Another Look at the Rapture quoting from others

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

The very nature of the Tribulation precludes the church from going through any of it. The Tribulation is a time of wrath, judgment, indignation, darkness, destruction, and death. Paul wrote, "There is therefore now no condemnation (judgment) to those who are in Christ Jesus" (Rom.8:1). The church has been cleansed by the blood of Jesus and needs no other purification. We need cleansing and were cleansed through confession of sin and the blood of Jesus Christ, not personal suffering. "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness". (I John 1:9)
Also, study 2 Thess. 2. The believers are suffering persecution and they wanted to know whether the persecutions they endured were part of the Tribulation and Paul told them they would not go through the Tribulation. 2 Thess. 2:1-2 Paul tells them to not to be shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come" He write "that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition". The man of sin is the Antichrist and he has not appeared, "for the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains (hinders) will do so (keep hindering) until He is taken out of the way". The churc h is what is restraining Satan from presenting the Antichrist. When Jesus appears in the clouds of heaven to remove the church from earth, then Satan can accomplish his purpose of dominating the world - but not until the Rapture (church removed). The book of Revelation from the end of Jesus speaking of the church (Rev. 4:1) the church is mentioned no more. Also in Rev. John sees the 24 elders in Heaven wearing their Victors Crowns and wearing white robes. This could not be until after the Judgment Seat of Christ when we receive our crowns and rewards. Also, those who put the 7 seals on the scroll and Jesus (according to Jewish culture they used their rings to put in the scroll and Jesus tells us these are the pastors of the 7 churches and this happens in Heaven during the Tribulation . Also please read the exact way the Jewish wedding is conducted and consider while studying this that the church is the bride of Christ. Also the timing has to be correct for there to be time for the Judgment Seat of Christ and the Marriage Feast of the Lamb and both are only for believers. Prepare your heart and let the Holy Spirit teach you.