Two Years Before the Earthquake

Could the two years before the earth be a reference to the Church in Tribulation?

THE NUMBER TWO: JUDGMENT AND SALVATION ON THE CHURCH?

Am 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, TWO YEARS before the earthquake.

Mr 6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by TWO and TWO; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

Lu 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had TWO debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Mt 13:30 Let BOTH grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Jer 2:13 For my people have committed TWO evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Ex 22:4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore DOUBLE (come under judgment?).

Re 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her DOUBLE according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her DOUBLE.

Ps 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a DOUBLE heart do they speak.

Jer 17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with DOUBLE destruction.

Zec 13:8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, TWO PARTS therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Mr 5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about TWO THOUSAND;) and were choked in the sea.

Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job TWICE AS MUCH as he had before.

2Ki 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a DOUBLE portion of thy spirit be upon me.

EARTHQUAKE: JUDGMENT ON THE CHURCH AT THE REVELATION OF CHRIST?

Re 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthQUAKE, <such as was not since men were upon the earth>, so mighty an earthQUAKE, and so great.

Mr 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, <such as was not from the beginning of the creation> which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

Mt 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, <such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time>, no, nor ever shall be.

Mt 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and EARTHQUAKES, in divers places.

Joe 2:10 The earth shall QUAKE before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

Eze 38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great SHAKING in the <land of Israel>;

Isa 19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the SHAKING of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

Re 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great EARTHQUAKE, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

Re 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

TWO YEARS BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE: CHURCH IN TRIBULATION PRIOR TO “THE” EARTHQUAKE?

Am 1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

Am 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Am 1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Mt 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from TWO YEARS OLD and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

Ge 45:6 For these TWO YEARS hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are FIVE YEARS, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.

2Ch 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the END OF TWO YEARS, his (Jehoram) bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

Ac 19:8 And he (Paul) went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

Ac 19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Ac 19:10 And this continued by the space of TWO YEARS; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Jer 28:3 Within TWO FULL YEARS will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

FLIGHT AFTER TWO YEARS: SALVATION – SEPARATION OF WHEAT AND TARES?

Zec 14:5 And ye shall FLEE to the valley of the MOUNTAINS; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall FLEE, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

Lu 21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea FLEE to the MOUNTAINS; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

Jer 6:1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to FLEE out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

Jer 35:11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and LET US GO TO JERUSALEM for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

Re 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, COME OUT OF HER, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

SUMMARY CONCLUSION

The Bible appears to be associating the two years before the earthquake with the judgment that began at the house of God in tribulation. The number two being judgment on the Body that has fallen away and the trial of the Elect. AFTER the two years comes the Earthquake where God destroys Babylon.