Below are a compilation of New Testament passages that discuss the Great Tribulation. Also, below is a link to a video that explains what the Great Tribulation is.
The Gospels (including the Olivet Discourse, Lk 17:22-32, Lk 19:43-44)
False Teaching in the Church about the End of the Age
Witnessing in the Midst of Tribulation Persecution
The Great Tribulation / Abomination of Desolation
False Teaching in the Great Tribulation Concerning the Universal Revelation of the Son of Man
Separation of the Two in the Bed, the Field, at the Mill
Will Faith be Found When Christ Returns – Luke 18:7-8
John 21:7-8 – Actions of the Disciples at the Return of Christ
Mat 10:23 – The Gospel Goes forth until the Return of Christ
Servants Given Authority While Man on Far Journey
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Acts 7:11 – Famine in the Land
1 Thessalonians – Thief in the Night
2 Thessalonians – Man of Sin, Son of Perdition
Hebrews 10:25 – Not Forsaking the Assembling Together
James 5 – Elijah’s Prayer for Rain and 3 ½ Years
1 John 2:18 and 4:3 – The Antichrist
2 Peter 2 and Jude 7 – Times of Noah and Lot
2 Peter 3 – Scoffers / Flood / Thief in the Night
Jude 14-16 – The Message from Enoch
The First 6 Seals, the 144,000 and the Great Multitude
The 7th Seal, First 6 Trumpets and the 7 Thunders
Measuring the Temple, 2 Witnesses and the 7th Trumpet (Judgment Day)
The Woman, Child and the Satanic Trinity
The Whore Babylon riding on the Scarlet-colored Beast and the Marriage Supper
The Millennium, loosing of Satan and the Lake of Fire
New Testament Passages
The Gospels (including the Olivet Discourse, Lk 17:22-32, Lk 19:43-44)
False Teaching in the Church about the End of the Age
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (Mat 24:5) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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(Mar 13:5)
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: (Mar 13:6) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
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(Luk 21:8)
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
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The Beginning of Birth Pangs (Wars, Famines, Pestilences, Earthquakes, Fearful Sights and Great Signs from Heaven)
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And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
(Mat 24:7) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. (Mat 24:8) All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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(Mar 13:7)
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
(Mar 13:8) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
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(Luk 21:9)
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
(Luk 21:10) Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: (Luk 21:11) And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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Witnessing in the Midst of Tribulation Persecution
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Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you … and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
(Mat 24:10a) And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,
(Mat 24:10b) …and shall hate one another.
(Mat 24:11) And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. (Mat 24:12) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (Mat 24:13) But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Mat 24:14) And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
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(Mar 13:9)
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. (Mar 13:10) And the gospel must first be published among all nations. (Mar 13:11) But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
(Mar 13:12) Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
(Mar 13:13a) And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake:
(Mar 13:13b) …but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Mar 13:10) And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
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(Luk 21:12)
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. (Luk 21:13) And it shall turn to you for a testimony. (Luk 21:14) Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: (Luk 21:15) For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
(Luk 21:16) And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
(Luk 21:17) And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. (Luk 21:18) But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
(Luk 21:19) In your patience possess ye your souls.
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The Great Tribulation / Abomination of Desolation
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(Mat 24:15) When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) (Mat 24:16) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
(Mat 24:17) Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house:
(Mat 24:18) Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
(Mat 24:19) And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! (Mat 24:20) But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
(Mat 24:21) For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
(Mat 24:22) And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
(Mat 24:23) Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. (Mat 24:24) For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. (Mat 24:25) Behold, I have told you before.
