Those who preach a PreTrib Rapture say the rapture is imminent;
I think we can agree; It is dangerous ground to "put on God" Lies.
When a "man" speaks of;
Pre-trib
Mid-trib
Post-trib
What Really is "that" man "speaking of" ?
The answer IS; "THAT" man is speaking of "what" APPLIES TO himself, and others "who" are his "brethren".
The term "brethren" has multiple applications.
Jews are all brethren.
Gentiles are all brethren.
Natural siblings are all brethren.
Adopted children are brethren with their siblings.
Those accepting of God, are all brethren.
Those accepting of Jesus the Christ, are all brethren.
Those who reject God and Jesus are all brethren.
The Lord is the "REDEEMER".
What does a "Redeemer" do?
Answer; A "Redeemer" CLAIMS what Belongs to Him, to Claim.
All men, even those not yet born, have opportunity to HEAR the Word of thee Lord God, TO Learn ABOUT Him.
It is the naturally born men, who grow and decide IF, they want to hear, HOW MUCH, they want to hear, WHAT they will believe, WHAT they will Confess to believing, and WHO shall be their brethren.
Not a secret, Hebrews/Jews were chosen and agreed to Be Gods "listener", "doer", "keeper" and "mouthpiece" on the Earth, among men on Earth....OF Gods word.
Not a secret, The Hebrews/Jews historically stayed within their own (families/tribes).
Not a secret, Hebrews/Jews spread out, mixed with Gentiles, some took on Gentile ways, beliefs, cultures, and their own ways were set aside.
Not a secret, Jesus came to speak to the Jews, to repeat, to remind, to restore their foundation in God, while introducing Himself having come forth out from God, as a sinless, truthful, servant of God; To fulfill, accomplish, reveal, teach, example....
Not a secret, Jesus chose THEE most Unlikely man, THEE most Qualified man....and THEE most Willing man.....TO Be a Servant on behalf of the Lord; TO the Gentiles.
Only YOU, as every Individual man KNOWS where he FITS in, Gods BIG Picture.
Are you a Jew, WHO believes in God, In His word....BUT does not believe Jesus is the Christ?
Are you a Jew, WHO has completely Rejected God and Christ and Jewish customs and traditions and teachings?
Are you a Jew, WHO believes in God, In His word....AND that Gods Word IS Jesus the Christ who came in the Flesh?
(They call themselves Christians? No. They call themselves Messianic Jews)
Are you a Gentile, WHO believes in God, In His word....But do not believe Jesus IS the Christ? Do you try to obey Mosaic Laws, given the Hebrews/Jews, but NOT given the Gentiles?
Are you a Gentile, WHO believes in God, In His word...AND believes Jesus is the Word of God having come in the Flesh, thee Lord Christ?
(If so, you and others MIGHT call you a Christian).
Are you a Gentile, WHO believes in God, In His word....AND believes Jesus is the Word of God having come in the Flesh, thee Lord Christ.....AND Confessed your belief?
(If so, you ARE rightly called A Saved and Born Again Christian).
Point being; This World "as it is, full of corruption"....SHALL come to an END.
This WORLD; the Earth, the Seas, the Air/Atmospher.....SHALL experience A renewing.....AND that has to do expressly with the "habitaTION".
(The habitaTION has already experienced ~ Cleansing (ie the flood).
The habitaTION shall experience-
Purification (ie Fire).
The "inhabitants" of the Earth, the Seas, the Air SHALL experience.....DIVISION.
The DIVISION, IS taught in Scripture.
And that brings an "individual" back "to"...
What the individual "CHOOSES", will determine, WHAT "applies" to that individual.
A man WHO has "chosen" AND "confessed" his Belief IN God, IN Christ Jesus IS ALREADY DIVIDED, and IS NOT "subject to" Gods Wrath.
1 Thes 5:9
For God hath NOT appointed us to wrath...
Gods Wrath upon that mans habitat, IS NOT appointed for those who have Confessed, to suffer.....and WHY Pre-trib, APPLIES to such men.
