Daily Devotional. For then shall be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21-22. Tribulation: trib•u•la•tion ( ˌtrɪb yəˈleɪ ʃən )n.
1. grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2. an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, or woe.
Judgment: judg•ment ( ˈdʒʌdʒ mənt ) 6.
a. a judicial decision given by a judge or court.
b. the obligation, esp. a debt, arising from a judicial decision.
c. the certificate embodying such a decision.
7. a misfortune REGARDED AS INFLICTED BY DIVINE SENTENCE, AS FOR SIN.
There are 22 plus references to “Tribulation” in the Bible. It means serious trouble for the sinner, and still a call to come to Christ. That’s Mercy. For the Believer, the Follower of Christ, the Lord uses Tribulation to: turn people to the Lord, to separate the sheep from the goats, to be Overcomers, exhort to stay in the Faith, works and Builds Patience, it can’t separate us from Christ, teach us to Comfort others in like troubles, Joyful during, we suffer together as Companions, fear not tribulation, and The Righteous shall come out of Great Tribulation. Testings, Trials, Troubles, and Tribulations, are any of these too hard to overcome? Is there any aspect of the Great Tribulation that will be harder for us than for what the Saints and Martyrs have suffered for the last 2000 years? Can we look the Saints and Martyrs in the eye and say, “Sorry guys, we can’t handle suffering like you, God was not able”? We’re not talking “Judgment” here, just Tribulation. Is God not able to keep us too, that we may also, Be Blessed?
