The following is from the Parousia Newsletter, Spring of 2001,
Jeremiah 30:7 also speaks of a “troubler of Israel.” This passage is perhaps the most often quoted text by pretribulationists to defend their supposition that Daniel’s Seventieth Week pertains to Israel and not the church. Jeremiah writes, “Alas!” For that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he will be saved from it.” Does this prophecy automatically exclude the church from the “tribulation?” Who is he that is the eschatological troubler of Israel? Whose wrath will Jacob be saved from? These and other questions require a careful look at Jeremiah 30:7 and its context.
Pretribulationists are quick to offer their opinions concerning the meaning and significance of Jeremiah 30:7. However, few offer exegetical details to support their claims. What is offered is a litany of less than cogent arguments without explicit scriptural basis. The fundamental flaw in the thinking of pretribulationists is their insistence that Daniel’s Seventieth Week is (1) Jewish in focus and (2) seven years of tribulation (God’s wrath in varying degrees). Both points are supported with arguments of scriptural silence instead of explicit scriptural statements….
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