Will Christians go through the Great Tribulation?

Chuck Smith's reason was the nature of the period: it is wrath, and "we have not been appointed unto wrath." Paul: "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Read Chuck on Revelation 6:15 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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