Well, the fact is t
here isn't one verse in the entire Bible which indicates that the Church will go through the Tribulation period.
Major, there are many scriptures that talk about the church going through tribulation:
Act 14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
Act 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that
we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Are you a disciple of Christ?
Act 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves
with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Now let's address this part...You quoted Revelation 3:10
"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 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." -Revelation 3:10
and said:
God will NOT allow the Church to go through the Tribulation Period. It will be a time of atrocities as the world has never known!
First, this 'hour of Temptation' in Rev 3:10 is not the tribulation. The hour of temptation is at the end of Jesus thousand year reign when Satan is let loose for a little season to tempt the whole world:
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be
loosed a little season.
There is nothing about a rapture in Revelation 3:10 That scripture is for the church Philadelphia... So use the entire thing:
Rev 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Rev 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
That strength is the Holy Spirit and the word is the word of God. Remember, God seeks those to worship in Spirit and truth
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
It goes on to say that this group must hold fast to their crown, and overcometh and they will be in New Jerusalem:
Rev 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 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 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Rev 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
The church of Philadelphia is the church of Brotherly Love...The greek word is 'Philadelphos- which literally means brotherly love. That verse is for those who have been reborn and have the love of God in them through the Holy Spirit..
Rom 5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the l
ove of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
They are also known as Just men made perfect, those who overcame the world and receive a crown of righteousness.
Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heb 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect,
They are saints...and washed their robes in tribulation:
Psa 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Psa 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
They are revealed at the fifth seal:
Rev 6:11 And
white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
They come from great tribulation:
Rev 7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
Rev 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of
great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
They return with Him to reign:
Jud 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
thousands of his saints,
The fifth seal is the end of the tribulation and the sixth seal is the start of the day of the Lord:
Rev 6:12 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;
Rev 6:13 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.
Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Mat 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:
So how is it that those in white robes don't go through tribulation?Jesus started that tribulation back when Jerusalem was made desolate 2000 years ago. This tribulation is the trial of our faith.
The fact is that we go through tribulation to get into the kingdom..except those who fall away during that process:
Mat 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for
when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by
he is offended. ( offended means to fall away)
We make it through that process by Grace..the power of God.
When Jerusalem is brought down out of Heaven, those who have the Holy Spirit will be the wise virgins...
Mat 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
Mat 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Mat 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
The barn is New Jerusalem...we will come from the east and the west to sit in the Kingdom of Heaven:
Luk 13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Those with the Holy Spirit will be gathered together to Jerusalem and we will be fellowcitizens with them:
Eph 2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Your rapture fable is holding you back from understanding the Word of God. You will be unprepared when that day comes because you have taken to fables.
I'll ask you the same question as the other fellow...How are you raptured out 'before the tribulation starts' when the catching away doesn't happen until the
last trumpet and the trumpets are not handed out until the seventh seal...which again is AFTER the tribulation? Again, go read the studies on the website and then come back for discussion.
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Sincerely
T/C