Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty."
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Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib, or Post-Trib.
A friend asked me about this a few days ago and it reminded me of a time in a church up in Massachusetts when our pastor called some men up to the front of the church. He asked us whether we believer in pre-tribulation, mid-tribulation, or post-tribulation?
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Well, some people believe in multiple raptures; pre., mid. and post. Truth be told, my personal belief on this matter is pre-trib. And that is mainly because I believe that the tribulation will be seven years of very hard and ruthless times, and my loving God doesn’t want that for His true followers of Jesus.
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words,” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 New Living Translation).
Whether you want to believe in a pre-tribulation rapture (when the Church is caught up) or a rapture in the middle of the tribulation or post-trib. or multiple raptures all through the tribulation time there are a few constants.
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Those who have put their true faith in Jesus and have fallen asleep (died) will rise first. Then, almost immediately, we who are alive and have put our true faith in Jesus, and are prepared (remember the ten virgins) and watching, will go with them. There will be a trumpet of God and a shout. Some actually think the rapture had already happened; I ask them, what happened to the shout and the trumpet?
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Your believing in the time of the rapture is according to your desire, there is nothing in the Bible, nothing that I have found, that says exactly when this blessed event will happen, other than when the trumpet of God blows. So, whether you desire a pre-trib., mid-trib., post-trib., or multi-trib. rapture, the issue is really: Will you be ready? Back in the late 90’s Tim Lehay and Jerry Jenkins wrote a series of novels called LEFT BEHIND. I thought they were very good and even informative. Get them and read them. You may want to decide to believe in a pre-trib. rapture also.