I believe that the pre-trib position is the correct one, too.
The author makes an excellent point which I, and I’m sure many others of opposing views, never thought of. What is the difference between the tribulations experienced by believers throughout the Church Age and that in the Seven-Year Tribulation? Is it just a matter of degree? If so, what were the Christians under the exceedingly cruel Roman Emperor Nero? Chopped liver?
Christians have been skinned alive, tortured at length, fed to wild beast, cast out of society, and countless other indignities and cruelties to mention. How can it get any worse under the Anti-Christ?
The obvious answer is that the trials endured by Church-Age Christians are imposed by a pagan, god-hating world. The sufferings that will be inflicted on humanity during the Great Tribulation will be by God himself, using the instrument of the Anti-Christ as a bludgeon against Israel until the time of their deliverance.
Yes, and I have to admit that had never occurred to me...but it should have.
We are being taken out of the world and being spared God’s wrath on the unbelieving world.
Hallelujah!
I absolutely agree! The Bride of Christ is not appointed to God's wrath. Not only is the Tribulation God's punishment upon the ungodly world system but as a goad to open the spiritual eyes and hearts of the children of Israel. It will be during THIS time that they will turn back to Him and recognize that Jesus truly was and is their Messiah.