Yes — Les Feldick teaches that today's worldwide turmoil, perplexity, and moral decline are not the tribulation itself but the preparation and stage-setting for the final seven years.
He points to wars in Liberia, Sri Lanka, and Yugoslavia, population explosions in poverty-stricken Haiti, and the crumbling of Christian society as signs that the world has problems it cannot answer — the 'distress of nations, with perplexity' of Luke 21:25. These conditions, he says, will intensify into the tribulation when the Antichrist signs his treaty with Israel.
Luke 21:25 — Jesus describes distress of nations with perplexity — the very condition Les points to in today's world.
Matthew 24:6-8 — Jesus lists wars, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes as 'the beginning of sorrows,' which Les frames as the introduction to tribulation.
Luke 21:25 records Jesus' words: 'And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;' The verse continues in Luke 21:26 with men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth. Matthew 24:6-8 predicts: 'And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.' Matthew 24:21 warns of 'great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.' Isaiah 24:1-4 similarly describes the earth being emptied and wasted, with judgment coming on all classes of people alike — 'as with the people, so with the priest' — and the earth mourning and fading away. These passages all point to a coming time of worldwide trouble.
Les Feldick opens by insisting he is not an alarmist or sensationalist, yet he points to Luke 21:25's phrase 'distress of nations, with perplexity' and explains that nations today have problems with no answers. He cites wars and turmoil in places like Liberia, Sri Lanka, and Yugoslavia, as well as the population explosion in poverty-stricken areas such as Haiti, as current evidence that the world is in turmoil [Clip 0]. Les also observes that the human race is rapidly moving away from God, with the fabric of Christian society falling apart — a parallel he draws to the days of Noah, when Jesus said it would be at the second coming. He sees the increase in earthquakes, perplexity, governmental corruption, ungodliness, and wickedness as preparation, not the tribulation itself. The stage is being set for the Antichrist to sign a treaty with Israel, which will begin the seven years of tribulation [Clips 3 and 4]. He emphasizes that the world will continue to wax worse and worse, and that the coming tribulation — especially the last three and a half years — will be beyond human comprehension, with both Satan's wrath and God's wrath poured out. For those who know the Word, these present conditions should signal that the end is drawing near [Clips 1, 2, 5, 6, 7].
Les Feldick explains that 'perplexity' means nations have problems they have no answer to. He says 'the world is full of it,' citing recent wars in Africa (Liberia), Sri Lanka, and Yugoslavia, and the population explosion in poverty-stricken areas such as Haiti, as evidence that the world is in turmoil.
No. Les Feldick is emphatic that what we witness today — earthquakes, perplexity, governmental corruption, ungodliness, and wickedness — is not the tribulation 'by any stretch of the imagination.' Rather, it is the preparation; the stage is being set for the Antichrist to sign his covenant with Israel, at which point the seven-year tribulation begins.
Les Feldick draws a direct parallel between our day and the days of Noah. Just as the human race removed itself from any relationship with God in only 1,650 years between Adam and the Flood, he says we are seeing the human race rapidly fall away from God today, with the very fabric of Christian society falling apart. Jesus said, 'as it was in the days of Noah, so it would be at the second coming,' and Les sees the nearness of the end in this pattern.
Les describes the tribulation as a seven-year period that will begin after the Antichrist signs a treaty with Israel. Using Isaiah 24, he notes that the earth will be emptied and spoiled, with judgment falling on everyone — people, priests, servants, masters, buyers, sellers, lenders, and borrowers. Jesus called the earlier events 'the beginning of sorrows,' and the last half of the tribulation will be beyond human comprehension, with both Satan's wrath and God's wrath poured out.
Les teaches that the current increase in turmoil and wickedness is not the tribulation, but it tells us the stage is being set and the end is near. He quotes Jesus' warning in Matthew 24:6 — 'see that ye be not troubled' — because these things must come to pass, and He calls these events 'the beginning of sorrows.' Les says that for those who know God's Word, the conditions should make it clear that we are approaching the end time rapidly.
Global Turmoil and Perplexity
Les cites wars in Liberia, Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, and population explosions in Haiti as present-day evidence of Luke 21:25's 'distress of nations, with perplexity.'
The World Waxing Worse and Worse
Les says the world will continue to get worse, and that the condition described in Romans is a perfect picture of end-time humanity.
Tribulation Judgments From Isaiah 24
Les reads Isaiah 24:1-4 as a description of the tribulation's catastrophic judgments on the earth — the future intensification that today's troubles introduce.
Days of Noah Parallel and Moral Decay
Les sees the rapid fall of Christian society and the human race's removal from God as a replay of the days before the Flood, convincing him that we are approaching the end time rapidly.
Preparation, Not the Tribulation
Les explicitly teaches that today's earthquakes, perplexity, corruption, and wickedness are not the tribulation but its preparation, with the stage set for the Antichrist's treaty with Israel.
Cataclysmic Final Seven Years
Les describes how Isaiah 24's judgments fall on all people alike during the final seven years — a dramatic escalation from the current conditions.
Beginning of Sorrows
Les explains that Jesus called tribulation troubles the 'beginning of sorrows,' not yet the wrath of God, giving a framework for understanding current events as early signs.
The Antichrist's Treaty and Great Tribulation
Les says the tribulation begins with the Antichrist's treaty and that Matthew 24:21 describes a time of trouble that will be mind-boggling — the full weight of Satan's and God's wrath.
Luke 21:25: And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Les cites this verse as the biblical description of the world's present perplexity.
Matthew 24:6: And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Jesus warns that wars and rumors of wars are not the end.
Matthew 24:7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Jesus lists the signs that will characterize the age leading to tribulation.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus calls these events the beginning of sorrows, not the final wrath.
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.
This verse describes the unprecedented severity of the tribulation itself.
Matthew 24:37: But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Jesus parallels the days of Noah with the time of His coming.
Isaiah 24:1: Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Isaiah describes the earth being emptied and wasted under divine judgment.
Isaiah 24:2: And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Judgment falls on all classes of people alike.
Isaiah 24:3: The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
The earth is utterly emptied and spoiled because the Lord has spoken it.
Isaiah 24:4: The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
The earth mourns and fades away under judgment.
Revelation 9:21: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Les refers to this verse to show the unrepentant condition of end-time humanity.
No. Les Feldick says the current increase in earthquakes, perplexity, governmental corruption, ungodliness, and wickedness is not the tribulation 'by any stretch of the imagination,' but it is the preparation — the stage being set for the Antichrist's covenant with Israel (Clip 4).
Les explains that perplexity means nations have problems they have no answer to. He applies it to today's world, which he says is full of such dilemmas, from wars in Liberia, Sri Lanka, and Yugoslavia to population explosions in places like Haiti (Clip 0).
The stage is being set for the Antichrist to sign a treaty with Israel, which will start the seven-year tribulation. Les emphasizes that present conditions are preparation for that event, not the tribulation itself (Clips 4 and 7).
Because the human race is rapidly falling away from God, the fabric of Christian society is falling apart, and conditions parallel 'the days of Noah' (Clip 3). Combined with increasing turmoil, he believes the end is drawing near.
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