Does It Matter Whether Jesus Comes Before or After The Tribulation?
Some say it really doesn't matter if Jesus is coming before or after the tribulation, as long as we are "ready." They think we should all just agree to disagree, and love one another. But, "ready" is a relative term! It begs the question, "ready for what?"... Double Talk... How Many Second Comings?
Pre-tribbers insist that the second coming of Jesus Christ is in two stages. They frequently display lists of alleged "differences," which, in their thinking, imply the rapture is separate from the second coming. The fact is, each of the "contrasts" are simply manufactured from a preconceived premise of a pre-tribulation rapture. None of these alleged distinctions can stand on their own. The Rapture of The Church
If the Pre-Tribulation view is correct, then the Great Tribulation is purely of academic interest to the Christian, and the whole issue is of little consequence. If, however, the Post-Tribulation view is correct, then the issue becomes of vital importance, as it means the Church has yet to enter the most extensive period of intense persecution and tribulation in its entire history. If the Church is going to face the onslaught of the Antichrist, and an all-out attempt to utterly destroy true Christianity, then we must be prepared! The Post-Tribulationist can afford to be wrong, but not the Pre-Tribulationist! (Includes Who was removed from earth following the Flood in Noah's days, believers or unbelievers?) The Rap On The Rapture
Two Passages in Scripture tell us exactly when ‘The Rapture’ is going to happen. There is no ambiguity. 1 Thessalonians says it happens at the coming of the Lord when Paul says the dead in Christ shall rise first. Paul doesn't call this event the rapture, which is our popular word. He calls it a resurrection. This is the resurrection that happens at the coming of the Lord. The second coming. Not the third coming, not the one-and-a-half coming. The passages call it the coming of the Lord. Not a coming. They call it the coming of the Lord. I don't know how it can be made more clear. Not So Secret Rapture
There is simply no hint of a secret rapture in Scripture. The coming of Christ is consistently described as a visible and noisy event, which is also accompanied by the resurrection of the dead. I Thessalonians 4:16 contains one of the most vivid descriptions of the second coming. We are told that "the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first." The same connection of the sound of the trumpet with the resurrection is also made in I Cor. 15:51-52. Post Tribulation Rapture
To get an understanding that comes from God's word and not from our own expectations of God's plan, we need to see what each scriptural reference is really talking about. We also need to establish what events take place for each verse and when they occur. The Rapture. Which is Which?
There are only two other occurrences of the word apantesis in our Rapture text, "MEET (apantesis) the Lord in the air." (1 Thess. 4:17) Does the usage of the word, apantesis, in its two previous occurrences dictate how we should interpret it here? I believe that, yes, it does determine how we should see what this word means. Did Paul Teach a Pre-Trib Rapture?
If Christians are not going to be here at the end of the Tribulation, but be with Christ for the entire time, why would Paul tell the Corinthian believers that they were waiting for the revealing/apokalupsis of Christ, which Pre-Tribulation teachers say refers to the END of the Tribulation? Why are the Corinthians waiting for the REVEALING of Christ, rather than the COMING of Christ, which is supposed to be at the Rapture? Did New Testament Writers Believe in an Imminent Rapture?
Did the New Testament writers believe and teach that Christ could have come at any moment? Or is the idea of imminence, as presented today, different from what the New Testament teaches, is it a product of men's imaginations? I believe the latter to be the case. Also See Left Behind
If LaHaye does not get his “left behind” scenario from the explicit teachings of the Biblical texts, then where does he get it? The answer is that it comes from the way in which he combines many Scripture passages that were originally unrelated to each other. In other words, his system is like a necklace, each separate part a pearl taken straight out of Scripture, but the string holding these pearls together taken straight out of Scofield! Left Behind: Eternal Forces
A new “Christian” video game: Left Behind: Eternal Forces. The game aims to make a broadly appealing video game, similar to Grand Theft Auto; it is a “real-time” strategy game that “features plenty of biblical smiting, albeit with high-tech weaponry as players battle the forces of the Anti-Christ in a smoldering world approaching Armageddon.” Warriors shout "Praise the Lord!" as they blow infidels away, and players can switch to the side of the Antichrist to kill Christians. | 
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