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October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2003\u2003\u2003Published monthly by Mike Wingfield Ministries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Threshold of the Tribulation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee \u2026 [the LORD] will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.\u201d<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/i>Deuteronomy 4:30-31<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Mike Wingfield<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appears that we are standing near the threshold of great upheaval known as the Tribulation Period. The Bible speaks with detail about what the Tribulation will look like. These horrific events will unfold after the true believers in Christ are raptured to heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World events tell us that mankind is racing toward the divine judgment of Almighty God. The Tribulation will be a seven-year period in which God will pour out His wrathful judgment on sinful man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are not in the Tribulation Period. However, it appears that the opening events of the Tribulation are being prepared. Everything is falling into place. Jesus told us that the final generation before the beginning of the Tribulation would be able to see it coming. He said, \u201cwhen ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Matthew 24:33<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Bible, the nation of Israel will be at the center of the whirlwind of activities that will unfold during the Tribulation (Jeremiah 30<\/strong><\/a>). Before the children of Israel entered the Promised Land 3,400 years ago, the Lord told Moses that when Israel returned to their ancient homeland in the last days they would suffer a time of \u201ctribulation\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Deuteronomy 4:30<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prophet Daniel followed Moses about 800 years later. The Lord gave him many detailed revelations about the disturbing world events regarding the world at the time of the end. Daniel was greatly \u201ctroubled\u201d<\/strong><\/em> by these revelations (Daniel 7:28<\/strong><\/a>). Near the end of his life, God told Daniel that when the last days would arrive, his people would suffer \u201ca time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(Daniel 12:1<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While speaking to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the events of the Mid-Tribulation, Jesus said, \u201cFor then shall be great tribulation, 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\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(Matthew 24:1-22<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To grasp the full impact of these predictions by Moses, Daniel, and Jesus, we need to examine the word \u201ctribulation.\u201d The Hebrew word is \u201ctsar\u201d. It speaks of a time of affliction, destress, and oppression. The Greek word in the New Testament, \u201cthlipsis,\u201d is much more defining. The idea communicated by this word is a vise-like pressure that emotionally crushes people, creating a serious time of great mental distress. It literally means that the circumstances of life cave in on them. These threatening events create lethal conditions. They feel trapped in a situation that has no visible way of escape. Humanly speaking, they are at the point of destruction and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of this time, the prophet Jeremiah called this \u201cthe time of Jacob\u2019s trouble\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (Jeremiah 30:7<\/strong><\/a>). Jeremiah said that this future time of suffering of the Jewish people will be like a woman in her time of intense pain in childbearing. He exclaimed, \u201cWe have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(Jeremiah 30:5<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Israel\u2019s rebirth on May 14, 1948, it has endured endless threats, wars, and gruesome acts of terrorism. As predicted in Ezekiel 36:1-7<\/strong><\/a>, for 76 years, Israel has been attacked by the Arab-Islamic nations that surround it. The world and the Muslim countries of the Arab world have deceitfully denied Israel\u2019s Biblical right to the land that God promised the Jewish people. This war for the land of Israel and its right to live there is at the heart of these modern-day wars with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even before the beginning of the modern nation of Israel, the world supported the Arab-Islamic world in the battle over the Promised Land. However, we are entering a renewed diabolical effort to force the Jewish people out of their land and the city of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On September 18, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution that recognizes the Palestinian claims to all the \u201cWest Bank\u201d in Israel and the ancient city of Jerusalem. This resolution agrees with the lies that the Jewish people have no claim or rights to these territories. It ignores the Bible, extra-biblical historical records, and archaeological evidence that the Jewish people have any claim to these territories. This resolution will set the stage for an international recognition of a Palestinian State on the West Bank and Gaza, with Jerusalem as its capital. Therefore, this resolution calls for the \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n