Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mark 13:23 But take ye heed behold, I have foretold you all things.
This I believe.
ANY doctrine that has a person, or group or what ever either "SAVING AND/OR JUDGING AND/OR SKIPPING JUDGEMENT" of themselves is FALSE. Period. There is only one who saves and judges. NO belief, no matter what it is, will ever allow this process to be changed.
I have asked time and time again for SOMEONE, ANYONE TO bring me this doctrine in the Scripture.
And I receive the exact same thing every time.
A PIECE MEAL PUT TOGETHER BY MAN.
And what does this false doctrine do?
They try to save themselves and skip death and judgement ALONG with rendering ALOT of Gods Word VAIN, NULL AND VOID.
WE have been given NO DOCTRINE BY CHRIST about HIM COMING BACK BEFORE the 2nd ADVENT. We are given the exact opposite.
Good day DeighAnn!
The error that you and others continue to make is three fold.
1). Not recognizing that the gathering of the church vs. the Lord's return to the earth to end the age as being two separate events
2). Not recognizing the difference between trails and tribulation which com at the hands of mankind and the powers of darkness vs. God's coming wrath
3). Not recognizing the severity and magnitude of God's coming wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments
You repeatedly misapply scriptures regarding the gathering of the church vs. the Lord's return to the earth to establish His kingdom.
According to John 14:1-3, Jesus said that in His Father house were many dwelling places and He was going there to prepare a place for us. And He said that He was coming back to get the church to take us back to those places in the Father's house. The Father's house could be none other than heaven. 1 Thess.4:13-18 is detailed account of His return to get the church.
The gathering of the church
When the Lord appears to gather the church, He will at that time not be returning to the earth, but will call the church up, dead and alive, immortal and glorified, to meet Him in the air. At that time He will take the entire church, His bride, back to the Father's house as promised. This is when believers will be judged at the Bema seat of Christ, not for our sins, but for works done in the body.
The Lord's return to the earth to end the age
After completion of God's wrath via the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments have taken place, the Lord, along with those whom He will have previously gathered and the angels, will descend to the earth to end the age and establish His kingdom on the earth. This is the event that Matt.24:30-31 and Rev.1:7 is referring to and not the gathering of the church, which will have taken place several years prior.
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 and I Cor.15:51-53 is referring to the fulfilment of John 14:1-3 when the Lord appears in the atmosphere and calls up the church and take them back to the Father's house, which takes place prior to the opening of the first seal and which initiates God's wrath. These two scriptures have nothing to do with Matt.24:30-31.
In Matt.24:31, it is said that the angels will go out and will gather the elect from the four corners of the earth, which means that they will be gathering those who will have made it through the entire wrath of God alive. According to the parable in Matt.13:30, the weeds are collected first and taken to Armageddon to be killed by that double-edged sword that will proceed from the Lord's mouth, which is symbolic representing the word of God. At that time all the birds that will have been gathered together by that angel will gorge themselves on their flesh, as described in Rev.19:17
The wrath of God
Jesus took upon himself God's wrath that all believers deserve, satisfying it completely. When we believed, we were credited with the righteousness of Christ and reconciled to God, which means that we were brought back into a right relationship with Him. Therefore, God's wrath no longer rests upon the believer, not to mention that we have multiple scriptures which state that believers are not appointed to suffer God's wrath and will be kept out of it (Romans 5:9, I Thess.1:10, 5:9, Rev.3:10).
By the time the Lord returns to the earth to end the age, the majority of the earths population will have been decimated and all human government dismantled. This is supported by Matt.24:15-22, when Jesus said regarding that time period
"For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short."
If those days were allowed to go on any longer than the amount of time stated, no one on earth would be left alive. That is how bad that period is going to be, unequaled to any disaster that has previously taken place. All of this must happen prior to the Lord's return to the earth to end the age and you and others are saying that the Lord is going to put His church, His bride, those who have been credited with righteousness and reconciled to God, to be put through all of His wrath, right along with the wicked?
I can guarantee you that, God does not punish the righteous with the wicked. The church will be removed prior to God's coming wrath.