Lord Jesus Himself said it, in Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27.
And did you know brethren the Matthew 24:31 and Mark 13:27 verses parallel what Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thessalonians 4 about the event of Jesus' future coming and gathering of His faithful Church?
Those who are preaching a pre-trib rapture, or a mid-trib rapture, are simply NOT following what Jesus Himself said in His Word. I can't put it any more honestly than that.
I find that many brethren who wrongly believe on a pre-trib or mid-trib rapture theory don't actually understand even the 1 Thessalonians 4 Chapter where Apostle Paul spoke of how Christ comes to gather His saints.
When Lord Jesus returns in the future, after the tribulation, He brings the asleep saints with Him when He comes, according to Apostle Paul. Those are the resurrected saints that had already died in Christ.
Then those of His faithful Church still alive on earth are "caught up" to Him and those resurrected saints.
Apostle Paul didn't cover where Jesus with His Church is going at that event, but the Zechariah 14 Chapter does, and it is to Jerusalem on earth, Christ's feet touching down upon the Mount of Olives where He ascended to Heaven from per Acts 1. I recognize this problem with those same brethren on the pre-trib and mid-trib ideas from men, they don't really know about that Zechariah 14 event either, but instead are wrongly taught that Jesus and His saints go back into Heaven, which is not written.
And did you know brethren the Matthew 24:31 and Mark 13:27 verses parallel what Apostle Paul taught in 1 Thessalonians 4 about the event of Jesus' future coming and gathering of His faithful Church?
Those who are preaching a pre-trib rapture, or a mid-trib rapture, are simply NOT following what Jesus Himself said in His Word. I can't put it any more honestly than that.
I find that many brethren who wrongly believe on a pre-trib or mid-trib rapture theory don't actually understand even the 1 Thessalonians 4 Chapter where Apostle Paul spoke of how Christ comes to gather His saints.
When Lord Jesus returns in the future, after the tribulation, He brings the asleep saints with Him when He comes, according to Apostle Paul. Those are the resurrected saints that had already died in Christ.
Then those of His faithful Church still alive on earth are "caught up" to Him and those resurrected saints.
Apostle Paul didn't cover where Jesus with His Church is going at that event, but the Zechariah 14 Chapter does, and it is to Jerusalem on earth, Christ's feet touching down upon the Mount of Olives where He ascended to Heaven from per Acts 1. I recognize this problem with those same brethren on the pre-trib and mid-trib ideas from men, they don't really know about that Zechariah 14 event either, but instead are wrongly taught that Jesus and His saints go back into Heaven, which is not written.