For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
...such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
This event will encompass and impact the "world".
Nothing like it shall ever compare to this event called the "great tribulation"!
Hopefully you are not trying to suggest that the sacking of one city [Jerusalem] is what Jesus referred to here, because the Babylonians already did that once so the destruction of the temple and city can not possibly be what Jesus was referring to since that had already taken place.
Jesus' reference "since the beginning of the world" disqualifies the events of 70 AD as being the "great tribulation".
JLB
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be . Matthew 24:21 KJV
It is the "great tribulation" Jesus spoke of.
JLB
The LORD once spoke to me directly saying, "Whenever a PEOPLE are subject to anyone less than HE HIMSELF, they are in tribulation.:shocked! "Distress", "Tribulation", "Trouble" as in the "Times of
JACOB'S Trouble as regarding the times of diaspora related at Jeremiah chapters 30-31 unto the days of great restoration of covenant wherein the LORD HIMSELF shall teach HIS laws unto HIS people; all connote the same idea. (Jeremiah 30:10-11, 31:31-36) Note that Luke speaks of the onset of these times of DISTRESS upon ISRAEL as it regards being TAKEN CAPTIVE among the NATIONS and being left ransacked without a HOME .. till the times of the Gentiles comes to an end in a day of regathering REDEMPTION from among the NATIONS in a time of "herding DISTRESS" at the END of this AGE! (Luke 21:25-28) (Joel chapters 1-<2:32>-ch.3) Note that those verses relate to TWO DISTRESSES, FIRST upon ISRAEL, and
THEN in the END of THESE TIMES OF THE GENTILES, as a SNARE upon the WHOLE EARTH! .. to set things right! (Luke 21:35 .. Isaiah 24:1-<10-18>-<25:1-3>-26:13)
The seemingly dominant culture, the one that over much time has had vantage as the "subjugator" of the "troubled" or "trodden down" sets the
status quo, the apparent concept as to what is "righteous" for all under dominion. Over time, the conscience of both the subjugator and the subjugated become less than sensitive to ages-old injustice. (Isaiah 41:21-42:4>-43:15) The bible promises for the ONE salvation's sake, a much needed "awakening", a "remembrance", a "restoration", a "refreshing" a "restitution of all things". This indicates a world whose inate predominant sense of conscience is quite "upside down" in its point of reference for discerning the scriptures. (Isaiah 29:8-16>-32:8, chapters 59-61 .. Acts 3:18-23) The true GOSPEL is a word of reference as revealed not through the eyes of MEN, but of the ALMIGHTY! (Isaiah chapters 11:1-4>-<14:5)
Giving consideration of the fact that surely the Messiah-Savior-King of of Israel was well aware concerning the covenant promises unto Israel, (Psalms 146:10) He also was not insensitive regarding the plight of His people in what already in His day was the heavy-handed scourge of western POLYtheist Hellenist dominance over the territories of not only Judea, but also all the Nearer East. He prophesied of what THEN at THAT TIME was a coming great loss of human life particularly directed at the ELECT, especially the VOCAL ELECT ... CHOSEN PEOPE as signaled by FALL of JERUSALEM at GENTILE HANDS. In the subsequent 300 years thereafter, some 60 MILLION MONOtheist BELIEVERS predominantly in the EAST were MaRTyReD :shocked! .. that agendas after western POLYtheist intrusive influence remain in power. (Revelation 6:1-11) Again, to western imperialists, it was simply a matter of expanding dominance. The goal if they could not destroy the faith, was at last to "incorporate" the Holy One of Israel amidst pantheons of other gods the empire indiscriminately had "assimilated".
The MuRDeRous tribulation of those times did not "slough off" with the appearing of the Messiah. Instead, WESTern forces caring and knowing little concerning the MONOtheist FAITH that they had sought to destroy, took presiding seats amidst the CHURCHES. (2Thessolonians 2:1-<7-11, Jude) This was the continual wolfen "silencing of the lambs" that has left a world insentiently under illvsions wrought of a "rise of false prophets". (Hosea 7:8-8:4) (Matthew 13:20-23) Some call it the "Dark and Middle Ages still to await a true day of Enlightenment" This intrusion of the principalities and powers was not unlike what occurred when ROME came in a few scores before the birth of Messiah, and slew the Jewish priesthood that subsequently the priesthood afterward put in place said in consortium, "We have no king but Caesar" (John 19:15, Luke 12:1)
IMHO as a student of history in light of the bible, the "
Great Tribulation" referred to at Matthew 24:21 was simply one episode amidst many episodes of a much longer term "CHRONOLOGY" over the course of MANY CENTURIES that Jeremiah calls the "Times of Jacob's Trouble" while in DIASPORA, the resultant of the fall of Jerusalem and being scattered subject under the traditions of the NATIONS which have in their vast diversitudes have preserved a pretense that cannot be wholly true to what from beginning is the eternal word of a must be remembered HOLY covenant. (Daniel 11:28-39, 8:5-25 .. Isaiah 48:1-<14-49:6>-51:8, Malachi 3:13-<4:4-6 .. Revelation 15:1-5)
Just some of my
. For them who would take all into consideration, the bible speaks of DISTRESS/ TRIBULATION upon ISRAEL; and then at a much later time, DISTRESS as a SNARE upon ALL NATIONS! (Luke 21:25-28) You can find more on this topic in the thread, "SILENCED BIBLE PROPHECIES! YOU CAN'T OVERLOOK THE BOOK", also under "END TIMES". Amidst a world of much confusion obscuring the Light, I await the new day "rising of the sun" that will cast out all darkness. (Isaiah 40:1-<40:27-41:4>-43:8 .. Rev.6:1-<12-7:17) Never again after THAT TIME that the KING shall sit upon the THRONE at JERUSALEM shall there ever be again upon the ELECT SEED the times of TRIBULATION and CONFUSION that have surreptitiously blinded the masses made blind to SIN as we see under MISruling conscience as men too often as fallen from faith in the LORD ALONE do exalt today! (2Thessolonians 2:1-<7-11, Isaiah 11:1-4>-14:5) Again seeking outside the status quo "boxes" IMHO. (Psalms 2)
Much love from above unto all required unto HIS peace! Hallelu'YAH!