Revelation 2:22-23
What is written? (ESV)
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
What does it say?
Beware! I (Jesus) will strike her (Jezebel) with sickness, and I will inflict a great tribulation upon anyone committing adultery with her unless they repent. I will also kill her children. By this all the churches will know that I am the one that searches mind and heart, and will reward each according to their works.
What is its immediate context?
A letter to the church at Thyatira (vs 18) from “one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength” (1:13-16)
How Revelation 2:22-23 is applied across Bible answers
Is there a Great Tribulation in the Bible?
In Jesus' testimony to the church at Thyatira, those committing adultery with "Jezebel" (vs 20) will suffer a "great tribulation". This is most certainly in their lifetime - a present state of tribulation - that would affect them and their children ("unless they repent").
