Paul was not the author of the pretrib rapture. If you're suggesting 1st Thes 4 - we see starting with verse 13 the subject is people worrying about their passed away loved ones and he goes on to explain what happens with them and he ends by telling them to comfort themselves with these words which are about their loved ones, not a pretrib rapture event.
A pretrib rapture was not even the subject and if one reads into chapter 5 one would see that.
Of course it is/was the subject, you just don't understand THE TIMING, that's on you, not Paul, sister. This is a non sequitur type of circular argument, so IF the Rapture is Pre Trib. then that was about the Pre Trib. Rapture wasn't it sister? See why its a nonsensible non sequitur ? The Rapture is pre trib, and that is why we are all raised at the exact same time but Paul needed to assure them so he says the dead are raised first, A MILI SECOND before those of us who are alive are transformed (CHANGED) from human bodies to Spirit Men, so we can go be with the Lord because no human flesh can enter heaven.
I have been called unto Prophecy 40 years, been studying it for 40 years, I handle the deep stuff like knowing where the AC is born, (Greece) knowing what his political base is (E.U.), knowing what his Bloodline is (Old Assyria) and then I combine them all as one should to know he has to be an Old Assyrian (Turk/Iraqi of today) who is born in Greece and comes to power in the E.U. I understand the 1290 and 1335, which is the key to solving all the End Time TIMING issues, and you want to try and teach me about the timing of the Rapture which as far simpler in nature. That's a no go sister. When one can't get get the timing of the rapture down, they started on the wrong path and thus will never understand eschatology in full.
Only the Greek word for "taken" does not mean remove from the earth as utilized in this verse.
Look up all of the Greek words for taken and see how their utilized in every verse.
Sure, just like Anti-Christ doesn't have to mean AGAINST right? As some would say, which is just not factual. People always do these type of things to try and twist a meaning into existence. Some people think the Jews actually ACCEPT the AC as their "Messiah" all because they do not understand John 5:43 was SPECIFICALLY only a prophesy about the Pharisees, go read it, he tells them they are devils, not of God, then says you will not accept me who was sent from the Father, but "ANOTHER" you (Pharisees) will accept [who was not sent by the Father].
So, many people who do not understand prophesy, and thus wrongly take this scripture, and assume the End Time Jews accept the AC, a Gentile, as their Messiah, OR some go one better, they then say the AC has to be a Jew because at least they understand the Jews would never accept a Gentile Messianic figure.
This is how people go down wrong paths, they get OFF-TRACKED at the start of an issue. Jesus was talking about the Pharisees rejecting him, knowing they were looking for the Political Lion Messiah, a fighter, who would be King and lead them to a VICTORY over the Fourth Beast. But what they failed to understand was there was TWO ADVENTS, the Suffering Lamb Servant and the Conquering Lion King. Thus Jesus foretold them all, that the temple would be destroyed, and that Rome would sack them, and in so doing the Pharisees would get desperate and seek out Messianic type political leaders (they never assumed the Messiah was the Son of God) and they did this in like 66-70 AD hoping to find THE CHOSEN ONE, the Messiah, so they put forth a few men, but of course Jesus had foretold this, and thus it was fulfilled in the 70 AD events.
ONE TAKEN means taken and ONE LEFT means they are left on earth. It's simple stuff sister.
The Greek word for Mystery = Muterion which derives from Muo (to shut the mouth)
#3466 μυστήριον musterion {moos-tay'-ree-on}
from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); TDNT - 4:802,615; n n
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Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1)
hidden thing, secret, mystery
1a) generally mysteries, religious secrets, confided only to the
initiated and not to ordinary mortals
1b)
a hidden or secret thing, not obvious to the understanding
1c)
a hidden purpose or counsel
1c1) secret will
1c1a) of men
1c1b) of God: the secret counsels which govern God in
dealing with the righteous, which are hidden from
ungodly and wicked men but plain to the godly
3
) in rabbinic writings, it denotes the mystic or hidden sense:
of an OT saying, of an image or form seen in a vision, of a dream
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Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
From a derivative of μύω [[muo]]
(to shut the mouth); a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
So, this is only a SECRET because God had heretofore (at the time he told Paul) never revealed this to anyone, he had SHUT His mouth (Muo) on the subject until He decided to reveal it unto Paul, all because Israel is not THE CHURCH or Bride of Christ, they are the Bride of the Father. Some Jews are a part of the Bride of Christ, of course like Paul, Peter and John and todays Messianic Jews, but most will rule with Jesus and be raised at the LAST DAY when Jesus returns, as long as you can not understand the DIFFERENT CALLINGS of the Church and Israel, you will never grasp this. The 70th week, just like the first 69 weeks will have no Church per se, it will have Remnant Church as seen in Rev. 12:16-17.
You must start out on a correct path to get to where you intend to go sister.
