We need this teaching in our churches today with all that is going on in the world thank God for pastor john our lord Jesus is the only way home...we are truly bless to be save 🙏
my brother the Lord took him Sunday afternoon and he was 75 and born with severe brain damage and body problems. tomorrow I speak at his funeral may the God of all comfort, comfort you in Jesus' name.
My Dads got it too man I’ll remember the smiley faces you left. My Dads always been the strongest. I’ll smile knowing he’s gonna wake up to Jesus. Hope you’re doing alright.
brought me to tears. i spend so much time being anxious about the horrendous culture we have now. God will KEEP ME FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING. Thank you.
There is NO GREATER DECISION than accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! I am so happy in knowing that the Son of God lives within my heart! Thank you Jesus, for being my Lord and Savior and for the forgiveness of all my sin, by your precious blood. I love you and serve you with all my heart.
@@OneHunnitNoCapStannitOnBidnisz many will come to me on the day of judgement and say lord lord we did all these things in your name. and he says go to hell. i never knew you. pride stinks, friend. worse then all the other sins combined.... but they dont see it. God is against the proud but they think theyre humble. have you ever met a good man? ive met plenty that think they are cause they judge and compare themselves to others... and that why theyre dumb.
To all of those who endlessly debate escatology and the rapture and then go belittle their brethren in Christ because they have a different understanding of Revelation and the End of Days than yours, I have to say shame on you! To call this man a false teacher is a gross injustice because I know he has preached the truth with as clear accuracy as a human possibly can. He has preached every single verse of the Bible over the course of 50 years and has studied it daily without fail. He takes great care to ensure that his preaching is consistent with biblical truth. That being said, it is still possible to err, but if he is to err, it is not to lead others to deception and destruction, as John Macarthur is fully aware of the consequences of doing so. He has preached on these topics himself several times. Why would he risk eternal damnation, blaspheming God by knowingly misrepresenting God's Word? It doesn't make sense for a man who has faithfully preached time and time again. If you have a disagreement with him or anyone else for anything Theological, then provide Scripture to prove your point. The issue is the interpretation of Scripture and how it fits in the chronological timeline, but we often forget that the purpose of Revelation and Prophecy is to show God's glory in how He will restore the Earth to Obedience and to an intimate relationship with Him. It is not simply to tell the future of what is come. Our focus should be to continue to work of the Great Commission, not on the future of this world because it will one day return to nothing. If you believe and are truly saved, your Eternity is set to be with God forever, and on that, every true preacher of the Gospel agrees one hundred percent.
Though I agree with Mr. MaCarthur 99% of the time, I don’t see a pre-trib rapture. The Word of God teaches, He will keep His people from the day of His wrath!! Yes we will be taken up “at the Lord’s coming” “with the trumpet of God” 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, but to make this as pre-trib rapture doesn’t fly! Again, 1 Corinthians 15:23 “at His (Jesus) coming” doesn’t teach me anything about a pre-tib rapture! It says at His Coming, when is that must be established “from scripture” not someone’s teaching. How Mr MaCArthur relates John 14 to the rapture is beyond me though? Can anyone show in the history of the Church, the doctrine of the rapture? The only thing I can find, started in the mid to late 1800’s, through a man named Darby. What we don’t see is the foot hold that Satan gets, when we take a simple passage in scripture, where the Apostle Paul is simply comforting the congregants of Thessalonicia, and turn it into a doctrine; and we in turn argue about it. Let’s take the advice of Paul Washer, when he say’s: you will know all you need to know about the second advent of Christ, when the second advent happens. Great advice for the Church! Are we as willing to go into all the world with the promulgation of the Glorious Gospel, as we are willing to argue over an event that will take place when He see’s fit? Do we argue about 2 Timothy 2:10 enduring all things for His elect? Or 1 Timothy 4:9-10 or what about 2 Corinthians 5:15? Don’t get me wrong, we must contend for The Faith, Jude 3; we are falling into a trap otherwise though. We contend for the faith, not for our version of it, it is God’s Gospel, so let’s seek His glory, and not our own!
jmsloss bravo ❤️ very excellent commentary. I do not know if his timetable is correct, but I believe that he desires to honor God and honor God’s word; there are some other pastors that also I believe want to honor God and his word, and they may disagree with him on some eschatology, but we are to love one another, not get caught up in times and controversies and have strife; so thank you for your comment.
Dr. Mc Arthur knows well of the written scripture, but antagonistic toward anything supernatural in the Bible. You are missing out if signs, wonders, and miracles of God in the book of Acts especially is ignored.
I love this Pastor so much when his time comes who will we look to for teachings and explanation of God’s word, oh yeah we have a lot of his teachings and explanations of God’s word In videos and in his books , Thank you Jesus for Pastor MacArthur Amen 🙏
We have Paul Washer, Voddie B, Justin Peterson and lots of other great Bible teachers. You will know who is speaking the truth! Always test them against the word of God! I don't want him to pass on either. I've learned so much from him! God bless
I have been a Christian and a student and teacher of Eschatology (end-times) for 3 decades and I cannot believe how so much of the Church has abandoned this teaching. I would also add that in Zechariah 14 we see the 2nd Coming especially in verses 16-17 16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain." This to me, shows me that John 14:1-6 is definitely a separate event and that Post-Tribulation is not logical. Acts 1:9 Now when He (Jesus) had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” "...This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” "in like manner" Did Jesus ascend to Heaven on a white horse? With the armies of Heaven? In a blood-dripped robe? Rev 19:11-16 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. There's nothing in Rev 19 that could be construed as "like manner" in Acts 1. Where I think many Christians get confused in the timeline is when do the 7 years start? I 100% agree with Pastor John that Revelation is in chronological order you can see my video on that here ua-cam.com/video/UMxNZlX_TDU/v-deo.html I believe that Seal 1 is NOT the start of the 7 years but the revealing of the false Messiah (aka the Antichrist) a declaration by the Jews their long-awaited "Messiah" has come. He has no power or influence just a title. John 5:43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. My video -Who is the Antichrist really? ua-cam.com/video/SNFyde0zicA/v-deo.html The 7 years begin in Rev 11 (10 actually but 11 is easier to define) In John 3:36 Jesus says 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” Romans 5:8-9 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Because of Jesus, we're not destined for God's Wrath. In Rev 6:15-17 it says 15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” This Seal as I understand it is an event allowed by the LORD. In my videos I show how Seal 6 is the Gog/Magog war of Ezekiel 38-39. I am also convinced that Trumpets 1-6 are the LORD's response to the Gog/Magog invasion which are prior to Rev 11 the 7 years. If you read the Trumpet judgments they are terrifying. I pray the Rapture is prior to Seal 1 but I also recognize that God's wrath doesn't come until Seal 6. So I try to prepare for both. Either way from my understanding it's still "pre-7 years" I just think the "Covenant with many" facilitated by the Antichrist comes after the Gog/Magog war where the whole world sees the God of Israel is alive and well. Take care.
I think of it like this. We are ambassadors for Christ. If we are ambassadors then we are on foreign soil. If your nation is going to go to war with the nation where you are an ambassador then your government will call you out of that nation beforehand. Just a thought.
You are surrounded by them who practice Luciferian witchcraft in the highest and run your government, churches ,schools and so on. John is a freemason whos been a devil worshippin: watch.pairsite.com/macarthur-6-freemasonry.html Wake up there your country was taken over by fallen angels way back in 1776 and they now have ready to take down in one hour while you all sit around and play with trivial crap.Ezekiel 38-39. Ephesians 6:10-25 says all gov is fallen angels who are in man Daniel 2:40-43. Your Illuminati is Magog fools and Jews are Tuval who are under judgment Jude 6; Lucifer has set the trap as God said he would allow in Ezekiel 12. I have watched as they prepare your fall America you whore. Lived before? Yep. Romans 3:23/ 5:13 says you did and. Ezekiel 37 is fulfilled.
Sonny I pray that you will find the truth before the rapture. You don’t have to believe any pastor. Don’t let anyone on the Internet tell you what to believe. You can be SURE that you will find the truth in the Bible. The Lord is true and faithful, and He LOVES you. If you TRULY want to know if God is real and the Bible is His Word, ask Him! Find a quiet place away from distractions, get on your knees before the Lord and clear your mind of clutter. With a sincere heart, ask the Lord if He is real, if He loves you, and if He came to die for you. Because if He did, you want to know and worship a Him. He will respond. When He does, ask Him to forgive you of your sins and invite Him to come live in your heart. You will feel like the weight of the world is off of your shoulders. Once you read and study God’s Word, you will know the TRUTH. Then, when you use online resources, you will know who the false teachers are because their sermons and speeches contradict God’s Word. You also need to consider, pastors and those who are legitimately teaching God’s Word will be under attack by satanic forces that will lie, bring false witness, etc. against men and women of God so that no one will listen and learn from them. The pastors and teachers you need to watch out for are the ones who have never been under attack from the enemy. The enemy doesn’t attack false teachers because he wants people to believe lies. satan is not called the father of lies for nothing😁 May you find the TRUTH!
I am sorry but you can tell people all day long to get saved but they will not until and only until the creator saves them which he did long ago for me and he has had me on this issue for a very long time and what I find is more than can be explained. You need to go and do some critical analysis of what you think is true but isn't. Revelations wrote by a man who called himself John the Divine. Wikipedia will show you also that both Ezekiel and Isiah been added to. By who? Jeremiah 10:1-4 says not to put up a Christmas tree but all do so anyway. I have tried to help with this and much other and everyone could careless. Ezekiel 16:3-5 says the Nativity at Christ Mass(mass means death) is a lie, and Luke is another name for Lucifer and Luke was a Greek who are the enemies found with Illuminati Mafia Nazi Magog in Ezekiel 38(Togarmah) yet you trust anyone do you not? The Illuminati Magog also run with their brother Tuval who are them Jews hyou trust who are under judgement who are the Pharisees of old who always hang with Magog . Magog are from Constantinople area there where your bible was put together by them Jews and Magog who meet in SIN O GOGS to think up was to kill us all yet you trust them as the chosen? The bible is not even close to being true unless you can explain why Adan And Eve were not told they would go to this hell they made up for you? See? Great flood? Then how did animals survive here if the entire planet was under water? So you have now a 5.5 years until total ozone collapse so we have no time left to fulfill your 7 years, because they have plans to do away with us soon. Been threatened with certain death and execution facing us all a man said to me from this pastors sight here on UA-cam. Now your Illuminati Magog said they have the power to take the world down with them and before Israel America a gores under(Deut 28:68) Land over flowing with all. This is found in Ezekiel 38-39 which is the complete theft and TAKEOVER OF America 1776 TO PRESENT. The British come in to the mix in 38:13. The evil plan in 38L10 is found by search Adam Wauisaupts Illuminati plan . Back from the sword is after the civil war and we are at 38:22. 39:6 Magog is nuked and is why they are destroying the world you see. Judgment is at hand. You lived before also. Romans 3:23 and 5:13 confirm all sin was passed over so ALL had to live again. Everyone from Adam And Eve on are alive right now . So rapture is a lie. This goes against Daniel 2:44 and do the meek not inherit the earth? All things will be made new before all rise in Christ saved. All! Isaiah 65:25 says Lucifer is saved and the fallen angels too. After all they been in man since the fall. Genesis 3:5 / Daniel 2:40-43. Iron and clay are fallen angels and man. Freemason floor tile is white and and black to symbolize fallen angels and man coexisting together in their total depravity and rebellion against the creator. So you see things are not what they seem. Google a Jewish census before and after ww2 to see they gained numbers. The Illuminati Magog are the Etruscans of old who founded and ran the Roman empire(Nero/ Caligula) who later became the Nazi and got them Germans for sacking the Roman empress 441 ad . I believe they have been in control since they were able to get into mankind. They are also behind communism as well. All communism. They run China by stealth you know? Hebrew and Yiddish(Jews) alphabet are the same showing it is a lie also. English is the oldest language. And Americas have more earthen pyramids than anywhere else but they do not teach this in the public schools since them devils have complete control over that. This is why our country is from hell and every conceivable sin is being committed at an alarming and shocking rate,. We are judged plain and simple. Isaiah 13:17 confirms that 9.11.2001 judgment began. Ezekiel 12 says our creator has been preparing this fro awhile which i been a watching with him. Hurricane Florence stalled out since they used Microwaves to hold it back. Here is more for you to read if you want. Geoengineering.org us a good site to see we are in serious trouble here. Johnn'y's been a devil worshipin watch.pairsite.com/macarthur-6-freemasonry.html Where Did Germany Get the Six Million Jews for the Holocaust? World Almanac, 1940, pg. 129: World Jewish Population- 15,319,359 World Almanac, 1949, pg. 289: World Jewish Population- 15,713,638 11 million GERMANS murdered after ww2 rense.com/general85/mill.htm David Irving (Lost a 1 million dollar contract to readers digest because he refused t lie about the Holocaust) Faking of Adolph Hitler ua-cam.com/video/FgWIdBUEMro/v-deo.html Church is organized crime ua-cam.com/video/bN3PD2nM6MY/v-deo.html Hope this helps to wake you before the sudden destruction comes.
3:30 "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. *In the world you will have tribulation.* But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 ESV
@@tpearce713 he was referring to life in general no one leads this life without any sorrow who has a perfect life? We all have trials and tribulations every day not just a specific time
That sounds good and I'm all in for that to happen. I'm just wondering how that applies to all the members of the Bride of Christ that have been brutally tortured and murdered throughout the centuries and even in this present day?
@@joelblack2973 Them who are murdered for Christ sake seems to me belong to Smyrna Rev.3, the church of martyrs! Who join in the bride of Christ! Shalom!
