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The '''Posttribulation rapture''' view is an eschatological position within Christian [[Premillennial]] [[theology]] that holds the idea that a simultaneous [[rapture]] and resurrection will occur after the [[tribulation]], during the [[Second Coming]] of [[Christ]]. Therefore the rapture of the living and the resurrection of the dead happens after the tribulation, and right before Christ sets up his political kingdom for 1000 years.
The '''Posttribulation rapture''' view is an eschatological position within Christian [[theology]] that holds the idea that a simultaneous [[rapture]] and resurrection will occur after the [[tribulation]], during the [[Second Coming]] of [[Christ]]. Therefore the rapture of the living and the resurrection of the dead happens after the tribulation, and right before Christ sets up his political kingdom for 1000 years.
Posttribulationists argue that Christians are exempt from the Day of God's Wrath during [[Armageddon]] by supernatural deliverance. According to them, The Day of God's Wrath, or the Day of the Lord, occurs after the second coming. They argue that Christians are not exempt from Satan's wrath during the tribulation, in which many Christians will be martyred for their [[faith]] by the hands of the government of the Antichrist.
Posttribulationists argue that Christians are exempt from the Day of God's Wrath during [[Armageddon]] by supernatural deliverance. According to them, The Day of God's Wrath, or the Day of the Lord, occurs after the second coming. They argue that Christians are not exempt from Satan's wrath during the tribulation, in which many Christians will be martyred for their [[faith]] by the hands of the government of the Antichrist.
''"Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth."''
''"Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth."''
However, Posttribulationists argue that the greek translation of Revelation 3:10 only signifies Christians being preserved ''through'' the tribulation- or out of the tribulation, ''after'' the tribulation ends. In other words, Posttribulationists argue for this idea of perseverance and preservation of Christians going through the tribulation. They also postulate that God's judgements during the tribulation, such as the bowls and trumpets, will not fully inflict Christians, because God will be supernaturally protecting his people during that time.
However, Posttribulationists argue that the greek translation of Revelation 3:10 only signifies Christians being preserved ''through'' the tribulation- or out of the tribulation, ''after'' the tribulation ends. In other words, Posttribulationists argue for this idea of perseverance and preservation of Christians going through the tribulation. They believe that Christians must be purified in conduct and [[faith]] during the Tribulation before the [[Second Coming]] occurs, as mentioned in Daniel 12:10. They also postulate that God's judgements during the tribulation, such as the bowls and trumpets, will not fully inflict Christians because God will be supernaturally protecting his people during that time.
==Support for theory==
This view holds the position that many verses directly parallel with other passages that mention the gathering of the saints (the rapture of the elect), such as Matthew 24:29-31, which names the same events and characters as found in 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17. The same characters and events are the [[angel|angels]], the gathering of the saints, and the blowing of the trumpet. Therefore, according to the proponents of the theory, the rapture must occur after "the tribulation of those days", since it was clarified in Matthew 24:29-31 as occurring after the Great Tribulation. Matthew 24:29-31 reads as follows:
"Immediately '''after''' the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
'''And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven''': and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the '''Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory'''.
'''And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other'''."
Compare that verse with 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:
"'''For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout''', with the voice of the '''archangel''', and with the '''trump of God''': and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
'''Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord'''."
Therefore, accordingly, the rapture must happen ''after'' the Tribulation. 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 mentions the rapture happening during the last trumpet. The question should then be asked, "When is the last trumpet"? The last trumpet, according to Posttribulationists, is actually the seventh trumpet found in Revelation 11:15-18. Therefore posttribulationists believe that the rapture can not possibly happen before the [[Tribulation]].
==See Also==
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