Is the false teaching of pre-tribulation rapture, getting the power of "him" out of the way, who restrains the antichrist?
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Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (People from all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, are gathered from the four winds of the world, believers scattered in the wilderness, that survived the great tribulation - The "Jacob's trouble" = the "great tribulation" doctrine is a false doctrine).
Revelation 7 (New King James Version)
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” 14And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (People from all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, died in the great tribulation, and are in heaven awaiting the second coming of Christ Yeshua to earth, when He will take their soles with Him, to be resurrected with their soles uniting with their transfigured glorified bodies, to be raptured with those believers that survived the great tribulation - The "Jacob's trouble" = the "great tribulation" doctrine is a false doctrine).
Matthew 24 (New King James Version)
22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the [c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The days are shortened for the sake of the elect survivors of flesh, otherwise no flesh would have survived the great tribulation. At the end God's angels gather the elect survivors, from every nation, people, tribe and tongue, from the four winds of the world. Not all the elect will survive the great tribulation though, and they are the ones referred to in Revelation 7:9-17.
Some flee into the wilderness, and escape captivity or death during the great tribulation:
Luke 21 (New King James Version)
36Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Of those that do not escape, some will be taken captive, some will be slain.
Revelation 13 (English Standard Version)
10If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Those who died during the great tribulation:
Revelation 7 (New King James Version)
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. 16They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to [c]living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the [c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
The Coming of the Son of Man
29“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The days are shortened for the sake of the elect survivors of flesh, otherwise no flesh would have survived the great tribulation. At the end God's angels gather the elect survivors, from every nation, people, tribe and tongue, from the four winds of the world. Not all the elect will survive the great tribulation though, and they are the ones referred to in Revelation 7:9-17.
Some flee into the wilderness, and escape captivity or death during the great tribulation:
Luke 21 (New King James Version)
36Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Of those that do not escape, some will be taken captive, some will be slain.
Revelation 13 (English Standard Version)
10If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Those who died during the great tribulation:
Revelation 7 (New King James Version)
A Multitude from the Great Tribulation
9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”
13Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. 16They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to [c]living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Jesus is a translated name. Miriam (translated to Mary) never called Yeshua her son, by the name of Jesus - if you were to rewind 2000 years to Jerusalem, in Judea (together with Samaria, the two being the split kingdoms, southern and northern, of the old monarchic united kingdom of Israel, under King David), and lived there at the time of Christ Yeshua, you would not have been calling him by the translated name Jesus.
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Isaiah 26:19-21
Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. Come my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain.
Daniel 12:1-2
Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 24:21-22
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. Come my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain.
Daniel 12:1-2
Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
Matthew 24:21-22
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
1 Corinthians 15:51-53
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Matthew 24:15-31, is referring to the Lord's return to end the age and not to the event of the church being gathered. The gathering of the church and the Lord's return to the earth to end the age, are two separate events, with the gathering of the church taking place prior to God's wrath and the Lord's return to the earth taking place after God's wrath.
Luke 21:36 above, is in reference to believers escaping through being caught up prior to that day (Day of the Lord) closing on them like a trap.
The above is in reference to the great tribulation saints which no man can count, who are introduced in Revelation 7:9-17.
If you will notice, the word ekklesia/church is used 19 times throughout chapters 1 thru 3 and then it is never used again. It is replaced by hagios/saints which is referring to the great tribulation saints. The next time the church is used is in Revelation 22:16 which is outside of the narrative of God's wrath.
Revelation 4:1, is what call a prophetic allusion to where the church is gathered, which again is why you don't see the word 'church' listed any more, because at that point they are caught up to heaven by that voice that sounds like a trumpet, which was identified in Revelation 1:10 as the Lord's voice. That said, this puts the church as being caught up prior to the first seal being opened, which initiates God's wrath.
The above is speaking about the common trials and tribulation which comes at the hands of men and the powers of darkness, where the tribulation period will be from God's direct wrath, which the church is not appointed to suffer.
Luke 21:36 above, is in reference to believers escaping through being caught up prior to that day (Day of the Lord) closing on them like a trap.
The above is in reference to the great tribulation saints which no man can count, who are introduced in Revelation 7:9-17.
If you will notice, the word ekklesia/church is used 19 times throughout chapters 1 thru 3 and then it is never used again. It is replaced by hagios/saints which is referring to the great tribulation saints. The next time the church is used is in Revelation 22:16 which is outside of the narrative of God's wrath.
Revelation 4:1, is what call a prophetic allusion to where the church is gathered, which again is why you don't see the word 'church' listed any more, because at that point they are caught up to heaven by that voice that sounds like a trumpet, which was identified in Revelation 1:10 as the Lord's voice. That said, this puts the church as being caught up prior to the first seal being opened, which initiates God's wrath.
The above is speaking about the common trials and tribulation which comes at the hands of men and the powers of darkness, where the tribulation period will be from God's direct wrath, which the church is not appointed to suffer.