The "T" in P.T. Rapture

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Rapture conducted a search of the Bible, using </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#6600FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=NIV" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version"><U><B>BIBLE GATEWAY</b></U></A></FONT><B>, for the words "Tribulation" and "Great Tribulation".  </b></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Click below to see the results:</b></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BIBLE GATEWAY search results: Tribulati"><U><B>TRIBULATION</b></U></A></FONT><B>      </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BIBLE GATEWAY search results: Great Tri"><U><B>GREAT</b></U></A></FONT><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BIBLE GATEWAY search results: Great Tri"><U><B> </b></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BIBLE GATEWAY search results: Great Tri"><U><B>TRIBULATION</b></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>First things first:</b></div> <div> <B>The Great Tribulation is 3 1/2 years in duration.  NOT seven years.</b></div> <div> <B>It begins with the abomination of desolation, </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Matthew 24:15-16, 21</b></I></FONT><I><B>.</b></I></div> <div> <B>It ends with the return of Jesus,</b><I><B> </b></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Matthew 24:29-31</b></I></FONT><I><B>.</b></I></div> <div> <B>The start of the great tribulation coincides with midpoint of Daniel's 70th week, </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Daniel 9:27</b></I></FONT><I><B>.  </b></I><B>The "week" is seven years.  The midpoint of 7 is 3 1/2.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Revelation 13:5-7</b></div> <div> And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. </div> <div> And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.  </div> <div> And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. </div> <div> <B>This scripture obviously refers to the great tribulation.  Forty and two months equals 3 1/2  years.</b></div> <div> <B>Second things:</b></div> <div> <B>The great tribulation is NOT the Wrath of God.</b></div> <div> <B>Revelation 16:1-2</b></div> <div> And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. </div> <div> And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. </div> <bR> <div> <B>This scripture tells us that the </b><I><B>vials</b></I><B> are the Wrath of God.  The Wrath of God begins with the first vial, which is poured upon those with the mark of the beast.  The mark of the beast cannot be given until after the abomination of desolation.   It's plain to see that the Wrath of God does not occur until </b><I><B>after</b></I><B> the great tribulation begins.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>If the great tribulation is not the Wrath of God, what is it?  It is a </b><B>3 1/2 year </b><B> period when Satan is cast down to Earth to make war and overcome the saints.  The great tribulation is the Wrath of Satan.</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.crosssearch.com/Science_and_Social_Science/Theology_and_Issues/Prophecy/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crosssearch.com/Science_and_S"><U><IMG SRC="0ab612c0.gif" border=0 width="97" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=NIV" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version"><U><IMG SRC="0aa5d2c0.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="44" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>