Now those who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, they try to say that the scripture
in Matthew 24 that talks about the trumpet sounding and Jesus coming in the clouds and
gathering the elect, they try to say that that's not the rapture.
And their proof for that is that it takes place after the tribulation.
Of course, we all know that the rapture takes place before the tribulation.
But no, we don't know that because the Bible says in Matthew 24 and elsewhere that the
rapture takes place after the tribulation.
But because they don't believe that, they have to say that this is not the rapture.
So what they say this is, is they say this is when Jesus Christ comes in glory they say
in Revelation 19 when Jesus Christ comes at the end of the week, at the end of the tribulation
as they call it.
And they say, you know, that's at the end of the seven years when Jesus Christ comes
on the white horse.
That's what we're reading about in Matthew 24.
Well, here's the problem with that.
You will not find anything in Revelation 19 that even remotely resembles what you read
in Matthew 24.
So I'll suggest you do this.
Take Matthew 24 and compare it to 1 Thessalonians 4, then compare it to Revelation 19 and see
which one it resembles the most.
Because those who believe in a pre-trib rapture, they think Matthew 24 is about Revelation
19.
Those who believe in a post-trib rapture say that Matthew 24 is about 1 Thessalonians 4.
Well, in 1 Thessalonians 4 we have a trumpet sound.
In Matthew 24 we have a trumpet sound.
In 1 Thessalonians 4 Christ comes in the clouds.
In Matthew 24 he comes in the clouds.
In 1 Thessalonians 4 we are caught up together, be with him in the clouds.
In Matthew 24 he gathers the elect unto himself, he gathers the saved.
Elect always refers to saved in the New Testament every single time.
But in Revelation 19 you won't find any of these elements.
In Revelation 19 there's no mention of Jesus coming in the clouds.
In Revelation 19 there's no mention of a trumpet sounding.
In Revelation 19 you don't see him gathering up the believers from this earth.
And so there really is no similarity between Revelation 19 and Matthew 24, but there's
a ton of similarity between Matthew 24 and 1 Thessalonians 4.
So it's really obvious if you don't have a preconceived idea that the events in Matthew
24 mirror 1 Thessalonians 4.
They do not mirror the events in Revelation 19 unless you just want to say that because
you're just refusing to believe that the rapture comes after the tribulation.
You're just refusing to believe that the rapture comes after the tribulation.