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According to Joel 1 and 2, as well as Matt 24, the reason the great tribulation is cut short for the sake of the elect is the massive invasion of Israel at the time of the 5th/6th seal.
It occurs just before the Day of the Lord is about to begin. In fact, the destruction of those invaders is the first event ON the Day of the Lord.
The timing of the invasion, according to Joel 1 is in the Spring before Passover:
Joel 1:5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
[By the way, the rapture occurs as this massive invasion is taking place]
Joel 2: 15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Glenn Beck uncovered something disturbing. The UN and progressives like Obama, Europe, etc have adopted a new strategy. They justify involving themselves militarily into a situation under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine and tested it out with Libya.
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/
"The RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ("RtoP" or "R2P") is a new international security and human rights norm to address the international community’s failure to prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."
The world is going to use this as a reason to invade Israel.
And then, look at what's happening in Israel. Suddenly muslim terrorists are barraging Israel with rockets, murdering innocent civilians in their sleep and at bus stops. Israel responds by attacking terrorist training camps in Gaza and the world condemns ISRAEL for crimes against humanity. It's an interesting game the world is playing - and Israel is set to lose no matter what they do. But God is Sovereign and has declared what the outcome of all of this will be.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=213741
It occurs just before the Day of the Lord is about to begin. In fact, the destruction of those invaders is the first event ON the Day of the Lord.
The timing of the invasion, according to Joel 1 is in the Spring before Passover:
Joel 1:5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
[By the way, the rapture occurs as this massive invasion is taking place]
Joel 2: 15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Glenn Beck uncovered something disturbing. The UN and progressives like Obama, Europe, etc have adopted a new strategy. They justify involving themselves militarily into a situation under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine and tested it out with Libya.
http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/
"The RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ("RtoP" or "R2P") is a new international security and human rights norm to address the international community’s failure to prevent and stop genocides, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity."
The world is going to use this as a reason to invade Israel.
And then, look at what's happening in Israel. Suddenly muslim terrorists are barraging Israel with rockets, murdering innocent civilians in their sleep and at bus stops. Israel responds by attacking terrorist training camps in Gaza and the world condemns ISRAEL for crimes against humanity. It's an interesting game the world is playing - and Israel is set to lose no matter what they do. But God is Sovereign and has declared what the outcome of all of this will be.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=213741
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