So how long will the Tribulation last?

Question

I just read someone said 7 years. I almost dropped my eggs when I read that one. Even if it is true, why would God want it that long anyway? Why not just 7 hours or 7 days? And there's that number 7 again. Anyhoo, can someone please shed some light? Thanks!

Answer 1

The total time is 7 years. The tribulation has two parts or halves. The first half is 3 1/1 years and is called the tribulation, the second half is also 3 1/2 years and is called the great tribulation. The first half is man's wrath poured out on man. The second half is God's wrath poured out on whats left of man.


Edit: you can read about it starting in Revelations 6-20.

Answer 2

LET US TRY THE WORD HAS 150 YEARS

EXAMPLE:

KJV Bible 1611CE published plus 303 years to 1914 CE an excepted translation by law of man and God.
Bible from 1620 on soil never organized to rule since Eden.
The people that came to this soil, are from Empire #7.
God will know his name in all languages, so is all else.
Matt.24:3, 14 [ end is near, we have 150 years to say Jesus RULE is coming in, RULE before Satan 2Cor.4:3,4; is going out, at Rev.20:1-6 [ no Satan 1000 years ]; what is the tribulation?
Jesus second coming is to be made known. After WW1, WW2 & holocaust, world conflict and last at Euphrates.
It is this 1914 CE plus 150 is 2064 CE. Some family members and friends are as Matt.10:34-38 [ you carry the same cross Jesus did ]; 2Tim.3:1-7; is the attitude of a large part of the population. 2Pet.3:3-9 [ attitude of this is old news, this news belongs to this 150 year period ];

THE BIBLE IS TALKING ABOUT THE SEALED AND ELECT OF GOD IN THE LAST DAYS

Rev.9:1-5 [ 5x 30 = 150 ]; The pit is open for Satan, THE SEALED OF GOD ARE THERE.
Rev.9:12-16 The Euphrates angels prepare 391, And Euphrates troubled 16:12-16 ];

KJV Bible published 1611 CE plus 395 years ago is 2006 CE and 92 years after 1914 CE and world sees Euphrates troubled.

THIS IS JUST AND EXAMPLE.

Answer 3

Not all Christians believe in the Tim Lahaye/John Hagee view of eschatology (future things).

Hank Hannegraff is a preterist and believes the tribulation happened in 70 AD.

Martin Luther, John Wesley, Isaac Newton, and others believed the Tribulation was symbolic like the rest of the prophecies of Daniel and the "days" were years. This would put the "Abomination that causes Desolation" at the time the Dome of the Rock was built on the Temple Mount. This school says the Tribulation lasted from 70 AD to 1948 AD.

Answer 4

After some preliminaries, we're looking for 3 1/2 years, with the last 6 months being the most interesting part.

Answer 5

7 years...pretty long to wait huh? Well I'll tell ya, no one, and I mean NO ONE this side of heaven can give and the complete and total answer to "why seven years." But seven years vs seven hours or minutes I can justly tell you. In the bible it says that God is not will that any should parish, but that all should come to him. Consider the tribulation a last ditch effort to get people's attention once and for all. Seven years of tribulation, each year it gets harder and harder. The very moon will turn to blood, and the ground will bleed with the souls of the condemed. it says that men will run into caves and cry out "Fall on top of me for I have sinned against God." Yeah, its gonna be that bad. Seriously. Thankfully, we're the good guys. Oh the rules apply to us, believe me they do, will go through death, and hate, and to many murders to count, for the sake of our Lord, but in the end we will live. Now, on the plus side, if your a christian, you shouldn't have to worry to much about a hundred pound hail stone coming through your room tomorrow morning, some judgements are reserved for the less fortinate who chose not to believe in Christ. Satan is alive and well, and he will do many terrible things to us for the seven years he regins on earth. But those seven years will come to an end, and God will estabilsh his thousand year regin. All we have to do is believe. Christ died for us, and he is coming back for us very soon.
Right now I am going to apoligize for the one liner answers you will get, or the insults that will be flung at you by my fellow man. But take heart, our Lord is coming again soon, and any wrong doing will be avenged against us.

God bless, and merry Christmas

Answer 6

During the tribulation God wants more people to repent and come to him. he gives them a second chance. That's why it's 7 years so more people will come to him and be saved.

Answer 7

Three words for you...

Mutually Assured Destruction.

As most people have noticed by now, the folks running this cr*ppy little world of ours tend to be high strung, mentally unstable, and heavily armed.

