• pre trib

    From JIMMY ANDERSON@1:116/17 to ALL on Mon Feb 7 10:00:00 2022
    So - I've been a believer of pre-tribulation rapture for as long
    as I can remember, because that's what I've been taught. I'm no
    longer a FIRM believer, but have been introduced to 'evidence'
    to the contrary. I'll paste a link to the video below...

    What's YOUR opinion? Why?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXoMNpOhos







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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@1:116/17 to DARYL STOUT on Wed Feb 23 11:29:00 2022
    Daryl Stout wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

    Daryl - did you check out the video? Just curious, since you didn't
    actually mention anything related to it...

    What's YOUR opinion? Why?

    The main argument is that "what groom would beat his bride to death
    on their wedding night??".

    Honestly I've never heard that! The main argument for it that I've always
    heard is "God will not allow His people to suffer wrath." My thinking
    has become, though, that 'tribulation' is not the same as "wrath of God."

    The pre-tribulation rapture leaves time for:

    1) The Bema Judgment Seat Of Christ in Heaven.
    2) The Marriage of The Church (The Bride) to Christ (The Groom).
    3) The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb.

    These are interesting, but the MOST interesting to me is the next one...

    4) As per Jewish Wedding Custom, the Groom and Bride are in their
    chamber for 7 days (in this case, a week of year, the final 70th
    week of Daniel, as 483 of the 490 weeks of years were fulfilled
    when Christ entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday).

    I agree about the 70th week of Daniel. I've never thought of it in
    terms of wedding tradition though. Very interesting!

    5) The Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl Judgments. Once the "peace treaty"
    is signed/confirmed, there'll only be 2520 days left before Christ
    returns to Earth...and rule by mortal man will end.

    I think this is partly where I disagree. I don't see the seals as
    God's Judgement. If I'm wrong, and you can show me in scripture, I'd
    be very very interested to see that!

    Revelation 3:10 notes where Christ said "Because you have kept the
    Word of My Patience, I will keep you from the hour of tribulation
    that will come upon the world to try all flesh". As Jesus also noted
    in Matthew 24, "then shall come great tribulation, which has never
    been on the Earth before this time, nor shall ever be again".

    My reading is that the "Great Tribulation" starts at the 3.5 year period,
    not the begining of the 7 years.

    In other words, the entire 7 years (70th week of Daniel) has been CALLED
    the tribulation period in modern times, but the "GREAT TRIBULATION" starts
    with the Abomination of Desolation.

    Again, if I'm wrong, please point me in the right direction! :-)

    If the Rapture and the Second Coming were at the same time, that
    would leave no one to populate the Millennial Kingdom on Earth. At
    the Rapture, the dead in Christ (from Pentecost to the Rapture,
    during The Church Age) will be raised first, then "in the twinkling
    of an eye" (less than 1/1000 of a second), the living believers, who
    have done "the one thing God required" (believed on The One He Has
    Sent (John 6:29, Acts 16:31), will be changed to immortal without
    dying first.

    Immortals are like the angels...no sex for procreation of the
    species are needed. And, the immortal believers will now have a
    body like The Lord Jesus, which can:

    My understanding is that the Rapture will occur NOT at the same time
    as the Second Coming, but prior to it.

    In other words, the 70th week starts and covenant is confirmed. 3-1/2
    years later the AC is revealed and sits himself down as the messiah. This starts the Great Tribulation where you take the mark or die. During this
    time Christians will be killed (along with other people) for not bowing
    down and worshipping the AC. Then at some point Jesus will return in
    the air and call those out.

    THEN the rest of the 70th week finishes, and Christ comes back to start
    the Milliniul Kingdom.

    I shipped a bunch of your stuff - things I don't disagree with, but I
    dont't think are germane specifically to WHEN the rapture occurs...

    Then, comes the saddest day in all of history...when all those who

    agreed :(

    And, that's Bible Prophecy 101 for today. :)

    LOL



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  • From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to JIMMY ANDERSON on Thu Feb 24 10:49:00 2022
    Jimmy,

    What's YOUR opinion? Why?

    See my comment below.

    The main argument is that "what groom would beat his bride to death
    on their wedding night??".

    Honestly I've never heard that! The main argument for it that I've
    always heard is "God will not allow His people to suffer wrath." My thinking has become, though, that 'tribulation' is not the same as
    "wrath of God."

