Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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Precious friend, no it does not, since we are "Saved By Grace Through faith" belief/trust in
The Finished Work Of Christ On The Cross. Scriptural Confirmation:
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Amen.
I'd have to say NO because Paul's comments in 1Thess 4:13-18 aren't a
gospel message per se, rather, it's his attempt to help Christian folks
whose loved ones have passed on to cope with their loss.
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No. We are saved by believing in sacrifice of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection.
"......that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13
God does not have an entrance exam that checks our doctrinal purity. He has a spiritual "stethoscope". God's evaluation is simple: are you alive or dead? If you are alive, you welcomed. If not, you are rejected.
The bible speaks of an Apostasy coming, where Christians forsake Christ for a false christ/false god. Pretribs literally believe the Apostasy is the rapture (a physical departure rather than a religious departure) so they want to take part in that "departure". So yes, one's stance on the rapture timing could affect salvation.
It's like someone believing the lake of fire is actually just a nice vacation in a warm tropical island.
No..
It might make one more or less vulnerable to the end times great deception.. But as far as salvation goes rapture and rapture timing is not a doctrine of critical salvational importance..
No.
Nor does it matter if you believe the idea of any rapture is a Biblically sound doctrine or not.
No. Like so many other systematic theologies that divide people, it's irrelevant. Jesus said to watch and be ready whenever He appears.
Certainly not according to the bible. For example, Jesus said:
“"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Joh 3:16 NKJV)
He didn't say: “"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him and believes the correct things about the timing of the rapture should not perish but have everlasting life.” (Joh 3:16 NKJV)
Similarly, the apostles said to the jailer: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved," not "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and the correct timing of the rapture and you will be saved,"
Depends.
Saved....is psat , present, and future.
Postrib rapture adherents claim to never see heaven.
Our future salvation is to heaven.
So in a sense, they will be saved, via their head chopped off.
They were/are invited to the party.
They cast down their invitation and mock those clinging to it.
They get in eventually.
Maybe God leaves that scar around their necks as a reminder.
Saved....is psat , present, and future.
Postrib rapture adherents claim to never see heaven.
Our future salvation is to heaven.
So in a sense, they will be saved, via their head chopped off.
They were/are invited to the party.
They cast down their invitation and mock those clinging to it.
They get in eventually.
Maybe God leaves that scar around their necks as a reminder.
Well, since we are currently in the tribulations, I suspect it does not. Next thing to come is the splitting of the Eastern sky, sounding of the trump, and the Lion of Judah descending on a cloud of glory,,,,
Care to show all of us biblical/factual proof of all of this?
This is self-deceptive twisted-thinking total-BS propaganda.
If 'pretrib' were true - and, it actually happened - every saint would be raptured - no saint would be left behind regardless of when they believed the rapture would occur.
You have to remember that I go by the bible.
You are telling me your beliefs.
So my job is to present what is written. Invoking you to call it bs.
Some have difficulty with the printed word.
Left behind ones are saved.
They now face the ac.
They can stay and accept the mark, or go to heaven as martyrs.
Left behinds are saved, but reject the rapture invite.
They come in later.
Heads re affixed
Left behind ones are saved.
They now face the ac.
They can stay and accept the mark, or go to heaven as martyrs.
Left behinds are saved, but reject the rapture invite.
They come in later.
Heads re affixed
You are one of only few that actually understand the virgin parable.
It Is a doctrine destroyer.
What load of huey.
Questioning people that read the word as to their spirituality.
Nobody knows you are "like Jesus".
As you puff yourself up to be.
Show us your superior interpretation.
You make the claim that only your " kind" are led of the spirit.....all the while embracing erroneous doctrine.
If that were the case, my goodness, not many would be saved with the many possible interpretations on that topic. Besides, that would have to apply to the whole Bible. So only those who understand the Bible 100% correctly would be saved.
No, it's like the others already said: Saved are those who have Jesus in their hearts!
No, it's like the others already said: Saved are those who have Jesus in their hearts!
Why do people NOT READ, who the Book Of Revelation was written to, and for when ? ?
It was written to The BOND SERVANTS!
Are You a Bond Servant? Are You of The House Of Isrrael? It is stated at The Begging of That Writing: That it was for His bond savants; to show THINGS WHCH MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS.
Is this Age of 2025 a short time? Are You A Bond Servant?
Huum !
DeepSeeker