PREPARING FOR THE TRIBULATION

 *PREPARING FOR THE TRIBULATION*

Matthew 24:3-27

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 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.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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.

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:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

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.

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.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

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.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

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.

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.

Just before our Lord Jesus was crucified, He told the disciples what would happen at the time of the end, how to prepare for that time.

Many Christians are wishing the Tribulation period away, some wants to be raptured before that time comes..many believe that they won't see the Tribulation.

These has caused many of them not to be prepared for the Tribulation.

*Should we prepare for the Tribulation*?

Yes! 

Some Christians who are living a Christian lifestyle, preparing for the second coming of Christ/rapture as many would call it.. are not preparing for the tribulations. 

What happens to them when they come face to face with the tribulations, knowing full well that they didn't prepare?

Jesus Christ Himself warned us in the bible about the things that would come upon this earth, just before His second coming...

Don't expect that the world will continue to be in a state of bed of Roses until the Lord comes back.

I am going to be listing some of the events that will take place before the second coming of Christ and how we are to prepare for them.

● *Asking for the help of the Holy Spirit*.

Christians who are waiting for the second coming of Christ weather they will pass through the great Tribulation or  not must be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

The Lord has revealed to so many people that many of God's children will  be laid to rest  before the time of trouble comes upon the world Some will  be children, some aged people who are in Christ will  be laid to rest.

Some are those who will not be able to make it during the time of trouble and so by His (God) infinite mercy He would call them home before that time..this is an act of Love; so whatever happens during this period is the will of God and should be accepted. God sees the end from the very beginning,  His will is always the best for us. Amen.

Isaiah 57 :1

 *The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death*

The Lord says in the book of John 3:5, "Except you be baptized with water and the SPIRIT, you cannot enter Into the kingdom of God".

Here is a teaching on the water and Holy Spirit baptism. 👇

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/04/what-does-it-mean-by-to-be-baptized.html

It is the Holy Spirit of God that reveals the laws of God in our hearts..

We are transformed by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit, we become new creatures and our old nature is crucified with Christ.When we walk in the Spirit we don't fulfill the lust of the flesh. We live according to God's commandments: a Holy life; presenting our selves as living sacrifices to God, dying daily to self, forsaking the world and all the worldly pleasures and following Christ wherever He leads us.

No Christian can make it to heaven without the help of the Holy Spirit, especially in these last days..the world is becoming tougher and  wickedness abound on every side. Distractions of every kind.. that if you are not led by the Holy Spirit you will not survive what is coming upon the earth.

So, now is the time to store more oil..for the dark days are ahead..this oil keeps your lamp burning during the dark days.

There was a dream that the Lord gave to me concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in our heavenly race..this dream shows how Christians often rely on their own strength to make it, but without the help of the Holy Spirit we wouldn't be able to make it.

● *Endurance*

Endurance is one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit,  and without endurance we cannot make it in these last days. The Holy Spirit helps us to endure pain, sorrows, sufferings in this world and even during the time of the great tribulation.

That is why the Lord Jesus says "He that shall endure to the end, thesame  shall be saved. ( Matthew 24:13)

There was a dream I had about endurance in the last days.. ( Perseverance needed in the last days)

I was shown a plane tossing to and fro in the sky..it looked as if this plane wanted to fall off from the sky..but it didn't. 

I saw a mighty invisible hand holding a string that is controlling this air plane.

All the passengers In that plane were scared to their teeth. Even when they thought that they would all fall out of the plane, they didn't...this continued to happen. There was a time the plane came so close to the ground and one of the passengers got the chance to leave the plane, he quickly jumped out of the plane..and thebplane continued to toss up and down..until it was time for the invisible hand to allow the plane come down peacefully..and all the passengers on board were given 10 seconds to evacuate the plane..thesame invisible hand allowed them to evacuate the plane peacefully before He blew the plane up..and all of them came out from that plane safe and unharmed.

