Watchman Report May 4, 2021 "Evidence for the Pre-Tribulation Rapture"

 

THE EVIDENCES FOR THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE

1. SCRIPTURE

1 Thessalonians 4:17

New King James Version

¹⁷ 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.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

New King James Version

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Revelation 3:10

New King James Version

¹⁰ Because you have kept ^[a]My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

New King James Version

⁹ For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

AND THERE ARE OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES POINTING TO A PRE-TRIB RAPTURE

2. SYMBOLIC

GOD’S HISTORY OF REMOVING PEOPLE

A. ENOCH

B. NOAH

C.    LOT & HIS FAMILY

D. REHAB & HER FAMILY @ JERICHO

E.    GALILEAN WEDDING FEAST

3. LOGICAL

A. RAPTURE AT THE END OF THE GREAT TRIB MAKES NO SENSE; WE GO UP & THEN COME DOWN FOR YESHUA’S SECOND COMING?

B. TRIBULATION SAINTS ENTER THE   MILLENNIUM WITH GLORIFIED BODIES;   THAT MAKES NO SENSE; HENCE THEY   CANNOT REPRODUCE; THEN WHERE DO   ALL THE MILLENNIAL CHILDREN COME   FROM? WE KNOW FROM SCRIPTURE THE   TRIBULATION SAINTS DO NOT HAVE   GLORIFIED BODIES

C.     THE CHURCH IS CHRIST’S BRIDE. WOULD      YOU PUT YOUR BRIDE THROUGH THE       GREAT TRIBULATION? WILL CHRIST BEAT   UP HIS BRIDE FOR 7 YEARS?

D. THE WEDDING FEAST OCCURS AFTER THE   GREAT TRIBULATION

E.  WE ARE ALREADY SAVED, SO WHY DO WE   HAVE TO THROUGH THE GREAT TRIBULATION? CHRIST’S BRIDE IS ALREADY PURIFIED