FreeinChrist said:
Amazingly enough, all the pretribbers I know have their faith in Christ, and are not basing their salvatation on a pretrib rapture! And pretrib isn't even the focus of our lives.....it's Christ!
I really, really get tired of the subtle and not so subtle attempts at questioning our faith just because of our endtime view!! It is truly offensive to pretribbers!
You are so right! It's wrong to say we believe the devil because we are pre-trib!
You are right,we adore Jesus,not a rapture view,and how can anyone claim to be a true christian and not want to be with Jesus as soon as possible?
Isaiah 26:19-21 seems to clearly indicate that the dead rise first before the tribulation.Romans 5:9 we are justified by the blood of Jesus Christ.
Our robes are already white in Christ,but the tribulation saints in Rev had to make their robes white. The last trump in Rev indicates more woe's to the world,but the last trump with a voice indicates great blessing and we are told to comfort one another with it.
The bible tells us so many times to be ready to meet Christ,not antichrist,and there is a mystery between Christ and the church.
The holy Ghost must be the restrainer! Only God can restrain such evil,amen.
The believe the Holy Ghost will once again work as he did in the old testament times before the pentecost when we are taken out of the way.
I have been verbally abused because I'm a believer in the pre-trib view so many times,and we know it cannot be from God what they believe when they show so much hate and aggression! It's wrong to say we are not christians over our position about the rapture!
satan would love for us to miss it! I hope those left behind won't feel unloved or rejected by God when they see that the rapture did happen before the tribulation. We have already been purified by Jesus,only the trib saints need to be purified,because God's holy would says be ready to meet Christ,not antichrist!
the 24 elders are all men redeemed from the earth,and they are from every nation,kindred and tongue it says in Revelation,and they will be priests and kings and will reign on earth,this shows that the Bema judgment happens before the antichrist comes and before the tribulation,not even the first seal is broken yet.
satan has more to gain by causing christians to miss the rapture,because if there is no rapture,we will believe that we mis-understood,and try to be strong,but those who miss the rapture,who had no faith in it,may feel rejected by God!
thats just how satan wants them to feel!
If you want to see if pre-trib believers are hated,visit The Mountain Retreat message board and tell them you are a pre-tribber in a kind and loving way,and see what you get,and how fast they jump all over you! Just a test!!!
They really get angry,to put it mildly.They say we are not true christians just over our belief in the pre-trib,just over the rapture,the say these things!
be careful to all pre-trib believers,the world is out to take your view away from you,and they are aggressive about it!
The rapture should have no place in deciding who is a christian or not.Our faith is in Jesus,who bought us with his life,his blood!!!
We should agree it's the Lord Jesus who saves,not what we believe about the rapture,amen.
To all who believe in the pre-trib,out of love,I say be very careful in this world today!!! Remember,satan is the ruler right now of the world,and what he believes,we should be totally against,and there will be a great falling away in the last days,and most will be lovers of themselves and money,love will be rare,and most will fall away from the true faith,so this proves that there won't be many true believers left,they will just have a form of godliness but they won't believe in the power of it! remember,what is most popular in the last days is most likely not of God!!! Be strong out there,and be careful!
Don't be rude to those who say evil about you,be like Jesus,and be nice while they are being mean.Give no appearrance of worldliness. Jesus too,was called a rebel by the religious groups of his days on earth before he died on the cross and rose the 3rd day! If the world loves you,then you cannot be of God,but if the world hates you,remember it also hated our Lord Jesus too!
Many will say they are christians in the last days,but they won't believe in the holy power of it!!!
May God keep all of you safe,and hold on to what you know,o.k?