The
belief that Christ will return before the 7 year Tribulation period
begins is
a false doctrine. And i can Scripturally prove it. But how many false
Christians will read this entire article to see those Scriptural
proofs? This generation turns a nose up to anyone who teaches contrary
to what they believe is the TRUTH. And it grieves my heart,
that this teaching is the
popular teaching of today. But it does not surprise me that Most
Christians believe it because guess who is the god of this world?
Pre-Trib believers are they
who believe Christ will come and take His people BEFORE the 7 Year
Tribulation
starts. Mid-Trib believers are they who believe Christ will come and
take His people DURING the Tribulation period. Post-Trib believers are
they who believe Christ will come and take His people AFTER the
Tribulation period ends.
What does the Bible teach? That
is what we should want to know, what verses in the Word of God, teaches
that Christ will come BEFORE the Tribulations? Here they are:
Did you get that? There’s NONE. There is no verse in the Word of God
that teaches Christ comes back BEFORE the Tribulations begins. This
teaching solely comes from the interpretations of men and not
from God. Man would like to believe
this teaching, that God will come and take His Church, His people, His
Saints, BEFORE the Tribulations, BEFORE all the suffering starts. This
is a very pleasing thought for Christians, it is what Christians want
to believe. But is it the Truth?
The Inspired by God,
Word of God does not teach that Christ will return BEFORE the
Tribulations begin, nor does it teach, that Christians will go through
all of the Tribulations to the end of it. Mid-Tribulations is the only
belief that does not contradict the Word of God. The Word teaches that
we will go through some of the Tribulations, but not all of it This
clearly means somewhere in the middle of the Tribulation period is when
Christ will Return.
Let us start with the most convincing Scriptures that teach
we will go through some but not all of the Tribulations.
- Matthew
24: 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto
him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Jesus then starts to tell them what the signs will be PRIOR to His
coming, He said there would be wars and rumors of wars, but the end is
not yet (vs. 6),
nation and kingdoms shall rise against nations and
kingdoms, there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in strange
places (vs. 7)
and that these are just the beginning of sorrows (vs. 8)
Remember all these are BEFORE He returns. Christians will be delivered
to be afflicted and killed and all nations will hate Christians because
of Jesus name (vs. 9),
then shall many be offended, and shall betray
one another, and hate one another (vs. 10)
Jesus also told them many
false prophets shall rise, and trick many to believe their doctrines
(vs. 11)
and because there will be so much sinning, the love of many
people will grow cold (vs. 12)
But the Christians that endure to the
end, shall be Saved (vs. 13).
Remember Christ has not yet returned yet,
these are all signs that come PRIOR to His Return. Prior to Christ
coming back, the gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the
world (vs. 14)
then the anti-christ will stand in the Holy place (vs.
15)
and woe to those who are pregnant or with infants in those days
(vs. 19),
because some time in the winter on a Sabbath day there shall
be GREAT TRIBULATION, such that has never been before, nor ever to come
again {Remember, this GREAT TRIBULATIONS that will come in the winter
and on a Sabbath day, is BEFORE CHRIST COMES, this is one of the signs
Jesus gives us to look for BEFORE HIS RETURN) (vs.20-21).
But the Lord
will shorten those days of Great Tribulation or all life will die, but
because of the elects sake, that is to say the Christians that are
still here during this time, God shortens that Tribulation because of
His people (vs. 22).
Then even after this, false prophets who can
perform miracles and great signs shall appear, and these false prophets
shall deceive the very elect (Christians) (vs. 24).
Please notice the
elect have not gone any where yet, they are still here and can be
deceived by false prophets, because Christ has not yet come. Again
remember Jesus is telling His disciples the signs that will be BEFORE
His coming.
Matthew
24; verse 5 through 28
is where Jesus
shows us what signs will be before His coming, what Tribulations, such
as was never seen nor ever will be again, prior to His coming. Now
listen carefully to what Jesus says concerning after all these
tribulations described in verses 5-28.