Not nessessarily, I've been beaten up fairly well, to the point I wished I was dead, or that the Lord would kill me!!! Believe me, we are called to suffer in this world with Christ. I'm still here, but the demons want to destroy me!!!! Truly, Carol 65 years old and I have eternal life in Christ!!!! Amen to that
He has a lot of haters because God is really using him. Do not bear false witness. If you are interested in the truth, what he meant by his words, you will find it. On the other hand, if you just want to show your bitter jealousy, you will continue your accusations. Repent.
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397 to speak about another Christian so unlovingly where is your fruit? I see this all the time Examine yourself to make sure you are in the faith of you disagree that's one thing to make such wicked statement is quite another to attack the brethren makes me wonder about you and your own heart
Glandy Sadera - yes ! You know the real truth. God uses the earth as his footstool .! That does not mean he is arrogant. That means we can trust Him to get us Home. Because he is true. he wants us to proove The love He has for us . Gideon did .!
I just got into a few arguments about this with some church leaders. I was called "ridiculous" at the pulpit from a pastor, for suggesting No Judgement for the Marriage Supper of The Lamb. I had no chance to discuss this. It made me realize how dangerous a one way communication pulpit is. Also, The 10 virgins parable, I think is directly linked to this too.
Thank you Pastor John...As a faithful witness...u do deliver from death...People knowing the truth get set free...We desperately need God's Word...to be a light unto our path & a lamp onto our feet...
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 KJV Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397you sound like a tare Among the WHEAT exam your self to speak so viciously about a fellow brother examine yourself to make sure you are in the faith of you disagree that's one thing to say something so viciously is another I would more concerned about your conversrion is it real ? Check yourself because you sound extremely angry and that should not be part of your Conversion where is fruit you are to speak with love I don't see any love in that comment
Rev 3:10 "Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he has raised from teh dead-Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. Please 'Post-trib' people, explain those two verses to me if the rapture isnt pretrib. TYSM and have a blessed day
Your reward will be in heaven, do not expect your any physical reward (for you will be disappointed) rather be comforted knowing that Christ will save us at the rapture dead or alive.
This world is NOT about the body but the SOUL. The next world is about the soul and its reward. Lower your expectations from this world and expect everything from God in the next.
If you're praying, I think you've received your reward. You believe. You didn't come to your belief on your own. Your faith is a gift from God. If you're saved, you have received your reward.
Well the only problem with the pre-trib Rapture is the fact that it mentions the Saints after chapter 2 . in the Book of Revelation chapter 13 it talks about the Beast of Revelation in verse 7 of chapter 13 it says, it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and Nations.
@@MegaPaul1973 How? Supposedly the Holy Spirit in the Church will be taken from the earth at a pre-trib rapture. Jesus said that "No one comes to the Father except the Spirit draw them". If the Holy Spirit is gone, how will people come to Christ? Or maybe, since the Father is unwilling that any should perish, maybe the Father will use us, the believers full of the Holy Spirit to lead people to Christ during those perilous times.
@@joelblack480 If we could stop believing that futurist nonsense and realise that all prophetic texts have been tazken out of their proper context , we would make a giant step in understanding what Revelation is really about. Isn't earthly Jerusalem the harlot (Babylon the great whore) replaced with the New Jerusalem in chapter 22 ?
God is omnipresent. He will always be everywhere. The Holy spirir removes restraint over evil during the tribulation. People can be as evil as they want. @joelblack480
Jesus is not talking about the rapture in John 17, he is praying that the disciples should be in the world (not taken out) as the ones to share the gospel and asking for their protection from the evil one.
@@bobbychapman4321 verse 20 would also take into account all other believers as well.... “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message” [ John 17:20 ] This, then, contextually applies to all believers.
❤Brother John is a treasure. He has been a sound biblical teacher for decades teaching Scripture one verse at a time and I’ve followed him for over fifty years. Truly a man who studies in depth the Word of God.
@@ianbrown9099 Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
Sadly, he puts it together wrong and teaches a pre-trib rapture and he claims people can still be saved after taking the mark of the beast. BEWARE OF HIM
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1 peter 4:17 does this verse contradict the rapture?
Paul says that the rapture takes place AFTER the resurrection. 1 Thess 4:16 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. 17 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. MacArthur is a false teacher. Ignore him.
I find it so heartbreaking that most of the arguments FOR or AGAINST the rapture come from believers. There is so much hostility about these topics and people always need to be right. Its just sad. No one is right but our heavenly Father. Enjoy your salvation and wait for him, however you believe he will come...God bless
Two Phases of the Second Coming of Jesus: 1. At the rapture moment, Christ comes for His church. 2. At the Second Coming, Christ returns with His church.
Where in Scripture dose it say there is two phases to the resurrection of the righteous. The Scriptures defiantly says there is two resurrections for the righteous and the wicked but all Scripture passages dealing with the resurrection places it at Christ's return, singular event! No accredited Biblical historian would support that a Pretrib rapture was ever taught in the first 300 years of the early Church.
You are spreading lies the Bible very clearly talks about the Rapture as a different event than the second coming then if you would study yet you would know that. Spreading lies
In the second coming, we are coming with him dressed in white, to observe. His feet will touch the ground at the mount of olives. At the rapture,(7 yrs prior)we met Him in the air, His feet don't touch the ground. Read your bibles.
Amen. Let not your heart be troubled. Good verse. I’ve been rather troubled by the post-trib and post-Millennial views because while I know I’ll see some kind of persecution, I don’t want to starve because I won’t take the mark or die a thousand other deaths by the wrath of God. If the challenge is deny Christ or die, of course I pick the latter, but if the challenge is you have no hope because the world has gone nuts and you’ll die indiscriminately with the rest of unbelievers when 1/4 and 1/3 of the world dies in the judgments... then I’m terrified. I always believed in the Rapture but had shaken lately because I couldn’t find good teachers outside of WoF supporting the rapture. Thankful for JMAC.
Jesus is clear that he' coming after the Tribulation, John Macarthur is a FALSE TEACHER!!...John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
Pre trib and post trib caught up preachers both make valid point when they speak. Although when I read the bible I always see "elects going thru it", which I always understand as we going thru it, not escape, and will only be picked up at the moment the Son of God appears. But I'm still a baby and don't have much knowledge bout theology. These preachers contradicting each others makes me not want to listen to them about the end times anymore because of confusion. I'll prob just stick to reading the bible and just walk uprightly enduring til the end. Whether we go thru it or not.
That is exactly what I do. I read the Bible and make up my own mind and follow no one blindly. However, I'm also still a baby but because of these contradictions I decided to pray about it, and study it myself. I came to the same conclusion you did. Through the tribulation, we will go but will be spared when God pours out his wrath. The when in my opinion is not really important. What is important is to be ready whenever it happens. I would be happy if it is pretrib of course, but that is just not how I read it. What many people forget is that the Wrath of God, will be many times worse than any tribulation the antichrist brings on to throw our way. God loved his son, and he did not spare him. What makes us think that we should be better off than the son. Anyways I'm not looking for arguments with those who believe otherwise. We should all work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.
@@leeleec8490 yes! The great wrath of God is what we will surely escape... It's also important to note that many elects will fall from faith during great tribulation. These people are probably the ones that are too confident about pre-trib that when they find themselves in the midst of the great tribulation, seeing their love ones killed and ripped open infront of them, they will start hating and questioning God... But conditioning ourselves to prepare for the worse will give us better fighting chance to persevere and keep our Faith high til the end. *Church of Philadelphia* I'm really hoping it's pre-trib though!
@@ValkieezUkelele, you are right. I prepare myself for the worst and if I am wrong then great! I have read some comments where people who are pretrib say what kind of God would make his bride suffer, and I just think the same God, who sacrificed his son for us. Somebody even said than what kind of Blessed Hope is he, if he allows us to suffer. Can you believe that someone would actually say that? So you are probably right, those turning away from God will probably be these pretribbers. Because how dare the Almighty God make his bride go through suffering? The Bible is clear that if we follow Him, we shall be persecuted. My 15 year old told me these people are so focused on God's love, that they forget to have the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom. He says they forget this loving God is the same one who flooded the earth. Never forget that God is not just love, he is just and cannot go against his nature. Just the fact that this pretrib is so popular even in Hollywood tells me that I need to flee from that. Sometimes people so exalt these preachers as if they are a modern day, Jesus. I think the best thing I did was to just read the bible myself, praying for wisdom and an understanding of the Word, and that the Lord will reveal his truth to me through his scriptures, so that I cannot be taken in by false preachers no matter how popular they are. Especially as I am a baby in Christ and if I listen only to men, could be easily deceived. I pray daily that I am not one of those who says Lord, but I have prophesied in your name and drove out demons in your name just to be told: Go away, I do not know you. It is very clear that verse is talking about Christians because who else will drive out demons in Jesus' name.
@@ValkieezUkelele A pre-trib would certainly be easier, wouldn't it? 1 Peter 1:13 warns us to prepare for action, not for idly sitting around. Stay in the Word and humbly seek the Holy Spirit's guidance. Our Father will not mislead us.
One of the finest verses pointing to the catching away of the Church is found in Luke 21: 36 ... After warning of the judgments to come the Lord, Himself says there will be those who escape "all these things that shall come to pass."... The English word escape is translated from the Greek verb ekphugo which literally means "to flee by flight" "to vanish"..In that one verse the Lord states there will be those who escape (vanish), the means of that escape and where one will be at the moment of that escape..."to stand before the Son of Man."..Even so come, Lord Jesus !! Shalom and Maranatha!!
@@raquelcastellini4572 They can't, see Rev 14:9-11.....He's in severe error, and poor souls who don't know the Bible, but trust his teaching will go to Hell with him!!
@@framboise595 There wasn't tribulation back then like the world has never seen, and prophecy still that needs to be fulfilled. My question to you is that if 666 was Nero, how did it all go away, Jesus came back already? No this isn't paradise we're living in.
At 9:43 how you're supposed to survive the tribulation???? Not loving your life unto death. He also told His disciples, if you read further, "where I go you know and the way you know." Were they raptured? It's not about staying alive to be raptured. It's about a resurrection (which Jesus Christ Himself is).
What about the christians who are be head ed , and all sorts of evil for their faith that weve seen happen all iver the world. Why werent they raptured?
1 Thess 4 and 5, 1 Cor 15 and John 14 all refer to the second coming. By what superior knowledge does John Macarthur extract certain verses and make them apply to a secret rapture?
The tribulation is before the rapture if so why the chip. All those who are left will not refuse the chip they wont be christians anyway. The Lord will help us.
First of all, it is not a SECRET rapture, as all eyes will see or observe the results (people missing). Second, the tribulation is for unbelievers and jews, and those surviving will enter the milenial kingdom. We who are with Him will come to rule with Him. At th end of the millenium, it is He, his angels and us that will fight the resurgent dragon. I was not a pre tribber until recently, int hese last few months, and the Lord has opened spiritual eyes to comprehend His mercy. I pray that God will do likewise with you. God bless you.
Yes. But our Interpretation on the implications of its timing and specifics aren’t. Dispensationalists cannot deal with any other eschatological interpretation on the rapture. It’s pure futurism.
310revelation people say there is no timing of the rapture when Jesus himself says "when you see", "when you hear", "AFTER the TRIBULATION" and "LOOKUP your reception draws near". To say there is no indication of timing is false.
True, the word 'rapture' is not in scripture, but 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says, 'Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.' The word 'rapture' has just been used to give a name to the event.
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
@@theboypresident2633 So you doubt the ability of God to do anything....you come on. Noah was provided safety...so God can't do it again? Oh ye of little faith.
@@theboypresident2633 I do not know you, but you seem to have a small opinion of God's ability to do anything. All HE has to do is Say something...and it is true...becomes reality. Refer to Genesis.
After watching this video 4 years ago, I have now read the Bible several times and it’s now clear to me that the rapture is synonymous to the second coming. (same event) Jesus said the Kingdom is here now. We are in the Kingdom now. For a deeper commentary on the book of revelation chapter 20. I found G .K Beale to be the most helpful, followed by the book “a case for a-millennialism” Kim riddlebarger. Although mc Arthur gets the rapture wrong, he is still clear on the gospel that teaches that God saves sinners through Christ.
