[meowmeow]

Whatever. If He comes back before the tribulation, I'm out of here. If Christians have to live through the tribulation and I'm still around, I'll probably be the first up against the wall. In which case, I'm still out of here.

[EggsAckley]

In Florida, I think, a woman was so convinced that the rapture had come that she jumped out of the sunroof of her car and died on the Freeway. To me, that goes beyond faith and moves into the area of insanity.

[Sister_T]

Whatever. If He comes back before the tribulation, I'm out of here. If Christians have to live through the tribulation and I'm still around, I'll probably be the first up against the wall. In which case, I'm still out of here.

Amen. All this "you guys are deceived by the devil because you believe in a pretrib rapture" mess is silly. I don't go around saying that those who don't believe it have a "Rambo complex" and are the ones with the LEAST faith because they wish to hang around to "prove" how tough they are. Heck, why wait for the end; if they want persecution and hard times, go to any Muslim country where it is a death sentence to be a Christian. Why talk all big about how they want to be "left behind"? They can have their "tribulation" now in other parts of the world where Christians are getting persecuted. Guess it's easier to say that when you're in the comfort of your home in America, I suppose. It's ridiculous. It's impossible to predict with absolute certainity about an event that has YET TO OCCUR.

Jesus said to be ready. Period. Whether death or rapture, whenever it occurs, we are to be ready to meet Him.

[Blue Scourge]

Pretty much how I feel about it....If I go in the beginning, middle, or the end it doesn't matter to me.

"not mine, but thy will be done,"

[Quix]

My feeling, too.

[topcat54]

Whatever. If He comes back before the tribulation, I'm out of here.

Of course if there is no future "great tribulation", then Christians have nothing to fear. (Not that we have anything to fear anyway.)

Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (Matt. 23:36)

Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. (Matt. 24:34)

Jesus consistently used the phrase "this generation" to refer to His contemporary Jewish hearers. Futurists ignore all these passages and push the "great tribulation" centuries into the future.