Where in Revelation is a Rapture Mentioned?

[Major1]

Where did I said that it is a future day ?

That was the Jews ie the Scribes and High Priests pharisees who caused that Jesus was put to death nearly 2,000 years ago ...


Then, you are saying that the Jews will build another temple that will need to be destroyed AGAIN to fulfill the 70 weeks of Daniel 9:23-27.
Daniel 9:26
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:
-Messiah was Crucified in 33 AD-
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-Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed in 70 AD.

and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

There will be another temple but it will not be destroyed.

The First Temple was the one that Solomon built and which was destroyed in 586 BC.

The Second Temple destroyed in 70 AD and was built after the Jews returned from Babylonian captivity. The platform on which it sat was greatly expanded and beautified by King Herod, as was the temple itself, but since the sacrifices were never stopped during this renovation and expansion, the new temple was still considered to be The Second Temple.

The Third Temple will exist during the Great Tribulation. Daniel refers to this temple when he says that “the prince who is to come” who is the Antichrist, will enter it and stop the sacrifices in the middle of the Tribulation as Daniel 9:27 tells us.

The Apostle Paul mentions it when he declares that the “man of lawlessness” will profane the temple by entering it and declaring himself to be God in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4.

The Third Temple is also mentioned in the book of Revelation when John is told to measure it — a symbolic way of telling him to assess its spiritual condition in Revelation 11:1-2.

 

[Riberra]

Isn't that some wonderful credentials that you posted for Dr. Walvoord!!!!!! Since I was able to attend Dallas Theological Seminary, I am very aware of Dr. Walvoord's accomplisments, but I am very pleased that you have told everyone else.

That makes his teaching a lot more acceptable than yours.

The Bible disagree with that claim of yours.The reality is that if the truth was teach, there will be nobody attending at the churches thus no money for the pastors promising an easy way out.There are some pastors who have lost their Jobs when they begin to teach that the rapture of the Church to Heaven before the revealing of the man of sin is a myth not supported by scriptures.

The wrath of God is a fearsome and terrifying thing. Only those who have been covered by the blood of Christ, shed for us on the cross, can be assured that God’s wrath will never fall on them.

Romans 5:9....
“Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through Him!”.

I believe from my reading of scripture that the entire 7 year period (known as Daniel's 70th Week or the tribulation) is the wrath of God. This will most certainly intensify and even become more apparent that it is directly from God as the 7 year period plays out, but it is still His wrath from the start. This period of time is outlined in Revelation chapters 6-19.

Some try to say that the wrath of God doesn't begin until the 6th seal in Rev 6:12 but I personally don't agree with that. You will note that all of the seal judgements originate in Heaven. They can't even start until Christ, and no one else breaks the seal to initiate them. This is straight from Heaven and is the judgement of God.

Each seal is opened by Jesus as seen in Rev.6:1,3,5,7,9,12 and together constitute the 'wrath of the lamb'. Though this term is not used until the 6th seal doesn't mean that the first 5 seals are not His wrath. Clearly, as mentioned, the origin of each seals judgement is directly from Jesus in Heaven.

Even if we were to look at the type of judgment these early seals initiate we will see the hand of God. There is death by sword in Rev 6:7-8, famine in 6:5-6,8, wild animals in 6:8 and pestilence and plague also in 6:8.
This is not new. Look at the judgement of God as declared in Ezek 14:21 -

"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals! "

Even if you were going to make a distinction between the Great Tribulation and the wrath of God, which as previously mentioned isn't valid in my opinion it doesn't eliminate a pre-Tribulation rapture. The fact is that John gives us a pretty simple guideline to the book of Revelation in chapter 1 vs 18. As I have written in a previous question, the threefold outline is:

'Write therefore the things (1) which you saw, and the things (2) which are, and the things (3) which shall come to pass after this.'

The things John had just seen is the vision of Jesus in Rev 1:12-16.

The things which are is the messages to the churches in Rev 2:1-3:22 and these give us an overview of the entire church age.

The things which take place after this is Rev 4:1 onwards. From this point Revelation discusses that which happens after the church age as the Church appears to be missing from 4:1 onward.