Part 1/2 I am not here to attack anyone but one of the problems I see in the Church today is that very few Christians know the story of Scripture. If you don't understand the story, you'll never understand Eschatology. I'm going to post an excerpt of my comment above for you to consider. "I would also add that in Zechariah 14 we see the 2nd Coming especially in verses 16-17 16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain." This to me, shows me that John 14:1-6 is definitely a separate event and that Post-Tribulation is not logical. Acts 1:9 Now when He (Jesus) had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” "...This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” "in like manner" Did Jesus ascend to Heaven on a white horse? With the armies of Heaven? In a blood-dripped robe? Rev 19:11-16 11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. There's nothing in Rev 19 that could be construed as "like manner" in Acts 1. The problem with Amillennialism as I understand it, is that Zechariah 14 and like passages show a literal kingdom on earth which as far as I know Amills don't believe. If I'm wrong please correct me. Zechariah 14 also says in verse 9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be-“The Lord is one,” And His name one. what is the story of Scripture? In Genesis 1 God created the Heavens and the Earth. In verse 28, the LORD willingly gave us His dominion over His creation of earth over to us. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” The LORD has always been Sovereign over all reality, but in Genesis, He gave the dominion of the earth to us. Our free will now dictated the direction humanity would go. We in turn gave that authority to the enemy. Leaders of nations gave their allegiance to the enemy. We see this at the Tower of Babel. This is why when Jesus was tempted by Satan and offered the "kingdoms of the earth" in exchange for worship, Jesus never disputed Satan's claim. Satan had that authority we were given to offer the kingdoms of the earth. Matthew 4 8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” 2 Cor 4:3-4 (Post Resurrection) 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. This is why the Disciples asked about the "end of the age" and the LORD"s return Matthew 24 3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” Why does Jesus tell us He's with us to the end of the age? Matthew 28 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. At the 2nd Coming that "age" of mankind, the end of the age of mankind and Satan's authority on earth ends. Now this next section doesn't prove that these views are correct, but one of the things that baffle me today is that many Christians think Dispensational Premillennialism is a couple of hundred years old when it's not. We have numerous early church fathers' writings showing what they believed and taught. Again, not proof it's correct. But if you have disciples of the Apostles writing in the first and second centuries of what they believed and taught I think that would at least be something we'd consider. (continued in part 2)
Part 2/2 Church father Irenaeus wrote about 180AD. He was taught under Polycarp, the disciple of the Apostle John, and occasionally saw the Apostle John. Irenaeus wrote a five-volume work entitled “Against Heresies” against the cults of his day. “When in the end that church will suddenly be caught up from this, then it is said, ‘There will be tribulation such as not been since the beginning, nor will be.’” Irenaeus “Against Heresies 5.29 Ephraim 373 AD “…because all saints and the elect of the LORD are gathered together before the Tribulation which is about to commence be taken to the LORD…” On the Last Times 2-Ephraim the Syrian 373 AD. Lactantius in 304AD in his commentary of the Apocalypse that Rev 6:14 is when "the Church shall be taken away” Irenaeus writes about dispensational premillennialism. As I showed he wrote about 180AD and was a disciple of Polycarp who was a direct disciple of the Apostle John. “In 2 Thessalonians, the ‘falling away’ is an apostasy and there will be a literal rebuilt temple. In Matthew [chapter 24], the ‘abomination spoken by Daniel’ is the Antichrist sitting in the temple as if he were Christ. The abomination will start in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week and last for a literal three years and six months. The little horn [11th] is the Antichrist. Against Heresies 5.25 Many early church fathers' also had a certain view on when the 2nd Coming would be. These excerpts are from Ken Johnson's book "The end times by Ancient Church Fathers" where he documents what the early church fathers believed. Again it doesn't mean it's correct but I find it interesting how many early church fathers wrote on the topic and described their understanding in detail and it was what we'd call dispensational premillennialism today. Barnabas, AD First Century “Therefore, children, in six days, or in six thousand years, all the prophecies will be fulfilled. Then it says, ‘He rested on the seventh day.’ This signifies at the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus, He will destroy the Antichrist, judge the ungodly, and change the sun, moon, and stars. Then He will truly rest during the Millennial reign, which is the seventh day.” Epistle of Barnabas 15:7-9 Commodianus, AD 240 “We will be immortal when the six thousand years are completed.” Against the Gods of the Heathens 35 “Resurrection of the body will be when six thousand years are completed, and after the one thousand years [millennial reign], the world will come to an end.” Against the Gods of the Heathens 80 Victorinus, AD 240 “Satan will be bound until the thousand years are finished; that is, after the sixth day.” Commentary on Revelation 20.1-3 Methodius, AD 290 “In the seventh millennium we will be immortal and truly celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.” Ten Virgins 9.1 Johnson, Ken. The End-Times by the Ancient Church Fathers (p. 11-12). Again, you're free to believe what you want and you're right this in no way impacts our salvation but we are to test every teaching, and I as what many would call a dispensational premill, I have to examine every teaching from Pastors and books like the "Left Behind" series which to me is very inaccurate and Americanized. In John 13:19 Jesus says 19 "Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am." The number 1 purpose of Bible prophecy is to lead unbelievers to believe in the LORD, the I AM, and be saved. This means that Bible prophecy is literal just as Jesus, literally fulfilled over 100 OT prophecies, just as Noah's ark was built exactly to the size that Scientists today have verified it would have floated and held the required species and cargo needed. Just as Daniel 9 tells us that between the "command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" which happened in Nisan 445BC (the month of Passover) that there would be 173,880 days until the Messiah the Prince suffered the death penalty, but not for Himself (Nisan Passover 32AD). Not everything in the Bible is literal, but Bible prophecy is. Predictions about what is to come whether it was the Flood, or the Messiah, or the 2nd Coming is ALWAYS literal. Jesus confirms this in John 13:19. Paul also tells us this in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, "according to the Scriptures" in other words as it is written. I hope this helps. Take care.
The teaching of the rapture is a not taught in the old or New Testament. The passages he is referring to are all about the 2nd coming, not a group being taken early.
Eddie Gallegos - read the Bible for yourself . Ask The Holy Spirit to fill you and give you wisdom . Then think for Yourself with the power of the Holy Spirit. Gods word will not return void . It will satisfy you greatly. Ephesians 3:20&21 Acts 1:8
vickie guthrie Great read, thanks. Jeremiah 7:3 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. This is my favorite verse from that reading, we should all repent if we want to dwell in Gods house .
I have heard this in the dispensationalism.The problem I have is who are the Saints in Rev 13:7 /Dan 7:8 And 14:12 The patience of the Saints; 8:3-4; Rev 11:18; If Noah and his family was protected from the wrath of God while in the Ark, Cannot God protect the saints in the tribulation to the 7th trumpet? Surely Rev 11:11-15 sounds like the rapture, because verse 18 sounds like the bema seat! Even during the Plagues in Exodus, while the Egyptians were getting judged, it say's that the Children of Israel and their property were protected.
I praise God for Jesus Christ... I praise Jesus Christ for loving us enough to be executed for us... I praise The Holy Spirt for comfort... God created John MacArthur for all of us... Thank YOU God for that... This was beautiful !
I agree and think it has to be 2 events. In Matthew 24 37-41 the saved remain on earth. In 1 Thessalonians 4 16-7 all believers meet the Lord in the air. Thessalonians is the rapture. Matthew is the 2nd coming where those who come to faith during tribulation and live survive into millinial kingdom to procreate.
Dr. MacArthur, In this You Tube video, you make several contradictions !! One of these contradictions which I would like you to explain, concerns your declaring that the Rapture will ONLY take place, after the "Times of the GENTILES be fulfilled", ( Rom.11:25 ) which I agree is Correct ! But then you go on to say about the Timing of the RAPTURE, that you believe it takes place BEFORE the coming TRIBULATION !! ( and THAT, After you have declared that the RAPTURE CANNOT happen UNTIL the "TIMES of the GENTILES come in", and your citing of Rom.11:25 as proof ) So What do you do with Luke 21:24, that declares that;..."and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." As well as Rev.11:2, that declares the very SAME time Element, of the Holy City being TREAD UNDER FOOT, by the Gentiles, for the Last FORTY TWO MONTHS , of the TRIBULATION !!! Your apparent contradiction is in my understanding REFUTED by these TWO PASSAGES, which declare that the TIMES Of the GENTILES, does NOT END, until the LAST DAY of the coming TRIBULATION !!! ( which incidentally, is the DAY that JESUS said He would "Raise-Up", those that the Father had Given Him on "the LAST DAY". Jn.6:40 ) So please respond to my question, and Clarify, or re-examine your belief structure ??? Morgan Sorensen ( Theologian, in ministry since 1963 )
@@Salvation-Damnation I to am shocked by this preaching...I was set straight I thought when I joined the reformed church over 20 yrs ago...they teach that there is no rapture until after the tribulation and the Lord comes back to burn and renew the earth...and to separate His people from the unbelievers as in Mathew 25...I thought this was the reformed teaching of the church...I am confused and disappointed with John MacArthur
@@Salvation-Damnation the pre tribulation rapture is mostly taught in america and safe western countries with no persecution. Those in China dont think they will escape the persecution that Jesus promised because....they arent escaping it currently. Pre tribulation is a very western idea. I always ask pre trib people this one question. If in 1 thess 4 Paul says "we will not preceede the dead in christ" and "at the last(not seventh so it's not confused)trumpet the dead in christ will rise" and in revelation 20 the last trumpet is at the end of the tribulation where in verse five the "dead in christ are risen, this is the first ressurrection" then how can the rapture preceede the dead in christ be risen at the end of the tribulation? I never get a answer other than "you dont understand what you are reading". No one can ever tell me a verse or prove it biblically that saints or the elect are ever clearly to be taken before the end. And if they are taken at the end then that makes Paul a liar doesnt it? I dont understand how people can read Jesus' timeline in Mark 13 and Matthew 24 where he mentions nothing but persecution for the saints until jesus gathers his elect sometime after the man of sin or the abomination that makes desolation is revealed standing in the holy place. I feel like the great falling away will be because the Pre-trib rapture doesnt happen although I will say that's just my speculation and I cant support it clearly with biblical or scriptural proof. The lack of pre-trib I feel is very clear biblically though.
@@scottwall8419 I would not say that pretrib is “safe.” It means many who aren’t ready would be caught off guard. Either scenario requires readiness and anticipation. Many who don’t believe in pretrib (or who don’t seem to care), are assuming they will have time to prepare themselves. But once the world enters into this time, assuming the Word is literal and a trib is coming… it will be like a great shock to humanity. Ps. Don’t forget about the days of Noah. And don’t forget about the churches in first chapters of Rev.
John MacArthur has explained that trumpets were a frequent part of life for Jews. Trumpets were used to herald special events and to summon His people. John MacArthur considers the "last trumpet" -- of *1 Corinthians 15:51* -- to be the last trumpet for the calling of His people-- to summon all His people who had lived through Old Testament and New Testament times, and the church age, and that it does not necessarily meaning the last trumpet to ever be sounded. // I have John MacArthur's commentary on this passage. He wrote: "this trumpet . . . . will . . . be the last as far as living Christians are concerned, for it will sound the end of the church age, when all believers will be removed from the earth. . . . By that trumpet God will summon all of His people to Himself."
@@fzr1000981 I do not. I would surely attend Grace Church if I lived in the area. J. MacArthur is a brilliant teacher of the Holy Word! Thank God for him & all His Saints! God bless!
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
No, the church is not the bride. Read Revelation 21. The church is the body whom Jesus is the head. If Jesus be the bridegroom and the church is the body of Christ, that would make the church the body of the bridegroom not the bride.
@@grounded7362 When the word speaks of the two becoming as one, God is the head, just as the husband is the head of the house, the high priest of the house~ Hope this has been of help~!
If you are a "post tribber" you better pray the "pre trib" is correct.....we will not want to be here when God pours out his final wrath on this sinful world....it will be at a level never witnessed before. I guess some have a hard time with the "guilt" of getting the opportunity to miss out on the tribulation and not going through it with everyone else but pray you are spared by being taken out of it prior.
Matthew 24:15-18 King James Version (KJV) 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:20-23 King James Version (KJV) 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 King James Version (KJV) 2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Daniel 9:27 King James Version (KJV) 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 11:31 King James Version (KJV) 31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Amen!! I study with the Shepherd Chapel Arnold Murray was a real good teacher. He teaches chapter by chapter and verse by verse. He also gives you a second testimony.
@ Jason Stockman Do you realise what happened in 70 AD ? The Olivet discourse unfolded before THEIR eyes. It has nothing to with us at all !! When are we going to understand that ?
So if there is a rapture to go with Christ , why would there be a judgment? Those that were raptured would know they were heaven bound and those left in tribulation would obviously be doomed. That doesn’t make sense.
I don't think everyone in the tribulation is doomed. There are two witnesses plus the 144,000. There will be people preaching the word of God in those days I believe
Whatever the case may be, as believers we have our hope in Jesus and His return. Future events may be taught differently but God knows and the important thing is that we are in Christ.
Matthew 24:29-31 Immediately AFTER the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
It's as clear as daylight! AFTER THE TRIBULATION The son of man (JESUS) comes down from the clouds... Can't get much clearer and simpler than that to understand 🤔🤷
God saved Noah from the flood, snatched Lot out of Sodom, and Israel from the judgements upon Egypt. So why would He not rapture His saints before the tribulation?
You read it right, the gathering together happens after the tribulation... Mark 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall GATHER TOGETHER his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 2 Thess. 2:1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our GATHERING TOGETHER unto him. 1Thess.4:17 Then we which are alive remain shall be CAUGHT UP TOGETHER with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: Matthew 24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall GATHER TOGETHER his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The four winds is referring to the tribulation...
@@seventhousand Thank you for your comment. I'm curious how someone who believes in a pre-trib rapture explains these verses. Can someone explain that for me? I'm not sure what to believe. I've heard strong cases for a pre-trib rapture too.
@@Butterfly_486 They falsely teach or say Matthew 24 , Mark 13-those verses in there happen after the tribulation and that it's for the Jews and not Christ's church and then they'll turn right around and say the Jewish Feast of Trumpets, Jewish festivals, Jewish wedding and so on is for the church-rapture.... They ignore do not listen to Christ-words so they run to Paul and try to get a pre rapture out of him. No where does Christ say he comes before the tribulation...
I have a question. The Bible says this physical sinful body can not be in present of God. Then how the still alive believers will be in Kingdom of God, and repopulate it?
If all Christians go up and and are given new perfected bodies, there would be no believers on earth with our standard bodies to literally procreate and populate the earth. (As Jesus slays all unbelievers at the end of the tribulation). Hes talking about who will populate the millennium - those converted during the tribulation.
@@Aaron637 where does it say he slays all unbelievers at the end of the tribulation? And if he does that then who at the end of the 1000 years does the anti christ gather up along with gog and magog to fight god people? Are you saying believers at the end of the 1000 years will take up arms against God?
@@scottwall8419 no one enters the kingdom of Christ but only believers who will survive the tribulation. These believers will enter the kingdom in their phisical bodies and they, I presume some will already be married and many will marry in the 1000 year kingdom of Christ and will have children. Some of those children will will be rebellious to Christ and His kingdom, and by the end of the 1000 year kingdom many, many people will follow Satan and come against Christ and His saints in Jerusalem, but God will destroy them and will cast Satan into hell fire forever.
