You also believe in what's called a post-tribulation rapture, which a lot of people look down upon as well.
Because it seems like most churches believe in a pre-tribulation rapture.
Now, why is it that you personally believe in a post-tribulation rapture?
Well, number one, the pre-trib rapture, there's no verse in the Bible that says that.
The Bible does say in Matthew 24 verse 29 immediately after the tribulation.
So, it does literally bring up a time period that's after the tribulation.
And then when you keep reading that passage, it talks about Christ coming in the clouds.
You see Him gathering together His elect from one part of the earth unto the other,
which matches perfectly with 1 Thessalonians chapter number 4.
So, I think you have to realize that the rapture itself is after the tribulation.
Now, you do also see a period in Revelation where Christ comes and it's kind of the sixth seal.
And then you see this great group of people from all nations in heaven.
And after that point, God then pours out His wrath.
So, you know, I believe my position would be articulated best as post-trib pre-wrath,
meaning that God will rapture His church or His elect out of the earth after the tribulation,
which was done through the antichrist, but before God ends up pouring His last wrath out on the earth.
And there's a lot of people that will say that those elect that God is gathering in Matthew chapter 24,
those are the Jews.
But in Mark chapter 13, it says,
What I say unto you, I say unto all, watch.
So, doesn't that kind of just clear it up who He's talking to, everyone?
Yeah, of course, Mark 13, he kind of says, hey, I'm saying this to every single person.
Also, just when you look at the word elect consistently through the New Testament,
it's referencing those who are saved and those who have believed in Christ.
You can see examples of this in the epistles written to Gentile churches.
In 1 Peter, it talks about the strangers, which are scattered in all these different Gentile regions.
And the Bible talks about how they're elect according to the foreknowledge of God.
And so, if these Gentiles are elect, then that stands to reason that the same group that Jesus is referencing
when He's talking about gathering His elect in Matthew 24,
because those events hadn't even transpired yet.
So, as we move further into the future, obviously, we don't have this group of only Israelites physically that are elect.
It's just those who have believed in Christ, whether they're Jew or Gentile.
And there's a lot of people also that I think they have tribulation mixed up with God's wrath.
They would say, oh, no, it has to be a pre-tribulation rapture because God's not going to pour His wrath out.
But tribulation and wrath are not the same thing, correct?
Yeah, and I think the terminology sometimes gets confused as well about the end times
because we talk about Daniel's 70th week.
And some people say it's a seven-year tribulation period.
But there's nothing that really in the Bible says there's a seven-year tribulation period.
I do believe in a seven-year period.
But the Bible brings up how there's going to be a time period that's after the tribulation.
So, obviously, that's denoting there was a time when the tribulation stopped.
Well, when did the tribulation stop?
Well, it's when all the Christians are out of the world.
Because, you know, Christians are experiencing tribulation for the Word's sake and for Christ's sake.
If there's no one that's saved, no one can experience any kind of tribulation.
So, then God's pouring out His wrath on the unbelieving, unregenerate, God-hating world.
And we see that that wrath poured out.
Just like Noah in ark, you know, he was experiencing, arguably, a lot of tribulation
when people are mocking him, not believing in God, living in a scary world.
But as soon as he gets on the ark, then God pours out His wrath on the unbelieving world.
Same with Lot. That's also a picture that is brought up in these passages about the end times.
Lot's experiencing a lot of tribulation when they're grabbing at the door and fighting him
and wanting to sodomize him and the two angels.
But as soon as he ends up leaving the town, then God pours out His wrath.
And the angels even say that God cannot pour out His wrath until they've taken them out of the city,
which is kind of an example of how God can't pour out His wrath on the world
until He's taken His saved out of it.