Surviving The Tribulation Period: Your Odds Are Slim

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If you are reading this, and do not know Jesus as Lord and Savior, I hope this will be a tool that the Lord uses to open up your eyes to your need for Him. Your future and eternity could depend on what you decide at this very moment. Don’t let this opportunity to know Christ pass you by. It may be your last!

I have always questioned if there are specific procedures that one could follow that would enable them to survive the tribulation period. I truly believe that it will be by the grace of God that anyone survives. Let me put this time period in perspective. The tribulation period will be so devastating and so horrible Jesus said, “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: But for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Matthew 24:22).”

At present, there are 6.58 billion people on the earth.  When the rapture takes place, millions will be taken from this world leaving billions to go through the tribulation period. 

At first, the world will change very little physically.  Men will still be “eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage” (Matthew 24:38).   But spiritually, there will be a significant change. 

When Christians are taken from the earth the Holy Spirit will go with them (II Thessalonians 2:6 & 7).  This will begin the great falling away that will lead right into the tribulation period (II Thessalonians 2:3). 

Some believe this great falling away described in II Thessalonians to be the rapture of the church.  Personally, I believe the interpretation is twofold representing the rapture and the world falling away from God.  Regardless of the correct interpretation this will be a Godless society.

At the beginning of the tribulation period a man will come on the scene who will bring peace to the world.  As we know, Israel will be involved in this peace plan.  It is believed that many other nations will also be involved.  This plan will bring peace and safety not only to Israel but to the rest of the world as well.

For some time the world will coexist in harmony…how long is unknown.  It’s also unknown at what point the world will realize who the antichrist is.  It is very possible that it could be years into the tribulation period before anyone makes the connection. 

At some point in time, peace will be taken from the earth and a great world war will commence (Revelation 6:3-8).  Many will die (1/4 of world population) during this war but it should be noted that many more will be injured in varying degrees.

This will be a horrible time and whatever comes out on the other side of this war is what one should fear.  From this time forward the world will change dramatically.

Following the war, the antichrist and his kingdom will have survived.  Astonishingly, tiny Israel will survive as well. 

Many believe that the antichrist will enter the tribulation period with a ten-nation kingdom.  Certainly, at some point his kingdom will number ten nations but he may have more at the beginning of the tribulation and prior to the war.  You can bet new alliances will be formed after this war.  It may be following this war that the antichrist forms his final ten-nation kingdom.

Whether this will be the time Russia and the Islamic nations attack Israel is unknown, but if a war of this magnitude breaks out, I have to believe their anger will be focused upon them.  But God’s divine intervention will bring about a great deliverance that will shake the world from its very foundation. 

Russia and the Islamic world will likely suffer a devastating defeat that they will not recover from at least not during the tribulation period. 

The War of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38 & 39) may be the very reason behind the start of this war to begin with.

With much of the world in ruins the antichrist will rise up and take charge.  Many will see him as a savior while others will finally see him as he is.  Either way, he will force his way upon the world and they will worship him (Revelation 13). 

This will be the darkest and most horrific time in the history of mankind.  Many will die and many more will suffer unspeakable terrors.  This time will be so horrible that “the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, [will hide] themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And [say] to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:  For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (Revelation 6:15-17)

This leads us to our topic. What are the chances of surviving the tribulation period? Nobody knows for sure, but we do know that one-quarter of the world’s population will be eliminated (Revelation 6:7, 8) when the fourth seal is broken and another one-third will die when the sixth trumpet sounds (Revelation 9:13-19). That doesn’t even include the complete destruction of Mystery Babylon, the worldwide earthquake, the complete annihilation of the Russian Alliance, The Battle of Armageddon, and so on. After all this a person’s chances of being in that number would be very slim.

Let’s say five billion people enter into the tribulation period. It has been estimated that as many as four billion people will die leaving one billion survivors. Following the seven-year tribulation the Lord will rule with a “rod of iron” and execute judgment on the nations to determine who will enter into the millennium. The criterion is simple. Those who befriended Israel (and don’t take the mark) during the tribulation period will be allowed to enter into the Millennial Age. Those who do not meet this criterion will be executed without mercy.  In some cases, entire nations could be wiped out.

When all is said and done only a fraction of the world’s population will be left. I will be conservative and estimate that 500 million will be allowed to enter the millennial Age.

Frankly, I think that number is high, but nevertheless, that means a person who enters the tribulation period has a one in ten chance of survival. Oh, and by the way, that number includes only those who did not take the mark of the beast. Almost everyone will and in the end, they will be executed.

Dear friend, if you don’t know the Lord at this time you’re making the biggest mistake of your life. Jesus came and paid your sin debt on Calvary that you might have renewed fellowship with God. Don’t let satan deceive you into letting this opportunity to know the Lord pass you by. For the hour is approaching and He will not tarry. Please come to the Lord today! Jesus could come tonight and you could be left behind.

Are you ready to meet the Lord?  If not, your time is running out!

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Terry Malone