Matt 24:29-31 seem to say this clearly.
Matthew 24:29_31 is referring to after the Tribulation -------this is referring to the Second coming of Christ ------the Rapture of the Church is another event which takes place before the Tribulation begins ---
29 “Right after the trouble of those days, this will happen:
‘The sun will become dark,
and the moon will not give light.
The stars will fall from the sky,
and everything in the sky will be changed.’[
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30 “Then there will be something in the sky that shows the Son of Man is coming. All the people of the world will cry.
Everyone will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds in the sky. He will come with power and great glory.
31 He will use a loud trumpet to send his angels all around the earth. They will gather his chosen people from every part of the earth.
Verse 31 _--tells you that the angels are sent to collect the people who have received Jesus During the Tribulation ------this is the separating the Sheep from the Goats --------
Your Psalms 46 ----
Is in the Old Testament and Jesus has not come yet ---------so God the Father deals with the people in the Old Testament Himself -------and this Psalm is all about God's protective power and availability of it ------God can be a refuge for His Chosen -----that is how I see this Scripture ------
This has nothing to do with the Rapture before the tribulation ------
your quote here
What about what 2 Thess. 2:1-10? It states clearly that we will not be raptured until the Man of sin is revealed (vs.3), which is the anti-Christ spoken of by Daniel the prophet (Matt 24:15 and Dan 11:31 12:11-12) and by Jesus Christ sent by the Angel of the LORD to tell John the Apostle to tell us in the book of Revelation (Rev.1-3 and the whole chapter 13.)
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this is 2 Thess-----Pay attention to what it says here --------the 1st verse ------Notice the little word AND ---these are 2 separate EVENTS ------the rapture and the second coming -----the man of Lawlesnees has to be revealed ---Here is speaking of the tribulation period -------
2 Thessalonians 2 NIV
The Man of Lawlessness
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Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ---and -----
our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
In the Old Testament ----the Law was in place -----the Curse was always in place ---under the law ---because no human could keep the laws ----
the Second Death was the only option for Israel
Jesus came and fulfilled the Law---so the Blessing could be in place ------Sin had to be dealt with as no Human could get into heaven with their Sin Nature ------So Jesus took all sin for all people ------Sin is no longer a issue ---Rejecting Jesus is the issue now ------also eternal Life had to be brought back as eternal death was in place for the Israelites -----So Jesus had to die and be resurrected so that He could defeate Eternal death -------and bring in Eternal LIFE -------
The Rapture that happens before the tribulation -----is now possible because of what Jesus did on the Cross ----that is the only thing that needed to happen before the Saints could be CAUGHT UP IN THE AIR to be with Jesus and be taken out of God's wrath ------
The saints are spared God's Wrath in the last Days ------that is what I believe ----just like many believe the Saints will be here for the tribulation --
which makes no sense as it is God's last try to save as many people as possible -------Why would the saints have to go through the tribulation to be saved --when they are already Saved ------
And Jesus brings the Saints and His Angels upon His second Coming ------to do battle with Satan -----that is scriptural -----here see verse 13------the Saints have to be with Jesus to come with Him ---and it says ALL SAINTS ---not just some Saints -------
1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 ESV
Timothy's Encouraging Report
6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers,[
a] in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Also there is this in Revelation ---verse 10 -----this is the obedient Church -------all the other Churches had issues of disobedience ------
10 Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere],
I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.
I say --------this is talking the Tribulation here ------that is God's Wrath that is coming on the Whole Earth
Revelation 3 -----AMP -----
Message to Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in [
a]Philadelphia write:
“These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He who has the key [to the house] of David, He who opens and no one will [be able to] shut, and He who shuts and no one opens:
8 ‘I know your deeds. See, I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut, for you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not renounced
or denied My name. 9 Take note, I will make
those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet and
make them know [without any doubt] that I have loved you.
10 Because you have kept the word of My endurance [My command to persevere],
I will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial, that hour which is about to come on the whole [inhabited] world, to test those who live on the earth.
11 I am coming quickly. Hold tight what you have, so that no one will take your crown [by leading you to renounce the faith]. 12 He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a [
b]pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name. 13 He who has an ear, let him hear
and heed what the Spirit says to the churches.’
Your Quote here
I just want to remind the Saints what the Word actually says and encourage all to look into all things
This is Good advice ----but you need to read the Context and research things because you are taking Scripture out of there context and getting the wrong message ---you need to read the whole passage so my advice to People is to read the Chapter in full and research what the scripture is actually saying ----
The passages your quoting are for the Second coming not the Rapture ------
And the day of Christ is talking about the Rapture ------
this is from Got Questions -----it might clear things for you
https://www.gotquestions.org/day-of-Christ.html
The day of Christ points to the time when our struggles end and victory over sin and death is no longer a promise, but a glorious reality. We believe the day of Christ begins at the rapture of the church and continues through the millennial reign.
The day of Christ is a time of lavish promises fulfilled and decisive victories achieved—a time when believers no longer walk by faith but by sight, for our enemies will be our Lord’s footstool (
Psalm 110:1).
