After Christ removes the church, He will establish the time of Jacob’s trouble. After this, Christ will return as a thief in the night to make up His jewels.
Trials, afflictions, and heartaches may presently abound, but those who know the Lord rejoice, knowing that those things only exist for a season.
John wondered at the thought that there would be a time in the future when a group identifying as Christian would put others to death for having faith in Christ.
