Non of these verse say great tribulation after rapture.
Hi Jackson!
Regarding the great tribulation, Matthew 24:15-22 has it starting when the abomination is set up in the temple, which according to Daniel 9:27, begins in the middle of the seven years.
"He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.'
In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
Jesus quoting Daniel from the scripture above:
"So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
So, Daniel 9:27 establishes the seven year time period, with the abomination being set up in the middle of the seven years. Then in Matt.24:21 Jesus identifies the great tribulation as begging when the abomination is set up.
Now all of that said, since Jesus already experienced God's wrath on behalf of every believer, satisfying it completely, then God's wrath no longer rests upon those who are in Christ. And since God's wrath will come upon the whole world during that entire seven years, including the great tribulation which begins in the middle of the seven years, then the church must be removed prior to that last seven years of God's wrath. At the end of the of the great tribulation, which again is that last 3 1/2 years, Jesus returns to the earth to end the age and set up His millennial kingdom.
So, do you now understand now why the gathering of the church (rapture) must take place prior to the great tribulation and prior to the beginning of that seven years? Understanding this all has to do with understanding that believers in the church are not appointed to suffer God's wrath because Jesus already did. And since the great tribulation is apart of the time period of God's wrath, then the church cannot be on the earth to experience it and must be removed before it begins.
Below, Isaiah says that the Lord took upon himself God's wrath that brought us peace.
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Surely He took on our infirmities
and carried our sorrows;
yet we considered Him stricken by God,
struck down and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed.
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Let me know if you have any other concerns regarding this.