires, we very quickly discover that the tribulation is a yet future specific
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7-year period of divine judgment and wrath and restoration.
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It's the climax of human history before Jesus's glorious second coming.
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Well, having said that, let's take a look at Matthew 24 21 and 22 where Jesus is describing just this
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event. He says, "For then there will be great tribulation such as not been since the beginning of the world until this
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time, no, nor ever shall be." And unless those days were shortened, no flesh
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would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.
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[clears throat] So Jesus wasn't describing a general time of suffering, persecution, or even symbolic hardship.
Chapter 3: Daniel’s 70 Weeks: The Prophetic Foundation
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He was describing a literal global period of distress so severe
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that no one would survive unless God intervened.
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And this passage establishes that a unique and unparalleled time known as the tribulation still lies ahead.
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So the question is, what is the tribulation? Well, let's look at the prophetic foundation. Let's look at
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Daniel's 70th week. The foundation for understanding the tribulation begins in the book of Daniel. The term tribulation
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is not a label invented by modern prophecy teachers. It is rooted in
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Daniel's prophecy of 70 weeks given to describe God's prophetic program for Israel and Jerusalem.
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not the church. Let's look at Daniel 9:24-27.
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Daniel 9:24-27.
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70 weeks, excuse [clears throat] me, are determined for your people and for your holy city to finish the transgression,
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to make an end of sin, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness,
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to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
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Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until
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Messiah the prince, there shall be seven weeks and 62 weeks. The street shall be built again and the wall even in
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troublesome time. And after the 62 weeks, Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself. And the people of the
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prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
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The end of it shall be with a flood until the end of the war desolations are determined.
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Verse 27.
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Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to
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sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate even unto the consummation
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which is determined is poured out on the desolate.
Chapter 4: The Tribulation vs. The Great Tribulation
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So what we're talking about here is prophetic weeks. Each prophetic week
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represents seven years totaling 490 years of God's prophetic dealings with Israel.
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69 weeks 483 years were fulfilled at the first coming of Messiah when Jesus was cut off that is crucified.
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One week seven years remains. The final seven-year period is what we call the
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tribulation period. This final week begins after the church age concludes
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when the prince who is to come, the antichrist, confirms a covenant with Israel for seven years. That covenant
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marks the official start of the tribulation countdown.
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Now, there is a distinction that is made between the tribulation and the great tribulation. The entire seven-year period is often called the tribulation.
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But the Bible distinguishes its first half from the last half. The first the the full seven years is called the
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tribulation. The great tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble, is the final three and a half years, beginning when
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the antichrist commits the abomination of desolation in the yet rebuilt temple.
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Matthew 24:15 and 21. Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, excuse
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no, nor ever shall be.
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Excuse [clears throat] me. In Revelation 7:14,
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these are the ones who come out of the great tribulation and wash their robes and made made them white in the blood of the lamb. It's the tribulation saints
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coming out of the great tribulation uh largely due to being martyed. The great tribulation now refers
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specifically to the final three and a half years when the antichrist demands worldwide worship and unleashes
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unleashes uh persecution upon those who refuse his mark. Revelation 13. So this
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period also contains the most devastating judgments of revelation which are the tr the trumpet and bold judgments.
Chapter 5: Have the Biblical Triggers Happened Yet?
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So the question is, are we now in the tribulation or the great tribulation?
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Well, the short answer is no. But let's look at why. There are biblical triggers that must happen that have not occurred.
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uh despite all the increasing world chaos these all the uh all the evil that
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is occurring in the world increasing in the birth panges the Bible gives some very specific
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prophetic markers that must occur prior to officially beginning the tribulation period and none of these have taken
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place yet. Now uh in order they would be the restrainer must be removed. 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8.
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And this is the Holy Spirit's restraining influence working through the church. This removal takes place first at the rapture of the church.
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The man of sin, the antichrist must be revealed. Then a covenant with many must be confirmed. 9 Daniel 9:27. This is the
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official beginning of the tribulation countdown as we said. And then the abomination of desolation must occur in
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a rebuilt Jewish temple marking the midpoint. Now in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 we read, "And now you know what is
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restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he
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who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way and then the lawless one will be will be revealed
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whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming. So the
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restrainer the restrainer is the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit within the
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church and must be first taken out of the way. So this removal occurs at the
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rapture which happens before the antichrist is revealed. In Revelation 6:es 1-2 we read, "Now I saw the lamb
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open one of the seals and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud with a voice like thunder. Come and
Chapter 6: What We’re Seeing Now: Birth Pains and Global Signs
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see." And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a had a bow,
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a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
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Now, the writer is the Antichrist initiating false peace. It's not Jesus. It's not the Lord.
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It's the first of many judgments called the wrath of the lamb. And since the antichrist has not yet been revealed,
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nor a covenant confirmed, we can confidently say the world is not in the tribulation period yet. Now, the most
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significant is that the rapture hasn't occurred yet. Now, what are we seeing now?
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Um, what are we witnessing right now is to say that the stage is being set.
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Prophetic foreshadowing and birthpangs that anticipate what is to come. We're
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seeing global lawlessness and massive deception.
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We're seeing preparation for world government and digital economies.
