TJ (31 Dec 2005)
"PRE- TRIB REBUTTAL"
DOVESPaul according to the Pre Trib Rapture theory would be part of the Church. Why then is he resurrected at the 2nd Coming?To: TJFrom: Marilyn AgeeHi:> > Paul according to the Pre Trib Rapture theory would be part of the Church. Why then is he resurrected at the 2nd Coming?He isn't resurrected at the 2nd Coming. He is resurrected at the Pre-Trib Rapture. He is one of the 24 elders seen in Heaven right after the Rapture (Rev. 4:1-4).> > 2nd Timothy 4:1 I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead ------- at his appearing and his kingdom; ( The Appearing here is associated with the setting up of the millenial kingdom of Christ so this is clearly the appearing of Christ at His 2nd coming.)Jesus will APPEAR on the same day that he receives his KINGDOM. THAT DAY is 7 months BEFORE the Second Advent. Eze. 38:18-20 describes the Day of God's Wrath. Then Eze. 39:12,13 says, "SEVEN MONTHS shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified (i.e., at the Second Advent), saith the Lord GOD."His "appearing" refers to the Sign of the Son of Man (Mt. 24:30; Rev. 6:12f). Jesus is seen sitting on his throne in the sky on the day of the Pre-Wrath Rapture, which is on the first day of the Millennium. On that day, Jesus receives his kingdom and is installed as judge at the Judgment Seat of Christ.Eze 38:23 says of THAT DAY, "Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I WILL BE KNOWN IN THE EYES OF MANY NATIONS (i.e., the Sign of theSon of Man will be seen), and they shall know that I am the LORD."THAT DAY is the greatest day ever. Isa 2:11 says, "The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in THAT DAY." Isa 17:7 says, "At THAT DAY shall a man look to his Maker, and his EYES shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel." Jer 30:7 says, "Alas! for THAT DAY is great, so that none is like it: it is even THE TIME OF JACOB'S TROUBLE; but he shall be saved out of it."!The saints in Heaven receive their rewards for their belief while the unbelievers receive their rewards for their unbelief on Earth. It is the Day of Destruction on Earth.Dan 7:9 tells us about THAT DAY. It says, "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: THE JUDGMENT WAS SET, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of ! the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till THE BEAST WAS SLAIN, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like THE SON OF MAN came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And THERE WAS GIVEN HIM DOMINION, AND GLORY, AND A KINGDOM, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is! an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom < /FONT>that which shall not be destroyed."Rev. 11:15-18 says of that day, "the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders (INCLUDING PAUL), which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art (on the Feast of Trumpets that begins the Millennium), and wast (at the FIRST COMING), and art to come (AT THE SECOND COMING, 7 MONTHS FUTURE, (Eze. 39:12,13); because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast REIGNED. And the nations were angry (Gog's army is attacking Israel), and! THY WRATH IS COME, and the time of the dead, that they should be JUDGED (AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST), and that thou shouldest give REWARD unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great (i.e., all saints are in Heaven); AND shouldest destroy them (THE UNBELIEVERS) which destroy the earth."On the Day of the Lord, THAT DAY of the General Assembly in Heaven (Heb. 12:23), the Pre-Trib saints are gathered to the General Assembly from one end of Heaven to the other. Mt. 24:31 says, "he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of HEAVEN to the other."At the same time, the Pre-Wrath saints are gathered from the Earth. Mark 13:27 says, "And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the EARTH (at the Pre-Wrath Rapture) to the uttermost part of HEAVEN" (those caught up previously at the Pre-Trib Rapture).> > 4: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day ( The Day of Jesus Appearing / And Kingdom) : and not to me only ( Paul will be dead at the day of the 2nd coming) , but unto all them also that love his appearing ( The living that witness it on the day it happens) .The day of Jesus' appearing (i.e., when the Sign of the Son of Man is seen) is the same day that Jesus receives his Kingdom. It also is the day of the Pre-Wrath Rapture.> > 1 Thess 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven...with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise firstI Thess. 4:16 is about the FIRST TRUMP, THE FIRST RAPTURE, THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE.I Cor. 15:51-54 tells us about the LAST TRUMP, THE SECOND RAPTURE, THE PRE-WRATH RAPTURE. It says, "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall ALL (including Paul) be CHANGED (ACTUALLY BE MADE IMMORTAL), In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we (i.e., all saints, the entire Body of Christ in Heaven) shall be CHANGED. For this corruptible must put on incorruption (the dead are raised incorruptible, I Cor. 15:42):, and THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTAL! ITY. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption (some at the Pre-Trib Rapture, others at the Pre-Wrath Rapture), and this mortal (ALL SAINTS) shall have put on immortality (AFTER THE SECOND RAPURE), then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."Agape, Marilyn Agee