As the newscasters, police, and lawyers are always saying, you are welcome to have your own opinions, but you are not allowed to make up your own facts. This really holds true when it comes to the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory.
Marner and I have listened to several pastors, teachers, and video bloggers recently who claim to believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Theory. They even read over some of the Scriptures I’ve included below in this study. But one thing I’ve noticed over the last several decades is that pre-trib rapture theorists NEVER explain the timing of the Rapture as it is revealed in the Scriptures. If you’re trying to teach a doctrine from Scripture, and you leave out some of the key foundational facts, you are teaching heresy, not truth. I don’t like that approach, and I’m sure Yeshua doesn’t like people twisting or leaving out Scripture when they teach. Let’s take a look at a few examples of some Rapture Scriptures.
Matthew 24:29, “But immediately after the Tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the asteroids will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.”
Mark 13:24, “But after the Tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,”
In Matthew 24:29 and Mark 13:24, these verses clearly state, the unambiguous term, “AFTER” the Tribulation. The word “AFTER” sets the timing for the Scriptures that follow those verses. And what follows is Yeshua’s own teaching on the resurrection and rapture of the saints. Mat. 24:31 and Mark 13:27 are clearly resurrection/rapture teaching. Why do the pre-trib rapture theorists leave the timing information out of their so-called pre-trib rapture teachings? Are they trying to skip school just before the final exam? No final exam, no diploma. Yeshua makes it very clear that we WILL NOT HEAR the resurrection/rapture trumpet BEFORE the Tribulation, let alone the Great Tribulation.
1 Corinthians 15:52, “We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”
1 Corinthians 15 is one of the Apostle Paul’s teachings on the resurrection and rapture, as Messiah Yeshua revealed it to him. There is a clear timing Scripture stated in verse 52, “at the last trumpet.” Why do the pre-tribulation rapture theorists skip over that portion of Scripture? We hear them read that verse on live TV or Youtube videos, and they NEVER explain the timing words revealed here. Folks, the last trumpet is the LAST TRUMPET. We will not be resurrected or raptured BEFORE the first trumpet, or at ANY TRUMPET SOUNDING BEFORE the LAST TRUMPET. Use your logical mind here and understand that IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAR THE LAST TRUMPET BEFORE the first trumpet. According to Scripture, it is a FACT, that there is NO Pre-Tribulation Resurrection/Rapture.
Another point to make here is that the pre-tribbers are quick to state that the Rapture is Imminent and there are no signs that happen before the Resurrection/Rapture. That is heretical teaching. The sign is the sound of the LAST TRUMPET AFTER the Tribulation, NOT BEFORE the Tribulation. The Scriptures are clear, why is their teaching not clear?
Revelation 11:15, “Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices spoke in Heaven, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of Yehowah and of his Messiah! He will reign forever and ever!””
The resurrection/rapture CANNOT happen BEFORE at least the 7th trumpet of Revelation 11:15.
Revelation 20:4-5, “Then I saw thrones. Seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of emissaries who had been beheaded for the testimony of Yeshua and for the word of Yehowah. They had not worshiped the beast or his image, and they had refused to receive the mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life, and they reigned with Messiah for a thousand years. 5 This is the first resurrection, but the rest of the dead did not come to life, until the thousand years were ended.”
Revelation 20:4-5 makes it very clear that TRIBULATION believers are included in the FIRST RESURRECTION. If that’s the first resurrection, that’s the FIRST AND ONLY RAPTURE!! Tribulation believers here passed their FINAL EXAM and received their reward, an immortal body, everlasting life, and the privilege of reigning with Messiah Yeshua for 1,000 years on earth. The FIRST resurrection/rapture DOES NOT HAPPEN BEFORE the Tribulation. Scripture does not allow you to separate the First Resurrection from the First and only Rapture!
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, “We do not want you to misunderstand, brethren and sistren, about those who are dead, so that you do not grieve like the rest who do not have certainty about the future. 14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so Yehowah will bring with Yeshua emissaries who have died in him. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left at the coming of Yeshua, will surely not precede emissaries who have died. 16 For Yeshua himself will descend from Heaven. He will come with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Yehowah, and the dead Messianics will rise first. 17 Then, we living remaining brethren and sistren will together with them be caught up in the clouds to meet Yeshua in the breathable air. In this way, we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore, comfort one another with these words.”
Paul makes it very clear in this passage that the Resurrection and Rapture of Messianic believers are forever tied together in our doctrine. Yeshua, Paul, and John are all on the same page, why aren’t the pre-trib rapture theorists? Are they deceived? It sure appears that way. Wishful thinking is not Scriptural doctrine. The resurrection/rapture of believers is a huge part of Yeshua’s Advent 2.0. Don’t miss it. Repent of false doctrine and get saved, and get right in your head today.
Ezekiel 37:12-13, “Therefore, prophesy, ‘Lord Yehowah says this: Behold! I will open your graves and lift you out from them, my people. I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you will know that I am Yehowah, when I open your graves and bring you out from them, my people.”
The New Covenant Scriptures clearly reveal to us the “WHEN” of the Resurrection/Rapture of believers. Just believe the Scriptures. The Resurrection/Rapture of believers is going to happen on or around the 1st day of a coming 7th month on the Hebrew calendar. The marriage supper of the Lamb won’t happen until beginning on the 15th of that 7th month. There is a 1-2 week period set out on Yehowah’s Hebrew calendar, around the 10th day of a soon-coming 7th month, for the pouring out of the WRATH of Yehowah. You will miss the WRATH of Yehowah, but He will make sure you face your FINAL EXAM. No pass the exam, no pass into his Kingdom. It’s a simple concept, but if we are not making the difficult right choices today, how will we make the difficult right choice when it comes time to refuse the Mark of the Beast? The app-Mark will be incredibly convenient. The app-Mark will solve many of the world’s problems. But, will you download and use the app-Mark of the Beast, the ultimate app-Mark of Mr. 666?
Bonus Teaching from Yeshua:
I just received these Scriptures this morning during my reading time.
John 6:39-40, 54, “And this is the will of him who sent me, that I would not lose one of all those whom he has given me but will raise them up on the last Day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last Day. . . 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life, and I will raise him up on the last Day.”
Read the whole chapter for more context, but these Scripture passages seem quite clear to me. Yeshua will raise up, or resurrect, or exalt, or rapture, his people at or on the Last Day, NOT BEFORE the Last Day. The Last Day is at the End of the Great Tribulation, NOT BEFORE THE BEGINNING of the Tribulation.
Be Blessed in Yeshua,
Gene Benjamin
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