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To: BereanBrain; Mrs.Z
>>I have heard it all before “God will not rain wrath upon the Church” therefore, the Rapture MUST occur before the Tribulation. Note this is a logical argument, it is NOT based on scripture.<<

1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

Not "through" the wrath, "from" the wrath.

Revelation 3:7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: 8 'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie-- I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

From not through.

Luke 21:35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

It will come on all those who dwell on the face of the earth at that time. But look who is NOT destined to the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

There are more. The fact that faithful believers will NOT be subject to the wrath but will be taken out of it like Noah and Lot is indeed according to scripture.

129 posted on 05/23/2015 3:05:57 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear; BereanBrain
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

This tempting or testing comes during the first half of the tribulation...They will be tempted to take the Mark of the Beast...They will be tempted to fall in line with the one world religion, or starve, etc...

Jesus says we will not go thru that testing; temptation...

158 posted on 05/23/2015 6:31:22 PM PDT by Iscool
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