So just what is it about the “Tribulation” you might ask, that justifies such strong descriptive words as “horror”, “shock” and “terror”? Well that’s the question that needs to be answered…and we fully intend on answering it! However, before we can continue on with this “Tribulation Horror Show” we must first define the two types of “tribulation”:

Tribulation for Believers - The grievous afflictions, distresses, or burdens that the Almighty uses as a means of destroying the Believer’s “unwanted and unwelcome” prideful spirit. It is administered by Satan, under the authority of the Father, to all those who’ve accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour thereby desiring to “take on” the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. And it’s these same Believers in “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” who will likewise experience the “miraculous transformation” of having their “minds renewed in Christ” through this excruciatingly painful “process” of being “crushed, pressed, and squeezed” into the image of Jesus.

Tribulation for un-Believers - The grievous afflictions, distresses, or burdens that the Almighty uses as a means of breaking the un-Believer’s desire to retain their prideful spirit. It is administered by Satan, under the authority of the Father, to all those rejecting the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. This excruciatingly painful “process” of being “crushed, pressed, and squeezed” will not bring about a miraculous transformation in the minds of the un-Believers, but only an “agonizing opportunity” for them to give up on “prideful self” by accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.

So as you can see there are two radically different meanings behind this word “tribulation”. The tribulation for Believers is very positive – flowing forth life, while the tribulation for un-Believers is extremely negative – spewing forth death. And, of course, seeing how this article is entitled “Tribulation Horror Show”, it shouldn’t be too awful hard to figure out which one we’re going to focus on today. In fact we’re about to embark on a journey into the “mother” of all “tribulations” for un-Believers – the “Great Tribulation” of Matthew 24:

“For then shall be great tribulation [G2347], such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 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 24:21-22 KJV)

Tribulation (G2347) [thlipsis] - From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively): - afflicted, (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

In fact when it comes to this thing about a “tribulation horror show”, my question to you is “were you able to see the BIG picture through those verses and definition?” I mean were you able to actually “see” all the spooky things that will take place in this upcoming “Great Tribulation” event? – and were you able to “feel” the unimaginable stark, cold terror of it all? Well, I don’t think so!!!

Because you see words are cheap when it comes to describing something in such detail that you can actually see it and feel it. I mean when it comes to this thing of “touchy feely”, it takes a whole bunch of words to actually do the job! And besides all that, seeing how there has never been a “tribulation” like the “Great Tribulation” of the very near future, it’s gonna be very hard to describe something that nobody has ever seen or experienced in the first place. However, what we can do is get a “taste” of what it will “feel” like for the un-Believer by going back in time to some of the “mini tribulations” of the past. And as you read through the following “tribulation accounts” from the books of Deuteronomy and II Kings, please keep it in mind that this was just one of the many very negative “un-Believer tribulations” that have taken place in this world to-date:

“Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.” (Deuteronomy 28:47-57 KJV)

So what did you think about that? Can you even imagine a “tribulation curse” such as that taking place for un-Believers? I mean can you picture in your mind a place in time where God would allow things to get so catastrophically out of control that the once delicate, reserved, and non-violent “fathers and mothers” would snuff-out the lives of their innocent children in order to satisfy their fleshly appetites? And if that wasn’t bad enough already, can you even fathom the unimaginably “prideful spirit” that would cause those once delicate, reserved, and non-violent “fathers and mothers” to selfishly guard their cooked “flesh and blood” children much like a snarling, growling, junk-yard dog would guard their dried-up chew bone?

