But I just want you to at least see what we're talking about here in
Revelation chapter 9 look at verse number 3
I was in there came out of the smoke
Locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth had power and a little bit outside the scope
But this is in Revelation 9 is God's wrath coming out. Okay, so this is in this event of God pouring out his wrath
and
These locusts come up and it says the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
Prepared unto battle. Well, that's interesting because in Joel 2 it said the appearance of them is as the appearance of horses and
on their heads were as it were crowns like gold and their faces were as the faces of men and
They had hair as the hair of women and their teeth were as the teeth of lions
Look and they had breastplates as it were breastplates of iron
Well, that would explain why they could fall upon the sword and not be wounded also if they're these breastplates of iron
that's protecting them and then look at this as in the sound of their wings was as the sound of
Chariots of many horses running to battle and in Joel's talking about their sound
being like the sound of
Like a fire devouring stubble and as a strong people set in a ray
it's that same sound of like this great multitude and
Then it says and they had tails like unto scorpions and there were stings in their tails and their powers are hurt men five months
And they're locusts. So as they come and
destroy
Locusts will eat of the fruit of the land of the of the vegetation of your crops, right?
Well the great people that come it says a fire devours before them and behind them a flame burn at the land is as a
Garden of Eden before them
so you've got this great land before them lush bountiful and behind them a desolate wilderness and
When a swarm of locusts comes through that's the type of destruction that you're gonna see
Coming through that and then we talk about them being able to climb the walls and get in at the windows and everything else. I
Think it's pretty compelling
We're looking at that. It's in the right time frame. We're talking about the day of the Lord
We're talking about God's wrath being poured out. I
Don't know. I just threw that in there
I probably shouldn't have even covered that at all because we've got so much material with just the day of the Lord
But this is that same time frame. So take that or leave it. That's a little nugget
Let's keep going in Joel to
31 the Bible says the Sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great in the terrible day of the
Lord come
We're gonna flip over to Joel chapter 3
But I think we could easily tie now we've had all these references we have references enjoy we had references Isaiah
About the Sun and moon being darkened. Well, Matthew 24
Bubbles is immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the Sun be darkened the moon shall not give her life
Light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heaven shall be shaken
Why do I make such a big deal about this even at this point
Because we could tie Matthew 24 and we could use
Terminology like tribulation and then see that the day of the Lord comes after the tribulation
So if all these other passengers are saying the Sun's gonna be darkened moves
I can give her like the stars are gonna fall from heaven and saying this is the day of the Lord
Okay, that signifies the day of the Lord
No doubt about it. All these references. We're gonna still see some more. That's the day of the Lord
Well, if Matthew 24 is referencing the same thing, it must be referencing the day of the Lord. I
Mean, that's what it doesn't have to say the day of the Lord, but when it gives you the event that happens at the day
of the Lord
That's where it lines up
That event happens after the tribulation and see Matthew 24 is where we're gonna get that term
tribulation or great tribulation from anyways, but then people who are pre-turb don't want to go to that as
the timing of the tribulation
because then you got a problem with it saying after the tribulation is when
the elect are gathered together by the angels and
When they are harvested and when the angels are reaping in their sickles
Well, I mean that can't be because we know that we know that the tribulation, you know, we're raptured out before we know that
But how do you know that?
And
Be careful. Look you be careful. It's easy to point out other people and say oh, yeah
it's funny that because they say we know it be careful what you say. Well, we know this to be true and
Dismiss something that you might be hearing from the Bible
Ask yourself. Well, why do I know this to be true?
Everybody challenged. I mean we should all be able to be mature enough to challenge ourselves and say hold on a second though
My presupposition is that well, we know it has to be before why why?
You better be able to prove that to yourself if you can't then you better study that out
Before you start building your foundation on things. You don't know very well
So if you hear an argument like they say well that can't have of course that can't be the rapture because we know
Well, do you