PRETRIBULATION "RAPTURE" THE TRUE BELIEVERS OR "THE CHURCH" MUST NOT BE DECEIVED. FIRST WE MUST ASK WHAT DID JESUS SAY? Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. WHAT DID THE APOSTLE PAUL HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT DAY?2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. THE TRUE BATTLE IS CHRIST VS SATAN AS IT ALWAYS IS, WAS AND SHALL BE UNTIL IT IS DONE. THE WAR BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND SATAN WILL BE COMING TO A BOIL DURING THE TIME JESUS CALLED THE TRIBULATION. DURING THIS TIME THE BELIEVERS "CHURCH, ELECT OR THE REMNANT" MUST ENDURE IN ORDER TO BE SAVED.Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. SOME TEACH THAT THE CHURCH IS RAPTURED FIRST BECAUSE IT ISN’T FOUND OR MENTIONED AFTER THE THIRD CHAPTER OF REVELATION. LET ME ASK WHO’S ROBES ARE WASHED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB? WHO ARE THE ONES WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST? WHO ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE MARK OF GOD AND THE NAME OF THE LAMB ON THEIR FORHEADS? WHO IS IT THAT FOLLOWS THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES? FROM THE WORD OF GOD WE SEE THE CHURCH IN MANY PLACES IN REVELATION PAST CHAPTER THREE. ANY PRE-TRIB PREACHING IS A DECEPTION.SOME SAY THAT MATTEW 24 DOES NOT APPLY TO THE CHURCH AND IT WILL BE LIFTED FIRST. AGAIN WHAT DOES OUR LORD SAY? Mar 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, Mar 13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. Mar 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. THE LORD SAID HE WOUDN'T BE COMING UNTILL AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION. THE CHURCH MUST ENDURE THE TRIBULATION TO GLORIFY HIS NAME. Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.FOR A DETAILED LOOK AT WHAT JESUS TOLD THE APOSTLES ABOUT THE TIME AND SIGNS OF THE END SEE JESUS AND END TIMES. A COMPLETE STUDY OF MATTHEW 24. |