Yes it does say in the Scriptures we have to go through all kinds of testing, trial & tribulations.
Also the Lord Jesus says that he sent out his disciples as sheep among wolves & warned us that in this world we have troubles. But that is not referring to the Great Tribulation!
But it doesn't say anywhere that we as born again believers in the Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will have to go through 3 series of plagues, which is clearly defined as the period of God's Wrath on this earth & the gentile nations & bring the Jewish people as a nation back to Him & repentance. Yes you can stubbornly hold on to "Israel Replacement Theology" & "Dominion Theology". But please believe the Scriptures what it says, not reading what you believe
I am over hearing the stereotype arguments of the anti Pre-Trib crowd:
*All you guys want is to escape - Do you want to stay here on this corrupted earth?
*Rapture believing Christians are passive, they don't fight for righteous in society- That might be true for some, but you got passive , lazy Christians in any denomination or doctrinal flavour.
*It all started with Darby & Scofield. Nonsense it started with Apostle Paul in the letters to the church in Thessaloniki.
Please read these Scriptures (Amplified Bible) & notes from one of my messages on this topic below:
Ten confirmations that the snatching away (rapture) of the church will happen
before the Antichrist is revealed & the 3 series of plagues in Revelation
1- He will keep us from the hour of trial
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere], I will
keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the
whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.
2- We are not destined to suffer wrath
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not destined us to [incur His] wrath [that is, He did not select us to
condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
3- The Antichrist is being restrained till the appointed time
2 Thessalonians 2:5-7
5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I was telling you these things? 6
And you know what restrains him now [from being revealed]; it is so that he will be
revealed at his own [appointed] time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness [rebellion against
divine authority and the coming reign of lawlessness] is already at work; [but it is
restrained] only until he who now restrains it is taken out of the way.
4- What must take place after this.....
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which
I had heard, like the sound of a [war] trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here,
and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
5- Rescues us from the coming wrath
1 Thessalonians 1:10
and to [look forward and confidently] wait for [the coming of] His Son from heaven,
whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who [personally] rescues us from the coming
wrath [and draws us to Himself, granting us all the privileges and rewards of a new life
with Him].
6- Escape all the things that are going to take place
Luke 21:36
36But keep alert at all times [be attentive and ready], praying that you may have the
strength and ability [to be found worthy and] to escape all these things that are going to
take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man [at His coming].”
7- The body of Christ, His Church will face the judgement seat of Christ, not the
great day of His wrath
Revelation 6:17
for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is
able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?”
8- The location of the seven lampstands (churches) indicates that they are not any
longer on earth
A) The lampstands are here on earth
Revelation 1:20
As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven
golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven
churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
B) The lamps (indwelt by the Holy Spirit) are in heaven in front of the throne
Revelation 4:5
From the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder.
Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven Spirits of
God;
C) The divine outline in Revelation
*Write the things you have seen,
(The Vision of Christ, Ch 1) and
*the things which are,
(The 7 churches, Ch 2 & 3) and
*the things which will take place after this;
(Which follows after the churches; Ch 4-22)
*The word is “Meta Tauta” meaning “hereafter”, or “after these things
(Revelation 4:1)
9- Will believers in Christ mourn when he comes back?
Revelation 1:7
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who
pierced Him; and all the tribes (nations) of the earth will mourn over Him [realizing their
sin and guilt, and anticipating the coming wrath]. So it is to be. Amen.
All born again, Spirit filled believers will long for & welcome His appearing!
2 Timothy 4:8
In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right
with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that
[great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed
for and welcomed His appearing.
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ, having been offered once and once for all to bear [as a burden] the sins of
many, will appear a second time [when he returns to earth], not to deal with sin, but to
bring salvation to those who are eagerly and confidently waiting for Him.
10- The word church is not any longer mentioned after Revelation 4 & the titles of
Christ change
Revelation 1-3 has over 24 titles for the Lord Jesus Christ, but none of these are
distinctly Jewish. But starting from Ch 4 the titles of Christ change, they become
distinctly Jewish: e.g. The Lion of the tribe of Judah, Root of David, The Lamb
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