LET NO ONE SAY I DID NOT WARN YOU!

The Tribulation (Mt. 24:1-28; a.k.a. "The Time of Jacob's Trouble" - Jer. 30:7; and "Daniel's Seventieth Week" - Dan. 9:24, 27), will be played out over a seven year period, a period which begins when the Antichrist agrees to a peace covenant with Israel (Dan. 9:27).  The Book of Revelation begins with one of many angels in the book, giving the Apostle John a "vision" of what God has planned for the future; John wrote: 

"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John:  Who bare record of the Word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw" (Rev. 1:1-2).

In addition to many references to the working of the Lord's angels, there are basically seven "characters" within the book.  They are:
 

The God of Judgment  See Rev. chs. 6, 8, 9, 16

The Nation Israel (also called "the WOMAN")  See Rev. 12

The Dragon (a.k.a. "the DEVIL"; "SATAN"; "that OLD SERPENT")  See Rev. 12:2; 20:2

The Man of Sin (also called the BEAST and the ANTICHRIST)  See Rev. 13:1-10; 2 Th. 2

The False Prophet (also called "the SECOND BEAST")   See Rev. l3:11-l8

The Other Nations of the world  See Zech.12:9; 14:2; Mt. 25:31-46

The Coming King  See Rev. chs. 4-5 and 19:11-16

 

There is one character who will not be found on earth during the tribulation:  The Lord's bride, THE CHURCH.  God has promised in Revelation 3:10 to keep the true church, those who are born again, from this time of tribulation and trouble that will come upon the whole world.  Revelation chapters 4-18 talk about the time of tribulation, but in none of these chapters is the Church even mentioned.  Jesus Christ will come to take His Church to heaven before the tribulation begins in what has become known as the Rapture (Jn. 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:50-52; 1 Th. 4:16-17).

 

All will experience the Tribulation: 

Born again believers will view it being by Christ's side.

The professing church (religious, but not saved), non-believers, and Israel,

will have to endure it!  Accept Christ while there is still time!