The Seven Years
Of the Tribulation Period
                                                                                               By Pastor F. M. Riley
                                                                                               June 19, 2019
    "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy," Daniel 9:24.

     "Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife: and some also of good will.
     The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
     But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel," Philippians 1:17.  
Introduction
    I am writing this study because some who "profess" to be Bible believing Christians, simply cannot or will not, believe what the prophecies of  God's Word plainly say and teach.   They claim to believe the prophecies of God's Word, yet busy themselves with denying plainly stated prophecies, twisting the meanings of prophecies, and rearranging the inspired Word, in order to make the prophecies say what they want them to say.    This doesn't sound like true believers to me, and the warning given by the Lord Himself is still in the Bible, Matthew 7:15.   Take heed!
The Latest Popular False Teaching
     There is a growing number of "professing" Christians, claiming to know and understand Bible prophecy, who have decided that there is no seven year Tribulation.  That the tribulation is only three and a half years in length, and  they don't mind denying Scriptures,  and twisting Scriptures to prove their claim.
     Glaringly Evident Truth
     The inspired Word explicitly states that "God's two witnesses" have a ministry of "a thousand two hundred and threescore days," Rev. 11:3.  Then "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," Rev. 11:7.  
     Is this stated clearly enough for all of our readers with some degree of intelligence to understand?  
     The "two witnesses" carry out a full three and one-half years of ministry BEFORE they are killed by "the beast, Rev. 11:3.    
      Then the inspired Word clearly and distinctly states that "power" is given to "the beast"  to "continue forty and two months," Rev. 13:5.  This is obviously AFTER he has come up out of the bottomless pit, 11:7.  He doesn't even come up out of the bottomless pit until the middle of the Tribulation, when the "two witnesses" "shall have finished their testimony," 11:7.  Then he continues to live and work his evil on the earth and mankind for the next "forty and two months."   
     For those readers who never learned numbers in grade school, the "forty and two months" in which "the beast" will continue to exercise his power over mankind on the earth,  is a second period of 1,260 days.  
      Now it doesn't take a mental giant to add these clearly stated two periods of time together [1,260 + 42 months], and see that the time span covered by these two distinct periods of tiime, is seven years of 360 days to a year.  That is a total of 2,520 days, or the length of the seven year Tribulation period.   Gee!  Figuring that out must have been a real drain on the mentality of some of these self-appointed "prophecy CHANGERS."  
     Any grade school child who knows how to add and subtract numbers can calculate this truth for themselves, but apparently some of these highly educated, know it all, "prophecy teachers" who have decided that the Tribulation is only three and a half years long, just aren't that intelligent.   
     AND, IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT!  
     Overlooked or Ignored Truth
     A truth commonly overlooked or ignored by some of these self-proclaimed "authorities" on Bible prophecy, is that inspired Scripture is a perfect harmony, and that every Scriptural truth in the Bible, upholds and supports every other Scriptural truth in the Bible.  Read the Apostle Paul's "key" for understanding spiritual truth, as given to the Lord's church, in 1 Corinthians 2:13.  And now let's take a close look at this truth.......
The "Shadow" Cast by the Law
     In Colossians 2:16-17, the inspired Word clearly states,
    "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
     Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ."  
     Now if our readers are willing and able to do so, take a good Concordance or Hebrew Lexicon, and look up and study the word, "seven," each place it occurs in the Old Testament.  Even a casual study of this word in your Bible will reveal that it sets forth  type after type of the SEVEN YEAR Tribulation period.  No!  Not 3 1/2 years, not 2300 days, not some other period of time, but rather SEVEN YEARS.  There are enough of these places in the Old Testament, that I could write a book dealing with each one of them.  But I don't have the time, nor the inclination to do so.  Search them out for yourselves.  
     Now those readers who do not believe that God's Word is Divinely Inspired, may shrug this off as mere "coincidence."  But it isn't!  
     God's Word, from beginning to end, is a supernaturally Divinely Inspired book, and there are no "coincidences" in it.  God says what He means in His Word, and His Word means what it says.  
     All of these types set forth a seven year tribulation period.  Not a day more, and not a day less.  The length of the Tribulation period, according to the inspired Word of God will be a full SEVEN YEARS, consisting of 360 days to the year; 2,520 days total.  
     These "false teachers" [2 Peter 1]   who are desperately attempting to CHANGE the length of the Tribulation period, in order to make it "fit" their theories are full of hot air and blabber.   Be careful in dealing with them.  If you punch their button too much, they will explode all over you, and constantly harrass you with their unscriptural blabber.  Be warned!
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