It’s called the GREAT TRIBULATION – And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up THE WRATH OF GOD (Revelation 15:1). Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them, that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved – And for this, cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness – 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12. For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience (Col 3:4-6/Eph 5:1-7/Rom 2:5/Luke 3:7) – he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him (John 3:36). Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men (2 Corinthians 5:11).
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye 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).
Listen the body of Christ (the genuine herd – the five wise virgins – Matt 25:1-13) will be spared from it – but sadly the lukewarm Christians (the professing herd – the five foolish virgins) that will be left out will have to go through the fire along with the world – The genuine Christian is chastened by the Lord at present that they should not be condemned with the world – 1 Corinthians 11:32. For God hath not appointed us to wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9). This imminent Great Tribulation is “The Jacob’s Trouble” – Alas! for that day is great so that none is like it (Jeremiah 30:7). For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be (Matthew 24:21).
The entity that is holding back the “Man of sin/lawlessness” or the “epitome of sin” from appearing is, the Body (bride) of Christ – the Church of the first-born. Satan is the “prince of darkness” and when the light of the world, which is the believers in Christ (both Jew and Gentile – Eph 2:15,16) is present darkness cannot enter in, so to speak. When she, the church shall be taken out of the way, then this evil entity will be revealed. Lot had to be taken out of the way before the fire could engulf Sodom – the modern Sodom is the world system – Revelation 11:8.
The Jews according to the flesh brought a curse upon themselves by saying – His blood be on us, and on our children (Matthew 27:25/ they denied their Lord and killed him – Acts 3:14,15 – and they judged themselves unworthy of everlasting life – Acts 13:46) – He also said, I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another (the false Messiah) shall come in his own name, him ye will receive (John 5:43). They shall believe a lie – 2Thess 2:11/Isaiah 28:15.
But Israel is still beloved to God because of their father’s (Patriarch’s) sake – Romans 11:28 – Surely, God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew (Romans 11:2). And when this the idol shepherd/ the thief/ the hireling/ a ravenous bird from the east/ a king of fierce countenance/ Assyrian, the rod of God’s anger – John 10:1,10-12/Zech 11:17/Isaiah 10:5/46:11/Dan 8:23 – whom they will receive as their Messaiah shall utterly destroy Jerusalem and the people in it (All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword – Amos 9:10 – But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me – Luke 19:27/Ezekiel 22:19-22 – The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God – Revelation 14:10 – And they shall say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb – Revelation 6:16), then the remnant from the twelve tribes of Israel – Revelation 7:4-17/ Romans 11:5 – that shall be spared shall cry unto God – Revelation 12:6,14 – They shall be hid/preserved/ nourished in Petra/Bozra in Edom (the sheep pen of the Remnant) – Micah 2:12/Dan 11:41/Matt 24:15,16 – And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn (Zechariah 12:10/Amos 4:11,12) – As a brand plucked out of the fire – Zechariah 3:2/13:8,9 – Israel (the remnant – Rom 9:27) shall thus be saved out of it – Romans 11:26.
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Zechariah 13:8-9 –
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung – (Zephaniah 1:17/Isaiah 63:1-6/Revelation 19:11-15)
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them, and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity. Ezekiel 7:18-19
Yes, the ultimate collapse of the world economy will take place. In one hour New York the world’s heart-throb, the world is hooked to for its riches, will be brought down to rubbles – Revelation 18:17. This chaos will be so beyond the human capacity to sort out. And that’s where this ultimate leader of man, as the world was fantasizing about – this “superman” will be revealed. At such a time this king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up (Daniel 8:23) – And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand (Daniel 8:25) – and all the world shall wonder after the beast (Revelation 13:3) – Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them, that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this, cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 13:1) – And there are seven kings (Revelation 17:10) – The G7!!!!!! – It is an organization made up of the world’s seven largest so-called advanced economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth and is of the seven (Revelation 17:11). In March 2014 the G7 members canceled the G8 summit – though they suspended Russia’s membership it wasn’t an outright permanent expulsion. The European Union is a member of the G7 – formerly the G8. The beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth and is of the seven. I believe this beast is the European Union. The ten horns are the ten divisions of their ruling empire (the world nations divided into 10 regions). The ten horns out of this kingdom (verse 23 – the last Kingdom – Roman) are ten kings that shall arise (Daniel 7:24/Rev 17:12).
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. Ezekiel 22:19-22 – which is the righteous judgment of God for the remnant (Romans 2:5/2Thess 1:4,5) – but to the world that believes not perdition. The vessels of wrath fitted to destruction – Romans 9:22.