RE: 50 DAYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE END-TIMES MORE ACCURATELY - DAY 46 : DRUNKENESS - AUDIO & VIDEO
Since pretribulationists have created “The Tribulation” and have taught that this entire period is God’s wrath, how will those being subjected to what they believe is actually God’s wrath behave?
The tribulation and God's wrath are two distinct and different events. Dispensationalists have conflated them into one 7 year period. They have not rightly divided and discerned the scriptures.
I'm afraid that most pre-tribbers are going to be deceived and very confused in the end times. They are already deceived and the deception is going to escalate. I sometimes wonder how many of them will inadvertently take the mark of the beast?
One of the biggest problems, if not the biggest is that very few people read the bible cover to cover every single year. 15 minutes of reading a day is all that it takes to read it in one year.
I don't know where people get the idea that they will not be persecuted during the end times? Christians are going to be hunted down for refusing to worship the beast - they will be tortured, imprisoned and killed. If they are not prepared for these events in advance they are far more likely to fall to pieces when they should be ready to stand up and take whatever punishment comes their way (the pain will only be temporary, a few years at most).
Jesus, the apostles, Job, Daniel, Elijah (and almost any biblical saint you care to mention) were persecuted and so have many other believers since. Yet somehow, many people think that they are different and will avoid persecution? it's a lie from the devil himself and it was spread by Darby & Schofield.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12
It says ALL shall be persecuted. It doesn't all (expect for dispensationalists). If you aren't being persecuted you probably aren't living Godly. No offence intended, that's what the bible says.
This movie debunks the pre-tribulation rapture myth. If you haven't seen it, or are confused about the timing of the rapture this is a must see video that will clear up the confusion.
Most christians still dont believe that they will face persecution, they have this thinking, that only non-christians face persecution. All true christians will face persecution, even Jesus Christ said it - Matthew 10:22,23. And like you said, "if you are not being persecuted, you probably are not living a godly life".
I used to try to figure out @steemtruth which position does the best justice to scriptures and have concluded that the one that best fits is Preterism. I found 22 statements in the NT to the effect that Jesus and his apostles all expected him to return in their lifetime. If they were correct (and who's going to say Jesus was mistaken?) then we need to understand HOW he returned, wouldn't you think?