Some questions...
What’s the point of the rapture is the church, the bride of Christ, is to go through the horrors of the Tribulation?
Tribulation is God’s judgment on the unbelieving, Gentile world. How does the church, which has already been judged righteous, fit into that?
Why would God judge the Bride?
My understanding is the rapture occurs when the number of gentiles is fulfillled, Rom 11:25, then the hardening of the hearts of Jews ends.
The tribulation is to bring the Jewish Nation (some Jewish individuals within and also some remaining gentiles)to Himself by preaching and increasing judgement signs.
Not ALL churches are the bride of Christ, as some harbor false teachers—those that teach Christians that they need not read Revelations because they will “fly away” do NOT find favor with our Lord-—Smyrna and Philadelphia are the churches that found favor with the Father, as they are the ones that teach of the Kenites—the spawn of Cain, the first murderer, and they teach from God’s word, NOT man’s word.
The anti-christ will come in peace and prosperity so as to fool those who will believe he is the true God-—would YOU believe someone coming with red horns and blood drooling from his mouth who wreaks havoc on humanity to be the coming of our Lord? No, because this treatment of humanity is not Christ-like. Satan will “play” Christ, to fool those who think they will fly away out of any danger. Christ LOVES those that read His word and expect to witness against the false christ-—as Christians, we need to prepare to stay RIGHT HERE ON EARTH and WARN our fellow Christians that the anti-christ comes BEFORE Christ’s return and witness against satan!
Judgement will start at the pulpit, as “teachers” should teach God’s word, not man’s (or Hollywood’s) interpretation of His word.
Exactly. If the church is appointed to go through the Tribulation, then Jesus Christ, Who promised His bride that He will never leave us nor forsake us, is a liar.
That's a difficult statement. I'm not certain the church has been "judged" to be righteous. Certainly the church has been made righteous by the blood of Christ. I would argue the church is not judged for righteousness sake. No one in the church is righteous, but we have impunity based on the blood of Christ.