A popular view of modern Evangelical Christians is Daniel's 70th week, hence the Gap theory, the 7 year Tribulation (which I disagree with, because it states 42 months or 1260-1335 days in various places); that THE Church isn't mentioned after Rev. 4 - beg to differ. The multitude that no one could number_ in heaven _ who just came OUT OF THE TRIBULATION _ is the Raptured Church in Rev.7:9.
>>> If you came out of it, that usually means you were in it!
I would welcome debates on that one!
Those in the innumerable number had dirty robes.
They are the 5 foolish virgins of mat 25.
They were left behind.
Several things authenticate this.
1) prior to their arrival all martyrs were kept under tge altar UNTIL THEIR NUMBER IS COMPLETE.
2) Now, the innumerable number martyrs, are in the general population, indicating the martyrs are fulfilled.
3) the ac arrives conquering. Also conquering believers.
4) it says power is given the AC to overcome the saints.
5) it says ALL not in the book recieve the mark. It says even prisoners recieve the mark....even children received it.
6) it says the saints overcame by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto death.
7) they all die. All left behind die....or receive the mark.
8) the jewish harvest is mid 7yr trib and SO is the AOD.
9) That alone denies a mid 7 yr trib rapture.
10) Daniel states a 7yr trib, and midway into it, is the AOD.
11) It is not biblical for a mid 7yr trib, AOD, a Jewish harvest, and a church rapture at the same time.
12) the rapture setting is OPPOSITE from a mid trib "destroyed Earth and bloating bodies" everywhere that postribbers imagine and the bible debunks.
13) the 2 escape verses.
A) " pray that you may be counted worthy to escape the things about to come upon the Earth and stand before the son of man"...100% pretrib
B) , "because you have kept the word of my testimony. I will also keep you from the hour of trial about to come upon the entire earth."
( Jesus indicates a worthy vs unworthy selection to be in the rapture....we see this same, 'worthy vs unworthy ' , in the virgin parable)
Authenticating Jesus's very words, in Matthew 24 and Luke 17 where He vividly illustrates half are taken and half are left behind, in the analogies of Noah and in Lot.
This is only PART of the pretrib rapture model
Postrib has what?
One verse?
Mat 24?
( and its is totally against a postrib rapture)
One shaky non applicable verse? ???????