They are ALREADY Christ's Church, saved, born again,
The term RAPTURE specifically Applies to Lords ACTION of Redeeming (CLAIMING AND TAKING) of these specific men.
And specifically Where DOES Christ's Church go...? In the air, above the face of the earth, out of the Way of suffering Gods Wrath upon the earth.
And in what manner DO THEY GO?
WHOLE...
body glorified, soul restored, spirit born again.
1 Pet 5:10
"After ye have suffered a while"
Gods Wrath upon that mans habitat, IS speaking to a man WHO believes in God, WAS
Taught, called, to ALSO believe IN Jesus being the Word of God in the Flesh, (but yet rejected believing Jesus is the Christ)...
THEY are subject to; awhile of suffering.
THEY experience the beginning of the Tribulation.
THEY WHO, during the first part of the Tribulation, REJECT, confession TO "god of this world"....AND ACCEPT and Confess Belief in God AND Thee Christ Lord Jesus....
Have fulfilled, their "little while" suffering and their body's shall die, and their souls SHALL be saved and Go to be with God.
THIS is a MID-Trib redeeming, of Gods ACTION, for those WHO accepted God, and Later Accepted Jesus is the Christ.
WHEN specifically does this occur?
Rev:6: 9 -10 - 11
And specifically where DO they go?
Body dead upon the earth, rotting.
Soul restored, saved, goes before Gods throne in Heaven.
Rev 7: 14 - 15
And what about Post-tribulation?
AFTER the dividing of THOSE IN Christ BEFORE the Tribulation...
(..Christ's Church, Separated from all others)
AFTER the dividing of THOSE WHO Come to Christ DURING the first part of the Tribulation..
(...Jews, (and others), who believed in God, but not Jesus is the Christ)
AFTER the dividing of THOSE ...
PEOPLE Against God, Against Christ,
And
Fallen SPIRITS Against God, Against Christ...
Are Removed from the SURFACE of the EARTH, the seas, the atmosphere/air)...
(Being sent to and held in waiting in the center of the earth)...
THERE IS a remainer of Mortal men upon the earth....who believes IN God...who Never made a Confession, to Either God or Satan...
And THEY, those mortals SHALL for 1,000 years, generation after generation, populate the earth. Live, die, without influence of fallen Angels....and with the option to be influenced by the Word of God Himself, (sitting in His Kingdom ON Earth.)...and influence of Christ's Servants (ie His Church).
During and After the 1,000 years, THOSE mortals will be DECIDING, just as all men have....WHAT they will believe, and WHAT they will or will not Confess TO.
THOSE WHO, during the 1,000 .... WHO accept God, accept Christ thee Lord....SHALL ALSO be "CLAIMED".... ie the action of thee Lord God, REDEEMING, TAKING THEM, unto Himself.
Thee Lord God IS the REDEEMER.
When He REDEEMS a man....IS the Lord God Himself , CLAIMING that man.
The WHEN, any particular man IS Claimed,
is expressly dependant upon WHAT and WHEN the man HAS CONFESSED TO believing,
Thee Endtime Tribulation SHALL Happen.
WHO and HOW and WHY the Tribulation SHALL or SHALL not affect individual men...
IS clearly revealed to men IN the written word of God.
Is the rapture of Christ's Church "imminent"?
Imminent meaning...like in 15 minutes, one hour, this month, before next year?
A person who reads, has learned, trusts Scripture, would not Consider implying "imminent" applies to a TIMEFRAME....
WHY? Because the TIMEFRAME, is already foretold....MEN will not know....It's a surprise!
The rapture of Christ's Chruch shall be QUICK.
When the Lord Calls up His Church TO HIM, in the air, above the face of the earth...
It is NOT a long drawn out process, getting in line, waiting for your name to be called, inching along waiting your turn, checking your watch, blah, blah.
The Lord Claiming, Taking, Redeeming His Church shall be an Action of the Lord...THAT IS QUICK.
Glory to God,
Taken