The Great Tribulation

Our Lord Yeshua describes it as being –

1. Unique in History –
   “such as was not – nor ever shall be.” Matt 24:21.
2. Unequalled in Severity –
   “except those days should be shortened, there should be no flesh saved.” Matthew 24:22.
3. Unexcelled in Providence –
   “for the elect’s sake, these days shall be shortened.” Matthew 24:22.
   NB. “For Jacob My servant’s sake, and Israel My elect.” Isaiah 45:4.

It is called –

1. The Time of Jacob’s Trouble – Jeremiah 30:7.
   “Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”
2. The Day of the Lord – Joel 2:1-2.
3. The Great Tribulation – Revelation 7:14.

The Period will have 4 characteristics –

1. The Cumulation of Deception and Depravity – Matthew 24:5, 12.
2. The Culmination of Distress – Matthew 24:21.
3. The Curtailment of its Duration – Matthew 24:22.
4. The Consummation of the Dispensation – Matthew 24:29-30.

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