Verses confirming Pretribulation Rapture

Martha · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 19 Location: TN

VERSES THAT DEFINE THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE

JUDE 14
JOHN 14:1-3
ACTS 1:11
REVELATION 22:20
ROMANS 16:25
1 Corinthians 2:7
EPHESIANS 1:9-10
EPHESIANS 3:9
I THESS. 1:10 – 2:19 – 3:13 – 4:15 – 5:23 – 4:15-17
EPHESIANS 1:9-10

“CAUGHT UP” HARPAZO IN GREEK – REPERE IN LATIN

A MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH: DEUT. 32:21
THE NEW NATION: MATT. 21:43; ROMANS 9:24-25; 1 PETER 2:9-10; ISAIAH 11:10; ISAIAH 42:6; ISAIAH 60:3; 60:5;61:9;66:19; MALACHI 1:1.

PAUL’S REVELATION

I THESS. 4:15-18
2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-4
MATT. 25:6; 30
JOHN 5:28
DANIEL 8:16;9:21:10:13;12:1
JUDE 9
REVELATION 2:7;12:7
2 CORINTHIANS 15:51-52
EPHESIANS 2:2 SATAN’S DOMINION
HEBREWS 12:1
JOHN 14:1-3
I CORINTHIANS 15:5 – 1:7
COLOSSIANS 3:4
2 THESS. 2:1 – 1:7; 2:9
TITUS 2:13
1 PETER 4:13 – 1:13
PHILLIAPINS 1:26
JAMES 5:7
LUKE 12:37-38,56
HEBREW 9:28
EXODUS 19 (A PREVIEW OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH)
JOHN 11:25-26
MATT. 25:30
2 PETER 3:3

Luke 21:35 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man”.
The Jews were to flee the wrath to come (Luke 3:7); the wrath of God is reserved for God‘s enemies (Nahum 1:2); the wrath is revealed against the ungodly (Romans 1:1 Cool

; the righteous are not appointed to wrath (1 Thess. 5:9).

The scriptures that reveal escape from God’s wrath: Isaiah 13:9; Nahum 1:2; Matthew 3:7; John 3:36; Romans 1:18; Ephesians 5:6. Note the wrath is for the unrighteous, the ungodly, and the sinner. Romans 2:5-9.

The New Testament promises deliverance from wrath: Luke 21:36; 1 Thess. 1”10; 1 Thess. 5:9-10; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 5:6. Escaped from, delivered from and saved from the wrath to come.

Reasons to believe in Pretribulation Rapture Rev.3 & 4 – the change of structure and content between (1) Rev. Deals with what was, is and is to come (Rev. 1:4). What was (Christ’s resurrection) what is (the church) and is to come ((judgments). Rev. Chapters 2 & 3 address 7 churches in Asia (located in Turkey) – and these reveal the 7 blessings to the overcomers, then a shift from the church to things in heaven between chapters 3 -4.
Rev. 4:1 “After this (the churches) AI looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”.
Church not mentioned from Chapter 4 of Revelation until chapter 19.
“Rev. 4:4 “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold”. Elders mentioned 12 times from chapter 4-19 and they are in Heaven dressed in white raiment of righteous saints. They have crowns (victor’s crowns) which we do not receive until the Judgment Seat of Christ. The elders are overcomers because of the type of crown they wear.
“And Jesus said unto them. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, he also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 12 apostles will judge the church from the doctrine of the New Covenant; the 12 sons of Jacob will represent the Old Testament saints – the elders say, “Thou hast redeemed us...” 12 names of apostles carved in the city foundations & the 12 names of the sons of Jacob carved on the 12 gate.
IF THE APOSTLES ARE ON THRONES, THERE HAS BEEN A RESURECTION.
The 7 sealed book Rev. 5:1 – “And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.” The scrolls: a legal & personal document; sealed with a special wax seal and a signet ring; opened only by the proper authorities. There are 7 seals & 7 churches.
The number 7 – God’s number for perfection or completion: 7 days then the Sabbath; 7th month more sacred than the others; every 7th year was a Sabbatical; 70 times 7 was a completed cycle for Israel; there is a Sabbath weeks rest (7 years) for the church & the Sabbath of the Messiah’s kingdom will last for 1000 yrs. There is rest for God’s people (Hebrews 4:9-10). This time of rest will be our 7 years in heaven while the tribulation is occurring on earth, followed by the day of the Lord, the 1000 yr. reign of Christ on earth (Rev. 20:4). “For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
The elect and the saints spoken of in Revelation during the Tribulation are the elect and saints of God not the elect or saints (the church) of Jesus Christ – we are in Heaven for our rest!
FIVE REASONS I BELIEVE IN THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE:
1. God has not appointed us to wrath (1 Thess. 5:9).
2. The church is not mentioned after chapter 3 in the book of Revelation.
3. The tribulation is a time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) trouble. (Gen. 29)
4. The theme in the Scripture is that the righteous can escape the wrath. (Luke21:36 & Rev. 14:1).
5. God seals what is His. (Eph. 1:13-14) & a Jewish remnant is sealed with the seal of God (Re
VERSES THAT DEFINE THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE

