Jesus was asked the
question, "What shall be THE SIGN of
Your coming ?" Matt 24:3 Notice that the
question was not what shall be 'the signs'. They
asked Him for a definitive singular 'sign'.
Jesus answered their
question, and gave them 'THE SIGN' of His coming
as follows :
First, He told them HOW
QUICKLY His coming would be: "For as
the lightning comes out of the east, and shines
to the west, so shall also THE COMING of the Son
of Man be." Matt 24:27
Secondly, He told them WHEN the
timing His coming would be in relation to 'THE
SIGN' of His coming : He said,
"Immediately after " Matt
24:29
Thirdly, He told them what 'THE
SIGN' of His coming would be which He
would come "immediately after" : "THE
TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS........" Matt
24:29
Jesus said that 'THE
SIGN' of His coming is "the
tribulation OF THOSE DAYS " . Which tribulation
is that you may ask ? Is there more than one
tribulation ?
The "tribulation of those
days", which is 'THE SIGN' of His
coming "IMMEDIATELY AFTER", is the tribulation
judgment of God upon the Nation of Israel is the
Gog-Magog War BEFORE THE RAPTURE as described in
:
"And thou shall come up
against My people of Israel as a cloud to cover
the land ; IT SHALL BE IN THE LATTER DAYS,
and I WILL BRING YOU AGAINST MY LAND
that the Gentiles may know Me ,O Gog, BEFORE
THEIR EYES."
Jesus will bring the
Gog-Magog War against His people and land of
Israel as His tribulation judgment upon them,
and as a visual 'SIGN' before the eyes of the
watching Gentiles, in the latter days, just
BEFORE His coming to rapture His Church. We are
told to watch for the Gog-Magog War to
begin against Israel as 'THE SIGN' OF
OUR NEARING RAPTURE according to :
"When these things BEGIN
to happen ( in Israel ) look up and lift
up your heads because your redemption ( rapture
) draws near."