Video Below: 
 "Mr. Shofar" Dennis McKirahan along with Allan Parker and Mira Myers  is in Azrieli Center Circular Tower, the tallest building, in Tel Aviv, Israel, where Dennis blows the shofar in all directions around the building and is now teaching, in one minute, this young Israeli man how to blow the shofar. We also prayed God to have thes way with Israel and we witnessd to may people of the world.

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Tel Aviv, Israel We are in the tallest round building on the right. Oct 16, 2013


True History of Israel

Shofar call International went  to Israel to meet with our team from that region and as part of Cry4Life Israel gathering Pro Life  leaders from around the world in October  2013 to plan for worldwide event March 15, 2015. It was awesome! 
see photos below
more to report soon
See: www.AlineInTheSandIsrael2015.com 

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Thanks to all who went to Israel with us and all who prayed for us. We made plans with local leaders to bring the world to Israel for A Line in the Sand, Joel 2 Assembly  on March 20, 2015 _See side show below-
WORDS TO A SONG 
As long as deep in the heart, The soul of a Jew yearns, And forward to the East 
To Zion, an eye looks Our hope will not be lost, The hope of two thousand years, 
To be a free nation in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem. 


Why Israel Should Be a Jewish State
When French Foreign Minister Alain Jupp� recently said, "there will be no solution to the conflict in the Middle East without recognition of two nation-states for two peoples," he was repeating a truism. But his description of the two states raised a storm � "the nation-state of Israel for the Jewish people, and the nation-state of Palestine for the Palestinian people." 

Even though his view is shared by President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Merkel and many other world leaders, it is anathema to Palestinians, who claim the right to a state of their own as a matter of historical justice, but will not grant the Jewish people the same right. 

This refusal has emerged as a major stumbling-block to a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, as even those Palestinian leaders who profess a willingness to accept the reality of Israel cannot bring themselves to call it Jewish. 

As chief Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath put it, "We will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state." 

Why won�t the Palestinians come to grips with a reality that has been crystal clear to the rest of the world for generations? 

Israel is the fruit of the Zionist movement, launched in the late-nineteenth century to end two millennia of Jewish exile by restoring them to their historical homeland. The Balfour Declaration, the 1917 British document subsequently adopted by the League of Nations�and hence the first international recognition of the Zionist program � specified the goal of "a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. The UN partition plan of 1947 that provided the legal basis for the creation of the State of Israel called for the division of Mandatory Palestine into two states, one "Jewish" and the other "Arab." 

Israel�s Declaration of Independence, signed into effect November 29, 1947 and adopted May 14, 1948 by the newly formed United Nations, announced "the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign state." And it explicitly tied the fledgling state to the Jewish past, announcing: "The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books." 

At the time, no one disputed the obvious Jewish character of the new state. Even the Soviet Union supported its creation as an act of justice to the Jewish people, and when that country barred its Jews from emigrating, it would make some exceptions for those going to Israel, since such migration could be defined as repatriation to the Jewish national homeland. 

Today, the blue-and-white Star of David flag; the use of Hebrew; Saturday as the official day of rest; the annual holiday cycle; and a multitude of other cultural signifiers clearly mark Israel as a � in fact, the world�s only � Jewish state. 

The objection to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state cannot be based on religious discrimination against non-Jews. While culturally and historically Jewish, Israel is not a theocracy. It is a secular state, and even in those circumscribed areas where Jewish law is officially recognized�such as family law�it affects only Jews. The very Declaration of Independence that identifies Israel with Jewish history and destiny says that the state "will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex," a guarantee to which Israeli law has consistently adhered. The religious freedom that non-Jewish Israelis possess in fact far surpasses that enjoyed by Muslim and minority Christian groups elsewhere in the Middle East. 

Why then are the Palestinians so adamantly set against the designation of Israel as what it is � the Jewish state? It is because Islam has never recognized the validity of any land that has once been Muslim falling into the control of non-Muslims, and because many Arabs refuse to acknowledge the Jewish historical link to the land. The state charters of many Arab nations state their purpose for existence to be the complete annihilation of Israel. The Palestinian leadership still retains the hope that large numbers of its people, instead of settling in the new Palestinian state, will utilize the so-called "right of return" to enter Israel. This, combined with the high Arab birthrate, would presumably turn Israel into a second Palestinian state. 

