“The tribulation period is ALL ABOUT God’s wrath upon the earth”
No, it’s about tribulation, which is why Jesus called it the great tribulation, not the great wrath. “Tribulation” doesn’t mean wrath, it means a time of trouble, affliction, or suffering. Jesus also called them “birth pains” in Matthew 24:8, for as there are birth pains before a new child is born, there is a great tribulation before the new earth is born.
You can’t assert that Christians are not appointed to trouble, suffering, or affliction, since we are told many times that such things will come to us if we follow Christ, and that we must persevere in order to receive our reward.
There’s s huge difference between the Great Tribulation when it comes and what we face as tribulation while on earth...
“For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will be.”.....”Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of his fierce anger.” .....”People fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” ....For these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written”.
Isaiah 13:13, Luke 21:22,Luke 21:26
These are repeated time and again throughout scripture..
>>> You can’t assert that Christians are not appointed to trouble...
I was not “asserting” anything... I was quoting scripture:
1Th 5:9
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”
If you read the context of the full chapter, you will find that it is referring to the Day of the Lord... where Jesus is referred to as coming like a thief in the night.
There are actually two mass raptures which take place... one prior to the tribulation period, and one at the end.
The troubles and persecution you referred to are from the enemy. God’s wrath is far worse, and is NOT directed at His own body.
Correct - we will not have a “prosperity gospel” type of life. Jesus clearly says ‘you follow me, expect the world to hate you, expect suffering’