It will not be much longer — God's patience is nearing its end, and He will soon pour out His wrath.
Les Feldick teaches that God has been gracious and merciful for thousands of years, but the day is coming when His grace will end and He will drop the curtain. The final three and a half years of tribulation are described as beyond human comprehension, and the world is setting itself up for it. Although the exact timing is not known, the evidence points to it being close.
Matthew 24:21 — Jesus directly promises a coming great tribulation, showing the world's present tolerance will not last forever.
Revelation 6:17 — This verse announces the arrival of the great day of God's wrath, the end of His patience.
Romans 5:20 — It explains why God has been tolerating the world: grace superabounds where sin abounds.
The Bible shows that God has responded to human sin with grace, but it also promises that a day of wrath is coming. Paul explains that where sin abounded, grace did much more abound (Romans 5:20). Jesus Himself warned, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:21). Revelation describes the terror of that day. The people of the earth will say to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6:16-17). Revelation 9 then shows the demonic locusts coming out of the smoke, given power like scorpions of the earth. They are commanded not to hurt the grass or trees, but only those men "which have not the seal of God in their foreheads" (Revelation 9:3-4). They will torment them five months, and in those days "shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them" (Revelation 9:5-6).
Les Feldick says that when you look at the wickedness and sinfulness around the world, it is natural to wonder how long God will put up with it. He answers that God has been gracious and merciful, but His patience will not last forever. One of these days God's grace is going to come to an end; He will "drop the curtain," and His awful wrath and vexation will come in. Les points out that for the last 1,900+ years, mankind has not seen God's wrath. The calamities we have experienced are not acts of His wrath; God is not in the business tonight of pouring out wrath—He is a God of grace. But when the Church is outcalled, grace will end, and the tribulation will begin. The final three and a half years of that tribulation will be beyond human comprehension. Les emphasizes that no human can understand how terrible it will be, and that the world is setting itself up for it. He clarifies that the first half of the tribulation is only "the beginning of sorrows," not yet the outpouring of God's wrath; the last half is that outpouring. Even in this judgment, God is in complete control and everything He does is fair and just. He also explains that this generation suffers so horribly simply because there are far more people alive today than have lived in all previous history.
Les Feldick teaches that one of these days God's grace is going to come to an end and He will "drop the curtain," bringing in His wrath and vexation. For the last 1,900+ years God has not poured out His wrath on mankind, even though there have been many calamities. The grace of God will end with the outcalling of the Church before the tribulation, and then the wrath of the Lamb will be seen. Jesus said that after this the tribulation will be greater than anything since the beginning of the world (Matthew 24:21), and Revelation 6 shows rulers and great men hiding from the wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:16-17).
The coming wrath is described as beyond human comprehension. Les says even the Holocaust and modern atrocities fail to compare with the final three and a half years. The first three and a half years of the tribulation are only "the beginning of sorrows," not yet the outpouring of God's wrath. Then in Revelation 9, demonic locusts come out of the smoke with power to sting like scorpions; they are commanded to hurt only those without God's seal, and their torment lasts five months. During those days men will seek death and not find it. Les assures us that even this judgment is fair and just because God is in complete control.
Les says it is only God's grace and mercy that have kept the world from being judged long ago. He uses Noah's day as an example: the ark was ready, and for seven days God left the door open, yet no one from that evil generation entered. Tonight God is still a God of grace, not wrath. One reason God may be tolerating the present wickedness is that there are more people living right now than have lived all the way back to the beginning, so the coming wrath will affect a vastly larger population.
God's Wrath on God-Rejecting Mankind
Les teaches that in Revelation 9, God is in complete control of the judgment; the demonic locusts can only harm those without the seal of God, and everything God does is fair and just.
God's Grace Will One Day End
Les compares the present age to Noah's day, when the ark door was left open for seven days but no one entered. He says one of these days God's grace will come to an end, He will drop the curtain, and His wrath and vexation will come.
No Wrath Has Been Poured Out for 1,900+ Years
Les explains that mankind has not seen God's wrath in the last 1,900+ years; the calamities we have experienced are not acts of His wrath. When the wrath finally begins, even kings and great men will hide and plead for death.
Wrath Is Coming on This Generation
Les says the wrath of God is coming on sinful men. When asked why this generation should suffer so horribly, he explains that there are more people alive today than have lived in all 6,000 years of human history.
Final 3½ Years Beyond Human Comprehension
Les teaches that no human can comprehend the last three and a half years; even the Holocaust and modern atrocities will not compare. Jesus Himself called it great tribulation such as never was or ever will be (Matthew 24:21).
The Tribulation's First Half Is Only the Beginning
Les clarifies that the first three and a half years are bad enough, but Scripture only refers to the final three and a half years as the outpouring of God's wrath. The earlier events are 'the beginning of sorrows' (Matthew 24:8).
The World Is Setting Itself Up for Wrath
Les reiterates that God's wrath will be 3 1/2 years of things beyond comprehension, and the world is setting itself up for it. He quotes Jesus' warning that this will be a time of great tribulation unlike anything since the beginning of the world.
Grace Ends With the Outcalling of the Church
Les teaches that God is a God of grace tonight, and His grace has not ended. But when the Church is outcalled before the tribulation, grace will end and the great day of His wrath will come.
Matthew 24:21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Jesus describes the great tribulation that will accompany the end of the age, showing why God's wrath will be unprecedented.
Romans 5:20: Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Les references this verse to explain that in the present age God's grace superabounds over man's sin.
Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
The wicked will hide from the face of God and the wrath of the Lamb when His judgment begins.
Revelation 6:17: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
The great day of His wrath will come after the present age of grace has ended.
Revelation 9:3: And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Demonic locusts will rise out of the smoke to torment those who do not have God's seal.
Revelation 9:4: And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
God commands the locusts not to hurt the earth's vegetation but only those men without the seal of God.
Revelation 9:5: And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
The torment will last five months and will be like the sting of a scorpion.
Revelation 9:6: And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Men will seek death but will not be able to die during this judgment.
No. Les Feldick teaches that for the last 1,900 and some years, mankind has not seen the wrath of God. The plagues, wars, and calamities we experience are not acts of God's wrath; tonight He is a God of grace.
Les says one of these days God's grace is going to come to an end; He will drop the curtain and His awful wrath and vexation will come in. He does not give a specific date, but he says we are getting closer and closer, and the world is setting itself up for it.
Les explains that the final three and a half years will be beyond human comprehension and will be worse than anything in human history. He also points out that there are more people living right now than have lived in all 6,000 years of human history, so the wrath will affect a greater population.
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