Israel�s determination to head off this possibility by insisting on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state makes perfect sense. And world leaders should be applauded for recognizing that peace can only come when the Palestinians � and the Arab world generally � gives up the dream of wiping Israel, the Jewish state, off the map.


I Believe in a pre- tribulation RAPURE but 
the video below gives another view.
below it will be other views.


or: this is what I personally believe...
THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE
     A SELF-EVIDENT PROMISE 
       
By Tim Osterholm · SoundChristian.com

I. Introduction

II. Israel's role: keys to understanding prophecy and world history

III. Rapture:
1. Clarifying the confusion of Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27
2. Clarifying the confusion of Matthew 24:9-13
3. Clarifying the confusion of Acts 3:21
4. Clarifying the confusion of 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
5. Clarifying the confusion of the teaching of the rapture before the Reformation
6. Clarifying the confusion of the word "rapture" being found in the Bible

IV. Conclusion

Bible prophecy is not a prediction of the future, rather a promise about the future. The Bible contains hundreds of specific prophecies that have been fulfilled in specific ways, all with 100% accuracy. There is no denying that truth. Prophecies of Jesus Christ, Israel and world empires are found throughout the Old and New Testaments. Fulfilled prophecy is one of the most powerful proofs that the Bible is truly the Word of God. Since all of the prophecies that were to be fulfilled in the first coming of Christ were fulfilled to the finest detail, we can be sure that the Bible itself is God's revelation to man since no human writer could be 100% accurate.


"For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:21

The most studied prophecy topics are those of the Messiah (Jesus Christ), Israel, the Church and last-days events (including the rapture and tribulation period). Sadly, few pastors or church leaders are interested in teaching Bible prophecy. The result is that prophecy is not a popular topic in churches today. For that reason, many Christians are no longer passionate about the return of Jesus, are lacking in faithful obedience, often prayerless and less interested in studying Scripture.


As churches become self-absorbed or otherwise apostate, their congregations no longer remain interested in truth. In fact, simple teaching on prophecy subjects is often the first to be shelved because it is too convicting. Scholars note 27% of the Bible is prophetic, which sparks a fire within when complacent Christians consider the ramifications of their lukewarm lives before a just God. However, few congregations are aware of last-days events described in the Bible. Many pastors don't understand or won't study prophecy, so they don't speak on the subject. Others are confused over the debate amongst scholars and theologians as to the timing of the rapture. While the majority of scholars agree with the pre-tribulation view (the rapture happens prior to the tribulation period), many others suggest the Church will go through the tribulation (post-tribulation view). There are two other views which hold less support. These include (1) the mid-tribulation rapture (the rapture takes place at the middle point of the tribulaiton period, and (2) the pre-wrath rapture (the rapture occurs just before the wrath of God is revealed near the end of the tribulation period).


Prophecy topics can be difficult to understand, particularly the book of Revelation. As prophecy scholar Dr. Patrick Heron says, it can seem like "a conundrum wrapped in an engima surrounded by a paradox!" Below is an understandable presentation of how Israel, the Church (Body of Christ), and the rapture are presented in Scripture. Included are self-evident truths for the pre-tribulation removal of the Body of Christ (the Church).


The purpose here is not to be contentious towards those with a post-tribulation rapture perspective (meaning the rapture takes place a the end of the tribulation period), or other position. While I am a student of the Bible and Bible prophecy, these are not my conclusions only, but that of hundreds of theologians, scholars and students of Bible prophecy.
Those who consider prophecy and end-times events as mostly allegorical (symbolic) or non-literal are more likely to have an amillennial or post-tribulational rapture view. Those who teach ammillennialism believe the events described in the book of Revelation took place on or before 70 A.D. when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans; thus there is no rapture, no Church Age, no tribulation period. That unbiblical view is held by those who call themselves preterists. On the other hand, post-tribulationists believe there is a Church Age and a tribulation period, and that the rapture of the Church will take place at the conclusion of the tribulation period (a period also known as Daniel's 70th week, described later).


