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Great Tribulation
As one of the tell-tale signs, Jesus predicted: “For then shall be great tribulation such
as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be. And
except those days be shortened, there should be no flesh saved.”
Sounds like our day, doesn’t it? We have witnessed two World Wars, the Korean
outbreak, the cold war, Vietnam and many other wars, with the ever-present fear of
another world war.
There are riots, man clamoring for his rights, revolutions, famine, earthquakes, drug
abuse, pollution, the energy crisis, and the list goes on and on.
Luke’s record of this account describes this time as “Men’s hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” (Luke 21:26) But
someone could say that there has always been trouble. What makes the trouble that
would mark Jesus’ presence and the end of the age so differently from the rest? The key
lies in the words of Jesus, “And except those days be shortened, there should no flesh
be saved.”
Never before did we have the tools to annihilate our entire civilization – atomic and
hydrogen bombs, nuclear radiation, intercontinental ballistic missiles, neutron bombs,
germ warfare.
In fact, man’s capability of destruction has reached such proportions that there is enough
weaponry to destroy the earth 13 times over.
To help us know where we are in the stream of time, God gave us additional signs
through the prophet Daniel. Speaking of this same period in Daniel 12:1, he mentions
this great time of trouble “such as never was” and adds two other signs: “Knowledge
shall be increased,” and “Many shall run to and fro.”