Day of the Lord Message:
Jesus said in the world ye shall have tribulation; but in me ye shall have peace. The ‘world’ is what brought tribulation to the Saints; not God. Tribulation actually started way back, when Cain killed Abel. Tribulation has always been. No where in the Word is it taught that there will be a seven year tribulation. This is false, hand-me-down, made-up doctrine. You must learn to prove all these things by finding where they are actually taught in the Word; or else see that they are not taught in the Word.
To know the truth, you will have to discount all that you have ever been taught and diligently study the Word until you see what the Word itself actually says. You must compare Scripture with other Scriptures which deal with the same subject. The truth will bring all the Word together in perfect harmony. When you have the truth, there will be no questions raised by one Scripture seeming to contradict another Scripture.
The Wrath of the Lamb is NOT the tribulation. The tribulation was the world’s people persecuting God’s people. When this is brought to an end, then the Wrath of the Lamb will be brought upon the world’s (Satan’s) people.
Isaiah said when the treacherous dealers cease to deal treacherously, they will be dealt treacherously with. This is saying when the false teachers and persecutors of God’s people are brought to an end, then the Wrath of the Lamb will be brought upon them.
Isa. 24:1–Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste..
v3—The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
v17—Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
v18—And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
v21—And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
v22–And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and AFTER MANY DAYS shall they be visited.
This being shut up in the pit is the same thing as when the angel in Rev. 20: 1,2 –laid hold on the dragon, the devil and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless PIT. After the thousand years, they are loosed out of the pit.
Zeph.2:14–The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
v15–That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
v16–A day of the TRUMPET and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the HIGH TOWERS.
This agrees with the other prophets I have already quoted saying that the Day of the Lord is a day of destruction. It is a day of the TRUMPET. This is the trumpet judgments in Revelation. If you study them and place them with these Scriptures, you will see that they all say the same thing.
Read Isa. 5:24 & 25–It shows that the fire devours the stubble; that the anger of the LORD is kindled against his people.
Stubble always represents Satan’s people in the Word. The Fire is the judgment ministry of the witnesses.
Isa. 41:2–is a prophecy of Jesus: it says they are as dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Joel 2:5–Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that DEVOURETH THE STUBBLE, as a strong people set in battle array.
Obadiah 18—And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and DEVOUR them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD that spoken it.
See, that Jacob and Joseph represent God’s family; Esau represents Satan’s family.
v15–For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. (speaking to mystery Babylon–the stubble–Esau–the treacherous dealers).
Nahum 1:2–God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth WRATH for his enemies.
See, here that the WRATH is the vengeance of the LORD against his enemies. So this proves that the WRATH of the LORD is NOT the same as tribulation. Jesus never said he would give tribulation to his people. He gives us peace.
Malachi 4:1—For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be STUBBLE: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Rev. 11: 3—And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ( representing their mortal bodies).
v5—And if any man will hurt them, FIRE proceedeth out of their mouth, and DEVOURETH their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
THE FIRE SHALL DEVOUR THE STUBBLE.
This is the ministry of the witnesses of God, who are given the Baptism of Fire: their POWER from on HIGH.
Jo