Dear Doves,

The number of days of great tribulation the elect experiences are
"shortened" in number because they are "cut short" by "the great day
of His wrath" on which the Church is raptured out of the great
tribulation. The total number of days of great tribulation, from day
#1 up to the "great day of His wrath", is the "shortened great
tribulation" and are "cut short" for the Church's sake. I believe the
elect's "shortened great tribulation" is ten days in length, and then
are cut short by the "great day of His wrath" on which the rapture
occurs.

Revelation 2:10
"...and you will suffer tribulation ten days.Be faithful even to the
point of death, and I will give you the crown of life." (we are given
"the crown of life" as our reward on the day of our rapture)
Revelation 6:17
"For the great day of His wrath has come , and who is able to stand?"

Come Lord Jesus!

Bruce Warner