Davy
Well-Known Member
And this is exactly what the mid-Tribulationists and post-Tribulations totally forget. Those periods (Tribulation and Great Tribulation) are for the unbelieving, the ungodly, the plain wicked, and the enemies of God and Christ. And it is the Abomination of Desolation which triggers the Great Tribulation.
Nah, that's not true. The following verses are for Christ's Church, especially His saints that are in Jerusalem in that time of great tribulation. In the Luke 21 version, Jesus says for those of His in the countries to not enter into Jerusalem at that time. Furthermore, the gathering of the saints examples in Matt.24 and Mark 13 directly parallel the gathering of the Church in 1 Thess.4. And the events Jesus gave upon the Mount of Olives are the Seals of Rev.6, which His Revelation is for all Christian Churches, all the way to the end.
Matt 24:15-26
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand.
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
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.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
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