The Time of Great Tribulation

The Great Tribulation

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There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people [the Jews]. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be [in ruins] trampled on by the Gentiles until [the very end of the world, when] the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.

At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. So, Jesus discussed the end of Jerusalem and the end of the world within the same context because there are ominous parallels.

Jesus closed His remarks with a parable. Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

Can the Great Tribulation Begin in 2019 or 2020? Is it the Time of the Gentiles?

When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.

The harlot, the beast and the Antichrist

No, the end of the world will affect everyone living on the face of the whole Earth! No one will be able to escape it. So, Jesus is telling His disciples to consider themselves blessed if they live at any other time than when these things events impact the whole world. Consider these words directed to the church at Smyrna: I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days.

Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. Why would Jesus tell the believers at Smyrna to be faithful to the point of death and then tell the believers in Philadelphia they will escape the Great Tribulation? This is a rhetorical question because the premise is false. Jesus does not favor one church above the other. Basically, Jesus encourages the church in Philadelphia and the church in Smyrna with the same message: Stand firm in your faith, even to the point of death, and I will give you eternal life.

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Events of the Tribulation

All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. The fires of persecution and martyrdom will purge the Christian movement of much dross, and after the refiners fire has accomplished this purification, this dark world will be able to clearly see the difference between those who love righteousness and truth versus those who love evil, lust and lies.

God has predetermined that good and evil will be clearly presented during the Great Tribulation. By putting the whole world in a position of suffering, many who are now blinded by prejudice, lies, ignorance, and hatred will see the light. They will repent and choose salvation through Jesus Christ. In other words, God will first clean house and then He will use the faithfulness of genuine saints to save millions of people who at the present time have nothing but contempt for Christianity. Wake Up America Seminars, Inc.

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What is the “Great Tribulation?”

All study materials are based solely on the Bible alone. I am afraid you are perfectly correct Larry. People need to read their Bibles. Read also Mathew God has a grand purpose for taking everyone through the Great Tribulation: Circumstances will force free will beings to make a faith based choice. Some will put their faith in Jesus and worship Him as the Creator and some will end up trying to save themselves by avoiding persecution. Later, during the Great Tribulation, to avoid torture, the wicked will worship the devil and wear his tattoo "" on the right hand.

The book of Revelation reveals a profound story. Paul's prediction is inclusive, no one escapes the Great Tribulation: But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

You must be logged in to post a comment. According to Dispensationalists who hold the futurist view, the Tribulation is thought to occur before the Second Coming of Jesus and during the End Times. In this view, the Tribulation will last seven prophetic Hebrew years lasting days each in all but the Great Tribulation will be the second half of the Tribulation period see Matt In this view, this seven-year period is considered to be the final week of Daniel's Prophecy of Seventy Weeks , found in Daniel chapter 9.

It is theorized that each week represents seven years, with the timetable beginning from Artaxerxes ' order to rebuild the Second Temple in Jerusalem. After seven weeks and 62 weeks, the prophecy says that the messiah will be "cut off", which is taken to correspond to the death of Christ. This is seen as creating a break of indeterminate length in the timeline, with one week remaining to be fulfilled. The time period for these beliefs is also based on other passages: The days of Daniel Among Futurists there are differing views about what will happen to Christians during the Tribulation:.

In pretribulationism and midtribulationism, the rapture and the Second Coming of Christ are separate events, while in post-tribulationism the two events are identical or simultaneous. Another feature of the pre- and mid-tribulation beliefs is the idea that after the rapture, Christ will return for a third time when also counting the first coming to set up his kingdom on the earth. The Catholic Church teaches that there will be a "final Passover" or last "purgatory" before the final parousia Second Coming , in which the church will "pass through a final fire that will shake the faith of many".

Generally neither the Catholic Church, nor the various Orthodox and Anglican communions and older Protestant denominations, use the term "rapture", and tend towards amillennialism. In this view, the millennium is regarded as the initial period of Christ's reign manifested in the life of the church that began with the Pentecost and will lead up to the messiah's eventual return, with the final outcome being a single and permanent event at the end of present time.

In the Preterist view, the Tribulation took place in the past when Roman legions destroyed Jerusalem and its temple in AD 70 during the end stages of the First Jewish—Roman War , and it only affected the Jewish people rather than all mankind. Christian preterists believe that the Tribulation was a divine judgment visited upon the Jews for their sins, including rejection of Jesus as the promised Messiah. It occurred entirely in the past, around 70 AD when the armed forces of the Roman Empire destroyed Jerusalem and its temple.

A preterist discussion of the Tribulation has its focus on the Gospels, in particular the prophetic passages in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, rather than on the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation. Jesus' warning in Matthew The destruction in 70 AD occurred within a year generation from the time when Jesus gave that discourse. The judgment on the Jewish nation was executed by the Roman legions, "the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet" Matthew Since Matthew 24 begins with Jesus visiting the Jerusalem Temple and pronouncing that "there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down" vs.

The prophecies were all fulfilled on the then-existing temple that Jesus spoke about and that was subsequently destroyed within that generation. The Historicist view applies Tribulation to the period known as "persecution of the saints" Daniel 7, Revelation This is believed by some to have been a period after the "falling away" when papal Rome came to power for years from to using the Day-year principle. They believe that the Tribulation is not a future event. Historicists are prone to see prophecy fulfilled down through the centuries and even in today's world.

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