G2347

θλῖψις

thlipsis

Feminine noun · From θλίβω (G2346)

From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):—afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

Outline

  1. a pressing, pressing together, pressure
  2. metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits

Usages

Matthew 24:29

Breakdown

tribulation of those days The time of Jacob's trouble. sun be darkened and moon shall not give her light: Manyfold: The ash caused by the destruction will block out the sun and moon. Also represents the wisdom of America being destroyed. stars shall fall Represents the ICBM nuclear missiles. powers of the heavens The Edomites.

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Revelation 2:9

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Thou art rich spiritually because of the knowledge, but not physically. Blasphemy of them which ... Applies today to the inhabitants of the land of Israel who call themselves Jews, but are not (thus Jew-ish)

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Revelation 2:10

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Esau will put some of the men of the Lord into concentration camps where they'll be tortured, some beheaded (Revelation 20:4), etc. The Ten days are metaphorical.

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