I figure its safe to assume (if the skies open up and such) that the idiots in charge will take it upon themselves to launch whatever heavy ordinance they have on hand at their neighbors, friends, enemies, house plants, farm animals, etc.

I give it about 45 minutes.

Answer 8

Harpazo = Rapture

END-TIME BIBLE PROPHECY

The Messiah Lord Jesus said BIRTH PANGS would signal the time of the end (Matthew 24:8). There are NINE birth pangs, they are all PRE-TRIBULATIONAL and the 1st three already occurred.

The first birth pang was worldwide conflict coupled with famines and earthquakes (Matthew 24:7-8). Worldwide conflict was fulfilled in 1914-1918, major famines happened in 1918-1921 and most of the world’s major earthquakes began to occur since 1900.

The second birth pang was the restoration of a Jewish State (Ezekiel 20:33-38; Ezekiel 22:17-22; Ezekiel 36:22-24; Zephaniah 2:1-2). This was fulfilled in 1948.

The third birth pang was Jewish control of the Old City of Jerusalem (Revelation 11:1-2). For the third Jewish Temple (Tribulation Temple) to be rebuilt, Jerusalem needs to be under Jewish control and this was accomplished in the Six Day War in 1967.

The fourth birth pang will be the Ezekiel 38 war. Russia, allied states of Iran, Ethiopia, Somalia, Germany and Armenia will invade Israel. God will miraculously destroy the invading army by earthquake, civil war among the invading soldiers, pestilence, blood, flood, hailstones, fire and brimstone. This will bring a revival in Israel where many Jews will turn to the Lord, and Israel will spend 7 years and 7 months burying the bodies and burning for fuel the military equipment left behind (Ezekiel 39:9-16).

The 5th birth pang will be the development of a one world government (Daniel 7:23-24).

The 6th birth pang will be the splitting of the one world government into 10 kingdoms and this Ten Kingdom Stage will continue until mid-Tribulation (Daniel 7:24).

The 7th birth pang will be the revelation of the Antichrist (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Daniel 7:24).

The 8th birth pang will be a period of peace and false security that will be shattered by the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3).

The 9th and final birth pang before the Tribulation is the signing of the 7-year covenant between Israel and the Antichrist. THIS EVENT IS WHAT BEGINS THE (7-year) TRIBULATION - NOT THE RAPTURE!

The Rapture of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) is also a pre-tribulational event (Luke 21:34-37; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 19:6-8). The fact that the Church is not mentioned in any of the Tribulation Scriptures proves the Rapture is pre-tribulational. All raptured Christians will receive glorified bodies (Romans 8:22-23; 1 Corinthians 15:50-54)) and it can happen at any second.


THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 6-9 AND 17)

The Ministry of 144,000 sealed Jewish believers will bring many throughout the world to accept Christ.

There will be a powerful Ministry of Two Witnesses who will also be anointed Jewish believers.

A one world religious system (Babylon the Harlot) will rule. Under this one world religious system, many who are saved during the Tribulation will suffer persecution and death.

The Political system of the 10 kings of the one world government will continue.

During the first half of the Tribulation there will also be war, worldwide famine, death (1/4 of the world’s population will die), a huge earthquake, a blackout and a meteor shower. 1/3 of earth’s dry surface will be destroyed, 1/3 sea life and salt water will be destroyed, a fallen angel called Wormwood will make 1/3 of earth’s fresh water bitter, 1/3 of earth’s natural light sources will be destroyed, there will be another blackout and demons in the form of “locust-scorpions” will come up out of the abyss led by Abaddon their king and they will inflict harm and pain for five months upon those who are not sealed by God (unbelievers). Another demonic invasion will occur and the demons involved will be led by four fallen angels who will be released from the Euphrates River and this army will kill 1/3 of the earth’s population.


MID-TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES IN REVELATION 10-14 AND 17)

The Antichrist will war against the 10 kings, and during the war the Antichrist will be killed.

Satan will be cast out of the atmospheric heavens onto earth and will resurrect the Antichrist.

The Antichrist will kill 3 kings (the kings of Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia) and the 7 other kings will submit to him.

The Antichrist will kill the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem and the wicked people will celebrate this event. Three and a half days afterwards, God will resurrect the Two Witnesses and take them up to Heaven and the people who celebrated will become terrified. The city of Jerusalem where the murder of the Two Witnesses occurred will then suffer an earthquake which will kill 7,000 people.