People saw them as heroes in that dream..it wasn't easy to have endured what they endured In that plane. Their faith were tested, and the one who didn't have enough faith to trust that that mighty invisible hand who was controlling the plane was able to keep them safe and secured..This hand kept them through the ups and down of that journey., He didn't allow the sting to cut. So, God is in control, even during the great tribulation...He will be with the saints even to the very end. 

The Lord has promised to  be with us even to the very end. ( Matthew 28:20) So, these group of saints who had survived the tossed plane came out from the plane, and celebrated as heroes...they saw the one who jumped out of the plane, because he was afraid to continue with the journey. 

When they saw this fellow, they said to him "why didn't you have faith"?

No matter what will happen, God will give us supernatural help during the time of tribulation.  So, don't be afraid, we will only be afraid when we rely on our own strength, but when we depend on the Holy Spirit of the living God, we have nothing to fear, because He is leading us.

● *Dead to self*

In other to prepare for the Tribulation, we need to die to self: material things, worldly pleasures, wealth, not loving family and friends more than God, etc etc..

A time is coming when all that we hold on to eg, Houses, lands, education, positions etc..will all be stripped from us. And then we are left with nothing.

A time will come when your own husband, mother, children etc..will hate you because of your faith..some of them will deny and even betray you because of Chist sake.( Matthew 10:21) What would you do by then?

The Lord says he who loves mother and father more than me, is not worthy of me. 

A time will come when Families will be separated because of Christ. Your own family will persecute you.

I had a dream  that I and my family members refused to take the mark of the beast, but when the persecution became tougher, they couldn't bear the hunger and other things that they had lost out..because the Government made it difficult for them to get access to their basic needs..and this was too much for them to bear and so they succumbed to the beast system. 

When they realised that we didn't receive the mark of the beast, and we were living under their roofs, they turned against us..they starved us, and humiliated us. These and many more other things we are going to face during the Tribulations. 

So, you better start praying and talking to your Family to become converted..because if they're not, satan would use them against you during this period.

● *Praying and studying the word of God*.

We need to develop the character of praying always and feeding on the word of God.

When we pray we talk to God

When we study the word of God, God speaks to us.

Prayer, fasting and studying the word draw us closer to God..we need to be closer to God.

There is so much confusion in the world today: false teachers, false prophets prophesying  wrongly, the media feeding us with confusion..the media is so full of confusion these days that if you don't really know your bible and  always dwelling in the Presence of God you will be deceived or confused.

In the world there would be trouble, chaos and confusion,  but as long as you are always dwelling in the Presence of God, you will have unspeakable joy and peace; which only the Holy Spirit gives.

■*Preparing For Famine*.

The bible says that there would  Famines and earthquakes in diverse places, in the end times. 

Economic Collapse is one of the tools that the beast and the world Elites would use to bring about the mark of the beast.

I had a dream last year( 2019) where the Lord told me that the globalists wants to crash the economy, they want the masses to be dependent on them.

This would enable them to  dictate for the masses.

A Socialist kind of economy will be promoted, because one of the priorities the New Age Movement and their coming false world teacher is to alleviate poverty, to share the resources with the poor..no individual will be so rich.

In my dream I was told to go and withdraw all my money from the banks, because soon, we will not be able to withdraw money from the banks again. They're going to frustrate those who will not take the mark of the beast financially.

I was told to go and buy seeds, buy a farm land and start farming my own crops..because a time will come when it will be difficult to  buy and sell, except you have the mark.

But if you have an alternative income, or ways of generating food, it wouldn't be so much trouble for you during these periods. 

The Lord revealed to Pharaoh what was about to befall them and God used Joseph to prepare ahead of time,  7 years was the time given to them to prepare. We can also store grains and cereals..

Store on foods and house hold equipments that you may be needing. 

Remember the widow of zeraphat,  who stored some flour and oil for making bread?

And when her supplies where almost finished the Lord directed famished Elijah to her for food.

God will direct some persons to you for help during these periods, just as He directed  Elijah. 

Another thing to note is that

God also used Elijah to refill her.

But if she hadn't stored at all..what would have happened to her?

Those who don't have the means to store, God is going to provide for them super naturally.

