“After that, if you are still alive, you have to contend with the plagues sent by God...”
Ah, but the Children of Israel excaped the plagues sent by God on the Egyptians...they were taken through. Noah was taken through, not out. Those who were not in the ark were taken out.
Everything in God’s Word has to be taken together, in context. We like to pick and choose to make our ‘theological point’, but that is not how God wrote it.
Example...
Matt 27:5 “(Judas)...went and hanged himself.”
Luke 10:37 “...Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”
Trite examples, perhaps, but that is what many have been doing on this thread. Much also has to do with interpretations of God’s Word...Daniel’s 70 weeks, for example.
And one other thing...too much is being made of the ‘differences’ in the discussion on this thread. Everyone has to be ‘right’ and force beliefs on everyone else. It is time to lighten up. We believe what we believe regarding this, and we are not going to change minds with the silly ‘attack arguments’ being put forth here. And another thing, our beliefs on this subject are not eternal life threatening...though there are some posting on this thread comments that would make it seem so. At this point, the continuation of this discussion has become an ego trip for those posting.
Now, for one last, parting comment...my great grandfather in England was a friend of Darby and follower of his teaching. My grandmother and two of her brothers who came to this country knew Darby, and I knew them well. I knew others who had personally known Darby. I grew up under the pre-tribulation Rapture teaching. I know it well...maybe better than some of the posters on this thread promoting it. I grew up with a Bible in my hand, or in my lap, listening to some excellent teachings. The Lord has led me to examine those teaching, and has, a few times, shown me what He wanted to show me about them. I yielded to His leading. In many cases it ‘solidified’ what I had been taught, and in a few cases it resulted in change.
Those who have not challenged what they have been taught during their time for Christian growth are missing much of what the Lord may have for them. Be challenged, not as the challenger of others beliefs, but as the challenger of your own beliefs and interpretations. Be blessed.
Naw, the Israelites were 'covered' by the shed blood...They were still there when the plagues took place...
There is no promise to be covered from the wrath during the Tribulation...
And, crossing the Red Sea is a perfect picture of the Rapture...When we go up, Jesus is going to provide an opening in the 'deep, up there in the sky...Scripture talks about it but it's a pretty 'deep' subject...
Noah wasn't taken thru anything...He rode on top of the destruction...Those that died in the flood were not taken out...They drowned...
But the whole point in these discussions is not just to educate people on what God teaches, but to show that what they are taught in many cases doesn't line up with the words of God...
The point is to show that God's written word is the final authority for mankind...
If a Christian will read and believe God's word without adding to, taking from or changing it in some way, he/she will come out on top...
And getting unbelievers to realize that God's word is the only Truth, they maybe will see the true way to salvation...
I won't apologize for a second for what I am doing here on FR...