This next Sunday we will return to our study of the book of Revelation. In chapter thirteen we will begin our look at the character of the world during the last half of the tribulation. It will be a world that is characterized by a hatred for the God of the Bible.
I find this to be absolutely amazing. In the first half of the tribulation the “mystery” of God will be unveiled and it will be apparent to all that God is and that the Bible is true. Today mankind gets away with doubting and denying the reality of God, that will not be the case as we enter into the mid-part of the tribulation. Now the real truth about those who claim doubt and denial will be apparent that is not that God cannot be known, but rather that they are haters of God.
These haters of God will be led by the new and charismatic leader of the world known to Bible students as the Antichrist. He will begin as a very moderate man of unusual leadership ability. But in the end Satan himself will reside in him and he will become a terror of a man. The turmoil of these last three and half years of the tribulation will such as this world has never seen. Christ says this of these days:
Matthew 24:21-22 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
I invite you to join us for this study of the “End Times”.
