An Abomination and A Tribulation   In our previous study titled  WHAT IS THE TRIBULATION – Part 1,  we looked at what the bible says about the “Abomination of Desolation” and about a “great tribulation”.   Both of these phrases are used in  Mathew 24:15 & 21,  and also in  Mark 13:14 & 19.   We also looked at  Daniel 11:31,  which prophesied about the “abomination of desolation” being “set…

     The Word “Tribulation”   There is a Greek word that appears 22 times in the original text of the New Testament, and it’s always translated “tribulation” in our English bibles.   The word is “thlipsis”, and it means “pressure, affliction, anguish, persecution, trouble, tribulation”.  The word is used in reference to various tribulations that have occurred to various different people.  Some of these tribulations are specific to certain groups of people,…