What I really object to about the whole Rapture argument is that those who believe it and I'm really talking about Pre and Mid Tribbers have replaced Salvation through the belief in the finished work of Christ with belief in the Rapture. Eternal life is dependent on salvation not on anything else. When a believer dies He/She goes to be with the lord. Paul says in Thessalonians
that Christ will bring with him all those who have fallen asleep. The whole point of him saying this is because they were concerned about those who die before he returns. There is only one body and one Bride when Christ returns anyone who is not saved is lost. There are no ''Tribulation saints''who are saved after a Rapture because when Christ returns the full number of saved will have been reached. There is no special class of 'super saints' who avoid all the nasty happenings and are whipped off before the fat hits the fan. There is also no special way of salvation for Jews. A remnant be saved through belief in Christ the same as everyone else
that Christ will bring with him all those who have fallen asleep. The whole point of him saying this is because they were concerned about those who die before he returns. There is only one body and one Bride when Christ returns anyone who is not saved is lost. There are no ''Tribulation saints''who are saved after a Rapture because when Christ returns the full number of saved will have been reached. There is no special class of 'super saints' who avoid all the nasty happenings and are whipped off before the fat hits the fan. There is also no special way of salvation for Jews. A remnant be saved through belief in Christ the same as everyone else
As can be derived from scripture, there is the belief of certain things are revealing as to whether a person is truly in Christ. For example, Hymeneaus and Philetus were going about teaching that the resurrection had already taken place. Because of this teaching Paul called it godless chatter, that it would spread like gangrene, that they had wandered away from the truth and that they were destroying the faith of some.
It is the same for those who claim to be in Christ but are trusting in the law to be saved. Regarding this Jesus said, "not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter into the kingdom of God, but only those who do the will of my Father. The will of the Father is to believe in the One whom He sent, Jesus Christ.
Similarly, Peter referred to Paul's letters as wisdom from God and his letters as scripture. Regarding this, there were some who were distorting them and that, Peter said, to their own destruction.
So, what about those who, instead of believing in the "Blessed Hope," the appearing of our Lord to come and take the church back to the Father's house, those who ignore the promises of not being appointed to suffer God's wrath, that Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath and Jesus' promise to keep believers of that time out of the hour of trial that is coming? By believing as such, they are not believing that the living church must first go through God's wrath before being gathered, they are not truly believing that Christ took upon himself the wrath that we deserve and thereby satisfying God's wrath.
My point is, one can say "Lord, Lord" but their lack of believing in the word of God regarding these things tells another story.
Instead of believing in the word of God that Jesus rescues us from the coming wrath, you've got the living church being put through God's wrath. It is as though the wrath that Jesus experienced on our behalf was insufficient.
The wrath of God is coming upon this world and the church will not be exposed to it, because Jesus already was. When you make this known to people, instead of believing this, they use existing apologetics or create some in order to get around the truth by diluting it or watering it down and relocating and removing its severity it in order to neutralize what they have been told regarding scripture.
Those who claim that Jesus has already returned in 70 AD and that all end-time events have already taken place and that there is no gathering of the church or that we are to be put through the wrath of God first, are false teachers, regardless of their claim of being in Christ. Their teachings betray them.