How the Pre-Trib Rapture Became Popular in the Modern Church

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oyster67

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Yes the Rap is for the church, we will be gathered, but don't you see that the Jews are being gathered? they will ALL be gathered. During their time of anguish they had no homeland to flee to in order to escape the wrath that was upon them. Now they do.
Because you have put the rapture in the wrong place, you must have the Trib saints raptured. The first error accumulates and quickly railroads us into many. Now you have everyone going up when they ought to be coming down with Jesus.
 
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The Traditional Jews. The crowd who shouted "crucify Him" and chose (and still do) to reject who Jesus is and did. Even in OT, they still needed to do things God's way. That blood needed to be on the doorpost.
Dear Brother, this is what i was warning you about - believing a lie and then promoting it- which is SIN.

There is only One Gospel for His Elect, for the Jew and the Gentile.
Pre-trib is a vile SIN by separating the Two from the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The vile lie of pre-trib teaches you not to fear God and to practice 'lawlessness' by twisting God's words.

Now you preach a false gospel, by distorting the words of Christ, adding to them and taking away to where you completely change Scripture so much so that it produces a gospel of works unto salvation.

ALL pre-trib rhetoric comes from the mouths of unrepentant men who worship an idol above the words of God.

Do not follow these men dear Brother Oyster67, do not follow their doctrines of carnal desires.

BELIEVE the words of our LORD who says to everyone Jew & Gentile:
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God. Revelation 2:7
 
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Don't know what bible you are using but, I suggest another.

Those dead in Christ shall rise up and be met in the air by those living in Christ and together they shall ascend..... there are none left on earth at that time.......saved from THE HOUR (the trib.) that shall come upon all the earth.

Those living NOT in Christ will become the AC target. Will some survive until the 2nd advent of Christ. ...perhaps so...not easy though.
Their survival will be like the Jew survivors during 2nd WW...who hid, ran, moved often, friends gave them food, medicines, etc. Will not be easy.

All saved will return with Christ at His 2nd advent. ...time of which He knows not.
You are speaking a lie - there is only one Second Coming of Christ - Matt 24 , 1 Thess , 2 Thess , Rev ch19-20

Now is your chance to prove your words a s truth or error.

Bring forth from Scripture the 'pre-trib rapture' verse along with TWO separate Comings of CHRIST.
 

oyster67

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Dear Brother Oyster67, where is the scripture in Revelation that says: "Blessed are the those that were pre-trib raptured"

Where can you find this ""Blessed are those that were pre-trib raptured" in Scripture???
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
 
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Hi!

How do people come to Christ after Revelation 4?
Good Morning Beautiful one in Christ - thank you for you prayers.

How does the Jew and the Gentile come to Salvation? by separate gospels? Did God make a distinction between Jew & Gentile in Christ?

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, “The man who does those things shall live by them.” But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free,
but Christ is all and in all.
 
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Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
YES Brother - and there is no pre-trib rapture in Revelation ch19 & 20

The FIRST Resurrection only occurs after all of the Saints have come thru the Great Tribulation.
just as God said in Revelation chs 1, 2, 6, 7 12, 14 and Matthew ch24 and 1 Thess and 2 Thess and 1 John 2:14-19

HEAR, BELIEVE and SPEAK God's words and not satans.
 
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Hi!
Good Morning Beautiful one in Christ - thank you for you prayers.
:)
How does the Jew and the Gentile come to Salvation?
By Holy Spirit, in His people now.....to preach the Gospel of Christ....in this "dispensation of Grace".....
How do people come to Christ after Revelation 4?
Seems Angels are solely preaching...
What happened to the people of God ...preaching? (scripture)

God Bless!
 
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Hi!

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By Holy Spirit, in His people now.....to preach the Gospel of Christ....in this "dispensation of Grace".....
How do people come to Christ after Revelation 4?
Seems Angels are solely preaching...
What happened to the people of God ...preaching? (scripture)

God Bless!
Who told you this? Not the Lord, not Scripture.

The LORD said the preaching of His Gospel thru His Bride will continue up to His Coming - Matthew 24

Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying,
“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
 

oyster67

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The FIRST Resurrection only occurs after all of the Saints have come thru the Great Tribulation.
just as God said in Revelation chs 1, 2, 6, 7 12, 14 and Matthew ch24 and 1 Thess and 2 Thess and 1 John 2:14-19
error

You have been shown truth. Please meditate upon it.
 