Well the awful truth of that predicted “tribulation curse” for un-Believers actually took place, and it was even recorded in the book of II Kings:

“And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.” (2 Kings 6:26-30 KJV)

So, just as promised, that was a “taste” of the “tribulation horrors” that God has declared for the rebellious “un-Believers” of this world. And I don’t know about you, but even that tiny “taste” was enough to make my stomach crawl! However, as bad as that might have been, there’s still more to come! Because you see even though that particular incident took place somewhere around 893 BC, we’re going to uncover a more recent “tribulation horror” for the Jewish un-Believers that took place more than 2800 years later. In fact by going back to that same “blessings and curses” chapter in Deuteronomy, and picking it back up in verse 15, we find the following very serious warning from God:

“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.” (Deuteronomy 28:15-22 KJV)

So did you get that? God warned his chosen people, the Jewish nation, that “if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee… and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.” And not only did God warn them, but within that same Scripture He also wrote a “hidden Truth” concerning exactly who it was that was going to administer this promised “tribulation horror” on the Jewish un-Believers.

Now the means of uncovering this “hidden truth in God’s Hebrew Words” is a phenomenon called the “Bible Code”, and it does it’s thing of “searching and finding” through a mathematical process called “Equidistant Letter Sequences” (ELS). In fact it was something like ten years ago that Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University discovered this incredible phenomenon in the original Hebrew Massoretic Text of the Old Testament. Because when they asked their computer to analyze the different combination of letters within the Hebrew text of the Holy Bible, they found a few meaningful words spelled out at a 22 letter interval in Deuteronomy 10:17-22. And you see the very “evil” words that they found were none other than Hitler, Holocaust and Eichmann. However, at a different letter spacing within that same passage, they also found Eichmann, King of the Nazis, Berlin, Germany, Holocaust, Cremetoria, Fuehrer and the death camp Auschwitz. And if that wasn’t enough already, the “Bible Code” revealed within God’s “blessings and curses” Scripture (Deuteronomy 28) the words Hitler, Nazi, Auschwitz and World War II.

So you see it was long before Hitler tried his dead-level best to destroy the un-Believing Jewish people that God Almighty had already predicted it would happen – and He did it through the hidden Words of “if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God…they shall pursue thee until thou perish.”

And, as promised, that was just another “taste” of the “tribulation horrors” that God has declared for the rebellious “un-Believers” of this world. And even though these “pictures” from Hitler’s “death camps” are gruesome beyond compare, they “do not” and “can not” make any of us “feel” the stark terror that was “felt” by the six million (plus) Jews who were shot, gassed, hung, burned, and butchered by “mad-man Hitler”.

Now even though Hitler was “the one” directly responsible for murdering God’s chosen people, he only did what he did because God allowed it. And even though the majority of those “stiff-necked and rebellious” Jewish “un-Believers” died and went to Hell…

“Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.” (Judges 10:13-14 KJV)

…there were, however, a few of those same “stiff-necked and rebellious” Jewish “un-Believers” who did not die and go to Hell. And of course the reason they didn’t was because of the fact that they didn’t waste their “agonizing opportunity” to finally grab hold of the Almighty’s blessed promise by “turning to” Him and “away from” their “stiff-necked and rebellious” ways:

“But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.” (Deuteronomy 4:29-31 KJV)

Now there are many “Christians” in the world today who do not believe that the upcoming “Great Tribulation” of Matthew 24 is only for the “un-Believers”. In fact there are many of these so-called “Christians” who will go through this up-coming great “tribulation horror show” because they have not been willing to obey God “without compromise”. In other words there are many “Believers in Jesus Christ” who have been labeled “un-Believers” by the Almighty because they have not obeyed Him in “all things”:

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” (Colossians 3:17 KJV)

In fact it wasn’t until my “personal encounter” with a particular “backslidden preacher” that the Father gave me His Divine Proof concerning this up-coming “tribulation horror show for un-Believers”. Because it was during my great adventure with Pastor Stevens And The Rejected Word From God! (5/27/01) that the Lord revealed to me (a prophet) the reasons for both Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart “falling into deep sin with the prostitutes” and Pastor Stevens “believing that Believers will suffer through the great tribulation”. You see both of these “men of God” got all “messed-up and mixed-up in sin”, and all because they didn’t obey God in “all things”!

And as it applies to Pastor Stevens, not only did “God so love the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish”, but God also continues to give His present-day “warnings” (through dreams and visions) to all those who think they’re believing in Him but yet ain’t! In fact it’s sad to say but there are many “learned men of God” like Pastor Fred Stevens – (the ones who think themselves to be “holy” but yet ain’t) – who have interpreted God’s “warnings to them” as being God’s “revelation for the Church”.

