[Roundtable] New Article up The Last Trumpet: Why There is no Pre-Tribulation or Mid-Tribulation Rapture

[Jefferis Peterson]

Hi all,  I put up a new article entitled:


The Last Trumpet: Why There is no Pre-Tribulation or Mid-Tribulation Rapture
Paul's View of the Last Days.
http://www.scholarscorner.com/eschaton/lasttrump.html

Excerpt:

Those who believe in a Pre-Tribulation or Mid-Tribulation Rapture have
argued that Jesus will appear and gather the saints and then disappear for
either 7 years or 3.5 years while the Anti-Christ takes over the earth.
However, Paul clearly states that when Jesus appears, Jesus will destroy the
Lawless One and he will gather the saints in the air to meet him at the same
time. There is no intervening period of 3 to 7 years.

The logic is very simple. Paul identifies the return of the Lord with the
slaying of the Anti-Christ [or Man of Lawlessness], he identifies the return
of Christ with the Rapture [or Assembly to meet Jesus in the air], and he
identifies the return of Christ with the Last Trumpet. Paul sees all three
events as simultaneous.The Anti-Christ is causing a reign of terror before
the coming of the Lord, and the saints are still on the earth being
persecuted while the Man of Lawlessness has power. Paul even anticipates
that he may even be alive at the time of the Lord's appearing during this
time of persecution - which would mean that Paul, a faithful, believing
saint, might be on the earth during the time of the tribulation. He is not
being left behind because of apostasy...

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Jefferis Kent Peterson
http://www.scholarscorner.com
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