Christians are often heard using as evidence for a Pre-Tribulation Rapture the notion that the Church must be raptured prior to it in order to be preserved from it. It is as if they have completely discounted the limitless sovereign power of the Most High Creator of the Universe. Over and over, the Bible recounts the times when God delivered His people through impossible circumstances which repeatedly echo the resounding answer to the question, "Is anything to hard for the Lord?"
Paul declares that the rapture of the church takes place at the deafeningly thunderous, blindingly brilliant Second Coming, when "the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout, voice, and trumpet of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we..shall be caught up", which time can only be after the tribulation of the 7 Last Plagues, which through the midst God will deliver us, just as sure as He delivered the Israelites of old.
- Noah and his family were delivered through the midst of the Deluge, not from it.
- Abraham was delivered through the midst of his trial on Mount Moriah, not from it.
- Moses was delivered through the midst of the trial of a people that repeatedly wanted to stone him and return to Egypt, not from it.
- Jacob was delivered through the midst of his Time of Trouble, not from it.
- Joseph was delivered through the midst of his trials at home and in Egypt, not from them.
- Daniel was delivered through the midst of the Lion's Den, not from it.
- The Three Hebrew Worthies were delivered through the midst of the Fiery Furnace, not from it.
- Esther and the Israelites were delivered through the midst of the death decree trial, not from it.
- The disciples were delivered through the midst of the stormy sea by Jesus' words, not from it.
- The Israelites were delivered through the midst of the 7 Last Plagues, not from them.
Paul declares that the rapture of the church takes place at the deafeningly thunderous, blindingly brilliant Second Coming, when "the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout, voice, and trumpet of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we..shall be caught up", which time can only be after the tribulation of the 7 Last Plagues, which through the midst God will deliver us, just as sure as He delivered the Israelites of old.
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