The final three and a half years of the tribulation will be an unprecedented period of the Antichrist's temple-defiling reign, the two witnesses' death and resurrection, Satan's expulsion from heaven, and the combined wrath of Satan and God.
Les teaches that at the midpoint the Antichrist relocates to Jerusalem, defiles the temple, and demands worship as God, which officially begins the last 42 months. The two witnesses are killed and resurrected, and Satan is cast out of heaven. From that point on the world suffers both satanic wrath and the outpouring of God's wrath, culminating in Christ's return.
Matthew 24:21 — Jesus directly states that the final half of the tribulation will be a time of tribulation without precedent.
Revelation 13:5 — This verse gives the exact 42-month duration of the Antichrist's final period of authority.
The Bible describes the final half of the tribulation as a time of great tribulation unlike anything the world has ever seen. Jesus said, 'For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.' Earlier events He called 'the beginning of sorrows.' Revelation says the Antichrist is given power to continue 'forty and two months' — exactly three and a half years. At the same midpoint, the two witnesses are killed and after three and a half days the spirit of life from God enters them again. Revelation 12:12 announces that the devil has come down to earth in great wrath because he knows his time is short.
Les Feldick teaches that the seven-year tribulation splits at the midpoint. The first three and a half years are bad, but they are only 'the beginning of sorrows' (Matthew 24:8). The final three and a half years are beyond human comprehension because they bring the actual outpouring of God's wrath on top of Satan's wrath. At the midpoint, the Antichrist moves from a European headquarters into the temple in Jerusalem, defiles it, stops Jewish temple worship, and demands to be worshiped as God. God limits his unrestrained world control to forty-two months — three and a half years. At the same time, the two witnesses are killed and then resurrected before the world's eyes, and Satan is cast out of heaven. From then until Christ appears, plagues, cosmic disturbances, and world armies converge on the Middle East, and the last half ends with Christ's return.
Les teaches that the final half begins when the Antichrist relocates from his European headquarters to the temple in Jerusalem. He defiles the temple, stops Jewish worship, and sets up his throne room and seat of government there, demanding to be worshiped as God. At the same midpoint, the two witnesses are killed, lie in the street three days, and are then resurrected and taken up before the whole world. Satan is also cast out of heaven at this point, and he and the Antichrist meet at the temple.
Les explains that the first three and a half years are bad enough but are only 'the beginning of sorrows' — they are not yet the outpouring of God's wrath. From the midpoint on, the earth comes under a twofold assault: the wrath of Satan and the wrath of God. That is why, Les says, Jesus said this period will be worse than any time in human history.
At the midpoint, after the two witnesses have preached for three and a half years, they are killed and laid in the street for three days. Then they are resurrected and taken up, and Les says the whole world is able to see them go.
Les describes the last days as a time when plagues and cosmic disturbances become so awful that death runs rampant, with one catastrophe after another until Christ appears. In those final days, the Antichrist — now ruling from the temple in Jerusalem — puts out a call for all nations to send their armies to the Middle East, primarily to eliminate the Jewish problem.
Les teaches that the two witnesses' ministry to Israel brings the 144,000 young Jewish men onto the scene. They are sealed and sent around the globe with the gospel of the Kingdom — that the King is coming — rather than the gospel of grace. At the midpoint, Satan's wrath is especially directed against these 144,000 Jews, though all the world feels his fury.
144,000 Sealed with the Gospel of the Kingdom
Les teaches that the two witnesses' testimony to Israel leads to the 144,000 young Jewish men being sealed to take the gospel of the Kingdom around the world — not the gospel of grace — during the tribulation.
The Last Half Is the Beginning of God's Wrath
Les explains that while the first three and a half years are bad, they are only 'the beginning of sorrows'; the final three and a half years are beyond human comprehension.
Antichrist Defiles the Temple and Demands Worship
Les says at the midpoint the Antichrist comes from Europe to the temple in Jerusalem, defiles it, stops Jewish worship, and demands to be worshiped as God — this triggers the final three and a half years.
Plagues Escalate to the Return of Christ
Les describes the end of the last half: increasingly awful plagues and cosmic disturbances, rampant death, and the Antichrist summoning the world's armies to the Middle East until Christ appears.
God Limits the Antichrist to 42 Months
Les teaches that God limits the Antichrist to forty-two months (three and a half years) and that at the midpoint he moves into the Jerusalem temple, turns on the Jews, and Satan is cast out of heaven.
Wrath of Satan and Wrath of God Meet
Les shows that at the midpoint, Satan and the Antichrist meet at the temple; the world then feels both the wrath of Satan (especially against the 144,000) and the wrath of God.
Two Witnesses Killed and Resurrected
Les teaches that at the midpoint the two witnesses are killed, lie in the street three days, then are resurrected and taken up with the whole world watching.
Daniel's Prophecy of the Horrible Last Half
Les explains that Daniel was describing the final three and a half years when the earth is under the wrath of both God and Satan, and that Daniel was shaken by what he saw.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus used this phrase to show that the earlier tribulation events are only the beginning, not yet the full wrath of God.
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 directly describes the unprecedented severity of the final half of the tribulation.
Revelation 11:11: And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
This describes the resurrection of the two witnesses after lying in the street for three and a half days.
Revelation 13:5: And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
This gives the exact 42-month duration of the Antichrist's final period of authority, which Les connects to the last three and a half years.
Revelation 12:12: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
This shows that Satan's wrath is poured out on the earth after he is cast out of heaven, a key event at the midpoint.
According to Les, the midpoint events trigger it: the Antichrist enters the temple in Jerusalem, defiles it, stops Jewish worship, and demands to be worshiped as God. At the same time, Satan is cast out of heaven and the two witnesses are killed and resurrected.
Les says the first half is only 'the beginning of sorrows,' not the outpouring of God's wrath. The final three and a half years are when God's wrath and Satan's wrath are both unleashed, making it worse than anything in human history.
Les teaches that God limits the Antichrist to forty-two months. He attains absolute world control at the midpoint when he moves into the temple, then turns on the Jews and calls the world's armies to the Middle East before Christ returns.
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