What is the first event of the seven-year tribulation?
The opening event of the final seven-year period, Daniel's 70th week, is the appearance of the Antichrist, who then signs a seven-year treaty with Israel. This begins the last unfulfilled seven years of Israel's 490-year prophecy once the Church Age ends.
Les explains that after the Body of Christ is finished and the last one has been brought in, the living are changed and the dead in Christ are resurrected. Then God picks up where He left off with Israel in Daniel's 70th week, the final seven years of Israel's 490-year prophecy from Daniel chapter 9. Only 483 years were fulfilled by the time Christ was crucified, leaving seven years unfulfilled, and the Church Age has been sandwiched in between. Now that the Church is gone, God will bring about that final seven-year period. Revelation unfolds this final seven years of God's dealing with the human race generally and Israel particularly. The very opening event is the appearance of the Antichrist, who signs a seven-year treaty with Israel. Les also notes confusion over the Israel-Palestinian treaty, with some people thinking it is the peace treaty.
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What is the tribulation period Jesus describes in Matthew 24?
The tribulation Jesus describes in Matthew 24 is the last seven years of Daniel chapter 9, and when those seven years begin the people He is addressing will be delivered up.