This is DAY NINE of the daily devotional.

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I am releasing a 50 day daily devotional about the end-times as revealed in Scripture. Along with the text, I will be providing a video where I cover the text of the day, and @verbal-d will be providing an audio version of it. That way, whether you want to read, watch, or listen, you'll be able to enjoy this study as you wish.

The plan is to release this devotional over the next 50 consecutive days, but life may "get in the way." We will do our best, but please be patient with me if I fall behind.

The SoundCloud Audio from @verbal-d

The YouTube Video from @papa-pepper

The Text I Originally Shared on the @narrowminded Account

DAY 9 - PROMISES

There are two main verses that pretribulationists will cite as proof texts to support their belief that true believers will be raptured from the earth prior to “The Tribulation.”

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,” (1 Thessalonians 5:9)

“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” (Revelation 3:10)

These promises are specific enough for us to draw some conclusions.

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As we evaluated on Day 4, 1 Thessalonians 5:9 is given as it pertains to the wrath of God, for we are not excluded from all forms of wrath. The Revelation 3:10 passage is often used to show that believers will not be upon the earth for “The Tribulation,” but it does not actually say that. If we are to conclude that “the hour of temptation” is God’s end-time wrath, then we must choose to believe that it speaks of the “Day of the Lord,” since that is the phrase that God uses. If this verse speaks of the coming wrath of God, then it carries the same message as the verse from 1 Thessalonians. Since we have already shown that God’s wrath will be unleashed during the “Day of the Lord” when He alone shall be exalted, we know that the “Day of the Lord” cannot begin until sometime after the middle of the “Seventieth Week of Daniel.” We cannot believe in a seven year period of God’s wrath called “The Tribulation”, if God’s end-time wrath does not begin until after at least the first 3 ½ years of the “Seventieth Week of Daniel.” Therefore, though there is a seven year period spoken of in Scripture (the “Seventieth Week of Daniel”), it is not a time of God’s wrath. It never claims to be. The “Day of the Lord” contains God’s end-time wrath, but it never claims to be seven years long or the same as the “Seventieth Week of Daniel.” Based upon Scripture, these two time periods cannot be the same, nor can the “Day of the Lord” contain the whole “Seventieth Week of Daniel.” Since the Bible does not mention “The Tribulation,” it does not promise exemption from it. The Bible does promise that believers will not be subjected to God’s wrath (including the “Day of the Lord”). Because “The Tribulation” is supposedly a seven year period of God’s wrath synonymous with the “Seventieth Week of Daniel,” it is erroneous and not valid. Simply put, there is no “The Tribulation.” It does not exist. We are never promised any exclusion from it, nor is it even referenced, for it is not real. Though it has become a staple within much of Christianity and a presupposition of many, such does not necessitate its validity.

Point #1: The Bible does promise believers exemption from God’s wrath.

Point #2: The “Seventieth Week of Daniel” is not a period of God’s end-time wrath.

Point #3: “The Tribulation” is a man-made idea with no Scriptural basis and contradicts what the Bible actually reveals.

Point #4: “The Tribulation” is a false concept.

Point #5: Believers will not be exposed to God’s wrath, including the “Day of the Lord.”

Point #6: Believers are not promised that they will be removed from earth prior to the “Seventieth Week of Daniel.”

CLOSER

If anyone is really interested, I did post the entire volume through an alt account over a year ago. I did so as an experiment to see how hard it would be for a new user to get noticed on steemit, so I didn't let anyone now that I was doing it. You can click here to a post that has links to the entire 50 days of this devotional if you really want to read ahead. That information has always been available there since I first posted it. It is not the purpose of this series to just copy all of my previous work, but instead to transform it into some new outlets by releasing it in an audio and video format, to broaden the reach that this work has.

Again, though I will certainly never claim to know it all, I do believe that many are being lead astray by some popular beliefs. I hope that this project will be able to help many others understand the end-times more accurately. Thanks!

PREVIOUS POSTS

Just in case you are new to this series and wanted to check out the previous audio or videos, here are links to the posts from each day of this series.

• NEW SERIES
• PREFACE
• DAY 1 - THE FOUNDATION
• DAY 2 - "THE TRIBULATION"
• DAY 3 - THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL
• DAY 4 - NOT APPOINTED TO WRATH
• DAY 5 - WRATH vs. TRIBULATION
• DAY 6 - THE DAY OF THE LORD
• DAY 7 - THE LORD ALONE
• DAY 8 - THE EXALTATION OF THE ANTICHRIST

Also - A special thanks to @allforthegood for helping design my cover image!

Until next time…

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