First,
all
saved
people
upon
earth
will be
taken up
in the
Rapture,
leaving
only
lost
people
upon the
earth.
2
Thessalonians
2:1-12
says, “1
Now we
beseech
you,
brethren,
by the
coming
of our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and by
our
gathering
together
unto
him, 2
That ye
be not
soon
shaken
in mind,
or be
troubled,
neither
by
spirit,
nor by
word,
nor by
letter
as from
us, as
that the
day of
Christ
is at
hand. 3
Let no
man
deceive
you by
any
means:
for that
day
shall
not
come,
except
there
come a
falling
away
first,
and that
man of
sin be
revealed,
the son
of
perdition;
4 Who
opposeth
and
exalteth
himself
above
all that
is
called
God, or
that is
worshipped;
so that
he as
God
sitteth
in the
temple
of God,
shewing
himself
that he
is God.
5
Remember
ye not,
that,
when I
was yet
with
you, I
told you
these
things?
6 And
now ye
know
what
withholdeth
that he
might be
revealed
in his
time.
7 For
the
mystery
of
iniquity
doth
already
work:
only he
who now
letteth
will
let,
until he
be taken
out of
the
way. 8
And then
shall
that
Wicked
be
revealed,
whom the
Lord
shall
consume
with the
spirit
of his
mouth,
and
shall
destroy
with the
brightness
of his
coming:
9 Even
him,
whose
coming
is after
the
working
of Satan
with all
power
and
signs
and
lying
wonders,
10 And
with all
deceivableness
of
unrighteousness
in them
that
perish;
because
they
received
not the
love of
the
truth,
that
they
might be
saved.
11
And
for this
cause
God
shall
send
them
strong
delusion,
that
they
should
believe
a lie:
12
That
they all
might be
damned
who
believed
not the
truth,
but had
pleasure
in
unrighteousness.”
So
anyone
who has
heard
the
gospel
before
the
Rapture,
and
rejected
it, will
believe
the lie
of the
Antichrist,
and will
not be
saved.
That
being
said, a
huge
number
of
people
are
going to
be saved
during
the
Tribulation
Period.
Revelation
7:9
says,
“After
this
I
beheld,
and, lo,
a great
multitude,
which no
man
could
number,
of all
nations,
and
kindreds,
and
people,
and
tongues,
stood
before
the
throne,
and
before
the
Lamb,
clothed
with
white
robes,
and
palms in
their
hands;”
Revelation
7:13-14
says,
“13 And
one of
the
elders
answered,
saying
unto me,
What
are
these
which
are
arrayed
in white
robes?
and
whence
came
they?
14 And I
said
unto
him,
Sir,
thou
knowest.
And he
said to
me,
These
are they
which
came out
of great
tribulation,
and have
washed
their
robes,
and made
them
white in
the
blood of
the Lamb.”
This is
a very
large
group
that
gets
saved
“of all
nations,
and
kindreds,
and
people,
and
tongues.”
How do
they all
hear the
gospel?
Look at
the
verses
previous
to
those.
Revelation
7:4-8
says, “4
And I
heard
the
number
of them
which
were
sealed:
and
there
were
sealed
an
hundred
and
forty
and four
thousand
of all
the
tribes
of the
children
of
Israel.
5 Of the
tribe of
Juda
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Reuben
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Gad were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
6 Of the
tribe of
Aser
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Nepthalim
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Manasses
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
7 Of the
tribe of
Simeon
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Levi
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Issachar
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
8 Of the
tribe of
Zabulon
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Joseph
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.
Of the
tribe of
Benjamin
were
sealed
twelve
thousand.”
These
144,000
Jews
will
cover
the
earth
with the
gospel.
Matthew
24:14
says, “And
this
gospel
of the
kingdom
shall be
preached
in all
the
world
for a
witness
unto all
nations;
and then
shall
the end
come.”
That is
why we
see
people
from
“all
nations”
mentioned
as being
saved
during
the
Tribulation
Period.
Revelation
7:9
says,
“After
this I
beheld,
and, lo,
a great
multitude,
which no
man
could
number,
of
all
nations,
and
kindreds,
and
people,
and
tongues,
stood
before
the
throne...”
