The Last Generation, the Rapture, and the Wrath

By Sunday Olusola Faluyi

The generation that witnesses the restoration of Israel in 1948 will not pass away until all things revealed to John in the book of Revelation is fulfilled.

Jesus Christ predicted a movement for global peace in the first seal and a horse rider that will take away peace from the earth in the second seal. He predicted global economic crisis in the third seal and World War III in the fourth seal. In the fifth seal, he revealed the severe persecution that is coming upon his followers and the great tribulation that is coming upon the Jews. Jesus also predicted the resurrection of the saints and a terrible war that will be fought in the Middle East in a place known as Armageddon. In the seventh vial of judgment, he warned of an earthquake that will be the greatest in the history of humanity. While many seers have predicted future events, none can be compared with the authority and finality with which Jesus prophesied about the events that are happening and that will continue to happen within the next two decades. Wisdom demands that we pay attention to the word of this Man from Galilee.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Nov 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475975888

Sunday Olusola Faluyi

Sunday Olusola Faluyi, a physician from Nigeria was born in 1968. In 1999, he was commissioned a deacon by Methodist Church Nigeria. In 2008, he obtained Master of Divinity degree from Drew University, Madison, NJ. Sunday, Omolara his wife and their three children reside in Far Rockaway, NY.

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One

Order of End-Time Events According to Jesus Christ

Chapter Two

Sign of the Last Generation

Chapter Three

The Sign of the Six Days

Chapter Four

Sign of the Year of Jubilee

Chapter Five

First, Second, and Third Seals

Chapter Six

Fourth Seal Part 1: Middle East War

(September 2015-2022)

Chapter Seven

Fourth Seal Part II: World War III

(September 2015-2022)

Chapter Eight

The Little Horn, the Beast, and the False Prophet

(September 2015-2022)

Chapter Nine

Fifth Seal Part I: The Tribulation Period

(September 2022-2029 A.D.)

Chapter Ten

Fifth Seal Part II: Seven-Year Peace Treaty and the Great Tribulation

(September 2022-2029 A.D.)

Chapter Eleven

Sixth Seal: The Rapture and the Marriage Supper of the Lamb

Chapter Twelve

Seventh Seal Part I: The Wrath of God

Chapter Thirteen

Seventh Seal Part 2: Fourth World War and the Greatest Earthquake (2029-2036 A.D.)

Chapter Fourteen

The Great Millennium: One-Thousand Years of Peace

Chapter Fifteen

Who Is This Christ?

Chapter Sixteen

Conclusion

Appendix

Calculating the Days from Adam

Endnotes

Dedication

This book is dedicated to men and women chosen by God to overcome evil by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; because they love not their lives unto death (Rev. 12:11).

Acknowledgements

To my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who has called me out of darkness into his marvelous light and who has commissioned me to take the gospel to the nations. To my wife, Omolara, who has supported, encouraged, advised, and contributed immensely from the beginning to the end of this project. To Pastor Bamgbopa Gbolahan and the entire congregation of the Redeemed Christian Church of God: Praise Court Parish, Far Rockaway, New York, for their incessant prayers and support. To Brother Victor Ugochukwu, my co-worker in Christ’s vineyard, whose professional touch led to invaluable suggestions and contributions. To Dr. Theophilus Olumese, whose prayers, critiques, contributions, and interest helped me immensely during the writing of this book. To Dr. Seun Arimoro, Reverend (Doctor) John Mubenwafor and Brother Abraham Ajewole, whose prayers, comments, and insights contributed in many ways to the successful conclusion of this project. To Marvin Rosenthal, the executive director of Zion’s Hope (a faith mission), whose book, The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church: A New Understanding of the Rapture, the Tribulation, and the Second Coming, helped me during the research phase. To H. L. Nigro, founder of Strong Tower Publishing, whose work, Before God’s Wrath: The Bible’s Answer to the Timing of the Rapture provided new insights during the research phase and who is also the editor of this book.

Introduction

Nations are on the verge of civil war; the foundation for a cataclysmic nuclear war is gradually being laid; terrorism has become pandemic, and the war against it is raging from one end of the globe to the other. Internecine, ethno-religious wars are on the increase; and fear, joblessness, hopelessness, and helplessness have become an epidemic. Capitalism is on the decline and socialism is gradually replacing it as the new world order. The world is in complete disarray. It is racing madly toward Armageddon.

Bible students with eschatological insight know that this is the time of the end. The coming of the Lord Jesus is at hand. Unfortunately, like the biblical foolish virgins, many are not paying attention. They are not prepared. They have failed to realize that this generation will witness the things Jesus revealed to John in the apocalyptic book of Revelation.

The purpose of this book is to sound the alarm on God’s holy hill, with the clear intent that this clarion call will stir up the church and cause her to purify and make herself ready for the coming of the Lord. Everyone who has this hope in Christ purifies himself just as Christ is pure (1 John 3:3). So that when Jesus descends from heaven with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God (1 Thess. 4:17), he will receive to himself a glorious church without spot, wrinkle, or blemish (Eph. 5:27).

Be blessed!

Chapter One

Order of End-Time Events According to Jesus Christ

Jesus in his wisdom gave us the order of end-time events in Matthew’s gospel as well as in the book of Revelation chapters five through seven. Though end-time Bible scholars agree that the eschatological events about which Jesus prophesied will eventually come to pass, the order of their fulfillment is a thorny and divisive issue. My take is that the words of Jesus must be taken literally.

Jesus gave the order of end-time events not once, but twice. Whenever Jesus opens his mouth to speak, what comes out is truth—absolute truth. Jesus’ sayings are not subject to theological debate. What he says will come first will come first, and what he says will come last will come last. It is wise for the saints of the living God to take this order of events seriously. According to the book of Revelation, the order of events is sealed and unchangeable. It shall be according to the Word of God.

These events were predicted by Jesus two thousand years ago. Now they are coming to pass in our generation in the exact order he prophesied. We expect no less from someone who is the beginning and the end, the one who declared without ambiguity or equivocation:

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away. (Matt. 24:35)

On the Mount of Olives during the last week of his earthly ministry, Jesus told his disciples about the concatenation or series of events that would characterize the end time. This discourse was recorded in the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. In this chapter, I will juxtapose the twenty-fourth chapter of the gospel according to Mathew with chapters five through seven of Revelation. This will reveal an amazing truth. In Matthew 24 and Revelation chapters 5-7, the order of end-time events is exactly the same. In Revelation, Jesus simply added more detail. My reason for comparing them is twofold: to show the similarities between the prophecies in the two books with the hope that it will make the book of Revelation easier to understand and to encourage us to take the order of eschatological events very seriously.

Close scrutiny of the list of major end-time events highlighted in Matthew 24 and the book of Revelation makes one scriptural fact unequivocally clear—the saints of God will go through tribulation (the fifth seal) but will escape the wrath of God (the seventh seal). It is unfortunate to note that, through much biblical literature, a clear distinction has not been made between these two end-time events. The result is confusion among many Christians. I want to declare without ambiguity or equivocation that tribulation should not and must not be confused with the wrath of God.

When the righteous, innocent, honest and just individuals are wrongly punished, unfairly attacked and killed for doing the right thing and/or for