The Rapture: Pre- or Post Tribulation?

Is the Rapture —the rising to meet Jesus in the air— Pre or Post-Tribulation? Let's be logical and scriptural. Jesus said
■ "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken" (Matthew 24:29).

End-time events are described in Revelation, as seven consecutive seals are opened. The darkening of the sun and moon, etc, happen at the beginning of the *sixth* seal:
■ "And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind" (Revelation 6:12,13)

Those in Christ (those just resurrected, and those physically alive at that time) rise to meet Him "in the air" (1 Thessalonians 4:17) at the "last trump" (1 Corinthians 15:52) —at the final, 7th trumpet (Revelation 11:15) which is in the *_seventh seal._* All seven trumpets are part of the seventh seal.

The wrath of God is announced at the same last trumpet, and is poured out after those in Christ have risen to meet Him “in the air”:
■ "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come . . ." (Revelation 11:18)

The rapture —the rising to meet Jesus "in the air"— is post-tribulation and pre-wrath.

After the rapture (but during the wrath) Jesus will return with His raptured saints and destroy the beast, the false prophet and their armies (Revelation 19:11-21). Jesus will rule the Kingdom of God right here on earth:
■ "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Isaiah 2:4)

The raptured saints will rule with Him:
■ "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." (Revelation 20:6)

[joyedwards]

I grew up, believing in the whole pre-tribulation rapture because that's what I was taught. My brother made me think about it, and I dug into the scripture and realized that Jesus is only coming back one more time and it is after the tribulation at the last trumpet.

He said he will protect us through it, which means we're not going to go through a lot of the plagues that are going to hit the Earth, because he said those certain ones are meant for the people who take the mark and worship the beast.

The biggest thing that convinced me the most is that he would've never left that much instruction for people who rejected him. He left that instruction for his elect. I will never denounce the name of Jesus and I will never worship that beast. I will lie starving to death in a field, or I will be beheaded if that's what it takes, but my eternity is not worth anything this world has to offer. 😉

[satched]

Pre-tribulation believers don't want to suffer for Christ. As Christ suffered for us.
Those who LOSE their life for my name's sake shall be saved!

[c.u.c]

Pre, mid, post...the one thing we Christians all have in common in relation to this topic is that one way or another, the rapture is going to happen. And that is why I'm choosing not distract my mind over it and focus on preparing myself for the event.

[ByDesign]

Blessed to hear this my brother...amen, immediately AFTER the Tribulation!!!!

[CP-]

Notice very few comments. Not very popular, but has been the teaching of the church for nineteen hundred years

[rexelking]

We will be here !
Dont be affraid, if you are a believer and a doer of his words ..our Lord JESUS, he will protect you..
I want to see all this to come. ..big earth quakes, Big tidal waves and many more.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL &
HAPPY SABBATH😊

[Blessed..Teach.God]

What an absolutely perfectly truthful short video on the topic - beautiful.

[MLivingJesus]

There are many reasons why I believe in a pre-tribulation rapture and reject a post-tribulation scenario. If I was going to use just one verse off the top of my head I would use 1 Thess 1:8-10.
"The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath."

So the Thessalonians were waiting for Jesus to return from Heaven (not the antichrist) who would rescue them from the wrath to come (not waiting to go through it.) - And they were commended for doing so!

To my mind a post tribulation rapture confuses law and grace, and God's separate purposes for Israel and the Church. To my mind, it is also quite clear in Revelation (the most detailed book of the tribulation period) that the overall structure and outline of the book is given in Rev 1:19 where Jesus told John to:

'Write therefore the things which you saw, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass after this.'

The things John had just seen is the vision of Jesus in Rev 1:12-16
The things which are is the messages to the churches in Rev 2:1-3:22 (these give us an overview of the entire church age)
The things which take place after this is Rev 4:1 onwards. From this point Revelation discusses that which happens after the church age.

To me, it makes perfect sense that John in chapter 4.1 would be told that he would now be shown the 'things which take place after this.' (After the church age.) It makes sense that the church is not mentioned again after this point apart from being seen at the marriage of the lamb BEFORE the return of Jesus in Revelation 19. It also makes sense, to me at least, that there is such a focus on the Jews and Jerusalem again because God has got unfinished business there! The 144, 000 Jews mentioned are even called the 'first fruits' in Rev 14:4 which makes sense to me if this is not the church age. Otherwise, if the church goes through the tribulation, why would they be called 'first fruits' unto the lamb?