At the seventh trump this earth age is over. In the moment in the twinkling of the eye we will all be changed from our fleshly bodies and into our spiritual bodies. When Jesus Christ returns the Kingdom of heaven will be with him. There will be no giving in marriage. Flesh and blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21 The Great Tribulation of the saints by the Beast will spread to every nation after the opening of the fourth seal. (Rev. 6:7-8, Mat. 24:9-26, Rev. 13:5-7) Martyrs will be seen in heaven after the opening of the fifth seal. (Rev. 6:9-11; 20:4) Satan’s great wrath will be cut short after Jesus opens the sixth seal. (Mat. 24:21-22, Rev. 6:12-17, Mat. 24:29) The same day the Son of Man is revealed (Luke 17:30), a great multitude of believers will come out of the Great Tribulation and stand before the throne of God in heaven. (Rev. 7:9-17) Then the seventh seal will be opened. (Rev. 8:1) After a half an hour of silence, God’s wrath will begin with fire. (Rev. 8:5-7)
Rev 17:14 doesn't anything about "coming back". It just says "those that are with him".. when we stand on His name, we are with Him. We are the representative. Basically, we are Him that is battling for him...
The “elect” clearly go through the tribulation per Mark 13:19-20 KJV. The word elect means “select” its root being “ek” in the Greek which is the same root for the word ekklesia (church).
At last! someone in these comments who is saying the truth! As difficult as it is to hear. It's similar to when Jesus said: "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.” None of us want to go through the tribulation but not our will but God's will. The Tribulation is for the believers but not every followers of Christ will die. Reason why the ones alive will be raptured after the resurrected believers. The wrath of God is for the world (whoever takes the mark of the beast) and antichrist.
I would say that Matthew 24 talks about the tribulation and all that will take. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, then will the Son of Man will come, send His angels to gather the elect with the sound of a loud trumpet. Would this not be the same event that he mentions in 1 Thessalonians 3:16-17 at time 11:10 contradicting everything he says about the judgments, sun, moon and the stars? I guess even the most knowledgeable can overlook parts and make mistakes.
There is so much that is contrary to consistent Holy Spirit inspired teaching on what Tribulation is. Go back to the Bible and read what the Lord and all His Apostles teach regarding the Christian life. The only guarantee you have as a Christian are trouble, persecution, Tribulation, call it what you will. However there is a greater guarantee that the Lord Jesus Christ in whom you have believed will deliver you through every one of these problems. Remember how Daniel and his friends were delivered, not by being"snatched away" when Nebuchadnezzar tried to burn them but to allow them to be put in the midst of the fire and be there with them, thus delivering them gloriously. Let no man teach the Church escapes problems, we are not appointed to God's wrath but we certainly go through enough problems in our Christian life, delivered only by faith in and of Christ. Read the Bible, prayerfully, beseeching God to reveal the Truth and you shall be saved from all doctrine contrary to God's. In Jesus precious name and for the sake of His Church. Amen.
Left behind is a false doctrine. Rapture, is a false doctrine. Read the parable of the tares. Matthew 13. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together FIRST the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Jesus Christ is saying that at the end of the world, The "TARES" are removed first, and then the wheat is gathered. Macarthur is teaching you that the "Wheat" go up first in a rapture event and the "Tares" are left behind. Either Jesus is lying to us or this man is lying. Let no man deceive you. Study the word of God and pray by yourself and leave the church alone. The church is very corrupt. Jesus said " He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved" ENDURE, means to tarry behind. To suffer patiently. The only way you can truly follow what Jesus said when he said "Let no man deceive you" , is to let no man tell you what is and what is not in the bible. By the way, John Macarthur bible and the one he teaches from is a copy of the King James, only changed around a little bit to make it easier to read. If you are ok with reading a bible that has been modified and trust that whoever did it, did a completely honest job at doing so, then choose whatever everyone else will tell you is easier to read. GOD, is the one who gives understanding to those who come to him. Not man. Pray and ask him for guidance, and he will give it to you, and open a King James bible and read.
Ok if the Catching away of the church is before the 3/12 tribulation who does the anti Christ wage war with and overcome ? And he wages war with the saints and defeats them ?
Good question: Maybe it's referring to the 'new converts.' After the two witnesses are killed it says that many are converted. Perhaps the original Church was raptured, then the new converts must suffer at the hands of the antichrist and endure that hour of testing. Rev 11 " At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven." The antichrist shows up in Rev 13. So these new believers giving God glory are converts after the rapture has already happened. Possibly. I'm no John MacArthur 😉
There is no catching away of the church. Jesus said let them both grow together and then at the time of harvest i.e. the end of the world, he will first send in the reapers to gather the tares and cast them into the fire. Then gather the wheat into the barn. Rapture theory says that the wheat are taken first, 7 years before the end of the world, and the tares are left behind to fend for themselves and deal with the antichrist etc. etc. etc. Then the tares are destroyed or removed...whatever it states. Its not biblical and he who teaches that rapture is true is a heretic. We must endure unto the end.
Jesus says - “I will never leave you or forsake you ! “ He says be anxious for Not one thing . He also says - “work ! For nite comes ! When you cannot work .!”
Praise the LORD! I FIRMLY believe your teaching/preaching on the PRE-TRIB RAPTURE, dear Pastor John! I've diligently studied the Scripture regarding this wonderful subject, and you are RIGHT! Glory to God Almighty!!!💕
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
I’m only 2 and a half minutes in and I think pastor John missed something. He said the church is never mentioned after Chapter 4 but it mentions the 2 olive trees look at what the scripture says those are
@@bettymcclellan2164 Exactly. If we did we would not be decieved by all that futurist nonsense that has intentionally taken all prophetic verses and texts out of their proper historical context and projected them into our modern era . I guess at the coming of the Lord , there will be women GRINDING AT THE MILL today ??? Did not Jesus say that he would come during HIS generation ? Luke 21 /Matthew 24 ?
The teaching of a secret pretribulation rapture is a doctrine that never existed before 1830. Did the pretribulation rapture come into existence by a careful exegesis of Scripture? No. The first person to teach the doctrine was a young woman named Margaret Macdonald. Margaret was not a theologian or Bible expositor but was a prophetess in the Irvingite sect (the Catholic Apostolic Church). Christian journalist Dave MacPherson has written a book on the subject of the origin of the pre-tribulation rapture. He writes: “We have seen that a young Scottish lassie named Margaret Macdonald had a private revelation in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in the early part of 1830 that a select group of Christians would be caught up to meet Christ in the air before the days of Antichrist. An eye-and-ear witness, Robert Norton M.D., preserved her handwritten account of her pre-trib rapture revelation in two of his books, and said it was the first time anyone ever split the second coming into two distinct parts or stages. His writings, along with much other Catholic Apostolic Church literature, have been hidden many decades from the mainstream of Evangelical thought and only recently surfaced. Margaret’s views were well-known to those who visited her home, among them John Darby of the Brethren. Within a few months her distinctive prophetic outlook was mirrored in the September, 1830 issue of The Morning Watch and the early Brethren assembly at Plymouth, England. Early disciples of the pre-trib interpretation often called it a new doctrine.” John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), who was the leader of the Brethren movement and the “father of modern Dispensationalism,” took Margaret Macdonald’s new teaching on the rapture, made some changes (she taught a partial rapture of believers while he taught that all believers would be raptured) and incorporated it into his Dispensational understanding of Scripture and prophecy. Darby would spend the rest of his life speaking, writing and traveling, spreading the new rapture theory. The Plymouth Brethren openly admitted and were even proud of the fact that among their teachings were totally new ones which had never been taught by the church fathers, medieval scholastics, Protestant Reformers or the many commentators. The person most responsible for the rather widespread acceptance of Pretribulationalism and Dispensationalism among Evangelicals is Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921). C. I. Scofield published his Scofield Reference Bible in 1909. This Bible, which espoused the doctrines of Darby in its notes, became very popular in Fundamentalist circles. In the minds of many a Bible teacher, fundamentalist pastor and multitudes of professing Christians, Scofield’s notes were practically equated with the word of God itself. If a person did not adhere to the Dispensational, Pretribulational scheme he or she would almost automatically be labeled a modernist.
We need this teaching in our churches today with all that is going on in the world thank God for pastor john our lord Jesus is the only way home...we are truly bless to be save 🙏
My dad passed recently from cancer. I'm excited to see him again. Its making me cry thinking about this amazing reunion. 🙂🙂
Praise God we all in Christ shall meet again
my brother the Lord took him Sunday afternoon and he was 75 and born with severe brain damage and body problems. tomorrow I speak at his funeral may the God of all comfort, comfort you in Jesus' name.
My Dads got it too man I’ll remember the smiley faces you left. My Dads always been the strongest. I’ll smile knowing he’s gonna wake up to Jesus. Hope you’re doing alright.
I just want to say goodbye to sin. my sin. Rare thing today.
What will they do with all our pets after we ate gone?
Those who belong to Christ need not worry if it’s pre-tribulation, or post tribulation , have faith HE is able to deliver in either situation. AMEN
Although He slay me, yet will I trust in Him, Amen!
Peace & blessings to u & yours in the name of our LORD, Christ Jesus!
Right on!
That's right. Worrying is not an issue -it's whether we need to be prepared with resources (food, money, etc.)
AMEN... no matter what we're; mere man is not in control. JESUS CHRIST ALMIGHTY HAS THE FINAL SAY!♡
@Bennett McCoy amen!
brought me to tears. i spend so much time being anxious about the horrendous culture we have now. God will KEEP ME FROM THE HOUR OF TESTING. Thank you.
No he won’t I am sorry but the “ Jesus Bus” is not coming in any make believe pretty rapture to save you
"Even so come LORD JESUS"....
There is NO GREATER DECISION than accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! I am so happy in knowing that the Son of God lives within my heart! Thank you Jesus, for being my Lord and Savior and for the forgiveness of all my sin, by your precious blood. I love you and serve you with all my heart.
How do you know hes your savior? Do you follow him?
And we have the privilege of living by faith!!
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏
@@turnaroundguywhat kind of question is that?
@@OneHunnitNoCapStannitOnBidnisz many will come to me on the day of judgement and say lord lord we did all these things in your name. and he says go to hell. i never knew you. pride stinks, friend. worse then all the other sins combined.... but they dont see it. God is against the proud but they think theyre humble. have you ever met a good man? ive met plenty that think they are cause they judge and compare themselves to others... and that why theyre dumb.
To all of those who endlessly debate escatology and the rapture and then go belittle their brethren in Christ because they have a different understanding of Revelation and the End of Days than yours, I have to say shame on you! To call this man a false teacher is a gross injustice because I know he has preached the truth with as clear accuracy as a human possibly can. He has preached every single verse of the Bible over the course of 50 years and has studied it daily without fail. He takes great care to ensure that his preaching is consistent with biblical truth. That being said, it is still possible to err, but if he is to err, it is not to lead others to deception and destruction, as John Macarthur is fully aware of the consequences of doing so. He has preached on these topics himself several times. Why would he risk eternal damnation, blaspheming God by knowingly misrepresenting God's Word? It doesn't make sense for a man who has faithfully preached time and time again.
If you have a disagreement with him or anyone else for anything Theological, then provide Scripture to prove your point. The issue is the interpretation of Scripture and how it fits in the chronological timeline, but we often forget that the purpose of Revelation and Prophecy is to show God's glory in how He will restore the Earth to Obedience and to an intimate relationship with Him. It is not simply to tell the future of what is come. Our focus should be to continue to work of the Great Commission, not on the future of this world because it will one day return to nothing. If you believe and are truly saved, your Eternity is set to be with God forever, and on that, every true preacher of the Gospel agrees one hundred percent.
Though I agree with Mr. MaCarthur 99% of the time, I don’t see a pre-trib rapture. The Word of God teaches, He will keep His people from the day of His wrath!! Yes we will be taken up “at the Lord’s coming” “with the trumpet of God” 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, but to make this as pre-trib rapture doesn’t fly! Again, 1 Corinthians 15:23 “at His (Jesus) coming” doesn’t teach me anything about a pre-tib rapture! It says at His Coming, when is that must be established “from scripture” not someone’s teaching. How Mr MaCArthur relates John 14 to the rapture is beyond me though?
Can anyone show in the history of the Church, the doctrine of the rapture? The only thing I can find, started in the mid to late 1800’s, through a man named Darby.
What we don’t see is the foot hold that Satan gets, when we take a simple passage in scripture, where the Apostle Paul is simply comforting the congregants of Thessalonicia, and turn it into a doctrine; and we in turn argue about it. Let’s take the advice of Paul Washer, when he say’s: you will know all you need to know about the second advent of Christ, when the second advent happens. Great advice for the Church! Are we as willing to go into all the world with the promulgation of the Glorious Gospel, as we are willing to argue over an event that will take place when He see’s fit? Do we argue about 2 Timothy 2:10 enduring all things for His elect? Or 1 Timothy 4:9-10 or what about 2 Corinthians 5:15? Don’t get me wrong, we must contend for The Faith, Jude 3; we are falling into a trap otherwise though. We contend for the faith, not for our version of it, it is God’s Gospel, so let’s seek His glory, and not our own!
Do you know what the gospel is?
jmsloss bravo ❤️ very excellent commentary. I do not know if his timetable is correct, but I believe that he desires to honor God and honor God’s word; there are some other pastors that also I believe want to honor God and his word, and they may disagree with him on some eschatology, but we are to love one another, not get caught up in times and controversies and have strife; so thank you for your comment.
Dr. Mc Arthur knows well of the written scripture, but antagonistic toward anything supernatural in the Bible. You are missing out if signs, wonders, and miracles of God in the book of Acts especially is ignored.
jmsloss ua-cam.com/video/UwYWBiiqJLc/v-deo.html HERE’S YOUR PROOF !
Let all believers pray for each other.We can do all things through the power of the LORD.