JUDE 14
JOHN 14:1-3
ACTS 1:11
REVELATION 22:20
ROMANS 16:25
1 Corinthians 2:7
EPHESIANS 1:9-10
EPHESIANS 3:9
I THESS. 1:10 – 2:19 – 3:13 – 4:15 – 5:23 – 4:15-17
EPHESIANS 1:9-10

“CAUGHT UP” HARPAZO IN GREEK – REPERE IN LATIN

A MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH: DEUT. 32:21
THE NEW NATION: MATT. 21:43; ROMANS 9:24-25; 1 PETER 2:9-10; ISAIAH 11:10; ISAIAH 42:6; ISAIAH 60:3; 60:5;61:9;66:19; MALACHI 1:1.

PAUL’S REVELATION

I THESS. 4:15-18
2 CORINTHIANS 12:1-4
MATT. 25:6; 30
JOHN 5:28
DANIEL 8:16;9:21:10:13;12:1
JUDE 9
REVELATION 2:7;12:7
2 CORINTHIANS 15:51-52
EPHESIANS 2:2 SATAN’S DOMINION
HEBREWS 12:1
JOHN 14:1-3
I CORINTHIANS 15:5 – 1:7
COLOSSIANS 3:4
2 THESS. 2:1 – 1:7; 2:9
TITUS 2:13
1 PETER 4:13 – 1:13
PHILLIAPINS 1:26
JAMES 5:7
LUKE 12:37-38,56
HEBREW 9:28
EXODUS 19 (A PREVIEW OF THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH)
JOHN 11:25-26
MATT. 25:30
2 PETER 3:3

Luke 21:35 “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man”.
The Jews were to flee the wrath to come (Luke 3:7); the wrath of God is reserved for God‘s enemies (Nahum 1:2); the wrath is revealed against the ungodly (Romans 1:1 Cool

; the righteous are not appointed to wrath (1 Thess. 5:9).

The scriptures that reveal escape from God’s wrath: Isaiah 13:9; Nahum 1:2; Matthew 3:7; John 3:36; Romans 1:18; Ephesians 5:6. Note the wrath is for the unrighteous, the ungodly, and the sinner. Romans 2:5-9.

The New Testament promises deliverance from wrath: Luke 21:36; 1 Thess. 1”10; 1 Thess. 5:9-10; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 5:6. Escaped from, delivered from and saved from the wrath to come.

Reasons to believe in Pretribulation Rapture Rev.3 & 4 – the change of structure and content between (1) Rev. Deals with what was, is and is to come (Rev. 1:4). What was (Christ’s resurrection) what is (the church) and is to come ((judgments). Rev. Chapters 2 & 3 address 7 churches in Asia (located in Turkey) – and these reveal the 7 blessings to the overcomers, then a shift from the church to things in heaven between chapters 3 -4.
Rev. 4:1 “After this (the churches) AI looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter”.
Church not mentioned from Chapter 4 of Revelation until chapter 19.
“Rev. 4:4 “And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold”. Elders mentioned 12 times from chapter 4-19 and they are in Heaven dressed in white raiment of righteous saints. They have crowns (victor’s crowns) which we do not receive until the Judgment Seat of Christ. The elders are overcomers because of the type of crown they wear.
“And Jesus said unto them. Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, he also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 12 apostles will judge the church from the doctrine of the New Covenant; the 12 sons of Jacob will represent the Old Testament saints – the elders say, “Thou hast redeemed us...” 12 names of apostles carved in the city foundations & the 12 names of the sons of Jacob carved on the 12 gate.
IF THE APOSTLES ARE ON THRONES, THERE HAS BEEN A RESURECTION.
The 7 sealed book Rev. 5:1 – “And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.” The scrolls: a legal & personal document; sealed with a special wax seal and a signet ring; opened only by the proper authorities. There are 7 seals & 7 churches.
The number 7 – God’s number for perfection or completion: 7 days then the Sabbath; 7th month more sacred than the others; every 7th year was a Sabbatical; 70 times 7 was a completed cycle for Israel; there is a Sabbath weeks rest (7 years) for the church & the Sabbath of the Messiah’s kingdom will last for 1000 yrs. There is rest for God’s people (Hebrews 4:9-10). This time of rest will be our 7 years in heaven while the tribulation is occurring on earth, followed by the day of the Lord, the 1000 yr. reign of Christ on earth (Rev. 20:4). “For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
The elect and the saints spoken of in Revelation during the Tribulation are the elect and saints of God not the elect or saints (the church) of Jesus Christ – we are in Heaven for our rest!
FIVE REASONS I BELIEVE IN THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE:
1. God has not appointed us to wrath (1 Thess. 5:9).
2. The church is not mentioned after chapter 3 in the book of Revelation.
3. The tribulation is a time of Jacob’s (Israel’s) trouble. (Gen. 29)
4. The theme in the Scripture is that the righteous can escape the wrath. (Luke21:36 & Rev. 14:1).
5. God seals what is His. (Eph. 1:13-14) & a Jewish remnant is sealed with the seal of God (Re