Lie #1: "Matthew 24 lines up with 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17."
Rebuttal: 1 Corinthians 15:51-54 and 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 both mention dead saints rising first, there is ZERO mention of dead saints rising anywhere in Matthew 24.
Lie #2: "Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul preached the same thing."
Rebuttal: Nowhere does Paul tell anyone to "endure to the end" to be saved like Jesus said to Jews in Matthew 24:13 and Matthew 10:22. Jesus was preaching the gospel of the kingdom (Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35), Paul didn't preach the gospel of the kingdom, Paul was preaching the gospel of Christ (Romans 1:16, Romans 15:29, 2 Corinthians 10:14).
Lie #3: "There was no mention of the pre-trib rapture before 1830."
Rebuttal: There are actually writings of a pre-trib rapture before 1830, some writings of a pre-trib rapture that were before 1830: The Shepherd of Hermas, The Apocalypse of Elijah, The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Ephraem, and The History of Brother Dolcino. All of those writings contain mentions of the pre-trib rapture, and all of those writings were around hundreds of years before 1830. But, more importantly, even if the pre-trib rapture was only invented in 1830, the standard is what the scriptures say, not who said what first. It doesn't matter when or how recently a doctrine was invented, it only matters if the scriptures teach it or not.
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