*Note*: I am not saying you should go and withdraw all your money from the bank now,  but you should start something that can give you an alternative income income now, something that will make you not to rely on the Government for anything. 

Although God has revealed these things to us, but we don't know when it will happen, that is why we have to ask Him for direction.

 ● *Leaving The Cities*

Before the mark will be enforced and before God's wrath will befall this world, we should flee from the cities, because corruption and evil has taken over the cities of the world and God will remember the cities just like He did to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. 

I am going to be giving some examples of people who fled the cities before calamity befell those cities.

The bible says,  nothing is new under the sun, and what has happened before will surely happen again. 

● *Lot*.

When the Lord wanted to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah,  He asked Lot to leave the city and flee to the mountains.

Genesus 19:16-17

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither *stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed*.

The Angel's told him never to stay in all the plains: areas close to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, but flee to the mountains. 

Many people have been having dreams of leaving the cities..

I too, have heard dreams  about leaving the cities and going to secluded areas, which I have posted on my blog.

The dream I had in 2019, I was told in the dream to leave the city where I currently live now, and go to a *secluded area*  note that word secluded.  And that I should buy some seeds and start farming. 

So when we flee to these secluded areas, or villages, what are we supposed to be doing there as a means of livelihood? Farming and storing.

● *Pray For Direction Where To Go To*

There was another dream I had, that should be in late 2018, if I am not mistaken. 

The Lord told me that the beast will soon be revealed and that the Law will soon be enforced..that I should pray and ask God to reveal to me where to go and when to leave the city. I have been praying and I believe God will answer me at the right time.

So, I suggest,  we shouldn't just take decisions on our own, we should seek the face of God concerning this matter, and if our lifestyle is pleasing to Him, He will surely answer us.  But if He doesn't want you to leave, be well assured that He can keep you and take care of you.

 *Not ALL Places Will Be Safe*. 

In that same dream I had, I saw that the Elites, have mapped the whole word, so, I was praying for God's direction on where to go to.

So, it's very very important to pray and ask God to show you the places of Goshen, the safe haven He has prepared for His children, just don't take decisions on your own.

● *Elijah*. 

As I was reading the story of Elijah( maybe in the year 2018) I got the understanding that what happened to Elijah will also repeat itself again..it will happen to the Remnants in the last days..

A time of fleeing to the wilderness,  the wilderness experience is coming. 

The children of God will be taken to the wilderness area, and be kept safe for some time, away from the bustling and hustling of this world..

Just like God asked Elijah to flee to the mountains away from the face of Jezebel..Elijah was kept there, protected by the Lord and training.

When He came out finally, he was filled with the power and anointing of the most High God to challenge the prophet of Baal.

To prove that God is still God, to draw the people back to God. Those who were carried away with false signs and miracles of Jezebel and her prophets of baal.

Baal is the sun god, which the present world still worships, directly or indirectly.   

The whole world is under the influence of the sun god. (Baal)

So, there is a parallel between what happened during the time of Elijah and what will happen again.

These group of people will come out during the time of trouble, time of persecution, time of hunger to preach the 3 Angel's message. "Do not worship  the Beast and take his mark" (Revelation 14:7-10)

They will be very bold,  filled with the power of the living God, filled with the power of Elijah.

They will wrought miracles, just like Elijah did before all men, to prove that God is still God and not Baal.

Already, it would interest you to know that, many of God's children are fleeing from the cities already; especially in the US. God has been revealing to them where to go to.

● *Jesus's Prophecy About The Destruction Of Jerusalem*

In the book of Matthew 24 God told His disciples that the Temple and the city Jerusalem would be destroyed and when they shall see the abomination that causes desolation, they should flee to the mountains.

Matthew 24:15-21

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:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

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.

This prophecy has dual fulfilment. 

1. The literal destruction of Jerusalem,  it was recorded that Christians who believed I  what the Lord Jesus told them fled from the city to the mountains and none of them were killed. 

2. The second fulfilment is yet to come, this will happen during the great tribulation. 

And just like the Lord gave them a  sign to watch out for, so, He has given us the same sign too.