- Matthew
24:29 Immediately
AFTER the tribulation of those days (described in verses 5-28)
shall
the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken: 30 And THEN shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
(Remember that, A great sound of a trumpet is when Christ Returns,
which is called the Rapture) and
they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Scriptures do not lie, Christ will come back AFTER all the signs in
verses 5
through 28
are fulfilled as does the Word of God plainly
teaches. Christ does not, i repeat, does not come before the
tribulation period. Please read Mark Chapter 13, all of it at this
time, and also Luke Chapter 21 all of it, to get a better understanding
of this.
Truly, there is more Scriptures that teach we
will go through some of the Tribulations but not all of it.
In
Revelations there are 7 seals that are opened, then there are 7
trumpets that are blown, then there are 7 vials or bowels that are
poured out.
Please do not believe any of the false
doctrines that teach there are only 7 events, that the seals and the
trumpets and the vials are all somehow talking about the same events.
They are not as they say. With a very little study of the Word of God
this can be easily proved. 7 seals are opened, after that 7 trumpets
are blown and after that 7 vials are poured out.
- Revelations
8:1
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
When
were the 7 angels given 7 trumpets according to the Word of God? AFTER
the 7th seal was opened and there was silence in Heaven for about a
half hour then 7 angels were given 7 trumpets. Clearly the 7 seals are
not any of the 7 trumpets. Now listen to what it says when the 7th
trumpet is blown:
- Revelations
11: 15And the seventh angel sounded; …. 16 … 17 …18 … 19
And
the temple of God was opened in heaven, … … …
This is important, when was the Temple of God in Heaven opened?
According to
the Word of God, the Temple of God was opened in Heaven when the 7th
angel sounded the last trumpet (Rev
11:15-19)
Now lets look at what happens when the Temple in Heaven is
opened.
- Revelations
15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle
of the testimony in heaven was opened: (When was the
Temple in Heaven
opened? The 7th trumpet, yes? Yes.) 6 And the seven angels came
out of
the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen,
and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
The
7th trumpet is blown is when the Temple is opened in Heaven, when it is
opened is when the 7 angels come out of that Temple to pour out the 7
vials. So you see, the 7 seals are not any of the 7 trumpets, nor are
the 7 trumpets any of the 7 vials. Again, i stress it is important to
know that 7 seals will be opened THEN 7 trumpets will be blown, THEN 7
vials will be poured.
Do you remember earlier in this
Chapter, where it said that Christ will return with a great sound of a
trumpet? Here it is again:
- Matthew
24:29 Immediately AFTER the
tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the
powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And THEN shall appear the
sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He shall send his angels with
a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Notice it does not say, Christ comes at the breaking of a seal, nor
does it say Christ comes at the pouring of a vial, but it says Christ
will come at the sound of a trumpet.
- I
Corinthians 15:51 Behold,
I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Now Matthew
24:29-31
says Christ comes with a great sound of a trumpet, and I
Cor 15:52
says at the last trumpet sound, the dead (that are in Christ)
shall be raised incorruptible, let us look at:
- I
Thessalonians
4: 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, (our
atmosphere) to meet
the Lord in the air: (our atmosphere) and so shall we ever be with
the
Lord.
Scriptures plainly teach that at
the last
trumpet is when Christ will Return and Christians will rise from the
dead to be with Christ, this is the Rapture, and it happens at the last
trumpet. This is what Scriptures, the inspired, Holy Word of God,
plainly teaches. NO INTERPRETATIONS needed. But leave it to the
interpretation of men to confound the whole simplicity of what the
Word of God plainly teaches. This generation fails miserable to
understand that Interpretations belong to God, NOT to men. *
In saying LAST, in the LAST TRUMPET, indicates
there are more than one trumpet that is sounded. In order to be the
last trumpet, there has to be a first. Where in the Word of God do we
have a series of trumpets being blown? That is correct, Revelations
speaks of 7 trumpets being blown. The 7th Trumpet would indeed be the
last trumpet to be blown. Does the 7th trumpet in Revelation show that
Christ returns? Lets consider it:
- Revelations
10:6 And sware by
him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things
that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and
the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no
longer: (times up) 7 But in the days of the
voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be
finished, as
he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
When the
7th angel sounds His trumpet there should be time no longer, times up.
Now, i am going to quote Rev
10:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there
were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord (When
does the Kingdoms of the Earth become His Kingdoms? At the 7th Trumpet
sounding), and of his Christ; and he shall reign
for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before
God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and
wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,
and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come,
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, (When is the time to judge the dead?