To my mind it makes sense that the bride of Christ, having gone to the wedding ceremony, would then return with Jesus 'clothed in fine linen, white and pure.' (Compare the description of the bride in Rev 19:8 with those that follow Jesus out of Heaven in Rev 19:14).

A pre-tribulation rapture also makes sense in my mind with Jesus' illustration of His coming being like it was in the days of Noah. He says that in those days people were eating, drinking, getting married... ie carrying on with normal life having no idea that judgment was coming. This makes perfect sense in relation to a pre-tribulation rapture, but makes no sense that I can see with a post tribulation rapture where the earth has experienced all the judgment spoken of in Revelation and life will be anything but like normal!

It also makes sense in my mind why Jesus promised to come and take us back to His home (John 14:1-3 in fulfilment of the Jewish marriage type... in a post tribulation rapture scenario this makes no sense.)

No, thankfully the church has been promised that it will not experience God's wrath that He will pour out upon this earth. (Rom 5:9, 1 Thess 1:10, 5:9) The church, according to the Apostle Paul, are sons of the light and are not of the day of darkness (The Day of the Lord) that will come upon this earth. See 1 Thess 5:2-5.

I do want to say something briefly about Jeremiah 23:15-31 and Ezek 13 as well. From using those scriptures in connection with the pre-tribulation rapture, I assume that you believe that people who teach a pre-tribulation rapture are false prophets or are just trying to please the people with something that isn't true - something imaginary. Correct me if I'm off-base here but I assumed that was what you were trying to say. If it is true, then all I would say, and I'm sure you know this anyway, is that many godly men who desire only to be true to God's word believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Obviously the pre-tribulation rapture was very popular among the Brethren Churches and I don't think you could accuse them of not wanting to be biblical or of just saying something that would please the people. Dave Hunt wrote in 'The Berean Call' a few points concerning pre vs post tribulation and while He gets called a lot of things, being a people pleaser is not one of them! If you want to read it use this link:


I also have come to the position I hold not because someone else believes it or because its become popular with the 'left behind' books but because I have always enjoyed studying prophecy for myself and I believe that a pre-tribulation rapture is the biblical view when all of scripture is looked at.

All the best.

[reneglazbrook]

Finally someone is exactly right
God bless you my brother

[SomeJesusStuff]

Beautiful said, brother 💪🏼💯 perfect points. I pray more start to see the truth about this instead of waiting to be raptured while the tribulation is starting. A great deception indeed.

[VerySimplyEl]

Was reading Revelations and recognized this and have been seeking some clarification that my understanding is correct. Thank you 🙏

[benkistler]

There you have it folks. Scripture clearly states its post trib

[praiseourfather]

Good video, scripture makes this clear. So many are deceived by pre trib rapture

[tamrochelleb]

I recently changed my view from pretrib to posttrib after studying the Bible for myself. Thank you for this video.

[olushayotriumph]

He is at the door. Let us be fully prepared.

[indodinoyoutube]

I always thought God's wrath WAS PART OF the tribulation, which is why I believed in mid-trib. I didn't realize it was a totally separate event.

This makes so much sense now!

[lanemorrison]

This makes sense to me. Johns Revelation unpacks details that Jesus and Paul taught in their earthly ministries.

[streamlineperformance]

I pray that Jesus Christ of Nazareth blesses you, your home, your family, your business, your health, your ministry and increases your Faith in Him to a supernatural level, if it is His Will for you because you have placed this issue in alignment with Scripture, perfectly sir.

God bless you! And keep you safe from the enemy forever. Thank you sir.

Gerard, From South Africa. Blessings to you.

[LastDaySaintJames]

Acts 1
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up,
behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

What manner did they see Him go?

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a CLOUD received him out of their sight.

They saw Him go in a CLOUD

HE shall so come in like manner

Rev. 1
7 Behold, he cometh with CLOUDS; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.


1 Thes. 4
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the CLOUDS, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.


WHEN does JESUS come in the CLOUDS?


Matthew 24
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the CLOUDS of heaven with power and great glory.

the Son of man comes in the CLOUDS
after the signs in the heavens



Mark 13
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the CLOUDS with great power and glory.

the Son of man comes in the CLOUDS
after the signs in the heavens



Luke 21
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a CLOUD with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, THEN LOOK UP, and lift up your heads; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.

the Son of man comes in a CLOUD
after the signs in the heavens

THEN LOOK UP
REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH

[RufRyt]

Absolutely correct!! We are here for the tribulation!