DAY 9 – Promises
There are two main verses that pretribulationists will cite as proof texts to support their belief that true believers will be raptured from the earth prior to “The Tribulation”.
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thessalonians 5:9)
“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)
These promises are specific enough for us to draw some conclusions.
As we evaluated on Day 4, 1 Thessalonians 5:9 is given as it pertains to the wrath of God, for we are not excluded from all forms of wrath. The Revelation 3:10 passage is often used to show that believers will not be upon the earth for “The Tribulation”, but it does not actually say that.
If we are to conclude that “the hour of temptation” is God’s end-time wrath, then we must choose to believe that it speaks of the “Day of the Lord”, since that is the phrase that God uses. If this verse speaks of the coming wrath of God, then it carries the same message as the verse from 1 Thessalonians.
Since we have already shown that God’s wrath will be unleashed during the “Day of the Lord” when He alone shall be exalted, we know that the “Day of the Lord” cannot begin until sometime after the middle of the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”.
We cannot believe in a seven year period of God’s wrath called “The Tribulation”, if God’s end-time wrath does not begin until after at least the first 3 ½ years of the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”. Therefore, though there is a seven year period spoken of in Scripture (the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”), it is not a time of God’s wrath.
It never claims to be.
The “Day of the Lord” contains God’s end-time wrath, but it never claims to be seven years long or the same as the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”. Based upon Scripture, these two time periods cannot be the same, nor can the “Day of the Lord” contain the whole “Seventieth Week of Daniel”.
Since the Bible does not mention “The Tribulation”, it does not promise exemption from it.
The Bible does promise that believers will not be subjected to God’s wrath (including the “Day of the Lord”). Because “The Tribulation” is supposedly a seven year period of God’s wrath synonymous with the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”, it is erroneous and not valid. Simply put, there is no “The Tribulation”.
It does not exist.
We are never promised any exclusion from it, nor is it even referenced, for it is not real.
Though it has become a staple within much of Christianity and a presupposition of many, such does not necessitate its validity.
Point #1: The Bible does promise believers exemption from God’s wrath.
Point #2: The “Seventieth Week of Daniel” is not a period of God’s end-time wrath.
Point #3: “The Tribulation” is a man-made idea with no Scriptural basis and contradicts what the Bible actually reveals.
Point #4: “The Tribulation” is a false concept.
Point #5: Believers will not be exposed to God’s wrath, including the “Day of the Lord.”
Point #6: Believers are not promised that they will be removed from earth prior to the “Seventieth Week of Daniel.”
2+2=4
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In case you missed them,
Introduction
Back Cover
1 : The Foundation
2 : The Tribulation
BONUS : A Biblical, New Testament Understanding of Tribulation
3 : The Seventieth Week of Daniel
4 : Not Appointed to Wrath
5 : Wrath vs. Tribulation
6 : The Day of the Lord
7 : The Lord Alone
8 : The Exaltation of the Antichrist