The Rapture and Tribute

The next prophetic event on God's calendar is what we call the rapture. It follows the Jewish betrothal custom of a husband or a bride, a groom to be who is engaged to a woman. And he goes away to build on to his father's house, then he comes back and he snatches up his bride and takes her to the wedding. That's the rapture, essentially. The tribulation period is when God will basically bring his wrath on the planet through a series of judgments called the seal trumpet and bowl judgments.