Rapture Before Tribulation

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This is the first of the three parts of seven judgments known as tribulation. Though many scholars disagree on the timing of certain events, all who believe biblical scripture agree tribulation will come upon mankind. Tribulation will be the most horrifying time of suffering mankind has ever seen. There is not a time of suffering in the history of mankind that can be reflected upon, including all known wars or outbreaks of diseases that come close in comparison to tribulation. This is mankind’s warning of things to come, graciously given from God so that no one is surprised or unaware when they happen and also had time to prepare for them to happen.
(Revelation 6:1-2) “I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard …show more content…

Even though many of their brothers and sisters are dying right along with the nonbelievers they will be blamed for the judgments of God that have come upon mankind and many will be put to death. The “Rapture before tribulation” theory does not test true as Jesus tells his faithful followers who are killed, they must wait a little longer until the deaths to come to other faithful followers is completed. Within this world there are nations which on a regular basis mutilate, enslave and publicly execute Christians. There are other nations which prohibit Christian practices of any kind and anyone caught doing so is sentenced to death. Christians should not be fooled into believing, because they are washed clean in the blood of Jesus Christ, they are protected from or immune to the suffering that will come upon the world through the judgments of God.
(Revelation 6:12-14) “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its

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