What if the great tribulation happens to the earth now?

[Vine Abider]

4 hours ago, Susan Miller said:

If the great tribulation happens now, and you cannot see the Lord coming back to start the rapture, what should you do?

From my reading and understanding, the world will first have to be on the brink of some majorly cataclysmic disaster (centered around the middle east/Jerusalem) in order for the man of sin to arise and provide the apparent answers to it and to make the treaty which causes all to think he's mega wonderful.

But regardless how much knowledge we have concerning such future events, the bottom-line is still the same - seek Him and be ready!

[Michael37]

5 hours ago, Susan Miller said:

If the great tribulation happens now, and you cannot see the Lord coming back to start the rapture, what should you do?

Abandon pre-trib rapture theology completely.

[FJK]

A thought:  How will you know the great tribulation is happening and not simply another "birth pang" leading in the direction of it?  People have thought it was the tribulation many times in the past but it turned out that it wasn't.

[backontrack]

You will know it when it happens and it's not even close!

[The_Patriot21]

End times prophecy debates are a fools errand. Because the only way to know who is right and not...is basically either after we die, or after Jesus comes back.

There were two groups of people around Jesus.

The teachers and pharisees. They knew the prophecys concerning Jesus inside and out but still missed Him completely. But still argued and held to them like their lives depended on it. 

The other was the disciples. They also knew the prophecys. Jesus flat out told them. And they didn't understand them. They knew Jesus was the Messiah, but they didn't understand how the prophecys we're going to play out. But they followed Him anyway, even though they didn't understand. And Jesus loved them, anyway, even though He knew they didn't understand.

Which group do you want to be in?

[Who me]

17 hours ago, Susan Miller said:

If the great tribulation happens now, and you cannot see the Lord coming back to start the rapture, what should you do?

Stop reading articles about the 2nd coming.

The tribulation is a period of persecution of Christians. You will know when you are being fired because you are a Christian, your house ransacked  because you are a Christian, beaten because you are a Christian and denied justice because you are a Christian.

When Jesus comes again Every eye will see him. There is no way you will miss his return, if you are alive then.

 

So stop reading articles etc about his coming and get on with living for him.

All you need to know is he is coming.

[FJK]

1 hour ago, Who me said:

The tribulation is a period of persecution of Christians. You will know when you are being fired because you are a Christian, your house ransacked  because you are a Christian, beaten because you are a Christian and denied justice because you are a Christian.

Maybe put in a concentration camp -for your own good, of course- because you are a Christian.

[RdJ]

19 hours ago, Susan Miller said:

If the great tribulation happens now, and you cannot see the Lord coming back to start the rapture, what should you do?

If you miss the rapture join a group that spreads the Gospel and gets revival. That's what Ken Peters saw. An old man had not been right with God, missed the rapture and got a following and they healed the sick and took care of left behind babies and whole places got saved at once, instant miracles for 3 to 6 months and then the ac got mad and their heads got cut off. The uncountable multitude.

Edited October 18, 2023 by Renskedejonge

[RdJ]

15 minutes ago, FJK said:

Maybe put in a concentration camp -for your own good, of course- because you are a Christian.

I had a dream once that I was in a concentration camp, but to be fair it was after I read the book of Corrie ten Boom and I was the only one who was there willingly. I could leave if I wanted to. They lead us outside and we had to walk with a huge amount of people in a row and I started to tell them all the Gospel and they got saved and then I saw we were walking towards a valley where we would get killed and then I saw the head lines from the next day papers: so many killed and I thought: but they don't know that we'll all be in heaven.

Ken Peters had a dream that his head was cut off in the trib and Jesus held his hand and he felt nothing.

Edited October 18, 2023 by Renskedejonge

[TrueFollowerOfChrist]

19 hours ago, Susan Miller said:

If the great tribulation happens now, and you cannot see the Lord coming back to start the rapture, what should you do?

I believe the rapture will occur before the rapture, but for the sake of argument, IF the Tribulation happened first, Stockpile food and medicine and create an exceptional hiding place. The world is experiencing the worst horrors in history with the largest mass persecution of believers in history. Very few people will survive this period, so pray daily and stay faithful.