Here is patience of saints; here are those who keep commandments of God and faith of Jesus." (Revelations 14:9-11) Notice very graphic warning that God gives in reference to ending up in Lake of Fire and Brimstone. You will end up in this place and smoke of your torment will ascend forever and ever with no relief ever. This horrible torment will last day and night forever and ever!

Bottom line, all Christians who get caught up in this predicament will have to be willing to lay down their lives for God and Jesus. In other words, you will be martyred for your faith. This will be ultimate test for any Christian to pass. I really believe that God put this warning in writing in His Word because he knows a lot of His people may get weak and scared if they are approached with this choice by Antichrist.

But each Christian will simply have to override any fears or doubts that they may have, believe what Word of God has to say about matter, and be willing to die for their faith in Jesus. If they do not, their eventual end will be too horrible for any human words to describe. I have already done an article on possibility of a Rapture.

Hopefully, there is going to be a Rapture of God's saints before Tribulation starts, and we will not have to go through any of these horrible events. If there is a Rapture, then saints that Bible mentions that will be persecuted will be people that get saved after Rapture occurs.

It's almost as if God may be saying to ones that get saved after Rapture - "You all had your chance to accept My salvation before Rapture and turned it down. Now that Rapture has taken place, you now know that My people were telling you truth about My message of salvation. Now I will accept any and all who willing to come to Me, but you will have to prove yourself to Me by being willing to die for your faith in Me by refusing to worship or receive mark of beast."

If all of these events occur in our lifetime, I believe God will use all of us to get message out to as many people as possible in order to save as many people as He possibly can from all of these horrible events. If their is going to be a Rapture, then it obviously is going to be "first train out," and God will try and get as many people warned, saved and on that first train as He possibly can.

But sad reality is that there are a lot of stubborn people out there who will not accept God's free gift of salvation first time around, and they are going to have to suffer consequences for not doing so.

Hopefully, they will accept God's gift of salvation through His Son "second time around" after all of saints have been Raptured - but then it will cost them their physical lives by being martyred for refusing to accept mark of Antichrist.Pray that none of your loved ones miss "first train out," if there is going to be a Rapture.

If by chance they miss rapture, let them know they are NOT to take mark of beast if they are faced with this choice.

3. Here is another verse that bears repeating under this caption - once again showing that persecution of Jews and saints of God will only last three and half years.

"He shall speak pompous words against Most High, shall persecute saints of Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time." (Daniel 7:25)

4. Here is another verse showing that Antichrist will have a period of 42 months to continue his carnage. This verse uses unit of time of 42 months - which again is three and half years.

"And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty two months." (Revelations 13:5)

"Therefore when you see 'abomination of desolation' spoken of by Daniel prophet, standing in holy place, then those who are in Judea flee to mountains. Let him who is on housetop not come down to take anything out of his house. And let him who is in field not go back to get his clothes. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days! And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation such as has not been since beginning of world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for elect's sake those days will be shortened." (Matthew 24:15-22)

"And it shall come to pass in all land," says Lord, "THAT TWO-THIRDS IN IT SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE. BUT ONE THIRD SHALL BE LEFT IN IT: I will bring one-third through fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’, and each one will say, ‘The Lord is My God.’ " (Zechariah 13:8-9)