[daniel1212]

Your perspective seems to still be tinted greatly by a past in Catholicism. I do not agree with your assessment, but this is not the place to argue these issues. I would offer to you a video series on Matthew 24, however: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waJR5E-JZDI&list=PLUY4A37zNdFtqJeRmtNnJKShCEyJ3RX3A

That is an absurd charge, as instead of being motivated by tradition (which i was not aware of growing up) and not examining things objectively, my position as i see it (and am open to correction), rests upon what i see Scripture most plainly teaching overall, while not becoming so preoccupied with the issue that I pursue it as a major issue of contention, and resort to personal attacks when faced with even mild disagreement. Which is all too Catholic.

[MHGinTN]

Please forgive me if I have offended you ... I see many aspects of catholic teaching in the confusion of what is taught in Matthew 24 and the differences in Luke 21. These 'confusions' lead to placing the Rapture of the church/the ekklesia at different temporal points.

There is a Rapture of Jews described in Matt 24 when the Angels supernaturally gather the Jews from across the globe, yet there is a Rapture/supernatural event which gathers the Ekklesia to Him before the wrath is poured out during the Tribulation. But that distinction is incomprehensible if the contexts are not discerned differently from what catholiciism teaches its adherents.