The reason there seems to be so much debate over a pre-trib,
mid-trib (pre-wrath), post-trib rapture
is because the Holy Scriptures support all three views.
There are actually three raptures. Please read on.
We'll begin by taking a close look at Hanokh
Hanokh was a foreshadowing of a pre-trib rapture.
Genesis Ch 5:24 Hanokh walked with God, and then
he wasn't there, because God took him.
Hebrews Ch 11: 5 By trusting, Hanokh was taken away
from this life without seeing death -
"He was not to be found, because God took him away"
- for he has been attested as having been, prior to being
taken away, well pleasing to God.
Hanokh was taken before the flood. Pre-trib.
Next we'll look at Eliyahu
Eliyahu is a foreshadowing of a mid-trib rapture.
Eliyahu suffered great persecution before being
taken up
to Heaven. He also prayed that it would not rain
for 3 1/2 years. Sometimes after the 3 1/2 years ended
(we don't know when) Eliyhau was taken up to Heaven.
1 Kings Ch 18: 10 As ADONAI your God lives,
there can't be a single nation or kingdom where
my master hasn't sent to search you out; and in
each kingdom or nation where they said,
'He isn't here,' he made them take an oath that they hadn't
found you
1 Kings Ch 19: 10 He answered, "I have been
very zealous for ADONAI the God of armies,
because the people of Isra'el have abandoned
your covenant, broken down your altars and
killed your prophets with the sword. Now I'm
the only one left, and they're coming after me to
kill me too."
Finally we will look at YESHUA MESSIAH
YESHUA MESSIAH is a foreshadowing of a
post-trib rapture. After all of G-D's Wrath had been
poured out on YESHUA and YESHUA suffered
death but G-D rose HIM from the dead, YESHUA
ascended into Heaven.
John Ch 18:11 Yeshua said to Kefa, "Put your sword
back in its scabbard! This is the cup the
Father has given me; am I not to drink it?"
Acts Ch 1: 9 After saying this, he was taken up
before their eyes; and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Now we have to investigate the scriptures that are
most misunderstood and attach the scriptures
to the proper timeline.
1Thessalonlian Ch 4: 16 For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven with a rousing cry,
with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with
God's shofar; those who died united with the
Messiah will be the first to rise;
17 Then we who are left still alive will be
caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.
This is not the pre-trib rapture. This rapture is
connected to Matthew Ch 24:
Matthew Ch 24: 30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man
will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will
mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.
31 He will send out his angels with a great shofar;
and they will gather together his chosen people from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Pay close attention to Matthew 24:29 first:
"But immediately following the trouble of those
times, the sun will grow dark, the moon will
stop shining, the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers in heaven will be shaken
After the trouble of those times YESHUA
comes on the clouds of Heaven, not before.
Now we will connect Matthew Ch 24: 30-31
and 1 Thessalonians Ch 4:6-17 to Revelation Ch 1
Revelation Ch 1: 7 Look! He is coming with
the clouds! Every eye will see him, including
those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the Land will mourn him. Yes! Amen!
Let's go further and connect all of the beautiful
books and verses to Zechariah Ch 12
Zechariah Ch 12: 10 and I will pour out on the house
of David and on those living in Yerushalayim a spirit
of grace and prayer; and they will look to me, whom
they pierced." They will mourn for him as one mourns
for an only son; they will be in bitterness on his behalf
like the bitterness for a firstborn son.
This is the Post-trib rapture
What about the mid-trib?
Lets take a close look at Revelation Ch 6 and 14
We will first look at the 6th Seal:
Revelation Ch 6: 12 Then I watched as he broke
the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake,
the sun turned black as sackcloth worn in mourning,
and the full moon became blood-red.
13 The stars fell from heaven to earth just as a fig
tree drops its figs when shaken by a strong wind.
14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up,
and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Then the earth's kings, the rulers, the generals,
the rich and the mighty - indeed, everyone, slave and free -
hid himself in caves and among the rocks in the mountains,
16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us,
and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the
throne and from the fury of the Lamb!
17 For the Great Day of their fury has come,
and who can stand?"
