“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light” (Isa. 13: 10; Joel 2: 30-32; Rev. 6: 12-17), “and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Mt. 24: 29-30).

“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; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory” (Lk. 21: 25-27).

“Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him” (Rev. 1: 7).

We have already noted that after the Lord returns to take the Bride home to glory, He comes and reveals Himself as the Lamb to the 144,000. After this he appears as the Angel of the Covenant according to Rev. 10: 1-6. At the end of the great tribulation Christ comes for the third time after His return to destroy the Antichrist (also described as “the law-less”). According to the exposition given by the apostle Paul, it is evident that he that hindereth the Antichrist must first be taken out of the way, before the Antichrist is able to manifest his full power. The one who pre-vents him from doing this is the Holy Ghost which is right now manifested in the Bride. When the Bride is transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit and taken up to glory, “then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (II Th. 2: 8). “…and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked (the Antichrist)” (Isa. 11: 4).

Another coming of the Lord is being described very specifically in Rev. 19: 11-16. At that time He comes on a white horse, and those who are with Him follow Him on white horses. This description in itself speaks of the fact that He is moving right into the great battle at that time. He was called “Faithful and True”, and His name is called “The Word of God”. He judges and fights with righteousness. “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God” (v. 15). A similar account is found in Rev. 14: 17-20, “And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.”

Of this great and final revenge we find many prophecies in the Oldand the New Testament:

“For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies” (Isa. 59: 17-18).

Thus saith the Lord, “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come … And I will tread down the peoples in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth” (Isa. 63: 4+6).

“Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden of it is heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue like a devouring fire … And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones” (Isa. 30: 27+30).

“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation is past” (Isa. 26: 20).

“The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is thoroughly dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a booth; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously” (Isa. 24: 19-23).

“Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. An end is come, the end is come; it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come … The time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting upon the mountains” (Ezek. 7: 5-7).

The judgment upon those forces which try to fight against the Lord God will come in one day. “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armaged’don” (Rev. 16: 15-16). The coming spoken of here is obviously in connection with the great battle of Armaged’don. The prophet Ezekiel has already described the same, “And I will enter into judgment against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone” (38: 22). Similarly, Zechariah 14: 12-15 testifies of the judgment which will come upon the nations who will fight against Jeru-salem at that time: “Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass, in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.”

The great victory over the Antichrist and the final judgment on those forces who fight against God is also spoken of in II Thess. 1: 7-8: “… when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”This falls into the period of the “Day of the Lord”, which will be after the time of grace and the day of salvation is finished. Apostles and prophets referred to it.

“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; the day that cometh shall burn them up …” (Mal. 4: 1).

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works that are in it, shall be burned up” (II Pet. 3: 10).

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light” (Isa. 13: 10; Joel 2: 30-32; Rev. 6: 12-17), “and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Mt. 24: 29-30).

“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; men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory” (Lk. 21: 25-27).

“Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also who pierced him; and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him” (Rev. 1: 7).

We have already noted that after the Lord returns to take the Bride home to glory, He comes and reveals Himself as the Lamb to the 144,000. After this he appears as the Angel of the Covenant according to Rev. 10: 1-6. At the end of the great tribulation Christ comes for the third time after His return to destroy the Antichrist (also described as “the law-less”). According to the exposition given by the apostle Paul, it is evident that he that hindereth the Antichrist must first be taken out of the way, before the Antichrist is able to manifest his full power. The one who pre-vents him from doing this is the Holy Ghost which is right now manifested in the Bride. When the Bride is transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit and taken up to glory, “then shall that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming” (II Th. 2: 8). “…and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked (the Antichrist)” (Isa. 11: 4).

Another coming of the Lord is being described very specifically in Rev. 19: 11-16. At that time He comes on a white horse, and those who are with Him follow Him on white horses. This description in itself speaks of the fact that He is moving right into the great battle at that time. He was called “Faithful and True”, and His name is called “The Word of God”. He judges and fights with righteousness. “And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God” (v. 15). A similar account is found in Rev. 14: 17-20, “And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.”

Of this great and final revenge we find many prophecies in the Old  and the New Testament:

“For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies” (Isa. 59: 17-18).

Thus saith the Lord, “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come … And I will tread down the peoples in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth” (Isa. 63: 4+6).

“Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden of it is heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue like a devouring fire … And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones” (Isa. 30: 27+30).

“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation is past” (Isa. 26: 20).

“The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is thoroughly dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a booth; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously” (Isa. 24: 19-23).

“Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. An end is come, the end is come; it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come … The time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting upon the mountains” (Ezek. 7: 5-7).

The judgment upon those forces which try to fight against the Lord God will come in one day. “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armaged’don” (Rev. 16: 15-16). The coming spoken of here is obviously in connection with the great battle of Armaged’don. The prophet Ezekiel has already described the same, “And I will enter into judgment against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone” (38: 22). Similarly, Zechariah 14: 12-15 testifies of the judgment which will come upon the nations who will fight against Jeru-salem at that time: “Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass, in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.”

The great victory over the Antichrist and the final judgment on those forces who fight against God is also spoken of in II Thess. 1: 7-8: “… when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  This falls into the period of the “Day of the Lord”, which will be after the time of grace and the day of salvation is finished. Apostles and prophets referred to it.

“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; the day that cometh shall burn them up …” (Mal. 4: 1).

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat; the earth also, and the works that are in it, shall be burned up” (II Pet. 3: 10).