3 Reasons We’re Not Already in The Tribulation

 3 Reasons We’re Not Already in The Tribulation – Bill Perkins – www.compass.org There are a lot of false prophets in the world that are trying to tie the Seals unveiled in Revelation 6 to events happening today. They insist we’re already living in the 7-year Tribulation and the world is experiencing Seal number whatever. That is so NOT true. If we were in the Tribulation, you would definitely know it! Hey, when 25% of the earth dies in the first two years or so of the Tribulation from something to do with pharmacy/drugs,the whole world will know it.(3) In the beginning of the Tribulation, food and water will be worth more than money, and temperatures will be as hot as Hades (Rev. 7:16). There will be no doubt that God’swrath and the Tribulation have begun on this earth. So let's look at some clear Bible verses regarding the beginning of Tribulation. Here are three reasons you can trust the pre-tribulational/pre-millennial doctrine. 1) The Rapture must happen prior to the Tribulation. God inspired Paul to write about people wrongly thinking they were in the Tribulation way back in the first century. Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him [The Rapture (1)], that you not be quickly shaken fromyour composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 2Th. 2:1-2 The first question we need to answer is how long is the “Day of the Lord” and what’s included in it? There are numerous verses in the Old Testament that refer to the “Day of the Lord” that’s referring to both God’s wrath in the 7-year Tribulation as well as the time ofthe peaceful world reign of Christ as King. Therefore the “Day of the Lord” is 1007 years in length.(1) It begins with the 7-year Peace Treaty, includes God’s wrath in the 7-year Tribulation (Ezek. 7:19) and goes through the reign of Jesus as King of the Earth (Is. 65:25). Paul next explains how people will know if they are in the 7-year Tribulation. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it [The Day of the Lord] will not come unless the apostasy [The Rapture] comes first, … 2Th. 2:3a Andy Woods explained in mind-blowing detail in a Steeling the Mind Bible Conference presentation why the word “apostasy” is referring to the Rapture of the Church(2). The Rapture happening first is also confirmed a few verses later when Paul says this about the New World Leader who shows up at the beginning of the 7-year period: And you know what restrains him [The New World Leader] now, so that in his time he [The New World Leader] will be revealed. For the mystery of lawlessness is already atwork; only He [The Holy Spirit] who now restrains will do so until He [The Holy Spirit] is taken out of the way [at the Rapture]. 2Th. 2:6-7 The Lord’s Holy Spirit, His Restrainer of wholesale evil on the earth, has permanently indwelled Believers since Pentecost in 33 AD. And this restraining spirit must departbefore the New World Leader is revealed. (Of course our prayer is that we don’t live to see the New World Leader’s arrival. Because if we're alive when he shows up, we’ve missed the Restrainer’s world-changingexit!) 2) The New World Leader is Revealed Following the Rapture in 2Thess. 2:3a… and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 2Th. 2:3b So we see AFTER the Rapture, the New World Leader is revealed to the world. You can read about him in Revelation 6. This guy will eventually change roles from the New World Leader to become the Anti-christ after 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.(4) But in the beginning of the 7 years, the New World Leader bursts onto the scene, seemingly out of nowhere, and brilliantly negotiates a badly needed peace treaty followingRussia and Iran’s ill-fated Israel invasion (Ezek. 38/39). 3) The 7-Year Peace Treaty Is Signed With the world on the brink of a nuclear holocaust, the official beginning of the 7-year Tribulation begins at the moment of the signing of a 7-year peace treaty betweenIsrael and 10 nations from the former Roman Empire. “And he will make a firm covenant [Treaty] with the many for one week [A week of years—7 years],” Dan. 9:27a Five of these nations signing the peace treaty will come from the Eastern side of the Roman Empire (Constantinople) and five nations will come from the Western side (Rome),according to the toes in Daniel 2. Daniel describes the forced merger of European and Middle Eastern nations into a treaty with Israel to be like mixing iron and clay—which of course won’t mix together regardlessof how much heat is applied. “In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as yousaw the iron mixed with common clay. As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one anotherin the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. Dan. 2:41-43 So all this—the Rapture, the arrival of the New World Leader on the scene, the 7-year peace treaty between Israel and 10 nations in Europe and the Middle East—transpiresin a matter of weeks. It kicks off the unimaginable world food and water shortage that is accompanied by horrendous heat. People will quickly begin starving to death by the millions. God says of those Believers who are saved in the Tribulation (Rev. 7:9-14): “They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; Rev. 7:16 None of this has happened yet! So when someone tries to tell you we’re already in the Tribulation, or that we will have to endure some or all of God’s wrath, remember whatJesus said to the Herodians— But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. Matt. 22:29 References: 1) https://compass.org/the-day-of-the-lord/ 2) https://compass.org/product/2-thes-2-apostasy-or-rapture-andy-woods/ 3) https://compass.org/a-bow-without-arrows/ 4) https://compass.org/anti-christ-vs-new-world-leader-whats-the-difference/ VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM