'OPENING CEREMONIES' BEFORE THE 'DAY OF THE LORD'S GREAT TRIBULATION JUDGMENT BEGINS............

In the following prophetic Scripture God is telling us "last days" Christians what SIGNS He will give us to watch for BEFORE the coming Day of the Lord's great tribulation BEGINS because we know that our rapture will happen immediately BEFORE the great tribulation judgment BEGINS upon the whole world .  Notice also that the following two prophetic Scriptures are describing the SAME prophetic event spoken of in BOTH Ezekiel 38:16 and Acts 2:17-20. Both of these two connected Scriptures are describing the very same prophetic event which is the 'opening ceremony',  AND OUR SIGN   BEFORE the coming "great and notable Day of the Lord" BEGINS.

Acts 2:17-20

"And it shall come to pass IN THE LAST DAYS , saith the Lord ........ I will show wonders in the heaven above, AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH : BLOOD AND FIRE AND VAPOR OF SMOKE..........BEFORE the great and notable Day of the Lord comes." 

Ezekiel 38:16

"It shall  be IN THE LATTER DAYS , and I WILL BRING thee against MY LAND  (of Israel ), that THE GENTILES may know Me when I shall be sanctified in thee,  O Gog , BEFORE THEIR EYES."

SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT:

As God's 'opening ceremony', BEFORE the Day of the Lord tribulation judgment BEGINS upon the whole world, God promises that He will show His watching Church the SIGNS of blood,  and fire,  and vapor of smoke which are the  result of His bringing Gog against His Land of Israel just  BEFORE THE RAPTURE of His Church. When we see God's promised signs of  "blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke" in Israel as a result of Gog's attack on Israel we will know that our redemption/rapture is near as promised in:

 Luke 21:28. 

" WHEN these things BEGIN to come to pass ( in Israel ) , THEN look up and lift up your heads for your redemption ( rapture ) draweth neigh. "     

According to Your Word, come Lord Jesus !