Will there be a gap between the Rapture of the Church and the Great Tribulation period beginning?
There are 3 angels that sets up the hour of temptation which is the great tribulation, that shall try all that are left on the earth after the pre trib rapture.
The 1st angel will spread the everlasting gospel so that every one will have heard the gospel.
The 2nd angel will herald that fire coming on the earth which destroys one third of the earth. This will include the fall of Babylon USA as given in detail in Revelation 18th chapter with those saints left behind to be made to rest from their labor while their works follow them to the dust; hence wood, stubble, and hay.
The 3rd angel will warn every one about the consequence for taking the mark of the beast system to buy and sell in the coming new world order in order to survive that calamity of fire that had just come on the other side of the earth.
That consequence is the lake of fire so no one has any excuse for not knowing the gospel and after the calamity, not knowing the consequence for taking the mark to buy & sell when the new world order comes in when the great tribulation starts.
So how quickly will this all happen in that small gap? Jesus said the calamity will happen immediately afterwards when the abiding saints are taken, leaving those saints in iniquity behind.
Matthew 24:[SUP]30 [/SUP]And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.[SUP]31 [/SUP]And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.[SUP]32 [/SUP]Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:[SUP]33 [/SUP]So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.[SUP]34 [/SUP]Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.[SUP]35 [/SUP]Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.[SUP]36 [/SUP]But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
[SUP]37 [/SUP]But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.[SUP]38 [/SUP]For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,[SUP]39 [/SUP]And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
So the times are now as He could come at any moment for when the abiding saints enter the King's Supper, then destruction shall come, and so shall the coming of the Son of man be as He will appear when the angels gather.
It has been determined by some believers that the Book of Daniel prophesied that when they give the command out to build the third Temple at Jerusalem, that is the beginning of the great tribulation. So it is possible to count seven years from that to know when Christ's returning with the pre raptured saints shall be at Jerusalem which explains why the world's armies and Satan were waiting to do battle with Him at His return as God permitted it.
That is why His warnings to believers to be ready is for the present times; not under the duress of the great tribulation. What believer would love their lives to not want to leave in the great tribulation? No one.
So that is why His wisdom is needed to read His words as is in the KJV Bible.
As it is, destruction comes after His appearing which is the rapture, but how long it takes for the rest of the world to make a peace treaty with Israel and allow them to build that third Temple as a result, shall be swift because the devil knows he has little time left in building his one world army for His return.
Revelation 12:[SUP]12 [/SUP]Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!
for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
So the pre raptured saints shall rejoice in Heaven... leaving woe to those saints left behind on the earth being given unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh ( physical death ) so that their spirits may be saved in the day of Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 5:[SUP]4 [/SUP]In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
,[SUP]5 [/SUP]To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
We can trust Jesus Christ in doing a good job in the keeping of the souls of those saints left behind as well as the souls of new believers while they suffer the hour of trial during the great tribulation on earth.
1 Peter 4:[SUP]17 [/SUP]For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?[SUP]18 [/SUP]And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?[SUP]19 [/SUP]Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.