Sermon: The Rapture and Trumpets

A False Interpretation
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Given 16-Sep-23; 80 minutes

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The sad delusion that has gripped most Protestant evangelicals, that is the pre-Tribulation "rapture" concept made popular by the Left Behind books and movies, hopelessly messes up the timing of prophecy, espousing the notion that God's chosen people will be wafted off to heaven for a period ranging from 3 to 7 years to be protected from the terror of God's wrath. This interpretation demands that Christ return twice—once a near miss to rapture the saints, causing mayhem to occur on earth as vehicles and hazardous machinery are immediately abandoned allowing their owners to be whisked off to heaven. Because God's true saints have been enlightened to His plan of salvation through His Holy days, they are immune to such foolishness as the pre-Tribulation rapture theory. The Feast of Trumpets depicts Christ's dramatic return to earth, recalling the dramatic trumpet blast at Mount Sinai in which God first introduced Himself to the children of Israel. I Thessalonians 4:15-17 takes place after the tribulation at which time Christ resurrects His dead saints and transforms His living saints into spirit beings containing the mind of Christ to follow their leader back to earth to put an end permanently to the governments of men, the Babylonish system, replacing it permanently with the Kingdom of God, administered exclusively by spirit beings, offspring of Almighty God. Christ's return to the earth will never consist of a secret near hit-and-miss around the barn, but following the breaking of the 5th, 6th, and 7th seal consisting of a fearful blast of trumpets leading to the 7th trumpet plague at which time the last trumpet will formally usher in the resurrection of the saints and the establishment of the Kingdom of God, bringing back the remnant of Israel, setting up the capitol city in Jerusalem, initially on this earth, awaiting a future new earth and Jerusalem.




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