The erroneous suggestion that the Church will go through the tribulation period is an argument based primarily on Matthew 24:29-31, Mark 13:24-27, and Matthew 24:9-13 (explained below). This logically leads Christians to a critical view of their role in society, and the necessity of preparedness for the inevitable. Christians are advised to store food, isolate from society (or governments), and plan to protect their families. The focus is on the coming Antichrist, not the coming of Jesus Christ. Such notions are contrary to what Jesus commanded believers, and thus hinders the Christian from winning a lost world.


Where did the allegorical view of the Bible originate? One of the earliest documented attempts to allegorize Scripture began with the scholar Philo Judaeus. Philo (20 B.C.—54 A.D.) started the Alexandrian School in Alexandria, Egypt. Philo was a Jewish philosopher, well educated in Greek philosophy. He was of a noble Jewish family, and being a dedicated scholar, Philo acquired knowledge in literature, philosophy and the sciences. Himself and other learned Jews were the first to promote the allegorical interpretation of Scripture, a principle well established in Greek learning and used widely in the study of the ancient Greek legends. Philo and his colleagues sought to defend the Old Testament to the Greeks and, even more so, to fellow Jews by accommodating the Scriptures to Greek philosophy as a tool for reinterpreting confusing passages.


The first attempts to reinterpret Scripture were rooted in godless human philosophy and an education system based on Greek understanding of the times. This philosophy was continued by other scholars early in Church history, often called the "Hellenization of the Scriputures." Of the early Church fathers, many followed Philo's arguments. The first prominent scholar of that period who applied Philo's approach to New Testament passages was Clement (150 A.D.—215 A.D.), a Greek who was educated at the Alexandrian School in Egypt. In fact, Clement regarded many elements of Greek philosophy as not necessarily in opposition to Christianity. Next was Origen (185 A.D.—254 A.D.), a Roman scholar and writer from the Alexandrian School. Considered one of the most brilliant of the Alexandrian scholars, he was the first noted teacher of the allegorical method of interpretation.


The allegorical interpretation of the Bible and Bible prophecy gained broad acceptance by the third century A.D. Eusebius (260 A.D.—339 A.D.), an early Roman priest, accepted this erroneous theology, and coupled with Philo's and Origen's interpretive approach, later influenced Augustine (354 A.D.—430 A.D.). Augustine, a brilliant theologian, became a strong proponent of allegorical interpretation. He is known as the father of Catholic doctrine, and had great influence on those who would follow. Sometimes called the Augustinian Corruption, his views were endorsed by the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D.


Augustine's allegorical interpretation of the Bible, particularly the book of Revelation, became known as Alexandrian Theology, and dominated the understanding of prophecy during the Medieval Period and Middle Ages (500 A.D.—1500 A.D.), which some scholars call the "dark ages" of the Church. Prophecy was reduced to insignificant symbolic events of the past. Augustine had a huge impact on the Church in this regard. He found acceptance with the Roman Catholic church and later amongst leaders of the Reformation. In fact, most Catholic and many Protestant believers today adhere to Augustine's views on prophecy (whether they know it or not). Since Augustine, Greek philosophy has dominated Christian teaching on prophecy, rather than the Word of God itself.


Other early Church fathers, including Irenaeus, Tertullian, Lucian and Chrysostom rejected Philo and his contemporaries on the non-literal approach to Scripture, but their views were eventually censored. Not until the 1600s were theologians again freely rejecting the teachings of Augustine and his followers. Today, nearly 500 years after the start of the Reformation, many denominations continue to endorse allegorical teaching. Regretfully, this has led to a vast misunderstanding of Bible prophecy and prophetic events now occurring.


Those who deem the Bible's description of prophecy and end-times events as literal, a pre-tribulation rapture view is likely to be held, meaning the Church will be removed before the tribulation period. That logically leads to a sense of urgency for the believer to win as many souls as possible. Preparation is understood as reaching the lost, knowing that Christ could call His faithful home at any moment. A student of prophecy, or anyone who desires to understand last-days events, must consider a literal interpretation of Scripture. The reasons are self-evident, as are the truths given in Scripture for the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church.
Israel's role in history: keys to understanding prophecy and world history.