To me, it makes perfect sense that John in chapter 4.1 would be told that he would now be shown the 'things which take place after this.' That is, after the church age and the Rapture. It makes sense that the church is not mentioned again after this point apart from being seen at the marriage of the lamb BEFORE the return of Jesus in Revelation 19.

Can you explain to us why the only thing that is not mentioned in the Book of Revelation is the rapture of the Church to Heaven BEFORE the events of the 6th seal Revelation 6 ?

It also makes sense, to me at least, that there is such a focus on the Jews and Jerusalem again because God has got unfinished business there! The 144,000 Jews mentioned are even called the 'first fruits' in Rev 14:4 which makes sense to me if this is not the church age. Otherwise, if the church goes through the tribulation, why would they be called 'first fruits' unto the lamb?

The 144,000 sealed are the only humans cited as being redeemed from the Earth Revelation 14:3-4...which mean that all the others humans except the group who will flee in the wilderness mentioned in Revelation 12 will have to face the Beast and be forced to take the mark and worship the Beast or they will be beheaded if they refuse Revelation 13.

 

[keras]

I can not agree with you. Please take time to read comment #659 as I took the time to detail the whole thing for you and
Reberria.

Yes we read your comments and we see how you promote a teaching that is not written in the Bible. Dr Walvoord said: The rapture question is determined more by ecclesiology, than eschatology. Neither a postribulation nor a pretrib. rapture is an explicit teaching of Scripture. The Bible does not state it in so many words.
The Rapture Question. Walvoord 1957

I stand by the truth of the Sixth Seal being the next prophesied event we can expect. As is clearly stated, the Sixth Seal worldwide disaster is the Day of wrath of Almighty God and the Lamb and it will come upon everyone, the whole world over.
Paul refers to it in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-11 as a sudden destruction, and there will be no escape from it. We Christians are told to watch and be sober, then in verses 9-10; God's wrath is not directed toward His people and we Christians have the promise of Jesus being with us, whether we are awake, [alive] or sleep. [dead]

 

[Major1]

The Bible disagree with that claim of yours.The reality is that if the truth was teach, there will be nobody attending at the churches thus no money for the pastors promising an easy way out.There are some pastors who have lost their Jobs when they begin to teach that the rapture of the Church to Heaven before the revealing of the man of sin is a myth not supported by scriptures.


Can you explain to us why the only thing that is not mentioned in the Book of Revelation is the rapture of the Church to Heaven BEFORE the events of the 6th seal Revelation 6 ?

The 144,000 sealed are the only humans cited as being redeemed from the Earth Revelation 14:3-4...which mean that all the others humans except the group who will flee in the wilderness mentioned in Revelation 12 will have to face the Beast and be forced to take the mark and worship the Beast or they will be beheaded if they refuse Revelation 13.

Personally, I have NO knowledge of one single pastor to be asked to leave his church because he has taught that the Rapture is the next prophetic event of God. NO.....NOT one.

I suspect that you just THINK that is the case and you probably would like to see that.

The Rapture IS prophesied in the Revelation in chapter 4:1.

Rev. 7:12-14...
"Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. "

These are those who have been saved during the Great Tribulation . . . the reign of the Antichrist.
They are the saved ones out of every nation, tongue, tribe, and kindred on the face of the earth.
They will be saved through the preaching of the 144,000 - but they will be saved by “the Blood.”
They shall wash their robes white in the Blood of the Lamb. the Blood started flowing in
Genesis 3:21 and has flowed down through the ages to this day. Without the shedding of blood is
no remission. The preacher who leaves the Blood out of his message is the devil’s best friend.

In verse 15 we read, “Therefore (because they have washed their robes and made them white in
the Blood) are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple:
and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.”


This verse clearly shows us that this company is not the Bride - the Church. The Bride will reign
with Jesus here on earth. This multitude is said to serve Him day and night. Jesus said,
“Henceforth I call you not servants (referring to His disciples), but I have called you friends” ---John 15:15.


Are the 144,000 the only ones saved as you have stated?????

NO!

Re:14:6......
“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people".

