The Rapture; After The Tribulation
of Those Days
By Kato Mivule
April 23, 2006
NOTE: The Study of True Bible
Prophesy is VERY
ESSENTIAL to ALL
Christians who Truly love The Lord. To Ignore Bible Prophesy is
do so at one's own peril...the end thereof is destruction...
Jesus Christ is SERIOUS when He says to the Church "Watch"... To
ignore True Bible Prophesy will not stop God's Judgments from
coming and will not Stop the Tribulation... so it is to your
Advantage that you study Bible Prophesy and TAKE ACTION with the
Truth known...Bible Prophesy becomes useless is there is no
action taken...KM
As we live in these Last Days, many Christians
are confused as to what God’s Plan is for the Saints in these
Last Days. Many Saints ask…
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Will the Church, Saints go through the Great
Tribulation?
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Will the Church, Saints be raptured before the
Tribulation?
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When does the Rapture occur?
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Who will be ‘Left Behind’?
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Will Jesus Christ Coming be Visible to All?
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Will Jesus Christ come in ‘Secret Rapture’?
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Is the Doctrine on the Tribulation and Last days
Essential?
For the most part, I will leave the Holy
Scriptures to speak and we shall get the Truth from God’s Word…
It is important to note that the Bible does not
give ‘various opinions’ when it comes to the Rapture and
Tribulation…
Many have come up with their “various opinions’
especially in the Western World and as such they have deluded
the Church and deceived many Christians who are now sleeping and
not Watching…and as such falling to deeper depth of apostasy…
The Greatest lies are being forwarded by the
‘Left Behind’ Series with Tim LaHaye, TBN, and others that the
Church will ‘Fly Away’ before the Tribulation but let us see
what Jesus Christ said and what the Apostle Paul said…
The Sequence of events is not that difficult to
understand when one reads the Scriptures plainly, it is only
Western Theology PhDs in total confusion and who paint a picture
that Bible Prophesy is “Too Difficult To Understand”…don’t
believe them, believe the Bible…
The Physical Return of Jesus Christ, The
Resurrection of the Just, The Rapture of the Saints all happen
in one event, that is, they take place at the Second Coming of
Jesus Christ which will be Visible and Physical and not a secret
as some say…
Sequence of Events in summary…
>>After the Tribulation of those days…
>>At The Last Trumpet…
>>Second Coming of Jesus Christ…
>>Resurrection of those who died Christ Jesus…
>>Rapture of Saints who are alive…
A few important Greek Words…
Afflicted, Tribulation…
Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill
you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Strongs 2347
θλίψις
thlipsis
thlip'-sis
From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):
- afflicted, (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution,
tribulation, trouble.
Elect,
Chosen…
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.
(22) And except those days
should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the
elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Strongs 1588
ἐκλεκτός
eklektos
ek-lek-tos'
From G1586; select; by implication favorite: -
chosen, elect.
>>Unless many Christians today are NOT the Elect
and Not Chosen, then the Tribulation should not be a concern for
them, since they will belong to the Anti-Christ’s or Devils
camp. If you know that you are Chosen, Elect, the Saints,
Children of God then certainly you should take the Scriptures
below serious…
Matthew 24:29-31
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the
sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken: (30) And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and
then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and
great glory. (31) And he
shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other.
>>The Scripture is very clear…Immediately AFTER
the Tribulation of those days…
>>…And then shall appear the sign of the Son of
Man
>>…All Tribes of the Earth will mourn and they
shall SEE Jesus Christ Coming…
>>Jesus Christ will send His Angels…
>>With great sound of Trumpet…
>>And they shall gather (the angels) together His
Elect (Saints, Chosen ones, believers, Children of God…)
>>So, No Secret Rapture here and the True Rapture
happens after the Tribulation…
Mark 13:9-13
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to
councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall
be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony
against them. (10) And the
gospel must first be published among all nations.
(11) But when they shall lead
you,
and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall
speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given
you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak,
but the Holy Ghost. (12) Now
the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father
the son; and children shall rise up against
their
parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
(13) And ye shall be hated of
all
men
for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the
same shall be saved.
>>Jesus Christ speaks about the Afflictions,
Tribulations, Persecutions, and Sufferings that the elect must
go through…these are already happening around the world but will
increase with ferocious intensity during the Great Tribulation…
Mark 13:19-20
For
in
those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which God created unto this time,
neither shall be. (20) And
except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should
be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath
shortened the days.
