Is a Pre-Trib Rapture of the Church required to save believers from Wrath?
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In the Great Tribulation,
Are Believers
Saved from experiencing Tribulation
or
Saved from the Wrath of God?
And is this "saving" by means of a Pre-Trib Rapture
of all the believers,
or some other form of "Escape" or "Protection"?
We need to look more closely at the actual words WRATH and TRIBULATION in context.
Let us look at the Four verses I've heard used,
to see why they are NOT talking about Christians
being spared the time of the Great Tribulation.
I Thessalonians 1:10 we read,
and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead,
even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Romans 5:9 we read,
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
I Thessalonians 5:9 and 10 we read,
For God did not appoint us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who died for us,
that whether we wake or sleep,
we should live together with Him.
II Thessalonians 2:7 and 8 we read,
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work;
only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
And then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth
and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
So, God has shown He can protect His elect,
at the same time as pouring out wrath
or judgement on the unbelieving ones.
It is simply a misunderstanding of the words, wrath and tribulation.
And ignoring other verses on the topic.
My main "point" is that the Wrath of God is the final bowls
( lasting a very short period of time at the end of the Trib ),
and God can "protect" the few remaining believers
from these "plagues",
just as he did the children of Israel in Egypt,
and
The real "wrath of God" that believers are spared from is the Second Death
( for those not found written in the Book of Life )
who will suffer the wages of sin
( Death, Destruction, or Perish in the lake of fire )
at the great white throne judgement.
And we ( believers )
will enjoy the gift of everlasting life.
Romans 6:23 we read,
For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In conclusion:
We need to realize that Tribulation has been going on for the last 2,000+ years,
and that word is used in reference to believers over 40 times in the New Testament.
As Jesus clearly tells us
In John 16:33
These things I have spoken to you,
that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation;
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
The "Great Tribulation" is a specific 3 1/2 year period at the very "end"
just prior to the return of Christ
to rule and reign for 1,000 years on Earth.
And it is upon His visible return,
that we are to be resurrected
or if living at that time,
to be changed in a twinkling of the eye.
For more on that,
please check out some of my other posts and videos.
And for those who might want to look deeper into the subject,
I would recommend this Book by Robert H. Gundry,
The Church And The Tribulation.
He address all the theories and scripture
on the subject of whether the Church is to be on the Earth
During the Great Tribulation.
Oh! And the answer would be a definite YES.
So, stay alert and be watching
so you are NOT taken by surprise when it happens.