Jesus said: For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Events of the last 3 ½ years of Daniel’s “One-week Prophecy”

• Israel Escapes and Persecution of Christian Saints Continues: Revelation 12:17
  • Worship the beast or be killed — Rev. 13:15
  • Massive martyrdom of believers —Rev. 6:9-11
  • The persecution of the saints — Daniel 7:21, 25; Daniel 12:10; Rev. 12:14; Rev. 13:7; Rev. 18:24
  • The one-world-religion, the Harlot, will cause many to be martyred — Rev. 17:6
  • Blessed when persecuted — Matthew 5:10-12, 44
  
  
• A Time of Great Deceptions: Matthew 24:23-26
• The beast that comes from the sea — the false prophet — Rev. 13:11-14
• People on earth will be forced to take the mark of the beast — Rev. 13:16-18
• A warning from God not to take the mark of the beast — Rev. 14:9-13
• Believers will not take the mark and they will be killed — Rev. 15:2; Rev. 7:13-17


• The Two Witnesses: Revelation 11:1-13
• Jerusalem given over to the Gentiles for 3 ½ years — Rev. 11:1-2; Luke 21:24; Daniel 12:7
• A sign from God in Jerusalem — Two witnesses — Rev.11:3
• Who are the two witnesses? Rev. 11:4; Zechariah 4:2-3, 4:11-14; Mark 9:2-5
• What is their assignment?
  • They will have power to prophesy for 3 ½ years in the streets of Jerusalem.
  • They will have power to shut down heaven so that it will not rain.
  • They will have power to bring plagues and turn water to blood. [The Time of the Trumpet Judgments]
  • They cannot be killed, but when God permits them to be killed, they resurrect after 3 ½ days, which stops the celebration of the people on earth because they were tormented by these two witnesses.
  • The two witnesses are called back up to heaven and this event marks the end of the Tribulation Time.


• The Trumpet Judgments + Egypt’s Judgments at the time of Moses:
• Opening of the 7th seal: Rev. 8:1-6
• The sounding of the first trumpet — Rev. 8:7 and Exodus 9:23-26
• The sounding of the 2nd trumpet — Rev. 8:8-9 and Exodus 7:20-21
• The sounding of the 3rd trumpet — Rev. 8:10-11 and Exodus 7:24
• The sounding of the 4th trumpet — Rev. 8:12 and Exodus 10:21-23
• The sounding of the 5th trumpet — Rev. 9:1-6 and Exodus 10:12-13
• The sounding of the 6th trumpet — Rev. 9:13-15 [death upon humanity] and Exodus 12:29-30 [death upon the Egyptians] * The pharaoh is a type of the antichrist
• The sounding of the 7th trumpet — DELIVERANCE — Rev. 11:15 and Exodus 12:31-33