Bible Question:
Hi Tim! I too "lean" toward the mid-trib, pre-wrath view, tho pre-trib seems posible to me also. The strongest evidence for me for mid-trib being correct is because the rapture of the church and the resurrection of God's 2 witnesses (Rev 11:12) would occur at the same time (the way I see it). If the 2 witnesses that God raises up are believers that are on earth at the time the antichrist begins his stuff, pre-trib does not work, because the 2 witnesses would be raptured with the church. I also know soverign God could leave 2 believers behind to do His work if He chose. The question this raises in my mind tho, is how this works out with Jesus coming as a "thief in the night" (Mat24:42-44, Mar 13:32-37, 1Th 4-5, etc.) Does this confirm mid-trib or put more weight toward pre-trib? Jesus Lives! |
Bible Answer: Retxar, There will be people that get saved during the tribulation period. I don't that the two witnesses get saved during the tribulation, they may already be saved and serving God in some capacity before the tribulation starts. Rev. 7:9-14, espicially verse 14, (13) And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?(14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. I believe there will be others that will come out of the tribulation as saints of God due to the witness of the 2 and also the witness of the 144,000. See also Rev. 6:9-11, I believe these people come out of the tribulation as saints of God. So there will be Christians in the tribulation. Some this is the Church, I guess that depends on your view of when the rapture takes place, pre, mid, or post. Hope this adds to the discussion. later...wdc |