Great Tribulation

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The Great Tribulation is a prophesied period of unprecedented suffering and turmoil in Christian eschatology that precedes the final divine judgment and the battle of Armageddon.

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instanceOf Christian eschatology concept
eschatological event
prophesied period of suffering
associatedWith Antichrist NERFINISHED
Day of the Lord NERFINISHED
abomination of desolation
end times
seals trumpets and bowls in Revelation
describedIn Book of Revelation NERFINISHED
Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED
New Testament NERFINISHED
Synoptic Gospels NERFINISHED
durationBelief seven years in many dispensational views
three and a half years for its most intense phase
follows lesser tribulations
hasCharacteristic deception by false prophets
global turmoil
intensified evil
natural disasters
persecution of believers
unprecedented suffering
wars and conflicts
interpretedBy amillennialists
futurists
historicists
postmillennialists
premillennialists
preterists NERFINISHED
languageOrigin English Bible terminology
linkedDoctrine final judgment
millennium
rapture
resurrection of the dead
mentionedIn Luke 21 NERFINISHED
Mark 13
Matthew 24
Revelation 7 NERFINISHED
precededBy beginning of sorrows
precedes Second Coming of Christ NERFINISHED
battle of Armageddon NERFINISHED
final judgment
purposeInTheology divine judgment on evil
purification of God’s people
testing of faith
religiousTradition Christianity
termDerivedFrom phrase in Matthew 24:21
viewedAs fulfilled in first century events by some preterists
future literal period by futurists
symbolic of church age suffering by some amillennialists

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Armageddon relatedConcept Great Tribulation