Today, I want to talk about the phrase in Matthew 24,
all the tribes of the earth.
Now, those who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture,
they're constantly wanting to attack Matthew 24
and tell us that it's only speaking to the Jews,
even though the Bible clearly says at the end of Mark 13,
and what I say unto you, I say unto all,
watch, they want to make this out to be only speaking of Israel.
So when they get to the term, all the tribes of the earth,
in Matthew 24, 30, I've had many of them try to tell me
that the tribes of the earth there,
that's talking about the 12 tribes of Israel.
Now, first of all, it says all the tribes of the earth,
but they say, no, no, no, no,
the only time the Bible ever uses the word tribes,
they say, look up every time it's used
and it's always referring to Israel,
therefore, that's all the tribes that there are.
So when it says all the tribes of the earth,
that's just talking about the 12 tribes of Israel.
Well, here's the problem with that.
There are other references in the Bible
to tribes besides Israel.
Here's Isaiah 19, 13, the Bible reads,
the princes of Zoan are become fools,
the princes of Naph are deceived,
they have also seduced Egypt,
even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
And so right there in Isaiah 19, 13,
he refers to the tribes of Egypt.
So when the Bible says,
then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
he is talking about every person on this earth mourning,
all tribes, whether it be the tribes of Egypt
or the tribes of any other nation,
he's just talking about tribes in general
or groups of people that are gonna be mourning.
I've had those who believe in a preacher of rapture
point to this and say,
when it says all the tribes of the earth shall mourn,
that's talking about how Israel is gonna mourn
and they're gonna feel bad about not believing in Jesus
and they're all gonna get saved.
I don't believe that for one second.
You know, when the Bible says
all the tribes of the earth shall mourn,
compare that with Revelation 6,
where when the sun and moon are darkened,
just like they're darkened in this passage,
Jesus Christ is seen and the Bible says
that they're crying for the mountains and rocks
to fall on them and to hide them from the face of the lamb,
for the great day of his wrath has come
and who shall be able to sin.
There's your mourning, there's your weeping and wailing.
Let me read for you the passage from Matthew 24.
It says in verse 29,
immediately after the tribulation of those days,
shall the sun be darkened
and the moon shall not give her light
and the stars shall fall from heaven
and the powers of the heaven shall be shaken
and then shall appear the sign of the son of man in heaven
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn
and they shall see the son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory
and he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a trumpet
and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other.
So you can see why they wanna attack this passage
because it just very clearly states
that after the tribulation
is when Jesus Christ is gonna come in the clouds,
the trumpet's gonna sound
and the elect are gonna be gathered.
Every single time the New Testament uses the term elect,
it's talking about believers,
whether they be Jew or Gentile.
This is a crystal clear passage
stating that the rapture takes place after the tribulation.
This is a crystal clear passage
stating that the rapture takes place after the tribulation.
This is a crystal clear passage
stating that the rapture takes place after the tribulation.