At the 7th Trumpet sounding) and that thou
shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the
saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; (When does the Lord give out rewards
to His Prophets and Saints? At the 7th Trumpet sounding) and
shouldest
destroy them which destroy the earth. 19 And the temple of God was
opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his
testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and
an earthquake, and great hail.
it is what the Word of God says
concerning the angel blowing the last, the 7th trumpet. See if it does
not sound to you that this is the Rapture.
- Revelations
11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats,
fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee
thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;
because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward
unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear
thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the
earth. 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was
seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings,
and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Here is my point, if Christ does come to get His Church at
the 7th trumpet like the Scriptures teach, then that means we
Christians will go through all 7 seals AND all 6 of the trumpets,
BEFORE Christ Returns. True Christians will not go through the 7 vials.
The 7 vials are to destroy all the rest of the wicked off the face of
the Earth. True Christians will not be around for any of the 7 vials
that are poured onto the Earth.
So then if True
Christians are present for the seals and the trumpets, but not present
for the vials, then the statement “We will go through some of the
Tribulations but not all of them” is a True statement.
How then do pre-Trib believers say and teach Christ will come for His
Church before tribulations begins? i assure you the Tribulation period
includes some seals and all 6 trumpets. The sixth seal, there’s a great
Earthquake, the sun becomes black and the moon blood and stars of
Heaven fall to the Earth, even as figs fall from a tree in a mighty
wind, and every mountain and every island is moved out of their places
(Rev
6:12-16) verse 17 says “for the great day of His wrath is
come:
and who shall be able to stand?” This is the 6th seal that says “the
great day of His wrath is come” And Christians are still here at the
opening of the sixth seal, still yet to go through more tribulations of
the six trumpets yet to sound. So then Christians will be here when the
Earth is bombarded by asteroids, and when every mountain and island are
MOVED out of their places, Christians are still present for these
events.
The 7th seal starts the 7
trumpets. 1st trumpet hail and fire mingled with blood is cast to the
Earth. 1/3 of the trees are burnt up, and all grass is burnt
up.[Christians here for this] 2nd
trumpet of God, a great mountain burning with fire is cast into the sea
(ocean) All life in the ocean died, and 1/3 of all the ships in that
ocean were destroyed. [Christians here for
this] 3rd trumpet of God, a great star
(comet) from
Heaven hits the Earth and poisons 1/3 of all the rivers of the Earth,
many die because of the poisoned water.[Christians
here for this] 4th trumpet of God sounds and
we lose 1/3 (4 hours) of the day and 1/3 (4 hours) of the night also.
[Christians here for this] 5th
angel sounds his trumpet of God another comet hits the Earth and
opens the bottomless pit releasing locust to torment, but not kill,
humans for five months. [Christians here for
this] The 6th trumpet of God is when
nations armies
clash in the area of Jerusalem. [Christians
here for this] The 7th trumpet is when Christ
intervenes by returning to the Earth and taking up His Church, both the
dead in Christ and the living all in the self same day.
The point is Christians
will go through all 7 seals and 6 trumpets of God, and if all
that
is not part of the tribulation period, i do not know what is. And, all
that, we will go through before Christ comes to get us at the last
trumpet.
The biggest danger in believing that Christ will
come before the Tribulation period starts, which most people in this
last day generation believes to be the Truth, is that when Tribulation
does start, and they were not taken as they thought they should have
been, these will fall away from the faith. Think about it, If you Truly
believed that Christ would come and get you BEFORE the Tribulation
started, and He does not come, or even show up, when Tribulation does
start, you will start to believe, that all that you have believed in is
a lie. Not to mention during this time the anti-christ will be saying
to the whole world “Where is your God now?” So then because Jesus did
not come when He was suppose to, there will be a great falling away,
and fall away because they believed a false doctrine that is not based
on Scriptures but is based on interpretations of men, namely the
teaching
that Christ will come BEFORE tribulation begins, this is NOT what the
Word of God teaches, it is what man teaches.