The False Prophet will receive from Satan the power to perform great miracles and will deceive many. The False Prophet will command all people to worship the Antichrist and have persons create an image to the Antichrist. The False Prophet will use his satanic powers to give it life and the ability to speak. The False Prophet will cause those who refuse to worship the Antichrist and the image to be killed.

The False Prophet will issue his own counterfeit seal known as the Mark of the Beast and it will be placed on all those who surrender to the Antichrist’s authority and accept him as god. Those who refuse to take this mark will not be able to buy or sell. Those who take this mark will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.

The Antichrist will break the seven-year covenant he made with Israel, cause the sacrifices to stop, sit in the Jewish Temple, declare to the world that he is really God and set up an idol called the Abomination of Desolation in the Temple (Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Matthew 24:15-16; 11Thessalonians 2:3-4; Revelation 13:11-15).

Through the Antichrist and the False Prophet, Satan will attempt to destroy the Jews once and for all but he will fail because 1/3 of the Jews will succeed in fleeing into the wilderness. These Jews who escape will accept the Lord Jesus as their Saviour during the Tribulation (Zechariah 13:7-9) and while they are in hiding, God will miraculously provide for them (Zechariah 13:8-9; Isaiah 41:17-20). Divine intervention will also destroy the pursuing army.


THE SECOND HALF OF THE TRIBULATION (SUPPORTING VERSES FOUND IN REVELATION 15, 16, 18, 19, 20)

In the second half of the Tribulation, those with the Mark of the Beast will suffer skin sores, the remainder of sea water and fresh water will be destroyed, the sun will cause terrible burns and the wicked will blaspheme God. There will be yet another blackout and persons will suffer gnawing pains.

Babylon will be the center of world economy and political system but Babylon will be swiftly destroyed by fire and become uninhabitable for man.

The Antichrist will locate the Jews who sought refuge in the wilderness and surround them with his armies to wipe them out. The Lord Jesus will then descend from Heaven with His angels and Saints. He will come with great glory riding upon a horse and will destroy the Antichrist, the False Prophet and all of their armies. After this, a loud voice will cry out “It is done!” followed by the greatest earthquake in the earth’s history and hail weighing 120 pounds will fall.

At the end of the Tribulation, there will be another blackout, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken (Matthew 24:29), the Antichrist and the False Prophet will be thrown into the eternal Lake of Fire and Satan will be cast into the Abyss and bound for 1,000 years.


THE MILLENNIUM

The Lord Jesus will reign over the entire earth during the Millennium. The Jewish and Gentile believers who survive the Tribulation will go on to populate the Millennium. Believers who died before and during the Tribulation and believers who were raptured will be present on earth during the Millennium and because they will have glorified bodies they will not reproduce. All believers will be given special tasks by the Lord Jesus (Revelation 20:4-6). There will be no wars (Isaiah 2:2-4), animals will return to the Edenic state and become vegetarians (Isaiah 11:6-9), people will not labour in vain but eat what they plant and inhabit what they build, there will be renovations in the heavens and earth and there will be righteous and unrighteous children born during the Millennium (Isaiah 65:17-25).

At the end of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the Abyss and will deceive and gather the unrighteous for a war against the righteous. This will be his final attempt to destroy the righteous and when the unrighteous of the Millennium surround the good people, God will send fire down from Heaven which will suddenly and massively annihilate all of the wicked people. Satan will then be cast into the Lake of Fire where he will remain in torment for eternity (Revelation 20:7-10).


THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

The Great White Throne Judgment will be the next main event. The old heavens and earth will be done away with and all will stand before God’s throne to be judged (Revelation 20:11-12). Those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire which will be their final and eternal abode (Revelation 20:14-15).


THE ETERNAL ORDER (REVELATION 21 AND 22)

Those whose names are found in the Book of Life will enjoy paradise with God forever. The heavens and earth will be made new and the New Jerusalem will come down upon the earth making the earth like Heaven. All curses from the fall will be removed and the earth will be inhabited by the Triune God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit), all angels and all of the righteous. The seas, moon, night and sun will be done away with and the glory of God will illuminate the earth. The River of Life will flow from God’s throne, the Tree of Life will bear health-giving fruits and leaves and the name of Jesus will be on the foreheads of all of the righteous.


God’s Plan of Salvation for Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkDk1GZ7do

Answer 9

7 years. God is giving the unbelievers time to repent and come to Him before the final judgment.

Answer 10

in those 7 years the unbelievers will have the chance to except Jesus as there savior, he wants as all and let's give all the time He will allow to try to reach every one!!!