>>Because of the intensity of the sufferings
during the Great Tribulation, those days will be shortened for
the sake of the elect…Daniel 12:7-13; Revelation 11:1-11;
Revelation 12:7; Revelation 13:4-8…
>>Daniel speaks of the 70th week in
which a prince, an evil prince will confirm a covenant with many
for one week and after which in the middle of that week this
evil prince will break the covenant and declare himself to be
God and cause the Abomination of Desolation, and stop the
sacrifices in the temple. Daniel 9:23-27
>>This week will be a 7-year period and the
covenant by this evil prince will involve both physical and
spiritual Israel (the Church). This evil prince a.k.a. the Anti
Christ will persecute the True Saints of our Lord Jesus Christ
from both physical Israel and the Church who refuse to bow down
to him but only pledge allegiance to Jesus Christ…
>>In the middle of this 7-year peace deal the
evil prince will break the covenant and set up the Image of the
Beast and institute the 666 satanic economics with help of a
False Prophet. The world will team up then to furiously,
ruthlessly, and heavily persecute the Holy Saints of our Lord
Jesus Christ for three and half years…Revelations 13
>>So, the first three and half years of the
tribulation will begin with the signing of a False Peace Deal
a.k.a. The Covenant with many, and after the Three and half
years the Evil Prince a.k.a. Anti Christ will break the covenant
and declare himself God…
>>The Tribulation will be of its own kind and
never having happened in history nor will such tribulation occur
again…so it is after the Tribulation of those days, the
shortened days for the sake of the elect, that Jesus Christ will
appear in the Clouds with sound of a trumpet and the dead in
Christ will raise first then those we who are alive and remain
will be caught up to meet Him in the air…but AFTER the
Tribulation of those days…
Mark 13:24-27
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
(25) And the stars of heaven
shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
(26) And then shall they
see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and
glory. (27) And then
shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the
uttermost part of heaven.
>>Jesus is very clear here…it is AFTER the
Tribulation of those days…
>>A confirmation of Matthew 24…and a reiteration
of…After the Tribulation of those days…
Luke 21:12-19
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and
persecute
you, delivering
you
up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before
kings and rulers for my name's sake.
(13) And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
(14) Settle
it
therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall
answer: (15) For I will give
you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be
able to gainsay nor resist.
(16)
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolks, and friends; and
some
of you shall they cause to be put to death.
(17) And ye shall be hated of
all
men
for my name's sake. (18) But
there shall not an hair of your head perish.
(19) In your patience possess
ye your souls.
>>Jesus Christ made it plain and clear that we
are to suffer Persecutions, Tribulations and it was not going to
be easy, as the False Prophets of Prosperity Gospel on TBN want
us to believe…
Luke 21:25-28
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;
the sea and the waves roaring;
(26)
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken. (27) And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power
and great glory. (28) And
when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift
up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
>>The Second Coming of Jesus Christ will be
visible to all and physical and not some hidden secret coming…
Luke 21:34-36
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this
life, and
so
that day come upon you unawares.
(35)
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face
of the whole earth. (36)
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.
>>Jesus Christ warned us to be careful about the
cares of this world that would only serve to make us blind from
not watching as The Lord commanded us to do. Make no mistake
about it; you cannot love the riches and material wealth of this
world and at the same time love The Lord.
>>Jesus Christ commanded us to watch and pray
always to be counted worthy to escape all these things…This is
not escaping through the rapture but to be kept and preserved
through all this things that we shall be able to stand before
our Lord Jesus Christ at His return without shame and fear
because of sin and cares of this world…
1
Corinthians 15:51-52
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,
(52) In
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
>>So, it is at the last trumpet, so we have to
look for where the last trumpet is…remember the last trumpet is
the last trumpet and not the first or third…
Sequence of Events again…
>>After the Tribulation of those days…
>>At The Last Trumpet…
>>Second Coming of Jesus Christ…
>>Resurrection of those who died Christ Jesus…
>>Rapture of Saints who are alive…
Revelation 10:5-7
(5)
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth
lifted up his hand to heaven,
(6)
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created
heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the
things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are
therein, that there should be time no longer:
(7)
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall
begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he
hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation 11:15-18
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms
of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and
ever. (16) And the four and
twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon
their faces, and worshipped God,
(17)
Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and
wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great
power, and hast reigned.
(18)
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time
of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest
give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints,
and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest
destroy them which destroy the earth.
>>The Last Trumpet is the Seventh Trumpet…there
is no more trumpet sounded after this in the book of
Revelations…
>>It is at this seventh trumpet = the last
trumpet that the angel tells John that the mystery of God would
be accomplished as told to The Lord’s Servants and Prophets…
>>At the Seventh Trumpet, the kingdoms of this
world become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ…
>>The next event is the Wrath of God…
Tribulations for Christians
1
Thessalonians 3:1-4
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to
be left at Athens alone;
(2)
And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our
fellow labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and
to comfort you concerning your faith:
(3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions:
for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
(4) For verily, when we were
with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;
even as it came to pass, and ye know.
>>True Christians will go through Tribulations
and sufferings for Christ Jesus…it is a place and time to carry
our cross and follow Jesus Christ…
Matthew 13:20-21
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he
that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
(21) Yet hath he not root in
himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or
persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is
offended.
>>Tribulation, persecution will arise because of
the True word of God in our lives and many fall away during this
tribulation, they get offended…
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have
peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
>>Jesus Christ was very clear that in this world
we shall have tribulations…
Acts 14:21-22
And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had
taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and
to
Iconium, and Antioch,
(22)
Confirming the souls of the disciples,
and
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
>>The Apostles reiterated the same thing, we MUST
go through MUCH Tribulation to enter into the Kingdom of
God…this is plain and clear unless one is living in self imposed
denial and pretending…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
(13) But I would not have you
to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that
ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
(14) For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in
Jesus will God bring with him.
