The Truth about the Tribulation
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There is a myth we need to debunk right now. People proclaim, “All roads lead to heaven!” Let’s consider this for a moment. How exactly does a person get into a college or university? First, they must meet or exceed the standards set by that institution. Second, they must supply documentation proving that they meet or exceed those standards. Third, they must apply. QUESTION: Who controls entry into that place of higher learning? ANSWER: The college or university controls the admission process. Let’s make a second observation. How does a person get a job? The simple answer is that they must 1) apply, 2) be qualified, and 3) there must be an opening. And once again, who controls the hiring? The employer controls the hiring. So, these people that say all roads lead to heaven are saying that they control admission to heaven. Do you understand how ludicrous this thinking is? They will follow the rules established by universities and employers but think they can control the God of the universe. How can they be so deceived by the devil as to think this is in any way possible? God says the prerequisite to get into His heaven is to be a child of God. To be a child of God requires that a person have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That is more than intellectual knowledge. If that has happened in your life, you should know it. If you aren’t sure, you can be sure. If it has never happened, you can make it happen. There are people that say Christians will be raptured before the Tribulation, in the middle of the Tribulation, and after the Tribulation, and some say never. They cannot all be right. In fact, they only have a 25 percent chance of being right unless they believe what Jesus said. God has not changed His mind since He planned His timetable for mankind. Our quest, then, is to understand what God says and believe His way. Basically, this misconception says Jesus could rapture us at any moment. This means nothing is left for God to accomplish before the rapture. But there is one glaring problem with that idea. If there’s nothing left to happen, why hasn’t He sent Jesus to get us? This misconception picks up where the previous one left off. If the rapture is eminent, then there is nothing left to be fulfilled. But the Bible says differently. Some claim the restrainer is the Holy Spirit. But there is a serious problem with this. If the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth at this point, no one else can be saved. We believe that Christians are not raptured until near the end of the Battle of Armageddon. So we need an understanding of what this scripture is saying. Matthew 24:34 seems to say that all Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24 about the tribulation would be complete before the disciples’’ generation had passed away. Did that actually happen? Absolutely not! Was there a tribulation between the death of Jesus and AD 70, when Titus destroyed Jerusalem? No, there was not! We need to remember that all of this prophecy is tied to the Jews as a national entity. Let me say it differently - there must be a nation of Israel for the rest of these prophesies to occur! ---Bible Reference in Matthew 24:1-2 1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." (Matthew 24:1-2 in the NIV Bible) When we look at the “Temple Mound” today, do we see stones that are stacked one on another? We absolutely do. Therefore, we have only two conclusions. 1) Jesus was wrong, or 2) The “Temple Mount” was never the site of any Jewish temple. This is what I now believe. There is no relation to “Bible Codes” depicted in the movies. The movies suggest we can read and decipher the codes easily. Here is why that concept is wrong. We have to start with a name of a leader and then decode his name. It’s similar to the TV game show Jeopardy where you are given the answer in the form of a number and then you have to come up with the question which is a name. If it doesn’t equal 666, we would have to start again. Another thing to consider is what name we use. The name must be the title and name of the person. This excludes the millions of people with that name. For example, there are millions of men named “George,” but only one named “King George of England.” Oh, one more thing -to make all this work, we would have to do all this in Hebrew. I will show you how it works in English.
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When I was in High School in the early 1960s, I was taught there was nothing more that needed to happen before the rapture of the saints and that the tribulation could come at any time. If that was the case, what was God waiting for? So my wife and I have read many books on end time events since we were married. But they all seemed to repeat what I learned in high school. So there is a great thing God does. He equips the called. That is what he did with me. God is the true author of this book. When I didn’t know a word or have any idea how to proceed, I prayed and God allowed the words to flow and gave me understanding. That is how this book came to be. About ten years ago, I started serious research on the subject. I found the answers were not as I was taught during my high school years. The more I studied, the more truth I found. I decided to put what I learned into a book to teach others the real truth about the tribulation and what will happen in the Last Days. They say what you don’t know can’t hurt you. I found out that’s a lie. There are things you need to know before the tribulation starts. This book is about the Tribulation, culminating in the Battle of Armageddon, and the 1000 reign of Christ on Earth, occurring in the near future.
About the Author
Jim was an Army brat. From childhood through high school, he lived in Kentucky; Frankfurt, Germany; St. Jean D’Angelo, France; Killen, Texas; Bangkok, Thailand; and finally Aurora, Colorado. He attended nine schools during that time. In 1966 he joined the Army. While in Germany, he found a civilian church and was led to the Lord by his Sunday School teacher. Later, he spent 14 months in Viet Nam. After getting out of the Army, he attended Oklahoma Baptist University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Church Music. Later he rejoined the Army where he completed a total of 22 years of service, serving as music director in every church or chapel he attended. After retiring, he joined the civil service as a computer technician at a local hospital, retiring after almost twenty years. Now he is totally retired. He has twin sons and has been married to his wife, Gloria, for 51 years as of June 2023. He resides in Lawton, Oklahoma.