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10 Reasons to believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
I believed in the pre-Tribulation Rapture for many years. Then about a year ago, I started having doubts if it was true. There is a large group of believers that teach that we will go through the Tribulation and some verses seem to show that we would have to endure till the end of the seven years of Tribulation before Christ returns for us. But recently, after seeing a video by Charlie Campbell called The Case for a Pre-Tribulation Rapture and reading the Scriptures he outlined in his study, I have changed my belief that God is coming for His church before the Tribulation. I have never put all of these verses together to see the big picture. In the video, he presents 10 reasons that seem to prove this theory and they are pretty convincing. Here they are:
Reason #1
The Bible says that God will not appoint us, His church, to wrath. The Tribulation is His wrath on the earth. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:9-11 says, "Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come." Would God pour His wrath out on his bride? Would you do that to your bride? Wrath is meant for His enemies. God also rescued Noah, Lot and the firstborn males in Egypt from the wrath of God and the plagues.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Wherefore, comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."
1 Thessalonians 1:10 "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
(All italics used in the scriptures below are mine, not in the Bible).
Matthew 25:10- And while they went to buy,
[no buying without the mark, if this is during Tribulation] the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut." In much the same way that Noah’s door was shut. When the door is shut, that’s it. It is too late to climb aboard.
Reason #2
Revelation 3:10-11
"Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown"
Jesus doesn’t mean He’s protecting us from the temptations, but instead the hour of temptation. In verse 11 Jesus says "I am coming quickly." Jesus is the one who delivers the church out of the wrath to come. Quickly here means suddenly. The church will be kept from the time of tribulation. The wrath He is talking about here means eternal wrath upon the non-believer, such as in 1 Thes. 5:3 where they are calling for ‘peace and safety’.
1 Thessalonians 4:17-5:4 "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words But of the times and the seasons, brethren ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."
Jesus said he will come as a ‘thief in the night’. He didn’t want that day of sudden destruction to overtake them, because they weren’t in the realm of darkness.
Reason #3
(This is really good!) The church is not mentioned at all after Revelation 6-18! In verses 1-3 the word church is used 19 times, until the Tribulation (Rev. 6) begins. Then the church is still not mentioned until the Second Coming, when they (the church) comes back from Heaven with Him, and with the new Heaven and earth.
Revelation 19:6-7 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneith. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made herself ready."
Many believers will come to Christ during the Tribulation. They will be the martyrs mentioned in Revelations. That is who the antichrist is given authority to kill during the Tribulation.
Revelations 13:7- "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them;"
Revelations 20:4 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
Last night the television was on and I caught a glimpse of a new movie preview and I couldn’t believe what I was saw. People in the movie had glow-in-the-dark number tattoos on their wrists and were putting them into a scanner. I didn’t catch the name of the movie, but that is how close we are to the mark of the beast during the Tribulation.
If we aren’t careful to discern what the Word says about it and don’t warn others, they will think that is normal after watching that movie, and may someday take the mark (or RFID chip) because they think it’s cool. If people aren’t raptured, they will be left here on earth to go through the seven years of Tribulation. Because the Holy Spirit has been taken out of the earth through the Bride, God provides another way of salvation back on earth to the ones who didn’t believe.
Revelation 14:6-7 "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."
God still doesn’t give up on the sinners during the Tribulation that have been left on earth. He sends down angels to fly and evangelize, warning them not to worship the beast and take his image, or mark. That will be difficult, because you won’t be able to buy or sell unless you have the mark.
In addition to the angels, the 144,000 will be on the earth, evangelizing, as well. These will be the twelve tribes of Israel.
It’s interesting why there is such a seriousness of the mark being on the forehead, because in Heaven, after the Tribulation, and before the final judgment, God’s people are sealed with a mark on their heads by God. Like everything, satan has to pervert something God does, with his own seal. Only his will lead to hell!
Revelation 22:4 "And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads."
Revelation 7:3 "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."
I guess this is the reason why people are eternally damned if they have the beast’s mark in their forehead. No room for God’s mark? I know that is not the only reason. Worshipping the beast with the mark is the main reason.
Reason #4
A post-Tribulation Rapture actually renders the Rapture inconsequential or unimportant. If God is going to protect the church through the Tribulation, why would we need a Rapture? If that were so, we would be caught up, and then immediately go back down to earth. It makes no sense. Jesus is meeting His bride in the air, in order to deliver her from the wrath to come. He says He is going back to prepare a place in His Father’s house.
John 14:1-3 "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."
Reason #5
This reason to do with the separation of sheep and goats, or believers and non-believers. If the post-Tribulation theory were correct, there would be no need to separate the sheep from the goats. Why? Because it would have already taken place during the post-Trib rapture. The reason that they need to be separated is because non-believers, who missed the rapture, but then became believers during the Tribulation will be saved. But they are not called the Bride. They are called sheep. There is a difference. There is some truth to that. If they had known what was going on, they would have made the Rapture.
I believe the confusion about the believers going through the Tribulation is because we lump them all into one group. The Bride goes to Heaven with the bridegroom to the marriage feast. They are also given mansions that he’s prepared for them, in his Father’s house. The sheep remain on earth and are part of the new earth when God brings back a new Heaven and earth.
