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NASB | Matthew 24:41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:41 "Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken [for judgment] and one will be left. |
Bible Question:
What is this Pre-wrath Rapture all about? The believers get taken by stealth and then the unbelievers suffer hell on earth over a seven year countdown until God comes and takes them away to judgement exactly 7 years after the Rapture, doesn't sound like much of a 'thief in the night' if it is seven years after the Rapture. The passage I have cited from verse 36 onwards is talking about the judgement of the wicked, like Noah's flood and it is the wicked who are "taken" surely; in context this is really clear. The Bible seems always to talk of the wicked being taken taken by surprise as if by a thief in the night. What if any Biblical texts separate a Rapture from the Lord coming to judge the wicked; I cannot see this in the Bible at all. Biblical proofs only please. Isn't this a false teaching that gives the unbelievers a second chance? None of the Reformers believed any of this did they? |
Bible Answer: Prewrath Rapture Victor529: In this post I will briefly address your questions. For much more information on the prewrath rapture, I recommend that you go to the website: www.solagroup.org You asked for biblical proofs only, which is a reasonable request. Where the prewrath rapture position is concerned, www.solagroup.org is the site where you will find many biblical proofs. However, where the opposite position is concerned, there is no Scripture that in so many words teaches the church will be raptured sometime before the seventieth week of Daniel begins. Following is a definition of pretribulationism and one of the prewrath position. Pretribulationalism 'This view was first known as "the secret" or "any moment rapture." It is a relatively new position which was first taught by the founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church, Edward Irving, in the late 1820's. It was then picked up by Plymouth Brethren pastor John Nelson Darby, and he first preached on it in 1843. It came to America in the late 1800's . . . 'Pretribulationists teach that the return of Christ has been imminent since the days of the early church and that the church will be raptured sometime before the seventieth week begins. Although they have no Scripture that in so many words teaches it, they teach that there are no signs and the rapture could take place at any moment. The seventieth week of Daniel is therefore considered to be a seven-year period of God's judgmental "tribulation" (hence the term pretribulation). This position generally views the seventieth week as the day of the Lord's wrath from which the church is excluded.' Prewrath 'The Prewrath position teaches that the true church will be raptured when the great tribulation by Antichrist, inspired by Satan, is cut short by God's day-of-the-Lord wrath, which will occur between the sixth and seventh seals of Revelation, sometime during the second half of the seventieth week. The persecution associated with the great tribulation of Antichrist is viewed as the wrath of Satan, whereas the events that follow, beginning with the seventh seal, are considered the wrath of God. There is another term that is sometimes expressed, "historical premillennialism," which refers back to the teaching of the early church fathers before 325 A.D. who believed that the church would face the persecution of Antichrist and Christ would then reign for 1000 years upon the earth. With the exception of two, Origen and Clement of Alexandria, who were allegorist, they all taught this view. Prewrath is plainly and simply an expansion of this view which was biblical then and biblical now.' (www.solagroup.org) Grace to you, Kalos |
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