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Posttribulationalism

Contents

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Introduction

The Practical Issue

Early Church Writers Were Posttribulationalists

Notable Christian Posttribbers

No Hint of a Pretribulational Rapture in Matthew 24

First Resurrection - After the Great Tribulation

When Does the Last Trumpet Sound?

Only One Return Portrayed in Revelation

First "The Great Tribulation" Then "The Day of the Lord"

God's Pattern: Satan's Wrath vs. God's Wrath

Jesus Taught against Imminency

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5: A Meaningless Warning?

1 & 2 Thessalonians: How Many Returns?

The Error of 2 Thessalonians 2:2

Unnecessary Commands and Warnings?

Redemption Near, Not Past, at Tribulation

"Descend" Always Implies a Complete Descent

Pretrib Requires Complicated Judgment Scheme

 

ANSWERS TO COMMON PRETRIBULATIONAL ARGUMENTS

 "Thief in the night" Implies Imminency

Posttribulationalism Implies Knowing the Time of the Return

God Wouldn't Allow Believers to Suffer the Tribulation

The Word "Church" Doesn't Appear in Tribulational Passages

The Command to "Watch" Implies Imminency

"Escape" (Lk 21:36) Implies Pretribulationalism

Revelation 3:10 Implies a Pretribulational Rapture

The Presence of the 24 Elders in Heaven Implies Pretribulationalism

The Marriage Supper (Rev. 19) Precedes Return

The Armies in White (Rev 19) Imply Pretribulationalism

The "Apostasy" is Really the "Departure"? (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

The Removal of the "Restrainer" Implies Pretribulationalism

The Words "Parousia" and "Apocalupsis" Imply Two "Comings"

The Separation of Sheep from Goats (Matthew 25)

Conclusion

Notes