The book of Daniel is an important starting point for understanding Bible prophecy. Why? Daniel was given a vision by an angel sent from God, detailing Israel's future and subsequent world events. The angel spoke of two distinct futures which dealt with both Israel and the Gentile (non-Jewish) world. These future events, prophetically speaking, are related to events of the holy city of Jerusalem. When studying prophecy, we find events in the world are directly related to events in Jerusalem. That is why Daniel was given a chronology of future events pertaining to Jerusalem and the world. At that time, Daniel and the Israelites were captives in Babylon, and the city of Jerusalem had been destroyed. God chose to give Daniel the remaining "time" alloted to Israel (future), including Jerusalem's role (Daniel 9:24-27):


1. A specific amount of time (years) was determined for Israelites/Jews and Jerusalem.
2. There would be a decree to rebuild Jerusalem.
3. Jerusalem and the Temple would be rebuilt.
4. An Anointed One (Messiah) would be "cut off" (meaning "rejected" or "killed").
5. Jerusalem and the Temple would be destroyed again.
6. A peace covenant over Jerusalem will be offered by the Antichrist then broken mid-way.
7. The Anitchrist will be an abomination that desolates in Jerusalem, but he is detroyed in the end.

First, the Jewish future was laid out in a specific time line:
"Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy." Daniel 9:24
That passage is a summary of Jewish history, from Daniel's day to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ at the end of the tribulation period. Exactly what is meant by "seventy weeks?" The word "week" literally means "seven," and modern prophecy scholars agree that "seventy weeks" are "seventy sevens," measured in units of years. Since a "week" is 7 years, the overall time "determined" to Israel was 490 years (70 x 7). Thus, a total of 490 years is all God is giving to Israel. As we will see, those 490 years are broken up, with the final 7 years to be completed in the very near future. When does the final 490 years begin? When a decree is issued to rebuild Jerusalem (next verse):


"Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens' (or weeks), and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble." Daniel 9:25
The "issuing of the decree" that authorized the rebuilding of both the city of Jerusalem and the Temple was given to Nehemiah by Artaxerxes I Longimanus, King of Persia, in 454 B.C.—see The Chronology Of The Old Testament by Dr. Floyd Nolen Jones, pp. 236-237. That is the starting point of the prophecy, and Nehemiah 2:1-20 provides details. The issuing of the decree took place exactly as the Bible declared, fulfilling the time prophesied for the crucifixion to the day:


454 B.C. (issuing of decree) + 30 A.D. (crucifixion) = 484 years - 1 year for going from B.C. to A.D. = 483 years


How precise is God's timing! Since 483 years was to pass—seven 'sevens' (or weeks), and sixty-two 'sevens' from the issuing of the decree to the crucifixion of Christ, understanding the entire time allotted to Israel helps us understand the remaining timeline of history for the world. That's history in advance! 490 years were given to Israel, and 483 years have been completed. Seven years remain. Again, those final 7 years (one week) are known as "Daniel's 70th week" or the tribulation period. Here's more detail:


As the prophecy continues, Daniel describes the first 483 years or 69 'sevens' (seven 'sevens' plus sixty-two 'sevens') until the time Jesus was crucified. Scholars note that Jerusalem and the temple were rebuilt over a period of seven years (seven 'sevens'), then there was a break before the next sixty-two 'sevens' were fulfilled (Jesus on the cross). Together, there were 69 'sevens.' After the 69 'sevens' (or 483 years), it was prophesied the Messiah would be "cut off." That happened exactly as prophesied. We know that 483 of those years (or 69 "weeks") have been fulfilled as promised—the decree was given, Jerusalem and the temple were rebuilt, and the Annointed One (Jesus Christ) was crucified. Yet, only 483 of the 490 years has completed. Though there are 490 years of Israel's history to be fulfilled, there is a break in those years. That leaves one more "week" or 7 years to be fulfilled at a later time:


"Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate." Daniel 9:26-27


Now we see 483 of the 490 years decreed for the Jewish (Israeli) people to put an end to sin (Jesus died in our place) and anoint the most holy (Jesus Christ now sits at the right hand of God) have passed. They were the years up until the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was cut off, or crucified. Though Daniel is receiving tremendous insight, he does not understand Israel's ultimate rejection of the Messiah, and thus is not told of the Church Age to follow. The Apostle Paul would later call this a "mystery" to Israel.


