It is the pre-trib position that is so thoroughly shot full of errors and incongruities so as to be preposterous.
The Post-trib position however is tight as a drum. It matches all of the relevant Scriptures perfectly. Indeed it matches the overall themes and patterns of the Scriptures perfectly as well. That is if in fact you understand the Scriptures to begin with. If you don't....well.....
How is it that you guys say that the Lord's coming to gather His church prior to His wrath is proposterous and full of errors?
The underlying principle to this issue, is that Jesus took upon himself God's wrath that every believer deserves, satisfying it completely. Therefore, God's wrath no longer rests upon the believer. Since God's wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments must take place before the Lord can return to the earth, then how can the believers within the church who have been credited with the righteousness of Christ and who have been reconciled to God, be on the earth to experience God's wrath? If you say that the church is going to be protected, show me the scripture which states this. In fact, show me and everyone else where the church is even mentioned within the narrative of God's wrath. The fact that Jesus already experienced God's wrath on our behalf demonstrates that we are not appointed to suffer it.
Because of this, the mid and post trib belief is not tight as a drum, because it would put the church through the entire wrath of God and you guys never give an answer to this very important principle. It is a legal precedent. Once something has been fulfilled by the Lord on our behalf, it is no longer required of us.
People who believe in the mid and post trib, have no idea of the severity and magnitude of the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments. For if they did, they would not put the church on the earth during that time. Consider the following:
"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
The verse above is also saying that those who believe, God's wrath does not rest upon them.
Mat 16:17
Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
The above is taken out of context. Jesus said the above because Peter made the confessing statement saying "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
However, in regards to the timing of the gathering of the church, who do you think revealed this information to those of us who know? For as Jesus said regarding the Holy Spirit, "He will remind you of all that I have told you. And He will reveal the things yet to come.'
For those who believe that the Lord is going to first put His bride through His wrath and then gather her, you are greatly mistaken. And in case you attempt to bring up that argument that the apostles and the first century church didn't escape persecution, that was not God's wrath, but the common trials and tribulations that Jesus said believers would have because of our faith. The difference is that, those trials and tribulations come at the hands of men and the powers of darkness, where God's wrath will be unprecedented and will come directly from Him. The church is not appointed to suffer God's wrath. Any wrath!
I really wish that you guys would take the time to study this information and not just adopt a belief, protecting it tooth and nail.
During the time of God's wrath, the majority of the earths population will have been decimated and all human government dismantled.
When the Holy Spirit as the One who is restraining, is taken out of the way, then the believers within the church in whom He dwells will also be taken out of the way. The Lord's promise to come and take His church back to the Father's house will take place prior to the first seal being opened, which initiates God's wrath. The Day of the Lord is not for the church, but for those who have continue to reject Christ and who willfully live according to the sinful nature, the proud, haughty, arrogant, sexually immoral, etc. Believers in the church however are not appointed to suffer God's wrath, because Jesus has already satisfied God's anger on those who believe.
The mid and post trib beliefs are anything but 'tight as a drum' for you have the righteous being punished right along with the wicked and God does not do that.