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You ask about the seven-year tribulation. Well, here’s the thing: it’s not in the Bible. It’s like Bigfoot with a Scofield Reference Bible. People claim it’s there, but when you actually look, all you see are shaky footprints. The whole “seven years” idea comes from Daniel’s seventy weeks—but that prophecy isn’t talking about some end-times countdown clock, it’s pointing straight at the first century and the siege of Jerusalem.
Daniel’s Clock Was Ticking
Daniel 9 lays out seventy weeks decreed for Israel and Jerusalem. The climax of that prophecy is the Messiah coming, being “cut off,” and the city and sanctuary being destroyed. Newsflash: that’s exactly what happened. Christ was crucified, and within a generation, Rome came knocking. In AD 70, Titus surrounded Jerusalem, the temple went up in smoke, and not one stone was left upon another—just as Jesus said in Matthew 24. That’s not Kirk Cameron’s future. That’s Josephus’ history.
The Siege as the Tribulation
The so-called seven-year tribulation is really the Jewish War (AD 66–70), which culminated in the horrific siege of Jerusalem. Famine, cannibalism, fire, and slaughter. If you want tribulation, you don’t need to dream one up. The streets of Jerusalem ran with it already. Jesus warned, “This generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” And, true to His word, that generation saw it.
Postmillennial Outlook
So, do I believe in a future Hollywood-style seven years of chaos? No. I believe the tribulation Jesus spoke of already happened, tied directly to Daniel’s prophecy and fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem. From there, the story isn’t doom and gloom but the steady advance of Christ’s kingdom. The mustard seed grows. The leaven works. Nations are discipled. Jesus isn’t waiting to win later—He already won, and history is catching up.
So when someone asks, “What about the seven-year tribulation?” the answer is simple: it already happened, in blood and fire, outside Jerusalem’s walls. The real question isn’t when the tribulation is coming, but whether we’ll believe Christ when He says the kingdom is growing right now.
Christians understood this for 1800 years. The view you hold is only about 200 years old.
That's your view. AD 66-70 is only 4 years, so I still hold that the 7 year tribulation is coming yet but you can hold your view and say Jesus has already here and will not come back. It's ok.
I maintained my view.
Jewish–Roman War, which lasted from 66 to 73 CE (7 years)
That being said there's not a single Bible verse that mentions a seven-year tribulation so where are you getting that from exactly?
The great tribulation based on Daniel 9: 24-27, but here are the supporting verses for this.
Matthew 24:21, Mark 13:14, 2 Thesalonian 2: 1-4
Here is the biggest one where I conclude that it is yet to come. Revelation is written or have been believe to be written in AD 95. When was Nero? Before that, right?
None of that equals 7 years. YOU claim to believe this so YOU should be able to tell me the verse. (But you can't since it's not in the Bible but is a 200 year old lie interjected into Christianity by the Rothschilds) Do you do as Christ instructed and test everything with scripture or do you do like the Pharisees and go with traditions you were taught?
No, there is ample evidence that it was written before 70AD and many biblical scholars take this view/ dating.
If Revelation was written after 70 AD, then John somehow managed to pen the most detailed apocalyptic fireworks show in history and—oops—forget to mention the actual destruction of Jerusalem. That’s like writing a history of aviation in 2002 and somehow skipping over 9/11. The silence is deafening.
Instead, what do we see? We see a temple still standing, priests still doing their thing, and a constant drumbeat of warnings about judgment coming soon. Not “a couple thousand years from now soon,” but “pack your bags and head for the hills” soon. The absence of any past-tense nod to the smoking rubble of Jerusalem is not a little clue; it’s a glaring neon sign.
So the simplest explanation is the right one: Revelation was written before 70 AD, in the shadow of that looming judgment, not after it was yesterday’s news. Otherwise, John would have been the only first-century author to have a front-row seat at the fireworks show and somehow miss the grand finale.