So how
did the
144,000
hear the
gospel?
God has
His two
special
witnesses
testifying
and
calling
down
plagues
upon the
earth.
Revelation
11:3
says, “And
I will
give
power
unto my
two
witnesses,
and
they
shall
prophesy
a
thousand
two
hundred
and
threescore
days,
clothed
in
sackcloth.”
One
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
days
amounts
to 3 1/2
years,
when
dividing
by
30-day
months.
For 3
1/2
years,
these
two
witnesses
preach
the
gospel
and
perform
great
signs
and
wonders.
Remember,
the Jews
require
a “sign”
to be
convinced.
1
Corinthians
1:22
says, “For
the Jews
require
a sign,
and the
Greeks
seek
after
wisdom:”
These
144,000
Jews
hear the
gospel
being
preached
by these
two
witnesses,
and see
the
signs
displayed,
and they
get
saved,
and
spread
the
gospel
over the
entire
earth.
There
are 193
nations
registered
as
members
with the
United
Nations
in
2014.
If the
144,000
Jews
spread
out
across
the
entire
earth
preaching
the
gospel,
there
would be
enough
of them
to
average
746
missionaries
for
every
country
in the
world.
There
are many
tiny
nations,
that
would
not
require
near
that
many
missionaries
to
saturate
the
entire
country
in a
very
short
time, so
that
would
leave
many
tens of
thousands
of
missionaries
to
evangelize
the
larger
countries
in that
3 1/2
year
time.
How do
those
two
witnesses
get
saved to
start it
all
during
the
Tribulation
Period?
We do
not
know.
We do
know
that
God’s
Word
will be
here
after
the
Christians
are
raptured.
Isaiah
40:8
says,
“The
grass
withereth,
the
flower
fadeth:
but
the word
of our
God
shall
stand
for ever.”
How did
Moses
ever get
to be a
great
leader
and
spokesman
for
God?
God
dealt
with him
one-on-one
in the
wilderness.
First,
God
showed
him a
sign
that got
his
attention.
Exodus
3:1-3
says, “1
Now
Moses
kept the
flock of
Jethro
his
father
in law,
the
priest
of
Midian:
and he
led the
flock to
the
backside
of the
desert,
and came
to the
mountain
of God,
even to
Horeb.
2 And
the
angel of
the LORD
appeared
unto him
in a
flame of
fire out
of the
midst of
a bush:
and he
looked,
and,
behold,
the bush
burned
with
fire,
and the
bush was
not
consumed.
3
And
Moses
said, I
will now
turn
aside,
and see
this
great
sight,
why the
bush is
not
burnt.”
Then,
God
showed
Moses
what He
wanted
him to
do.
How did
the
Ethiopian
eunuch
get
saved?
He was
reading
the
Bible,
and God
sent him
help to
understand
it.
Acts
8:27-35
says,
“27 And
he arose
and
went:
and,
behold,
a man of
Ethiopia,
an
eunuch
of great
authority
under
Candace
queen of
the
Ethiopians,
who had
the
charge
of all
her
treasure,
and had
come to
Jerusalem
for to
worship,
28
Was
returning,
and
sitting
in his
chariot
read
Esaias
the
prophet.
29 Then
the
Spirit
said
unto
Philip,
Go near,
and join
thyself
to this
chariot.
30
And
Philip
ran
thither
to him,
and
heard
him read
the
prophet
Esaias,
and
said,
Understandest
thou
what
thou
readest?
31 And
he said,
How can
I,
except
some man
should
guide
me? And
he
desired
Philip
that he
would
come up
and sit
with
him.
32 The
place of
the
scripture
which he
read was
this, He
was led
as a
sheep to
the
slaughter;
and like
a lamb
dumb
before
his
shearer,
so
opened
he not
his
mouth:
33 In
his
humiliation
his
judgment
was
taken
away:
and who
shall
declare
his
generation?
for his
life is
taken
from the
earth.
