The Great Tribulation!

It is no news that persecution has always been in Church history and among the Jewish people. Beside, persecution occurs in our everyday life and endeavors; the life of a man is full of adversities and troubles. People, race, group and even smaller countries face persecution from dominating countries, and at such, their persecution could arise as a result of different reasons. These reasons are not farfetched, they are mostly: religion, race and beliefs. Contrary to this normal understanding of persecution, the Bible prophesy a tensed period of persecution, suffering and wickedness the world has never seen. This persecution will only affect the minority few (Christians and Jews) because of the common religious beliefs they share at that time. This period is described by Jesus as the “great-tribulation”- a tensed period of three and half years of suffering, persecution and killings of Christians and Jews that will reject the Anti-Christ and His economic and religious system. This period is so tensed that the Prophets of old made mention of it in their writings. The most prominent of these prophets are: Noah, Moses, Job, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Zachariah all spoke about it. In fact, it is described as the time of Jacobs’s trouble (Jeremiah 30 v 5-7) and Jesus gave a vivid and a chilling picture on the events of the great-tribulation in Matthew 24. More so, Moses described it as the time of Israel’s tribulation (Deuteronomy 4 v 30) and the period it will occur- the latter days of Israel nationhood. Before all this occur, the Anti- Christ comes into the picture to promise the entire world peace and signs a seven years peace treaty with the Jews. He breaks the agreement reached between Israel and the Arab nations (Daniel 9 v 27). The Jews is frustrated and rebelled against the Anti- Christ. He unleashes terror and persecution against the Jews and the Christians. Soon after, He declares Himself as God and demanded to be worshipped by the world. His actions will bring a period of terror, anguish and war upon the face of the entire world. Millions will die!