One of the unique features that the post tribulation rapture view has over all other rapture views, is that you can just read multiple scriptures related to the rapture, and easily see the verses are describing a post tribulation rapture event. It is only when you try to explain away the meaning of these verses or attempt to interpret them using doctrinal bias, that you will see other rapture views in them.
Review the following verses and allow the plain reading of the passage to speak to you without trying to inject doctrine into the passage or trying to interpret it from what you have been taught. Simply read it to discover the original message.
Review the following verses and allow the plain reading of the passage to speak to you without trying to inject doctrine into the passage or trying to interpret it from what you have been taught. Simply read it to discover the original message.
When did Paul say the church will get relief?
“5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer. 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, 9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.” 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
Questions:
1) This message was to the Thessalonian church during Paul's time (not Israel or "tribulation Saints") . So, when did Paul anticipate the church would get relief from their suffering? When the Lord Jesus is ______________________________ from heaven?
2) When Christ comes to give relief to the church, he will be revealed from heaven with his _______________ in flaming _______?
3) When Christ comes to help the church, the passage says that he will also punish those __________________, and to those ____________ (vs 8)?
4) When Christ comes on that day he will be admired among all those _________________, because our testimony to you ____________ (vs 10)?
3) Does the plain reading of this event, concerning the church, appear to be a pre, mid, or post-tribulation event?
Questions:
1) This message was to the Thessalonian church during Paul's time (not Israel or "tribulation Saints") . So, when did Paul anticipate the church would get relief from their suffering? When the Lord Jesus is ______________________________ from heaven?
2) When Christ comes to give relief to the church, he will be revealed from heaven with his _______________ in flaming _______?
3) When Christ comes to help the church, the passage says that he will also punish those __________________, and to those ____________ (vs 8)?
4) When Christ comes on that day he will be admired among all those _________________, because our testimony to you ____________ (vs 10)?
3) Does the plain reading of this event, concerning the church, appear to be a pre, mid, or post-tribulation event?
When did Paul say the church must remain spotless and blameless up to?
“ 13 I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession, 14 that you keep the commandment without spot, blameless, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. 16 He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.” 1 Timothy 6:13-16
Questions:
1) The church was to keep the commandment (a good confession) without spot, blameless, until _________________________?
2) The passage continues to say about this appearing, that in its own times he (Jesus) will show ____________________________________?
3) Does this sound like a pre, mid, or post-tribulation event? Remember, Jesus at this event is going to show who is the blessed and only ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
Questions:
1) The church was to keep the commandment (a good confession) without spot, blameless, until _________________________?
2) The passage continues to say about this appearing, that in its own times he (Jesus) will show ____________________________________?
3) Does this sound like a pre, mid, or post-tribulation event? Remember, Jesus at this event is going to show who is the blessed and only ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.
When is the timing of the resurrection of the church?
“20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep. 21 For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s, at his coming. 24 Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.” 1 Corinthians 15:20-24
Questions:
1) The passage is speaking about the resurrection. When are those who are Christ's resurrected? "at his ____________?
2) What happens after his coming "Then the _________ comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God...?"
3) Does the plain reading of this passage appear to be pre, mid, or post-tribulation? If you say pre or mid, then how do you get this verse to say "at his coming" really means a "coming" before "at his coming (second coming)"?
Questions:
1) The passage is speaking about the resurrection. When are those who are Christ's resurrected? "at his ____________?
2) What happens after his coming "Then the _________ comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God...?"
3) Does the plain reading of this passage appear to be pre, mid, or post-tribulation? If you say pre or mid, then how do you get this verse to say "at his coming" really means a "coming" before "at his coming (second coming)"?
These three passages are just a few among the many rapture related passages in the Bible. Yet, with just these three, you should be able to see that the apostle Paul taught that the church needed to wait for and persevere until the second coming of Christ.
If you go by the plain reading of the passages listed above, you should easily come to the conclusion that the rapture of the church will not take place until the Second Coming of Christ.
If you go by the plain reading of the passages listed above, you should easily come to the conclusion that the rapture of the church will not take place until the Second Coming of Christ.