Yes — God is a God of grace in the present age, but the Tribulation is the appointed time when He sets that grace aside and pours out His righteous wrath on a Christ-rejecting world.
Les Feldick teaches that for more than 1,900 years God has not been pouring out His wrath; He is a God of grace today. That grace ends when the Church is removed, and the Tribulation becomes God speaking in wrath and vexing in sore displeasure. God has every right to do this because the vast majority of people living in that day will have rejected His Son.
Revelation 6:16-17 — This passage describes the Tribulation as 'the wrath of the Lamb' and 'the great day of his wrath,' directly answering what God's tribulation wrath looks like.
Psalm 2:5 — The psalmist says God will speak to the nations in His wrath and vex them in His sore displeasure — the passage Les identifies with the Tribulation.
Romans 1:18 — Scripture says God's wrath is revealed against those who hold the truth in unrighteousness, showing that His wrath is a righteous response to unbelief.
Matthew 24:21 — Jesus Himself describes a coming Great Tribulation unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Scripture is clear that God is not always pouring out wrath. Romans 5:20 says, "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." Paul also writes in Romans 1:18 that "the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness." Psalm 2:5 describes a day when God "shall speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." On the Mount of Olives, Jesus called the preliminary events "the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:8) and then said, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be" (Matthew 24:21). In Revelation, those who endure it cry for the rocks to fall on them, saying "the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" (Revelation 6:16-17). Revelation 12:12 adds that the devil also has great wrath because his time is short.
Les Feldick says the Tribulation is not an expression of love, mercy, or grace; it is the opposite. He points to Psalm 2:5 and says that when God speaks to the nations in His wrath, "that's the Tribulation." He also makes a crucial distinction: the flood was catastrophic, but it was not God's wrath. The Great Tribulation will be God's wrath, and it will be worse than anything since the world began because God's wrath will be poured out. Les teaches that the first three and a half years are only 'the beginning of sorrows,' while the last three and a half years are referred to as the wrath of the Lamb. God will have every right to pour out this wrath because the vast majority of people living during that final period will be rejecting Christ. At the same time, Satan's wrath is also unleashed, making the Tribulation a period of both divine and satanic wrath.
Les teaches that for the last 1,900 years mankind has not seen the wrath of God. Calamities, earthquakes, and wars are not acts of God's wrath. God is a God of grace 'tonight,' and Romans 5:20 says where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. This grace age ends with the out-calling of the Church before the Tribulation begins.
Les says the first three and a half years are bad enough, but the Bible does not call that period the outpouring of God's wrath. Jesus called the earlier events 'the beginning of sorrows' (Matthew 24:8). The wrath of the Lamb and the great day of His wrath belong to the last three and a half years.
Les says God will have every right to pour out His wrath because the vast majority of people living at that time will be Christ-rejecters. He also points out that the flood was not God's wrath, but the Great Tribulation will be God speaking in wrath and vexing the nations in His sore displeasure.
Revelation 12:12 declares that the devil has come down having great wrath because he knows he has but a short time. Les points to this passage as part of what makes the Tribulation so terrible — both God's wrath and Satan's wrath are active in that period.
Satan Also Pours Out Wrath During the Tribulation
Les reads Revelation 12:12 to show that the Tribulation includes Satan's wrath, not only God's wrath, which helps explain why that period is so severe.
God's Grace Ends Before the Tribulation
Les says that before the Tribulation God deals with humanity in grace, but once the Church is taken out, that grace has ended and the wrath of the Lamb begins.
The Flood Was Not God's Wrath; the Tribulation Is
Les contrasts Psalm 2:5 and Matthew 24:21 to show that the Tribulation is God's wrath in a way the worldwide flood was not.
Mankind Has Not Seen God's Wrath Until the Tribulation
Les teaches that for over 1,900 years God has not poured out His wrath; current calamities are not His wrath. The wrath of the Lamb appears in the Tribulation.
God Speaks in Wrath Instead of Love, Mercy, and Grace
Les says that when God deals with the nations in the Tribulation, He speaks in wrath and vexes them in sore displeasure — the opposite of love, mercy, and grace.
The Tribulation Is God's Wrath for Rejecting the Messiah
Les explains that because Israel and the nations rejected and crucified the Messiah, the next step in God's program is to speak in wrath and bring the Tribulation.
The Final Three and a Half Years Are the Wrath of God
Les says the first half of the Tribulation is 'the beginning of sorrows,' while the last three and a half years are referred to as the outpouring of God's wrath.
God Has Every Right to Judge Christ-Rejecters
Les says God will have every right to pour out wrath because the vast majority of people living during the last half of the Tribulation will be rejecting Christ.
Romans 1:18: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Shows that God's wrath is directed at unrighteousness and the suppression of truth.
Psalm 2:5: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
This verse, which Les calls the Tribulation, shows God actively speaking in wrath to the nations.
Matthew 24:8: All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Jesus described the early tribulation events as only the beginning of sorrows, not the final wrath.
Matthew 24:21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Jesus promised a coming tribulation that would exceed anything in human history.
Revelation 6:16-17: And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
The world's leaders plead for death to escape the wrath of the Lamb, showing it is God's direct judgment.
Revelation 12:12: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Shows that when Satan is cast out, he has great wrath because his time is short, intensifying the tribulation.
Romans 5:20: Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Shows that before the Tribulation God's response to sin is more grace, not immediate wrath.
According to Les Feldick, the Tribulation is not a continuation of the present age of grace. God has dealt with humanity in grace for almost 2,000 years, but the Tribulation is the time when He speaks in wrath and vexes the nations in His sore displeasure. God has every right to judge because the people of that day are Christ-rejecters.
Les says the first three and a half years are the beginning of sorrows and are not referred to as the outpouring of God's wrath. The last three and a half years are the wrath of the Lamb, when the great day of His wrath comes.
Les says the flood was not an act of God's wrath, but the Tribulation will be. During the Tribulation, both God's wrath and Satan's wrath will be poured out, and Jesus said it would be a time of tribulation unlike anything since the beginning of the world.
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