#6 Birth Pains, Tribulations, and Rapture

Mark and Fred connect the “birth pains” Jesus describes in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24; Luke 21) to the first six seals of Revelation, arguing this tribulation period precedes a pre-wrath rapture. They stress deception, war, famine, persecution, and apostasy as refining trials that expose true faith and mature the church. Using Israel’s hardship in Exodus and Jeremiah 30, they say God “cuts the cord” with worldly security so the Bride is prepared and a remnant endures.