Great Tribulation - When?
The
Great Tribulation... When and what will
it be like?
Answer:
In no other period of time in human
history (
past, present, and future) will
there be so much suffering and
destruction as during the seven years
known as the Great Tribulation as
outlined in Revelation chapters 6
through 19.
The Tribulation will be a time of
judgment on the nations of the world
beginning with Israel.
Note: The Judgment Will Be:
#1: Universal - This is obviously
stated throughout Revelation Beginning
with Chapter
6 of Revelation
#2: Personal - This is painfully
clear in
Revelation 9:3,6
#3: Final - There is nothing man
can do to save himself. Revelation 18 &
19 suggest they do try to save
themselves by virtue of Religion (ch.
17) and Riches (ch.18).
The purpose and pursuit of the Great
Tribulation is to exact judgment on the
unbelievers and their hostile rejection
of Jesus Christ.
The Great Tribulation will commence with
the
Rapture of the Church. Simply put,
the Tribulation could very well start
NOW!
The only answer to the consequence of
sin (death/separation from God)
is salvation by grace through faith in
Jesus Christ.
When the tribulation concludes, will
those who will be preserved enter the
millennial in their human bodies?
The judgment of the Gentiles at the end
of the tribulation is expounded in
Matthew 25:31-46. The redeemed
Gentiles will receive this invitation: "Then
shall the King say unto them on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world:"
(v.34). They enter into the kingdom age
alongside the redeemed Jews. This
explains the kingdom of Daniel 7:14 that
is made up of "all people, nations,
and languages" and the "many
nations" that come to Jerusalem as
seen in
Micah 4:2.
The redeemed (both Jew and Gentile) who
go from the tribulation into the kingdom
age will still have human bodies. During
which, they will produce children and
dramatically increase the population on
the earth (see
Jeremiah 30:19-22;
Ezekiel 47:22). Although those
brought into the millennial are sealed
by the covenant and their sins are
forgiven, their offspring will be born
with a sin nature since they are still
physical descendents of Adam. This
explains a number of things about the
kingdom age. It will require the full
enforcement of the law of the kingdom as
seen in Matthew 5-7. Even with this
strict enforcement, nations will at
times rebel and will need to be brought
into line by the withholding of rain (Zechariah
14:16-19). Christ as king will rule
with a rod of iron (Psalm
2:7-9). And, finally, at the end of
the millennial age the devil will be
able to gather an immense army of rebels
against the Lord (Revelation
20:7-9). Obviously, they will be
deceived into thinking that they will
subdue and even destroy Christ and His
kingdom.
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