Many Christians agree that the church won’t endure the wrath of God, but what if we’ve misunderstood when that wrath begins?
For decades, the debate over the rapture has centered on timing—pretrib, midtrib, posttrib, and, more recently, prewrath. But beneath these views lies a deeper, often-ignored question:
What actually constitutes God’s wrath in Revelation?
Historical Setting and Date
The historical setting of Zechariah is the reign of King Darius, specifically the eighth month of the second year of his reign. It then moves through to the fourth year of King Darius’s reign which is the last date seen in the book itself. Thus, the first eight chapters of the book can be dated accurately to 520-518 B.C. based on the prophecies found within the chapters.[1] However, chapters nine through fourteen have prophecies that are not dated and there is more ambiguity as to what time frame these prophecies are referencing. Scholars have different views as to when these prophecies should be dated, but they typically date them after the first eight chapters.[2]
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