Feasting at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb
If you’re a believer in Jesus, a wedding and a feast in your honor are coming. Throughout much of the book of Revelation, the apostle John recorded the many intense, dark details of the future seven-year Tribulation. Suddenly, in chapter 19, the word alleluia (from the Hebrew word hallelujah, meaning “praise the Lord”) appears four times in the first six verses. This celebration of God�Get More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Paul was addressing this very issue in 2 Thess 2, by providing assurance he indicated to them in 1 Thess chapters 4 see and 5 for the pre-trib rapture by advising them not to be concerned that the Day of the Lord had come, as they are being told. Their continued assurance from the first letter is still true. He goes on in the 2 Thess chapter 2 to give proof it has not come by pointing to those events they would have witnessed if he had been wrong, but this truth is still firm from 1 Thess and they are assured to be raptured before those first 3.5 years begin. Hope this helps brother. Grace and Peace, Shalom!
To those believing in a pre-tribulation rapture please explain to me how Paul got it wrong in 2 Thess. 2:1-4. He states it will happen after the revelation of the antichrist which is 3.5 yrs into the tribulation period.
Most pre-trib rapturists believe the revelation of the Antichrist is with the signing of the treaty with Israel indicated in Daniel 9:27 which occurs at the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel according to the prophecy . We also believe he is the rider on the white horse in the first seal which happens in the first half of the trib. So, he is active and known before the mid-point of the trib. His heinous act half way through the trib just heightens the awareness of his evil relative to Israel.