Two things will happen first before that great day of the Lord comes; there will be a time of falling away, (a great rebellion against God) and  the man of sin, the son of perdition, that Wicked One whose coming is after the working of Satan will also be revealed.  In 2 Thessalonians 2 we hear that he; will defy everything about God and tear down every object of adoration and worship, vs 4 will go in and sit as God in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God, vs 4 will come as Satan’s tool, with all power and signs and lying wonders, vs 9 will completely fool those who are on their way to hell because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved, vs 10 Those who shall be fooled; God will let them believe lies with all their hearts, and all of them will justly be judged for believing falsehood, refusing the Truth, and enjoying their sins vs 11-12 Now let's turn to Revelation 13; The Beast from the Sea  " Then I stood on th

" And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth . Revelation 15:1,6-7; 16:1 First Vial: Loathsome Sores " And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image ." Revelation 16:2 The first vial is poured out on the earth. Second Vial: The Sea Turns to Blood " And the second angel poured out his vial u

" And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads ." Revelation 14:1 The 144,000 still confuse many believers but who are they? We first hear about them in Revelation 7:3 , the Angel " saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. " Note - "there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." In Chapter 14 we are told what seal it was and the reason why they were sealed. "And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads." Revelation 14

There appeared in heaven two great signs; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Here is how the story goes; The woman was pregnant and was in pain of her Labour, awaiting her delivery. At the time of her giving birth the red Dragon had rebelled in heaven and drew behind him a third of the stars or angels, (ref. vs 4). So there was war in heaven; " Michael and the angels under his command fought the Dragon and his hosts of fallen angels. And the Dragon lost the battle and was forced from heaven. " (Revelation 12:7-8). Where did they go? On Earth, probably in the land of Nod. Anyway in the story, the great dragon was then cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. This happened at the time the woman was

These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth." Revelation 11:4   These will prophesy 1,260 days clothed in sackcloth, vs 3 They have power to shut the skies so that no rain will fall during the three and a half years they prophesy, and to turn rivers and oceans to blood, and to send every kind of plague upon the earth as often as they wish , vs 6 Anyone trying to harm them will be killed by bursts of fire shooting from their mouths, vs 5 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, vs 7 Their bodies will be exposed in the streets of Jerusalem for three and a half days, vs 8 People everywhere will rejoice and give presents to each other and throw parties to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them so much, vs 10 After three and a half days, the spirit of life from God will enter t