RAPTURE US

RAPTURE BEFORE TRIBULATION
What Is The Proof In Scripture And The Word
THE LORD HIMSELF SAID TO THE TRUE CHURCH "Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you out of the hour of trial, which is to come upon the whole world to test them that dwell upon the earth" (Rev.3:10).
FURTHERMORE (1) We are told by Christ our redemption can be at any moment and to look for Him. Thus if we think He can come after the start of the tribulation we will look for it and for the man of sin to appear. That would be in direct contradiction to standing ready in the now moment for Jesus to call us home. It would imply a sin has been committed by disregarding the promises of the Lord in scripture. (1Thess.4:13-18; Titus 2:13)

(2) The bride of Christ is not appointed to wrath and it is Christ who sends the judgments on the earth! Scripture is clear. (1Thess. 5:9; Rev.5:5).
"...behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll, and to loose it's seven seals." Rev.5:5 Luke 21:36 is insightful as well. Here the Lord says to the church: "Watch ye therefore,and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man".
This is further evidence that to be in Christ is to avoid the Tribulation.
The tribulation is a time of judgment and those who are in Christ are not subject to that fate. Those who dwell upon Earth at this time are Rev.3:10.
More evidence in 11Pet.2:9, when the Lord says to us: "The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation..." And in Rom.5:9"...we shall be saved from wrath through him".

God has His plan for the earth and His own and make no mistake: God will execute it according to His will. So that we know the following from scripture:

Until this time of "grace" is over the Holy Spirit restrains evil in the world. No nation can nor has authority from God to do so for no nation is saved and every human needs salvation through Christ. The church is the corporate vessel that The Spirit indwells. Once the church is removed from the earth evil will have its full day called "The Day of The Lord". It is called this because the Lord is suddenly acting on the earth in judgment. It is the darkest time in human history (1 Thess.5:2-3).

SEE 1Thess.5:1-9, where St.Paul CLEARLY indicates that the church will not go into the great darkness of the "Tribulation" which will suddenly come,"AS A THIEF IN THE NIGHT", upon a world that thinks it has peace and safety. 1 Thess.5:4. These times and seasons are not for the church (1 Thess.5:1).

The church is not in darkness. We are in the light (1 Thess.5:4-5).

We are not appointed to wrath (1 Thess.5:9).

We are to comfort one another with these truths (1 Thess.5:11).

These things (The Day of the Lord and Tribulation) cannot happen until the true church is removed from the earth (2 Thess.2:3; 2 Thess.2:1,3-12) ).

(3) The Spirit's outreach to the world during the tribulation is through 144,000 Jews who preach the "gospel of the kingdom" and a mighty angel who preaches the "Everlasting Gospel" which means God's judgment is at hand.(Rev.7:2-10).
They require a seal in their foreheads.
If they were the true church they would not need a seal; they would have the power of the Holy Spirit.

(4) No man knows the time when Christ will call the church up. According to scripture it can be at any moment. We are to serve in this sure hope we live by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Titus 2:13; Rev.22:12; 1Cor.15:51-52; Phil.3:20)
(5) The Holy Spirit, through the church, is restraining evil in our time, but the church will be, as a corporate body, removed before the veil is lifted from the man of sin who is possessed by Satan. One must precede the other. The man of sin, the anti-christ, does not surface until the tribulation of 7 years begins. The ministry of the Holy Spirit will then focus on saved Israelites and gentiles they convert(see again Rev.7:2-10). (2Thess.2:6-10)

(6) Remember that the hero's of the tribulation are Jew's and their gentile converts. The apostate church is in power and in bed with political anti-christ..

(7) Take note that in Rev.4:4 we see 24 church elders in heaven with crowns of gold BEFORE the tribulation begins. These church elders are seen up in heaven with others of the church being prepared for the marriage ceremony to the Lord while these tragic events are happening. Then see Rev.5:5-10 wherein the presence of the church elders is further identified BEFORE Christ unleashes the terrible judgments upon the earth. Scripture is clear: The church will be raptured before the tribulation.

(8) A good comparison in God's love and provision in the Old Testament is Noah and Lot. Noah was provided safety from the flood. Lot was removed from Sodom before God destroyed it. The church will be delivered by Jesus Christ ( Gen.6:3).

(9) In Revelation 7:13-14 John is asked a question by an elder (church designation) as to who this great multitude is that are arrayed in white robes and where did they come from?
John did not recognize them as the church, a group he would have a familiarity with and he says to the elder "you know". Then he is told they have come out of great tribulation and made their robes white by the blood of the Lamb (Jesus). Obviously this group are tribulation saints and not the church (Jn.10:16).

(10) Furthermore this group is seen in Heaven serving God in His temple. Note that this is the manner in which the Jews worship. There is no doubt: the church is with Jesus before the tribulation and is followed up by the tribulation saints (Rev.7:15).

"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, (Titus) 2:13 FINALLY OUR LORD TOLD US "DON'T LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED..."John 14:1

DEPEND ON CHRIST TO PROTECT HIS BRIDE AND BE FAITHFUL TO HER TO DO WHAT HE HAS PROMISED