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(Mar 13:14) But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
(Mar 13:15) And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take anything out of his house: (Mar 13:16) And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
(Mar 13:17) But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! (Mar 13:18) And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
(Mar 13:19) For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
(Mar 13:20) And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
(Mar 13:21) And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: (Mar 13:22) For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
(Mar 13:23) But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
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(Luk 21:20)
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. (Luk 19:43) For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
(Luk 21:21) Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. (Luk 21:22) For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
(Luk 19:44) And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
(Luk 21:23a) But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! …
(Luk 21:23b) … for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
(Luk 21:24) And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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False Teaching in the Great Tribulation Concerning the Universal Revelation of the Son of Man
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(Mat 24:26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (Mat 24:27) For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Mat 24:28) For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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(Luk 17:22)
And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. (Luk 17:23) And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. (Luk 17:24) For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
(Lk 17:37b) Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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Fig Tree Parable
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Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: (Mat 24:33) So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. (Mat 24:34) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (Mat 24:35) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (Mat 24:36) But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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(Mar 13:28)
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: (Mar 13:29) So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. (Mar 13:30) Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. (Mar 13:31) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. (Mar 13:32) But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. (Mar 13:33) Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
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(Luk 21:29)
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; (Luk 21:30) When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. (Luk 21:31) So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. (Luk 21:32) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. (Luk 21:33) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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Days of Noah
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
(Gen 6:1-13)
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
(2Pe 3:5-6)
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Mat 24:37-39)
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
(Luk 17:26-27)
Days of Lot
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot’s wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
(Luk 17:28-33)
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
(2Pe 2:7-8)
Separation of the Two in the Bed, the Field, at the Mill
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Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Mat 24:41) Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
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(Luk 17:34)
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. (Luk 17:35) Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Luk 17:36) Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Luk 17:37) And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. (see Mat 24:28)
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Will Faith be Found When Christ Returns – Luke 18:7-8
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
(Luk 18:7-8)
John 21:7-8 – Actions of the Disciples at the Return of Christ
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
(Joh 21:7-8)
Mat 10:23 – The Gospel Goes forth until the Return of Christ
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
(Mat 10:23)
Parables of Watchfulness
Thief in the Night
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
(Mat 24:42-44)
Faithful versus Evil Servant
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(Mat 24:45-51)
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
(Luk 12:42-48)
Servants Given Authority While Man on Far Journey
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
(Mar 13:32-37)
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
(Luk 12:35-40)
Cares of this Life
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
(Luk 21:34-36)
The Wise and Foolish Virgins
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
(Mat 25:1-13)
Parable of the Talents
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
(Mat 25:14-30)
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
(Mat 25:31-46)
Parable of the 10 Minas
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
(Luk 19:11-27)
Acts 7:11 – Famine in the Land
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
(Act 7:11)
Acts 27:29-44 – The Shipwreck
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
(Act 27:29-44)
1 Thessalonians – Thief in the Night
To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
(1Th 3:13)
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
(1Th 5:1-4)
2 Thessalonians – Man of Sin, Son of Perdition
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
(2Th 1:5-10)
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
(2Th 2:1-12)
The Conditions of the Great Tribulation
A Falling Away (Apostasy from God) by Deception
Deceivableness of unrighteousness
Deception / belief not in the truth / believe a lie / did not have a love of the truth
Man of Sin, Son of Perdition (Antichrist) in the Temple of God
“…and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God”
“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness”
Unrighteousness / Iniquity
Hebrews 10:25 – Not Forsaking the Assembling Together
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
(Heb 10:25)
James 5 – Latter Rain
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
(Jas 5:7-9)
James 5 – Elijah’s Prayer for Rain and 3 ½ Years
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
(Jas 5:17-18)
1 John 2:18 and 4:3 – The Antichrist
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
(1 John 2:18)
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(1Jn 4:3)
Conditions – Meaning of Antichrist
Anti-prophet – Deception (against the Word of God / (false prophecy)
Anti-priest – Other methods of salvation
Anti-king – Disobedience / Lawlessness
2 Peter 2 and Jude 7 – Times of Noah and Lot
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
(2Pe 2:4-9)
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
(Jud 1:7)
2 Peter 3 – Scoffers / Flood / Thief in the Night
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
(2Pe 3:3-4)
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
(2Pe 3:5-6)
