upgraded December 12, 2011

During the three and one-half year time span, or the "forty-two months" of the "great tribulation" Period (Matthew 24:21-22 [KJV], Revelation 7:14), the Antichrist will persecute the "Born Again" Children of God.

Revelation 13:5-8 (NIV)  The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months.  He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.  He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.  All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

"Born Again" Children of God always treat people good.  Because the Antichrist will be personally possessed by the devil, and because of the lawless spirit of the devil that exists within the sinful people of the world;  the Antichrist and the sinful people of the world will treat the "Born Again" Children of God in an evil manner.

Proverbs 17:13 (NIV) If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

The spiritual law of Proverbs 17:13 referenced above, will facilitate the perfect order of God's nature to fight the wicked people of the world, and the Antichrist.

Isaiah 63:10 (NIV) Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned and became their enemy and he himself fought against them.

There is a complete contrast in the Antichrist's persecution of the "Born Again" Children of God, and the Wrath of God in the form of the perfect order of God's nature being poured out on the Antichrist's kingdom.  Because of the persecution of the "Born Again" Children of God; the perfect order of God's nature will pour out God's Wrath on the Antichrist's kingdom. The perfect order of God's nature will not pour out God's Wrath on God's own children.  (Consider that the last seven plagues of Moses did not affect the land of Goshen. Consider that in Egypt, the death angel was permitted to kill only the firstborn in every household who did not have the Blood of the Lamb on their doorposts. Consider that at the sounding of the Fifth Trumpet, the locusts were not permitted to touch those people who had the seal of God on their foreheads.  God has proven that God is able to very precisely control all power.)

Psalms 91:7 (NIV) A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.

When the Antichrist sets himself up on a "wing" of the Jewish Temple, "proclaiming himself to be God" - 2 Thessalonians 2:4, the Antichrist will be allowed to persecute the "Born Again" Children of God. Because of the persecution of the "Born Again" Children of God, the perfect order of God's nature will pour out God's wrath on the Antichrist, the Antichrist's kingdom, and the wicked people of the world. God's wrath will take the form of Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, Seven Bowls, and Seven Thunders. The Seven Seals will start with the Antichrist coming to power.

Revelation 6:1-2 (NIV) I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

After the Antichrist comes to power, men will be uncontrolled in their wickedness. Men have been killing other men since Cain killed Abel (Genesis chapter 4). After the Antichrist comes to power, there will be a time of wholesale murder that will make World War II and the Holocaust pale in comparison.

Matthew 24:21-22 (NIV) "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened."

At the Second Seal, peace will be completely taken from the earth:

Revelation 6:3-4 (NIV) When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

The Third Seal will bring complete famine on the earth. Prior to this time, the earth has experienced only localized famine. This famine will be complete and world wide:

Revelation 6:5-6 (NIV) When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"

World War II reportedly resulted in the death of 6 million Jews, and 9 million Gentiles, or a total of 15 million people. The Fourth Seal will result in the death of 1.5 BILLION people by murder, famine, and plagues.  The A. I. D. S. virus is a fore-glimpse of the plagues that will be released on the earth because of man's sin.  The A. I. D. S. virus was introduced into the human bloodstream, when a human became involved in bestiality with a monkey.  In this way, the virus that came from, "the wild beasts of the earth" - Revelation 6:8, is biologically killing man.  The A. I. D. S. virus was spread within the human bloodstream pool essentially through homosexuality and fornication.  There is an effort on the part of sinful people to make bestiality socially acceptable, as Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival recently promoted a film depicting bestiality.  At creation, wild animals were given a fear of man because man was given dominion over them. In committing sin,  man deserts his place of dominion in God's order, and man lowers himself to the level of just another animal in the food chain.  Because of man's sin, "the wild beasts of the earth" are losing their fear of man. Consequently, "the wild beasts of the earth" will begin physically killing and eating man.

Revelation 6:7-8 (NIV) When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!" 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The Fourth Seal will result in ONE FOURTH (1.5 BILLION) of the people in the entire world dying.  Those people who are committing sin will be weakened by their sin, and they will be the first, and the ones most likely to die.  As an example, a large percentage of people who are practicing homosexuality, or are sexually permissive will die of AIDS.  Those people addicted to drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or overeating will have weakened their bodies and be less able to combat the pandemic diseases that the sin of man, and the chaos of the world will produce.  Cities throughout the world who are involved in wickedness stemming from gang or racial violence, drug wars or religious wars, and all other forms of sin, will suffer an inordinate amount of deaths.  If you are currently living in a wicked city, move away from that city.  People within the Continent of Africa will suffer an inordinate number of deaths because of drought, famine, and AIDS that are already prevalent there.  People in the Arab world will suffer an inordinate amount of deaths, because of the wars of the Antichrist.  European people will suffer an inordinate amount of deaths because of the large Muslim population that already wreaks havoc there.  Central and South American people will suffer because of the drug traffic that is rampant there. New York City will be destroyed in a nuclear holocaust that will wipe out the northeastern seaboard of the United States, eliminating the command and control capability of the United States Federal Government.  The nuclear attack on New York City will thereby destroy the Federal Government of the United States of America, and kill at least 55 million people at one time.  Other than the northeastern seaboard, and those cities that are involved in wickedness, many rural areas of the United States will actually be spared more than other international regions, because of the large number of Christian people who live in the rural areas of the United States.  Australia may also fare well during the "great tribulation" Period, because of the large Christian population that resides in Australia.

