Post-Tribulation Rapture View
(10 Scriptural and Logical Problems)
If the Church must endure the entire Tribulation, face the Antichrist, suffer the wrath of God, and survive Armageddon—
what exactly is “the Blessed Hope”?
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1. No Time for the Bema Seat or Marriage of the Lamb
• 2 Corinthians 5:10 — “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.”
• Revelation 19:7–8 — “The marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready.”
• Revelation 19:14 — “The armies of heaven… were following Him on white horses.”
These two events—the Bema Seat (judgment of believers for rewards) and the Marriage of the Lamb—must happen before Christ returns with His Bride.
Postrib leaves no time for either.
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2. No Mortals Left to Populate the Millennial Kingdom
Matthew 25:32
“Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
Matthew 25:46
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
At the Second Coming, if all the saved are glorified and all the unsaved are judged…
who’s left in natural bodies to enter the Kingdom and repopulate the earth?
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3. Destroys the Doctrine of Imminency
• Matthew 24:44 — “The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
• Matthew 25:13 — “You know neither the day nor the hour.”
• Titus 2:13 — “Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing…”
Imminency means Christ can return at any moment.
You’re watching for signs and judgments—not Jesus.
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4. Collapses the Rapture and Second Coming into One Event
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 — Rapture: Believers are caught up to meet Christ in the air.
• Revelation 19:11–16 — Second Coming: Christ descends to the earth in judgment.
• Revelation 1:7 — “Every eye will see Him.”
• John 14:3 — “I will come again and receive you to Myself…”
The Rapture is a joyful reunion. The Second Coming is a war.
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5. The Church Is Absent from Tribulation Passages
• Revelation 2–3 — “He who has an ear… let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
• Revelation 6–18 — Global wrath, but no mention of the Church until Revelation 19:7.
The Church is conspicuously absent from the Tribulation narrative.
Instead, Israel and the nations are the focus.
The Church is seen in heaven, worshiping and returning with Christ.
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6. Ignores God’s Promise to Deliver from Wrath
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9 — “God has not destined us for wrath.”
• Revelation 3:10 — “I will keep you from the hour of trial…”
• Luke 21:36 — “Pray… to escape all these things.”
The Tribulation is not just persecution—it is divine wrath poured out on a rebellious world.
The Church is not appointed to wrath.
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7. The Restrainer Must Be Removed Before the Antichrist Appears
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7–8 — “The one who restrains… will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed.”
Problem:
The Antichrist can’t be revealed until the Restrainer is removed.
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8. Offers No Comfort or Encouragement
Scripture:
• 1 Thessalonians 4:18 — “Therefore encourage one another with these words.”
Problem:
Being told to prepare for world judgment, famine, persecution, and demons is not comforting.
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9. Confuses Israel and the Church
• Daniel 9:24 — “Seventy weeks are determined for your people and your holy city.”
Problem:
The Tribulation is “Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7), not “the Church’s Trouble.”
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10. Breaks God’s Pattern of Deliverance
• Genesis 5:24 — Enoch taken before the Flood
• Genesis 7:16 — Noah sealed in before judgment fell
• Genesis 19:22 — “I can do nothing until you arrive” (Lot)
• Joshua 6:25 — Rahab spared before Jericho fell.
Titus 2:13 isn’t about the Second Coming after the Tribulation, but rather the rapture, the blessed hope for believers.