St. SteVen said:
Here's a question.
What is the point of a Post-Tribulation Rapture?
What are we being raptured from?
Isn't that a U-Turn Rapture?
Or will we miss the Millennium?
A pointless rapture then?
Why would those who survived the Great Tribulation be taken away before the Millennium begins?
Unless we are talking about a U-Turn Rapture. ???
Nothing rapturous about any of that. IMHO
Would not the Second Coming and the beginning of the Millennium be enough relief from the Great Tribulation?
No need, nor purpose, for a Post-Trib Rapture in my estimation. Mid-Trib, or Pre-Trib makes much more sense.
A Rapture FROM something.
Surprised you didn't ask me about my Pan-Trib stance.
I'll pass on graven images. - LOL
O know, I know... not what you meant.
(hard to resist such a good set-up)
Anyway, let's look at those.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV
May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy
in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 NIV
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death,
so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.
14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God
will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.