Revelation 19 mentions nothing about saints being caught up in the Rapture. That seems like an awfully significant event to leave out of Revelation 19, if that is when the Rapture occurs, according to the post-Tribbers.
Reason #6
In Matthew 24, Jesus talks about the two men in the field, one being taken away, the other left, and two women, where one is taken and one left. I always took this as one being raptured and one not making it. He wasn’t talking about the Rapture here. He was talking about one being taken away to punishment.
Matthew 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then
[after they were taken away] shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left." Verses 24:43-44 "But know this, that if the goodman [good man?] of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, [Jesus said he would come as a thief in the night] he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. [Was that his consequence for not watching for Jesus’s return?] Therefore, be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."
In a similar passage, Luke 17-34, 37 the disciples ask Jesus ‘where?’ (where the man was taken to). Jesus says "wherever the eagles (or vultures) are, the body is. He’s not talking about Heaven here, is he?
Luke 17: 34-37 "I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left. And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together."
Revelation 19:17-18
talks about the great supper of God. That is punishment, not like the Last Supper. The slain bodies are eaten by the birds after the Tribulation.
Revelation 19:17-18 "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty menn and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great."
Reason #7
1 Thessalonians 4:16-
In this passage the Lord descends, the dead are resurrected, then the believers here on earth are taken up.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"
Revelation 19
describes Jesus’s Second Coming. This is after the Rapture. He describes believers coming down from Heaven, following Jesus. Then Jesus’s enemies are punished and satan is bound. Then those killed during the Tribulation rise up to be with Christ. These are the martyrs of the Tribulation.
The Rapture and the Second Coming are two separate events. Why the second resurrection? Rev. 20:4-6. These are the ones who didn’t take the mark of the beast (or chip) and died. They will be resurrected before the 1,000 year millenium. The ones who did take the mark of the beast die, but will sleep till the end of the 1,000 years and then rise for the Great White Throne Judgment.
Revelation 20: 4-6 "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not gain until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."
Reason #8
The New Testament doesn’t warn of an impending Tribulation for church-age believers. It does warn about false doctrine, false prophets, ungodly living and of present tribulations and persecutions, but never God’s judgment. Warnings about the Tribulation is always directed toward non-believers, because Jesus delivers His people from the wrath to come. Hallelujah!
Reason #9
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18
says "Therefore, comfort each other with these words". The Bible says the Rapture is something that should ‘comfort’ believers. If we are always worrying about the coming wrath of God, how can we be comforted? Jesus is the one who delivers us from the wrath to come, so there is no reason to be troubled. 1 Thes. 1:10 is a comforting passage.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 "And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
If the rapture happens at the end, then those words don’t mean much. The post-Tribbers (which I used to be one) believe that Christ is going to protect them through the Tribulation. Why, then, does it say in Rev. 13:7 that the false prophet will have the authority to kill believers who refuse to worship the antichrist?
Revelation 13:7 "And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them;"
These saints are ones who come to Christ during that time. The believers during that time will become martyrs for their faith. If they had believed in Jesus before the Tribulation, they would have been in Heaven with the rest of the Bride and Christ and not had to endure the horrific time of Tribulation.
Reason #10
The Bible teaches that Christ’s coming is imminent. Titus 2:11-13 and Phillipians 3:20 tells us to look for the Savior.
Revelation 22:7 "Behold, I come quickly; blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book."
Revelation 22:12 "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."
Titus 2:11 "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."
Phillipians 3:20 "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ."
If we believe that we still have seven more years of Tribulation to go, that is not imminent. Only those who believe in the pre-Trib Rapture can honestly say, "Jesus may come today!"
The Bible does not say, "Therefore, be ready for the antichrist is coming at an hour you do not expect." Who is coming? Jesus! We need to be ready at any instant for Jesus’s imminent return. In an instant, like a thief in the night is He going to return. We have to be ready, expectant, watching for Him.
1 Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed."
Some people believe that means because it is a ‘last’ trumpet it will occur at the end of the Tribulation. It doesn’t mean that. Trumpets were used frequently for different occasions. There is not just one trumpet blown. But this trumpet, the Trumpet of God, is the one announcing Jesus is coming for His Church. The trumpet blown in Revelation deals with God’s judgment about to take place on the earth
after the Church is taken up.
Matthew 24:31 "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."
There’s that trumpet again. Plus, where is he gathering his elect from? Earth? No, from one end of heaven to the other. It doesn’t say from one end of earth to another, does it?
1 Thessalonians 3:13 "To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints."
Matthew 25:5-6 "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him."
25:13 "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."
Seems like it could happen around midnight, when He does return, according to the verse above. If he doesn’t come back till the end of the Tribulation, that is a long time of watching.
We need to wake up from our spiritual slumber and get ready spiritually. There is nothing left to happen in the timeline before our Lord Jesus returns for us and then the Tribulation begins. You don’t want to be left down here to face the utter devastation and destruction that will occur during those seven years. It will literally be hell on earth. There is a way out…
If you haven’t received the Lord yet, and want to have the assurance of Salvation and be saved from the Tribulation, just pray to Jesus and ask Him to come into your heart, confess your sins and ask forgiveness. Get in the Word of God, King James version is best. He is standing at the door, knocking. Let him in before it’s too late!
Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
The Holy Spirit will only ask for so long. Don’t let this chance pass you by…