The Truth About the Rapture Part 3

In Matthew 24 we have come to the great tribulation and Jesus is still talking to Christians about what they WILL face. How do I know they are Christians who were Christians before tribulations? That is answered in Matthew 24 verse 22. Who are the elect? The elect are those that God has chosen, they are those that God knows He can count on. God will not call someone elect unless He knows they will stand for Him. Since this is true why were the elect NOT taken off the earth before the tribulations? Because God wants us to stand firm for Him and prove we are willing to give up our flesh life so that we can live forever with Him.

Matthew 24:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
The great tribulation was to be three and a half years but God is going to shorten that time. The elect will be here and so will Christians. If the elect can be fooled so can everyone else.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Verse 26 is very important to this study. Jesus is telling the apostles that when He returns there will not be enough time to even mention that Christ has returned. Why? The reason for this is so that when the anti-Christ arrives everyone will KNOW he is not Christ if he or she understands this verse. God knows all and He knew that a pre tribulation rapture theory would be taught by false teachers and that Christians would see the anti-Christ. As in Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. It will be a sudden and final appearance.
Jesus will not become known to the world slowly as the false Christ probably will. Jesus will arrive and when He does NO ONE will doubt it is Christ.

For an example of God not wanting Christians to desire escape from the tribulations let’s look at:
EZE 13:
4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Foxes are cunning and sneaky, are these lying or false prophets? Yes!
5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. The day of the Lord is the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Christ.
Verse 5: “not gone up into the gaps” and “made up the hedge” indicates not protecting a place from attack or battle. This shows a desire to escape the hardships of the tribulations. A military man would call these people deserters in the face of the enemy, an offense worthy of death. The false prophets are teaching that Christians will not be on earth to stand against the son of perdition, the dragon. They are teaching escape. Would you really want to escape the chance to stand firm for the Lord Jesus?
If we expect to escape the tribulations then we will not be prepared to do battle when we are delivered up to the antichrist. We would think this is the true Christ we are facing. This is what Satan would want to happen, thus Christians betraying Christians. If we are not expecting to do battle then we could be seduced into thinking that what we face when we are delivered up to the antichrist is the real Christ and for that reason we may not allow the Holy Spirit to speak through us. The antichrist will probably claim he is holding back the rapture until more people can be saved. If there is a chance Satan can fool the very elect he can fool YOU.
For a final few verses from the Bible proving Christians will remain on the earth and the wicked removed from the earth read the truth for yourself.

John 17:15 (JESUS praying to The Father) "I pray NOT that thou shouldest TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, but that thou should keep them from evil."
Verse 20 - Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word. (True Christians.)
Proverbs 2:21, 22 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect (Christians) shall REMAIN in it, but THE WICKED shall be cut off (taken/destroyed) from the earth and the transgressors shall be rooted OUT of it.
Proverbs 10:30 The righteous (Christians) shall NEVER be REMOVED; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Psalm 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land (earth) and dwell therein FOREVER.
Psalm 37:9 For evildoers (WICKED) shall be cut off (destroyed); but those that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the earth.
It is our destiny, our honor and our duty to stand against the false Christ and stand for the glory of the true Christ Jesus who gave His life so that we could have everlasting life.
Not convinced yet, please let me know. There is MUCH more.

May God bless the reader with understanding, knowledge and Truth of his Word. Amen