Difference Between the Wrath of God and the Great Tribulation

They aren't the same.

God's wrath will be poured upon sinners, those who do not obey Jesus:

John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Romans 2:5-11
5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no partiality.

1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 19 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath,* like the rest of mankind.

*in the past, before becoming followers of Jesus or born again.

 

Tribulation, on the other hand, has always been the lot of those who are God's servants at the hands of those who are not (John 16:33, Romans 8:36, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10). What is called the "Great Tribulation" is simply a time of unprecedented tribulation in this world (Matthew 24:21); it's a perilous time for God's people or those who may be seeking God in those days (Matthew 24:12, 2 Timothy 3:1-4). God's servants are called to endure to the end to be saved (Matthew 24:13). So, they have to come out victorious from that great tribulation. And indeed by their faith they shall be overcomers if they don't draw back to destruction (1 John 5:4, Hebrews 10:38-39, Matthew 7:13-14). And I believe, in some aspect, distress will be upon the whole earth. 

 

See also:
The Great Tribulation

Are You an Ex-Sinner Calling yourself a Sinner?

 

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