stephen583
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The reason why it's popular is it gives "christians" a false sense that they will have a second chance to get right with God... the same camp that believe we will be sinning till Christ comes.
I think the Pre-Trib doctrine appeals to most people on a very basic human level. People need to feel safe, no matter how dangerous the situation is, otherwise they lose control and their bodies and mind begin to shut down. As a law enforcement officer, I was in several gun fights. You can believe you are going to survive and your training kicks in, or you can panic (human instinct) and your body takes control. I'm sure anyone who has experienced military combat will agree with that statement.
Fear naturally causes the body to produce "adrenaline", which makes you pro-active and aggressive. The adrenaline rush literally makes you want to "rush" forward and attack. A bad idea in a gunfight, because the guy who leaves cover first, is generally the guy who gets shot. Next, your body begins to reallocate resources. Your ocular senses become focused straight ahead on the danger, and you lose your peripheral vision, called "tunnel vision". It's like looking through a cardboard toilet paper tube, or a rifle scope.
After that, your sense of hearing goes, and all you can hear is your heart pounding in your chest and the blood pumping through your head. You've completely lost any "situational awareness" of what is going on around you. It is a very frightening and debilitating condition, that no one in their right mind wants to experience.
So telling people they are "safe" appeals to us on a very basic human level. The idea is so appealing (considering the horrible alternative), they may even irrationally blind themselves to the real danger. I can't tell you how many crime victims admitted afterwards they knew beforehand they were in danger, but they ignored the signs. I saw this as well, when I later became a fireman. Hiding under a bed, in a closet, or barricading yourself in a room, won't save you from dying in a house fire.
Standing upright and running through smoke and breathing it in faster, is also a really bad idea, but that's exactly what most people instinctively try to do. Smoke can fill a room and descend to the floor in a matter of seconds. The smart thing to do, is stay low, cover your mouth and nose, and move fast and get out of there.
I was also amazed at the number of people, who having escaped a fire, would run back inside to retrieve their property and belongings. Pretty irrational, huh ?!
I guess what I'm saying is, the Pre-Tribulation Rapture doctrine seems a bit too "appealing and convenient" from a human standpoint and caters too much to our natural aversion to danger and fear to suit me. It seems contrived and sounds like a lot of "snake oil".
I prefer to go through the Tribulation Period confident in my spiritual training, in control of my senses and with my eyes wide open, so I am able to recognize the danger, and make sensible decisions so I can escape it.
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