The 3 Resurrections In Scripture

 

A common lie from post-trib heretics is that there is only 1 future resurrection (a lot of them seem to think that the rapture happens at Christ's second coming, and they twist Matthew 24:29-31 to try and prove this). Post-tribbers have to deny that there are three resurrections in scripture because it would destroy the post-trib heresy.

1 Corinthians 15:20-24 mentions three parts of the resurrection:

1 Corinthians 15:20-24 (KJV) - "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power."

The three resurrections:

The first resurrection ("Christ the firstfruits"):

The first resurrection is Christ and the Old Testament saints.

Matthew 27:52-53 (KJV) - "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many."

The second resurrection ("They that are Christ's")

The second resurrection is the rapture of Christians who are "sealed unto the day of redemption" (Eph. 4:30).

Ephesians 1:10-14 (KJV) - "That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 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, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."

The third resurrection ("Then cometh the end"):

The third resurrection is for saints in the time of Jacob's trouble and the millennial kingdom, Revelation 20:5 shows that this won't happen until after the 1000 year reign of Christ.

Revelation 20:5 (KJV) - "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection."


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People Who Taught A Pre-Trib Rapture BEFORE John Nelson Darby In 1830

 

Post-trib heretics love to claim that nobody before 1830 taught a pre-trib rapture, this claim is nonsense, there are plenty of examples of a pre-trib rapture being taught hundreds of years before 1830.

Irenaeus (130 – 202 AD):

“Those nations however, who did not of themselves raise up their eyes unto heaven, nor returned thanks to their Maker, nor wished to behold the light of truth, but who were like blind mice concealed in the depths of ignorance, the word justly reckons “as waste water from a sink, and as the turning-weight of a balance — in fact, as nothing;”(1) so far useful and serviceable to the just, as stubble conduces towards the growth of the wheat, and its straw, by means of combustion, serves for working gold. And therefore, when in the end the Church shall be suddenly caught up from this, it is said, “There shall be tribulation such as has not been since the beginning, neither shall be.”(2) For this is the last contest of the righteous, in which, when they overcome they are crowned with incorruption.”

(Irenaeus, 'Against Heresies' 5.29)

Ephraim the Syrian (306 – 373 AD):

"Or do you not believe unless you see with your eyes? See to it that this sentence be not fulfilled among you of the prophet who declares: “Woe to those who desire to see the day of the Lord!” For all the saints and elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins. And so, brothers most dear to me, it is the eleventh hour, and the end of the world comes to the harvest, and angels, armed and prepared, hold sickles in their hands, awaiting the empire of the Lord."

(Ephraim the Syrian, 'On the Last Times 2')

Joseph Mede (1586 - 1638 AD):

"I will add this more, namely, what may be conceived to be the cause of this rapture of the saints on high to meet the Lord in the clouds, rather than to wait his coming to earth....What if it be, that they may be preserved during the Conflagration of the earth and the works thereof, 2 Pet.3:10, that as Noah and his family were preserved from the Deluge by being lift up above the waters in the Ark; so should the saints at the Conflagration be lift up in the clouds unto their Ark, Christ, to be preserved there from the deluge of fire, wherein the wicked shall be consumed?"

("The Works of Joseph Mede," 1672, London edition, Book IV, p.776)

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The Post-Trib Rapture Is A Catholic Heresy

Post-tribber heretics will claim that the post-trib rapture is the “historic position of the church,” this is true to an extent, the post-trib rapture is the historic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church says that Christians go into the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, or as the Catholic Church calls it, “a final trial.”

CCC 675: "Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the “mystery of iniquity” in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh."

The Bible teaches that Christians are supposed to wait for the Resurrection, we are waiting for Jesus, not the Antichrist as post-tribber heretics believe.

Romans 8:23-25 – “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

2 Timothy 4:7-8 – “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 – “For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”

Titus 2:11-14 – “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

Philippians 3:20-21 – “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.”

1 Corinthians 1:4-8 – “I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; 6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 – “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”

Bible-believing Christians are waiting for the blessed hope, we are waiting for the coming of Jesus Christ, we are NOT waiting for the Antichrist. Bible-believing Christians are not appointed to wrath, we are delivered from the wrath to come, however, post-tribber CATHOLIC heretics have this strange idea that God has appointed them to face 7 years of his wrath.

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Massive Post-Trib Rapture Contradiction

The Bible says there is an apostasy, a falling away from biblical truth in the end times.

2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 – “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.”

1 Timothy 4:1-3 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”

2 Timothy 3:1-5 – “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

2 Timothy 4:1-4 – “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

However, in the time of Jacob’s trouble, there is a great multitude that are getting saved.

