Rapture

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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
 
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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
Precious friend, no it does not, since we are "Saved By Grace Through faith" belief/trust in
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Finished Work Of Christ On The Cross. Scriptural Confirmation:

God's OPERATION On All New-born babes In Christ!
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God's Eternal Life Assurance

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Precious friend, @, Please Be Very Richly Encouraged And Edified
In Christ, and In His Precious Word Of Truth!

Amen.
 

Webers.Home

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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?

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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Gideon300

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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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.
 

ewq1938

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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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.
 

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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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..
 
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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
No. Like so many other systematic theologies that divide people, it's irrelevant. Jesus said to watch and be ready whenever He appears.
 
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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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,"
 
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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.
 
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Does one's belief in the timing of rapture (pre tribulation, during tribulation, etc) affect one's salvation?
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,,,,
 

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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.
Care to show all of us biblical/factual proof of all of this?

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.
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.
 

Psalm1

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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.
 

Psalm1

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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
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It may. If someone believes in the rapture, or dispensational nonsense in general, it could indicate that they have never truly received the Holy Spirit. Not a guarantee of course, but a major red flag.