34 And
the
eunuch
answered
Philip,
and
said, I
pray
thee, of
whom
speaketh
the
prophet
this? of
himself,
or of
some
other
man? 35
Then
Philip
opened
his
mouth,
and
began at
the same
scripture,
and
preached
unto him
Jesus.”
It may
be that
these
two
witnesses
get
saved by
reading
the
Bible,
and God
helping
them to
understand
and
finally
repent
and
accept
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
as their
Messiah
and
Savior.
The
first 3
1/2
years
are
going to
be a
great
harvest
of
souls,
as the
two
witnesses
preach
and call
down
fire and
plagues
from
heaven,
and the
144,000
cover
the
earth
with the
gospel—but
then,
things
change!
God
allows
the two
witnesses
to be
killed.
Revelation
11:4-12
says, “4
These
are the
two
olive
trees,
and the
two
candlesticks
standing
before
the God
of the
earth.
5 And if
any man
will
hurt
them,
fire
proceedeth
out of
their
mouth,
and
devoureth
their
enemies:
and if
any man
will
hurt
them, he
must in
this
manner
be
killed.
6 These
have
power to
shut
heaven,
that it
rain not
in the
days of
their
prophecy:
and have
power
over
waters
to turn
them to
blood,
and to
smite
the
earth
with all
plagues,
as often
as they
will. 7
And
when
they
shall
have
finished
their
testimony,
the
beast
that
ascendeth
out of
the
bottomless
pit
shall
make war
against
them,
and
shall
overcome
them,
and kill
them.
8 And
their
dead
bodies
shall
lie in
the
street
of the
great
city,
which
spiritually
is
called
Sodom
and
Egypt,
where
also our
Lord was
crucified.
9 And
they of
the
people
and
kindreds
and
tongues
and
nations
shall
see
their
dead
bodies
three
days and
an half,
and
shall
not
suffer
their
dead
bodies
to be
put in
graves.
10 And
they
that
dwell
upon the
earth
shall
rejoice
over
them,
and make
merry,
and
shall
send
gifts
one to
another;
because
these
two
prophets
tormented
them
that
dwelt on
the
earth.
11
And
after
three
days and
an half
the
Spirit
of life
from God
entered
into
them,
and they
stood
upon
their
feet;
and
great
fear
fell
upon
them
which
saw
them.
12
And
they
heard a
great
voice
from
heaven
saying
unto
them,
Come up
hither.
And they
ascended
up to
heaven
in a
cloud;
and
their
enemies
beheld
them.”
Remember,
they
prophesy
for 3
1/2
years.
It is at
this
same
time,
that
there is
war in
heaven,
and
Satan
and his
demons
are cast
out, and
are no
longer
allowed
access
to
heaven.
Revelation
12:7-12
says, “7
And
there
was war
in
heaven:
Michael
and his
angels
fought
against
the
dragon;
and the
dragon
fought
and his
angels,
8 And
prevailed
not;
neither
was
their
place
found
any more
in
heaven.
9 And
the
great
dragon
was cast
out,
that old
serpent,
called
the
Devil,
and
Satan,
which
deceiveth
the
whole
world:
he was
cast out
into the
earth,
and his
angels
were
cast out
with him.
10 And I
heard a
loud
voice
saying
in
heaven,
Now is
come
salvation,
and
strength,
and the
kingdom
of our
God, and
the
power of
his
Christ:
for the
accuser
of our
brethren
is cast
down,
which
accused
them
before
our God
day and
night.
11 And
they
overcame
him by
the
blood of
the
Lamb,
and by
the word
of their
testimony;
and they
loved
not
their
lives
unto the
death.
12
Therefore
rejoice,
ye
heavens,
and ye
that
dwell in
them.
Woe to
the
inhabiters
of the
earth
and of
the sea!
for the
devil is
come
down
unto
you,
having
great
wrath,
because
he
knoweth
that he
hath but
a short
time.”
Why was
Satan
allowed
access
to
heaven?
Satan,
and all
of the
fallen
angels,
have to
answer
to the
Lord on
a
regular
basis as
to what
they
have
been
doing.
