Dear Doves,

The following scriptures describe the 'only tribulation', which is the "great tribulation", that the Church will be delivered from by the Rapture;

Matthew 24:21
"For then there will be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." ( Does that leave any doubt about which 'tribulation' is meant here?)

Matthew 24:29
"Immediately after the (GREAT) TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from Heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken." (Is there any doubt about which 'tribulation' is meant here?)

Revelation 7:14
"These are the ones who come out of the GREAT TRIBULATION, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lord." (The 'great tribulation Saints' had previously entered into the "great tribulation", and are now seen here after they came out of the "great tribulation" and entered into Heaven.)

Scripture differentiates between 'ordinary tribulation' and the "GREAT TRIBULATION" from which the Church is 'saved out of' (raptured). It begins at the mid-point of the '70th Week of Daniel'.

The following Scriptures tell us how to handle the ordinary tribulation in our lives during the first-half of the 70th Week of Daniel while we are watching for the Rapture.

Acts 14:22
"We must through many tribulations enter the Kingdom of God."

Romans 5:3
"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance."

Come Lord Jesus!

Bruce Warner