What is the Church Age? The Church Age is the period of time between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th week (the time break between the 483rd and 484th years—the time when God uses Gentiles to spread the Gospel to an imperfect world before dealing with Israel again):


"So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in." Romans 11:25

The Church Age is a perpetual mystery (something hidden) to Israel and will remain so until the beginning of the 70th week (the tribulation period). During the Church Age, a certain "number" of Gentiles must come to Christ before the Lord will deal with Israel again. The Church Age is also called "The Time of the Gentiles" or the "Age of Grace," and began at Pentecost when Jesus had risen from the dead and the disciples received the Holy Spirit. That happened in the year 30 A.D. (exactly 483 years after Daniel's prophecy of the issuing of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem—see The Chronology Of The Old Testament by Dr. Floyd Nolen Jones, p. 220) and will conclude with the Church being removed from the earth:


"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. 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 that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18.

Bible scholars concur the above passages describe the rapture of the Church, ending the Church Age. After the Church is caught up (raptured), God will then turn His focus back to the Jewish people for the final "week" or 7 years, called Daniel's 70th week, completing the 490 years decreed for the people of Israel (Jews). As previously noted, we are now living in the Church Age, a period of time between the end of the 69th week and the beginning of the 70th week. The first 483 years of Daniel's prophecy had nothing to do with the Church, neither will the Church have anything to do with the last 7 years.


So how do we know when the end of the Church Age will come? Jesus gave us a guarantee, and He uses the fig tree as an example. In fact, Jesus said the generation which sees this "blossoming" will be the one that witnesses the events of the last days:


"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that Summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." Matthew 24:32-39

Some have misread this to mean that the fig tree is a symbol for the nation of Israel and that the Lord is saying that when Israel shows signs of life as a nation, then the end is near. Luke said this is not only about the fig tree, but also of "all the trees" (Luke 21:29).


Everyone knows that when trees begin to put forth their leaves, Summer is near. Jesus said that no one knows the day or the hour of the end of the Church Age, though we can know when it is near. Jesus specifically notes events leading up to the end of the Church Age: "blossoming" and "things as usual" on the earth. Jesus was speaking to the disciples (Jews) here, so the generation Jesus speaks of is a reference to Israel. Since Israel did not exist again as a nation until 1948, we can conclude present-day Israel would be the "generation" or "people" Jesus was speaking of in the last days. When it becomes apparent that the world is heading toward the conditions Jesus described, then we can be very sure that His coming is near. The world is quickly reaching the stage Jesus mentioned, and the possibility of the coming of the Antichrist looms on the horizon. A majority of worldly people are ignorant of these coming events, continuing to live "as usual." We are truly living in the last days—no doubt very, very close to the end of the Church Age.


The end of the Church Age will be evident by the removal of the Church, which will produce global economic chaos and fear. The world will be in a state of shock, not understanding that God's focus has turned toward Israel's 70th week, a horrifying time of judgment on earth.
There is no way to know exactly how much time there will be between the rapture of the Church and the beginning of the 70th week; it could be weeks, months or years. The final 70th week (7 years) is also called the "tribulation period," of which the last 3½ years are referred to as the "Great Tribulation"—culminating the worst seven years of human history. The Church will not go through that period, as it is called a time of "Jacob's trouble:"
"Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it." Jeremiah 30:7

That prophecy is for Israel, not the Church, though the rest of the world will be affected by it. The name Israel comes from Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham. Jacob was renamed Israel, and twelve of his sons established of the twelve tribes of Israel.


Throughout Israel's history its disobedience of God's commands led it to become captives in foreign lands; however, God promised Israel would never lose it's identity. The Jews (specifcially) are the only people group in history to have maintained their identity, language and heritage without being absorbed into the communities or cultures of their foreign hosts and nations. God promised to return them to their homeland and revive their nation status (which happened in 1948, as prophesied). Even so, Satan attempted to destroy the Jews several times in recent history, simply to prevent God's promise to Israel.