    He said we will have tribulation (lower case) in this life...but that
    the believers on Christ will NOT be here for the Tribulation (upper case). Jesus said in Revelation 3:10 "Because you have kept the word of My
    Patience, I will keep you from the hour of Tribulation that will come
    upon the world to try all those who dwell upon the Earth". Basically, the planet and mankind will be judged for its rejection of the Savior.

    I agree about the 70th week of Daniel. I've never thought of it in
    terms of wedding tradition though. Very interesting!

    In the Jewish Wedding Custom, the potential groom has to offer a dowry
    to the potential bride's father...usually a hefty sum of money for taking
    their daughter in marriage, and depriving their family of "a worker". Yet,
    it was up to the bride to decide whether or not to accept the groom's proposal. If she refuses, he goes away, never to see her again. If she
    accepts, they are betrothed (what we'd consider engaged), but they have
    no sexual relations until the wedding night.

    As a side note (so this message isn't all gloom and doom...I'll get back
    to that in a minute)...here's a cute joke about an engaged couple.

    This couple contacts the local preacher, and asks him to marry them. He
    says that he will marry them...but, only if they promise not to have sexual relations until their wedding night...the couple agreed.

    Well, a few weeks later, the couple went back to see the preacher, and confessed that they had not kept their side of the agreement. The groom to
    be said his bride to be was on top of a ladder to replace a burned out light.

    He continued that "I looked up under her dress, the lust bug bit me, and I made love to her right there". The preacher said "I'm sorry...I can't marry you"...and the groom to be said "I can't say that I blame you. The folks at Home Depot weren't happy about it, either". <G>

    Now, back to the topic of the message.

    I think this is partly where I disagree. I don't see the seals as
    God's Judgement. If I'm wrong, and you can show me in scripture, I'd
    be very very interested to see that!

    The first seal is the releasing of the antichrist, with the rider on
    the white horse. This part is bascially "giving the world what it wants".

    I saw a post the other day where this liberal commentator said that the
    GOP wants "white supremacy Christianity" to rule the world. The thing is,
    God is "color blind"...He does NOT look on the color of your skin, but
    the color of your heart. If it has not been washed clean of the blackness
    of sin by the Blood Of Jesus, that person isn't going to Heaven. As the Scripture in Isaiah 64:6 notes "Our righteousness is as filthy rags"... literally bloody menstrual cloths...before God. The one thing God requires
    is "to believe on The One He has sent" (John 6:29, Acts 16:31).

    God's Standard is PERFECTION...an earthly life without one single sin
    in thought, word, or deed. As Scripture notes "If you've broken the Law
    at one point, you've broken the law at all points". This way of "total
    moral perfection" is offered...but except for Jesus, no one can meet
    that requirement.

    But, as the Israelits of old said, they wanted a king like everyone else, instead of God ruling over them. So, being a Gentleman, God gave them what they wanted, and they got more than they bargained for.

    The antichrist is basically "the counterfeit prince of peace"...and
    he proclaims himself as "the savior of the world"...and both the Jews
    and Gentiles that missed the rapture will fall for his ruse. To the Jews,
    Jesus was at best, a misunderstood rabbi who didn't have all his marbles together...or a worst, a deceiving blasphemer. In short, He wasn't the
    Messiah they were looking for.

    As for the antichrist, many have speculated about his identity. The thing is, if you KNOW who he is, then you missed the rapture!! I'm not looking
    for the antichrist (although I believe that he's alive somewhere on Earth right now)...I'm looking for the blessed hope in Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13).

    The antichrist will also get that peace treaty signed for 7 years (equivalent to the last 7 years of rule by mortal main), but he will
    break it 3 1/2 years in. He will also allow the Jews to rebuild their
    temple. I understand that except for the Ark Of The Covenant, which
    is yet to be located...and procuring the ashes of the red heifer...
    all the other implements for the new temple and its construction, as
    well as the priests to do the work needed, are ready and in place.
    Apparently, the third temple will be able to be rebuilt rather quickly,
    once the Jews have the permission to do so. Right now though, trying
    to start construction on it, would set of World War III.

    Prophecy indicates that 3 1/2 years after he signs the treaty, he
    will go into the Holy Of Holies, commit the abomination of desolation
    by declaring himself as God (by this time, he will have become indwelt
    by Satan), erecting a statue of himself, and the false prophet will
    cause that image to speak.

    The false prophet also sets up the Mark Of The Beast, where everyone
    will have to take it to buy, sell, pay bills, hold a job, or receive
    benefits. Those who do are damned forever, because they swore their
    allegiance to Satan as their eternal master. Those who don't will be
    cut off from economic survival. The latter will be hunted down,
    arrested, tortured, and beheaded by guillotine.

