by Allyn Smith

Created on: June 14, 2009   Last Updated: October 13, 2010

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath revealed it to them. For the invisible things of Him from the beginning of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal Godhead; so that they are without excuse: because that when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God; neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man…” “Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, Amen” (Rom 1:18-23,25) For all have sinned, even come short of the glory of God.” (Rom 3:23)

Of all the articles, papers, movies and sermons, that I have read or heard, none of them tell you the real reason God will cause us to go through The Great Tribulation in the future. They all try to describe God’s menu of the terrible upcoming events as something that can somehow be looked for, escaped from, be afraid of, ignored, or a vehicle to judge people, along with the prerequisite “repent or Hell” statements; all with their own little quirks and interpretations. (“Professing themselves to be wise, they become fools” Rom 1:22) Although some say that the reason He will bring this tribulation upon us is to punish the world for its sins and transgressions, what they won’t admit to is what our sins and transgressions are. Without knowing what those sins and transgressions are they will never be able to know the real reason of His coming wrath.

Herein lies the secret; the transgressions and sins of the world are described perfectly in the first paragraph of this article, written by the Apostle Paul. Sin is “coming short of the glory of God,” that is; not giving God the glory that belongs only to Him. The result of that sin is our corruption; as it says in the rest of Romans (1:24-32). Sin is lawlessness (John 3:4) from the man of lawlessness (2 Thess 2:3,4) (The Greek word for lawlessness is the same in both verses). We are given over to corruption because we suppress the truth of God in our minds. In other words, the result of being

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