In another thread by GraceChick, Is Prophecy Speeding Up Now, Lisa*Lisa gives us some wonderful information in post #16. Vital information for those that wish to prepare.
In commenting I gave my belief that the end time tribulation has been shortened to a period of five months. Jesus, when answering His disciples about that time said....
There will be a great deal of chaos and turmoil before those last five months and I believe that has already begun but....it is that last period Jesus tells us of that will be the great tribulation of Satan....deception!
When commenting in the other thread I quoted.....
In commenting I gave my belief that the end time tribulation has been shortened to a period of five months. Jesus, when answering His disciples about that time said....
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Revelation 9:5,10 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. (10) And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
The time of tribulation shall be shortened...to five months. That is something to consider in preparing...and preparing spiritually as well as physically we should be busy doing NOW. The time of the locust is May to September. Will it begin next May? I don't know but it doesn't hurt to prepare. Revelation 9:5,10 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. (10) And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
There will be a great deal of chaos and turmoil before those last five months and I believe that has already begun but....it is that last period Jesus tells us of that will be the great tribulation of Satan....deception!
When commenting in the other thread I quoted.....
Luke 1:24-25 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein He looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Suddenly, I understood. Elisabeth represents the wife, the woman, the church...she gives birth to the man child. The wife is to hide for those final five months but not her children. The son of Elisabeth, John the Baptist, represents the man child(ren)...those that prepare the way in the wilderness for Christ.
Revelation 12:4-6 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.
Revelation 12:16-17 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The church/woman hides herself, as did Elisabeth, from the world and whatever is happening in that period of time....while the dragon wages war on her seed...the man child, the very elect, the saints.Revelation 12:16-17 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.
143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Isaiah 26:20 Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
.27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me up upon a rock.
143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Isaiah 26:20 Come, My people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.