The Seals are not G-D's Wrath. The Seals are a
period of prosecution against G-D's people.
G-D's Wrath begins after the Seals.
Now, let us look at Luke Ch 17
Luke Ch 17: 26 "Also, at the time of the
Son of Man, it will be just as it was at the time of Noach.
27 People ate and drank, and men and women
married, right up until the day Noach entered
the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise, as it was in the time of Lot --
people ate and drank, bought and sold, planted
and built;
29 But the day Lot left S'dom, fire and sulfur
rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 That is how it will be on the day the
Son of Man is revealed.
31 On that day, if someone is on the roof
with his belongings in his house, he must
not go down to take them away. Similarly,
if someone is in the field, he must not turn back --
Pay very close attention to verses 30 and 31.
We see YESHUA saying that is how it will
be on the day the Son of Man is Revealed
(Revelation Ch 6:17). Now we connect Luke
Ch 17: 31 to Matthew Ch 24:
Matthew Ch 24: 15 "So when you see the
abomination that causes devastation spoken
about through the prophet Dani'el standing
in the Holy Place" (let the reader understand the allusion),
16 "that will be the time for those in Y'hudah
to escape to the hills.
17 If someone is on the roof, he must not go down
to gather his belongings from his house;
18 If someone is in the field, he must not turn
back to get his coat.
So we clearly learn from this that the Abomination
of the Desolation doesn't take place until
the sixth seal.
When does the mid-trib rapture happen?
Revelation Ch 14: 14 Then I looked, and there
before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud
was someone like a Son of Man with a gold
crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
15 Another angel came out of the Temple and
shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, "
Start using your sickle to reap, because
the time to reap has come - the earth's harvest is ripe!"
16 The one sitting on the cloud swung his
sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
(Remember: In Revelation Ch 6 we're
taught this in verse 15: Then the earth's kings,
the rulers, the generals, the rich and the
mighty - indeed, everyone, slave and free - hid himself
in caves and among the rocks in the mountains
--if there are any believers on the earth
why would they be hiding? They wouldn't be).
Now, what about the pre-trib rapture?
It is taught that Corinthians Ch 15 is the
part of the pre-trib rapture. That is not true.
Let's take a look
1 Corinthians Ch 15: 52 It will take but a moment,
the blink of an eye, at the final shofar.
For the shofar will sound, and the dead will
be raised to live forever, and we too will be changed.
Okay, first, let's explore the 'Final Shofar'.
This is the final shofar at the end of YESHUA'S
Millennial Kingdom, not before.
The dead will be raised to live forever. People will be born
and die on earth during YESHUA'S Millennial Kingdom.
You notice that Paul says the 'Dead'.
This means the Righteous and the wicked to be judge:
Revelation Ch 20: 11 Next I saw a great white
throne and the One sitting on it. Earth and
heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.
12 And I saw the dead, both great and small,
standing in front of the throne. Books were
opened; and another book was opened,
the Book of Life; and the dead were judged
from what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
When does the pre-trib rapture happen?
Revelation Ch 12:5 She gave birth to a son,
a male child, the one who will rule all the
nations with a staff of iron. But her child
was snatched up to God and his throne;
The idea that the 'Bride' is raptured and we
attend a wedding feast is not true. Why would we
be attending a wedding feast when our
brother and sisters who come to faith during
the great tribulation (persecution) are
being killed? We will be praying for them.
The great persecution starts when the
dragon is thrown out of Heaven
Revelation Ch 12: 17 The dragon was
infuriated over the woman and went off to
fight the rest of her children, those who
obey God's commands and bear witness to Yeshua.
The male child--the Body of YESHUA--is raptured.
I want to teach that it's vital to understand
the importance of the scriptures concerning
the raptures. This is my personal belief.
Many may not agree--and no one has too.
I'm simply sharing in order to offer a
broader view that may help some people
put a few missing pieces together.
We are all learning as we go. No one is perfect and no one
has all the answers. We are here to
encourage, love and help each other.
In love and in YESHUA'S Precious Name.
Shalom and Blessings.
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