They arrive at that conclusion biblically, and it is based, if I remember correctly, on the sequence of events and persons present at the time of Jesus' return. I had a good friend, a Conservative Baptist, who was solidly post-trib, and very skilled in explaining it biblically.
My concern with it is based more on who inhabits the land after the return of Christ, than it is on whether or not Christians suffer persecution in the tribulation. One can make a number of points about Christians and tribulation and about Christians being protected but present.
And he considered himself a Dispensationalist?
My concern with it is based more on who inhabits the land after the return of Christ, than it is on whether or not Christians suffer persecution in the tribulation. One can make a number of points about Christians and tribulation and about Christians being protected but present.
The issue is crucial since the Church is the Bride of Christ, not Israel, for whom the Tribulation is meant.
Christians will be at the Judgement seat of Christ and then the wedding of the Lamb (2Cor.5:10, Rev.19:7-9), not being persecuted.
It is the saved Jews and Gentiles, who 'endure to the end' who await Christ's return to enter into the Millennium.
**My concern with it is based more on who inhabits the land after the return of Christ, than it is on whether or not Christians suffer persecution in the tribulation.***
As I was taught by a pre-trib teacher years ago, all Christians are ambassadors for Christ. Before God can pour out his wrath on a sinful world he must recall his ambassadors (the rapture).
I still maintain that anything PAST the catching up to be with the Lord becomes speculation.