When we see  laws that will stand against Christians being passed and enforced, then it is time to leave.

This is the only way to escape the beast Government. 

A time is coming when the lockdowns will be so intense that you will not be able to go out, you will be trapped in your homes, no where to go to.

Time will come when you  will not be able to  buy or sell, or you will not be able to get any job or sustain your family except you do the biddings  of the government. 

Time will come that it will be difficult to leave, because every where will be blocked. 

This Corona Virus is just a trial run or a test for what they're planning to do..

*Bible Texts About God's Destruction Coming upon The Cities*

Zephaniah 1: 14-15

 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. 15 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. The Cities Will Be Remembered By God Because Of Her Atrocities. 

Pray And Ask God To Reveal To You Where To Move To And When To Leave. ( a safe haven or Goshen)

 Zephaniah 1: 16-18 16

 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the FENCED CITIES , and against the HIGH TOWERS. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. 

The Cities will be badly affected by natural disasters, meteors, pestilence, etc..

If you noticed, those who live in the villages or secluded areas were not affected by the  Covid 19 pandemics..

Those who were mostly affected were those living in the cities..this is just an example of what will happen in the future; because God's anger is coming upon the cities because of their attrocities and abominations. 

Remember Sodom and Gomorrah!

● *The Appearance Of A False Christ*.

The Lord Jesus told us in Matthew 24: that false christ shall arise to deceive many.

And even the very elect shall be deceived if possible. 

This is to tell the level of deception that will take over the world, but those who are always in the  Presence of God will not be deceived by His grace. 

Matthew 24:23-27

*For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be*.

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.

23 *Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not*.

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*.

25 *Behold, I have told you before*.

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*.

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.

The Lord has told us that  false christ will come during the time of tribulation, this false christ will come as the saviour of the world, when the world is in dire need of a saviour: some one who would help alleviate them from natueal disasters, wars, famine, terrorism, poverty, wickedness  etc...

Satan will masquerade as an angel of light to deceive many that he is Christ..he will  promote false doctrines that many will follow.

Many will bow to him as their Saviour. 

He will do so many miracles, signs and wonders, he will speak so many nice things..that will get so many confused.

God has revealed this to so many people..

Here is a study on this.👇

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/07/deception-christ-second-coming-to-be.html

Here are some of the revelations about this coming deception.👇

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/11/false-christ-is-coming-beware.html 

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-counterfeit-coming-of-christ.html

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2019/09/deception-satan-to-impersonate-second.html

Do not believe all miracles you see, rather test the Spirits if they are in accordance with the word of God.

 ● *Prepare For Persecution*

Matthew 24:9

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.

Those who believe in Pre Tribulation rapture will be so surprised and unprepared, because they believe that they would have be raptured by then, before the tribulation starts, but we have read fro the book of Matthew 24 that it is after the Tribulation that Christ will appear in the sky to gather His true children. 

We need to prepare ourselves mentally, physically, and spiritually to suffer and die for our Lord Christ, if that will be His will for us.

For further reading, here are some write ups and revelation on the Pre Tribulation rapture. 👇

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-pre-tribulation-rapture.html

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2019/07/another-deception-of-pre-tribulation_30.html

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2019/12/no-rapture-before-tribulation.html

Revelation on Christian persecutions. 👇

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/05/beheadings-ahead-of-christians.html

https://lovenewman.blogspot.com/2020/04/persecution-is-coming-to-christians-be.html

We don't need to be afraid of what is coming upon the world, the bible says that those who know their God shall be strong and do exploit. 

During this period, when darkness will cover the whole world, God's people will arise and the Glory of God will be risen upon them.

Gentiles, shall be brought into the kingdom of God. 

A time of great harvest is coming, we all need to be focused on living for Christ; dying daily to self, preparing our spiritual houses for the time of darkness that is coming upon the earth, preparing ourselves to receive the later rain.

We should be concerned on how God would use us to bring in the last harvest. 

Roman's 8:18-21

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.