The tribulation period is the seven-year process by which God pays off Satan's “mortgage” on the earth, defeats him, lifts the curse, and restores the planet to an Eden-like state for Christ's Kingdom.
Les Feldick teaches that the tribulation is not merely punishment; it is God's means of removing Satan's hold on the planet, which he has held since Adam fell. The judgments and catastrophic events culminate in the curse being totally lifted and Satan defeated and removed from the scene. Out of that holocaust comes an Eden-like earth prepared for the Millennial reign of Christ.
Revelation 12:10 — This verse, quoted by Les at the midpoint of the tribulation, ties the casting down of Satan directly to the coming of the kingdom.
Daniel 7:14 — Les uses this verse to show that the Son is given dominion and a kingdom after the tribulation's events.
Matthew 24:8 — Jesus describes the tribulation events as the beginning of travail — birth pangs pointing to the deliverance of the earth from the curse.
Revelation 5:1 — The sealed scroll that Les calls the 'road map' of the seven years of paying off the mortgage.
Scripture links the tribulation period to travail, the defeat of Satan, and the coming Kingdom. Jesus referred to the end-time events as "the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:8) — a word that pictures the pangs of childbirth. Daniel 7:14 describes the outcome of this period: the Son of man is given "dominion, and glory, and a kingdom" that shall not pass away. In Revelation 12:10, at the moment Satan is cast down, a voice in heaven declares that "now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ." Revelation 5 records the scroll in God's right hand, sealed with seven seals, whose opening reveals the events of the seven years.
Les Feldick teaches that the purpose of the tribulation is to pay off the "mortgage" Satan has held on the earth since Adam fell. Satan is the "mortgage holder" who placed the whole planet under his control, and God pays off that mortgage in full through the judgments and events of the seven years (Clips 3, 6). The tribulation is therefore a delivery from the curse — Jesus called it travail, the birth pains of a restored creation (Clip 3). The end result is the curse totally lifted, Satan defeated and removed from the scene, and an Eden-like earth emerging for the Kingdom (Clip 1). Les emphasizes that the final three and a half years are a "double-barreled attack" on mankind: God pours out His wrath on Christ-rejecting mankind, while Satan — cast out of heaven at the midpoint — pours out his wrath knowing he has only three and a half years left (Clip 2). Satan's torment of the human race is aimed at the heart of God (Clip 4). At the same midpoint, the Antichrist defiles the temple and forces the Jew to worship him, bringing terrible persecution on Israel (Clip 0). The Antichrist's world control is limited to forty-two months (Clip 5). After this holocaust, the earth is delivered from the curse and restored to its Edenic condition before sin entered — the restitution of all things — ready for the visible, governmental Kingdom of Christ (Clips 1, 6).
Les Feldick explains that Satan is "the mortgage holder" who has placed the whole planet under his control ever since Adam fell. The scroll of Revelation 5 is the "road map" of the seven years of paying off that mortgage. Through the seals, trumpets, and judgments of the seven years, God pays off the mortgage in full, bringing the world to a delivery from the curse. Jesus called these events "the beginning of travail" — picture language of a birth about to take place (Clips 3, 6).
At the midpoint of the tribulation, the Antichrist comes into the temple in Jerusalem, defiles it, and forces the Jew to worship him as their God — something that is anathema to a Jew — and the Jewish people come under horrible persecution (Clips 0, 5). At the same midpoint, Satan is cast out of heaven and, knowing he has only three and a half years left, pours out his wrath. God simultaneously pours out His wrath upon Christ-rejecting mankind. Les calls this a "double-barreled attack on mankind" that all of nature will feel (Clips 2, 7). God limits the Antichrist to forty-two months of world domination (Clip 5). Satan's torment of the human race is ultimately aimed at striking the heart of God (Clip 4).
Les teaches that the end result of all the catastrophe is to "pay off the curse so that the earth can come out from under it, be delivered from it, and go into the Millennial reign of Christ" (Clip 2). The cataclysmic cosmic events of the seven years culminate with the curse totally lifted, Satan defeated and removed from the scene, and an Eden-like earth emerging for the Kingdom (Clip 1). The earth has been under the curse for almost 6,000 years; it will be restored to its Edenic condition before sin entered — "the restitution of all things" (Clip 6). Christ then sets up His visible, political, governmental Kingdom on the earth (Clips 3, 7).
The Antichrist's Persecution of Israel at the Midpoint
At the midpoint the Antichrist defiles the temple and forces the Jew to worship him as God, bringing the Jewish people under horrible persecution — a key feature of the final three and a half years.
The Curse Lifted and the Eden-Like Earth Emerges
Les describes the purpose and climax of the seven years: the wrath of God crescendos, the curse is totally lifted, Satan is defeated and removed, and the earth becomes like the Garden of Eden for the Kingdom.
The Double-Barreled Wrath of God and Satan
At the midpoint God pours out His wrath on Christ-rejecting mankind while Satan, cast out of heaven, pours out his wrath knowing he has only three and a half years left; the end result is to pay off the curse and deliver the earth into the Millennial reign.
Satan as the Mortgage Holder
Les explains that Satan is the mortgage holder who placed the whole planet under his control, and God pays off that mortgage in full through the judgments of the seven years, delivering the world from the curse.
Satan's Torment Aimed at the Heart of God
Satan torments the human race to strike at the heart of God, and when God's wrath is coupled with it, it makes the final three and a half years indescribably terrible.
God Limits the Antichrist to Forty-Two Months
The Antichrist does not attain absolute world control until the midpoint, when he moves into the temple and turns on the Jews; he is limited to forty-two months, and at that same midpoint Satan is cast out of heaven.
The Scroll as the Road Map of the Mortgage
The scroll of Revelation 5 is the road map of the seven years of paying off the mortgage Satan has held since Adam fell; the earth, under the curse for almost 6,000 years, will be restored to Eden — the restitution of all things.
Satan Cast Out and the Kingdom at Hand
At the midpoint, war in heaven ends with Satan cast out, and Revelation 12:10 declares that the kingdom of God is at hand — only three and a half years remain until Christ returns to set up His kingdom.
Revelation 12:10: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Quoted at the midpoint of the tribulation, this verse ties Satan's casting out of heaven to the imminent coming of the Kingdom.
Daniel 7:14: And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Les cites this verse to show that the Son is given a visible, political, governmental Kingdom on the earth that follows the tribulation.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus calls the tribulation events "the beginning of travail" — the birth pangs that picture the earth's delivery from the curse.
Revelation 5:1: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
This sealed scroll is what Les calls the "road map of the seven years of paying off that mortgage."
Les Feldick describes Satan as the "mortgage holder" who has placed the whole planet under his control ever since Adam fell. God pays off that mortgage in full through the judgments and events of the seven-year tribulation, which brings the world deliverance from the curse (Clips 3, 6).
Because they bring a double-barreled attack from two directions: God pours out His wrath upon Christ-rejecting mankind, and Satan — cast out of heaven at the midpoint — pours out his wrath knowing he has only three and a half years left. All of nature will feel it (Clip 2). Satan's purpose in tormenting humanity is to strike at the heart of God (Clip 4).
The curse is totally lifted, Satan is defeated and removed from the scene, and an Eden-like earth emerges for the Kingdom (Clip 1). The earth is restored to its Edenic condition before sin entered — what Peter called the restitution of all things (Clip 6).
The Antichrist comes into the temple and forces the Jew to worship him as their God, which is anathema to a Jew. Consequently the Jewish people come under his horrible persecution, and he brings everything in his power to bear against them (Clip 0). God limits his absolute world control to forty-two months (Clip 5).
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