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We we've seen Israel restored to her land, Ezekiel 37. And we're seeing and watching in real time utter moral
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collapse and apostasy within the visual the within the visible church. 2 Timothy 3 1-5
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in Matthew 24:8. All of these things are the beginning of sorrows. These conditions that we're watching now indicate proximity.
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Not not yet fulfillment but proximity.
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We are watching the prophetic stage being assembled. The scaffolding is being put in place but the main event has not yet begun.
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So when will the tribulation begin and what is it for?
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The tri the tribulation will begin after the rapture of the church when the antichrist confirms a seven-year
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covenant with Israel. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Chapter 7: When the Tribulation Will Begin (After the Rapture)
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For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise
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first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus we shall always be with the Lord. And verse 18, comfort one another with these words.
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Revelation 3:10, because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial, which
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shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth. The phrase keep you from the hour, terror ek,
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literally means keep you out of, not through. It's a promise of removal before the period of judgment, the
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tribulation period. And this aligns perfectly with the pre-tribulation rapture view.
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Now, what are God's purposes for the tribulation?
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Well, first, it's to complete God's program for Israel. It's not for the church. The tribulation is primarily
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about God's covenant relationship with Israel, not the church. Look at Daniel 9:24. 70 weeks are determined for your
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people and for your holy city. Zechariah 12:10. Then they shall look on me whom they have pierced. Yes, they will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son.
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Romans 11:26-27.
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And so all Israel will be saved as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion, and he will turn away ungodliness
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from Jacob. for this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins. So during this time, Israel will finally recognize Jesus as her true Messiah.
Chapter 8: God’s Purposes: Israel’s Restoration & World Judgment
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Second, it's to judge a Christrejecting world. Let's look at Isaiah 13:9-11.
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Behold, the day of the Lord comes cruel and both with wrath and fierce anger to lay the land desolate, and he will
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destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will
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be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. I will punish the world for its evil,
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and the wicked for their iniquity.
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You know from Revelation 6 to chapter 6 to chapter 19 we see a systemic a systematic
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outpouring of divine wrath through the seal trumpet and bold judgments
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demonstrating that this is not just man or Satan's wrath but the wrath of the
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lamb upon unrepentant humanity starts with the opening of the first seal.
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Third is to expose and destroy the antichrist kingdom. 2 Thessalonians 2:8.
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And when the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming.
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Revelation 19:1 19-21.
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And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his army. Then
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the beast was captured and with him the false prophet. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. The tribulation period
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culminates in the destruction of the Antichrist global system, paving the way for Christ's righteous kingdom. He's
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taking back what belongs to him. Fourth is to prepare the earth for Christ's
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kingdom. Zechariah 14:9. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth. In that day it shall be the Lord is one and
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his name one. Revelation 24. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. So the tribulation
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purges the world of rebellion and prepares it for the millennial kingdom where Christ reigns literally physically
Chapter 9: The Prophetic Timeline Simplified (Pre-Trib View)
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from Jerusalem and fulfills all promises to Abraham and David.
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So what we have is in a a timeline in a pre-tribulational timeline what we have is the rapture.
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Christ takes his church to himself before the wrath. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18.
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Second, the covenant confirmed. The Antichrist begins the 7-year tribulation period. Daniel 9:27.
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The first three and a half years, the global rise of the 10 kings and the antichrist, and there will be false peace. Revelation 6-9.
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At the midpoint, the abomination of desolation. Matthew 24:15. Next, the last three and a half years,
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the great tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble, intensified wrath.
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Sixth, the second coming, the second advent, the second coming of the Lord.
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Christ returns in glory with his church to the earth, touches down on the Mount of Olives. And seventh, the millennial kingdom, Christ reigns 10,000 years.
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Revelation 21-6.
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Well, friends, if you are unsure whether you'd be taken up in the rapture if it were to happen today, know this. God's
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gift of salvation is still available to you right now.
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1 Corinthians 15 3-4. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received that Christ died for our sins
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according to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
Chapter 10: How You Can Be Ready — The Call to Salvation
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Friends, no one is saying that you have to fix your life first before you come to the Lord. But what you do need to do is you need to call on the Lord Jesus in faith.
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You do have to believe that he died and rose again for your sins. And when you do, he will forgive you and seal you
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with his Holy Spirit, give you eternal life,
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and make you his own. You must repent of your unbelief. That is, you must change
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your mind from unbelief to belief and put your faith and trust in the Lord Jesus for your salvation.
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And when that happens and when that trumpet blows,
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you'll be ready to meet him in the clouds. [music]
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Friends, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope isn't in politics or peace treaties or signs in the heavens.
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Our blessed hope is in Christ himself and his imminent return for ge for his church.
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Now friends, we're not look we're looking for Jesus Christ. We're not looking for the antichrist. We have to understand that the rapid convergence of
Chapter 11: Final Thoughts: Our Blessed Hope in Christ
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polit of prophetic signs that are taking place, the rising globalism, Israel's isolation, the moral decay, the
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deceptive peace efforts, all confirm that God's clock is nearing midnight and
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it's almost time to go home. The question is, are you ready?
Why It Matters
This item is relevant to the SignsWatch signal category “Israel” because it describes a development that may contribute to wider risk, instability, public concern, or prophetic-pattern monitoring. The source is Dogeared Disciple with David Floyd.
Implications
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