The Church Does Not Enter The Tribulation – Reasons That Prove It – Part 3 Of 3 Series

THE CHURCH DOES NOT ENTER THE TRIBULATION – REASONS THAT PROVE IT – PART 3 OF 3

We continue this study proving that the Church must be raptured away before the Tribulation comes. Christians are not appointed to wrath, which is what the Tribulation is. The wrath of God is against sin in the horrific judgements of the Tribulation and believers of the Church age are rescued from that. We are not appointed to wrath. We are not children of darkness, the darkness of sin in the Tribulation.

[10]. THE EIGHTH SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE – BOTH COMINGS IN ONE VERSE

The verse in the spotlight here is this one – {{Titus 2:13 “looking for THE BLESSED HOPE and the APPEARING OF THE GLORY OF OUR GREAT GOD AND SAVIOUR, Christ Jesus.”}}

This verse is not saying the same thing twice. It is saying two separate things. Both future comings are found here. The first is the “blessed hope” or “glorious hope” in the AV. That is the Rapture and it is blessed and glorious for Christ comes to claim His Bride from the earth; all ages of history down through the years. It will be such a blessed time when raptured into His presence.

The second part of this verse connects with the appearing of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. That appearing is His glorious manifestation in the Second Coming. We, the Church, leave heaven with our Bridegroom, having celebrated the marriage supper of the Lamb for the return to earth at the Second Coming.

The Lord comes for the Battle of Armageddon and then steps on the Mount of Olives with His Church, the Bride. Those two comings, one for the Church, and one at the end of the Tribulation, are separated by 7 years. That is the length of the Tribulation on earth. The Church is in heaven for those 7 years.

THE CHURCH DOES NOT, AND CAN NOT, ENTER THE TRIBULATION.

[11]. THE NINTH SCRIPTURAL REFERENCE – DELIVERANCE FROM THE TRIBULATION

This is a very precious promise for all believers but let us look at it – {{Revelation 3:10-11 “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I ALSO WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING, THAT HOUR WHICH IS ABOUT TO COME UPON THE WHOLE WORLD, to test those who dwell upon the earth. I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, in order that no one takes your crown.”}}

This is the message to the church at Philadelphia. In the book of Revelation the Tribulation occupies the majority of the focus as it rages on the earth. The message here is that those who keep trusting the Lord will not enter the Tribulation. In other words the true believers will have no part of that testing or trial coming upon the WHOLE world.

The AV uses the wording, “the hour of trial,” and that will be trial in tribulation. That section of chapter 3 is clearly telling us that the ones who faithfully belong to the Lord will be delivered FROM the Tribulation. It DOES NOT mean “delivered through the Tribulation”. It means “OUT OF”; “AWAY FROM IT”; “RIGHT OUT OF IT”. The Greek word is “ek” meaning “out, or out of”, having no part in it.

The Lord is coming quickly. It won’t be long now. When the Rapture happens it will be so quick, the Greek being “inatoma” (átomos) a particle of time that can not be split. Less than a split second.

There is a very wrong concept around that some hold on to. It is call “a partial Rapture,” where those said to be faithful to the Lord are raptured, but rather slack or worldly Christians are left behind to go into the Tribulation. It is false. Don’t listen to that. It is also elitist and judgemental.

[12]. THE HEAVENLY PREPARATION OF THE BRIDE IN HEAVEN

Recently I wrote about the Church, the Bride of Christ. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb is recorded in {{Revelation 19:7 “Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.”}} The Bride will not come to the wedding without absolute spotless purity typified by white linen – {{Revelation 19:8 and it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”}}

The Church MUST BE in heaven for the Marriage preceded by cleansing and the giving of rewards. If the Church was on earth in the Tribulation, that could not happen.

Before the Marriage happens, the Church needs full purification. In other words when you enter heaven the Lord has to deal with unconfessed sin and other issues and then the Church is rewarded with such passages as this – {{1Corinthians 3:12-13 “Now if any man builds upon the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident, for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.”}}