Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your Countenance - Psalm 89:15
If the Church is to become the Glorious Church spoken of in Scripture, the question concerning the Rapture, End Times prophecy and
the Second Coming of Jesus is an important question for the Church to come to grips with in this hour of its destiny upon the earth.
Bible Teacher, Pastor Ken Birks unfolds these great truths in these lessons.
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666 Prophecy, Antichrist, Tribulation, Bible Study
About Ken Birks
Ken Birks is an ordained Pastor/Teacher in the Body of Christ and is one of the staff pastors at The Rock of Roseville in Roseville, California where he also functions as an elder. Ken has been a part of The Rock of Roseville Church since its inception in 1997. Before becoming a part of The Rock of Roseville, Ken was the Sr. Pastor of Golden Valley Chrstian Center in Roseville, CA. He has been a born again Christian for over 35 years.
The "Great Tribulation" is that period of time which immediately precedes the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ the second time. It is the last three and a half years in the end of the present age. It is the last half of Daniel's seventy week prophecy. Will some people be left behind during the tribulation while others escape? What does the Bible really say? Bible Teacher, Ken Birks answers these questions and more in the studies listed below.
End Times, 666 Prophecy, Tribulation, Bible Study Resources
The tribulation period will be the darkest page in the history of the world. All that has gone before, is as nothing to the horrors that will be enacted under the reign of the blasphemies of the antichrist. (W.H. Offiler)
The tribulation period is the period of time during the blowing of the seventh trumpet judgment when the seven bowls of God's final judgment and wrath are being poured out upon the earth. (See Revelation 16:2-17) Daniel speaks of this time as a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.
Daniel 12:1 "At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book.
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Matthew 24:21 "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
At the beginning of this period a great separation take place in the church and those who made themselves ready were found worthy to escape to the place of refuge and the others were left behind to die by the sword of the antichrist or commit apostasy. This is the time known as the "great falling away."
2 Thessalonians 2: 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
Revelation 13:7 And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.
Revelation 13:16-17 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
