Summary of Bible Prophecy Lesson II: The Great Tribulation After the Rapture is the Great Tribulation a seven year period where the Lord pours out his wrath on a unbelieving world. At this time the world falls under the rule of the Antichrist (a false representation of Christ controlled by Satan) The following events that will occur during this period: 1. Wars and Rumors of Wars (Matthew 24:6; Revelation 6:4) 2. Famines (Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:5-6) 3. Pestilences (Matthew 24:7; Revelation 16:2) 4. Earthquakes (Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:12) 5. False Prophets (Matthew 24:11; Revelation 13:11-15; 16;13-14) 6. Rise of Antichrist (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4; Revelation 13: 1-8) 7. Mark of the Beast (Revelation 13:16-18; 14:19-11) Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the nam