Tribulation tension. If one side can demonstrate incontrovertibly that it supports their position, then the Tribulation controversy will be over. Unfortunately, that has not yet occurred. The Meaning of Εκ It is true that εκ has the basic idea of emergence. But this is not always so. Gundry even admits that there are some exceptions.12 Two notable examples are 2 Corinthians 1:10 and 1 Thessalonians 1:10. In the Corinthian passage, Paul rehearses his rescue from death by God. Now Paul did not emerge