The Great Tribulation
By Brad Stroup
The great tribulation is the promised future time of unequaled distress; Jesus said it would be the time of God's judgment on those who oppose Him. But it is also the hour of God's greatest victory through the Church. In a phrase the great tribulation can rightly be called the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord; eclipsing all the difficulties of history and ushering in the age to come. For 3 1/2 years Satan will be openly worshiped while the Church will rise into her destiny in the midst of the trial. God will use these events to punish the wicked, overthrow governments of and destroy the old infrastructure. He will exalt His Church, make the authority of Christ known and bring everything to a climax.
