Would you die for Jesus if it came down to it?
There is no pretrib rapture.
Every true believer settles it with the devil at salvation
Every true believer forsakes this world and GLADLY gives up this life.
Postribbers confuse all that.
They actually believe that they are superior to us that await his coming.
Postribbers are NOT looking for Jesus.
They are waiting for the false Jesus.
Postribbers are tribulation centered as you are demonstrating.
Pretrib doctrine is Jesus/ groom/ bride centered.
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"There is no pretrib rapture."
Look at mat 24 for the first time.
37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Hello...."Before the flood, normal life, a rapture of 1/2 of some group.
Half taken before the trib.
Then the command to watch and be ready".
Now let's force it into your deal.
You guys say that there is a "wicked person" taken before the flood....SMH..PLAIN DUMB.
THE TEXT says half are taken
So you guys are basically attempting to make us believe some wild speculation, by your teachers, that 1/2 of earths population is heathen, and 1/2 born again.
NOTHING could possibly be more ludicrous.
So keep twisting Jesus's words and taking the debate into rabbit trails.
You are parked in error pretending to be open minded.
You guys say the "taken christians" are AFTER THE FLOOD/ TRIB.( your postrib workbook silly assertion)
Yeah we can all see Noah and Lot gathered postflood/ fire....plain ridiculous.
"There is no pretrib rapture."
SMH...as if Jesus lied.
Ask a postribber to unpack the 10 virgins Parable, Rev 13, and the 144,000, then Rev 14 the gathering by Jesus sitting on a cloud holding a sickle.
It is flat out comical what they invent.
This is your main problem.
Your doctrine has no provion for Jesus words in mat 24...NONE.
Your doctrine has no provision for the PURPOSES of the rapture , the regrafting of the Jews from romans 9-11, the story of Rurh, Gomer of Hosea, the marriage supper, the times of the Gentiles ending, etc.
It is so vast your misunderstanding of end times.
If I ask you " what is the purpose of the rapture?"....you would HAVE TO GO to your doctrine...and guess what ????....they don't know !!!!
If I ask you , "where are the Jews grafted back in, as prophesied in romans 9-11", your workbook will tell you " well they get saved here and there, so that is all it means"
PURE ERROR AND JUST THROWING mental remarks at the Holy Bible.
God is a God of purpose.
Its is tragic that ALL POSTRIBBERS, every single one, MUST THEN EMBRACE replacement theology. ( dear lord, the reckless disregard of Gods Holy Bible)
( to erase the 144,000 and the Jewish gathering of rev 14)
So by just one false leading of your teachers, your NEW MODIFIED BIBLE ignorantly addresses the 144,000, romans 9-11, the book of Hosea, the book of Ruth, and Jesus on a cloud gathering the grafted in Jews.
All in total defiance of God’s purposes.
You and your teachers HAVE NO CLUE as to Gods purposes in end times.
It is some abstract fear of the trib, and your obsession of "GOING THROUGH", what Rev 13 says NONE OF YOU GO THROUGH.
(Ahem ....all die refusing the mark)
You really want to enter the trib after the rapture?
Then if you want to, "go through it", you will have to take the mark.
....which leads is back to mat 24.
How many wicked taken in your made up "wicked people rapture" have the mark?
How many do not?
Think about it. It is where your doctrine HAS TAKEN YOU.
( let me help you play out your theory...all "taken" , according to your deal, will be marked. That is your doctrines assumption)
Now think about that impossibility.
Whew....massive massive molestation of Gods Holy Book
I have put you at several crossroads.
....and you are totally unaware of it.