What does Jeremiah 30:5 teach about the tribulation and Israel?
Jeremiah 30:5 depicts the tribulation as a time of trembling, fear, and not peace, with anguish like a woman in travail and pale faces. It teaches that these horrors are directed primarily to the children of Israel, because the tribulation is God dealing with His covenant nation, not the church.
Les teaches that Jeremiah 30:5 is a key proof that the tribulation is primarily God dealing with the nation of Israel, not the church. The verse speaks of a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace; men are pictured with their hands on their loins like a woman in travail, and all faces turned pale. Les explains this is because of the horrible events coming on the earth, centered primarily in the Middle East, bringing tremendous fear and suffering beyond imagination. Those events are directed primarily to the children of Israel. The church cannot be run into God's dealing with His covenant people, because the covenants are Jew only and have nothing to do with the Gentile; they will come into fruition in the tribulation, the time of God dealing with Israel.
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.