If you believe in the Rapture, do you feel that the chosen will be gone from this world BEFORE the tribulations start?
2006-12-12 10:15:01 · 10 answers · asked by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I THINK SO BECAUSE IN REVELATIONS IT SAYS THAT WHEN JESUS COMES THAT *FIRST* THE DEAD SHALL RISE FIRST THEN ALL THE LIVING AND WE WILL FIGHT SATIN AND ALL HIS PEOPLE WITH HIM!!
2006-12-12 10:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that. That is called "pre-trib" theory, which was started by the Catholic Church during the Counter-Reformation by two Jesuit priests. The Bible gives ample evidence that the saved will be raptured AFTER the tribulation. I hold to what is called "post-trib" theory. If you look at several OT stories, you will find that God didn't save Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego FROM the fiery furnace, He saved them THROUGH it. God didn't save Daniel FROM the lion's den, He saved him THROUGH it. God didn't save John the Revelator FROM being boiled in oil, He saved him THROUGH it. (He came through unscathed.) Likewise, God's end-time people will not be saved FROM tribulation, but they will be saved THROUGH it. In other words, they must pass through the tribulation unharmed so that everyone can see that they really are God's people.
2006-12-12 10:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rapture happens then the seven year period of tribulation then he comes back once more
2006-12-12 10:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by speashelED 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe in a pre-trib rapture.
2006-12-12 10:20:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... Biblically it appears no one is removed from Earth (raptured) until after the Anti Christ is revealed... which is after a lot of trib and before the wrath of God.
2006-12-12 10:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus was our example. 10,000 Angels stood ready to rapture him. Will the church be raptured? No.
2006-12-12 10:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by djmantx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we will be gone and we will be at the supper of the Lamb while all hell breaks lose down here
2006-12-12 10:19:14 · answer #7 · answered by Terry S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord I hope not I want to see all the bad stuff first. You don't thank God will make us miss all that do you?
2006-12-12 10:28:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they will under go trials. but will be gone before the intense stuff happens.
2006-12-12 10:17:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. There will be good and bad left so scripture says.
2006-12-12 10:19:12 · answer #10 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