A common tactic of post-trib heretics is to run to Matthew 24:29-31 to prove the satanic post-trib heresy. There are many problems with using Matthew 24 to try and prove the post-trib rapture.
First of all, it’s worth noting that Matthew 24 is NOT written to Christians, it’s written to JEWS!
Matthew 24:16 – “Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:”
What are Christians doing in Judaea? It’s referring to the Jews.
Matthew 24:20 – “But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:”
What are Christians doing observing the sabbath? Paul doesn’t list keeping the sabbath as one of the commands for a new testament Christian in Romans 13:9.
Another problem with using Matthew 24 to try and prove the post-trib rapture is that there is zero mention of dead saints rising in Matthew 24. In 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 both mention dead saints rising first, however Matthew 24 makes zero mention of dead saints rising. Matthew 24:29-31 is talking about the second coming, not the rapture!
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 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. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
1 Corinthians 15:51-58 – “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 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. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
The third problem with using Matthew 24 to prove a post-trib rapture is that Matthew 24:13 proves works salvation in the time of Jacob’s trouble (compare Matthew 24:13 with Revelation 7:14, Revelation 3:2-5 and Revelation 14:9-12, and you will clearly see a faith-works system in the Time of Jacob’s trouble).
Matthew 24:13 – “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
If Matthew 24 was written to Christians, it would directly contradict what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 2:8-9, Ephesians 4:30, and many other scriptures.
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 - "Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts."
Ephesians 1:13 – “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Ephesians 2:8-9 – “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 4:30 – “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
These are some of the problems with using Matthew 24 to try and prove a post-trib rapture, post-tribbers have to twist scripture to support their view. Post-tribbers refuse to compare scripture with scripture and base their entire heretical satanic post-trib system off a couple verses out of context.
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