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?????????????:unsure::confused::rolleyes::unsure::rolleyes::unsure:??????????
Follow the words of CHRIST and the Apostles - Do Not add or take away from Scripture = lawlessness.

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

God said His Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation and not a day before.
God says the gathering of His Elect/His Saints/His Overcomers will occur AFTER the FIRST Resurrection at His Coming.

Matthew 24 = 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 = 2 Thess 2:1-12 = Revelation 6:9-11 = Revelation chs 19&20
 
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error

You have been shown truth. Please meditate upon it.
Truth ony comes from the words of God and not from the carnal desires of mens hearts.

The lie of pre-trib is evil, carnal and never came out of the Mouth of God.

This is why no one can bring forth a 'pre-trib' scripture for it never was spoken by the LORD or the Apostles or the Prophets.
 
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It was your verse.

But i suppose you did not know the gathering you speak of is from the 4 winds of heaven?

Are you aware of how the verses you brought forth read?

"4 winds" aint going away
"From the earth to the heavens" isn't going anywhere.
 

oyster67

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God said His Resurrection will take place after the Great Tribulation
No. God said the Second Coming shall come after the Great Tribulation. At this time, the Raptured ones will be coming back down with Him in clouds. Instead of partaking in God's wrath, they have been partaking in the Marriage Feast.:):coffee:(y)

Have a nice day.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
 
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No. God said the Second Coming shall come after the Great Tribulation. At this time, the Raptured ones will be coming back down with Him in clouds. Instead of partaking in God's wrath, they have been partaking in the Marriage Feast.:):coffee:(y)

Have a nice day.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
You keep adding to God's words which is forbidden and demonstrates reckless abandon of Truth and the Fear of God.

1 Thess & 2 Thess clearly states there is no pre-trib rapture

1 Thess 4:13-18 clearly states no rapture until the Second Coming of Christ and only AFTER the First Resurrection

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that;
God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep(died) in Him. (these are the spirits of the deceased Saints in Christ)

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord;
will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep/died.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. (First Resurrection in Revelation ch 20)

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
 
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Who told you this? Not the Lord, not Scripture.
?How does the Jew and the Gentile come to Salvation?
Hearing(hearken).....just like was said...
The LORD said the preaching of His Gospel thru His Bride will continue up to His Coming - Matthew 24
His "Bride" includes angels?

If ya dont know, just say it please..
 

lamad

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You keep adding to God's words which is forbidden and demonstrates reckless abandon of Truth and the Fear of God.

1 Thess & 2 Thess clearly states there is no pre-trib rapture

1 Thess 4:13-18 clearly states no rapture until the Second Coming of Christ and only AFTER the First Resurrection

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that;
God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep(died) in Him. (these are the spirits of the deceased Saints in Christ)

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord;
will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep/died.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. (First Resurrection in Revelation ch 20)

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
I think you need to work on "clearly states." John 3:16 is a very that "clearly states." For many of Paul's passages, it takes study and meditation to determine his meaning. This is especially true of the 2 Thes. 2 passage. This passage requires an understanding of many other of Paul's passages to find his real meaning.

"(First Resurrection in Revelation ch 20)" You wrote this phrase after quoting 1 Thes. 4:13-18. Here is another example, this time of John's writing, where more study is needed. Can you use simple logic? There are, every and forever, only TWO (2) resurrections listed in Rev. 20. The "second death" resurrection is for those who have been existing in hell. It should be abundantly clear that Jesus' resurrection would not "fit" in the second death resurrection. Therefore, since there is only one other alternative, His resurrection must fit in the chief of resurrections.

"First:"
Lexicon :: Strong's G4413 - prōtos

1. first in time or place
2. first in rank, influence, honor, chief

Since Jesus' resurrection must fit in this primary or chief of resurrections, we can easily see that this Greek word is better translated here as chief or first in honor. In other words, it is not talking about first in sequence or time.

The truth of scripture is that this primary or chief of resurrections is for all the righteous of all time, Jesus first, then the church, then the 144,000, then the beheaded.

Does Paul give us any timing information in his passage in 1 Thessalonians? Certainly he does. Paul tells us that the rapture will come just before and probably as the trigger for the start of the Day of the Lord. In other words, "time" will be "church age" - "Day of the Lord" as back to back events with no time between.