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Pre-tribulation Rapture – One Shall Be Taken And The Other Shall Be Left Behind

Saturday, September 12, 2015 19:15
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Christ declared, One shall be taken and the other shall be left behind. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be when the Son of Man returns. The ones taken are to be destroyed; we most definitely want to be left behind, to inherit the Kingdom on earth at Christ’s Second Coming.

Mark 13:24-27 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

One Shall Be Taken Christ made it very clear that after the tribulation He would gather all of the elect together. It would be unnecessary to gather the heavenly host, if it were not for the fact that they also were to reign on earth with Him.

As it Was in The Days of Noah So Shall it Be When Jesus Returns One Shall Be Taken

 

In the days of Noah the earth was filled with violence, and all flesh was destroyed except for eight people. Upon Christ’s second coming, it will be as it was in the days of Lot and Noah; One shall be taken to inherit destruction. This is the unfortunate fate for all who have not found protection in Christ.

Matt 24:39-40 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

When Christ returns a second time, one shall be taken, but not to heaven. They are actually taken to Hell, to await the final judgment after the 1000 year reign of Christ.  Those left behind remain on earth; this is the exact opposite of what the pre-tribulation rapture movement teaches. It is simply amazing how many buy into this grievous fable.

John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

There is not one Bible verse that suggests we are ever to go up to heaven with resurrected bodies. This transformation happens at the last trumpet judgment when the Elect reign with Christ on a new earth.

Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

When our inheritance or treasure is mentioned in association with Heaven, it always refers to one of two promises; the crown of righteousness (our Salvation) is given to the Elect at His second coming, when He returns from Heaven; the New Jerusalem which comes down from Heaven, represents our final dwelling place with Jesus after the millennium reign on earth (1 Thes 4:15-17).

2 Tim 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: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

The apostle Paul clearly points out that he will receive the crown of righteousness at the same time as all those that love His appearing do; this occurs upon Christ’s return to the earth. To imagine that one shall be taken to receive the reward of eternal life before the tribulation, while the apostle waits until the end of the tribulation for his is preposterous.

2 Tim 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

One Shall Be Taken Christ judges the living and the dead at His appearing and His earthly kingdom (the 1000 year reign); if there is a pre tribulation rapture then this group escapes the judgment; this is impossible, as it is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment (2 Tim 4:1; Heb 9:27-28). Now this ridiculous theory claims not only three separate earthly visits by Christ, but three separate judgments as well, one of which is a secret even to the group that propagates this fairy tale.

Peter presents us with a message that the new age church does not want to talk about, because they do not want to understand it. We will partake in Christ’s sufferings and are able to endure through the power of His Spirit that lives within us. However this temporary pain does not compare to the eternal glory and joy to be experienced at His Second Coming.

1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Judgment begins with or at the body of believers known as the church; there is no special escape clause expressed or implied.

1 Peter 4:17-18 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?  And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

So we ask those pre-tribulation rapture advocates, if the house of God is raptured away how then is it possible for judgment to begin there? If the righteous be scarcely saved what chance would the ungodly that are left behind have, with no discernment for the truth during the worst period of deception known to mankind?

Luke 21:28  And when these things begin to come to pass,( the tribulation events) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (or salvation) draweth nigh.

The Word of God will return to set in motion the first judgment and resurrection; those that destroy the earth will be sent to Hell to await the lake of fire which is the final judgment; a full reward is given to the elect who will reign on earth with Jesus.

Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The prophets, Saints and others are rewarded at this time, which most assuredly is at the end of the great tribulation period.

Just as  2 Tim 4:1, destroys the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine , so to does this verse in Rev 11:18.

A rapture or gathering of the church before this time is quite impossible, how could the prophets not be worthy of the same rewards of the church, that is supposedly taken away and transformed years before they are. Salvation at any time other than that of the second coming of Jesus our redeemer is also impossible. The reward for the righteous is salvation, which just happens to occur when Christ returns (Isa 62:11; Col 3:24; Rev 22:12).

2 Thess 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Observe the logical progression here, one shall be taken, that is for sure, but it is not the Christian. Christ is revealed and He brings His angels with Him. If we were raptured and taken to Heaven there would be no need to bring the angels.

2 Thess 1:10  When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe…

Christ comes to be glorified in his Saints, but also with flaming fire as He takes vengeance on them that  do not know God, so this is also a time of judgment (2 Thes 1:8).

2 Thess 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

Christ must first come down from Heaven in order to gather His Elect, this does not represent two separate events, the proof of this is in the following verse.

2 Thess 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

One Shall Be Taken The day of Christ is in fact when He returns to gather us, one event that occurs during a single day.

2 Thess 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

And it is evident that the day in which we are gathered, or caught up in Christ, does not occur until the Beast or anti Christ is revealed, well there goes the possibility of escaping the Great Tribulation.

2 Thess 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming

And finally, this all happens at the end of the Great Tribulation, as this is when Christ returns and  throws the Beast and False prophet into the Lake of Fire (Rev 19:20).

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  • I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
    John 17:15-16 (KJV)

    • The only Truth found here is in Bold writing …”as it is written” the rest is pure speculation and personal opinions, which your entitled too of course and so am I…. :wink:

      What you have taken away, will be taken away from you, this I am sure of, as what we seal on Earth is sealed in Heaven.

      “There is not one Bible verse that suggests we are ever to go up to heaven”

      How can this verse be fulfilled as spoken by Y’shua ?

