What is the tribulation primarily God dealing with?
The tribulation is primarily God dealing with the nation of Israel. It concerns His covenant people, not the church, and the events are centered in the Middle East and directed especially to the children of Israel. Scripture presents this as the time when Israel's covenants come into fruition, and the church is not to be mixed into it.
Les explains from Jeremiah 30 and 31 that the tribulation is primarily God dealing with the nation of Israel, not the church. He notes that Israel's covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be fulfilled, and the church cannot be mixed with Israel in the tribulation because the church is not under those covenants, which are Jew only. The horrible events will be centered in the Middle East and directed primarily to the children of Israel.