In this last article of the rapture series, we will address the most common arguments in favor of a pre-tribulation rapture.
Not appointed to wrath
This is by far the most common argument. In the pre-trib view, the tribulation is seen as the final outpouring of God’s wrath, a period also known as the Day of the Lord. Since believers are not appointed to wrath (1 Thes 5:9), that must mean that they must be raptured before the tribulation.
However, we showed that the tribulation is not the final outpouring of God’s wrath. That the pre-tribbers fail to distinguish the two is their most serious error. The Church will indeed be raptured before the Day of the Lord, but not before the great tribulation, the latter being a time of judgment and testing, not the final outpouring of God’s wrath.
The Bible never promises believers an escape from persecution. On the contrary, persecution is promised to all true believers. Remember that eleven of Jesus’ twelve apostles were martyred. Weren’t they also “not appointed to wrath”? Why do you think the end-times church won’t have to endure a similarly severe persecution? It’s very dishonest to believe that.
Kept from the hour of testing
Worthy to escape
Imminency
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For the Jews only
Daniel’s 70th week
Jacob’s trouble
The restrainer
Not necessarily the Holy Spirit.
How are people saved and the “tribulation saints” empowered to evangelize the world without the Holy Spirit? You must be kidding.
No church in Revelation
That’s not true. The Church is mentioned as the bride who made herself ready.
God is never mentioned in Esther either. That doesn’t mean He is not there.
Come up here
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