      John 14:2
      Jesus Comforts the Disciples
      :arrow: …2″In My FATHERS HOUSE are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 3″If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and RECEIVE YOU TO Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. :arrow: 4″And you know the way where I am going.”

      Where did He GO and what has HE PROMISED TO DO THERE.?

      or do we just Ignore it :!: ?

      “There is not one Bible verse that suggests we are ever to go up to heaven with resurrected bodies”

      :arrow: WHAT !!! We have a whole Parable of the 10 Virgins leaving us without doubt the 5 Wise went to Heaven in resurrected bodies. a fulfillment of John 14:2-3 above

      Your gatherings are ALL wrong as Y’shua receives us to Himself by Himself …NO ANGELS take or reap the Bride to Heaven but ONLY the Lord Himself above verse. confirmed in the parable of the 10 virgins, the call went out at midnight hr…LETS GO OUT TO MEET HIM, the BRIDEGROOM CAME and those who were ready went IN with HIM..Matt 25

      IN with Him to WHERE !!! ? “Heaven obviously” in their NEW RESURRECTED BODIES.. :idea: @the APPEARING not at the SECOND COMING.

      Noah Lot ….THEN

      Unlike the BRIDE the Weeds ARE reaped :arrow: by Angels and put in the fire at the End of the Age those remaining believers (wheat) who have come to Christ during the “Jacobs Trouble” those tribulation believers (survivors) are left behind to enter the Kingdom on Earth “Into my BARN” not the FATHERS HOUSE a MANSION as Promised to the BRIDE….You don’t put the Bride in a Barn..!!

      :arrow: He will come back exactly as He left, we are told. and they looked until HE disappeared from view.

      John 17:15-16 (KJV) does not disprove a PTR rescue as He has set a day when we who are alive will be changed , so we all carry on in the world as per your verse until my verse we who are alive, the Rapture there is no conflict of meaning.

      As for myself I await the Rapture/rescue, the Precept God gave us in the examples of Noah and Lot and many other examples He has shown us, whereby His people are allowed to escape before His judgement falls on man.

      Luke 21:36
      Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
    John 14:2-3 (KJV) See Heb 11:16

    Christ prepares a place for us and it is the New Jerusalem

    And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
    Rev 20:4-6 (KJV)

    The 1000 year reign is for the Left Behind and the Elect of all times

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
    Heb 11:16 (KJV)

    And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
    Rev 21:2-3 (KJV)

  • Again take away what you like, it will be taken away from you.

    One taken to the fire by Angels and one taken into the Barn by Angels….this is done at the End of the AGE by reapers so your dead wrong.

    :arrow: He will come back exactly as He left, we are told. and “they looked until HE disappeared from view”.

    Y’ shua Comes by HIMSELF receives us UNTO HIMSELF and goes through the DOOR with the BRIDE with HIM…NO ANGELS !

    So your one taken one left behind is void as to the rapture.

    The BRIDE does not, will NOT be going into a Barn even you say we go to the New Jerusalem, then also say the one left behind goes to a Barn ??. :shock:

    they are to be taken to HEAVEN BEFORE Jacobs Trouble as we are to escape all things if we are accounted worthy.

    This fulfills God Precepts of Rescue given to us BY God as an examples in Noah and Lot

    Ignore Gods Precepts of rescue if you like YOU have taken away GOD WORD as God does NOT Judge the wicked with the righteous the PROOF is in the Examples HE gave US in Noah and Lot. :idea:

    The Bride is in the New Jerusalem LONG BEFORE rev 20:4-6 which is nearly the END.

    • You wrote:

      “There is not one Bible verse that suggests we are ever to go up to heaven with resurrected bodies.”

      “Christ prepares a place for us and it is the New Jerusalem”

      then you post Rev 20:4

      Your clearly saying this is in Heaven ? and those there are in the New Jerusalem as you put this above rev 20:4 ?, which contradicts your first comment.. :shock:

      then you post

      But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
      Heb 11:16 (KJV)

      :arrow: The Father House the New Jerusalem in Heaven where the BRIDE goes as Promised rev 3:10-11

      And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Wife)

      So your Rev 20:4 contradicts that no-one goes to heaven.

      :idea: The 5 Wise virgins arrive in HEAVEN WITHOUT HAVING THERE HEADS REMOVED ON DEPARTURE.,,they went WITH HIM in one piece.through the door .. :lol:

      Where-else did they go !!! at the midnight hr please advise me when you locate them.

      Are you sure your not a SDA as you seem to have Hellon Whites beliefs.

      • DID the 5 Wise virgins in Matt 25) “ESCAPED ALL THESE THINGS” Luke 21:36) when they went IN WITH THE LORD ? @ His appearing ?

        :arrow: Yes or NO

        :idea: PTR is on ROCK SOLID GROUND….”as it is written”

  • The scriptures mentioned in your headline I believe do not reference the rapture my friend. Read it’s corresponding synoptic gospel of Luke 17.
    He states that IN THAT NIGHT (…meaning BEFORE the day of the ESCAPE/RAPTURE) there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. (as in perverted sex)
    35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken , and the other left (as in perverted sex).
    36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken , and the other left. (as in doing drugs).
    37 And they answered and said unto him, Where Lord ? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered. (NOT ANGELS but DEATH ANGELS/Vultures).

    These scriptures are speaking about the millions of deaths due to HIV/HPV/AIDS from homosexual practices and intravenous drug abuse.

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