How the Pre-Trib Rapture Became Popular in the Modern Church

That response....comes as the result of shoddy scholarship. TDW has just schooled you man. The thing is...are you willing to RECEIVE the lesson?

"You want me to answer some questions within parameters I don't agree to."
Lucy....how in the world is that not prejudicial?

As for me, I was not a pre-tribber to start with and then went hunting for (and ignoring) Scriptures to accommodate my views.

I was waiting on a

You are correct. But no retracing of steps if there is wilful ignorance to begin with.

Silly memes are not answers buddy. Why is it the post-tribbers have none, and pre-tribbers have them ALL?

You know...like the obvious fact of the identity of the 24 elders. And why the Church is nowhere to be found or shown preaching after the opening of the very first seal.

I mean DavidTree thinks that Matt 23:39 is a declaration that will be made by Christians. Uttery preposterous......

No, it's biblical scholarship. Anything else is wrong and amateur.

Can we at least post tribbles?

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Adding to and taking away fro Scripture is not comparing scripture to scripture

The First Resurrection is in Revelation ch 20 - no pre-trib - stop believing and promoting a lie

Just to let you know they have done animal studies. Evidently unconsciousness occurs in about 3 seconds. Somewhere between 2.5 and 3.2 seconds......

Conflicting positions on the timing of the rapture? No you've got that all wrong. Scripture is impeccably clear on the matter. It occurs before the man of sin is revealed.....at the opening of seal number one. Before the 70th week of Daniel begins. In other words pre-trib.

Pure confusion. It says the APOSTASY happens before the revealing of man of sin, not the RAPTURE. If you want to depart in the Apostasy, go right ahead. The rest of us will partiently endure in faith, not becoming Apostates, and wait for real rapture when the great trib has ended.

You just got schooled my dear. With some top-notch scholarship. And tragically you have rejected it.

On the other hand I have received this important word study and now understand this teaching and have fully appropriated it. God willing should the opportunity arise, I shall pass it on to others for their edification.

Sloppy to many, yet sublime to others my dear.....
Yes at times they make my head hurt......but in a good way.....

Scholarship and false teaching by adding to God's words will certainly bring His full attention when you stand before Him.

i noticed that you never accepted the words of our Lord in 1 Thessalonians ch 4 and in Revelation ch 6 and ch 20.

We, who trust and believe His words, seek not the praises of men.

If I should "answer" this post like you generally tend to "answer" my posts, it would probably go something like this:

So - what exactly does 'cv5' mean anyway?

I have yet to see any evidence at all, not even the slightest glimmer, that would convince me that you possess an understanding of the true richness and glorious import of those Scriptures in the fullness of their context.

And to make matters worse you have TDW as your own personal tutor....FREE OF CHARGE, on call 24 seven. And you still don't get it....!

Sounds like you're out of answers eh? Yes, pre-tribbers have an uncanny knack of disarming their adversaries rather quickly.

This phenomenon happens inevitably on every single rapture thread on Christian chat. Nothing new under the sun.

No - but you [surely] have seen me post the "straight answer" you were asking about several times by now...

So - what kind of game are you playing?

(You must be; otherwise, you are REALLY not paying attention...?)