Theologies - Clover

2. Tribulation
(3) John 14:1-3
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust
also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms;
if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going
there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare
a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with
me that you also may be where I am."
(4) Revelation 3:10
"Since you have kept my command to endure patiently,
I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going
to come upon the whole world to test those who live on
the earth."
a. Defined : an unprecedented time of global suffering that precedes
the Second Coming of Christ; it can be described as the
"seventieth seven" of Daniel 9:24-27; it will test earth dwellers
and also prepare national Israel for repentance.
b. Described (Biblically)
(1) Matthew 24:21
"For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the
beginning of the world until now—and never to be
equaled again."
(2) Revelation 6:15-17
"Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals,
the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid
in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They
called to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us and
hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne
and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of
their wrath has come, and who can stand?"
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