Why does Jesus call the tribulation the beginning of travail in Matthew 24?
Jesus calls the tribulation the beginning of travail because it initiates the delivery from the curse. The seven-year tribulation's judgments pay off Satan's mortgage on the planet, and its end brings the world to that delivery from the curse, which is travail.
Les explains that Adam originally had dominion over creation but lost it when he sinned. Satan then picked it up and became the mortgage holder, placing the planet under his control. That mortgage is what God will pay off in full through the judgments and events of the seven years of tribulation. At the end, the world experiences delivery from the curse. That is why Jesus, in Matthew 24, refers to the tribulation as the beginning of travail—it is about a delivery from the curse, and the tribulation begins that process.
More Questions
Is Matthew 24 about the tribulation period?
In Matthew 24, Jesus is speaking about the tribulation, because all the events he refers to take place in the final seven years of prophecy.
What kind of trouble will the last three and a half years bring according to Jesus in Matthew 24?
The last 42 months will be a time of trouble surpassing anything the world has ever seen or will ever see, so great it is beyond human comprehension, as Jesus said in Matthew 24.