i do lean towards pre trib. but i have to say the things we are exercising at this very moment our nation and world is very much bible based . at this very moment we are in 3 huge major war fronts Russia Ukraine and nato if Europe will hold together .2. Taiwan and china with the united sates saying they will back Taiwan . Iran and Israel once again the united states backing Israel. yes it says war rumors wars but the end is not yet. one of these three will trigger the powder keg first 2 with nukes . we are in tribulation no i dont advocate were in great tribulation.. but regardless the end could come at anytime . folks best be prepared the church at Sardis and the Luke warm church Laodicea is the Church age we are in at present.
this age as we know it could very well be it.. i will say your outline on sardis has stirred me up for Sunday in fact this sunday far as i know i finish the Methodist Church . and with the Lord help/leading it will be a finish that i hope they remember . i also will say it be the Lord will i will take the same message back to the church i pastor. very odd i have never done this .i am waiting on the Lord this is not bragging this is very serious times we live in.
You said...........".we are in tribulation no i dont advocate were in great tribulation.. "
I think that you have misunderstood the Bible work in Escotology concerning TRIBULAION.
The length of the Tribulation is seven years. This is determined by an understanding of the seventy weeks of Daniel (
Daniel 9:24-27; )
God said in In
Matthew 24:21,
"For then there will be a
Great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall."
In this verse Jesus is referring to the event of
Matthew 24:15, which describes the revealing of the abomination of desolation, the man also known as the Antichrist.
The GREAT Tribulation is the last 3 and 1.2 years of the 7 year Tribulation. The 1st 3 and 1/2 years will be "peace" and then the A/C will declare himself to be God in the Temple = "Abomination of Desolation" and that event starts the
GREAT tribulation.
Also referring to the Great Tribulation in Jerem. 30:7
.........
"Alas! for that day is
great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it."
The phrase “Jacob’s distress” refers to the nation of Israel, which will experience persecution and natural disasters such as have never before been seen.
In
Daniel 9:26-27, we find that this man will make a "covenant" (a peace pact) with the world for seven years (one “week”; again, see the article on the Tribulation). Halfway through the seven-year period—"in the middle of the week"—we are told this man will break the covenant he made, stopping sacrifice and grain offering, which specifically refers to his actions in the rebuilt temple of the future.
Revelation 13:1-10 gives even more detail concerning the Beast’s actions, and just as important, it also verifies the length of time he will be in power.
Revelation 13:5 says he will be in power for 42 months, which is three and one-half years, the length of the Great Tribulation.