For example, in Europe the Jews were massacred time and again on religious, economic and racial grounds. Thousands were slaughtered during the 11th and 12th century crusades. In the 14th century they were falsely accused of causing the Black Plague by poisoning wells, and were subsequently massacred. Many were burned at the stake during the Spanish Inquisition of the 15th century. Still others were murdered by the Cossacks in the Ukraine during the 17th century. Following World War I, hundreds of thousands of Jews were also killed during the Russian civil war. Then came the infamous Nazi Holocaust of World War II. Is it any wonder the Jews dreamed of going home as God promised?


God's promise to Israel is significant in the last days, and as described in Revelation the promised land plays a key role. Israel's refusal to accept Jesus Christ as Messiah brought about the Church Age, and the coming week of "Jacob's trouble." There is no need for anyone, Jew or Gentile, to go through the terrible sufferings of the time of Jacob's trouble, for God has made a way of escape. All who accept His way of escape by faith will be delivered. This is not a "secret" event as some like to call it. If anyting, it is a sacred event! Jesus made clear the condition of the world just prior to this event. A disbelieving world will remain, and sadly, as many denominations (churches) become self-absorbed or otherwise apostate, their congregations no longer remain interested in that truth (described as the wealthy last-days Laodicean church of Rev. 3:14-19).


The following are six key arguments by post-tribulationists used erroneously to support a post-tribulation rapture:


1. Clarifying the confusion of Matthew 24:29-31 and Mark 13:24-27 (passages used by post-tribulationists):


"Immediately after the distress (tribulation) of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other." Matthew 24:21-31


"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven." Mark 13:24-27


The above passages, according to post-tribulationists, are describing the Second Coming of Jesus and simultaneous rapture of the "elect" who survived the tribulation period. The term "elect" is used to represent (1) chosen, and/or (2) holy people committed (by their free will) to Jesus Christ. The terms elect, election and chosen are used many times in the Bible and applied in several different ways. The Bible even mentions some angels as "elect" (1 Timothy 5:21).


We can agree the passages in Mark 13:24-27 describe the Second Coming of Jesus with angels gathering the "elect" after the tribulation period. The understanding of who are the "elect" is an important lesson. Who are the "elect," and why are they gathered (Greek: epistrpho) by angels instead of being caught up/raptured (Greek: harpazo) to Jesus? The answers are given to us in those passages. The elect here are those new believers (left behind after the rapture) alive on earth who survived the tribulation period, still in their natural physical bodies. If the elect are raptured at this time (Second Coming) then no one would be left to populate the earth during the new millennium which is not what those passages describe!


The Lord is returning with angels needed to gather and separate the elect (sheep) from the evildoers (goats) who are scattered all over the earth. There is no mention of a resurrection, being caught up, raptured or translated in the verses above. Angels don't resurrect people when they gather them for judgment.


Those who would argue that the rapture is described in the above passages are misinterpreting the depicted events, and/or ignoring other passages regarding the rapture. Let's briefly look at examples showing why the above passages can't be describing a rapture event:


· The Lord returns with the angels and ten thousands of His Saints (Jude 1:14). The Saints can't be on earth and return with Him at the same time

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· The elect who have come through the tribulation period (70th week) will populate the earth during the millennial reign of Christ. If the elect are raptured (instead of gathered), then there would not be anyone left to populate the earth during the new millennium. Remember, evildoers are gathered, judged and bound with Satan at this time. The elect must be separated from them.


· When studying other passages that describe being "caught up" (Greek: harpazo), there are no angels involved because there is no judgment. There can't be angels involved during a rapture event because they have no power to translate our bodies, and angels would have no need to gather our translated bodies, since believers immediately go up to Christ. The rapture is for believers only, yet the "gathering" described in the above passages includes angels separating both the elect and the evildoers, and the evildoers are mourning (they know it's too late and judgment is coming).


