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7 reasons the church
will not go through the tribulation
Posted on June 7, 2015
The rapture versus the great tribulation has been a very divisive
subject for many years because men have bent and twisted the
scriptures to support their personal doctrines. I do not want
to bend or twist them any way so I am going to quote passages
and leave the teaching to Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
The key is that Jesus Christ will catch the church away at the
rapture. We will meet the Lord in the clouds and be with Him
forever. He will not come to Earth at that time. This is not
the second coming.
Then after the great tribulation, He will come to Earth in judgment
taking vengeance on the wicked. Then he will reign on Earth for
a thousand years. This is the second coming.
Here is a classic illustration by Clarence Larkin that demonstrates
the difficulty of interpreting future prophecies. From each valley,
we only see the next mountain peak. From each mountain peak,
we can see a little farther. It is only by faith that we can
believe what we cannot see, because faith is confidence in what
we hope for and assurance about what we do not see (Heb 11:1).
https://www.bibletruths.org/7-reasons-the-church-will-not-go-through-the-tribulation/
- 10 Reasons the Church
will not be in the Great Tribulation
The Church will not be in the great tribulation. The great tribulation
period is the time when God pours His wrath to a disobedient
world; the same period when Antichrist reigns.
Mt 24:21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor
ever shall be.
See who is the Antichrist and Antichrist reign
The great tribulation is a 7 years period as prophesied by Daniel.
See the last week of Daniel 70 weeks prophecy.
The great tribulation is not for the church but for
the house of Jacob (the Jews) and judgment time for the disobedient
world. Reason it is rightly called the time of Jacob's trouble.
Jer 30:7: Alas! for that day is great, so that none is
like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall
be saved out of it.
At that time, God will only be protecting the Jews from His wrath.
God (Jesus Christ) is the great eagle
Ex 19:4: You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,
and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
We see God giving the Jews wings of a great eagle.
Rev 12:14: And to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half
a time, from the face of the serpent.
The great tribulation is what is described in Revelation chapter
6 to 19. See study of the Book of Revelation https://www.christiantruthcenter.com/10-reasons-the-church-
- will-not-be-in-the-great-tribulation/
7 Bible Verses about
Tribulation Saints
1 Thessalonians 1:10
"And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from
the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which
have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with
the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord."
1 Thessalonians 5:9
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation
by our Lord Jesus Christ,"
Revelation 3:10
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also
will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come
upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."
Matthew 25:31-46
"Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of man shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon
the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all
nations: and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye
gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was
a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was
sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto
me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked,
and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them,
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and
in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or
a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister
unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto
you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these,
ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
Revelation 7:9-10
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which
no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a
loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb."
Revelation 7:14
"And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to
me, These are they which came out of great tribulation,
and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood
of the Lamb. https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Tribulation-Saints
The Tribulation Saints
Who Missed the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
The rejection and even hatred for the truth of a Pre-Tribulation
Rapture has exploded over the church world.
The spirit of apostasy rejects any truth that demands a set apart
lifestyle of righteousness. Even the great majority of those
that believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture have been swayed
to think that "Godliness" is not a prerequisite for
being part of the Bride. Never in church history until this "Laodicean
Age" has sin been coddled and promoted by the very leaders
of Christendom. Wake up time could occur any moment when the
"left behind" multitude realizes that the Bride of
Christ is gone with the Bridegroom.
The Book of Revelation is a literal book and nothing is clearer
than the company of Tribulation saints in Revelation Seven. This
great multitude will certainly include former heathens, Moslems,
and persons of every persuasion but the greatest part will be
from the church world of careless church members. Children, young
people, and young adults that rejected fundamental truths of
purity and separation will be broken-hearted that they missed
the Brideship of Christ. The greatest honor on this earth is
to be part of the Bride and live in the "New Jerusalem."
The Tribulation saints will not have this honor.
Look at this warning that the church world pays no attention
to: "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot:
I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because
thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need
of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable,
and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold
tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment,
that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou
mayest see." (Revelation 3:15-18) There are no words
to make this truth more perfectly evident. Why do the prophesy
teachers not warn the lukewarm church world?
No picture in the Book of Revelation is more graphic than this
multitude of dying or dead saints, martyred for their faith in
Jesus Christ. This vast number is clearly the multitudes that
missed the Rapture but repented and became willing sacrifices
for Christ. This scene shows up first in Chapters Six almost
as soon as the Seven Years of the Great Tribulation begins.
When the Lamb of God had opened the fifth seal, the text tells
us what John saw. "I saw under the altar the souls of them
that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which
they held…" (Revelation 6:9b) They were physically
dead but yet alive. They had been martyred but were now awaiting
their resurrection. Their death had been so gruesome that even
in this glorious place and clearly beyond the instrument of their
death they were pained to remember how they died. John saw and
heard as they cried aloud. "And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge
and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" (Revelation
6:10) What a breathtaking Vision.
I know of no place in
Scripture where the dead had not forgotten the suffering that
preceded their death. But this is the Great Tribulation of which
Jesus said, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as
was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor
ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there
should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days
shall be shortened." (Matthew 24:21-22) Their death
had been horrific. They had been molested, mutilated and finally
murdered.
John saw them given "white robes" and told to rest
and await as the carnage continued on the earth. These were the
first to turn to Jesus Christ and die by the "One World
Religious System" and the government powers of the "One
World Order". These already put to death or martyred for
their new found surrender could rejoice that death has spared
them from the ongoing calamity on earth. John wrote what he saw
happen to them. "And white robes were given unto every one
of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet
for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled."
(Revelation 6:11)
http://www.pawcreek.org/the-tribulation-saints-who-missed-the-pre-tribulation-raptur
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