Who is the seven-year tribulation primarily directed at, and what is God doing during it?
The seven-year tribulation is primarily the time of Jacob's trouble, which is Israel. During it, God deals with Israel in His wrath and vexation, and the end result is that a remnant of believers comes out of them. Scripture consistently shows God has always had a remnant.
Les explains that this final seven years of human history is the day of Jacob, and Jacob is Israel. He reads that this day is great, so none is like it, and all the horrible things in human history pale in significance beside it. This seven-year period is primarily the time of Israel's trouble, when God will be dealing with them in His wrath and vexation, with the end result that a remnant of believers will come out of them. Les reminds us never to lose sight that all through Scripture God has had a remnant.
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
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Who is God dealing with in the time of Jacob's trouble?
The great and terrible day described as 'the time of Jacob's trouble' is the time of God's dealing with Jacob, that is, with Israel.