The Fifth Seal reveals the souls of the "Born Again" Children of God who have been martyred:

Revelation 6:9-11 (NIV) When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and brothers who were to be killed as they had been was completed.

The Sixth Seal will affect the luminaries:

Revelation 6:12-17 (NIV) I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"

The Seventh Seal will release the Seven Trumpets:

Revelation 8:1-2 (NIV) When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.

War will be waged throughout the "great tribulation" Period, and war will continue until the end of the "great tribulation" Period:

Matthew 24:6-7 (NIV)  "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.  Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom."

Daniel 9:26c (NIV)  The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed.

Following the sounding of the First Trumpet, and the pouring of the First Bowl of God's Wrath, the Wrath of God will come upon the earth like waves of the sea. The Trumpets and the Bowls of God's Wrath will come simultaneously, but in numerical sequence like waves on the seashore.  The First Trumpet reflects the destruction of one third of the earth's surface.  The Second Trumpet reflects the destruction of one third of the sea, one third of the creatures in the sea, and one third of the ships; while the Second Bowl reflects that every living thing in the sea will then die.  The Third Trumpet reflects that one third of the rivers and springs of water will be turned bitter; while the Third Bowl reflects that these waters will turn to blood.  The Fourth Trumpet reflects that one third of the sun, one third of the moon, and one third of the stars will be turned dark, while one third of the day will be without light, and one third of the night will be without light.  The Sixth Trumpet reflects the destruction of one third of the earth's population, which is another 1.5 BILLION people.  Four billion people, two thirds of the population of the earth, and almost one third of the earth's land mass resides in Asia.  The Trumpets and the Bowls of God's Wrath, reflect a nuclear war that will be fought in Asia!  Following the destruction of ONE FOURTH of the population of the earth at the opening of the Fourth Seal, in order to kill ONE THIRD of the remaining population in a nuclear war; the nuclear war must be fought in Asia.  In South and Southeast Asia; China, India, Pakistan and North Korea are all nuclear powers.  I do not know who will start the Asian nuclear war, but China will survive with a 200 million man army.

Revelation 8:7 (NIV) The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Revelation 16:2 (NIV) The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image.

The Second Trumpet and the Second Bowl will result in the entire sea turning into blood, one third of the ships being destroyed, and everything in the sea dying.

Revelation 8:8-9 (NIV) The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 16:3 (NIV) The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died.

The Third Trumpet and the Third Bowl will impact the rivers and streams in the same way that the oceans have already been affected.

Revelation 8:10-11 (NIV) The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- 11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

Revelation 16:4 (NIV) The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

The Fourth Trumpet and the Fourth Bowl will affect the luminaries. The fallout cloud from the nuclear war being waged in Asia will temporarily block out the sun, moon, and stars in Asia.  The cloud will cover a third of the earth (Asia).  The nuclear blasts will destroy great portions of the ozone layer making the sun's rays damaging to the earth.  Global warming will have reached its zenith.

Revelation 8:12 (NIV) The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.

Revelation 16:8 (NIV) The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was given power to scorch people with fire.

The Fifth Trumpet and the Fifth Bowl will release the devil and his demons to torture ONLY those people who have the "Mark of the Beast". The devil will be allowed to torture ONLY the devil's own spiritual children. This torture could be in the form of neutron bombs, or biological weapons; because these locusts only harm humans, and do not, "harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree" - Revelation 9:4.  The locusts could be Apache attack helicopters, "the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle" - Revelation 9:9.  The kingdom of death will be plunged into darkness. Men will gnaw their tongues in agony.

Revelation 9:1-11 (NIV) The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. 7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

Revelation 16:10-11 (NIV) The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. Men gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.

The Seal of God will be placed on the "Born Again" Children of God, referenced in Revelation 9:4 printed above; which is to recognize that the Seal of God will be placed on all of those who do not have the "Mark of the Beast". This is another confirmation that the "Born Again" Children of God will still be inhabiting the earth.

Ezekiel 9:2-6 (NIV) And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar. 3 Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the LORD called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side 4 and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it." 5 As I listened, he said to the others, "Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. 6 Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

The devil is a spirit who guides sinful people.  Nuclear physicists during the 1930's and 1940's were led by a spirit, into heretofore unknown laws of physics.  That knowledge of physics facilitated the greatest destruction of man in the 6,000 year history of man.  Without the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the result of the knowledge of the laws of physics which enabled the production of nuclear weapons, would result in the total destruction of man.

John 8:44 (NIV) "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."

