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Originally Posted by Originalist
Brother may I ask you to point out the pre-trib rapture in Matthew 24? |
There is no pre-trib rapture in
Matthew 24.
Matthew 24 simply states that this would be Jesus's second coming which is not the actual rapture. This passage is dealing specifically with Israel and not the church. Notice that at the beginning Jesus foretold the destruction of the temple which took place under Titus in 70 AD (this was the result of the Jews rejecting Christ as the messiah). All of these prophecies from Jesus were to the Jews and the church was not present in any of these prophecies. I found some information which confirms all of this and will share more in depth tomorrow. For now this is the short version for your answer.
Just so you know my friend, I didn't come up with my opinion without much study and research and did not take any of this lightly. I might be inclined to write a book about this subject (I've never written a book before, lol) and I will probably use alot of resources for references. This topic is interesting, I was always taught about a pre-trib rapture and didn't know that there was such a thing as mid/post trib until I was in my early twenties.
AFF has been a good reason for me to study this topic out for myself (which is why I really appreciate this site). There are a lot of views on differing topics, some of which has changed my mind about certain things.
As stated in the first post, a pre-trib rapture is not a new thing and I would like to clear many of these things up. Someone told me (an old time Pentecostal preacher) that the oneness and early Pentecostals taught pre-trib rapture until a trinitarian convert brought in the post-trib topic. Although I do not know whether this is a fact, this is something else I will be looking into. God bless you my brother.
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