According to Revelation, the first resurrection closes out this age, while beginning the next, the millennial kingdom.
It is impossible to make this event (the first resurrection, Rev. 20, when the post-trib rapture takes place) be a pretrib rapture.
The tribulation is defined by its persecution of those who do not worship the beast, neither his image, neither receive his mark. Rev. 20:4 says it them “who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark,” who are raised in the first resurrection.
Clearly, Revelation has FIRST the tribulation, with its beast, and his image and mark. THEN the resurrection.
“Wheresoever the resurrection is, there will the rapture be also.”
The first resurrection is the “nexus” event, which, in one event, closes out this age while beginning the next - the millennial kingdom.
Left out the word “is” in this paragraph -
The tribulation is defined by its persecution of those who do not worship the beast, neither his image, neither receive his mark. Rev. 20:4 says it is them “who had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark,” who are raised in the first resurrection.
“It is impossible to make this event (the first resurrection, Rev. 20, when the post-trib rapture takes place) be a pretrib rapture.”
Yep. Like just about every set of verses on the subject, it portrays the tribulation, and the resurrection and second coming together and in the proper sequence. If you notice, most of the pre-trib advocates will only cite a single verse or two in support of their positions, but if you look up those references and read a few verses ahead or behind, it is clear that they cannot support that kind of chronology if read in context.