DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY... part 3

There will NOT be a Pre-Trib Rapture before the “Great Tribulation” begins.

The “Great Tribulation” already started in 690 AD. The exact timetable for the start of the Great Tribulation was given to us by the prophet Daniel. “From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.” (Dan 12:11) The regular sacrifice was abolished when the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Temple in 600 BC. Add 1,290 years (prophetic days) to 600 BC, and that brings us to 690 AD. Today’s abomination on the temple mount, the Dome of the Rock, was completed (set up) in 690 AD.

Jesus confirmed Daniel’s prophesy when he warned of great tribulation… “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (the temple mount), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. For then there will be a GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.” (Mt 24:15-21)

Islamic Jihad I against apostate Christendom began in 690 AD. Jihad I ended 45 years later in 735 AD after the defeat of Islamic forces at the battle of Tours, led by Charles Martel of France. “How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!” (1,335 days = 45 years EXACTLY)

The “Rapture” takes place at the Last (Seventh) Trumpet. “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.” (Mt 24:31) “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last (seventh) trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” (1Co 15:51-52)

What happens in the Book of Revelation just before the sounding of the last (seventh) trumpet? The Two Witnesses that were killed in the streets of Jerusalem are resurrected and RAPTURED up to Heaven. The very next moment the seventh trumpet sounds, and the rest of us are also caught up to Heaven.

Pre-Trib supporters claim that God would not pour out his wrath on his people. Therefore, the Rapture must take place before the Great Tribulation begins. This is a completely bogus assumption, since God’s wrath is not poured out until the BOWL JUDGMENTS. “Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the WRATH of God.”