I think the 34th, 37th, and 91st Psalms were written for our help during the great tribulation. If you die or are "raptured" before the great tribulation they will help you in any case.

Now, it is hard to picture a situation in which eleven thousand people fall all around you but you remain untouched. Also, plagues will keep away from where you are living. And you won't be afraid in the middle of the night, which will be a big help.

Bible promises often are conditional and the protection offered here is no exception. The safety is provided for him or her who dwells in the secret place, or shelter, of God.

Sounds kind of like abiding in Christ. The dead "in Christ" shall rise.

What does it mean to dwell in God? It means to look to the Lord for every detail of life. God is first in our thoughts. It is the thought life that is the problem and it is the thought life that Satan attacks.

We are transformed by the renewing of our mind.

Ours is a day of communication, of hi-tech media. Never before in the history of man has so much information been transmitted. And it is increasing daily.

The Internet makes possible the transmission of God's thoughts to wherever people breathe the air. The same is true of Satan's pornography.

If we are to abide in Christ, in the secret place of the most high God, we are going to have to guard our mind all the day long.

We must pray without ceasing that we will have the mind of Christ.

O God, keep us! Keep us! Keep us in your Presence at all times. Deliver us from the evil one. Lift us above the filth of the cesspool in which we are trying to keep God's commandments.

God's protection can be very selective. We see Nebuzaradan clanking up to Jeremiah while Jerusalem is in flames and everybody is being carried off to Babylon. "Hi, Jerry. Long time no see. The big Boss says to take care of you. Here's a present for you. You come with me and we'll put you up in the best hotel in Babylon. Or you can stay here. Whatever you like."

(Maybe Jeremiah should have gone to Babylon, considering how he was treated by the Israelites after this!)

God is well able to take perfect care of you and your family during the great tribulation, in the very teeth of Antichrist, or in any other circumstance. But only if you are abiding in Christ.

Quit worrying about the great tribulation. Worry about pleasing the Lord. If you're like most American families you're already in the great tribulation. You know what I mean?

In case the rapture doesn't come off on time you probably can find some use for what I just wrote.

It can't hurt and it might help!