Revelation 7:9......
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.”

 

[Riberra]

Personally, I have NO knowledge of one single pastor to be asked to leave his church because he has taught that the Rapture is the next prophetic event of God. NO.....NOT one.

I said some pastors were asked to leave their churches because they have said that the rapture of the Church BEFORE the tribulation will not happen

 

[Riberra]

Personally, I have NO knowledge of one single pastor to be asked to leave his church because he has taught that the Rapture is the next prophetic event of God. NO.....NOT one.

I suspect that you just THINK that is the case and you probably would like to see that.

The Rapture IS prophesied in the Revelation in chapter 4:1.

John in verse 2 say that he was in the spirit ...thus John have not ascended physically in Heaven only his spirit have gone temporary there .during that time his physical body was still on the Earth at Patmos.
Revelation 4:1-2
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

That is quite of a stretch to say that it is the rapture of the Church to Heaven.

 

[Major1]

Yes we read your comments and we see how you promote a teaching that is not written in the Bible. Dr Walvoord said: The rapture question is determined more by ecclesiology, than eschatology. Neither a postribulation nor a pretrib. rapture is an explicit teaching of Scripture. The Bible does not state it in so many words.
The Rapture Question. Walvoord 1957

I stand by the truth of the Sixth Seal being the next prophesied event we can expect. As is clearly stated, the Sixth Seal worldwide disaster is the Day of wrath of Almighty God and the Lamb and it will come upon everyone, the whole world over.
Paul refers to it in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-11 as a sudden destruction, and there will be no escape from it. We Christians are told to watch and be sober, then in verses 9-10; God's wrath is not directed toward His people and we Christians have the promise of Jesus being with us, whether we are awake, [alive] or sleep. [dead]

Neither God’s revelation to Israel nor the emergence of the anti-Christ can happen until the Church is gone, which is the Rapture for two very good reasons.

1.
In Acts 15:14-16 James clearly prophesied that after the Lord had taken the church He would return and rebuild the Temple. Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written: “After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it”.

After the Lord has taken the Church, He’ll return and rebuild the Temple. Two Greek words are critical to your understanding of this passage. The one translated tent also means Tabernacle, a reference to the Temple. The one translated taking means to lay hold of, or take up in order to carry, or carry away. I believe it’s a veiled reference to the Rapture of the Church preceding God’s return to Israel.

If so, it’s consistent with God’s way. He seems to focus either on Israel or the Church, never both at once. In the greater context of the passage James was illustrating this very point from the other end of the Church Age. He told the gathered Apostles that God was setting Israel aside while He took from among the Gentiles a people for Himself. But after He had taken them, He would return to restore Israel.

2,
Later, Paul alluded to this sequence in Romans 11:25-27. I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”

 

[Major1]

I said some pastors were asked to leave their churches because they have said that the rapture of the Church BEFORE the tribulation will not happen

And I am saying I have never heard of ONE being asked to do that.

You may know more pastors than I do and you may be qualified to make that statement but I doubt both. I am personal friends with about 200 pastors and probably acquainted with another 1000 or so.

I see them every year at least and about half through email and phone calls. I am just saying I know a lot of preachers.

 

[LastSeven]

And I am saying I have never heard of ONE being asked to do that.

You may know more pastors than I do and you may be qualified to make that statement but I doubt both. I am personal friends with about 200 pastors and probably acquainted with another 1000 or so.

I see them every year at least and about half through email and phone calls. I am just saying I know a lot of preachers.

Just curious. Out of all those preachers you know, how many lie to their congregations by telling them they are commanded to give 10% of their income to the church? The answer to that will go a long way to validating their credibility regarding the word of God.

 

[Riberra]

And I am saying I have never heard of ONE being asked to do that.

You may know more pastors than I do and you may be qualified to make that statement but I doubt both. I am personal friends with about 200 pastors and probably acquainted with another 1000 or so.

I see them every year at least and about half through email and phone calls. I am just saying I know a lot of preachers.

How much of them are allowed to preach in their local churches that the rapture of the Church before the tribulation will not happen ?