Because you see it was due to the fact that Pastor Stevens refused to “obey God in all things” that the Almighty gave him some very serious warnings about his up and coming “tribulation horror show”:

“But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee…” (Deuteronomy 28:15)

…And the way the Almighty gave these very serious warnings to Pastor Stevens was through a few white-knuckle, spine-tingling “dreams and visions”.

However, seeing how Pastor Stevens considered himself to be a holy man of God, he didn’t receive these warnings as God had intended. In other words when Pastor Stevens “saw” himself going though the “Great Tribulation”, he interpreted it as meaning that all Believers would suffer through the “tribulation horror show” as well. And, of course, that’s right about the place that Pastor Stevens’ understanding of the “rapture for Believers and tribulation for un-Believers” got all “tangled-up and messed-up” in sin and became “error”!

But, in an effort to help Pastor Stevens understand his very serious error, the Lord gave me the following Scripture from the book of Revelation especially for him. And the reason He gave it to me was so that I could prove to Pastor Steven’s that only the un-Believers (such as him) will be required to suffer through the upcoming “tribulation horror show”:

“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” (Revelation 3:10 KJV)

Now before I give you all the details of God’s proof from Revelation 3:10, what do you say we just bog it on down with a deeper understanding of what brought us here in the first place? Because you see for the last six years the Lord’s been showing me a lot about a demon called "Error". In fact in the past six years I’ve had to speak (as a prophet) what "thus saith the Lord" to many pastors in an effort to help them see the error demon in them. And, amazingly enough, it's been a rather high percentage of these same pastors that believe all “Christians” will have to go through the Tribulation Period…and they believe it because God has shown them that they are going to be there!!!

So you see the problem with these pastors (the ones all bound up in “Error”) is that they overlook the obvious truth; they are the ones going through the Great Tribulation…not the entire Christian Church. And getting back to the subject of "Pastor Stephens And The Rejected Word From God! (5/27/01)", the Lord equipped me for the spiritual battle that would ensue by giving me His Divine Proof that the "true Christians" will be “out of here” before the 7 years of “Tribulation Hell on earth” actually begins:

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write…Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” (Revelation 3:7 and 3:10-11 KJV)

Because you see what the Lord showed me is that the seven Churches of Asia (as found in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation) are representative of the Christian Church of today. And even though God used only seven (7) Churches in His simple little comparison, there was only one (1) of those seven (7) Churches prepared to enter into Heaven. I mean just think about it! Out of all those who consider themselves to be “Believers” there is only a very small percentage of them worthy of escaping the “tribulation horror show” of the upcoming “Great Tribulation”. And that’s what you call some pretty bad odds!

So you see there’s only a very few “Believers” who have "kept the Word of God's patience” and will be "kept from the hour of temptation". In other words whatever the Almighty has commanded these folks to do (His Word) they have done it completely (in totality) and without compromise (see sermonet You’ve Asked A Hard Thing Lord! (12/12/04)). These Believers, unlike the rest, will have obeyed God the Father in all things (tribulations), and regardless of the pain and suffering required (patience):

“Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation (G2347): but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:31-33 KJV)

“And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation (G2347) enter into the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:21-22 KJV)

Tribulation (G2347) [thlipsis] - From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively): - afflicted, (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

Now the way the Almighty showed me “there’s only a very few Believers who have kept the Word of His patience and will be kept from the hour of temptation” was through the two Greek words from which "temptation" and "try" were translated: "I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation (G3986), which shall come upon all the world, to try (G3985) them that dwell upon the earth." Because you see these two words in the Greek – "peirasmos (G3986)" and "peirazo (G3985)" – truly mean “to prove or test”...however, in this particular Scripture they mean “to prove or test” in the worst sense of the word. I mean, after all, that's what the “Great Tribulation” is all about; for God to prove that those going through it were not and had not been transformed into the image of Christ through their obedience to the “Word of His patience”.

