{"id":4839,"date":"2019-01-18T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T02:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2026-05-31T16:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:08:18","slug":"the-pre-wrath-rapture-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/the-pre-wrath-rapture-of-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church (103)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By Steven J. Hogan<\/p>\n

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~ A Saturday Morning Post #103 ~<\/em><\/p>\n


Jesus Christ is coming to judge the world (Psalm 98:9), and you don\u2019t want to be here when it happens, for it will be a fierce and fiery world-wide devastation. This is the great and holy wrath of God, often called the day of the Lord, and it will be directed at unbelievers who are on earth at the return of Christ. But Christians living on earth at that time will be supernaturally rescued from this wrath to come.

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Now that we are in end-times, we can see this day of the Lord<\/a> drawing near (Hebrews 10:25). It won\u2019t be long before \u201cthere will be signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord\u201d<\/em> (Acts 2:19-20). These dramatic signs will get everyone\u2019s attention!<\/strong> With a huge exclamation point, they mark the end of this age, letting us know that God\u2019s wrath will soon be poured out upon this sin-infected planet.

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But the good news of salvation means Jesus will rescue all Christians from this coming world-wide wrath. \u201cTo wait for His Son from heaven, \u2026, Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come\u201d<\/em> (1 Thessalonians 1:10). The means of this miraculous rescue is the rapture, for Jesus will return in the clouds, and Christians will suddenly and safely be taken from this earth to be with Him (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). This rapture<\/a> is also the means of relief, of being delivered from great tribulation. Some of you may not believe what I am saying, or want to hear what I am saying, but it\u2019s true. Christians alive in the end-times, specifically during the rule of the Antichrist, will go through great tribulation for awhile, and then it will be cut short by the signs on earth and in the heavens. Matthew 24:21-22, 29-30

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This teaching that Christians won\u2019t be here when the Antichrist is dictator of the world, and are therefore exempt from great tribulation, is wrong, is error, and actually very harmful. You see, many Christians have heard that great tribulation<\/a> is God\u2019s wrath, but that\u2019s not true. You see, tribulation can\u2019t be God\u2019s wrath, for tribulation is defined as pressure, distress, suffering or persecution, and is what the Bible says all Christians go through. Jesus said, \u201cIn the world you have tribulation\u201d<\/em> (John 16:33), and Paul said, \u201cThrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God\u201d<\/em> (Acts 14:22). Now great tribulation just means great pressure, great distress, great suffering, great persecution, and will affect Christians still on earth in that last couple of years or so before Christ\u2019s coming.

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This great tribulation is great because of its severity, for Christians will be killed for their faith, and because of its scope, for it will occur all over the world. \u201cThey will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name\u201d<\/em> (Matthew 24:9). But who of us should not be willing to suffer and die for Jesus in view of the fact that He suffered and died for us? This great tribulation is nothing compared to the eternal life and love that God has given us, and which we will forever experience and enjoy with Jesus and other believers. \u201cMomentary, light tribulation is producing for us an eternal weight of glory,<\/a> far beyond all comparison.\u201d<\/em> 2 Corinthians 4:17

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What does Revelation 6-9<\/a> say about all this? Revelation 6 talks about great tribulation (verse 9), and signs on earth and in the heavens telling us that it\u2019s the end of the age (verses 12-14). Unbelievers are scared to death, for they know God\u2019s wrath is coming, that they are damned and doomed, and that there\u2019s no escape (verses 15-17). Revelation 7 then tells us about a great multitude suddenly appearing in heaven, and worshiping God and Christ (verses 9-10). The angel says these believers \u201care the ones who come out of great tribulation\u201d<\/em> (verse 14), that is, were just raptured from the earth. Finally, Revelation 8-9 describes God\u2019s punishing wrath on earth. This is the sequence of coming events: great tribulation, end of the age, rapture, and wrath. It\u2019s can\u2019t be any clearer.

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This means the rapture of the church is after the great tribulation, persecution brought on by the Antichrist, but before the wrath, punishment brought on by Jesus Christ. Again we see that believers will be rescued from this cataclysmic, torturing and deadly wrath. But woe to those who reject Christ and the gospel, who don\u2019t get saved, who are left behind on earth, and who are justly tormented by this, the righteous wrath of God.<\/a>

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Judgment is coming for unbelievers, except for those Jews and some others who are protected by God. But the rapture, the greatest rescue operation this world has ever seen, is coming for believers. God only knows, but you might be alive on earth when Christ returns to rapture the church. Be thankful that you will be rescued, not only from this earthly wrath, but also from the eternal wrath, that very painful, everlasting lake of fire.<\/a> \u201cGod has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d <\/em>(1 Thessalonians 5:9). As a Christian, be glad that Jesus Christ, through His death and resurrection, saved your soul and, at the rapture, will give you a new body. Now is your time to live for Him, share His gospel with the lost, and use your gifts for the good of the church and the glory of God.

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P.S. Here are three other posts that go along with this post, giving you more understanding about the tribulation Christians experience, and the wrath of God that unbelievers will go through. The Day of the Lord: The Wrath of God on Earth,<\/a> Christians Will Go Through Great Tribulation,<\/a> The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Teaching is False. <\/a><\/p>\n\n

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