Part III ~ Lesson 2 of 8 – The Great Tribulation

The Sequence of Endtime Events

Equipping God's Saints (Followers of Christ) through the prophecies of the End Times …

In building on our chart that will compare scriptures with the events of the Wrath of Satan, we will show the difference between the Wrath of Satan and the Wrath of God and how the Final 3 ½ years known as the Great Tribulation is actually the Wrath of Satan. Let's begin with the first scripture on our chart, Daniel 7:25:

“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”

The “he” here speaks of the Antichrist. We know that because, in this prophecy, there is a 10-Horned Beast, one horn comes up among the 10, uproots 3 of them and waxes great. Ultimately, this horn becomes the Antichrist. It goes on to say later in this passage that the little horn makes war against the saints and prevails against them until the Ancient of Days comes. We can see that this time of Great Tribulation extends all the way from the time it is triggered to the time that Jesus Christ comes back to put down the Antichrist and to establish His Kingdom ~ a Kingdom that will never pass away and never be destroyed.

What we learn from Daniel 7:25 is that this man that arises ~ the Antichrist:

• Will speak words against God
• Will Wear out (war against) the saints
• Has power to continue for time, times, dividing of time

Let's explain the meaning of “Time / Times / Dividing of Time”.

Virtually the same scripture as in the Old Testament, Daniel 7:25, we find in the New Testament, Revelation 13:5-7, which describes the same things:

“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.”

This passage is speaking of the Beast of Revelation 13; specifically of the one-world government and the leader of the one-world government; the Antichrist. This passage says:

• He will have a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies
• Power will be given unto him to continue for 42 months
• He makes war with saints and overcomes them

This passage tells us the definition for “Time / Times / Dividing of Time” is:

Time = 1 year

Times = 2 years

Dividing of Time = ½ year

Total = 42 Months = 3 ½ years

The Antichrist will have power to make war against the saints for 3 ½ years. All the elements in Daniel 7:25 and the elements written over 700 years later in Revelation 13 are all the same elements.

Everthing meshes perfectly. The main thing we need to remember is Who authored these books. Some people say Daniel wrote the Book of Daniel, John wrote the Book of Revelation, etc. The fact is, both Books have the same Author, He merely changed secretaries. Daniel was the recording secretary of Daniel, and John was the recording secretary of Revelation, but it's the same Author ~ God. That is the reason the message is so consistant.

It is important to know that the Great Tribulation is 3 ½ years. Many people think it is 7 years. There is a 7 year period, but the Great Tribulation is the final 3 ½ years of this 7 year period. There is another passage that talks about this same time period. Revelation 12:1-6 says:

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads with ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.”

There are several things we need to define in this passage. This description of the woman is an exact duplicate of the description of Israel in the dream of Joseph in Genesis 37:9. He saw a vision of his father and mother as the sun and the moon and his brothers as 11 stars. He was the 12^th star. The 12 stars representing the 12 tribes of Israel. We have the same 12 stars here in Revelation 12:1 again representing the 12 tribes of Israel.

In describing what or who the red dragon is, Revelation 12:9 tells us the red dragon is that old serpent, the devil and Satan.

In our passage of Revelation 12, we see there is a woman having a child. We know the woman is Israel. The child is Jesus Christ.

Satan stood before the woman to devour the child as soon as He was born. We know that happened. Herod the Great tried to kill Jesus, however, Almighty God instructed Joseph to take Jesus down into Egypt. Consequently, He was delivered. Ultimately, the Child, Jesus, was caught up to God to His throne after the end of His mission here on earth.

The woman fled into the wilderness for 1,260 days because she is under persecution. We also notice the 1,260 days, which is the same as 42 months or Time / Times / Dividing of Time ~ all equaling 3 ½ years. All of this is describing the time when there will be great persecution against the church; against God's people everywhere; and it's the time called the Great Tribulation. We are able to see here that every reference to the Great Tribulation is a period of 3 ½ years.

Resources: The anointing of the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, of whom I am accountable to. I have prayed diligently and am led to follow and support the teachings of Pastor Irvin Baxter from Endtime Ministries and his teachings of Understanding the End Times. I encourage you to visit his website at endtime.com.