The Time of Jacob's Trouble - For the Record
The word tribulation is in 22 bible verses. In the verses used to support giving a time period a non scriptural name, focus is on the word tribulation and the actual time period in the verses is ignored.
Deuteronomy 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
This is the first occurrence of the word tribulation in the bible. If you read the whole verse, you should notice that the only way to make the word tribulation the name of a time period is to ignore the time period "the latter days" right there in the verse.
Judges 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
By comparing this verse to Jeremiah 30:7, you can conclude that the "time of your tribulation" and the "time of Jacob's trouble" are equal and the same.
Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Many prophecy students equate the time of Jacob's trouble to Daniel's 70th week, a seven year period. This is not correct.
Notice that in Judges 10:14 and Jeremiah 30:7, the word tribulation is not the name of a time period. You could correctly say that the time period is the time of your tribulation or the time of Jacob's trouble. Tribulation is always an event or group of events. The time period is the time. It is of tribulation, of Jacob's trouble, but the time is plainly the time (period).
What is a time?
1 Samuel 26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
In this verse, the time period is "this day". "Tribulation" is something within the time period.
Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Time period : "a while".
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Time period : "this time".
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Time period : "those days". "The tribulation" is not a time period. It is "of" the time period. "The tribulation of those days".
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
This is the only verse that gives any length of time for tribulation. This is a direct statement giving ten days as the time period and also as the length of the tribulation.
Clearly, tribulation is always an event or events that occur within a time period, but never the name of any time period.
Daniel's 70th week is obviously a future seven year time period. The time of Jacob's trouble and the time of tribulation are the same but not equal to Daniel's 70th week.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
A time, in these three verses, is defined prophetically as a year, thus giving 3 and 1/2 years for a time, times, and an half time, referring to half of Daniel's 70th week.
If a time here is a year, it is highly likely that the time of Jacob's trouble (the time of your tribulation) is the year of Jacob's trouble. And further study of the scriptures brings this to light.
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? Job 38:22-23
Compare "against the time" with "against the day". Day is also used as a one year time period. Obviously so in the case of Daniel's 70th week a day is for each of 7 years.
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Jeremiah 10:15
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. Jeremiah 11:23
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Jeremiah 15:11
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Jeremiah 16:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. Psalms 18:18
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Psalms 20:1
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalms 50:15
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Psalms 59:16 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Psalms 77:2
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. Psalms 86:7
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Proverbs 24:10
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. Isaiah 34:8
It is clear in the scriptures that Daniel's 70th week is seven years in length; the time of Jacob's trouble is one of those seven years, probably the last time.
1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. Jude 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
The word tribulation is in 22 bible verses. In the verses used to support giving a time period a non scriptural name, focus is on the word tribulation and the actual time period in the verses is ignored.
Deuteronomy 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
This is the first occurrence of the word tribulation in the bible. If you read the whole verse, you should notice that the only way to make the word tribulation the name of a time period is to ignore the time period "the latter days" right there in the verse.
Judges 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
By comparing this verse to Jeremiah 30:7, you can conclude that the "time of your tribulation" and the "time of Jacob's trouble" are equal and the same.
Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Many prophecy students equate the time of Jacob's trouble to Daniel's 70th week, a seven year period. This is not correct.
Notice that in Judges 10:14 and Jeremiah 30:7, the word tribulation is not the name of a time period. You could correctly say that the time period is the time of your tribulation or the time of Jacob's trouble. Tribulation is always an event or group of events. The time period is the time. It is of tribulation, of Jacob's trouble, but the time is plainly the time (period).
What is a time?
1 Samuel 26:24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
In this verse, the time period is "this day". "Tribulation" is something within the time period.
Matthew 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Time period : "a while".
Matthew 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Time period : "this time".
Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Time period : "those days". "The tribulation" is not a time period. It is "of" the time period. "The tribulation of those days".
Revelation 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
This is the only verse that gives any length of time for tribulation. This is a direct statement giving ten days as the time period and also as the length of the tribulation.
Clearly, tribulation is always an event or events that occur within a time period, but never the name of any time period.
Daniel's 70th week is obviously a future seven year time period. The time of Jacob's trouble and the time of tribulation are the same but not equal to Daniel's 70th week.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
A time, in these three verses, is defined prophetically as a year, thus giving 3 and 1/2 years for a time, times, and an half time, referring to half of Daniel's 70th week.
If a time here is a year, it is highly likely that the time of Jacob's trouble (the time of your tribulation) is the year of Jacob's trouble. And further study of the scriptures brings this to light.
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? Job 38:22-23
Compare "against the time" with "against the day". Day is also used as a one year time period. Obviously so in the case of Daniel's 70th week a day is for each of 7 years.
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Jeremiah 10:15
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. Jeremiah 11:23
The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Jeremiah 15:11
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Jeremiah 16:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. Psalms 18:18
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Psalms 20:1
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalms 50:15
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Psalms 59:16 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. Psalms 77:2
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. Psalms 86:7
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Proverbs 24:10
For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. Isaiah 34:8
It is clear in the scriptures that Daniel's 70th week is seven years in length; the time of Jacob's trouble is one of those seven years, probably the last time.
1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. Jude 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Brilliant, I must say. Clearly what I and others have come to understand and grasp from what the TEXT clearly states. No "shell game" with the "original manuscripts" or "the Greek" or "the Hebrew."
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