1. The Great Tribulation is an expression of God's wrath, which will be manifested in the future.
Whatever happened to we are not appointed to wrath?
"For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. The Great Tribulation will be FOLLOWED BY the following supernatural phenomena: 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 the heavens shall be shaken:... And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
(Mt 24:29; Rev 6:12-14)
I think something else is going on. I think that the composite beast's 42 months is just about up. It already opened it's mouth to blaspheme God and His dwelling place and those who live in Heaven.
The 1290 days are telling me that we're at the end, the end of these wonders. Rebels have become completely wicked.
I'm thinking about the Greek word that Jesus used in Matthew when He said for then there will be great TRIBULATION. Looking at that word itself doesn't spook me. It just sounds like stress or pressure.
thlîpsis
1. a pressing, pressing together, pressure
2. metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits
Paul uses that same word in Romans combined with other words that sound even worse.
"Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will tribulation,
or distress,
or persecution,
or famine,
or nakedness,
or peril,
or sword?
What makes tribulation different than distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril or sword?
As I continue to review the materials, the materials appear legit. They look more for real every time i look at them.
I wonder if since there was two weeks between the "darkened" sun and the moon not giving it's light, will there be two weeks until the stars fall from the heavens. Or how does the 1290 fit within the 1335 days. Is there a 45 day overlap? Or does the 1290th day mark the start of the 1335 days. I doubt it. But i'm not sure.
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days
the sun will be darkened,
(2 weeks goes by)
and the moon will not give its light,
(2 weeks goes by?)
and the stars will fall from heaven,
(2 weeks goes by?)
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
(2 weeks goes by?)
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man,
and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn,
3. Today Christians must focus on (a) the salvation of souls, (b) the edification of the saints, and (c) worshiping in Spirit and in truth.
That sounds NICE. But i'm a Calvinist. I was picked by the Father from before the foundation of the universe. I knew the Lord when i was still in the womb.
So if the focus was mine for the salvation of souls, I'd be lost and gone forever, dreadful sorry Clementine.
"Being confident of this, that HE who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Let God be True,
And i am a liar.