The Seven Vials of God’s Wrath These vial judgments seem to come in rapid succession, leading up to the Battle of Armageddon. Little detail is given, but they are supernatural judgments that seem to affect the whole earth. The First Vial – Damaging Sores Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to […]
Old Testament Previews of the Battle of Armageddon Zechariah The post-exilic prophet Zechariah had much to say about the close of the age in which we live. God himself will fight against those who will gather against Jerusalem (Zechariah 12). “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. […]
Armageddon The awful culmination of the Great Tribulation will be the Battle of Armageddon. This conflict gets its name from Revelation 16:14-16. Actually it might be better to speak of the “campaign” of Armageddon, since it is not one single battle but a series of events in which all the nations of the world are […]
The Fifth Trumpet – Striking by Locusts – The Diabolical Pit The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke […]
The First Trumpet – Scorching of the Earth The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. […]
Disasters of the Great Tribulation There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. – Luke 21:11 A great amount of attention is focused on the skies in our times. There are several reasons for this. Scientific advances in observation technologies have allowed us to […]
The Plot Thickens Not All the Jews Flee to Edom A day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. 2 I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will […]
Christ’s Presence Ray Stedman has proposed the interesting possibility that Jesus Christ, following the rapture of the Church, will be present on the Earth during this time, appearing and disappearing at will as he did for a few weeks following the Resurrection. In contrast to the false propaganda of the last days, in Matthew 24:27-28, […]
The Fifth Seal – Martyrdom The Greek word “martyr” actually means “witness” or “one who gives a testimony.” Early Christians were very bold witnesses for Christ in fulfillment of his command to be his witnesses in all the earth (Acts 1:8). In those days every Roman subject was expected to acknowledge Caesar as god. They […]
Petra – The Prepared Place Historical Background of Petra Most Bible scholars believe this godly remnant who flees from Jerusalem will find refuge in the ancient rock-hewn cliff city of Petra, and in the surrounding region in the land of that once belonged to the descendants of Esau, that is Edom (Southern Jordan). Petra is […]