Nowhere, do we see where God removed His People from Earth to avoid Tribulation.
1. Noah, had to build an Ark and board the Ark, God [did not miraculously remove Noah from the Flood] but made him go through it
2. Lot, God did not Miraculously remove Him, Lot was given specific Orders he had to Obey to survive
3. God made Moses face Pharaoh and go through the Same Plagues as Egypt
4. Isaiah, did not escape being cut into half
5. Shadrach-Meshach-Abednego, did not Escape the Furnace and had to be tossed into it.
6. Daniel, had to face the Lions
7. The Apostles, did not escape torture and horrendous death [except one because he Received the Apocalypse]
So, why do us GENTILES, who are Grafted into the Fold, believe we will escape?
Denial, is why!
1. Noah, had to build an Ark and board the Ark, God [did not miraculously remove Noah from the Flood] but made him go through it
2. Lot, God did not Miraculously remove Him, Lot was given specific Orders he had to Obey to survive
3. God made Moses face Pharaoh and go through the Same Plagues as Egypt
4. Isaiah, did not escape being cut into half
5. Shadrach-Meshach-Abednego, did not Escape the Furnace and had to be tossed into it.
6. Daniel, had to face the Lions
7. The Apostles, did not escape torture and horrendous death [except one because he Received the Apocalypse]
So, why do us GENTILES, who are Grafted into the Fold, believe we will escape?
Denial, is why!
In your mind, you are blending Old Testament saints and Israel with the Church and expecting the same outcome for both. This thinking is completely wrong.
Both the Church (the Bride) AND the rapture are a mystery "kept secret since the world began" (Rom 16:25). Paul confirms that this novel, unique Church phenomenon is a mystery because he uses this term at least 15 times!
On the other hand the covenants to Abraham, Israel and David are not secrets. On the contrary they are spelled out in black and white in no uncertain terms.....backed up with enormous amounts of prophecy as to their ultimate fulfillment.
Consequently their destinies......and their destinations......are quite different at the end of the age/beginning of the new age.
Israel goes through the tribulation wrath and a REMNANT providentially survives....PER PROPHECY.
The Church is removed from the time and place of tribulation wrath, and ALL believers are saved from it without exception....PER THE REVELATION OF THIS MYSTERY.
The Old Testament types and Paul's clear teachings on the rapture bear this out.
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