Subject: Tribulation before rapture? |
Bible Note: Steve; you are correct when you said that the "there's a time when the Lord will come in the air and take His own." and then you referred to 1 Thess. 4:16-17 which is good support for the fact that He is coming again. But at the same time, there is not any indication from those verses as to the timing of His coming. It does not say in that text, that His coming is pre-trib. As concerning Rev. 6:15-16 which you mentioned. Those verses are not referring to tribulation. Instead they talk about "the wrath of the Lamb." Wrath and tribulation are not the same thing. If you look once again in Matthew 24:29-31 you will see the proper sequence of events is: 1) the tribulation 2) the Lord's return 3) the gathering of all the elect after these events, then the wrath of God will be poured out upon the earth and it's inhabitants I urger you to do a study on the difference between "tribulation" and "wrath" Peace zach† |