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1 | when will tribulation/rapture occur | Matthew | IsmailaGodHasHeard | 229415 | ||
In Matthew 24:22, we are told that those days will be cut short. The thing that cuts those days short is the Rapture. Also, we are told in Matthew 24:29 that the Rapture will happen "after the tribulation of those days" with the emphasis being on "on those days" instead of "after the tribulation of those days", because of the Rapture being the thing that cuts those days short. God bless. | ||||||
2 | when will tribulation/rapture occur | Matthew | biblicalman | 229421 | ||
Hi, The question is which days? Commencing with a resume of history Jesus was specifically prophesying about three things: The destruction of the Temple that Jesus was looking at (verse 2-3a; vv 15-22). The second coming of Jesus Christ (verse 3b vv 27-31). The end of the world (verse 3c ch 25.31-46). Now if the Abomination of Desolation (destructive idolatry) does not refer to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD it would mean that (according to Matthew) Jesus had not answered the first question at all. And we should note that in fact Mark and Luke concentrate on that question of the destruction of the Temple, (they do not refer to the second coming), and Mark also speaks of the Abomination of Desolation. It would be even more strange if Mark posed only one question and did not answer it. Furthermore paralleling verse by verse with Luke we discover that the Abomination of Desolation refers to armies surrounding Jerusalem followed by the Jews being scattered among the nations until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luk 21.20-24). We shouild note that the 'great tribulation' was also to be initially escaped by fleeing to the mountains suggesting that it was limited to the Jews. Unless we are trying to fit it into some prophetic scheme this great tribulation mentioned here (which is like nothing before or since) is the tribulation that commenced for the Jews when Jerusalem was surrounded and taken with horrendous slaughter and suffering, continued on through the ages in their dispersion (including the Holocaust) as Luke brings out, and is even now being experienced by Jews in many parts of the world. You will note that connected with it is the rising of false Messiahs and false prophets which certainly occurred following the fall of Jerusalem. As to being trodden down by the Gentiles ancient Jerusalem is still occupied by the Arabs, and there are at the present time serious negotiations taking place for it to be taken over by the United Nations. It will be interesting to see what happens. Best wishes |
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