Poll: Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church

Launching your poll with kisses?

That's a sure way to get kind answers.

 

Too bad we don't have a pre-1800 test to compare it with.

 

Good Poll! Looks like everyone so far is pretty much in agreement.

 

1 Thesalonians 5:1-9; Rom. 5:9; Rev. 3:10). The Great Tribulation is expressly called the day of God's wrath.
Today the Lord is withholding His anger; He is seated upon a throne of grace, but the day
approaches when He will take the seat of judgment. Then "the day of his wrath" will be upon
all the world (Ps. 110:5; Is. 13:6-13; Rev. 6:16-17). It is true that in every century, the
churches have been subjected to persecution, but this is quite different from the Great
Tribulation. The general persecutions of the saints are caused by the wrath of wicked men and
the devil, whereas the seven-year Tribulation is a period especially pertaining to God's wrath
(Rev. 6:16-17; 14:10). Some feel that the church will not be saved out from the time of
great wrath, but will be saved through this wrath. This cannot be true, since the Bible clearly
reveals that those who are on earth during the Great Tribulation will not be delivered from wrath
but will be overcome (Rev. 13:7). The Scriptures that promise church-age believers deliverance
from wrath must refer to salvation out from the very presence of the wrath. Concerning the Great
Tribulation, we are told that "as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the
whole earth" (Lk. 21:35). Therefore, church-age believers must either be physically removed
from the earth, or they will be involved in the day of wrath. God promises removal.
"... I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try
them that dwell upon the earth" (Rev. 3:10).

 

Launching your poll with kisses?

That's a sure way to get kind answers. </font>[/QUOTE]Sorry, I thought it was a statement that it was the 20th version of pre-trib. doctrine posted on this board ...

Regards
Bob

 

Does a partial, pre-tribulation translation of only the obedient, watching, and faithful saints count as "pre-tribulation rapture of the Church"? Until I know the answer to that, I can't answer this poll!