Job
1:6-7
says, “6
Now
there
was a
day when
the sons
of God
came to
present
themselves
before
the
LORD,
and
Satan
came
also
among
them.
7 And
the LORD
said
unto
Satan,
Whence
comest
thou?
Then
Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said,
From
going to
and fro
in the
earth,
and from
walking
up and
down in
it.”
The same
reporting
is seen
on
another
occasion.
Job
2:1-2
says, “1
Again
there
was a
day when
the sons
of God
came to
present
themselves
before
the
LORD,
and
Satan
came
also
among
them to
present
himself
before
the
LORD. 2
And the
LORD
said
unto
Satan,
From
whence
comest
thou?
And
Satan
answered
the
LORD,
and
said,
From
going to
and fro
in the
earth,
and from
walking
up and
down in
it.”
When
Satan
comes in
before
God, he
constantly
accuses
Christians.
That is
what he
did in
regard
to Job,
and that
is what
Satan is
doing
yet
today.
Revelation
12:10
says,
“...for
the
accuser
of our
brethren
is cast
down,
which
accused
them
before
our God
day and
night.”
So at
the 3
1/2 year
point of
the
Tribulation
Period,
Satan is
going to
be
banned
from
entering
the
heavenly
realm—and
he is
mad!
Revelation
12:12
says,
“...Woe
to the
inhabiters
of the
earth
and of
the sea!
for the
devil is
come
down
unto
you,
having
great
wrath,
because
he
knoweth
that he
hath but
a short
time.”
At this
mid-point
of the
Tribulation
Period
is when
the
Antichrist
sets up
the
“abomination
that
makes
desolate.”
This is
when he
forces
the Jews
to stop
their
sacrifices,
and he
sets
himself
up as
“god” in
the
Jewish
Temple.
2
Thessalonians
2:3-4
says, “3
Let no
man
deceive
you by
any
means:
for that
day
shall
not
come,
except
there
come a
falling
away
first,
and that
man of
sin be
revealed,
the son
of
perdition;
4 Who
opposeth
and
exalteth
himself
above
all that
is
called
God, or
that is
worshipped;
so
that he
as God
sitteth
in the
temple
of God,
shewing
himself
that he
is God.”
Matthew
24:15-18
says,
“15
When
ye
therefore
shall
see the
abomination
of
desolation,
spoken
of by
Daniel
the
prophet,
stand in
the holy
place,
(whoso
readeth,
let him
understand:)
16
Then
let them
which be
in
Judaea
flee
into the
mountains:
17 Let
him
which is
on the
housetop
not come
down to
take any
thing
out of
his
house:
18
Neither
let him
which is
in the
field
return
back to
take his
clothes.”
It is at
this
time
that
Israel
has to
be
specially
protected
from
Satan.
Revelation
12:13-14
says,
“13 And
when the
dragon
saw that
he was
cast
unto the
earth,
he
persecuted
the
woman
which
brought
forth
the man
child.
14 And
to the
woman
were
given
two
wings of
a great
eagle,
that she
might
fly into
the
wilderness,
into her
place,
where
she is
nourished
for a
time,
and
times,
and half
a time,
from the
face of
the
serpent.”
At the
end of
the
Tribulation
Period,
the Lord
returns
to the
earth,
and
binds
Satan
for
1,000
years
(the
length
of the
Millennium).
Revelation
20:1-3
says, “1
And I
saw an
angel
come
down
from
heaven,
having
the key
of the
bottomless
pit and
a great
chain in
his
hand. 2
And
he laid
hold on
the
dragon,
that old
serpent,
which is
the
Devil,
and
Satan,
and
bound
him a
thousand
years,
3 And
cast him
into the
bottomless
pit, and
shut him
up, and
set a
seal
upon
him,
that
he
should
deceive
the
nations
no more,
till the
thousand
years
should
be
fulfilled:
and
after
that he
must be
loosed a
little
season.”
At the
end of
the
Tribulation
Period,
the Lord
holds a
“Judgment
of the
Nations.”