· The movement of the Body of Christ at the rapture is from earth to heaven; at the Second Coming it is from heaven to earth. At the rapture, the Lord comes for His Saints (1 Thess 4:16), while at the Second Coming the Lord comes with His Saints (1 Thess 3:13, Jude 1:14, Rev 19:14). Again, the Saints can't be raptured at the end of the tribulation period if they are already with Him.


· What about preparation of the Saints? When comparing other Scriptures regarding preparation (John 14:2, John 14:3, Luke 7:27, 1 Cor 14:8—the Lord preparing a place for us, preparation for battle, etc.), there can't be purification and preparation of the Saints in heaven if they are raptured and concurrently coming back with Him at the end of the tribulation period. For example, Rev 19:14 describes Jesus returning with the Saints as an army on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean (Jesus must have already purified the Saints; these aren't angels wearing white linens). Earlier in verse 8 we are told the fine linen is the righteousness of the Saints. There can be no argument that the Saints have previously been raptured to heaven, made clean and prepared to return with Jesus to wage war on the Antichrist at the Second Coming. Verse 19 states that the Antichrist and his armies are gathered on earth to prepare to make war against Jesus and His returning righteous army. There are many Scriptural examples of how the Lord plans and prepares each set of events in a perfect, timely and master fashion.


· Scripture plainly teaches that when Jesus Christ who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory—"When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." Colossians 3:4. Christ has bound us to Himself so strong that we must appear with Him at the Second Coming. We are His body. Just as our physical bodies function as one, so shall the Saints (body of Christ) with Jesus at His glorious return.

2. Clarifying the confusion of Matthew 24:9-13 (passages used by post-tribulationists):
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved." Matthew 24:9-13


Those passages describe the persecution of the elect during the tribulation period—not the Church which has already been raptured. Again, the elect are those tribulation Saints (millions of whom will be Jews) who have chosen to follow Jesus Christ and reject the Antichrist. Scholars note that other passages describe those events as being attributed to the Jews firstly (generations of Abraham's descendants), the time of Jacob's [Israel's] trouble:
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered." Daniel 12:1


We see the true followers of Jesus during the tribulation period are being handed over to those in authority. Scholars point out the persecution will be on a global scale, as indicated in several other passages. That will be a perilous time unlike any before or after. During the present age (Church Age), believers will see tribulations, but not the tribulation period.
Before the Antichrist (man of sin/lawless one) is revealed and begins to persecute believers all over the world, the Church (restrainer) must first be removed:


"He [anitchrist] will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming." 2 Thessalonians 2:4-8

The continuity of passages with respect to the Church Age and Jacob's trouble (tribulation period) are explicit. The tribulation period is meant for an unbelieving and unrepentant world, in an effort for God to show Himself sovereign over His people Israel, and every tongue, tribe and nation.


3. Clarifying the confusion of Acts 3:21 (passages used by post-tribulationists):
"He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets." Acts 3:21


The above passage is a reference to Christ's Second Coming and subsequent millennial reign. After the tribulation period ends, Jesus will set up His kingdom on earth, which is the beginning of the restoration of Israel. Because Jesus must remain in heaven until the time for restoration of Israel begins, post-tribulationists propose the rapture of the Church can't happen until the end of the tribulation period. That is to say Jesus can't come for the Church before the tribulation period begins since He must remain in heaven until that period ends to restore Israel to Himself.


That argument fails to (1) comprehend of the purpose and timing of the rapture of the Church, and (2) identify where Christ meets the Church at the rapture. We know at the rapture only the Saints see Him (we go up to Him). The world does not see Him, as he has not yet left heaven. The question to be asked is this: At the rapture, is Jesus leaving heaven (as described at the Second Coming), or is He only coming down (not coming out of)—descending from heaven (not leaving), appearing in clouds to the Church only?


At the rapture, Scripture points out Jesus doesn't leave heaven to come to earth. He comes down from heaven, descends into the clouds, where we are caught up "in the air" to Him. In contrast, passages that speak of His Second Coming see Him leaving heaven and touching down on the Mount of Olives; again, a different event from the rapture/resurrection of the Church. Paul writes to the Thessalonians:


"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
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