Here a survey saying
Large Number of Pastors Don't Believe in the Rapture ...
Large Number of Pastors Don't Believe in the Rapture
Excerpts:
Out of the 1,000 senior Protestant pastors surveyed, only a third (36 percent) believed in a pre-tribulation rapture where Christians disappear at the start of the apocalypse and those left behind suffer tribulation.

Thirty-six percent of pastors say the rapture is not literal, while almost 1 in 5 believe the rapture happens after the tribulation (18 percent).

End-time theology is popular with churchgoers but it is not an easy topic to preach about, Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research, explained.

"Most people want their pastor to preach about the Book of Revelation and the end of the world," he said. "But that's a complicated task. Pastors and the scholars they cite often disagree about how the end times will unfold."

 

[keras]

Neither God’s revelation to Israel nor the emergence of the anti-Christ can happen until the Church is gone, which is the Rapture for two very good reasons.

Beside the fact the true believers are the Israel of God, Galatians 6:16, there is no pre-trib rapture to heaven stated in the Bible. Veiled references and allusions simply don't cut it.
Your use of Revelation 7:9, thinking they are in heaven, is another supposition, heaven in NOT mentioned at all in Rev 7, that whole chapter is describing earthly scenes.
You rapture believers have yet to explain how it is that the holy people of God are present when the Anti-Christ conquers new Israel. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:7, also it is Christians in Revelation 12:6-17

 

[Douggg]

You rapture believers have yet to explain how it is that the holy people of God are present when the Anti-Christ conquers new Israel. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:7, also it is Christians in Revelation 12:6-17

There will be millions of persons become Christians during the great tribulation after the rapture has taken place.

 

[keras]

There will be millions of persons become Christians during the great tribulation after the rapture has taken place.

Really? This is hardly likely in view of everyone outside of the holy Land having to take the mark of the beast, or die.
Revelation 13:16-17
The idea that people will become Christian, after the so called rapture, because they realize they have been 'left behind'....oooohh nooooo!!!!, is just fanciful and contradicts Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all whose name have NOT been written in the Lambs Book of Life.
This verse is another refutation of the false rapture theory, as it proves that God's people who HAVE had their names written in the Book, are present in the holy Land, proved by Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 13:7

 

[Douggg]

Really? This is hardly likely in view of everyone outside of the holy Land having to take the mark of the beast, or die.
Revelation 13:16-17
The idea that people will become Christian, after the so called rapture, because they realize they have been 'left behind'....oooohh nooooo!!!!, is just fanciful and contradicts Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all whose name have NOT been written in the Lambs Book of Life.
This verse is another refutation of the false rapture theory, as it proves that God's people who HAVE had their names written in the Book, are present in the holy Land, proved by Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 13:7

No it does not refute anything as those believers are not referred to as the church in the text.

In addition to people from all nations, the Jews, Israel, will become Christians once their perceived messiah betrays them. Which the rapture can happen anytime between now and when the Antichrist commits the act of betrayal.

There are three events to take place that wiil influence many persons to become Christians, yet miss the rapture.
1. Gog/Magog, the end of Islam, many muslims will then become Christians
2. The rapture event takes place and many of those left behind become Christians
3. The abomination is setup to be worship and many person will become Christians then

The two witnesses will also be testifying during the first 1260 days of the 7 years - the gospel message and not to trust the Antichrist person as being the true messiah, and to flee into the mountains when the abomination of desolation is setup to be worship.

 

[keras]

No it does not refute anything as those believers are not referred to as the church in the text.

The desperation of some to fit in a rapture, somewhere - anywhere, makes people commit terrible errors.
Are Christians not written in the Book of life? Rev 13:8
Are Christians not God's holy people? 1 Peter 2:10
Are Christians not Jesus' Chosen people? John 15:16
Are Christians not the Children of God's Promise? Romans 9:8
Are Christians not the Israel of God? Galatians 6:16
A resounding YES to all of the above!

