Before the arrival of the Kingdom of God to usher in Utopia, the Great Tribulation will explode onto the scene. Jesus gave the original disciples a series of general events that would signal His return. Part of that time line was activities in the Middle East. Jesus related that armies would be deployed to the Middle East for security. He even mentioned an “abomination” of desolation that included the temple and a man claiming to be God. The world is now focused upon the Middle East. Former President Bush has proposed a peace settlement called Road Map. The Obama Administration has continued war in the Middle East.
Does all this mean we are closing the time gap that will bring the Great Tribulation suddenly upon us? Jesus said clearly: “Watch you therefore, and PRAY always, that you may be accounted worthy to Escape All THESE THINGS THAT SHALL COME TO PASS, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36).
Jesus, the only Savior of the world, said the events could be escaped. Our ultimate purpose is to “seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness”
(Matthew 6:33). He revealed that the 144,000 would be Divinely Sealed for protection when at least one comet and two asteroids break through the atmosphere and, for all practical purposes, WRECK planet earth (Revelation 7-8). There is a definite reason WHY these people will be sealed! Jesus inspired John to write in reference to the 144,000: “which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women [false doctrines of churches]: These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes [obeys Him]. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found NO GUILE [deceit, duplicity, double standard]: for they are without fault before the throne of God” (Revelation 14:1-5). No “fake” Christian will be protected. He will make no mistakes.
When Jesus spoke through His letters to the churches of Revelation 2 and 3, He had this to say to the Philadelphia church, I also will KEEP YOU FROM [out of contact with – Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary] THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION [possible pole shift], which shall come upon ALL the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Revelation 3:10). According to Revelation 14:12, the “patience” of the saints IS keeping or obeying the commandments – all Ten! Will you choose obedience and protection or “traditions of men” and tribulation? The choice is yours!
After Satan is banished from the heavens, he will have great anger for God’s people. His human agents will achieve the establishment of the New World Order. True Christianity will be outlawed. Christians will be hunted down for elimination. God has plans for some of His saints that have been obedient. “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman [church after the day of Pentecost] were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished [fattened with food] for a time, and times, and half a time, FROM [out of contact with] the face of the serpent [Satan] And the serpent cast out of mouth water as a flood [armies – Isaiah 59:19] after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood [by the military into concentration camps]. And the earth HELPED the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood [or armies] which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth [enraged] with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed… (Revelation 12:13-17)