The Saints will be persecuted by the Beast for 1260 days (42 months) – they must endure patiently and not receive his Mark.

Christ comes at the END of the Great Tribulation to rapture the believers, resurrect dead believers and to Judge the Living and the Dead. God then pours out his wrath (the seven bowls) on the unbelieving pagans (the nations) who have been left behind on the Earth. The 144000 Jews who were sealed will be protected from God's wrath. Those who survive God's wrath (Pagans and Jews) will repopulate the Earth during the millennium while the saints reign with Christ in heaven. When the Millennium is over, the pagans will be resurrected and Judged at the Great White Throne. Then God will make all things New.

The Great Tribulation, The Prewrath Rapture, the Day of the Lord, the Millennium and Eternity

End Time Prophesies in the Bible. The Great Multitude of Believers in the Church will have to endure 1260 days of the Great Tribulation. Only the 144000 First Fruits (followers of the Lamb) will escape the Tribulation. The Church will be Raptured at the end of the 1260 days before God pours out his wrath upon the Nations. The 144000 Jews who have been sealed will be protected from God's Wrath; they will become God's people on Earth during the Millennium.