Thread: Questions about the Rapture

Originally Posted by curly sue

When did the Great Tribulation end if it started in AD 70. Are we now in the millennial reign? I assume there is no rapture at all as no one is mentioning it?

The great tribulation has been ongoing, in phases just like birth pangs. A study of world history reveals this.

The first century church were used as human torches by the Romans, and fed to the beasts as a spectacle. The birth of the anti-christ religion of islam brought about a whole new phase of tribulation. The entire region surrounding Israel, including North Africa had accepted Christianity by the time muhammad was inspired by demons to start his new false religion. Millions were killed, many more were enslaved, and some were regarded as second class citizens because they didn't convert. Watch the interactive map on this video to see what happened as the cancer of the anti-christ religion spread: Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret, by Dr Bill Warner - YouTube


Then we have WWI and WWII. We have all the shenanigans still going on in Africa today due to islam. Everywhere islam went, classical civilization was destroyed and replaced with poverty and persecution.

Look around the world today at all that is happening. And there is more to come.

But we really have nothing to fear, because the first death only takes us into eternity. The second death has no claim on us.

The Rapture of the church is a biblical fact. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church is a theory, and one that does not line up with scripture. It didn't even come to the American church until the 1800s.

The apostle Paul taught that we ought to be watching for the return of Jesus. 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 makes it pretty clear:

7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

If there were a secret rapture before the day of the Lord, then what believers would be here to admire Him "when He comes in that Day"???


Furthermore, study out the parables of Jesus. It is the wicked who are gathered out from among the righteous. The tares will be separated from the wheat.
The bad fish will be separated from the good fish.

Millions of Christians throughout the centuries have already suffered tribulation worse than anything you or I can imagine. Just because it has not come to the American church yet does not mean that it will not. Our nation is secretly being filled with the anti-christ religion of islam right now. Ilhan Ohmar is just a sample of what is coming. They will populate to the point that they hold the majority in government. Sharia law will be passed as the law of the land, leaving behind the US Constitution. And then great tribulation will come to the American church.

Our forefathers would have never allowed islam into our country. Here is a short version of our first encounter with islam: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates - Brian Kilmeade - YouTube

Here is a more thorough version. This one explains why Thomas Jefferson had the quran printed in english: Early Muslim Extremists In American History - YouTube

Brother Nikos, please talk about the scriptures and what they are saying to you about the tribulation and the rapture.

We already know what the popular teachers are saying. Spamming the thread with other's thoughts on the scriptures means nothing to anyone.

We want to actually know your thoughts in your own words from your own reading of the scriptures.

Please expound with your own thoughts. God bless.