Temptation (G3986) [peirasmos] - From G3985; a putting to proof (by experiment [of good], experience [of evil], solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication adversity. - The meaning of peirasmos depends on who is being tempted. If the Believer is being tempted, it is for the purpose of proving their dedication to God. If it is the un-Believer being tempted, it is for the purpose of causing him/her to fall.

Try (G3985) [peirazo] - From G3984; to test (objectively), that is, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline: - assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt (-er), try. - To tempt or to prove by solicitation to sin.

In fact to help you get a better grip on this thing about “God’s rewards” for being obedient to the “Word of His patience”, let’s take this thing about “to prove or test” just a little bit further:

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove (G1381) what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” (Romans 12:1-2 KJV)

Prove (G1381) [dokimazo] - From G1384; to test (literally or figuratively); by implication to approve: - allow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-) prove, try. - To prove someone good and acceptable.

You see when it comes to this thing about obeying the “Word of God’s patience”, it’s the Greek word for "prove" in Romans 12:2 (“that ye may prove (G1381) what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”) that “provides the evidence” that the Believer has obeyed it! In other words what happens to the Believer, as he or she walks in obedience to the “Word of God’s patience” (regardless of the pain and suffering encountered along the way; tribulation), is that their “mind” is actually changed and made “new” in Christ Jesus. And of course it’s this thing about becoming a “living sacrifice” on God’s “flaming altar” that actually brings about this “miraculous transformation” in the Believer through an excruciatingly “painful process” of “burning up the Believer’s sinful flesh”.

So the difference between "peirazo (G3985)" for the un-Believer [Revelation 3:10] and "dokimazo (G1381)" for the Believer [Romans 12:2] is the difference between having to go through the “Tribulation Horror Show” and not having to go through it. Because you see the “peirazo” kind of testing is designed to prove someone evil by making him/her more evil (like fathers and mothers killing and eating their own children), while the "dokimazo" kind of testing is to prove someone good and acceptable by making them a new man/woman/boy/girl in Christ Jesus.

And taking that thought just one step further, we have the following Scripture from the book of James that will help us get to where we need to go:

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation (G3986): for when he is tried (G1384), he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted (G3985), I am tempted (G3985) of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth (G3985) he any man: But every man is tempted (G3985), when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” (James 1:12-15 KJV)

Temptation (G3986) [peirasmos] - From G3985; a putting to proof (by experiment [of good]).

Tried (G1384) [dokimos] - From G1380; properly acceptable (current after assayal), that is, approved: - approved, tried.

You see what we have in those four (4) little old verses from the book of James is a composite of both the “good” and the “bad” types of “tribulation”. In verse one (1) we see the “Believer” being “tried” (dokimos/G1384) through the “good” type of “temptation” in order to produce the Believer’s “new mind in Christ Jesus”. In fact a very simple formula to help us remember how all this works for the Believer is “the Word of God’s patience + obedience to it = crown of life”. In other words for the Believer who’s willing to hear God and obey God in all things, and regardless of the suffering encountered during the process, that same Believer will be “approved” by the Almighty as a “True Believer in Christ Jesus”. And of course this thing about being “approved” means that the Believer is exempt from having to go through the “Tribulation Horror Show” by means of the “Rapture”.

Now that’s the good stuff! However, after that comes the bad:

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation (G3986): for when he is tried (G1384), he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted (G3985), I am tempted (G3985) of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth (G3985) he any man: But every man is tempted (G3985), when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” (James 1:12-15 KJV)

Temptation (G3986) [peirasmos] - From G3985; a putting to proof (by experience [of evi]).

Tempted (G3985) [peirazo] - From G3984; to test (objectively), that is, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline: - assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt (-er), try. - To tempt or to prove by solicitation to sin.

