I believe the tribulation spoken about in the New Testament, has been happening in varying degrees, throughout history. Certain times and certain places experience more tribulation than others. For example, the Christians in the first century faced awful persecution under Nero and Domitian, then later under Trajan, Aurelius, Severus, Decius, Valerian, Maximinus, Aurelian, Diocletian and [...]
Answers about tribulation
John is seeing the vision of the time of trouble during the last days before God’s kingdom. The faithful believers are to be sealed with the seal of God so that they might survive the tribulation. John hears a voice describing the sealed as coming from the 12 tribes of Israel. But when he looks, [...]
The Bible does not mention the United States specifically at all. Presumably, if it still a world power at the time, it will play a role in the events associated with the return of Jesus to earth. But we can only speculate about things that the Bible does not explain.
This question assumes that ten kingdoms shall rise in a future ‘tribulation period’. Specific reference to a ‘tribulation period’ occurs in Matthew 24:21, 29, and Revelation 7:14. Neither of these passages say anything about ten kingdoms rising during the tribulation. Reference to ten kings appears in Daniel 7:24. Since these kings are represented by the [...]
The term ‘Armageddon’ has come to be associated with dreadful trouble at the time of the last days. However, in the Bible, Armageddon is mentioned only once, in Revelation 16:16. At this time, when Jesus says he will return unexpectedly, kings of the whole world are assembled to battle, “and they assembled them at the [...]
