The whole purpose of this chastening period for Israel is to test them and to purge and to make

them white.

In other words, God never gives up on his people until finally they are purified.

Finally they are purged. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson.

Today John MacArthur will return to his look at the prophecies of Daniel, focusing on a coming

period of war and natural disaster and ultimately judgment.

I'm referring of course to the Great Tribulation that will be part of the future of Israel,

and that's the title of John's study, The Future of Israel.

Now the details of the Great Tribulation are sobering and reading about them can be terrifying.

So how should you as a Christian prepare for the events foretold in scripture?

Is it possible to be hopeful and joyful when the prophecies in books like Daniel are frankly pretty frightening?

Find out now as John looks at The Great Tribulation.

Next to Faith and Love.

The Apostle Paul tells us in First Corinthians,

Chapter 13, the greatest reality in the world is hope.

Faith, hope, and love. The three most critical elements in all of human thinking. Man cannot

exist without faith or love or hope. As we focus on our passage, the theme is hope, one of that

triad of great realities. Hope is essential to all meaningful life. Unless there is

some kind of light at the end of the tunnel, man ends in despair.

Unless there is some kind of anticipation

for a wonderful reality in the future,

man finds himself unable to enjoy the moment in which he lives.

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