Has the tribulation started?

Answer 1

there had been some other events in the story of christianity and
certain sectors in human societies as well,identified or perceived as the tribulation ,for the actions involved in those especific stories,how ever the one that is going to include all the people
in the whole planet earth,its in what we can say "the starting pains ,before the birth",so ,its a matter of perception,or something God ,wants you to truthfuly see ;
here is how is described when the whole humanity will be involved;
While it is considered a period of immense suffering and sacrifice, greater than anything before in history, believers are promised strong faith and powers to help them endure and prevail. Persecution is attributed to the believers rebelling against the Antichrist and his regime.Here is a list of events mentioned in the book of Revelation, some of which (usually attributed to the seven trumpets) occur during the Great Tribulation period:


[edit] Seven Seals
The White Horse of the Apocalypse. When he comes, he is given a crown and he goes out conquering bent on conquest. This represents the rise of the Antichrist through diplomacy.
When the Red Horse comes he is given a large sword and he takes peace from the world, causing men to kill each other. The Antichrist reveals his true war-like self, and a world war erupts.
When the Black Horse comes he causes severe famine possibly resulting from the war.
The Pale Horse causes pestilence and death from the sword, famine, plague and wild beasts.
Martyrs begin dying during the Tribulation (The Antichrist begins his persecution of believers).
Worldwide earthquake followed by the darkening of the sun and moon, and possibly a colossal meteor shower.
Silence in Heaven, followed by fire being hurled to the Earth

Answer 2

The Book of Revelation speaks of a few things. Number one, is the 7 seals broken by the lamb under the direction of the trumpets of the angels. Simultaneously, the four horsemen of the Apocolype appear. As the trumpets sound, a seal is broken and the devastation beneath the seals are brought upon the Earth by the four horseman. The white horse was given the crown of conquest, turmoil on the earth in other words. The red horse took peace from the earth. The black horse created famine, and the pale horse was death. When the sixth seal was broken, many natural disasters take place, magnitude 12 earthquakes, erupting volcanoes from all corners of the earth. The sun turned black and the stars fell out of the sky. Total annilalation. People hid in caves and called to the mountains for protection against the wrath of the Lord. We are in our last days. If one would take a look around at our natural world, one would see that we are on the brink of total disaster. The North American plate is active. If an earthquake hits there, parts of Canada and the United States will become separted from the mass land. The entire "Ring of Fire" is active for the first time in history. If the tectonic plates under this ring, move in rhythm, again, mass destruction. Chinese officials, before the earthquake in Bejing, recalculated how far the fault line was beneath the city. It was thought, for years that the fault line was 16 miles beneath the surface. Testing was done, about 6 months prior to the earthquake, and researchers found the fault line to be only 4 miles beneath the city. Before the earthquake, scientists said that if there were to be an earthquake there, it would be major devastation. 800,000 people lost their lives. I would say, based on prophesy, as well as science, we are at the beginning of Armegeddon. It even states in the Bible that when we can't tell the difference in our seasons, that it would fulfill the prophesy of the last days. I think the day that two women stand in the field and only one is taken, would be a promised day that the Lord has come back. God Bless.

Answer 3

No, it has definately not begun. The prophet Daniel was told by an angel what will begin the 7-year period known as the Tribulation. According to the "Seventy Sevens" prophecy in Daniel 9:

26 “ And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”

Daniel 9:26 pertains to the birth and death of Jesus Christ; it also predicts the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD. Interestingly, we are also told that "the prince who is to come" (the antichrist) will arise from Italy (the ones who destroyed the Temple).

Verse 27 tells us that this prince will broker a peace treaty with many nations and Israel that is to last "one week," or 7 years. After 3 1/2 years, he breaks the treaty and defiles the rebuilt Temple (this signals the beginning of the "Great Tribulation" spoken of by Jesus at Matt. 24:15-21). So you can see that the signing of this treaty is the signal of the beginning of the Tribulation.

As you can see from events in the Middle East, this treaty has not yet come. Prophetically, we are nearer to the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38 and 39 than we are to the Tribulation. The wording of Eze. 38 and 39 proves the invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran and other Muslim nations will happen AT LEAST 3 1/2 years before the beginning of the Tribulation.

Answer 4

If some Christians think they are going to Miss out on the tribulation u better get your Bibles out and look for the truth. the second coming of Christ is after the tribulation 1000 will reign with Christ over the earth. Blessed are those who take part in the first Resurrection. During the tribulation the beast is allowed to make war on the saints and concur and kill them. The beast that assends out of the Bottomless pit. That's the Abyss and their talking about a entity "Fallen Angel".;Could you imagine being attacked by the dead!

Answer 5

The world has been in tribulation since the fall of Adam and Eve. The Bible tells us that there is nothing new under the sun. So I think people get hyped up on the tribulation for no reason. I don't think it is going to be what people think, but I think living in a sin filled word is the tribulation. However, I think it will continue to get worse before the end actually comes.

Many Blessings!

Answer 6

Not yet.

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
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Answer 7

NO, THE TRIBULTION HAPPENS AFTER THE RAPTURE. THE RAPTURE IS WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE DISAPPEAR AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT READY THE FIRST TIME OR WERE SINNERS GET LEFT BEHIND. THEN NEXT, THE TRIBULATION PERIOD HAPPENS FOR 6 YEARS. THAT IS WHEN THE ANITCHRIST, WHICH IS THE DEVILS SON. HE WILL RULE THE EARTH FOR THAT WHOLE TIME PERIOD. PEOPLE WILL EITHER GET THIER HEAD CHOPPED OFF FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST, OR GET THE MARK OF THE BEAST WHICH IS 666. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET LEFT BEHIND. JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE IN RIGHT STNADING WITH JESUS CHRIST. I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND. IT WILL BE A TIME OF GREAT SADNESS.

Answer 8

I, personally, think that the whole thing is going to be halfway over before anyone notices, so maybe.

Answer 9

No Amy not yet.I pray you have Jesus as you savior.<><

Answer 10

Doesn't the Christian Hoover Vacuum thing happen where they all get sucked up into the sky first?