Many preachers or pastors prefer not to talk about topics like the one I am dealing with in this reflection, Joyce Mayer who I personally respect very much for example says she is not sufficiently prepared to talk about it, but let's try to reflect on some points anyway.
In contemporary evangelical churches the doctrine of pre-tribulation "secret" rapture is adopted, which like the Darwinian theory that man is descended from the ape remains a theory and has no basis in the Bible and in true science, pre-tribulation rapture is a misinterpretation of the scriptures.
When the Bible clearly speaks of what will happen, we cannot interpret what we "hope will happen."
The evil one has sown his tares even in religions so it is very important to know how to discern between what is true and what is not ... we can do it by having a personal relationship with the Lord and going to check what they tell us about a topic like the one treated by reading the Bible letting ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit .. just being hearers will not help us to guard against false doctrines.
Jesus himself in Matthew 16: 6 tells us to beware of the "leaven" of the Pharisees and Sadducees. By yeast he did not mean the mother for making pizza but the false religious doctrines that distance us from the truth and can take root and take root within us by mixing with our creed.
What does the Bible say about the end times?
Jesus himself speaks of it in the gospel according to Matthew chapter 24 and speaks of the signs that would take place before His second coming and the end of the present age (Matthew 24: 4-14)
And it speaks of the fact that there will be a great tribulation like never before and no one would have escaped if those days had not been shortened but they have been for the sake of the elect (Matthew 24: 15,21,22).
The Tribulation will happen as described in (Matthew 24:15): when the antichrist breaks the seven-year covenant (Daniel 9:27, 11:31) in the middle of the covenant (after 3.5 years) to place the abomination of the desolation of which the prophet Daniel speaks and then a great tribulation will occur such as there has never been.
It will therefore be a period of great anguish such as there has never been for the Christian people and Jesus warns us of it.
From verse 29 to 31 of chapter 24 of Matthew Jesus tells us that after the tribulation of those days (v.29) the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven (v.30) and He will send out his angels with a great sound of trumpet to gather his elect from the four winds of the earth (v.31). The dynamic is crystal clear first the great tribulation then the rapture and before the rapture as written in Revelation 20: 4-5 and 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17 they will resurrect the dead in Christ martyrs of the great tribulation and then the rapture will occur.
Those who believe in the pre-tribulation rapture claim that the great tribulation will be a suffering reserved for the Jewish people, but in Isaiah 11:12 there is a prophecy about it that says, "He will raise a banner to the nations, gather the exiles from Israel and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. " (the scattered of Judas from the four corners of the earth) ..
we also see it written in Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, because you are all one in Christ Jesus" and also in James 1 : 1: "James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the twelve tribes scattered throughout the world, health" (note that the epistle was written in AD 60 only in AD 70 Jerusalem was destroyed and the Tribes scattered of Israel); and finally in Romans 2:28 -29 it is clearly written: “For he is not a Jew who is such on the outside; and circumcision is not the external one, in the flesh; but he is a Jew who is one inside; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; of such a Jew the praise comes not from men, but from God.
Understanding that the only rapture is the one after the tribulation is the key to understanding the book of the apocalypse which is essential to understand.
Many make an excuse for the following sentence: "it will be like you have Noah's times" and "you don't know the time" so as not to think much about what will happen big mistake for me ... remember the kingdom of God will be of 5 wise virgins and 5 foolish.
It is true that we do not know the hours and minutes but we can discern what age we are in .... the world is getting worse there are prophetic signs that cannot be ignored: microchips in hand to pay and sell, knowledge that increases, holographic images that if you look at them you will receive virtual currency in exchange, the gospel brought around the world through radio and TV, the committee for the reconstruction of the Jewish temple, the peace pacts that are taking place between Israel and the surrounding countries, the signs are there. Of course if one believes in false doctrines he will not prepare himself and alas he will be surprised with the infidels as in the time of Noah ... think if Noah had not prepared what would become of us? God will not withdraw his word because his people want a secret rapture ... he did not avert the famine for seven years that struck Egypt and the land of Jacob's family ... if Joseph had not prepared what would have been of the Jacob dynasty? think about it and you will understand why the church needs to prepare for the Great Tribulation.
God bless y❣️