The Tribulation is not the same as the Great Tribulation nor the time of the Lord’s Wrath. The Tribulation is comprised of two very distinct 3.5-year periods. The famed Great Tribulation, however, does not occur until AFTER an event called the Abomination of Desolation, which occurs during the middle, right between the two 3.5-year periods of time.
The Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath are synonymous terms. This time of wrath is demarcated by angels who literally pour out 7-bowls containing plagues and the wrath (or anger) of God. These bowls of wrath occur after the 7-seals are opened, after the 7-trumpets are blown, and after the Church is removed from this world in the event known as the rapture (remember, true believers are not appointed to wrath, therefore, they are not appointed to the Great Tribulation). This would place the wrath clearly at some point within in the second of the 3.5-year periods.
Overview: the general overview breaks down to 19 segments, because in Biblical numerology, 19 is Code symbol of God’s divine order in judgment, and that is exactly what this entire book is about. 9 is the number of judgment and 10 is God’s perfect multiplier for testing.
Jude and Revelation targets those within the visible church with a message which separates those who stand only on the goodness of God from those who are trying very hard to be good for God. For there is a fundamental difference between a person who is living for god and one who is willing to let god live in-and-through them. This is a difference which plays out in life and death—in those who are now choosing to be coming out of the great tribulation and those who will choose to endure wrath.