Your idea of a false Messiah coming to Jewish Israel, isn't Biblical. You give no scriptural support for any of your assertions and guesses above. None of it is correct.
Having to fit in a rapture to heaven in the last days, colors all of your thinking and leads to a completely wrong view of what God has planned to happen.
A big step forward for all is to know the truth that every true Christian believer, is now the Israel of God.
The Jews rejected Jesus and now we Christians are the inheritors of God's promises to Israel, WE are God's people and we have the privilege of being His witnesses, Isaiah 43:10, and displaying His Light to the nations. Isaiah 49:8

 

[Douggg]

The desperation of some to fit in a rapture, somewhere - anywhere, makes people commit terrible errors.
Are Christians not written in the Book of life? Rev 13:8
Are Christians not God's holy people? 1 Peter 2:10
Are Christians not Jesus' Chosen people? John 15:16
Are Christians not the Children of God's Promise? Romans 9:8
Are Christians not the Israel of God? Galatians 6:16
A resounding YES to all of the above!

Your idea of a false Messiah coming to Jewish Israel, isn't Biblical. You give no scriptural support for any of your assertions and guesses above. None of it is correct.
Having to fit in a rapture to heaven in the last days, colors all of your thinking and leads to a completely wrong view of what God has planned to happen.
A big step forward for all is to know the truth that every true Christian believer, is now the Israel of God.
The Jews rejected Jesus and now we Christians are the inheritors of God's promises to Israel, WE are God's people and we have the privilege of being His witnesses, Isaiah 43:10, and displaying His Light to the nations. Isaiah 49:8

But you could not deny that those believers in Revelation 13 are not called the church? right?

While of the church of Philidelphia - Jesus promised

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

 

[keras]

But you could not deny that those believers in Revelation 13 are not called the church? right?

They are the people of God and Jesus and the Apostles made it absolutely clear; There is only ONE people of God. John 17:22-23, 1 Corinthians 1:13, Ephesians 4:4-6. Romans 2:11, John 10:16
Using Revelation 3:10 as a rapture proof, again displays desperation, as that passage goes on to say it is the overcomers who will be rewarded. Not escapists!

 

[Major1]

Beside the fact the true believers are the Israel of God, Galatians 6:16, there is no pre-trib rapture to heaven stated in the Bible. Veiled references and allusions simply don't cut it.
Your use of Revelation 7:9, thinking they are in heaven, is another supposition, heaven in NOT mentioned at all in Rev 7, that whole chapter is describing earthly scenes.
You rapture believers have yet to explain how it is that the holy people of God are present when the Anti-Christ conquers new Israel. Daniel 7:25, Revelation 13:7, also it is Christians in Revelation 12:6-17

Sadly, Covenant Theologians, which you are, boldly state that the Church is the new Israel and sometimes make it sound as if that claim is an obvious foregone conclusion of the New Testament.

You have just identified the reason why your theology is so far off Biblically.

Galatians 6:16, is the only passage produced by all Covenant Theologians as evidence that the Church is the spiritual Israel, or that Gentile believers become spiritual Jews. The verse does not prove their case.

Gal. 6:16 says........
"And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God."

I do not expect you to accept this explanation, but the Book of Galatians is concerned with Gentiles who were attempting to attain salvation through the law. The ones deceiving them were Judaizers, who were Jews demanding adherence to the Law of Moses. To them, a Gentile had to convert to Judaism before he qualified for salvation through Christ. In verse 15 Paul states that the important thing for salvation is faith, resulting in the new man.

He then pronounces a blessing on two groups who would follow this rule of salvation through faith alone. The first group is the “them,” the Gentile Christians to and of whom he had devoted most of the epistle. The second group is the “Israel of God.” These are Jewish believers who, in contrast with the Judaizers, followed the rule of salvation by faith alone. Covenant Theologians must ignore the primary meaning of kai [the conjunction which is usually translated “and”] which separates the two groups in the verse in order to make them both the same group.

Abraham is the father of all who believe (Romans 4:11,16). He is the perfect person to fill this role because he was both a Gentile and a Jew. He put his faith in the Lord (Gen. 15:6) long before he was circumcised (Romans 4:10), and Gentiles need to believe God as he did. He was the father of the Jewish people (along with Isaac and Jacob) and the sign of circumcision began with him.