Remember,
only
lost
people
entered
into the
Tribulation
Period
(because
all
believers
were
taken up
in the
Rapture);
but that
great
host of
people
from all
nations
got
saved in
the
Tribulation
Period
when
they
heard
the
gospel
(remember,
only
people
who
never
heard
the
gospel
previously,
could
get
saved).
Now, the
Lord
holds a
judgment,
because
only
saved
people
are
going to
enter
the
Millennium.
Matthew
25:31-46
says,
“31 When
the Son
of man
shall
come in
his
glory,
and all
the holy
angels
with
him,
then
shall he
sit upon
the
throne
of his
glory:
32
And
before
him
shall be
gathered
all
nations:
and he
shall
separate
them one
from
another,
as a
shepherd
divideth
his
sheep
from the
goats:
33 And
he shall
set the
sheep on
his
right
hand,
but the
goats on
the
left.
34
Then
shall
the King
say unto
them on
his
right
hand,
Come, ye
blessed
of my
Father,
inherit
the
kingdom
prepared
for you
from the
foundation
of the
world:
35 For I
was an
hungred,
and ye
gave me
meat: I
was
thirsty,
and ye
gave me
drink: I
was a
stranger,
and ye
took me
in: 36
Naked,
and ye
clothed
me: I
was
sick,
and ye
visited
me: I
was in
prison,
and ye
came
unto
me. 37
Then
shall
the
righteous
answer
him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an
hungred,
and fed
thee? or
thirsty,
and gave
thee
drink?
38 When
saw we
thee a
stranger,
and took
thee in?
or
naked,
and
clothed
thee?
39 Or
when saw
we thee
sick, or
in
prison,
and came
unto
thee?
40 And
the King
shall
answer
and say
unto
them,
Verily I
say unto
you,
Inasmuch
as ye
have
done it
unto one
of the
least of
these my
brethren,
ye have
done it
unto
me. 41
Then
shall he
say also
unto
them on
the left
hand,
Depart
from me,
ye
cursed,
into
everlasting
fire,
prepared
for the
devil
and his
angels:
42 For I
was an
hungred,
and ye
gave me
no meat:
I was
thirsty,
and ye
gave me
no
drink:
43 I was
a
stranger,
and ye
took me
not in:
naked,
and ye
clothed
me not:
sick,
and in
prison,
and ye
visited
me not.
44 Then
shall
they
also
answer
him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an
hungred,
or
athirst,
or a
stranger,
or
naked,
or sick,
or in
prison,
and did
not
minister
unto
thee?
45 Then
shall he
answer
them,
saying,
Verily I
say unto
you,
Inasmuch
as ye
did it
not to
one of
the
least of
these,
ye did
it not
to me.
46
And
these
shall go
away
into
everlasting
punishment:
but the
righteous
into
life
eternal.”
There is
going to
be a
difference
in the
Millennium,
in
regard
to
preaching
and
evangelizing—because
only
saved
people
are
going to
enter
the
Millennium,
so there
is going
to be no
need to
evangelize
anyone.
Hebrews
8:10-11
says,
“10 For
this is
the
covenant
that I
will
make
with the
house of
Israel
after
those
days,
saith
the
Lord; I
will put
my laws
into
their
mind,
and
write
them in
their
hearts:
and I
will be
to them
a God,
and they
shall be
to me a
people:
11
And
they
shall
not
teach
every
man his
neighbour,
and
every
man his
brother,
saying,
Know the
Lord:
for all
shall
know me,
from the
least to
the
greatest.”
The
question
now
arises,
“Where
does
Satan
then get
his
following
when he
is
loosed
after
the
1,000
years?”
Revelation
20:7-10
says, “7
And
when the
thousand
years
are
expired,
Satan
shall be
loosed
out of
his
prison,
8
And
shall go
out to
deceive
the
nations
which
are in
the four
quarters
of the
earth,
Gog and
Magog,
to
gather
them
together
to
battle:
the
number
of whom
is as
the sand
of the
sea.
9 And
they
went up
on the
breadth
of the
earth,
and
compassed
the camp
of the
saints
about,
and the
beloved
city:
and fire
came
down
from God
out of
heaven,
and
devoured
them.
