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Rethinking the Great Tribulation- Earth & World has 3 different translations in the Bible These are the identifiers from Strong’s Concordance for each word. ·              In the Book of Revelation we have three different Greek Words for Earth and World. In English, you can never notice or even think twice about it. Because Earth and World tend to be interchangeable. However, looking Greek challenges this assertion. See below.      G3625-Oikoumenē= Roman Empire/Greek Territory (3 Entries )- Pronounced Oink-ku-may-nay ·        G1093-Gē= Nation’s Land/Farm Land/main land with fixed boundaries (67 entries!!!!)- Pronounced Gay ·        G2889-Kosmos=World-wide/Global/Universal ( 3 Entries ) *** Revelation 3:10 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all th...

The Seal of Daniel and the Seal of John in Revelation:Great Tribulation-Past or Future? Daniel was told that the fulfillment of his visions was a long way off, and about 600 years later John was told that fulfillment was right around the corner.Daniel and John received the same visions of Revelation. See support below. Daniel 7:25 25 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High , and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time . Revelation 13:4-7 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” 5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months . 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that...

The purpose is to see similar themes in Exodus 19 (the Old Covenant) mirror unto 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (New Covenant). 1 Thessalonians 4 has been known as the infamous rapture passage. By cross examining these verses, we see similarities connected to the covenants and not so much with the Left Behind Rapture. In Exodus 19, we see the establishment of the Old Covenant and Judaism while in 1 Thessalonians 4 we see the establishment of the New Covenant and Christianity. We see similar verses in the Old/New Testament that explains this reality. See below. Isaiah 11:10-13  In that day the root of Jesse , who shall stand as a signal for the peoples —of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.   He w...

Questions for Pretribulation Christians What is the role/function of faith if believers can see Christ physically during the Earthly Millennium Kingdom? What is the role/function of prayer? What is the role/ function of the Holy Spirit since His purpose was to compensate for Christ's absence( John 16:7)? How are we attacked by Gog and Magog (Russia) and Israel is randomly called "A People of Unwalled Villages"? Israel is called unwalled villages in Zechariah 2:4 and Esther 9:19. Zechariah and Esther were in the past, so why is Israel being referred to a past name 2,000 years plus ago? It is presumed that the Antichrist commits blasphemy in the 3rd Temple at the 3.5 mark of the 7 years, but we go back to the problem in Ezekiel 38:11 where Israel is described as "A People of Unwalled Villages". They cannot be called "unwalled" since there is clearly a literal Temple with walls (Ezekiel 40-48)? In Ezekiel 38, Chief Prince is translated in Hebrew as ...