50 Days to Understanding the End-Times More Accurately - Day 34 - Timing - 2
Day 34 - Timing - 2
Concerning the great multitude that we left off with yesterday, one of the elders standing near the throne has a brief conversation with John.
“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” (Revelation 7:13-14)
We must take notice of the term “great tribulation” used here.
I believe that this is the same “great tribulation” that begins after the Abomination of Desolation, when the Antichrist persecutes believers.
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” (Matthew 24:21)
This “great tribulation” begins in Matthew after the revealing of the Antichrist, and apparently ends just before the sun and moon are darkened, the stars fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens are shaken.
“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:” (Matthew 24:29)
Though the moon turning to blood is not specifically mentioned here in Matthew, could this still be the event before the “Day of the Lord”?
Let us quickly compare with the passage from Revelation 6 to determine this.
“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.” (Revelation 6:12-14)
- Matthew 24:29 – “shall the sun be darkened”
- Revelation 6:12-14 – “the sun became black as sackcloth of hair”
- Matthew 24:29 – “the moon shall not give her light”
- Revelation 6:12-14 – “the moon became as blood”
- Matthew 24:29 – “the stars fall from heaven”
- Revelation 6:12-14 – “the stars fell unto the earth”
- Matthew 24:29 – “the powers of the heavens shall be shaken”
- Revelation 6:12-14 – “the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together”
You can judge for yourself whether these passages speak of the same events, but I have drawn my conclusion for the moment.
Point #1: The “great multitude” that appears in heaven came out of the “great tribulation”.
Point #2: This could be the same “great tribulation” that believers are subjected to by the hand of the Antichrist, which is not God’s wrath.
2+2=4
Thanks, @narrowminded
In case you missed them,
Introduction
Back Cover
1 : The Foundation
2 : The Tribulation
BONUS : A Biblical, New Testament Understanding of Tribulation
3 : The Seventieth Week of Daniel
4 : Not Appointed to Wrath
5 : Wrath vs. Tribulation
6 : The Day of the Lord
7 : The Lord Alone
8 : The Exaltation of the Antichrist
9 : Promises
10 : The Presupposition
11 : 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
12 : The Revealing of the Antichrist
13 : Same Day - 1
14 : Same Day -2
15 : Hand in Hand
16 : Overtake You as a Thief
17 : Another Thief
18 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 1
19 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 2
20 : Not Knowing the Day or Hour - 3
21 : Ignorance
22 : "Olivet Discourse": Armageddon or Rapture? -1
23 : "Olivet Discourse": Armageddon or Rapture? -2
24 : For My Name's Sake -1
25 : For My Name's Sake -2
26 : Enduring to the End
27 : The Righteous and the Wicked
28 : Dark Sun and Blood Moon - 1
29 : Dark Sun and Blood Moon - 2
30 : Dark Sun and Blood Moon - 3
31 : "Seal Judgments"
32 : The Fifth Seal
33 : Timing - 1