Interesting thought

sky hawk

Old Mossy Horns
Contributor
You'll notice in every parable Jesus tells, there is a single returning where the debts are settled. There's no second chances, no do-overs. The virgins don't get a second chance to enter with the bridegroom. The servants don't get a second chance to invest the talents. The (false) theology that Christians will disappear and suddenly others are going to be convinced to accept Christ is not scriptural. In fact, the scripture is very clear that at His coming, the last trumpet will sound, and the entire world will see him. It isn't a secret event.

With that understanding, consider all of the warnings Jesus gives his followers to not be deceived during this time period. In Matthew 24, Jesus is speaking to....HIS disciples - not unsaved Jews. It's not Matthew speaking, it's Jesus speaking, and he's giving this information and this warning in a very earnest manner to his followers, not to the general public.

In 2 Thess. 2, Paul is giving instructions to....followers of Christ. It's not a letter to Jews or Greeks, it's a letter to the church (Christians) in Thessalonica. And his words are surprisingly clear regarding the return of Christ. It's not really as hard as we make it out to be. The truth is, these warnings and prophecies are given TO and FOR believers in Christ. One must ask, why are such warnings given to the Church if we are not here? Why the admonition to persevere? To not take the mark? How does the AC wage war on the saints, if the saints are gone? When you stray from the obvious answer to these questions, you have to really start stretching. There's a giant elephant in the room, that most Christians these days don't want to see. And that's a modern, more palatable theology that they won't have to endure the tribulation. I can't find a single scripture that clearly backs that up, and for the final generation, that theology will prove to be devastating when it doesn't hold true.
 

badlandbucks

Ten Pointer
that is spot on. Once the tribulation starts, that is when the separating of the sheep and goats begins. The time to figure out if you are a sheep or a goat is before that time comes. Once that time period gets here it will be too late.
 
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