Are We Nearing Armageddon? -The Coming "Great Tribulation"

 God's war of Armageddon will be the final part of a period of time called the "great tribulation." Jesus spoke of it this way: "Then there will be great tribulation such as not occurred since the world's beginning until now, nor will occur again." (Matthew 24;21) Considering the catastrophes that taken place in the past, it is apparent that the "great tribulation" will be a time of upheaval unequaled in the entire history of the human family. But mercifully, it will be brief time, one that God will cut short." - MATTHEW 24:22.

However, while the "great tribulation" will be the worst of times, we can be comforted by the fact that it immediate precedes the best of times -in God's new order. Also, there is the happy prospect that many people now living will survive the coming time of trouble! God's Word promises that "a great crowd, which no man was able to number, our of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues" will "come out of the great tribulation " as survivors. Even now God has wipe out every tear from their eyes. (Revelation 7:9, 14, 17) For this reason, Jesus was very optimistic of the future, although knowing that mankind had yet to face the "great tribulation." His hope-filled words are: "As these things start to occur, raise yourself erect and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is getting near." - LUKE 21:28. 

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