- II
Thessalonians
2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon
shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by
letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 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;
Before Christ returns, there will be a
falling
away first. How primed is this generation to fall away from the Faith,
when Tribulation will begin and they are not taken, Jesus does not
come. He does not show up like they all believed He would. Earthquakes
everywhere, famines, pestilences, mountains and islands are all moved
out of their places, 1/3 of the trees are burnt up, all grass is burnt
up, 1/3 of all drinking water is poisoned, everything in the sea is
dead, asteroids hitting the planet all over the world. AND JESUS DID
NOT COME. Over 85% of all Christians on this planet will be looking for
Christ to come BEFORE Tribulations start, and a great many of those
will fall away from the faith when He does not show up, when they
thought He should have. That is the biggest danger in believing the
false doctrine of pre-Trib (the belief that Christ will come back
BEFORE the Tribulation begins). This is also why satan tries so hard to
promote that doctrine, because he know full well the more Christians
believe that doctrine, the more they will indeed Fall Away from Jesus
Christ. The teaching of pre-trib is from satan himself. Let us continue
to hearken to the interpretations of men, instead of merely believing
the Word of God and what it plainly teaches. God forbid!
But here is the good news,
you NOW know the Truth, what the Scriptures teach, what they say about
His Return. Now you know what signs to look for. In the words of Jesus
“so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things come to pass, know
ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand” (Matt
24:33, Mark
13:29,
and Luke
21:31)
Standfast, be strong, endure to the end,
He shall come when the 7th trumpet is blown, remain in the faith, keep
your eyes and thoughts on Christ, walk the walk, pray continually, and
do not love your life. If you do these things, then one day soon. i
shall see you in the New City Jerusalem with me. And we will reign with
Christ over the Earth for a thousand years, then after that, over the
universe, for ever and ever, joys and pleasures without end.
Talking with fellow Christians on forums, i see some things
men interpret Scriptures to mean and support pre-trib. For example:
- 1Th_5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
i see this verse being used a lot to defend
the teaching of pre-trib. You see men interpret that verse to
mean the 7 year Tribulation Period. But that verse does not say that at
all, now does it? But men interpret that word "wrath" to mean the 7
year Tribulation Period. Interpretations belong to God, NOT to men.
As i bring up to those who like to use this verse to support
pre-trib. i ask them how does this verse in any way whatsoever teach
pre-trib? They come back saying "Well if we are not appointed to wrath,
then we must be taken up Before wrath comes to the Earth" lol. Were the
Israelites taken out of Egypt before the wrath of God came upon Egypt
with all the plagues and such? The Israelites were not appointed to
wrath, but they were most certainly there to witness it, were they not?
Just because the above verse says we are not appointed to wrath, does
not in any way say or teach that we will not be present for it. To
interpret that verse to mean we Christians are taken up prior to the
Wrath coming upon the Earth, is nothing but an evil interpretation
coming from the minds of human men thinking they have what it takes to
interpret the Word of God. The Truth is that verse says we are not
appointed to wrath. It does not say we will not witness it all around
us. Even as the Israelites were not appointed to wrath, they were still
present during the whole wrath that came upon Egypt.
And even though Christians are not appointed to wrath, if
those Christians live in sin, then they are indeed appointed to wrath.
Consider:
- 1Th_5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
- Gal_6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but
he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Tell me, does one verse cancel out the
other verse? Really? Is one verse True and the other verse NOT True? So
then even though we Christians are not appointed for wrath if we
continue to knowingly and willingly obey satan to commit sin, then we
are appointed to wrath even as Scriptures teaches. A Christian who is
not appointed to wrath, that commits the sin of fornication (sex
outside of marriage) is then indeed appointed for corruption in his/her
flesh even as Scriptures plainly teach they are. Scripture plainly
teach that the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness. (Rom 1:18) The Church is not appointed to wrath, UNLESS the
Church puts their hands into iniquity, then it most certainly is.
There are verses that Prove that pre-trib is not True.
There are verse that Prove that post-trib is not True.
ONLY a Mid-trib belief has absolutely no verse that disproves it.
The
following Time Line that i present a link to. i challenge any person to
show me one verse that proves something in the Time Line to be
inaccurate. Don't want your interpretations, or your opinions. Show me
a verse that plainly reveals something in the Time Line is not
Scriptural.
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