How to escape the Great Tribulation!!!

From the words of Jesus Himself

The Lord Jesus wants us to be escapists. Really! In fact, He commanded us to be. Let me explain how you can be assured escape from the Great Tribulation.

After describing the horrible events of the Tribulation, Jesus exhorted:

"WATCH ye therefore, and PRAY always, that ye may be accounted worthy to ESCAPE all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21:36).

This verse makes many sincere Christians nervous and uncertain because they are afraid they will not be accounted worthy to "escape." However, in this verse there are three key prerequisites to escaping, and all are based on FAITH.

1. WATCH. If you are watching for the Lord’s return, you pass the first step. All non-Christians and many Christians are not watching. Those who are sincerely watching are relatively few. Watching is an act of FAITH -- faith in Jesus’ promise to return and in His Word, which describes the signs.

2. PRAY. Pray what? Pray to be accounted worthy. Problem: We know ourselves and see the remaining flaws. As long as we see one single flaw, doubt can have opportunity to torment us, which is not of God. We know we will never be worthy in ourselves, because we know that in our flesh "dwelleth no good thing" (Romans 7:18). Even Paul said he was not perfect (Philippians 312). Solution: By FAITH, agree with God’s Word, and "be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the FAITH of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by FAITH" (Philippians 3:9).

3. BELIEVE. We know that it is God’s will that we pray to escape. We also know "This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE the petitions that we desired of him" (1 John 5:14-15). Jesus also promised "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" (Mark 11:24).

If you do this, if God's Word is true, you will escape. And God's Word is true.

Like salvation and everything else we receive from God, it is not based on us nor on our performance. It is all based on Him and our FAITH. Those who depend on their own worthiness for salvation will not make it. Those who depend on their own worthiness for escape will not make it. Depending on our own worthiness for anything is an offense to the cross.

God would say to us to fear not the things coming upon the earth, but WATCH, PRAY, BELIEVE and RECEIVE.