(15)
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive
and remain unto the
coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
(16) For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first: (17) Then
we which are alive
and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord. (18) Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.
Sequence of Events again…
>>After the Tribulation of those days…
>>At The Last Trumpet…
>>Second Coming of Jesus Christ…
>>Resurrection of those who died Christ Jesus…
>>Rapture of Saints who are alive…
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and
by
our gathering together unto him,
(2)
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day
of Christ is at hand.
(3) Let
no man deceive you by any means: for
that day shall not
come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
(4)
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,
or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple
of God, shewing himself that he is God.
(5)
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these
things? (6) And now ye know
what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
(7) For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let,
until he be taken out of the way.
(8)
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming:
(9)
Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
(10)
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that
they might be saved. (11) And
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:
(12)
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but
had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Sequence of
events…
Coming our Lord Jesus Christ and Our Gathering to
meet Him…
Don’t be shaken in mind or spirit that that Day
had come…
Let no man deceive you by any means…
That day will not come except…
-
Falling Away (Apostasy) comes first…
-
Man of sin
(Son of Perdition, Anti Christ) is revealed first…
>>There will have to be an Apostasy or the
Falling Away of Christians who will depart from Truth in the
Last Days and turn to doctrines of man and demons…
>>So, the Anti Christ will be revealed first
before that day comes…
Not
Appointed to Wrath
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that
I write unto you. (2) For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as
a thief in the night.
(3) For
when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
shall not escape. (4) But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you
as a thief. (5) Ye are all
the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not
of the night, nor of darkness.
(6)
Therefore let us not sleep, as
do
others; but let us watch and be sober.
(7) For they that sleep sleep
in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night. (8) But let us, who
are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith
and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
(9) For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
(10) Who died for us, that,
whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
(11) Wherefore comfort
yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
G3709
ὀργή
orgē
or-gay'
From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth
or excitement of the mind), that is, (by analogy) violent
passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication
punishment: - anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
Resurrection…
John 6:39-40
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all
which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise
it up again at the last day.
(40)
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:
and I will raise him up at the last day.
>>Jesus Christ promised to raise His Disciples at
the LAST DAY…the Last day is the Day Jesus Christ comes back =
Second Coming of Jesus Christ ; the Rapture and Resurrection of
those who died in Christ Jesus…
John 5:24-29
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
(25) Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall
hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall
live. (26) For as the Father
hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life
in himself; (27) And hath
given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the
Son of man. (28) Marvel not
at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in
the graves shall hear his voice,
(29)
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation.
>>There are two resurrections, one for those who
died in Christ Jesus…the second for those who died as
sinners…ONLY TWO resurrections and not three or four…
>>Resurrection
of life - At the Second coming of Jesus Christ, Dead in Christ raise
first, and then we who are alive shall be caught up to meet
Christ Jesus in the air…
>>Resurrection
of damnation
– After the 1000-year reign of Jesus Christ…
Revelation 20:4-6
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
given unto them: and
I saw
the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus,
and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,
neither his image, neither had received
his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
(5) But the rest of the dead lived not again until the
thousand years were finished. This
is
the first resurrection.
(6)
Blessed and holy
is
he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second
death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
>>Resurrection
of life =
First Resurrection
- At the Second coming of Jesus Christ, Dead in Christ raise
first, and then we who are alive shall be caught up to meet
Christ Jesus in the air…
>>Resurrection
of damnation = Second Resurrection
– After the 1000-year reign of Jesus Christ…
Revelation 20:11-15
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from
whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was
found no place for them.
(12)
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
the book
of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their works.
(13) And the sea gave up the
dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead
which were in them: and they were judged every man according to
their works. (14) And death
and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death. (15) And whosoever was
not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of
fire.
>>Judgment after Resurrection of damnation…
>>Resurrection
of life =
First Resurrection
- At the Second coming of Jesus Christ, Dead in Christ raise
first, and then we who are alive shall be caught up to meet
Christ Jesus in the air…
>>Resurrection
of damnation = Second Resurrection
– After the 1000-year reign of Jesus Christ…
Revelation 7:9-17
(9)
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and
tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands;
(10)
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
(11)
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and
about
the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on
their faces, and worshipped God,
(12)
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,
and honour, and power, and might,
be
unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
(13)
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these
which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
(14)
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me,
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
(15)
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day
and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall
dwell among them.
(16)
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither
shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
(17)
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed
them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and
God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
>>It is the Saints that come out of the great
tribulation… The Saints in Revelation are the True Saints washed
by the blood of Jesus Christ, The True Church of Jesus Christ
and not the Apostate Church… Don’t be deceived that the Saints
mentioned here are some “other” Saints left behind…
>>The Saints spoken about here are those who are
genuine and true, the real Church of Jesus Christ that endures
persecution and tribulation. You can be a part of this Church
and Saints that goes through the Tribulation and is washed by
the Blood of The Lamb…and you can leave that Apostate Church
that goes not through the Tribulation.
God Bless You All
In Christ Jesus
Kato Mivule
Uganda, Africa
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