• Scripture refers to a definite period of time of tribulation at the end of the age (Matthew 24:29-35). • It will be of such severity that no period in history past or future will equal it (verse 21). • It will be shortened for the sake of the elect (verse 22), as no flesh could survive it. • It is called the time of Jacob’s trouble, for it is a judgment on Messiah-rejecting Israel (Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1-4). • The nations will also be judged for their sin and rejection of Christ (Isaiah 26:21; Revelation 6:15-17). • This tribulation period will last seven years (Daniel 9:24,27). • This
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