OUR FATHER WHO ALONE KNOWS THE TIME AND DAY OF THE END OF THE AGE part 3

In Matthew chapter 24 verses 29 - 31, Jesus reveals the events that would occur immediately after the great tribulation;

29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

As the end approaches, the persecution on the people of God would intensify as economic pressure and subtle deceptions carried out by the world systems flush believers out of hiding where they are killed. If these days were not shortened, as Jesus said in verse 22, no Christian at that time would physically survive the trials.

When this period ends, distinct signs would occur in the heavens where the sun will go dark along with the moon and not in the form of an eclipse but rather as a general dimming of the sun that will plunge the whole earth into darkness at the same time.

In the spiritual realm, the stars will fall from heaven as their dominion in spiritual places collapses. The spiritual powers that rule over territories and nations will be  shaken by a severe quake in the spiritual realm.

It is then that the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky as a light show of glory and splendor and power. All the people on earth, when they see this sign circling the globe, will know that the King of Glory, whom they had abandoned or rejected, was now returning and they will see Him on the clouds of heaven, no longer as a preacher entering Jerusalem on the colt of a donkey but now as the One of exceedingly great  power and glory.

As the whole world watches the frightening spectacle, a blast of trumpets will reverberate and the Lord Jesus will send His angels to gather His chosen ones from every corner of the earth and all His elect from all the places in heaven that they are.

Have mercy on us O God.

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