I love this Pastor so much when his time comes who will we look to for teachings and explanation of God’s word, oh yeah we have a lot of his teachings and explanations of God’s word In videos and in his books , Thank you Jesus for Pastor MacArthur Amen 🙏
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You mean his unbiblical explanations and twisting of God's word. These are lies my friend. It is a great deception that is not supported by the Bible.
@@gettinreal7627 Get real! He forgot more that U will ever know!
We have Paul Washer, Voddie B, Justin Peterson and lots of other great Bible teachers. You will know who is speaking the truth! Always test them against the word of God! I don't want him to pass on either. I've learned so much from him! God bless
Penny, AMEN, I to have learned so much from John MacArthur. He’s one of the great ones
I have been a Christian and a student and teacher of Eschatology (end-times) for 3 decades and I cannot believe how so much of the Church has abandoned this teaching.
I would also add that in Zechariah 14 we see the 2nd Coming especially in verses 16-17
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain."
This to me, shows me that John 14:1-6 is definitely a separate event and that Post-Tribulation is not logical.
Acts 1:9 Now when He (Jesus) had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
"...This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
"in like manner"
Did Jesus ascend to Heaven on a white horse? With the armies of Heaven? In a blood-dripped robe?
Rev 19:11-16
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
There's nothing in Rev 19 that could be construed as "like manner" in Acts 1.
Where I think many Christians get confused in the timeline is when do the 7 years start?
I 100% agree with Pastor John that Revelation is in chronological order you can see my video on that here
ua-cam.com/video/UMxNZlX_TDU/v-deo.html
I believe that Seal 1 is NOT the start of the 7 years but the revealing of the false Messiah (aka the Antichrist) a declaration by the Jews their long-awaited "Messiah" has come. He has no power or influence just a title.
John 5:43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
My video -Who is the Antichrist really?
ua-cam.com/video/SNFyde0zicA/v-deo.html
The 7 years begin in Rev 11 (10 actually but 11 is easier to define)
In John 3:36 Jesus says
36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
Romans 5:8-9
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
Because of Jesus, we're not destined for God's Wrath. In Rev 6:15-17 it says
15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
This Seal as I understand it is an event allowed by the LORD. In my videos I show how Seal 6 is the Gog/Magog war of Ezekiel 38-39.
I am also convinced that Trumpets 1-6 are the LORD's response to the Gog/Magog invasion which are prior to Rev 11 the 7 years.
If you read the Trumpet judgments they are terrifying.
I pray the Rapture is prior to Seal 1 but I also recognize that God's wrath doesn't come until Seal 6. So I try to prepare for both. Either way from my understanding it's still "pre-7 years" I just think the "Covenant with many" facilitated by the Antichrist comes after the Gog/Magog war where the whole world sees the God of Israel is alive and well.
Take care.
Thank you @mbfrommb3699 for taking the time and sharing the scripture’s. I wrote them all down and will study them. Thanks again
CANNOT WAIT! I'M LONGING TO SEE MY SAVIOR IN PERSON, TO SEE HIM AS HE IS!
God is faithful to His Word.
Don’t expect to be sucked up into heaven body and soul some random day, that’s not what The Bible teaches..
I think of it like this. We are ambassadors for Christ. If we are ambassadors then we are on foreign soil. If your nation is going to go to war with the nation where you are an ambassador then your government will call you out of that nation beforehand. Just a thought.
Nations do call their ambassadors home when they see an immentent sure war coming.
You are surrounded by them who practice Luciferian witchcraft in the highest and run your government, churches ,schools and so on. John is a freemason whos been a devil worshippin: watch.pairsite.com/macarthur-6-freemasonry.html
Wake up there your country was taken over by fallen angels way back in 1776 and they now have ready to take down in one hour while you all sit around and play with trivial crap.Ezekiel 38-39. Ephesians 6:10-25 says all gov is fallen angels who are in man Daniel 2:40-43. Your Illuminati is Magog fools and Jews are Tuval who are under judgment Jude 6; Lucifer has set the trap as God said he would allow in Ezekiel 12. I have watched as they prepare your fall America you whore. Lived before? Yep. Romans 3:23/ 5:13 says you did and. Ezekiel 37 is fulfilled.
Yes, temporary dwellers here.
Sonny
I pray that you will find the truth before the rapture. You don’t have to believe any pastor. Don’t let anyone on the Internet tell you what to believe. You can be SURE that you will find the truth in the Bible. The Lord is true and faithful, and He LOVES you.
If you TRULY want to know if God is real and the Bible is His Word, ask Him! Find a quiet place away from distractions, get on your knees before the Lord and clear your mind of clutter. With a sincere heart, ask the Lord if He is real, if He loves you, and if He came to die for you. Because if He did, you want to know and worship a Him. He will respond. When He does, ask Him to forgive you of your sins and invite Him to come live in your heart. You will feel like the weight of the world is off of your shoulders.
Once you read and study God’s Word, you will know the TRUTH. Then, when you use online resources, you will know who the false teachers are because their sermons and speeches contradict God’s Word. You also need to consider, pastors and those who are legitimately teaching God’s Word will be under attack by satanic forces that will lie, bring false witness, etc. against men and women of God so that no one will listen and learn from them. The pastors and teachers you need to watch out for are the ones who have never been under attack from the enemy. The enemy doesn’t attack false teachers because he wants people to believe lies. satan is not called the father of lies for nothing😁 May you find the TRUTH!
I am sorry but you can tell people all day long to get saved but they will not until and only until the creator saves them which he did long ago for me and he has had me on this issue for a very long time and what I find is more than can be explained. You need to go and do some critical analysis of what you think is true but isn't. Revelations wrote by a man who called himself John the Divine. Wikipedia will show you also that both Ezekiel and Isiah been added to. By who? Jeremiah 10:1-4 says not to put up a Christmas tree but all do so anyway. I have tried to help with this and much other and everyone could careless. Ezekiel 16:3-5 says the Nativity at Christ Mass(mass means death) is a lie, and Luke is another name for Lucifer and Luke was a Greek who are the enemies found with Illuminati Mafia Nazi Magog in Ezekiel 38(Togarmah) yet you trust anyone do you not? The Illuminati Magog also run with their brother Tuval who are them Jews hyou trust who are under judgement who are the Pharisees of old who always hang with Magog . Magog are from Constantinople area there where your bible was put together by them Jews and Magog who meet in SIN O GOGS to think up was to kill us all yet you trust them as the chosen? The bible is not even close to being true unless you can explain why Adan And Eve were not told they would go to this hell they made up for you? See? Great flood? Then how did animals survive here if the entire planet was under water? So you have now a 5.5 years until total ozone collapse so we have no time left to fulfill your 7 years, because they have plans to do away with us soon. Been threatened with certain death and execution facing us all a man said to me from this pastors sight here on UA-cam. Now your Illuminati Magog said they have the power to take the world down with them and before Israel America a gores under(Deut 28:68) Land over flowing with all. This is found in Ezekiel 38-39 which is the complete theft and TAKEOVER OF America 1776 TO PRESENT. The British come in to the mix in 38:13. The evil plan in 38L10 is found by search Adam Wauisaupts Illuminati plan . Back from the sword is after the civil war and we are at 38:22. 39:6 Magog is nuked and is why they are destroying the world you see. Judgment is at hand. You lived before also. Romans 3:23 and 5:13 confirm all sin was passed over so ALL had to live again. Everyone from Adam And Eve on are alive right now . So rapture is a lie. This goes against Daniel 2:44 and do the meek not inherit the earth? All things will be made new before all rise in Christ saved. All! Isaiah 65:25 says Lucifer is saved and the fallen angels too. After all they been in man since the fall. Genesis 3:5 / Daniel 2:40-43. Iron and clay are fallen angels and man. Freemason floor tile is white and and black to symbolize fallen angels and man coexisting together in their total depravity and rebellion against the creator. So you see things are not what they seem. Google a Jewish census before and after ww2 to see they gained numbers. The Illuminati Magog are the Etruscans of old who founded and ran the Roman empire(Nero/ Caligula) who later became the Nazi and got them Germans for sacking the Roman empress 441 ad . I believe they have been in control since they were able to get into mankind. They are also behind communism as well. All communism. They run China by stealth you know? Hebrew and Yiddish(Jews) alphabet are the same showing it is a lie also. English is the oldest language. And Americas have more earthen pyramids than anywhere else but they do not teach this in the public schools since them devils have complete control over that. This is why our country is from hell and every conceivable sin is being committed at an alarming and shocking rate,. We are judged plain and simple. Isaiah 13:17 confirms that 9.11.2001 judgment began. Ezekiel 12 says our creator has been preparing this fro awhile which i been a watching with him. Hurricane Florence stalled out since they used Microwaves to hold it back. Here is more for you to read if you want. Geoengineering.org us a good site to see we are in serious trouble here.
Johnn'y's been a devil worshipin
watch.pairsite.com/macarthur-6-freemasonry.html
Where Did Germany Get the Six Million Jews for the Holocaust?
World Almanac, 1940, pg. 129: World Jewish Population- 15,319,359
World Almanac, 1949, pg. 289: World Jewish Population- 15,713,638
11 million GERMANS murdered after ww2
rense.com/general85/mill.htm
David Irving (Lost a 1 million dollar contract to readers digest because he refused t lie about the Holocaust)
Faking of Adolph Hitler
ua-cam.com/video/FgWIdBUEMro/v-deo.html
Church is organized crime
ua-cam.com/video/bN3PD2nM6MY/v-deo.html
Hope this helps to wake you before the sudden destruction comes.
3:30
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. *In the world you will have tribulation.* But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 ESV
He doesnt mean THE tribulation. He means that we will experience hard times yk?
@@juan_roberts Is the tribulation in Matthew 24:9, 21, & 29 "the" tribulation? Because Jesus is telling his followers what to do during it.
@@tpearce713 he was referring to life in general no one leads this life without any sorrow who has a perfect life? We all have trials and tribulations every day not just a specific time
I propose that a Bridegroom would not allow his bride to be beaten up then wish to marry her HE will protect you from the time of trouble
Rev.3:10 is a rapture for Philadelphia, Jeremiah 7 tells who God kicks out of the church.
That sounds good and I'm all in for that to happen. I'm just wondering how that applies to all the members of the Bride of Christ that have been brutally tortured and murdered throughout the centuries and even in this present day?
@@joelblack2973 Them who are murdered for Christ sake seems to me belong to Smyrna Rev.3, the church of martyrs! Who join in the bride of Christ!
Shalom!
What a strong visual image. I was really comforted by your comment untill I was reminded that the Father allowed his Son to be put through suffering.
Not nessessarily, I've been beaten up fairly well, to the point I wished I was dead, or that the Lord would kill me!!! Believe me, we are called to suffer in this world with Christ. I'm still here, but the demons want to destroy me!!!! Truly, Carol 65 years old and I have eternal life in Christ!!!! Amen to that
Thank you Mr. MacArthur for sharing the truth of the Blessed Hope that we have in Christ Jesus, you will be in my prayers.
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
He has a lot of haters because God is really using him. Do not bear false witness. If you are interested in the truth, what he meant by his words, you will find it. On the other hand, if you just want to show your bitter jealousy, you will continue your accusations. Repent.
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397 to speak about another Christian so unlovingly where is your fruit? I see this all the time Examine yourself to make sure you are in the faith of you disagree that's one thing to make such wicked statement is quite another to attack the brethren makes me wonder about you and your own heart
Are you talking about me calling John a wolf in sheep's clothing?@@Lordhelpus1
@@leenar9953he’s declaring traditions of men that make void the word of God.
Pre-Mid-Post Tribulation... Just prepare to meet your GOD.....
Glandy Sadera - yes ! You know the real truth.
God uses the earth as his footstool .! That does not mean he is arrogant. That means we can trust Him to get us Home.
Because he is true. he wants us to proove The love He has for us .
Gideon did .!
Your response made me happy too!
Glandy Sadera - 🤠☝️👌💪🙏🌈🌷. YES !!!
Romans 12/1&2 !
1 Peter 5:8 .!
God bless your pursuits
Of truth .!
Your right He will come when He COMES.
Yep!
I just got into a few arguments about this with some church leaders. I was called "ridiculous" at the pulpit from a pastor, for suggesting No Judgement for the Marriage Supper of The Lamb. I had no chance to discuss this. It made me realize how dangerous a one way communication pulpit is.
Also, The 10 virgins parable, I think is directly linked to this too.
Find another church
Thank you Pastor John...As a faithful witness...u do deliver from death...People knowing the truth get set free...We desperately need God's Word...to be a light unto our path & a lamp onto our feet...
1 Thess 5:9: For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Show me where wrath is used interchangeably to define tribulation. The day of the Lord is wrath, not tribulation
@@davidwhiteman3065 correct👍💯
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 KJV
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Amen! Amen! Amen!
There are twelve Kingdom Mysteries written in 27 verses in the Bible.
So much blessed with this Pastor John.
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397you sound like a tare Among the WHEAT exam your self to speak so viciously about a fellow brother examine yourself to make sure you are in the faith of you disagree that's one thing to say something so viciously is another I would more concerned about your conversrion is it real ? Check yourself because you sound extremely angry and that should not be part of your Conversion where is fruit you are to speak with love I don't see any love in that comment
Rev 3:10 "Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he has raised from teh dead-Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
Please 'Post-trib' people, explain those two verses to me if the rapture isnt pretrib. TYSM and have a blessed day
Simple, the rapture is post trib but pre wrath. They should not be conflated.
“THOU wilt keep ( him ) in
Perfect peace whose mind remains stayed on THEE , because he TRUSTETH IN THEE.!
Isaiah 26/3 .
I'm praying for this ministry. Pastor John, I believe your time may be very short. Lifting up your family in prayer 🙏 ❤️
9:43 - Nailed it! Glory to God!!
