“And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.” (Rev. 10:4) Why not? Everything in detail, every nuance as well as the Holy Spirit, who instructed and led all of the people He used to write the inerrant word of God down for us, and specifically for those who will need to endure the tribulation period, except for that one part.
The Book of Revelation, along with other parts of the Scriptures will be, as it were, the instructional manual, for those alive in the days of the troubles of Jacob, (Jer. 30:7) it will assist them in what will come next. All except that one part. In the Old Testament the words were for the coming of Christ, so that those who trusted in the Lord God would know that the Redeemer, the Messiah would come one day, but in a way that most missed, that He would need to die for the sins of all. Even with all the sacrifices, to all those millions of animals whose blood could not take away personal sin, (Heb. 10:4) many missed it, and because they denied the Most Holy One, they have been set off to the side, as it were, while the age of the Gentiles began to unfold, showing to the entire world that all are able to come to the one true God, for all have been created by God.
The born-again believers have an instructional manual also, we have the complete Word of God, so that none will have an excuse for not obeying what has been commanded to us to obey. But we have only one “hidden” item from us, the day of the rapture, (Matt. 24:36) for we are to live by faith. “A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.” (Matt. 16:4) I believe these words have, as many verses do, a two-fold meaning, not only the generation that witnessed the resurrection of the Lord, but those until this age of the Gentile is over that know it as fact, from the empty tomb to the rapture. We do not need signs, we are given faith, and that faith leads us in the paths of not only the promises, but in patience.
We should be beyond grateful that the Almighty has decided to reveal Himself to us in the first place, much less give us a record of the history of man, along with how we are to conduct ourselves as His servants. The Old Testament individuals where not only for our examples, but were given signs of the Most High, angels being seen, seas parting, time stopping. Those that will be alive during the tribulation period will see things that no man has ever witnessed before, and although they will not have the Holy Spirit living within them, they will have the Word of God to show them what is coming next, a script, if you will, one event following the last, save for the thunders.
Those of us alive today are the only individuals in all of history that have the Holy Spirit of God Himself abiding within us from the moment we accept Christ as Lord until the very moment of our death, but we get no signs. There are no foreshadowing events, no fire from the sky, ne seas parting, no waters turning to blood, we get faith, and the just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17)
One could debate that we are in the last days, the days just before the rapture occurs, and I would tend to agree, but on the whole, we get faith, and something that all of those in the Old Testament and those in the tribulation period will not have as a permanent “future” in their lives, the indwelling Holy Spirit. The next time you want to look around for signs, for the proof of His love for you, just look inside yourself, and you will understand that the kingdom of God is within you.
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We know that many will not believe the gospel and will be left behind to face the tribulation period.
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Last year while on a youtube channel of Mr. Terry Malone “Calvary Prophecy Report”
https://youtube.com/user/tmalone10
asked me if i can translate his book
Tribulation Period Survival Guide Book in Hindi our official national language.
I translated it and can be found at his website
https://calvaryprophecy.com/
OR
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/calvaryprophecy
There are few more languages that this book is available.
Well done my Brother, a man of many talents! I will be ordering a copy of the book. I wonder though, as I have not read it yet, is this information included in it? Only those people who accept Christ during the tribulation period will enter the millennium. At the Second Coming, only the sheep (saved people) enter into the kingdom, while the goats (lost people) are cast into hell. Matt. 25:31-46. That means that the 1,000 year reign of Christ on earth begins with an entire population of people who have eternal life Matt. 25:46.
I copied a part of the information available in the book and paste it here…….i think this is what you are asking??
This judgment of the nations is described in Matthew 25:31-46. First to be judged are those who survived the tribulation period but took the mark and worshiped the Antichrist. They will immediately be cast alive into the lake of fire for an eternity (Revelation 19:20). Those who did not take the mark of the Antichrist nor worship his image, but accepted the Lord Jesus as Savior will be spared. They will be granted access to enter into the Millennium where most will enjoy a long life on earth for the entire 1,000 year reign of Christ (Isaiah 65:19-23). For those who are granted entrance, as horrible as the tribulation period was, those days will be forgotten against the great blessings and prosperity of the millennial Reign of Christ. Jesus will reign supreme and “in that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD (Zechariah 14:20a)”.
There are different kind of file available in link provided “smashword” in which we can download the file as we like it e.g..pdf/ebup…etc…i have dowloaded a epub file on my phone.
Excellent, Thank you Stanley.
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