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WHAT IS “JACOB’S TROUBLE”?
The term “Jacob’s trouble” is found in Jeremiah 30:7-11:“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of JACOB’S TROUBLE; but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.”
1. JACOB’S TROUBLE is described as the most severe time of “trouble” that the Nation of Israel has ever experienced!
2. JACOB’S TROUBLE refers to the coming “Day of the Lord”!
3. JACOB’S TROUBLE is launched by the Person known as the “Abomination of Desolation” who will stand in the “holy place” (rebuilt temple) and demand that the Jewish people worship Him! cf. Matthew 24:15; II Thessalonians 2:1-4
4. JACOB’S TROUBLE will last for 1260 days – during the last half of the Great Tribulation – the time of Satan’s attack against Israel – cf. Revelation 12.
JACOB’S TROUBLE is a time of TESTING for the Nation of Israel as is clear from the passage in Jeremiah 30:7-11. It is also the time of TRIUMPH over all nations of the world.
Jeremiah 30:7-11
King James Version (KJV)
7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Revelation 6:9-17
9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
8For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
11For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Revelation 6:9-17
9And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
John 16:1-4
King James Version (KJV)
John 16
1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you
Jeremiah's 'Great Day' 30:7 (KJV)
Here God speaks through His prophet Jeremiah, telling of the 'Great Day', concerning the brief but intense period of testing which shall come upon the Nation of Israel:
7 Alas! for that Day is Great, so that none is like it: it is even the Time of Jacob's Trouble, but he shall be Saved out of it.
The 70 'Sevens' of Daniel 9:20-27 (KJV)
During the Babylonian captivity of Israel, starting from about 606 B.C. to 536 B.C., a pious Jew named Daniel is approached by an Angel of God with startling information: God is revealing His prophetic clock to Daniel so that Israel can know their future. Daniel is in prayer when the Angel Gabriel arrives:
20 Now while I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God,
21 while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
21 while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
God has specifically sent Gabriel to Daniel who in known for his faithfulness. Class is in session:
22 He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding."
23 "At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision."
23 "At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision."
Though rendered in the KJV as 'weeks' the word here is 'heptad' meaning 'seven.' It is 70 'sevens' that have been determined for Daniel's people (the Jews) and Daniel's Holy City (Jerusalem). Israel had relentlessly farmed their land for 70 years, not allowing the land to rest every 7th year as decreed by God. Therefore, God is punishing Israel 7 years for every one of the 70 years they didn't allow the land to rest:
24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your Holy City, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most Holy Place."
First a 483-year period must pass according the Gabriel. From the issuance of King Artaxerxes to rebuild the city and Temple of Jerusalem, until Jesus rides into Jerusalem proclaiming Himself as Messiah and King of Israel will be 483 years. Though periods of trouble will still plague Israel, God's Second Temple will be built:
25 "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress."
Though Daniel is receiving tremendous insight, he is not told of the Church Age. The Church Age is a perpetual mystery to Israel and will remain so until the middle of the 70th week. Gabriel states that after the 62nd week, which all occurred after the first 7 weeks (verse 25), the Messiah Jesus will be sacrificed not receiving His kingdom here on Earth (yet!). This is because National Israel is going away for a period of time.
Verse 26 is more easily understood if a couple of commas are inserted (ancient Hebrew didn't have punctuation as we know it) to make the meaning clearer. The better reading is "the people, of the prince who is to come, will destroy the city and the sanctuary." The people that destroyed the city and the sanctuary (God's Second Temple) were the Romans under Titus Vespasian in 70 A.D. The end of the city came with a flood, metaphorically, as the Romans killed 500,000 Jews. The " ... prince who is to come ... " is none other than the Antichrist, who arises during the 70th week. And until the End of the Age, there will be much war and desolation upon the Earth.
26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined."
Verse 27 brings detailed information on the Antichrist, the prince who is to come, who obviously is of Roman origin (Nebuchadnezzar's Dream confirms this truth). His covenant is with Israel, reborn as a nation near the End of the Age, for 7 years. The Antichrist first appears to be Israel's "messiah", allowing the construction of God's Third Temple and the reinstatement of animal and grain sacrifices as outlined in Leviticus. But in the middle of the 7 years, after 1,260 days, the Antichrist double-crosses Israel, puts an end to the sacrifices to God, and puts up an idol to himself, demanding God-like worship. This "abomination" causes National Israel to rebel and a foretold complete destruction of the Antichrist is forthcoming.
27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate."
This rebellion against the Antichrist and his abomination of the Third Temple of the God of Israel initiates the Great Tribulation; the last 3.5 years (or 1,260 days or 42 lunar months) of the Tribulation. The Antichrist unites the nations of the world into attacking Israel in a 'final solution'. In their fury to destroy Israel and the Jew, the God of Israel comes to Israel's defense, in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
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