Where does it mention the rapture in John 14 or 1 Corinthians? I can’t find it.
I have been waiting 22years for a reward from god,please pray for me,thank you!!
Your reward will be in heaven, do not expect your any physical reward (for you will be disappointed) rather be comforted knowing that Christ will save us at the rapture dead or alive.
This world is NOT about the body but the SOUL. The next world is about the soul and its reward. Lower your expectations from this world and expect everything from God in the next.
If you're praying, I think you've received your reward. You believe. You didn't come to your belief on your own. Your faith is a gift from God. If you're saved, you have received your reward.
I recently bought John MacAuther Bible, love his notes and commentary.
Well the only problem with the pre-trib Rapture is the fact that it mentions the Saints after chapter 2 . in the Book of Revelation chapter 13 it talks about the Beast of Revelation in verse 7 of chapter 13 it says, it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and Nations.
During the tribulation people will accept Christ therefore, they will be the saints that are being referred to.
@@MegaPaul1973 How? Supposedly the Holy Spirit in the Church will be taken from the earth at a pre-trib rapture. Jesus said that "No one comes to the Father except the Spirit draw them". If the Holy Spirit is gone, how will people come to Christ? Or maybe, since the Father is unwilling that any should perish, maybe the Father will use us, the believers full of the Holy Spirit to lead people to Christ during those perilous times.
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If we could stop believing that futurist nonsense and realise that all prophetic texts have been tazken out of their proper context , we would make a giant step in understanding what Revelation is really about.
Isn't earthly Jerusalem the harlot (Babylon the great whore) replaced with the New Jerusalem in chapter 22 ?
God is omnipresent. He will always be everywhere. The Holy spirir removes restraint over evil during the tribulation. People can be as evil as they want. @joelblack480
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
John 17: 15
Jesus is not talking about the rapture in John 17, he is praying that the disciples should be in the world (not taken out) as the ones to share the gospel and asking for their protection from the evil one.
Jeremiah 7 describe whom God kicks out of the church at the rapture!
@@bobbychapman4321 verse 20 would also take into account all other believers as well....
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message” [ John 17:20 ]
This, then, contextually applies to all believers.
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
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Be comforted by this. I sure am
You shouldn't be, he's a LIAR!....John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
❤Brother John is a treasure. He has been a sound biblical teacher for decades teaching Scripture one verse at a time and I’ve followed him for over fifty years. Truly a man who studies in depth the Word of God.
McArthur just puts it all together with his knowledge of the word.
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
I agree more with RC Sproul's view
@@ianbrown9099 Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
Sadly, he puts it together wrong and teaches a pre-trib rapture and he claims people can still be saved after taking the mark of the beast. BEWARE OF HIM
Notice how well he puts it together in the video titled "John MacArthur Contradicts Calvinism | Dr. Leighton Flowers | Soteriology 101"
For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1 peter 4:17
does this verse contradict the rapture?
Paul says that the rapture takes place AFTER the resurrection.
1 Thess 4:16 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. 17 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.
MacArthur is a false teacher. Ignore him.
How does the rapture view explain 1 Corinthians 51-52? Paul says it happens at the last trumpet.
That's the second coming
This is amazing and the most concise and sensible message on this subject. Even a child will abd can believe.
Maranatha!
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I find it so heartbreaking that most of the arguments FOR or AGAINST the rapture come from believers. There is so much hostility about these topics and people always need to be right. Its just sad. No one is right but our heavenly Father. Enjoy your salvation and wait for him, however you believe he will come...God bless
Two Phases of the Second Coming of Jesus:
1. At the rapture moment, Christ comes for His church.
2. At the Second Coming, Christ returns with His church.
Where in Scripture dose it say there is two phases to the resurrection of the righteous. The Scriptures defiantly says there is two resurrections for the righteous and the wicked but all Scripture passages dealing with the resurrection places it at Christ's return, singular event!
No accredited Biblical historian would support that a Pretrib rapture was ever taught in the first 300 years of the early Church.
Then His second coming is His third coming.
You are spreading lies the Bible very clearly talks about the Rapture as a different event than the second coming then if you would study yet you would know that. Spreading lies
The rapture is for the church. The Second Coming is for the Jews.
In the second coming, we are coming with him dressed in white, to observe. His feet will touch the ground at the mount of olives.
At the rapture,(7 yrs prior)we met Him in the air, His feet don't touch the ground. Read your bibles.
Amen. Let not your heart be troubled. Good verse. I’ve been rather troubled by the post-trib and post-Millennial views because while I know I’ll see some kind of persecution, I don’t want to starve because I won’t take the mark or die a thousand other deaths by the wrath of God. If the challenge is deny Christ or die, of course I pick the latter, but if the challenge is you have no hope because the world has gone nuts and you’ll die indiscriminately with the rest of unbelievers when 1/4 and 1/3 of the world dies in the judgments... then I’m terrified. I always believed in the Rapture but had shaken lately because I couldn’t find good teachers outside of WoF supporting the rapture. Thankful for JMAC.
Jesus is clear that he' coming after the Tribulation, John Macarthur is a FALSE TEACHER!!...John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
Pre trib and post trib caught up preachers both make valid point when they speak. Although when I read the bible I always see "elects going thru it", which I always understand as we going thru it, not escape, and will only be picked up at the moment the Son of God appears. But I'm still a baby and don't have much knowledge bout theology. These preachers contradicting each others makes me not want to listen to them about the end times anymore because of confusion.
I'll prob just stick to reading the bible and just walk uprightly enduring til the end. Whether we go thru it or not.
That is exactly what I do. I read the Bible and make up my own mind and follow no one blindly. However, I'm also still a baby but because of these contradictions I decided to pray about it, and study it myself. I came to the same conclusion you did. Through the tribulation, we will go but will be spared when God pours out his wrath. The when in my opinion is not really important. What is important is to be ready whenever it happens. I would be happy if it is pretrib of course, but that is just not how I read it. What many people forget is that the Wrath of God, will be many times worse than any tribulation the antichrist brings on to throw our way. God loved his son, and he did not spare him. What makes us think that we should be better off than the son. Anyways I'm not looking for arguments with those who believe otherwise. We should all work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.
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yes! The great wrath of God is what we will surely escape... It's also important to note that many elects will fall from faith during great tribulation. These people are probably the ones that are too confident about pre-trib that when they find themselves in the midst of the great tribulation, seeing their love ones killed and ripped open infront of them, they will start hating and questioning God... But conditioning ourselves to prepare for the worse will give us better fighting chance to persevere and keep our Faith high til the end. *Church of Philadelphia*
I'm really hoping it's pre-trib though!
@@ValkieezUkelele, you are right. I prepare myself for the worst and if I am wrong then great! I have read some comments where people who are pretrib say what kind of God would make his bride suffer, and I just think the same God, who sacrificed his son for us. Somebody even said than what kind of Blessed Hope is he, if he allows us to suffer. Can you believe that someone would actually say that? So you are probably right, those turning away from God will probably be these pretribbers. Because how dare the Almighty God make his bride go through suffering? The Bible is clear that if we follow Him, we shall be persecuted. My 15 year old told me these people are so focused on God's love, that they forget to have the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom. He says they forget this loving God is the same one who flooded the earth. Never forget that God is not just love, he is just and cannot go against his nature. Just the fact that this pretrib is so popular even in Hollywood tells me that I need to flee from that. Sometimes people so exalt these preachers as if they are a modern day, Jesus. I think the best thing I did was to just read the bible myself, praying for wisdom and an understanding of the Word, and that the Lord will reveal his truth to me through his scriptures, so that I cannot be taken in by false preachers no matter how popular they are. Especially as I am a baby in Christ and if I listen only to men, could be easily deceived. I pray daily that I am not one of those who says Lord, but I have prophesied in your name and drove out demons in your name just to be told: Go away, I do not know you. It is very clear that verse is talking about Christians because who else will drive out demons in Jesus' name.
@@ValkieezUkelele A pre-trib would certainly be easier, wouldn't it? 1 Peter 1:13 warns us to prepare for action, not for idly sitting around. Stay in the Word and humbly seek the Holy Spirit's guidance. Our Father will not mislead us.
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One of the finest verses pointing to the catching away of the Church is found in Luke 21: 36 ... After warning of the judgments to come the Lord, Himself says there will be those who escape "all these things that shall come to pass."... The English word escape is translated from the Greek verb ekphugo which literally means "to flee by flight" "to vanish"..In that one verse the Lord states there will be those who escape (vanish), the means of that escape and where one will be at the moment of that escape..."to stand before the Son of Man."..Even so come, Lord Jesus !! Shalom and Maranatha!!
Thank you Pastor John Macarthur! I need to listen to your teaching! Blessings to you!
Raquel
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397 I don't understand? How can someone take the mark and be saved?
@@raquelcastellini4572 They can't, see Rev 14:9-11.....He's in severe error, and poor souls who don't know the Bible, but trust his teaching will go to Hell with him!!
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What if the number 666 was Nero in the days of the apostles ? It perfectly fits with gematria.
@@framboise595 There wasn't tribulation back then like the world has never seen, and prophecy still that needs to be fulfilled. My question to you is that if 666 was Nero, how did it all go away, Jesus came back already? No this isn't paradise we're living in.
At 9:43 how you're supposed to survive the tribulation????
Not loving your life unto death. He also told His disciples, if you read further, "where I go you know and the way you know." Were they raptured?
It's not about staying alive to be raptured. It's about a resurrection (which Jesus Christ Himself is).
Let every word we speak be thought out
With LOVE . Rejoicing the ears of the listeners .
John 1:1 .
John 1:12
Acts 1:8 .
Revelation. 3:20&21 .
What about the christians who are be head ed , and all sorts of evil for their faith that weve seen happen all iver the world. Why werent they raptured?
Because…they were beheaded
1 Thess 4 and 5, 1 Cor 15 and John 14 all refer to the second coming. By what superior knowledge does John Macarthur extract certain verses and make them apply to a secret rapture?
Amen. The pre-tribbers don’t read their Bibles.
I know Jesus doesn't come 3 times and he doesnt come till the 7th Trumpet. The 'rapture' occurs at the 6th.
The tribulation is before the rapture if so why the chip. All those who are left will not refuse the chip they wont be christians anyway. The Lord will help us.
First of all, it is not a SECRET rapture, as all eyes will see or observe the results (people missing). Second, the tribulation is for unbelievers and jews, and those surviving will enter the milenial kingdom. We who are with Him will come to rule with Him. At th end of the millenium, it is He, his angels and us that will fight the resurgent dragon. I was not a pre tribber until recently, int hese last few months, and the Lord has opened spiritual eyes to comprehend His mercy. I pray that God will do likewise with you. God bless you.
The promise given to Philadelphia! Really simple!
Shalom say's the one of the son's of God!
Shalom!
How can he introduce such a gap between the 69th week of years of Daniel and the 70th week ? Where on earth does the Bible teach that ?
Nowhere does the Bible teach that...always test everything with Scripture!
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Thanks.
So why does he teach that ??
The rapture IS in scripture
So is the multi headed beast coming out of the sea......lol
Yes. But our Interpretation on the implications of its timing and specifics aren’t. Dispensationalists cannot deal with any other eschatological interpretation on the rapture. It’s pure futurism.
310revelation people say there is no timing of the rapture when Jesus himself says "when you see", "when you hear", "AFTER the TRIBULATION" and "LOOKUP your reception draws near".
To say there is no indication of timing is false.
The word rapture is actually NOT in the Bible a single time
True, the word 'rapture' is not in scripture, but 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says, 'Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.' The word 'rapture' has just been used to give a name to the event.
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
True believers/Christians will not go through the tribulation...And you have to believe that with all your heart to be prepared to go back with him.
THAT'S A LIE! PROVE WHAT YOU SAY FROM THE BIBLE.....HE THAT ENDURES UNTIL THE END SHALL BE SAVED!
Exactly!!!!@@TRUTHSEEKER12397
What about Psalms 91?
Or Psalms 27?
@@TRUTHSEEKER12397 It was laid out by the pastor in this video already.
@@5Cirrus This pastor has flipped flopped on his beliefs with the Rapture several times over the years. What been laid out is THE BIBLE 🙂
Hey Pastor John, the Lord says, "My ways are NOT your ways", so does it really matter if anything the Lord says makes sense to you or not???
The "Philadelphia Proof?" God kept Noah away from the judgement by providing a safe way through not out of tribulation.
Where on earth would God keep us safe during the trib?🤣🤣🤣come on
@@theboypresident2633 So you doubt the ability of God to do anything....you come on. Noah was provided safety...so God can't do it again? Oh ye of little faith.
I dont....so yuu think God will take all christians to a safe haven???
Where we wait out the trib??
@@theboypresident2633 If God could keep three men safe in a furnace. He wouldn't need to take them anywhere. FYI....He is God...duh.
@@theboypresident2633 I do not know you, but you seem to have a small opinion of God's ability to do anything. All HE has to do is Say something...and it is true...becomes reality. Refer to Genesis.
After watching this video 4 years ago, I have now read the Bible several times and it’s now clear to me that the rapture is synonymous to the second coming. (same event) Jesus said the Kingdom is here now. We are in the Kingdom now. For a deeper commentary on the book of revelation chapter 20. I found G .K Beale to be the most helpful, followed by the book “a case for a-millennialism” Kim riddlebarger. Although mc Arthur gets the rapture wrong, he is still clear on the gospel that teaches that God saves sinners through Christ.
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I am not here to attack anyone but one of the problems I see in the Church today is that very few Christians know the story of Scripture. If you don't understand the story, you'll never understand Eschatology.
I'm going to post an excerpt of my comment above for you to consider.
"I would also add that in Zechariah 14 we see the 2nd Coming especially in verses 16-17
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain."
This to me, shows me that John 14:1-6 is definitely a separate event and that Post-Tribulation is not logical.
