Probably because the idea appeals a lot to people who are more comfortable watching a video than they are reading.
Right, what a great idea. If one wants to learn about the word of God, the gospel or bible prophecies, why not watch manmade videos on YouTube instead of reading God's word directly from the bible. Oh brother!
Only if you have decided that that's what you believe a priori. If you simply read it for what it says, "pre trib" is nowhere to be seen. That's why so many American Christians (pre trib is very much an American phenomenon) start out pre trib by indoctrination, then later drop it when they've studied the Bible enough to realize that they've been had.
You know what the problem is with most preterist like yourself? You don't realize prophecy can also be found beyond the discourse in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and the book of Revelation. You just don't realized there's prophecies mentioned in many other parts of the bible as well. And some, believe it or not, reveals the church taken into heaven before the tribulation: Isaiah 26:19 - 27:1, Hebrews 12:22-29.
Isaiah 26:19 - 27:1 NKJV
19 Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
27:1 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
Hebrews 12:22-29 NKJV
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
19 Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
27:1 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
Hebrews 12:22-29 NKJV
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Big sign outside: "Orthodox Preterists Only!" <Laugh>
Did you see the big sign inside? It said "Everyone else welcome inside!"
When the rapture happens, guess who'll be outside and guess who will be inside?
Yeah, they'll finally realize that the message of the entire Bible was pre-mil Dispensational Futurism, and that only those who embrace it will ever enter the Kingdom of God. Right?
Every splinter group (I hesitate to say "cult" because it carries more connotative baggage than I care to unpack right now)that declares itself the One True Way and consigns everyone else to the infernal regions has a touchstone doctrine that they consider to be The Law That May Not Be Broken. For the SDAs it's Sabbath keeping. Work on Saturday? You're going to hell. The Jehovah's Witnesses have two - the name "Jehovah", and their Arian Christology. Believe Christ is God Incarnate? No Kingdom for you, you stay dead. The United Pentecostals require that you to deny the Trinity and believe in Jesus Only, and to be baptized in Jesus' Name else you fry forever.
Looks like a new Dispy splinter is forming that requires that one must accept the Gospel According to Hal Lindsey to avoid eternal torment. Believe that Daniel's prophecies have been fulfilled? To the pit with you! Believe that our Lord was addressing His disciples in the Olivet discourse? You to go hell! Think that the Revelator meant "soon"when he said "soon"? Assured damnation! Great stuff for building a new One True Church, no doubt.
Watching these videos is more fun and entertaining than reading the above. I did laugh watching them. Knock yourself out!
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