lation itself.

We quote a few passages: "Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it, it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved
out of it" (Jer. xxx-7).

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth
for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. And
at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book" (Dan. xii:1).

It is clear beyond controversy that both passages reveal that this
great time of trouble comes upon Daniel's people at the time of the
end. It is a wrong interpretation to say that "thy people" means the
church. As stated before, the prophets have nothing to say about the
church. For what will take place in that time of trouble see Dan.
vii:21-25. We turn next to Matthew xxiv. The great prophecy of our
Lord contained in this chapter has nothing to do with the destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 A. D. It is a prophecy which relates to the time of
the end and covers the same seven years of unfulfilled Jewish history.
His disciples had asked concerning the end of the age and the Lord
answers this question. Significant it is that He calls special
attention to Daniel the prophet. This is the key. When our Lord
speaks of a time of trouble He means the same trouble of which Daniel
wrote: "For there shall be great tribulation such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no nor ever shall be" (Matt.
xxiv:21). There is nothing in the words of our Lord to indicate that
the true church is then on earth. The preaching of the Gospel of the
Kingdom as a witness to all nations during this time of trouble is the
message which the Jewish remnant gives before the coming of the
King.[2] When this great tribulation ends the Lord Jesus Christ comes
back to earth again "in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory" (Matt. xxiv:29-30). What takes place then is revealed also by
our Lord. "And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other." Superficial teachers of prophecy
explain this as being the gathering together of Christian believers
when the Lord comes at the close of the great tribulation. We have
seen from 1 Thess. iv:13-18 how the Lord comes for His Saints. He does
not send angels to gather