The Tribulation versus Daniel's 70th week

    How many times have you heard the end-times 7-year period called the Tribulation? A much more Biblical name would be Daniel's 70th week. Daniel 9:24-27 describes the 70 "sevens" or "weeks" depending on your translation. Daniel 9:27 and Matthew 24:15,21 tell us that the Great Tribulation begins in the middle of the 70th week. Matthew 24:22 tells us that the Great Tribulation will be cut short by Jesus. Therefore the Great Tribulation will be less than 3 and a half years.  In any discussion of the end-times it is crucial that all terms be defined Biblically.