You ever open a bible???
I challenge you to stand toe to toe with a bible in hand.
You little shots against me are plain juvenile.
Either crack a bible or keep making a showcase of your inability to refute the bible verses your teachers never incorporated.
Your call
It's you who needs to 'crack open a Bible'. You have three fingers pointing right back at you, and a wet thumb. I challenge you to find me two scriptures that mention "the tribulation" of the world besides the two I mention below:
PERSECUTION, TRIBULATION, & GREAT TRIBULATION
Persecution of Jesus: John 5:16
Persecution of Christians: Matthew 5:10-12; John 15:20; Acts 22:4; Acts 26:11; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 2 Corinthians 4:9; Galatians 1:13 & 23; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 5:11
Persecution of "the woman" who gave birth to the Messiah: Revelation 12:13
TRIBULATION OF NON-CHRISTIANS
There are only two verses in the New Testament referring to tribulation experienced by non-Christians:-
1. Of all who do evil: Romans 2:9.
2. Of the world as repayment for bringing tribulation upon the saints: 2 Thessalonians 1:6.
TRIBULATION OF APOSTLES OR CHRISTIANS:-
Matthew 13:21 (Parallel: Mark 4:17); Matthew 24:9 & 29 (Parallel Mark 13:24); John 16:33; Acts 11:19; Acts 14:22; Acts 20:23; Romans 5:3; Romans 8:35; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 1:4, 6 & 8; 2 Corinthians 2:4; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 7:4-5; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Ephesians 3:13; Philippians 1:16; Philippians 4:14; Colossians 1:24; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 & 7; 2 Thessalonians 1:4, 6-7; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 10:32-33; 1 Peter 5:9; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 2:9-10, 22; Revelation 7:14.
GREAT TRIBULATION
[Greek: mégas thlîpsis]
Mentioned only three times in the New Testament:-
First mention: The Olivet Discourse: Matthew 24:21-22 (Parallel: Mark 13:19-20) *
"for then shall be mégas thlîpsis (great tribulation), such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened." (Also see Matthew 24:9).
"And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in the heavens. And then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.
And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other." (Matthew 24:29-31).
Third mention: Revelation 7:13-14:
Revelation 7:9-10, 13-15
9 After these things I looked, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palms in their hands.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb.
And one of the elders answered, saying to me, Who are these who are arrayed in white robes, and from where do they come?
And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of great tribulation [mégas thlîpsis] and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.
Second mention: Revelation 2:21: "Behold, I will cast her (Jezebel) into a bed, and them (those Christians) that commit adultery with her into mégas thlîpsis (great tribulation), except they repent of their deeds."
* Luke 21:23 uses the words great distress and wrath to describe what was to come upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem (not the word tribulation):
"But woe to those who are with child, and to those suckling in those days! For there shall be great distress [anánkē] in the land and wrath [orgḗ] on this people."
So, you see, Jesus did not lie when He said "For then shall be great tribulation, s
uch 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."
See what happens when your practice of changing the meaning of scripture gets you exposed by the scripture you refuse to acknoweldge???
I challenge you to find me two scriptures that mention "the tribulation" of the world besides the two I mentioned above.
Of course, you won't, because you're too busy telling others to crack open a Bible to be concerned about cracking open a Bible yourself to find out what the Bible actually teaches ..