LUKE 21:36...Watch ye therefore, and pray always, THAT YE MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS THAT SHALL COME TO PASS, and to stand before the SON OF MAN.
THIS IS JESUS SPEAKING...IF YOUR SAVED WHEN RAPTURE TAKES PLACE YOU WILL BE STANDING BEFORE JESUS AND THIS IS NOT THE STANDING BEFORE JESUS ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT BUT THE DAY OF SALVATION FROM TRIBULATION
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Greek New Testament
ἀγρυπνεῖτε οὐν ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δεόμενοι ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε
ἐκφυγεῖν ταῦτα πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι καὶ σταθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
εκφυγειν {verb, second Aorist, transitive, active voice, neuter gender}
ekpheugō
ek-fyoo'-go
From G1537 and G5343; to flee out: - escape, flee.
the definitions of the voices in Greek grammar
1. Simple Active
The subject performs or experiences the action. The verb may be transitive or intransitive. This is the normal or routine use, by far the most common.
1. Simple Passive
The most common use of the passive voice is to indicate that the subject receives the action. No implication is made about cognition, volition, or cause on the part of the subject. This usage occurs both with and without and expressed agent.
if the verb "ekpheugo" had a passive voice, then it could stand to reason that it takes of a rapture... but it uses the active voice. A rapture is impossible.
...But ye, brethern (US THE BRIDE) are not in darkness (TRIBULATION), that day should overtake you as a thief.
WE WILL NOT BE IN TRIBULATION FOR OUR LIGHT WILL NOT BE IN DARKNESS WHICH IS A REFERENCE TO TRIBULATION
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Matthew 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
the darkness refers to the state of one's soul in response to Christ... the wicked and ungodly are in darkness. It does not refer to tribulation.
John 3:19-21
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-7
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
...For GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH (TRIBULATION), but to obtain salvation by our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
GOD HAS PROMISED US THE BRIDE TO NOT GO THRU WRATH OR TRIBULATION
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (Greek New Testament)
ὅτι οὐκ ἔθετο ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς εἰς
ὀργὴν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰς περιποίησιν σωτηρίας διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ,
G3709
ὀργή
orgē
or-gay'
From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), that is, (by analogy) violent passion (ire, or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication punishment: - anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Greek New Testament
ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ εἰρήνην ἔχητε. ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ
θλῖψιν ἔχετε· ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον.
G2347
θλίψις
thlipsis
thlip'-sis
From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively): - afflicted, (-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.
1 Thessalonians 3:1-4
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
4
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;
even as it came to pass, and ye know.
v.3 "
θλίψις"
v. 4 "
θλίβω"
G2346
θλίβω
thlibō
thlee'-bo
Akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
wrath is not tribulation... for if wrath were tribulation, this would be in contradiction to the Word of God.
...For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: ONLY HE (JESUS) who now letteth will let (LETTING ANTICHRIST COME TO PASS), UNTIL HE (US THE BRIDE) be taken out of the way.
JESUS WILL NOT LET THE ANTICHRIST COME TO PASS UNTIL HE REMOVES US HIS BRIDE FIRST
this verse has already been discussed before in this thread.
...AFTER THIS (META TAUTA = WHICH SHALL BE HEREAFTER)..........
THIS (META TAUTA) IS SPECIFIC TO SHOW AFTER THE RAPTURE HAS TAKEN PLACE THESE EVENT ARE TO FOLLOW AS YOU CONTINUE READING IN REVELATIONS CHAPTERS 4 AND 5 WHICH PRELUDES INTO CHAPTER 6 BEGINNING WITH REVELATION OF THE ANTICHRIST
Revelation 4:1 speaks only to John, and how he is taken in the spirit, to be shown things which we will also see... a rapture in reference to Revelation 4:1 is a prime example of eisogesis: going into the Word of God with a personal opinion, belief, or interpretation, and trying to find proof for your personal interpretation
ARE SPECIFIC
TO SHOW THAT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
WILL BE TAKEN AWAY BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ANTICHRIST IS TO APPEAR
WHICH
WHEN THE ANTICHRIST APPEARS WE KNOW THIS IS.......
THE BEGINNING
OF THE TRIBULATION
SO
IF WE ARE NOT HERE WHEN THE ANTICHRIST IS INTRODUCED
THEN , WHERE ARE WE???
WE ARE RAPTURED WHICH IS PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURED
when examined, and put into harmony with the rest of the Word of God these so called "proof verses" of a pre-trib rapture are found as only misinterpretations of scripture.