The Jewish people need to believe God as he did and imitate father Abraham's faith. So Abraham is the father of all who believe, both Gentiles and Jews.

"So then, Paul is not teaching that Gentiles become 'spiritual Jews.' Rather, those who follow the pattern of Abraham and exercise faith are the true children of Abraham. By calling all believers the sons of Abraham, he does not call all believers 'spiritual Jews.'

Jewishness is not determined by Abraham alone, but by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is interesting that Gentile believers are never referred to as 'the sons of Jacob,' only as the sons of Abraham. So by calling Gentile believers the sons of Abraham, Paul doe snot mean they are spiritual Jews, but rather they follow Abraham's pattern in that they go on the basis of faith, not on the basis of works.

Those who are the sons of Abraham are not spiritual Jews, but simply followers of Abraham's pattern, because that is what the phrase 'sons of' generally means in Hebrew; that is, 'a follower of.' Spiritual Jews are Jews who happen to believe and exercise faith. Gentiles who believe and exercise faith are spiritual Gentiles and are the spiritual seed of Abraham, but that doe snot make them spiritual Jews"
[Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, Faith Alone--The Condition of Our Salvation--An Exposition of the Book of Galatians and Other Relevant Topics].

Believing Jews are actually imitating Abraham's great act of faith performed when he was a Gentile (Genesis 15:6).

 

[Major1]

How much of them are allowed to preach in their local churches that the rapture of the Church before the tribulation will not happen ?

Here a survey saying
Large Number of Pastors Don't Believe in the Rapture ...
Large Number of Pastors Don't Believe in the Rapture
Excerpts:
Out of the 1,000 senior Protestant pastors surveyed, only a third (36 percent) believed in a pre-tribulation rapture where Christians disappear at the start of the apocalypse and those left behind suffer tribulation.

Thirty-six percent of pastors say the rapture is not literal, while almost 1 in 5 believe the rapture happens after the tribulation (18 percent).

End-time theology is popular with churchgoers but it is not an easy topic to preach about, Scott McConnell, vice president of LifeWay Research, explained.

"Most people want their pastor to preach about the Book of Revelation and the end of the world," he said. "But that's a complicated task. Pastors and the scholars they cite often disagree about how the end times will unfold."

As A Baptist, I can only speak to those I know personally.
When you dig deeper into the survey that you posted it becomes clear that denominational teachings are the factor.

The survey says that Mainline Protestant pastors are 36% more likely to say the rapture isn't literal.

When broken down we see that Pastors who hold this view include of Lutherans 60%,
Methodists 48%,
and Presbyterian/Reformed pastors 49%.

Only 6% of Baptist are No Rapture believers, and of Pentecostal pastors, 1% hold the view of no Rapture.

Now, having attend a Presbyterian school, I am very aware that not only is the Pre-millennial position not taught, the Rapture is also not taught.

It is when one is exposed to the literal understanding of the Scriptures that the Pre-Tribulation Rapture becomes evident.

 

[Major1]

Really? This is hardly likely in view of everyone outside of the holy Land having to take the mark of the beast, or die.
Revelation 13:16-17
The idea that people will become Christian, after the so called rapture, because they realize they have been 'left behind'....oooohh nooooo!!!!, is just fanciful and contradicts Revelation 13:8 All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast, all whose name have NOT been written in the Lambs Book of Life.
This verse is another refutation of the false rapture theory, as it proves that God's people who HAVE had their names written in the Book, are present in the holy Land, proved by Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 13:7

Allow me to show you what I believe to be answer to this comment.

NO ONE who has heard the gospel while alive and then rejected that gospel can be saved after the Rapture.

Just as YOU said......anyone who is left behind would then be wanting to be saved because they realized that the teaching they heard about the Rapture was true.

BUT........as YOU correctly said, no one can be saved by believing in the Rapture. We are saved by believing upon the Lord Jesus Christ and nothing else including the Rapture.

AFTER the Rapture takes place, those left will believe the lie of Satan, take the Mark of the Beast and be forever lost.
Is that the Bible Truth?????
Glad you asked.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-13......
" And after the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness."