Subject: Pre Tribulation rapture? |
Bible Note: No true believer will have to suffer ANY of the wrath of God! For the pretrib. theory to work, they say that we will be removed before the tribulation takes place because I Thes. 5:9 is very explicit, which I agree, we will not suffer God’s wrath! What people fail to understand is that everything that takes place in Matthew 24 and all of the seals, up to the 6th seal in Revelation, are the workings of mankind under the guise of Satan’s man, the antichrist, and his cohorts, it is NOT the wrath of God! 1 Thes. 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Coupling that previous verse with I Thess. 3:4 presents a problem with the pretrib. position. 1 Thes. 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. Believers are going to think some strange thing is happening to them when the tribulation hits because they weren’t supposed to be here for that problem, according to what we have been taught, and I myself was of that camp. Believers in general are doing the exact opposite of what Christ told them along with Paul and Peter, we are being deceived into believing that we won’t be here during the beginning of sorrow and the great tribulation. Matthew 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Mark 13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 2 Thes. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. Peter affirms to us that it will happen and notice that right after the warning it speaks of the glory that will be revealed, that’s the rapture. It is my firm position that the wrath of God will come on the very same day that we are caught up into glory. It will be the most spectacular sight and event that this world has ever experienced; not some secret removal of God's elect! Every one alive on the face of the earth will see God coming back in a blaze of glory when he dispels the darkness, that will be enshroud the earth on that day. The earth will be encircled by darkness and then by some miraculous mean God will draw the cloud cover away like a scroll snapping back and there in all His brilliance will be Almighty God along with his angels of fire. We, the believers, will be looking up and praising God for cutting our persecution short and coming to our rescue. The unbelievers will be looking down for a cave or a den of rocks to hide in, to try and get away from His presence and hide from His face. Then there will be the loud sound of a trumpet, that will likely shake the earth, and believers from every tongue and people and nation will be changed in a moment into thier new bodies and will rise up to meet the Lord in the air. After we rise up, and the commotion stops, there will be dead silence for one half hour where everything will be still and then Revelation chapter 8 will resume with the beginning of God’s wrath. God’s wrath starts with fire, and gets continually worse. This is a short rendition of the way I see it, If you want chapter and verse to back it all up, peace by peace, let me know and I will more then glad to share it. Have a nice day, CDBJ |