At first glance, it may seem that the “tribulation” will come after Jesus returns: At first glance, Matthew 24:15-22, Mark 13:14-20, and 2 Thessalonians 2 describe a future ruler setting himself up as God in the Temple. According to Matthew 24:15-22 with Mark 13:14-20, the sight of “the abomination that causes desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel” in Daniel 9:27 marks the start of tribulation unparalleled “from the beginning of the creation that God created until now” - a tribulation that will continue for about three and a half years (Daniel 9:27; cf. 12:7, 11-12). Furthermore, at first glance, 2 Thessalonians 2:7 could hint at the removal of the church before “[the man of lawlessness] is revealed,” and the revelation of the man of lawlessness could be the sight of him “tak[ing] his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God” (2:3-4). In Revelation 3:10, Jesus tells a church, “Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the h...