Exactly that is the entire point of bible discussion and debating. Honestly I am probably not the best person to debate which one it is considering I don't have a firm stance on them but I merely wanted to provoke deeper thought by showing how interpretation can change what the scriptures appear to say.
In our own eyes it's easy to see what we believe to be the truth in the scriptures and completely be blind to the scriptures that appear to oppose our views. I used to be a very hard core pre trib rapture believer and I could show you every verse that absolutely proved it too but when shown verse that seemed to completely oppose it I disregarded them and missed out on the meaning and purpose of that scripture.
When reading and studying the bible we have to have a teachable and moldable heart otherwise even if we are 110% sure our belief is right yet it actually isn't we will be blind to it.
And I am here to say there is a fine line between having a
"teachable and moldable heart"...and endless, unceasing 'equivocating' to the point that we are, in effect,
procrastinating in developing reasonably firm beliefs about certain critical issues in the Christian life.
According to Jesus in the Olivet Discourse...you need to have a total
"man your battlestations" super-high level of awareness and alertness regarding 'end time' events. Re-read through Matthew 24 and 25 sometime. There is no wiggle room when Jesus is addressing Peter, James and John.
He is saying (in so many words)
'wake up...smell the coffee...sit on the edge of your seats for what I'm about to convey to you'. NONE of that is going on in the conservative church world today...especially in America. Everyone is sleeping, snoring, snoozing, napping.
Matthew 25 does not equivocate (there's that word again!). It says there are 10 virgins.
Five prepare for the darkness which precedes the return of the King...by filling their lamps with oil. This would seem to indicate spiritual preparation required for the huge shockwave set off by the explosive "abomination of desolation" event (presumable the commencing of the Antichrist world order).
Five other virgins do NOT prepare for the darkness and are thus apparently overwhelmed by the darkness, unable to handle the darkness...and they end up in a terrible state.
This
"que sera, sera" [whatever will be, will be] stuff that I've gotten from dozens and hundreds of typical American believers (
"oh, I believe in 'pan-trib'...it'll all 'pan' out in the end, hahahaha")...is an absolute tragedy in the making.