God views the past, present and future as one event. He knew man's penchant for depravity and our eventual need for Jesus as our Savior. He crafted His end time plan prior to establishing the earth. He dwells in eternity and is not restricted by time as we are. He had a major plan for humanity and it has now almost entirely unfolded.
The anti-Christ's rise to power may be happening as I type.
However, God will remove His Saints from the earth before the anti-Christ is
ever revealed (1 Thessalonians 5:9). God will judge our works and
reward us at the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10). We will
be dressed in our wedding garments, which are made from our righteous works for
God, while we are alive on this earth (Revelation 19:8).
Then we will have a wedding feast with Jesus in Heaven (Revelation
19:7-9). At this same time, the torment of the Great Tribulation is
taking place on the earth. Jesus opens the seal, trumpet and bowl judgments,
which bring devastation and destroys the corrupted earth and the people on it (Matthew
24:4-31; Revelation 6-19).
During the Great Tribulation, the two Jewish witnesses will
preach in Jerusalem while 12,000 from each of the Jewish tribes will go out
through the earth to win the lost Jews to Christ. God will save those in Israel
who choose to believe, and these Saints will give their lives in martyrdom. At
the end of the seven-year Great Tribulation, Jesus will return to the earth.
This is called The Second Coming of Christ (Revelation
19:11-21). We, His Bride, are coming with Christ in our immortal,
glorified bodies at this same time. The Word of the Lord defeats all the armies
of the world assembled by the Anti-Christ at the "Battle of
Armageddon" (Revelation 19:11-21). Then He will lock up Satan with
all of his demons in the lake of fire. We will rule and reign with Jesus during
the Millennium (Revelation 20:3).
Prayer:
Father God, You never send judgment without first sending
warning. Noah believed Your counsel about his time's coming Day of Judgment and
he built the Ark. He preached Your plan for 120 years. He and his family heeded
Your forewarning and were saved from Your wrath (Luke 17:26; Hebrews 11:7), while
everyone else perished. As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the end
times (Matthew 24:37). Thank You for saving us, and making us part of your
eternal plan. Please, draw our loved ones, who do not believe, to come to Your
loving heart now, before it is too late.
Thought for the Day:
God has not yet poured out judgment on evil,
because He has been storing up the cup of His fury since the sin of Adam and
Eve; He will dispense it during the Great Tribulation. - Revelation 14:10
