Maybe the Seals are about to be broken.
It all starts with a new king:
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.Then a great war.
Revelation 6:3 ¶ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.See thou hurt not the wine and oil. The rich will still get richer for a spell:
Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.These bring famine, pestilence and death:
Revelation 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.Note that the verse states that these four have power over the "fourth part of the earth" to kill. This does not necessarily mean that 1/4 of the population is killed at this time. No doubt many Christians will die and many will be killed during this period:
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?The powers that be have their bunkers built. They have seen signs in the heavens that they have concealed from the rest of us and we shall not be aware of until the last moment - except those of us who believe:
Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;There is no reason or excuse to assume that the great multitude that John saw in heaven before the throne in Revelation 7 got there by any rapture. Revelation 20 tells us that the rapture, which is the "first resurrection," comes after "the beast" has killed off many saints:
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.And the beast does not come until well beyond the time when John sees the great multitude before the throne in chapter 7 - not until the first woe of Revelation 9 does the beast come.
So this means that then, as now, Christians will be dying and being killed before and all during the Great Tribulation.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.
All of the churches are going to point to the beast as Christ. All of them: Baptist, Mormon, Jehova's Witnesses, Catholic, SDA, Calvary Chapel, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Islam, Hindu, Buddhist - it makes no difference. All religions on earth will worship the beast. The leadership of all of these belief systems is Satanic. They will unite to put the mark on you.
Watch for that "new king." And remember that I am not making predictions, but only saying watch and be cautious.