I have heard so many people misrepresent when this time of trouble was determined upon Israel so I thought I would expose this error in thinking that somehow this time is yet to come in the future. Many who teach this error also teach the error of a 7 year tribulation, which is false. There is no mention anywhere in scripture of a 7 year tribulation period, none, 0, nada.
What many do not understand is that there is actually 2 separate tribulation periods shown in scripture, here is proof in Romans 2:9 “Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;” First to the Jew means the time of Jacobs trouble would happen before the Great Tribulation, or God’s wrath that would come upon the entire Gentile world, which is shown as the time of trouble such as the world has never seen.
But let’s prove by scripture when the time of Jacob’s trouble was to come by first looking at God’s warnings to Israel concerning this time. In Jeremiah chapter 30 we see the mention of the time of Jacob’s trouble and how the Lord would bring them back from captivity His people of Israel, and they shall return to the land He gave to their fathers and they shall then live in peace.
Notice in verse 10 and 11 the mention of Jacob being scattered to the nations, and also how they would eventually have rest, be quiet, and none shall make them afraid. Jeremiah 30:10-11….
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.”
Israel being scattered to the nations is shown over and over again in scripture. This warning and prophecy was also forecast early on as shown in Deuteronomy 4:27 “And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.”
And then the prophecy of their return in Deuteronomy 30:3 “That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.”
But we know this scattering has happened before as shown in Nehemiah 1:8 “Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:” Ezekiel 6:8 “Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. Ezekiel 36:19 “And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.”
Ezekiel 12:15 “And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.” Joel 3:2 “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.”
Zechariah 7:14 “But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.” Zechariah 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
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What many do not understand is that there is actually 2 separate tribulation periods shown in scripture, here is proof in Romans 2:9 “Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;” First to the Jew means the time of Jacobs trouble would happen before the Great Tribulation, or God’s wrath that would come upon the entire Gentile world, which is shown as the time of trouble such as the world has never seen.
But let’s prove by scripture when the time of Jacob’s trouble was to come by first looking at God’s warnings to Israel concerning this time. In Jeremiah chapter 30 we see the mention of the time of Jacob’s trouble and how the Lord would bring them back from captivity His people of Israel, and they shall return to the land He gave to their fathers and they shall then live in peace.
Notice in verse 10 and 11 the mention of Jacob being scattered to the nations, and also how they would eventually have rest, be quiet, and none shall make them afraid. Jeremiah 30:10-11….
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.”
Israel being scattered to the nations is shown over and over again in scripture. This warning and prophecy was also forecast early on as shown in Deuteronomy 4:27 “And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.”
And then the prophecy of their return in Deuteronomy 30:3 “That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.”
But we know this scattering has happened before as shown in Nehemiah 1:8 “Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:” Ezekiel 6:8 “Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. Ezekiel 36:19 “And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.”
Ezekiel 12:15 “And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.” Joel 3:2 “I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.”
Zechariah 7:14 “But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.” Zechariah 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
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