John 10:10 (NIV) "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

Nuclear weapons STEAL everything from people.  Nuclear weapons STEAL people's lives, their children, their parents, their families, their friends, their homes, their cities, and all of the results of their labor.   Nuclear weapons KILL, and DESTROY.  Nuclear weapons steal and kill and destroy.  Tell me, which demonic spirit led man into the knowledge that facilitated the creation of nuclear weapons?

The Sixth Trumpet and the Sixth Bowl will prepare the world for the Battle of Armageddon. After the destruction of 1.5 BILLION people because of the Fourth Seal, the four angels released because of the Sixth Trumpet will result in one third of the 4 1/2 billion people left on the earth being killed.  That amounts to another 1.5 BILLION people.  After surviving a nuclear war in Asia that will destroy 1.5 BILLION people, China -  the Kings of the East, will march across the dry Euphrates River with a 200 million man army into the Valley of Megiddo at the Battle of Armageddon.

Revelation 9:13-20 (NIV) The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. 17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. 18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury. 20 The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

Revelation 16:12-16 (NIV) The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. 15 "Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed." 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Because of Matthew 7:13-14 and many other Holy Scriptures, we know that certainly not ONE HALF of the population, but "only a few" people will go to Heaven.

Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV) "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

Matthew 24:37-41 and Luke 17:26-37 printed below, are two widely misunderstood Holy Scriptures:

Matthew 24:37-41 (NIV) "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left."

Prior to the flood and, "up to the day Noah entered the ark", the people that were sinning, "knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away."  Noah knew what was going to happen.  In Matthew 24:39, referencing Genesis chapters 6-9, it was those people who, "knew nothing about what would happen", that the flood came and took away.  It was not Noah that the flood took away, it was the people that were sinning that the flood took away TO DEATH.  THE DAY that Noah entered into the ark, total destruction began on the people that were sinning.

Luke 17:26-37 printed below, references the exact same occurrence, in the exact same way:

Luke 17:26-37 (NIV) "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It was the same in the days of Lot.  People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 Remember Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left." 37 "Where, Lord?" they asked.  He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."

In Luke 17:27 printed above, "the flood" did not destroy Noah, "the flood" destroyed the people that were sinning.  In Luke 17:28 printed above, "It was the same in the days of Lot."  Fire and sulfur did not destroy Lot.  "the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all."  Fire and sulfur destroyed the people that were sinning.

In Matthew 24:37-41 and Luke 17:26-37 printed above, we can see that it was not Noah or Lot that the flood took away, it was the people that were sinning that the flood took away TO DEATH.  This is an identical situation to what will occur during the "great tribulation" Period.  The people that are sinning will be unaware of what is going to happen to them, until DEATH comes and takes away the people that are sinning.

Because of the fourth seal and the sixth trumpet, THREE BILLION PEOPLE, or ONE HALF of the six billion people in all of mankind living at the beginning of the "great tribulation" Period will be killed during the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period.  Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-35 printed below reflect that ONE HALF of the people, or 50% of the people will be taken by Death during the "great tribulation" Period.

Matthew 24:40-41 (NIV) "Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.  Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left."

Luke 17:34-35 (NIV) "two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left."37 "Where, Lord?" they asked.  He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."

1 Enoch 1:1-2a (translated by R. H. Charles) The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be 2 living in the day of tribulation when all the wicked and godless are to be removed.

"When pictures seem alive with movements free, (television)

when boats like fishes swim beneath the sea. (submarines)

When men like birds shall scour the sky. (airplanes)

Then half the world, deep drenched in blood shall die. (4th seal, 6th trumpet)

For those who live the century through (20th century)

in fear and trembling this shall do.

Flee to the mountains and the dens

to bog and forest and wild fens.

For storms will rage and oceans roar

when Gabriel stands on sea and shore,

and as he blows his wondrous horn (7th, last trumpet)

old worlds die and new be born." (beginning of the reign of Jesus Christ)

 - Ursula Sontheil - also known as Mother Shipton 1488 - 1561

AN AVERAGE OF 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY, OF EVERY SINGLE WEEK, OF EVERY SINGLE MONTH, OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR,

DURING THE ENTIRE THREE AND ONE- HALF YEAR "GREAT TRIBULATION" PERIOD THAT WILL BEGIN ON DECEMBER 21, 2012!

Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-35 printed above are NOT-NOT-NOT referring to the "Rapture", or when the righteous people are taken to be with the Lord.  Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-35 are referring to ONE HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SINNING being taken away to DEATH,  - hence in Luke 17:37 printed above, Jesus Christ commented: "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather." 

The living "Born Again" Children of God are NOT going to be taken anywhere.  After meeting Jesus Christ in the air, the Bride of Christ will return to the earth for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

The Seventh Trumpet and the Seventh Bowl both result in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (the Lord God, Adonai Elohiym).

Revelation 11:15 (NIV) The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

Revelation 16:17 (NIV) The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!"

A Comparison Of Moses' Plagues, And The Seals, Trumpets, And Bowls Of Revelation