You see the second part of this “two-part Scripture” describes what happens to the un-Believer when “tempted” (peirazo/G3985) through the “bad” type of “temptation” in order to prove the un-Believer “evil” by making him/her “more evil”. In fact a very simple formula to help us remember how all this works in the un-Believer is “the Word of God’s patience + disobedience to it = sin and death”. In other words for the un-Believer who’s un-willing to hear God and obey God in all things because of the suffering encountered during the process, that same un-Believer will be “un-approved” by the Almighty and forced to take part in the “Tribulation Horror Show”.

Now this brings us back to the fact that there will be "Christians" going through the Tribulation Period, however, un-Believing "Christians" who were not willing to obey God in all things. And as bad as the upcoming “Tribulation Horror Show” might be for the un-Believing “Christian”, there is something very positive about having to go through it. Because you see even though the pain and suffering will be unimaginable – like never before – it will be one last “agonizing opportunity” for the un-Believing “Christian” to escape “everlasting death in the everlasting burning flames of Hell” by becoming a “martyr for Jesus”. In fact seeing how we’ve already read about the “one church out of seven” that won’t have to go through the “Tribulation Horror Show” (the church in Philadelphia), what do you say we take a look at the “one church out of the remaining six” that will become “Believers” because they had to go through it:

“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried (G3985); and ye shall have tribulation (G2347) ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” (Revelation 2:8-10 KJV)

Now that we’ve tied this Scripture in with the fact that the seven Churches of Asia (as found in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation) are representative of the Christian Church of today, what do you say we read the glorious account of the “church in Smyrna’s” Heavenly arrival after having given their lives for Jesus during the Great Tribulation:

“And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation [G2347], and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Revelation 7:13-17 KJV)

Now the purpose of this little “expose” is to alert folks to the fact that there’s gonna be a whole lot of Christians going through the “Tribulation Horror Show” right along with the “stinkin’ rank heathens”! But the question is “Does anybody in their right mind really want to go there?” Because you see by reading from the book of Revelation we can get a sample of what’s going to take place as Mr. Antichrist reveals himself during the “seven years of Hell on earth”. And of course it’s through the symbolic “Four Horsemen” of Revelation 6 that the Father actually shows us the “four ugly faces” of Mr. Antichrist:

“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (Revelation 6:1-2 KJV)

So, the first “face” we’re shown in this prophetic “Scripture on Mr. Antichrist” is none other than “the Roman Catholic Pope all dressed in white and riding on a white horse.” In fact many years ago the Roman Catholic “protestor”, Martin Luther, had the following to say about the Roman Catholic Church: “The papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist…”, and without a doubt, what he said was and is God’s Uncompromising Truth!

Because as we stated in our sermonet The Roman Catholic Curse In The Passion Of The Christ! (4/25/04), it is the Roman Catholic’s “White Pope” who not only claims to be “Jesus on earth” (Vicar of Christ) but who likewise presents himself to be “Jesus the Man of peace”. And even though the Roman Catholic’s “White Pope” might look “innocent and peaceful” enough, please believe me when I say “He ain’t!!!” I mean the “White Pope” might not carry a weapon of “mass destruction” (only a bow in hand), but as the Roman Catholic “Vicar of Christ” he has the power to command his army of faithful followers to do the killing for him. And, as history has recorded it, the Roman Catholic Religious System has exercised it’s awesome power of persuasion to cause wars and rumors of war since the early beginning of the Christian Church .

In fact when you get down to the basics, the Roman Catholic Religious System believes that the divine purpose of the “Revelation four horsemen” will be realized as they (the papacy) put in place the “one-world church and one-world government of the Antichrist”. And as it pertains to the “bowed crucifix” carried by the “White Pope”, well, it was intentionally bowed by the Vatican to identify the White Pope with the first “bow carrying” horse-rider of Revelation chapter 6. I mean, go figure!!!

