An Introduction to The Pre-Trib Rapture

In these studies I won't stoop to finger pointing and name calling, or look to the writings of men over the centuries for justification. I will do what most seem to forget, or avoid, when supporting one view or another of the Rapture, I will look to the Word of God. And plenty of it.

The popular view is that "true" Christians will be "raptured" away at any moment and leave their "luke-warm" brothers and sisters to fend for themselves during the reign of the Antichrist. This view of the Rapture often holds that the Holy Spirit will be "removed" from the earth yet people will still be getting saved. That God has two sets of Chosen People. That the terms "saints", "remnant", and "overcomers" throughout Revelation are not referring to Christians at all but to Jews; and the warnings in Matthew 24 are for Jews only as well. Somehow we will meet The Lord in the air, but He hasn't yet returned. The list goes on and on. There are many contradictions and problems with the Pre-Tribulation view of the rapture, I will address as many as possible throughout this study.

It is understandable that Christians might expect to escape the worst time ever experienced on the face of the earth, but the reality is that Christians have always suffered for their faith. Look to Sudan, China, Egypt, India, and other countries to see violent oppression, murder and outright hatred for Christians to this day. Look at the thousands of Christians persecuted by Nero in 70AD, look at the tens of thousands who were murdered and tortured during the various Inquistions, look at the Apostles, look at our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

So are we to believe that in a culture and era so morally degraded and numb to truth - yet so arrogant - that we somehow deserve to be swept away in a rapture prior to any suffering, refinement, and testing of our faith?! Come on folks, if you are sleeping it is time to wake out of your slumber! There is plenty of Scriptual evidence that shows we will go through the Great Tribulation or die trying. But if God be for us then who can be against us? (Romans 8:31). Nothing can seperate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, surely not death or tribulation.

Romans 8:35-39
  1. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
  2. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
  3. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
  4. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
  5. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The first study in this series, while not specifically focused on the Rapture, addresses the issue of whether or not there is a distinction between Israel and the Church throughout Scripture. It is in three parts. Part I is titled Finding The Church in the Old Testament. Part II, Who is Israel? A Brief Biblical History of Israel. And Part III, The Lost Tribes of Israel, Scattered Among the Nations.

Go to Part I, Finding The Church in the Old Testament

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25 Comments for Pre-Trib Rapture: An Introduction, The Pre-Tribulation Rapture of The Church

Pre Rapture

by Anonymous - 10/06/08 9:47 AM
It seems that the USA is responsible for allot of the technology going into all of the microchips. We "America" are responsible for so much of the worlds discoveries and inventions. Electric, electronics and computers. This leads me to a thought. Theses things most likely were to better the life?s of humans thus used in restraint. So if the true believers in Christ who understand God are taken away, then these implementations or chip mandates would happen. There would be no one in congress to stop mandates from going through. Yes I suppose you could argue we would be murdered by our fellow Americans so mandates could go through. We could even be labeled as terrorists. But if we were suddenly taken away the evil would be much less seen and no one would be here to share the truth about such mandates. The thing is it will all be revealed in it?s proper time. The most important thing is to SHOW the love God has for all his children. To challenge people to live a Christ centered life, to exchange there religion for a relation ship with our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. There are so many scenario?s that can be played out in the harts and minds of people, could this be the ? there is only evil all the time in the harts of men? that God explains. We look inside ourselves for the ?scenario?. We should build the personal relation ship ?connection? with our creator so that we relie on God and in God for truth, it really will make our path perfectly straight.

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RE: Pre Rapture

by 333'er - 8/03/09 12:33 PM
i agree so muchh.. and it bothers me to know that i live here and i feel like were holdin everyone from moving on from the ways of the 3rd dimensional world..but america needs to change and fast.. people are to closed minded to understand something that sounds so insane..
because the truth is harder to express and take in than the false

mm.. nice..

by pemeQuig - 4/11/09 9:27 AM
hmm... good one )

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RE: mm.. i hte that

by hate - 5/28/09 3:34 AM
if u Belived JESUS guys,i hope u never use and never touch verichip 666..
cause JESUS hate if we do it..

u must Belived JESUS FOREVER cause JESUS is The LOrd n SAVIOR for we until forever..

i hope u listen my comment..

GBu aLL guys

End Days

by Anonymous - 9/05/05 10:45 AM
I want to know exactly where it says in the Bible about what the world is going to go though before the second coming. I feel that we are going though it right now and alot more to come.

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RE: End Days

by Anonymous - 8/26/06 6:44 AM
Contrary to popular churchianity, there is not going to be a pre-trib rapture. I came to this understanding about 10 years ago, and cannot be persuaded otherwise by the soft, fluffy "preaching" coming from the pulpits today. It's totally unfounded scripturally, and even defies logic.

RE: End Days

by Anonymous - 7/03/07 7:02 AM
If Jesus,the disiples,and the early reign church, plus countless bible believing christians through Rome`s rule (not to mention the prophets of the Old Testament)had to go through persecution, why in the world would we think that we would get to skate through free of charge if these days truly are the "end days"?

RE: End Days

by Anonymous - 7/16/07 6:00 AM
the bible say in 1 cor 15 51 we shall rise and be change the righteous does not perish with the ungodly

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RE: End Days

by Anonymous - 3/13/09 1:35 AM
Jesus will return when our Father tells Him to. I trust Him to care for His people however He decides to work and fulfill His plan.

wake up

by people - 3/05/09 3:53 AM
Look up microcloning (lsd, pcp based) the chip is the work of the fallen one and he is here but don't be afraid of him just don't take the chip and don't listen to the devil he is trying to control every one and is getting to the poin't DON'T TAKE THE CHIPS. They are evil.

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by Earl McFarland - 10/26/08 10:39 AM
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RE: Jesus is Lord!!!

by Jesus's servant - 12/24/08 3:24 AM
Oh Lord Come Faster I Can't Live Here Longer!

Pretrib questions

by emma - 9/06/08 4:02 AM
What about the Hebrew children in Egypt with the blood on the door posts. They didn't have to deal with the curses that the
Egyptians did. What about Noah's family through the flood. What about the 10 virgins. 5 of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and went with the bride groom. What about the blessed hope for Gods children in 1 corin.15:51. Doesn't this sound like God will be our protector in every way? If he doesn't lift us out of it, will he go through it with us like Daniel in the furnace?

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RE: Pretrib questions

by Anonymous - 9/07/08 10:05 AM
Yes, like Daniel in the furnace without being burned. Also like the Hebrews in Egypt when they were protected in the midst of plagues. And like Noah's family surviving the flood which they also experienced first hand but didn't perish.

We will meet Jesus in the clouds when he returns after the tribulation, not before. Then God will release the final plagues on the earth.

Making statements

by Gary - 6/01/08 5:42 AM
Please look at your first statement then read the rest and see what is going on with the statement.

Please give me contact address (e-mail) of this site administrator.
You say no finger pointing but I see some.

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rapture

by Anonymous - 1/28/06 12:03 PM
I agree with you. To see a web piece in line with your message, go to Yahoo and type in "Pretrib Rapture Diehards" (while noting LaHaye's hypocrisy in section "1992"). Lord bless! Louise

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