Walk with me through the pages of Revelation chapters
six, eight, nine, and sixteen. Briefly, may I
describe the living hell you can avoid if you are a
part of the Rapture. Here are only a few of the
dreadful disasters that take place during the
Tribulation:

1. GLOBAL GRAVEYARD: One out of every four people
will die (see Rev. 6:8), some through the ravages of
war, others by starvation, and amazingly many others
by the ‘beasts of the earth’. So, whether by death
that come instantly and thus less dreaded or a slow
and painful death that is lingering and agonizing-25
percent of all people will die. As of 7:21 PM GMT
(1:21 PM CST) the world's population was
5,983,632,173 and growing at 7 million per month, so
that means at least 1,496,000,000 will die. That
amounts to just about five times the current
population of the United States-can you imagine that?
And remember that the population of the world is
doubling every 39.5 years. So every day the number of
people who will die becomes larger and larger.
2. GLOBAL GRASSFIRE: One third of all vegetation
will be burned up. All grass, every tree, everything
green will be destroyed (see Rev. 8:7).
3. GLOBAL NUCLEAR WINTER: The sun and the moon will
be darkened as nature goes into revolt (see Rev.
8:12).
4. GLOBAL HORROR SHOW: The gates of hell will open
and hordes of locusts, the size of horses, will come
upon the earth. Those locusts will be allowed to
sting men like scorpions and the pain will last for
five months. The Bible says men will beg God to let
them die but they will not die (see Rev. 9:3-6).