Acts 1:9 Now when He (Jesus) had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
"...This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
"in like manner"
Did Jesus ascend to Heaven on a white horse? With the armies of Heaven? In a blood-dripped robe?
Rev 19:11-16
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
There's nothing in Rev 19 that could be construed as "like manner" in Acts 1.
The problem with Amillennialism as I understand it, is that Zechariah 14 and like passages show a literal kingdom on earth which as far as I know Amills don't believe. If I'm wrong please correct me.
Zechariah 14 also says in verse 9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be-“The Lord is one,” And His name one.
what is the story of Scripture? In Genesis 1 God created the Heavens and the Earth. In verse 28, the LORD willingly gave us His dominion over His creation of earth over to us.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
The LORD has always been Sovereign over all reality, but in Genesis, He gave the dominion of the earth to us. Our free will now dictated the direction humanity would go. We in turn gave that authority to the enemy. Leaders of nations gave their allegiance to the enemy. We see this at the Tower of Babel.
This is why when Jesus was tempted by Satan and offered the "kingdoms of the earth" in exchange for worship, Jesus never disputed Satan's claim. Satan had that authority we were given to offer the kingdoms of the earth.
Matthew 4
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
2 Cor 4:3-4 (Post Resurrection)
3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
This is why the Disciples asked about the "end of the age" and the LORD"s return
Matthew 24
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
Why does Jesus tell us He's with us to the end of the age?
Matthew 28
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
At the 2nd Coming that "age" of mankind, the end of the age of mankind and Satan's authority on earth ends.
Now this next section doesn't prove that these views are correct, but one of the things that baffle me today is that many Christians think Dispensational Premillennialism is a couple of hundred years old when it's not.
We have numerous early church fathers' writings showing what they believed and taught. Again, not proof it's correct. But if you have disciples of the Apostles writing in the first and second centuries of what they believed and taught I think that would at least be something we'd consider.
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Church father Irenaeus wrote about 180AD. He was taught under Polycarp, the disciple of the Apostle John, and occasionally saw the Apostle John. Irenaeus wrote a five-volume work entitled “Against Heresies” against the cults of his day. “When in the end that church will suddenly be caught up from this, then it is said, ‘There will be tribulation such as not been since the beginning, nor will be.’” Irenaeus “Against Heresies 5.29
Ephraim 373 AD “…because all saints and the elect of the LORD are gathered together before the Tribulation which is about to commence be taken to the LORD…” On the Last Times 2-Ephraim the Syrian 373 AD.
Lactantius in 304AD in his commentary of the Apocalypse that Rev 6:14 is when "the Church shall be taken away”
Irenaeus writes about dispensational premillennialism. As I showed he wrote about 180AD and was a disciple of Polycarp who was a direct disciple of the Apostle John.
“In 2 Thessalonians, the ‘falling away’ is an apostasy and there will be a literal rebuilt temple. In Matthew [chapter 24], the ‘abomination spoken by Daniel’ is the Antichrist sitting in the temple as if he were Christ. The abomination will start in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week and last for a literal three years and six months. The little horn [11th] is the Antichrist. Against Heresies 5.25
Many early church fathers' also had a certain view on when the 2nd Coming would be. These excerpts are from Ken Johnson's book "The end times by Ancient Church Fathers" where he documents what the early church fathers believed. Again it doesn't mean it's correct but I find it interesting how many early church fathers wrote on the topic and described their understanding in detail and it was what we'd call dispensational premillennialism today.
Barnabas, AD First Century
“Therefore, children, in six days, or in six thousand years, all the prophecies will be fulfilled. Then it says, ‘He rested on the seventh day.’ This signifies at the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus, He will destroy the Antichrist, judge the ungodly, and change the sun, moon, and stars. Then He will truly rest during the Millennial reign, which is the seventh day.” Epistle of Barnabas 15:7-9
Commodianus, AD 240
“We will be immortal when the six thousand years are completed.” Against the Gods of the Heathens 35 “Resurrection of the body will be when six thousand years are completed, and after the one thousand years [millennial reign], the world will come to an end.” Against the Gods of the Heathens 80
Victorinus, AD 240
“Satan will be bound until the thousand years are finished; that is, after the sixth day.” Commentary on Revelation 20.1-3
Methodius, AD 290
“In the seventh millennium we will be immortal and truly celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.” Ten Virgins 9.1
Johnson, Ken. The End-Times by the Ancient Church Fathers (p. 11-12).
Again, you're free to believe what you want and you're right this in no way impacts our salvation but we are to test every teaching, and I as what many would call a dispensational premill, I have to examine every teaching from Pastors and books like the "Left Behind" series which to me is very inaccurate and Americanized.
In John 13:19 Jesus says 19 "Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am." The number 1 purpose of Bible prophecy is to lead unbelievers to believe in the LORD, the I AM, and be saved.
This means that Bible prophecy is literal just as Jesus, literally fulfilled over 100 OT prophecies, just as Noah's ark was built exactly to the size that Scientists today have verified it would have floated and held the required species and cargo needed. Just as Daniel 9 tells us that between the "command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" which happened in Nisan 445BC (the month of Passover) that there would be 173,880 days until the Messiah the Prince suffered the death penalty, but not for Himself (Nisan Passover 32AD).
Not everything in the Bible is literal, but Bible prophecy is. Predictions about what is to come whether it was the Flood, or the Messiah, or the 2nd Coming is ALWAYS literal. Jesus confirms this in John 13:19. Paul also tells us this in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
"according to the Scriptures" in other words as it is written.
I hope this helps. Take care.
I love his explanation of it
The teaching of the rapture is a not taught in the old or New Testament. The passages he is referring to are all about the 2nd coming, not a group being taken early.
This makes biblical sense to me😇
Now if the rapture happens at any other time I’m still going 👍🏽
Eddie Gallegos -2 Timothy 2:15
Please do it .
But the truth . Do not sell it .
Eddie Gallegos - read the Bible for yourself .
Ask The Holy Spirit to fill you and give you wisdom . Then think for
Yourself with the power of the Holy Spirit. Gods word will not return void .
It will satisfy you greatly.
Ephesians 3:20&21
Acts 1:8
Jeremiah 7:1-16 tells who Jesus kicks out of the church at the time of the rapture!
Kevin Barton
Would you agree with the pre tribulation rapture?
That how I under stood it before listening to this sermon.
vickie guthrie
Great read, thanks.
Jeremiah 7:3 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
This is my favorite verse from that reading, we should all repent if we want to dwell in Gods house .
I have heard this in the dispensationalism.The problem I have is who are the Saints in Rev 13:7 /Dan 7:8 And 14:12 The patience of the Saints; 8:3-4; Rev 11:18; If Noah and his family was protected from the wrath of God while in the Ark, Cannot God protect the saints in the tribulation to the 7th trumpet? Surely Rev 11:11-15 sounds like the rapture, because verse 18 sounds like the bema seat! Even during the Plagues in Exodus, while the Egyptians were getting judged, it say's that the Children of Israel and their property were protected.
I praise God for Jesus Christ... I praise Jesus Christ for loving us enough to be executed for us... I praise The Holy Spirt for comfort...
God created John MacArthur for all of us... Thank YOU God for that...
This was beautiful !
I agree and think it has to be 2 events. In Matthew 24 37-41 the saved remain on earth. In 1 Thessalonians 4 16-7 all believers meet the Lord in the air. Thessalonians is the rapture. Matthew is the 2nd coming where those who come to faith during tribulation and live survive into millinial kingdom to procreate.
Dr. MacArthur, In this You Tube video, you make several contradictions !! One of these contradictions which I would like you to explain, concerns your declaring that the Rapture will ONLY take place, after the "Times of the GENTILES be fulfilled", ( Rom.11:25 ) which I agree is Correct !
But then you go on to say about the Timing of the RAPTURE, that you believe it takes place BEFORE the coming TRIBULATION !! ( and THAT, After you have declared that the RAPTURE CANNOT happen UNTIL the "TIMES of the GENTILES come in", and your citing of Rom.11:25 as proof )
So What do you do with Luke 21:24, that declares that;..."and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled."
As well as Rev.11:2, that declares the very SAME time Element, of the Holy City being TREAD UNDER FOOT, by the Gentiles, for the Last FORTY TWO MONTHS , of the TRIBULATION !!!
Your apparent contradiction is in my understanding REFUTED by these TWO PASSAGES, which declare that the TIMES Of the GENTILES, does NOT END, until the LAST DAY of the coming TRIBULATION !!! ( which incidentally, is the DAY that JESUS said He would "Raise-Up", those that the Father had Given Him on "the LAST DAY". Jn.6:40 )
So please respond to my question, and Clarify, or re-examine your belief structure ???
Morgan Sorensen ( Theologian, in ministry since 1963 )
Morgan Sorensen He's preaching what others taught him, interpretions of men, and not from the Spirit. I find his eschatology to be wrong.
@@Salvation-Damnation I to am shocked by this preaching...I was set straight I thought when I joined the reformed church over 20 yrs ago...they teach that there is no rapture until after the tribulation and the Lord comes back to burn and renew the earth...and to separate His people from the unbelievers as in Mathew 25...I thought this was the reformed teaching of the church...I am confused and disappointed with John MacArthur
@@americanhorseman Yes. For me it was the other way around. And I thought that every christian agreed on that up until 2 years ago.
@@Salvation-Damnation the pre tribulation rapture is mostly taught in america and safe western countries with no persecution. Those in China dont think they will escape the persecution that Jesus promised because....they arent escaping it currently. Pre tribulation is a very western idea.
I always ask pre trib people this one question. If in 1 thess 4 Paul says "we will not preceede the dead in christ" and "at the last(not seventh so it's not confused)trumpet the dead in christ will rise" and in revelation 20 the last trumpet is at the end of the tribulation where in verse five the "dead in christ are risen, this is the first ressurrection" then how can the rapture preceede the dead in christ be risen at the end of the tribulation? I never get a answer other than "you dont understand what you are reading". No one can ever tell me a verse or prove it biblically that saints or the elect are ever clearly to be taken before the end. And if they are taken at the end then that makes Paul a liar doesnt it?
I dont understand how people can read Jesus' timeline in Mark 13 and Matthew 24 where he mentions nothing but persecution for the saints until jesus gathers his elect sometime after the man of sin or the abomination that makes desolation is revealed standing in the holy place. I feel like the great falling away will be because the Pre-trib rapture doesnt happen although I will say that's just my speculation and I cant support it clearly with biblical or scriptural proof. The lack of pre-trib I feel is very clear biblically though.
@@scottwall8419 I would not say that pretrib is “safe.” It means many who aren’t ready would be caught off guard. Either scenario requires readiness and anticipation. Many who don’t believe in pretrib (or who don’t seem to care), are assuming they will have time to prepare themselves. But once the world enters into this time, assuming the Word is literal and a trib is coming… it will be like a great shock to humanity.
Ps. Don’t forget about the days of Noah. And don’t forget about the churches in first chapters of Rev.
What does Paul mean by the 'last trumpet' in 1 Corinthians 15? That's my only hang up on the pre trib rapture
John MacArthur has explained that trumpets were a frequent part of life for Jews. Trumpets were used to herald special events and to summon His people. John MacArthur considers the "last trumpet" -- of *1 Corinthians 15:51* -- to be the last trumpet for the calling of His people-- to summon all His people who had lived through Old Testament and New Testament times, and the church age, and that it does not necessarily meaning the last trumpet to ever be sounded. // I have John MacArthur's commentary on this passage. He wrote: "this trumpet . . . . will . . . be the last as far as living Christians are concerned, for it will sound the end of the church age, when all believers will be removed from the earth. . . . By that trumpet God will summon all of His people to Himself."
@@marthahicks8569 thank you so much for taking the time to respond. Peace, sister! ✌🏼
Amen AMEN!!!!
Glorious to know, unspeakable joy!
God speed!
Thanks Sharon, do you attend Grace Church?
@@fzr1000981 I do not. I would surely attend Grace Church if I lived in the area. J. MacArthur is a brilliant teacher of the Holy Word! Thank God for him & all His Saints!
God bless!
What sermon us this from? I would like to hear all of it.
Thank you so much you explained it so well so many people don’t believe in the rapture. Thank you so much for being such brilliant teacher.
@ jesus4364
A brilliant teacher who refuses to take Jesus at his words ?
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
Why are Christians in the middle east suffering tribulations right now? Why aren't they raptured?
what about chp 22 :17..the bride is the church right?
Yes, Philadelphia Rev.3:10 is the church that is raptured, Jeremiah 7 describes whom God kicks out of the church at the time of the rapture.
No, the church is not the bride.
Read Revelation 21.
The church is the body whom Jesus is the head.
If Jesus be the bridegroom and the church is the body of Christ, that would make the church the body of the bridegroom not the bride.
@@grounded7362 LoL, whatever the church is, will be ok, for we are in the arms of Jesus! Surrender to him!
Shalom!
@@grounded7362 When the word speaks of the two becoming as one, God is the head, just as the husband is the head of the house, the high priest of the house~ Hope this has been of help~!
@@vickieguthrie5523
Vickie you are injecting something into the word that is not there
Read Revelation 21 and there you will see the bride if Christ.
If you are a "post tribber" you better pray the "pre trib" is correct.....we will not want to be here when God pours out his final wrath on this sinful world....it will be at a level never witnessed before. I guess some have a hard time with the "guilt" of getting the opportunity to miss out on the tribulation and not going through it with everyone else but pray you are spared by being taken out of it prior.
Matthew 24:15-18 King James Version (KJV)
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Matthew 24:20-23 King James Version (KJV)
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 King James Version (KJV)
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Daniel 9:27 King James Version (KJV)
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 11:31 King James Version (KJV)
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
All the verses you use are instructions to JEWS/ISRAEL
Amen!! I study with the Shepherd Chapel Arnold Murray was a real good teacher. He teaches chapter by chapter and verse by verse. He also gives you a second testimony.
