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To: jodyel; editor-surveyor
Here is a view that supports both...rapture of the church before the tribulation, and rapture of the tribulation saints after the tribulation.

These are some serious mental gymnastics to go through to agree with this.

1) Every protestant on this forum agrees that the "people" are the "church", are you now saying different?

2) At least one of your fellow protestants has said that once the rapture is over, it's over. Is she wrong?

3) Chapter and verse where is this "second" rapture mentioned, since the word "rapture" itself is never mentioned by name?

Lets look at some other quotes from the Bible.

Mark 1324j “But in those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in the clouds’ with great power and glory, 27 and then he will send out the angels and gather [his] elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of the sky.

Luke 21:20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.

21 Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let those within the city escape from it, and let those in the countryside not enter the city,

22 for these days are the time of punishment when all the scriptures are fulfilled.

23 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for a terrible calamity will come upon the earth and a wrathful judgment upon this people.

24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all the Gentiles; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles* are fulfilled.

25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.t 2 6People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens* will be shaken.

27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.”

Verse 28 sounds like He is speaking to the faithful Christians about an event AFTER the tribulation.

186 posted on 10/07/2013 2:57:12 AM PDT by verga (Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis)
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To: verga

I did not say I agreed...just presenting you with something to think about.


187 posted on 10/07/2013 4:43:17 AM PDT by jodyel
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