There is no 7 year Tribulation Period found in Scripture.
All that is found is Daniel's 70 week and also a "time of Great Tribulation. The 70 week prophecy is found in the Old Testament in the book of Daniel. The "time of great tribulation" was described by Christ in the Gospels.
The 70 weeks prophecy was given by God to Daniel and applies to his people Israel.
At the midpoint......the anti-Christ will stop the daily sacrifice.......and this will set off the 5th Seal of Revelation. The Anti-Christ will first try to kill off all of Israel. But God will preserve a remnant in the wilderness. Satan will then be enraged and go after the offspring......those who have been grafted into the natural branch......namely the Gentile Christians.
Satan's wrath will last approx. two years. Then the whole world will go dark for an unspecified period of time (6th Seal).
The the rapture will take place......because God has not appointed us for wrath......namely His Wrath.
God's wrath (7th Seal) will then take place upon the world and last approx. 1.5 years.
During this time Christians will be with Christ in heaven for the marriage supper of the Lamb.......and then return on white horses with Him for the final battle.
Then Christ's 1,000 year reign will begin here on earth.
After than God will burn up the world and create a new world. The heavenly city of Jerusalem will then descend upon Earth. It will be approx. 1200 miles in width, length, and height.
This city will be made of gold and Christ's glory will illuminate it. All Christians will be considered co-heirs with Christ and reign as priests.....and also likely have many other duties.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 71635907 Your misunderstanding of scripture has caused you to be steered improperly. You also are not properly using the rules of punctuation for the English language while you are reading.
Dan 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Take note that the 70 weeks include the
anointing of the most Holy; which takes place in the 70th week. Everything else happens all the way up to the 69th week, which is where we are right now; but in the
MIDDLE of it.
Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. Seven plus sixty-two is equal to 69. It tells us that Jesus will be here in the 69th week. He starts His earthly preaching ministry at the beginning of the 69th week. That preaching was planned to go for the full week (7 years or 84 months).
Dan 9:26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. After 62 weeks (which is the 69th week when you add the first seven weeks) Jesus is cut off; killed in the
MIDDLE of the 69th week. Now this where the problem comes in for the people who skipped the English class for
PUNCTUATION.
You see there is a semi-colon placed just before "and the people of the prince that shall come". It is used for momentary digression to talk about this prince (beast) that was coming. This normal in writings but most people forget that once the period (.) is placed at the END of the sentence, you go back to the ORIGINAL subject which was the PRINCE (JESUS).
Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
So in verse 27 we are back to talking about Jesus. Jesus confirms the covenant with many for one week which is the 69th week, but He did not complete or finish the week because He was crucified in the MIDDLE of the 69th week. By being crucified He became the
SACRIFICIAL LAMB caused the "
SACRIFICE AND OBLATION TO CEASE". Another lamb was no longer necessary. Jesus went through much tribulation during that time and it represented the start of THE TRIBULATION of 7 years but He only fulfilled 3.5 years of it and the other 3.5 years are waiting to become completed.
Now the final 3.5 years cannot take place until three events are completed:
1. Church age (2000 years)
2. Rapture (2 parts [THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST FIRST])
3. Millennial Reign (after Jesus takes us to the place prepared for us)
Meanwhile while we are at the special prepared place, sinners will still be here with the beast for a thousand years and Satan will be bound but not the Beast. At the end of the thousand years Satan will be unbound and there will be the last 3.5 years of the covenant Jesus confirmed in Daniel. That period is called the GREAT TRIBULATION period and will END the 69th week.
THE CORONATION WILL START THE 70TH WEEK.