Spot on brotha we are going thru the tribulation for 3 1/2 years
People just need read the scripture
@ Jason Stockman
Do you realise what happened in 70 AD ? The Olivet discourse unfolded before THEIR eyes.
It has nothing to with us at all !! When are we going to understand that ?
Does anyone know what sermon this came from? Thank you!
Lord come quickly!
So if there is a rapture to go with Christ , why would there be a judgment? Those that were raptured would know they were heaven bound and those left in tribulation would obviously be doomed. That doesn’t make sense.
I don't think everyone in the tribulation is doomed. There are two witnesses plus the 144,000. There will be people preaching the word of God in those days I believe
Thank You and may God bless your ministry JESUS is OUR LORD
Whatever the case may be, as believers we have our hope in Jesus and His return. Future events may be taught differently but God knows and the important thing is that we are in Christ.
Matthew 24:29-31
Immediately AFTER the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Brandon Root Sounds like a match to the Thessalonian rapture account!
It's as clear as daylight!
AFTER THE TRIBULATION
The son of man (JESUS) comes down from the clouds...
Can't get much clearer and simpler than that to understand 🤔🤷
God saved Noah from the flood, snatched Lot out of Sodom, and Israel from the judgements upon Egypt. So why would He not rapture His saints before the tribulation?
Thank you for that clear cut teaching on the Rapture.
Can someone explain Matthew 24:29-31? As I read it, Jesus says that the elect will be gathered after the tribulation.
You read it right, the gathering together happens after the tribulation...
Mark 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall GATHER TOGETHER his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
2 Thess. 2:1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our GATHERING TOGETHER unto him.
1Thess.4:17 Then we which are alive remain shall be CAUGHT UP TOGETHER with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
Matthew 24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall GATHER TOGETHER his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The four winds is referring to the tribulation...
@@seventhousand Thank you for your comment. I'm curious how someone who believes in a pre-trib rapture explains these verses. Can someone explain that for me? I'm not sure what to believe. I've heard strong cases for a pre-trib rapture too.
@@Butterfly_486 They falsely teach or say Matthew 24 , Mark 13-those verses in there happen after the tribulation and that it's for the Jews and not Christ's church and then they'll turn right around and say the Jewish Feast of Trumpets, Jewish festivals, Jewish wedding and so on is for the church-rapture....
They ignore do not listen to Christ-words so they run to Paul and try to get a pre rapture out of him. No where does Christ say he comes before the tribulation...
@@seventhousand Thanks again! I have something to study 😅
@@Butterfly_486 Yeah stay away from that false made up end time to go doctrine, it's a set up...
Come LORDJESUS !!!.❤😍🙏 It's going to be so ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE...PRAISE GOD..PRAISE OUR HOLY GOD. !!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤🇮🇱.
MARANATHA
I have a question. The Bible says this physical sinful body can not be in present of God. Then how the still alive believers will be in Kingdom of God, and repopulate it?
new immortal bodies
hello?....do I need to send money for an answer/response
Can some one explain what is meant when he says there would be no one left to populate the kingdom?
Thanks!
If all Christians go up and and are given new perfected bodies, there would be no believers on earth with our standard bodies to literally procreate and populate the earth. (As Jesus slays all unbelievers at the end of the tribulation). Hes talking about who will populate the millennium - those converted during the tribulation.
@@Aaron637 where does it say he slays all unbelievers at the end of the tribulation? And if he does that then who at the end of the 1000 years does the anti christ gather up along with gog and magog to fight god people? Are you saying believers at the end of the 1000 years will take up arms against God?
@@scottwall8419 no one enters the kingdom of Christ but only believers who will survive the tribulation. These believers will enter the kingdom in their phisical bodies and they, I presume some will already be married and many will marry in the 1000 year kingdom of Christ and will have children. Some of those children will will be rebellious to Christ and His kingdom, and by the end of the 1000 year kingdom many, many people will follow Satan and come against Christ and His saints in Jerusalem, but God will destroy them and will cast Satan into hell fire forever.
At the seventh trump this earth age is over. In the moment in the twinkling of the eye we will all be changed from our fleshly bodies and into our spiritual bodies. When Jesus Christ returns the Kingdom of heaven will be with him. There will be no giving in marriage. Flesh and blood cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21
The Great Tribulation of the saints by the Beast will spread to every nation after the opening of the fourth seal. (Rev. 6:7-8, Mat. 24:9-26, Rev. 13:5-7) Martyrs will be seen in heaven after the opening of the fifth seal. (Rev. 6:9-11; 20:4) Satan’s great wrath will be cut short after Jesus opens the sixth seal. (Mat. 24:21-22, Rev. 6:12-17, Mat. 24:29) The same day the Son of Man is revealed (Luke 17:30), a great multitude of believers will come out of the Great Tribulation and stand before the throne of God in heaven. (Rev. 7:9-17) Then the seventh seal will be opened. (Rev. 8:1) After a half an hour of silence, God’s wrath will begin with fire. (Rev. 8:5-7)
Thanks for sharing. So rapture is a post-tribulation, pre-wrath rapture, which happens slightly after the mid-point of Daniel’s seventieth week.
AMEN!......John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
What denomination is John MacArthur preaching to ,I really like this man's preaching ?
Fancy words don’t impress our savior .
Loving hearts and minds do it for Him . By
Loving Him , the world
Will know .
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
Just read Revelation 17:14. WHO ARE THE "called, chosen & faithful" that come back with Christ?
Rev 17:14 doesn't anything about "coming back". It just says "those that are with him".. when we stand on His name, we are with Him. We are the representative. Basically, we are Him that is battling for him...
Gospel is very simple .
Let’ the kids come .
Johnny Mac knows it too .
The warnings in the fourth fifth and sixth seals are about the great tribulation
The “elect” clearly go through the tribulation per Mark 13:19-20 KJV. The word elect means “select” its root being “ek” in the Greek which is the same root for the word ekklesia (church).
At last! someone in these comments who is saying the truth! As difficult as it is to hear.
It's similar to when Jesus said: "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”
None of us want to go through the tribulation but not our will but God's will.
The Tribulation is for the believers but not every followers of Christ will die.
Reason why the ones alive will be raptured after the resurrected believers.
The wrath of God is for the world (whoever takes the mark of the beast) and antichrist.
Amen! It is a post-tribulation, but pre-wrath rapture. 👌
I would say that Matthew 24 talks about the tribulation and all that will take. Immediately after the tribulation of those days, then will the Son of Man will come, send His angels to gather the elect with the sound of a loud trumpet. Would this not be the same event that he mentions in 1 Thessalonians 3:16-17 at time 11:10 contradicting everything he says about the judgments, sun, moon and the stars? I guess even the most knowledgeable can overlook parts and make mistakes.
There is so much that is contrary to consistent Holy Spirit inspired teaching on what Tribulation is. Go back to the Bible and read what the Lord and all His Apostles teach regarding the Christian life. The only guarantee you have as a Christian are trouble, persecution, Tribulation, call it what you will. However there is a greater guarantee that the Lord Jesus Christ in whom you have believed will deliver you through every one of these problems. Remember how Daniel and his friends were delivered, not by being"snatched away" when Nebuchadnezzar tried to burn them but to allow them to be put in the midst of the fire and be there with them, thus delivering them gloriously.
Let no man teach the Church escapes problems, we are not appointed to God's wrath but we certainly go through enough problems in our Christian life, delivered only by faith in and of Christ.
Read the Bible, prayerfully, beseeching God to reveal the Truth and you shall be saved from all doctrine contrary to God's.
In Jesus precious name and for the sake of His Church. Amen.
Will those left behind hear the shout and the trumpet or only those raptured?
Left behind is a false doctrine. Rapture, is a false doctrine. Read the parable of the tares. Matthew 13. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together FIRST the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Jesus Christ is saying that at the end of the world, The "TARES" are removed first, and then the wheat is gathered.
Macarthur is teaching you that the "Wheat" go up first in a rapture event and the "Tares" are left behind.
Either Jesus is lying to us or this man is lying.
Let no man deceive you. Study the word of God and pray by yourself and leave the church alone. The church is very corrupt.
Jesus said " He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved" ENDURE, means to tarry behind. To suffer patiently.
The only way you can truly follow what Jesus said when he said "Let no man deceive you" , is to let no man tell you what is and what is not in the bible.
By the way, John Macarthur bible and the one he teaches from is a copy of the King James, only changed around a little bit to make it easier to read.
If you are ok with reading a bible that has been modified and trust that whoever did it, did a completely honest job at doing so, then choose whatever everyone else will tell you is easier to read.
GOD, is the one who gives understanding to those who come to him. Not man. Pray and ask him for guidance, and he will give it to you, and open a King James bible and read.
Excellent work.
Ok if the Catching away of the church is before the 3/12 tribulation who does the anti Christ wage war with and overcome ? And he wages war with the saints and defeats them ?
3 1/2 years *
And this only occurs after the man of sin and lawlessness is revealed to the world
Good question: Maybe it's referring to the 'new converts.' After the two witnesses are killed it says that many are converted.
Perhaps the original Church was raptured, then the new converts must suffer at the hands of the antichrist and endure that hour of testing.
Rev 11 " At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven."
The antichrist shows up in Rev 13. So these new believers giving God glory are converts after the rapture has already happened.
Possibly. I'm no John MacArthur 😉
There is no catching away of the church. Jesus said let them both grow together and then at the time of harvest i.e. the end of the world, he will first send in the reapers to gather the tares and cast them into the fire.
Then gather the wheat into the barn.
Rapture theory says that the wheat are taken first, 7 years before the end of the world, and the tares are left behind to fend for themselves and deal with the antichrist etc. etc. etc. Then the tares are destroyed or removed...whatever it states. Its not biblical and he who teaches that rapture is true is a heretic.
We must endure unto the end.
Jesus says - “I will never leave you or forsake you ! “
He says be anxious for
Not one thing .
He also says - “work ! For nite comes ! When you cannot work .!”
Praise the LORD! I FIRMLY believe your teaching/preaching on the PRE-TRIB RAPTURE, dear Pastor John! I've diligently studied the Scripture regarding this wonderful subject, and you are RIGHT! Glory to God Almighty!!!💕
Revelation 3:10 says, "I will keep you from the time of testing that will come upon the whole world." But the word translated as "keep" is the Greek word "tereo." Look in a Greek concordance. It means "to guard or protect by keeping the eye upon." It does not mean "to take out."
Glory To GOD!!!
Thank you for sharing!
I’m only 2 and a half minutes in and I think pastor John missed something. He said the church is never mentioned after Chapter 4 but it mentions the 2 olive trees look at what the scripture says those are
Amen, Pastor John MacArthur, I knew that Jeff Durbin didn't know what he was talking about when comes to the Rapture! Thank You!!!
What's Jeff Durbin's position? (Stated Briefly)
We are to read the Bible for ourselves take no man opinion.
@@t_qwheezzyy
He is Postmil.
John MacArthur said you can take the Mark and still be saved = WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING = AVOID HIM!!
@@bettymcclellan2164
Exactly. If we did we would not be decieved by all that futurist nonsense that has intentionally taken all prophetic verses and texts out of their proper historical context and projected them into our modern era .
I guess at the coming of the Lord , there will be women GRINDING AT THE MILL today ???
Did not Jesus say that he would come during HIS generation ? Luke 21 /Matthew 24 ?
The teaching of a secret pretribulation rapture is a doctrine that never existed before 1830. Did the pretribulation rapture come into existence by a careful exegesis of Scripture? No. The first person to teach the doctrine was a young woman named Margaret Macdonald. Margaret was not a theologian or Bible expositor but was a prophetess in the Irvingite sect (the Catholic Apostolic Church). Christian journalist Dave MacPherson has written a book on the subject of the origin of the pre-tribulation rapture. He writes: “We have seen that a young Scottish lassie named Margaret Macdonald had a private revelation in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in the early part of 1830 that a select group of Christians would be caught up to meet Christ in the air before the days of Antichrist. An eye-and-ear witness, Robert Norton M.D., preserved her handwritten account of her pre-trib rapture revelation in two of his books, and said it was the first time anyone ever split the second coming into two distinct parts or stages. His writings, along with much other Catholic Apostolic Church literature, have been hidden many decades from the mainstream of Evangelical thought and only recently surfaced. Margaret’s views were well-known to those who visited her home, among them John Darby of the Brethren. Within a few months her distinctive prophetic outlook was mirrored in the September, 1830 issue of The Morning Watch and the early Brethren assembly at Plymouth, England. Early disciples of the pre-trib interpretation often called it a new doctrine.”
John Nelson Darby (1800-1882), who was the leader of the Brethren movement and the “father of modern Dispensationalism,” took Margaret Macdonald’s new teaching on the rapture, made some changes (she taught a partial rapture of believers while he taught that all believers would be raptured) and incorporated it into his Dispensational understanding of Scripture and prophecy. Darby would spend the rest of his life speaking, writing and traveling, spreading the new rapture theory. The Plymouth Brethren openly admitted and were even proud of the fact that among their teachings were totally new ones which had never been taught by the church fathers, medieval scholastics, Protestant Reformers or the many commentators.
The person most responsible for the rather widespread acceptance of Pretribulationalism and Dispensationalism among Evangelicals is Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (1843-1921). C. I. Scofield published his Scofield Reference Bible in 1909. This Bible, which espoused the doctrines of Darby in its notes, became very popular in Fundamentalist circles. In the minds of many a Bible teacher, fundamentalist pastor and multitudes of professing Christians, Scofield’s notes were practically equated with the word of God itself. If a person did not adhere to the Dispensational, Pretribulational scheme he or she would almost automatically be labeled a modernist.