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
(2Pe 3:10-13)
Jude 14-16 – The Message from Enoch
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
(Jud 1:14-16)
Revelation
The First 6 Seals, the 144,000 and the Great Multitude
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
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Great Tribulation |
6:7-8 | 4th Seal | Pale Horse – Death and Hell, power over the fourth part of earth – kill w/ sword, hunger, death and beasts |
| 6:9-11 | 5th Seal | Souls under altar slain for Word of God, testimony, cried for judgment, white robes, rest for a ‘little season’ | |
| 7:9-17 | Great Multitude | They who have come out of the Great Tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb |
The 7th Seal, First 6 Trumpets and the 7 Thunders
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
| Great Tribulation | 8:13 | Woe, woe, woe | Woe to earth’s inhabitants for the sound of the last 3 trumpets |
| 9:1-12 | 5th trumpet, 1st woe | Bottomless pit opened, smoke clouded air, sun and air darkened, locusts with tails as scorpion, hurt only people which have not the seal of God in foreheads, torment them for 5 months, locusts as horses for battle, crowns of god, hair as women, teeth as lions, breastplates iron, wings as chariots in battle, king is angel Abaddon, Apollyon | |
| 9:13-21 | 6th trumpet, 2nd woe | Angels bound at Euphrates loosed, prepared to slay 1/3 of men, 2 myriad, myriad of horsemen with breastplates, heads of horses like lions, out of mouths fire and brimstone, tails like serpents, power of mouth, rest of men did not repent of their sins |
Measuring the Temple, 2 Witnesses and the 7th Trumpet (Judgment Day)
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
| Great Tribulation | 11:4-11a | 2 Witnesses dead for 3 ½ days | When 2 witnesses’ testimony finished, beast shall make war and kill them Dead bodies in great city, called Sodom and Egypt, where Lord was crucified (Jerusalem). People on earth rejoice – see bodies 3 ½ days |
The Woman, Child and the Satanic Trinity
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
| Great Tribulation | 13:1-4 | Beast out of the Sea | Beast 7 heads and 10 horns, one head wounded, but healed, all world wondered and worshipped the dragon and the beast, who can make war with the beast |
| 13:5-10 | The Actions of the Beast | Mouth speaking great things and blasphemy and power for 42 months. Blasphemed God, His name, his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven. Made war with the saints and power over all tribes, tongues and nations. All unsaved will worship him. Led into captivity. | |
| 13:11 | The Second Beast | 2 horns like a lamb, spoke like a dragon | |
| 13:12-18 | Second Beast’s actions | Power and authority, causes earth to worship first beast, does great wonders, fire come down from heaven, deceive them on earth. Causes people to make an image to the beast, give life to the image of the beast so it should speak and cause those who did not worship to be killed. Receive mark in right hand or forehead, no one can buy or sell without mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. Count the number – 666. |
The Whore Babylon riding on the Scarlet-colored Beast and the Marriage Supper
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
| The Great Tribulation | 17:1-18:19 | Babylon’s Description | · Great whore (17:1)
· Woman (17:3,7) · Clothed in fine linen (18:16) · Arrayed in purple, scarlet, decked with gold, precious stones, pearls, having a gold cup in her handful of abominations and filthiness of her fornication (17:4, 18:16) · On forehead name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great (17:5,7) · Mother of harlots and abominations of the earth (17:5) · Great city that reigns over the kings of the earth (17:18, 18:16, 18:18-19, 18:21) · …sits as a queen and am no widow (18:7) · Mighty city (18:10) · Great riches (costliness) – (18:17, 19) |
| 17:4-18:22 | Babylon’s Inhabitants | · Decked with gold, precious stones and pearls (17:4)
· Habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird (18:2) · Come out of her my people (18:4) · Harpers, musicians, pipers, trumpeters, craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, workers at millstone (18:22) |
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| 17:1-15 | Babylon’s Location | · Sits on many waters which are peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues (17:1, 15)
· Wilderness (17:3) · Sits on a scarlet-colored beast , full of names of blasphemy, 7 heads and 10 horns (17:3, 7) · The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits (Rev 17:9) |
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| 17:8-11 | Scarlet-colored beast | · Was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition – was, and is not, and yet is. (17:8, 11)
· The beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth [head], and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. (17:11) |
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| 17:9-11 | 7 Heads | · The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits (Rev 17:9)
· And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (17:10) · The beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth [head], and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. (17:11) |
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| 17:12-17 | 10 horns | · The ten horns are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (17:12)
· These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (17:13) · Make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. (17:14) · Hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (17:16) · For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (17:17) |
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| 17:2-19:2 | Babylon’s Actions
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· Kings of earth committed fornication (17:2, 18:9
· Kings of earth lived deliciously with her (18:9 · Inhabitants of earth drunk with wine of her fornication (17:2 · All nations drunk wine of the wrath of her fornication (18:3) · Drunk with the blood of the saints and with martyrs of Jesus (17:6) · Merchants of the earth rich through abundance of her delicacies (18:3) · Sins and iniquity (18:4-5) · Glorified herself, lived deliciously (18:7) · Merchants – for no man buys their merchandise any more (18:11) · Shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea – were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness (18:17, 19) · Harpers, musicians, pipers, trumpeters, craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, workers at millstone (18:22) · Light of a candle, voice of the bridegroom and of the bride for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. (18:23) · And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (18:24) · Corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. (19:2) |
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| 18:11-19 | Babylon’s Merchandise | · Merchants of – for no man buys their merchandise any more (18:11, 15)
· The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, and cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. (Rev 18:12-13) · Great riches – shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea (18:17) · Great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness (18:19) |
The Millennium, loosing of Satan and the Lake of Fire
| Event | Verses | Short Title | Description |
| The Great Tribulation | 20:7-9a | Loosing of Satan | · … and after that he must be loosed a little season (20:3b)
· And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city… (20:7-9a) |
Thief in the Night
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
(Rev 3:3)
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
(Rev 16:15)