You are contradicting your self. If he prayed not to take the church out, then the rapture cannot happen.....UNLESS His prayer was only meant for the church age. And of course it was. We are only arguing about 7 years of time. It this case, the "evil one" is speaking of Satan - not the man of sin.
The truth is, Jesus DID pray that prayer, but it was not meant for all time, only for a LIMITED time.
Paul is the ONLY writer of the New Testament that had a revelation of the rapture of the church. And Paul DISAGREES with you as to the timing. He makes it clear in 1 Thes. 5 that the rapture comes BEFORE the Day of the Lord. "They" get the sudden destruction of the day of the Lord, while we and us get "salvation" and get to live with the Lord,via the rapture. We don't get the sudden destruction because WE ARE NOT HERE.
Coop
HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR ALL TIME? CHAPTER AND VERSE THAT SAYS THAT? WHEN CHRIST COMES AGAIN, TIME WILL END. AND ETERNITY WILL BEGIN. HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY WHEN CHRIST COMES AGAIN. SO THERE WILL BE NO FUTURE 1000 YEAR KINGDOM IN JERUSALEM. IT WILL BE HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH, THE NEW JERUSALEM, FOR ALL WHO ARE CHRISTIANS. THE WICKED WILL NOT SEE GOD. THE SINNERS WHO REPENT AND ARE SAVED BY CHRIST WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS BY CHRIST. THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE IS A GREAT DELUSION BASED UPON THE APOSTASY OF EDWARD IRVING AND JOHN NELSON DARBY FROM THE HISTORIC CHRISTIAN FAITH. THIS FAITH COULD BE FOUND IN DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS, INCLUDING IN DARBY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH AND IRVING'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. THEY FOLLOWED THE NICENE CREED AND THE AMILLENNIAL ESCHATOLOGY. THEN THEY LISTENED TO MARGARET MACDONALD IN SCOTLAND AND BEGAN MISINTERPRETING SCRIPTURE. GO FIGURE. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE TELL THE PRE-TRIBULATIONAL PEOPLE THAT GOD DOES NOT WILL TO TAKE HIS CHURCH OUT OF THE WORLD BEFORE THE SECOND COMING, THEY JUST SAY THAT CHRIST'S COMING AGAIN WILL BE IN TWO PHASES. THAT MAKES 3 COMINGS OF CHRIST. AND THAT IS HERESY. CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN ONLY ONE MORE TIME. NOT ONCE IN SECRET AND ONCE IN PUBLIC. BUT TO ALL PEOPLE OF ALL TIMES AND PLACES AND EVERYWHERE, TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, OF HIS KINGDOM THERE SHALL BE NO END. AMEN. IN ERIE PA SCOTT R. HARRINGTON
I know it was not meant for all time, because God also tells us of the rapture of the church, where the bride is taken to heaven. It is impossible that we cannot leave and yet do leave. So Jesus was praying about the church age, not the END, where the rapture WILL remove the Bride.
You are mistaken about tiime ending. Is 1000 years TIME? Is 1260 days time? Is 42 months time?
You are mistaken again in thinking the present heaven and earth will pass away. That event will be AT LEAST well over 1000 years into our future.
The rest of what you wrote is mostly MYTH. If you wish to remain behind and tribulate, that is your choice, and I firmly believe God will give those that choose this just what they are believing for. But Jesus is coming for the Bride, before the 70th week begins. You could go if you wanted to.
Coop