Essay On The Great Tribulation

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The time of the end of the age of man spans from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament to the book of Revelation, which is the last book of the New Testament. Most people only consider the books of Daniel and Revelation as apocalyptic discernment to a future period known as the Great Tribulation. To fully understand where we are in the prophetic structure of the time that was allotted to the age of man, you must go back to the very beginning. You must look deep into the Scriptures for interlocking clues. The Bible is sequential, and it is very much a living book. It is timeless! Every word of it hinges on what was spoken previously, and therein lays the great divide between it, and the other holy books. The Bible is a book of proposition. "Come now, and let us reason together…," (Isaiah 1:18 KJV). The Bible invites you to come inside, and its text comes to life, as we ourselves live it out in the transformation of our hearts, and in the renewing of our minds. It has recorded the past and the future, and it also unravels multiple stacked-up patterns that …show more content…
In the book of Genesis, it is easy to overlook God 's initial revelation to Satan, because we get so caught up in looking at the story of creation, and at the fall of man due to sin. However, in Genesis God laid His plan out right there in the garden when He told Satan, "I will put enmity between you and the seed of the woman. You will bruise His heel and He will bruise your head," as seen in Genesis 3:15. God had an “Ace up His sleeve!” For you see, in a very dark moment of confrontation with Adam, Eve and the serpent; He let out a slow, but yet a very controlled revelation that a battle would take place. He dropped a big hint that "He" would have the victory. Who was this "He" that God was referring to? After all, it was just “in the

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