I asked this question in the apologetics page and have not received a solid answer. What is the Biblical basis for the seven year tribulation? This tract above is all theoretical if the basis for the tribulation is not established.
I agree with you The_end, once again people are focusing in Isarel when Israel have nothing to do anymore with Bible prophecy as direct as it did on the 70 weeks or 490 years of opportunity given to them by the Lord through the prophet Daniel. And to have it more clear those who are to be the remnant of the Lord will not by any means removed from the earth. That's why in Revelation 7 it is said that that final destruction will not fall upon the earth until the servants of the living God had been seal with the His Seal.
Lpaisan
And who are those sealed in Revelation?
Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of
all the tribes of the children of IsraelAgain missing the plain text of Gods word.
Notice carefully what is written here...
Eze 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited:
in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Behold, a restored nation after they had been gathered out of many people, and back from the sword to their promised land.
Here again is God breathed scripture describing ENDTIME events and speaking of who? Thats right, the nation of Israel!
Zec 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
Zec 12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
This event is certainly not anywhere to be found in history. Thats because it happens at the end. Notice who it happens to...The house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I included chp 14:4 just to be clear as to the geographical location.
Clearly Israel is significantly involved in a major way in endtime prophecy. Not my words, his!
Grace and Peace!