United for Eternity || Revelation

[@derenay40]

I grew up during the era where our church would take the youth on the weekends to the Christian Cinema. My young mind couldn't handle movies like "The Rapture or The Burning Hell". Night terrors and nightmares haunted me for years. I was grown when "Left Behind" came out. That movie stirred up a lot of old fears, even though now I'm a Christian adult. Still you couldn't pay me to read past the third chapter of Revelation. I did read the last chapter too. I was always of the understanding that "we" wouldn't have to go through the Tribulation. Every sermon and every teaching on the subject my entire Christian life had the current Saints at that time being caught up to meet HIM in the air on That Great Day. Pre-Trib is all I know. I cannot mentally grasp why THE GOOD LORD would call his "Elect" out of a world of sin, sanctify and set us apart, fill us with HIS SPIRIT, send us out to make Disciples of men, warn men of the horrible fate that awaits those who reject CHRIST'S LOVING INVITATION of key word being, "SALVATION", only to find that based on this week's sermon that we get to experience that self-same horrible and dreadful time on earth and ultimately death by martyrdom. I know that Our final destination and completion of our Salvation ends with our forever with Our LORD. Pastor Johnson said pre-Trib was a relatively "new" teaching/concept of the last 200 years. And the topic of Pre- or Post- has been discussed probably just as long if not more years. Which is right? I don't know if it was my "flesh" rejecting today's post-Trib point of view Or my relying on the solid Biblical foundation I grew up on these 30 plus years. Today's sermon felt more like opinion than fact and I wasn't convinced over those 50 or so minutes vs 30 years of believing differently. Not just me, but my whole generation. Could we be wrong? Yes. But so could a post-Trib point of view. I definitely think it deserves more discussion and perhaps an opposing point of view. We were taught not to accept every "teaching" that came across the pulpit, but to pray, dig out and ask GOD for Truth and Discernment. The Truth remains that either way we win in the end, All To GOD'S GLORY.

[@victoryatlanta]

Hey Derenay40! Don't forget about the "front burner / back burner" theology example Pastor Johnson gave - you can skip to that part here (kzbin.infoGGd_duAytuA?feature=shared&t=1964). Ultimately, he encourages us to pray for the rapture but prepare for the tribulation. The truth is - no one really knows how this all plays out. We seek God's Holy Spirit and trust that no matter what comes our way He is forever with us. If you'd like to talk more about this feel free to reach out to our Online team at [e-mail]

[@crownedangelclothing]

Amen