Without Knowing These You Could Be Lost…
The rapture, the tribulation, the mark of the beast, the dead in Christ, the antichrist, the false prophet, the 144 thousand, the saved, the lost, the holy Ghost, the woman with the name ‘Babylon The Great’ written upon her forehead or the great whore, the 10 kings, the battle of Armageddon, spiritual life, the supper of the great God, the second death, the lake of fire, the second resurrection, the great white throne judgment, the 1,000 year rule of Jesus, the 2 witnesses, When Revelation chapter 11 happens, eternal life, the great multitude, the beheaded souls, the souls under the altar, the people who rule with Christ for 1,000 years and there’s so much more.
Your spiritual life (your life in the spirit after you die or are separated from the flesh) is on the line and you are in a battle. You are in a battle between understanding God’s plans and the strong deception currently surrounding the rapture. You will either win this battle or unfortunately suffer the consequences; there is no middle ground.
If you, like many people, believe the rapture is coming to take the church away before the tribulation I’ll bet you can’t clearly explain most of the 28 terms mentioned above. Most of the 28 terms come from Revelation and it is very difficult to ‘study’ Revelation and still see the rapture happening first and I’ll show you why in a moment.
And don’t straddle the fence trying to play-it-safe by saying, “It doesn’t matter whether the rapture or the tribulation happens first. Just be ready” That statement is in great error and far from the truth because it does matter greatly which happens first. Each outcome provides starkly different results.
Basically if we don’t fully believe that the tribulation will happen first how will we ever prepare for it? Those trying to ‘play-it-safe’ simply don’t have enough information to make a firm decision either way. In Revelation playing-it-safe is called ‘luke warm’ because it’s neither hot nor cold and that is the worst position to be in.
We all have to figure this out eventually; but the sooner the better. You would not be alone in thinking that, if the tribulation occurred today before the rapture many of us wouldn’t be strong enough to die for the name of Jesus. Instead many would end up with the mark.
Ignorance Is The Root Cause Of Fear
During the tribulation, there will be 2 factors driving people to get the mark; fear and ignorance. Both factors can be easily cured and God has made the cure available today (more later).
Ignorance is what leads us into fear. What specific ignorance would be needed to accept the mark of the beast? Basically ignorance that accepting that mark of the beast is an automatic one-way-trip into the lake of fire …forever! The mark of the beast will ultimately show allegiance to Satan, taking people where he goes…into the lake of fire.
The result of ignorance is fear. The fear of dying is very real. During the tribulation people will be dying specifically for keeping their faith in Jesus.
The essence of the tribulation then is to make many a great number of people show allegiance to Satan while denouncing 1) Jesus Christ as the son of God and 2) denouncing that the living God resides in heaven. Where would you stand if YOU needed to make that choice right now?
The tribulation will only have two paths. Option 1, reject Jesus as the son of God, get the mark and live (wrong choice). Or option 2, hold onto your faith that Jesus is the son of God and then be killed. This will be tough and will require strong faith but the more you know about God’s plan in Revelation the more prepared you will be.
To avoid dying, people (many from the church) will simply abandon their faith and their belief, crying as the mark is placed upon their forehead or in their hands. Here is where we will indeed be walking by faith; our faith in God to resurrect us.
Shucks, no one wants to die especially after seeing the person next to you get it. The fear of death is a very strong motivator for accepting the mark. But faith is just as strong a motivator for avoiding it. The only difference between fear and faith motivating us is that FEAR is based on NOT knowing while faith is based on knowing.
Believing and trusting in other people’s understanding is how we find ourselves in a place of fear. Forget what I say or what anyone else says related to YOUR spiritual life unless they can show you God’s words specifically showing a thing to be true; especially concerning the rapture.
Since I’m writing this you might be inclined to ask me, “What is his position on whether the rapture or the tribulation happens first?”. Please read this carefully; I don’t think the tribulation happens first. I KNOW it!
The reason I KNOW is mostly based on scriptures from Revelation. I’m going to share a few of those scriptures with you in just a moment (below). We needn’t be wishy-washy about what happens first any longer.
If you see the tribulation happening first as I do; act accordingly and study to build your faith stronger now (I can help you study). If however after reading the scriptures you still see the rapture coming first, Please take another look. If you must error, do it on the side of caution. But either way, YOU need to be crystal clear in your decision because your spirit, your eternal / spiritual life depends on the choices you make while alive.
It’s not if we will have a spiritual life. Instead the question is WHERE we will be for that eternity! If we get it right we will be with God and Jesus in the new city Holy Jerusalem with the streets of gold. Get it wrong and we will feel the endless heat in the lake of fire that will be our home forever. Now, while we are alive is where we need to get it right.
Here are the scriptures I promised to help you see God’s will: Mathew 24, Revelation 13, 2Thessalonians 2:1-4, Revelation 7:9-17 and Revelation 20:4-6. There are more but these few should help you. I have more study material available that we’ll discuss in just a few.
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Who We Are And Why You Need Revelation
I am brother Vadis, President and founder of Global Bible Study Network, Inc., a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation in Riverdale Georgia (a suburb south within Metro Atlanta). Our mission is to get people studying Revelation so we can fully understand (God’s plan for our future) and strengthen ourselves accordingly.
Global Bible Study Network’s main task is to inform the bride about the details in Revelation. We, as the bride of Christ, are to study, understand and then stand under the pressure of persecution... if necessary.
Consider just for a moment how God allowed John (the writer of Revelation) to be taken into heaven and then allowed to return and finally write what he saw in a book …the book of Revelation. But why did God allow this? Revelation means to reveal. So the book of Revelation of Jesus Christ is the revealing of Jesus Christ. And since we are connected to Jesus; Revelation is also reveling things pertaining to us, his bride; the church.
But here is the kicker. Revelation is for us, the church or the bride. It is specifically for our benefit to strengthen us and we are not even reading it. God in his infinite wisdom gave us his vision of the future, his future to strengthen us but we are not doing our part. Revelation is where the church needs to be. So why haven’t we figured it out?
Some parts of Revelation can be difficult to understand, I’ll give you that. But chapter 1 is simple enough. Chapter 2 and 3 are the 7 letters John was instructed in Chapter 1 to write. Chapter 4 is where John alone is taken into heaven and God is seen on his throne. And chapter 4 is also the continuation of chapter 1 (and no, chapter 1 is not the rapture).
Chapter 5 is about Jesus. This is important because some say God and Jesus are the same (don’t ask me how they think that, but they do). Therefore chapter 5 should clear that error if it’s ever read. In Revelation chapter 5 Jesus the lamb while standing comes and takes a book from God who is seated on his throne. That book given to Jesus has 7 seals keeping it closed. In chapter 6 the seals are being opened.
The book with the 7 seals is the book of life and now it is Jesus’ book of life. Now therefore, people need Jesus for salvation. Whereas before all we needed was God but now we need Jesus too!
The Time To Study Is NOW
If you are determined to stand for Jesus let me help you study the parts of Revelation relating to the tribulation and rapture so you too can understand God’s plan. Your knowledge in this area will successfully bullet-proof you against the current and future deception. Let me help you efficiently study the tribulation and the rapture; again bullet-proofing yourself against the lake of fire. Only God’s plan will come to pass, everything else is just ‘left behind’ smoke and mirrors.
The harvest is plenty but the labors are few. You are needed in this harvest. Learn Revelation so you can help in the harvest. I promise your reward will be great on that day you stand before God Almighty.
I am your brother in Christ and a fellow laborer in this global harvest.
Faithfully yours, brother Vadis
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