How the
Tribulation Begins
The Great
Tribulation will begin suddenly.
It will begin with a global
earthquake that effectively
disrupts the activities of the
whole world. (Revelation 8:5) God
has a few things to say to the
human race, and He intends to
arrest the attention of the world
with a massive earthquake that
literally stops everything and
everyone in their tracks. The
sudden cessation of life as we
know it will force everyone to
stop and wonder what is going on.
This coming earthquake is
particularly interesting because
geologists theorized a
“global earthquake” was
physically impossible until the
early 1990’s. Now, physical
evidence is proving that
Earth’s tectonic plates go
much deeper into the core of
Earth than previously thought,
and this information has caused
geoscientists to change their
thinking. The book of Revelation
predicts there will be a total of
four global earthquakes.
(Revelation 8:5; 11:13; 11:19;
16:18) These earthquakes will
increasingly rip up the surface
of the world, and the
infrastructures of travel,
communication and manufacturing
will collapse during the Great
Tribulation. These earthquakes
have no equal in recorded
history. Each earthquake will
have greater strength than the
one before it. The final
earthquake will be so violet that
it will literally move all the
mountain and islands from their
places. (Revelation 16:20; 6:14)
Trumpet #1. Shortly
(perhaps 30 days) after the first
global earthquake, showers of
white-hot hailstones will rain
down from the sky. Meteoric
firestorms will ignite
unquenchable fires all over the
world and the accompanying
windstorms will destroy billions
of acres of trees, food crops and
vegetation within a few days. Of
course millions of people will be
left homeless ands many more will
suffer and die during this
“rain of terror.”
(Revelation 8:7)
Trumpet #2. A few days
after the meteoric showers of
burning hail, earth will
experience two horrific asteroid
impacts. The first asteroid will
impact an ocean; the second will
impact a continent. (Revelation
8:8-11) The first impact will
create a series of tidal waves
that will inundate coastal cities
around the perimeter of the
ocean. Seaports and coastal
cities, well known for their
immoral behavior, will completely
disappear with overwhelming loss
of life. Survivors will be
frightened and distressed by the
angry tossing of the sea. (Luke
21:25) Ships will not be able to
cross the ocean and men will be
powerless to do anything about
the churning of the deep.
Trumpet #3. The second
asteroid will impact one of
Earth’s continents with
devastating results. The impact
will contaminate water supplies
and cause extensive death. Ground
waves from the impact will
fracture geologic strata for
thousands of square miles.
Sewage, deadly bacteria, toxic
chemicals and other garbage
buried in the Earth will seep
into underground aquifers.
Underground rivers will become
contaminated and they will carry
their deadly mixture for
thousands of miles. Revelation
predicts that many people will
die of drinking poisonous water.
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