THE TRIBULATION
We believe that the' translation or rapture of the church will be followed by the Tribulation of seven years, which is the fulfillment of Daniel's seventieth week for Israel (Daniel 9:25-27; Revelation 6:1--19:21); that, during the seven year Tribulation, the church, the body of Christ, will be in heaven; that the whole period of Daniel's seventieth week will be a time of judgment on the whole earth; that at the end of the tribulation the times of the Gentiles will be brought to a close; that the latter half of this period will be the time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:7i), which our Lord called the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:15-21); that universal righteousness will not be realized previous to the second coming of Christ; that the world is day by day ripening for judgment; and that the age of Grace will end with a fearful apostasy (1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:1-5).