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The Great Tribulation and the Second Coming

Chapter Nine introduces us to the Seventy Sevens of Dani’el (to see link click Cv – Dani’el’s Vision of the Seventy Sevens) when he was 81. Gabri’el (see Cy – Gabri’el’s Intervention) was speaking about seventy periods of seven years, or 490 years. Four Gentile Empires will control the times of the Gentiles (see Ao – The Times of the Gentiles). The Fourth Empire (see Be – The One World Government Stage) will include the seven-year period of the Great Tribulation. When those seven years are over, Yeshua Messiah will return to start His thousand-year Messianic Kingdom. We know this is true because all the feasts of Isra’el point to Messiah. The first four feasts point to His First Coming: Pesach was fulfilled by the death of Messiah, Hag ha’Matzah points to the sinlessness of His sacrifice; Rasheet points to His resurrection, and Shavu’ot points to the birth of His Church.

Then between the first cycle and the second cycle there is a four-month interval that is symbolic of the New Covenant Age that interrupts the program of the feasts of Isra’el (see Leviticus Ed – The Four-Month Interval). Then comes the second cycle of holy festivals. Rosh ha’Shanah will be fulfilled by the Rapture of the Body of Messiah, Yom Kippur will be fulfilled by the Great Tribulation, and Sukkot will be fulfilled by the Messianic Kingdom.300 Therefore, we can be confident that the Rapture will come before the Great Tribulation because Rosh ha’Shanah comes before Yom Kippur.

In the TaNaKh, the most common name for the Great Tribulation is the Day of ADONAI found in various passages. In every passage of the Scriptures that the term the Day of ADONAI is found, it is always, without exception, a reference to the Great Tribulation period. Even though this is the most common name for this period in the TaNaKh, it has many names and it is also found in various passages of the B’rit Chadashah. These names are found in the New International Version (NIV). According to the sages, the Messiah will come after a tumultuous seven-year-period called the footsteps of Messiah. The Talmud refers to the seven years preceding the redemption as the Shavua she Ben David, “Seven of the Sons of David.”

Names in the TaNaKh:

  • A Time of Trouble for Jacob (Jeremiah 30:7)
  • The Seventieth Week of Daniel (Dani’el 9:27)
  • The Lord’s Strange Work (Isaiah 28:21)
  • The Lord’s Alien Task (Isaiah 28:21)
  • The Day of Israel’s Disaster (Deuteronomy 32:35; Obadiah 12-14)
  • The Distress or Tribulation (Deuteronomy 4:30)
  • The Overwhelming Scourge (Isaiah 28:15, 18)
  • The Day of Vengeance (Isaiah 34:8, 35:4, 61:2)
  • The Year of Retribution (Isaiah 34:8)
  • The Time of Distress (Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 1:15)
  • The Day of Wrath (Zephaniah 1:15)
  • The Day of Trouble and Ruin (Zephaniah 1:15)
  • The Day of Darkness (Zephaniah 1:15; Amos 5:18 and 20; Joel 2:2)
  • The Day of Gloominess (Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2)
  • The Day of Clouds (Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2)
  • The Day of Blackness (Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2)
  • The Day of the Trumpet (Zephaniah 1:16)
  • The Day of the Battle Cry (Zephaniah 1:16)
  • The Day of the Lord Almighty (Isaiah 2:12-21)

Names in the B’rit Chadashah:

  • The Day of the Lord (First Thessalonians 5:2)
  • The Wrath of God (Revelation 15:1 and 7; 14:10 and 19; 16:1)
  • The Hour of Trial (Revelation 3:10)
  • The Great Day of the Wrath of the Lamb of God (Revelation 6:16-17)
  • The Coming Wrath (First Thessalonians 1:10)
  • The Wrath (First Thessalonians 5:9; Revelation 11:18)
  • The Great Tribulation or Distress (Matthew 24:21; Revelation 7:14)
  • The Distress or Tribulation (Matthew 24:29)
  • The Hour of Judgment (Revelation 14:7)