    Back to the seal judgments...the second seal is the releasing of the
    red horse, where the rider takes peace away from planet Earth, showing
    that the antichrist's claim of peace is just a farce...so widespread
    war, crime, etc. will break out. After the rapture, the Holy Spirit
    will no longer restrain evil on the Earth (don't even think of calling
    911 for protection from criminals and thugs).

    The third seal is the releasing of the black horse, and the rider
    will cause widespread famine and inflation. As the song "I Wish We'd
    All Been Ready" by Larry Norman notes, "A piece of bread would buy
    a bag of gold". It'll take one days wages just to buy food for one
    meal for one person...and many will go hungry/starve to death.

    The fourth seal will release the pale green horse, and the rider
    will cause death on a massive scale (I feel this will be of many
    of the unbelievers)...then the fifth seal is the mass murder of
    believers. There could be at least a billion people perishing with
    these 2 judgments alone...but only God knows that number. Sadly,
    far more will plunge into Hell, than the number entering Heaven;
    although the 144,000 Jewish evangelists "bring so many to Christ
    that they can't be numbered". As Hal Lindsey noted, these will be
    like 144,000 (12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel) Billy
    Grahams' turned loose at once...and he added "What a revival!! It's
    enough to make a Southern Baptist evangelist's mouth water!!".

    The sixth seal is when there's a huge earthquake, and from all
    the wars, the light from the sun, moon, and stars, is dimmed. At
    that point, the world rulers cry flee to the mountains, asking
    them to fall on them, so they don't have to face God.

    Then, the seventh seal creates DEAD SILENCE IN HEAVEN for a half
    hour, but it "does nothing" to Earth, except giving folks a false
    sense of security ("I'm glad that's over"). The seventh seal is
    also a precursor to the six trumpet judgments.

    In short, it's The Lord Jesus Christ who is in Heaven, and
    opens the seals...as "The Lamb That Was Slain" is the only One
    found worthy to open them. So, it's all part of God's Wrath...
    even though the scope of the catastrophes increase with the
    trumpet judgments, and then culminate in overdrive with the
    bowl judgments...the latter part of The Great Tribulation.

    In other words, the entire 7 years (70th week of Daniel) has been
    CALLED the tribulation period in modern times, but the "GREAT
    TRIBULATION" starts with the Abomination of Desolation.

    That is correct. Jesus said of the last 3 1/2 years that "such a
    time was never seen on Earth, nor will ever be again".

    My understanding is that the Rapture will occur NOT at the same time
    as the Second Coming, but prior to it.

    At least 7 years before it. At the Rapture, The Lord comes ONLY into the Earth's atmosphere to receive those from Pentecost to the Rapture (from
    The Church Age, The Age Of Grace). So, ONLY the believers see Him. Yet, at
    The Second Coming, as Revelation notes "Every eye will see Him", and "the tribes of the Earth shall mourn". There may be an interval of time after
    the rapture, and when the antichrist is revealed (he will appear to be
    the savior of the world), but only God knows how long that interval will
    be.

    In other words, the 70th week starts and covenant is confirmed. 3-1/2 years later the AC is revealed and sits himself down as the messiah.
    This starts the Great Tribulation where you take the mark or die.
    During this time Christians will be killed (along with other people)
    for not bowing down and worshipping the AC. Then at some point Jesus
    will return in the air and call those out.

    The tribulation martyrs will be resurrected and receive their new bodies
    at the Second Coming...just as the Old Testament Saints. All the unsaved
    will NOT be resurrected until after the Millennial Kingdom is finished,
    and all of these will be at The Great White Throne Judgment. Those who
    were resurrected at the Rapture will be returning to Earth with The Lord
    when He comes again. Yet, He will do all the fighting at the Battle Of Armageddon.

    I skipped a bunch of your stuff - things I don't disagree with, but I don't think are germane specifically to WHEN the rapture occurs...

    I still stick with my original statement. Romans 8:1 says that "there is
    no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus", and saying the Christians have
    to endure part of the tribulation is like saying what Christ did for us
    on The Cross wasn't enough. If the latter is the case, it'd be like He
    was still in the grave...then ALL of us would be bound for Hell and the
    Lake Of Fire...we're all wasting our time...and Heaven would be empty.
    The Resurrection is God's Seal Of Approval of what Christ did on The Cross. And, He knows which ones are just "going through the motions", versus those
    who have truly repented.

    Daryl

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