Why Should We Warn People of the Coming Tribulation?
If the SPIRITUAL aspect (i.e., people getting right with
God)
of the end times is indeed more important, then WHY should we try to
get
the word out about the New World Order? Why should we warn them
of
the coming persecution? The real question is WHY SHOULDN'T
WE?
The Bible says that we should not be ignorant of the devices of the
devil,
lest he should get an advantege over us (II Cor 2:11), and that we
should
expose the works of darkness (Eph 5:11). NO, we cannot defeat
this
thing on our own, but the Bible is clear that God Almighty will Himself
defeat
it. We cannot stop the rise of the New World Order or the
Antichrist.
All we can do is delay its coming. By informing people that don’t
know,
we can slow it’s coming and prepare them for the things that are
coming.
Most of them aren’t ready for the coming persecution, and they would be
more
likely to be offended of the Gospel and fall away. “[F]or when
tribulation
or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.”
(Matt
13:21) Isn’t it better for them to be prepared for possible
persecution,
rather then letting them hope in the rapture to deliver them from these
things?
The Bible is clear that the World Government (New World Order) will be
set
up before the rise of the antichrist, and the antichrist will rise out
of
it. There will be ten kings ruling the ten regions of the world,
and
the antichrist will subdue three of them. See Daniel chapter seven:
After this I saw in the night vision, and behold, a
fourth
beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great
iron
teeth, it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
the
feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
and
it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came
up
among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the
first
horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were the eyes
of
man, and a mouth speaking great things . . . I beheld, and the same
horn
made war with the saints, and prevailed against them . . . The fourth
beast
shall be the forth kingdom upon the earth, which shall be diverse from
all
kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and
brake
it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are the ten
kings
that shall arise: and another shall rise after them, and he shall be
diverse
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:7,8,21,23,24
It is obvious that the One World Government will rise before the
appearance
of the antichrist, which itself will occur BEFORE the catching away
(see
below). The NWO [the forth beast/ forth kingdom] will “stamp the
residue”
(the remnant of believers) before the antichrist appears to “make war
with
the saints.”
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and
our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or
be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that
the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any
means:
for that day shall not come except there come a falling away [apostasy]
first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;” II
Thessalonians
2:1-3
The day of Christ and our gathering together unto Him will not come
until
after there is apostasy, a falling away, in the church, AND the
antichrist
is revealed.
Jesus said that we would see wars and rumors of wars, but this would
only
be just the beginning of the end. “All these are the beginning of
sorrows.
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.” Matt 24:8,9.
But
wait, where is the rapture? We’re supposed to be raptured before all
this
happens!!” The Bible is clear that we’ll be hated and killed by
all
nations BEFORE the rapture. So why shouldn’t we warn and prepare people
for
certain persecution rather than lead them on that they will be raptured
beforehand?
The passage above says that we will be hated OF ALL NATIONS, and that
includes
America. Even if the rapture is pre-tribulation, the Bible is
clear
that we will suffer persecution before it. And the Bible is the
truth!!!!!!
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather
reprove them (II Eph 5:11). The Bible says that we should reprove
those
depraved people who are doing these wicked deeds, and reach out to them
with
the gospel. But this does not mean putting your head in the sand
and
turning a closed eye to the things that they are doing.
A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple
pass
on, and are punished (Prov. 22:3). We should warn others of the coming
evil,
so that they prepare themselves both spiritually and physically.
If
they are ignorant of what’s coming, or refuse to believe that such
things
could happen, they will pass on and suffer the brunt of the affliction
because
they weren’t prepared for it. This advice was so important that
God
put it in the Bible twice. Prov 27:12: “A prudent man forseeth the
evil,
and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
Thus it is very important to expose what is going on and what is
planned
by these wicked men for two reasons: to prepare the Christians for
persecution,
and to warn the wicked to flee the coming wrath of a just God who will
repay
them fully for their iniquity.