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. (Revelation 6:3-4 KJV)

So the first “face” of the Antichrist was the “White Pope” of the Roman Catholic Church. And even though this “Vicar of Christ” claims to come in peace – a bow with no arrows – he has plenty of arrows hidden in the shadows; out of sight, out of mind. You see the “arrows of war” that the “White Pope”/“Antichrist Jesus” will use to force the world into submission is none other than the Communist people of the Communist countries. Communism is sweeping the world in preparation for the Antichrist’s one-world government! In fact it was the Roman Catholic “Society of Jesus” (The Jesuits) who helped birth and grow Communism through their super-natural satanic influence (guidance and finances), and all for the purpose of making war. Therefore the second “face” of the Antichrist, as shown by the red horse-rider of Revelation chapter 6, is none other than the Roman Catholic “Communist war machine”.

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. (Revelation 6:5-6 KJV)

Now in this third “face” of Mr. Antichrist we see a black horse-rider all decked-out in “Catholic black”. And, amazingly enough, it’s the color “black” that symbolizes the Roman Catholic Pope who actually gives the “White Pope” his “marching orders”. You see black is the color of the “Black Pope” because his sole purpose is to take away the real “Light” of the real “Jesus” from the world. In fact to help you understand this “White Pope/Black Pope” thing a little bit better, Satan, in his attempt to copy the Triune God-head for himself (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost), has chosen two earthly humans to represent “the father and son” of his satanic “triune god-head”. And, of course, it’s these two Roman Catholic Popes who will likewise fill these positions in order to do the Tribulation work of the Antichrist. And seeing how the “White Pope” calls himself “Jesus”, it shouldn’t be too awful hard to figure out who’s the “father” of this unholy trinity. In fact when a Roman Catholic takes the vow to become a member of the “Society of Jesus” (Jesuits), they swear allegiance to their leader the “Father General” (the Black Pope) who openly admits to being “The Ghostly Father” of the Roman Catholic Church.

But anyway, in the hand of this third horse-rider we see a pair of balance scales (two of them). One scale symbolizes the “Black Pope’s” ability to control the world’s “food production” through the Jesuit’s super-natural power over the world economy, and the second scale symbolizes the “Black Pope’s” ability to protect the world’s “oil and liquor productions” through the Jesuit’s control of national and international laws. So you see not only will the Antichrist of the Roman Catholic Church bring about wars through horseman #2, but he will also cause lots of people to go hungry by increasing the price of food by a factor of eight (8x). Talk about mothers and fathers eating their children!

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (Revelation 6:7-8 KJV)

Now in the fourth “face” of Mr. Antichrist we see the accumulated results of his first three “faces…and what we see is not very pretty!!! Because what we see taking place in this “Tribulation Horror Show on earth” is millions of people being killed by “the sword”, killed by “starvation”, killed by “death”, and killed by “the beast”…and the reason it’s all happening is because they weren’t willing to “keep the Word of God’s patience”! So please believe me when I say, “This picture is not a very pretty picture!!!”

However, as bad as that might look, what we see in the very next three verses is a beautiful picture of some who were willing to be tortured, mutilated, and killed during the Great Tribulation for the cause of Christ…which even included some from the “church in Smyrna”:

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. (Revelation 6:9-11 KJV)

So that’s what the picture looks like in Heaven for all those required to “go through the Tribulation Horror Show” in order to finally “do the Word of God’s patience”. However, for all those remaining on earth who chose not to submit to the Almighty, well, the picture is not quite so beautiful. Because by picking it back up in verse 12 we can see the “unbelievable destruction” of the “Tribulation Horror Show” as it continues:

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And 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, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said 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 6:12-17 KJV)

Now, after having read all that, I’ve got one very simple question for you: “Which type of “tribulation” do you really want to go through: the one for “Believers” or the one for “un-Believers”?” I mean let’s get real, How Do You Want Your Fire...Now Or Later? (6/25/00)

“Beyond that door was an ocean...an ocean of fire...flames everywhere,
and I heard screams. I was in a panic! I was terrified!”

So now that you’ve seen the “show”, were you able to receive it’s Truth? Well for the sake of your “everlasting soul” I certainly hope that you did. But, then again, if you didn’t, I understand the reason why:

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” (2 Corinthians 4:3-4 KJV)