The Great Tribulation Will Come

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the ^[c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened. – Matthew 24:15-22

Just reading this makes me feel tired. I know that there are many of us who are already tired living in our current world, the time of the “Great Tribulation” seems like more than we can handle!

But there are a few things we should remember. First, many Christians do not think we will be here. Many believe that we will be “raptured” before the “Great Tribulation and not be on earth during this time. One thing to remember though, is the theory of pre-trib rapture is relatively recent. Many Christians believe in “Mid-Rapture”. In other words, we will suffer some, but not the worst of it. And some Christians believe that we will not be “raptured” until after the “Great Tribulation”, and so will be here for all of it. This is often referred to as “Post-Trib”.

But regardless as to which theory we believe in, God will still answer prayers and He will still help us. We will not be forgotten, because God loves us . We will never walk our road alone:)