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Definition of the Theory It is generally held among pretribulationists that the entire church, composed of all believers in this age, will be translated and resurrected at the coming of Christ for them preceding the tribulation. There has arisen in the last century, however, a small group of pretribulationists who contend that only those who are faithful in the church will be raptured or translated and the rest will either be raptured sometime during the tribulation or at its end. As stated by one of its adherents: “The saints will be raptured in groups during the tribulation as they are...

GLEANINGS FM THE SHORTER BIBLICAL PROPHETS VS REPLACEMENTARIANS ET AL HOSTILE TO ISRAEL Replacementarianism Meets God's Shredder JOEL The Message Version Get In Touch With Reality--And Weep!    Attention, elder statesmen! Listen closely,    everyone, whoever and wherever you are!Have you ever heard of anything like this?    Has anything like this ever happened before—ever?Make sure you tell your children,    and your children tell their children,And their children their children.    Don't let this message die out. Quix Commentary: Clearly God is asserting that this message is to have a very long 'history future' reach. DON'T LET THE MESSAGE DIE OUT! Coupled...