What are the main supporting arguments for this position? The first point is derived especially from Matthew 24; 2 Thessalonians 2; and Revelation The second point is derived especially from 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5 and Revelation 7 and Of course, both points consider numerous corollary issues and passages.
In the main, though, pretribulationism is ruled out by the first point and posttribulationism by the second. That is, if the abomination of desolation is an event we can observe happening, wouldn't that signal that the rapture will be imminent?
Since the prewrath position requires the rise of Antichrist and his abomination of desolation before the rapture, it means that, in this view, the rapture is not imminent in the sense of being able to happen at any moment.
Matthew —33 suggests that this is proper. Do you think it gives off the impression that Christians are just eager to escape the world and leave it to its own destruction? Paul enjoined against something like the first problem in the Thessalonian letters and Jesus something like the second in John. Getting things straight scripturally is important, but majoring on the minors and becoming arrogant and unloving in the process, both toward insiders and outsiders, is not of the Spirit.
How should Christians defend the idea of the rapture in a more intelligent or believable way? Well, defending what the Bible says is always going to be a joke as far as the world is concerned.
More knowledgeable Christians can try to explain to an incredulous world what defensible interpretations lead us to conclude about the return of Christ. In the midst of various interpretations of the end times, what would you say are the most important eschatological truths or facts that all Christians should cling to? Things indisputably taught in Scripture and central to our faith are essential; things less clearly taught are non-essential.
That Jesus is coming again to vindicate his church and judge the enemies of God is the big essential. That is the blessed hope of the church. When and how are not as essential.
That there will be a resurrection of the dead, some to eternal life and some to eternal suffering, is essential. What the new heavens and earth will be like, what the kingdom of God on earth will be like, etc. Alan Hultberg M. In fact, Jesus prays in John for believers not to be taken out of the world but to be kept from the evil one.
Therefore, there is division among those who teach this idea of a rapture and a seven year tribulation period when these events will take place hence the question! Something else to remember when thinking about this question is that not all Christians believe that these final seven years of Daniel await as discussed a bit in this post last week or that the Book of Revelation offers a timeline of specific events that come in the future see this past post on reading Revelation and the possibility of parallelism.
Thus, not all believe in a seven year tribulation that Christians could be removed from. In fact, a common view through the ages has been that the present time is this period of tribulation, with the Book of Revelation describing the challenges that the church will face throughout time rather than specific events.
There will be an increase in evil at the end as Paul notes in places like 2 Timothy , but with no timeline on the length , with the return of Jesus happening after the man of lawlessness is revealed see 2 Thessalonians 2 , and the church will experience these things.
Therefore, there are many who say that Christians will remain until the end and experience the sufferings of the last times. Many of our brothers and sisters around the world regularly face suffering and persecution.
While we may desire to be spared from great suffering in the future, we need to recognize that suffering is not antithetical to the Christian life, but rather part of the normal Christian life as we follow Christ in this world. His return from heaven will be personal, visible and glorious, a blessed hope for which we should constantly watch and pray. Before He establishes His kingdom on earth, Jesus will come for His Church, an event commonly referred to as the "Rapture.
Christians living at the time of this event will not die, but will be changed to be like Christ. After the Rapture of the Church, Christians will be brought before the judgment seat of Christ. He will reward them on the basis of the works they have accomplished. Its purpose will be to prepare Israel for her Messiah. At the end of the Tribulation, Jesus Christ will return with the hosts of heaven as well as the Church to establish the Messianic Kingdom on earth.
The Messianic kingdom will close with apostasy and rebellion.
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