That interval of time which separates the
removal of the Church from the earth and the return of Christ to the earth is
designated by various descriptions in the Word of God. Isaiah calls it the day
of vengeance (Isaiah 61:2). Jeremiah calls it the time of Jacob's trouble
(Jeremiah 30:7). It is called the great day of the Lord in Zephaniah 1:14, and
a time of trouble in Daniel 12:1. The Lord Jesus calls it the Great Tribulation
in Matthew 24:21 and Mark 13:19-20.
'For then shall great tribulation, such
as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall
be' (Matthew 24:21).
The Tribulation is quite different from
'tribulation' The word itself literally means 'to thrash,' 'to crush.' It
carries with it the thought of sorrow and suffering and affliction. Most people
some time in life suffer various forms of 'tribulation.' (See Job 14:1, John
16:33, Romans 12:12.) But the period of time designated as Great Tribulation
(or The Great Tribulation. Rev. 7:14) is more than personal affliction or
individual sorrow. It is a definite, specific period in which certain events
will take place. The Great Tribulation is always either directly stated or
specifically indicated as being connected with Israel.
In Jeremiah 30:7 it is called the Time of
Jacob's Trouble. Why Jacob? It is because of something that happened in Jacob's
life that foreshadowed this tribulation time. It goes back to the night of
Jacob's trouble in Genesis 32:24-30. After some twenty years of exile, Jacob
was about to return to his own land. He had reached the border when he heard of
Esau's plan to come and meet him with an army of men. Hearing of this Jacob
became afraid and
distressed. Through the night he cried to
God for deliverance. He pleaded for mercy in his hour of crisis.
It was in this night of suffering and
anguish that the Lord in mercy changed his name from Jacob to Israel. It was
here that God showed more than mercy. He extended grace. For the name Israel
mean 'a prince with God.' So there will come a time when the nation Israel will
be in similar circumstances of fear and distress. It will be the time of
Jacob's trouble, the hour of crisis for the nation Israel, the Great
Tribulation.
It may not arrive until Israel returns to
the Land. But is must come upon Israel before that nation enters into the
millennial kingdom. And then during this time of crisis the Anti-Christ will strike
fear into the heart of the nation Israel, as did Esau to the man Israel long
ago. And then Israel will cry to God (Matthew 6:13; 23:39), and it is then that
God will show mercy and grace to them. (Romans 11).
All this is yet future. It did not occur
at the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 as some erroneously believe. At that
time Israel was driven out of the land and scattered. They were not 'saved.'
nor 'delivered,' but literally lost in the sea of nations. But at the close of
the Tribulation time there shall come a 'Deliverer.' the Lord Jesus Christ.
'And so all Israel shall be saved." (Romans 11:26).
The great Tribulation is imminent. It
will be the most terrible time in all man's history. 'There shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.' (Daniel 12:1) 'For in
those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the
creation.' (Mark 13:19; Matthew 24:21) Now is the day of salvation!
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