10 And
the
devil
that
deceived
them was
cast
into the
lake of
fire and
brimstone,
where
the
beast
and the
false
prophet
are, and
shall be
tormented
day and
night
for ever
and
ever.”
Where
does
Satan
get a
huge
number
of
people
“as the
sand of
the sea”
to
follow
him?
Only
saved
people
entered
the
Millennium—none
of them
will
follow
Satan.
Who
comprises
the
people
that
enter
the
Millennium?
The
saved
people
in their
glorified
bodies
who came
back
with the
Lord to
rule and
reign
with
Him, and
the
people
still in
their
physical
bodies
who got
saved
during
the
Tribulation
Period
(and who
survived).
The
multitude
of
unsaved
people
come
from
those
saved
people
still in
their
physical
bodies
that
entered
the
Millennium—they
are
their
children
born in
the
Millennium.
It is
those
children,
at the
end of
the
Millennium,
who are
going to
face the
temptation
of Satan
when he
is
loosed
from
being
bound.
Long
life is
going to
return
during
the
Millennium—like
before
the
flood
(see
Genesis
chapter
5 for
how long
people
were
living
before
the
flood),
as well
as the
animals
will no
longer
harm
man.
Isaiah
65:20-25
says,
“20
There
shall be
no more
thence
an
infant
of days,
nor an
old man
that
hath not
filled
his
days:
for the
child
shall
die an
hundred
years
old;
but the
sinner
being an
hundred
years
old
shall be
accursed.
21 And
they
shall
build
houses,
and
inhabit
them;
and they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and eat
the
fruit of
them.
22 They
shall
not
build,
and
another
inhabit;
they
shall
not
plant,
and
another
eat:
for
as the
days of
a tree
are the
days of
my
people,
and mine
elect
shall
long
enjoy
the work
of their
hands.
23 They
shall
not
labour
in vain,
nor
bring
forth
for
trouble;
for they
are the
seed of
the
blessed
of the
LORD,
and
their
offspring
with
them.
24 And
it shall
come to
pass,
that
before
they
call, I
will
answer;
and
while
they are
yet
speaking,
I will
hear.
25
The
wolf and
the lamb
shall
feed
together,
and the
lion
shall
eat
straw
like the
bullock:
and dust
shall be
the
serpent's
meat.
They
shall
not hurt
nor
destroy
in all
my holy
mountain,
saith
the
LORD.”
Someone
who dies
at 100
years
old, is
going to
be
considered
a
“child.”
The
animals
are no
longer
going to
be
vicious.
All of
this
will
cause
people
to
multiply
rapidly
upon the
earth
during
the
Millennium,
with an
almost
zero
death
rate
through
the
entire
Millennium.
What
would
that
produce
as to
population?
If you
take a
husband
and wife
that get
married,
and by
the time
that
they are
40 years
old,
they
have 5
children;
and then
keep up
that
rate
with all
of their
children,
that by
40, they
all are
married
and have
5
children.
At that
rate
those 2
people
would
produce
a family
of 476
trillion,
837
billion,
158
million,
203
thousand,
125
people
in 800
years
time.
That is
just 2
people
and
their
family
in 800
years.
The
Millennium
is 1,000
years
long,
and it
is
probably
going to
start
with
more
than
just one
family
in their
physical
bodies.
By the
way,
there is
only a
little
over 7
billion
people
upon
earth
right
now
(December
2014).
All of
those
children
are
going to
be
tempted
by Satan
when he
is
loosed
after
the
1,000
years,
and many
of them,
as the
sand of
the sea,
are
going to
follow
him.
Children
that
started
out
being
raised
in
Christian
homes.
Children
that
never
knew the
temptation
of the
devil.
Children
that saw
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
in
person.
Children
that
only
knew
perfect
political
rule—the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
reigning
as King
on the
earth.
Despite
all
that,
they
follow
Satan’s
temptation
and
rebel
against
the King
of Kings
and Lord
of
Lords.
We must
never
forget
the
“mission
field”
right in
our own
homes
and
churches—our
children.
