Subject: tribulation vs. wrath |
Bible Note: Mommapbs; Thank you for you reply. I appreciate the fact that you expreesed your thoughts on this topic. And the following verse you posted is a good one. "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" 1Thess. 5:9 In that verse I see that "God has not appointed us for wrath" and I believe thats so. The problem I have is that I don't find a verse that says: God has not appointed us for tribulation. Actually when reading Matthew 24, I see it says: Mt 24:29 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. In the above verses, the order of things I notice is: 1) tribulation vs. 29 2) they shall see the Son of man coming vs. 30 (see Acts 1:11 also) 3) they shall gather together his elect vs. 31 (the gathering of the elect, comes after the tribulation) To put the rapture before the tribulation, would seem to put it out of scriptural order. With Christ's love zach_† |