I was previously someone who believed Pre-trib rapture and have heard alot about Pre-trib from my denomination and from Bible College. I find one problem with Pre-trib rapture teaching I do not believe was ever addressed and that is Matthew 24:29-31.
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
This verse guarantees a Post-Tribulation Rapture. The only theory I can offer Pre-Tribulation teachers is that they must now believe in two rapture events! The problem with that is, that there is not a verse that proclaims that there will be two rapture events. Matthew 24:29-31 is Jesus coming to gather His saints. I believe that this passage of Scripture should be placed alongside other verses that are concerning the Rapture. This is most definitely the Rapture.
This verse adds angels to the Rapture teaching. To be honest I was never taught that the angels had anything to do with it. It could be due to a complete avoidance of this passage by Pre-Trib preachers and teachers. This is the verse that changed my view of the Rapture to Post-Trib and I suspect that that is the reason that this verse was never addressed. I believe Pre-Trib believers avoid these verses. They are not usually quoted or taught with other Rapture verses in Pre-Trib denominations.
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
This verse guarantees a Post-Tribulation Rapture. The only theory I can offer Pre-Tribulation teachers is that they must now believe in two rapture events! The problem with that is, that there is not a verse that proclaims that there will be two rapture events. Matthew 24:29-31 is Jesus coming to gather His saints. I believe that this passage of Scripture should be placed alongside other verses that are concerning the Rapture. This is most definitely the Rapture.
This verse adds angels to the Rapture teaching. To be honest I was never taught that the angels had anything to do with it. It could be due to a complete avoidance of this passage by Pre-Trib preachers and teachers. This is the verse that changed my view of the Rapture to Post-Trib and I suspect that that is the reason that this verse was never addressed. I believe Pre-Trib believers avoid these verses. They are not usually quoted or taught with other Rapture verses in Pre-Trib denominations.