Revelation 7:9-14 – “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”

In 2 Thessalonians 2, 1 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, and 2 Timothy 4:1-4, there is a falling away that happens, time gets and worse, and less and less people are getting saved, but in Revelation 7:9-14 there is a great multitude of people getting saved, how can that happen unless there is a break (a.k.a the resurrection) between the two events? How can the times go from widespread apostasy to a huge revival?

What happens is that as times get worse and worse, God will eventually call up the people that are truly saved, the all the false converts stay on earth. After realizing that they missed the rapture they will get very zealot for the word of God, they will even die for the word of God (See Revelation 6:9).

It’s a big contradiction with satanic post-trib heresy.

Order Of 7 Books In The Old Testament Prove A Pre-Trib Rapture

 

The way these 7 books are laid out proves a pre-trib rapture.

1. Ezra
2. Nehemiah
3. Esther
4. Job
5. Psalms
6. Proverbs
7. Ecclesiastes

In Ezra, the Jews return to the land of Israel.

In Nehemiah, the Jews rebuild (Like the Jews rebuilding the temple)

In Esther, the king puts away his GENTILE wife and takes a JEWISH wife. (The Gentile queen is put away because of her disobedience. The end of the time of the gentiles is described as being filled with apostasy, the Gentile bride of Christ is called up, the Gentile bride is in bad shape and that is why she s called up, and God goes back to focusing on the Jewish bride, just like how the Gentile bride in Esther was put away for disobedience and replaced with a Jewish bride).

In Job, Job is on the ground for 7 days and 7 nights (like 7 years in the TOJT), Job loses everything and goes through attacks and persecution by Satan (Like the Jews in the TOJT), and at the end everything is restored (Just like at the end of the TOJT, after losing everything and enduring relentless persecution, everything is restored).

In Psalms, the book was written by KING David, the king comes back (just like Jesus Christ, the king of the Jews, coming back).

In Proverbs, the book is about the wisdom of the king being taught to the people by the king (Just like in the millennium, the people go up to Jerusalem and they get taught by Jesus).

In Ecclesiastes, the book is about the kingdom on its way down (At the end of the millennial kingdom, Satan is loosed out of the bottomless pit and goes out and deceives the nations and gets them to go to war again Jesus).

These 7 books are laid out in a pre-millennial, pre-trib order.

Pre-Trib Rapture Scriptures In The Book Of Romans

Romans 1:7 – “To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

God gives us peace now, but in the TOJT, God takes peace from the earth (Revelation 6:4). If a Christian went into the TOJT, it would make God a liar.

Romans 1:16-19 – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.”

Romans 1:18 is a tie-in to 2 Thessalonians 2:12

Romans 8:14-15 – “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

God has not given us the spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7), but if you believe you are going to be facing God’s wrath for 7 years as described in it’s gory details in the book of Revelation, you will get a spirit of fear, and if you have a spirit of fear it’s not coming from God.

Romans 8:16-25 – “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.”

Romans 8:23 lines up with Ephesians 1:10-14. We are not waiting for the Antichrist, as post-trib heretics claim, we are waiting for “it” (the rapture).

Romans 8:35-39 – “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

This is not the case in the TOJT, somebody could be separated from the love of God if they take the mark (Revelation 14:9-11).

Romans 9:27-29 – “Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. 

Verse 27 and 28 line up with Matthew 24:21-22, it’s talking about the JEWS, NOT the Christian Church. Romans 9:29 lines up with Revelation 11:8. Paul is giving a “shout out” to the events of the time of Jacob’s trouble. The time of Jacob’s trouble is clearly for the JEWS, not the Christians, Christians get taken out before it begins.

Romans 11:1-15 – “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?”

There is going to come a time when God is provoking the Jews to jealousy and their fullness is going to come in. If Christians go into the TOJT, there would be no fullness of the Jews that come in, which would contradict what Paul wrote. The body of Christ leaves before God starts to deal with Israel in the TOJT.

 Romans 13:1-7 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.  3  For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Romans 13:2 is a direct contradiction of Revelation 14:9-11, because people will have to disobey the government and refuse to take the mark. Also, according to post-trib logic, Christians would have to honor the antichrist or else they would be disobeying verse 7.

Romans 13:11 – “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”

This can’t be true for someone in the time of Jacob’s trouble because if they take the mark they are damned to hell (Revelation 14:9-11), they have no guarantee of salvation. If Christians went into the TOJT it would make God a liar.

Romans 14:7-9 – “For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Verse 8 can’t be true in the TOJT, because if someone takes the mark they are damned to hell. Verse 9 lines up perfectly with John 11:21-26 (Jesus Christ reveals the resurrection of the dead in John 11:21-26).

Romans 15:13 – “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”

It’s a great hope knowing that you will be called up and meet Jesus, but there would be no hope in knowing that you will be going into the TOJT and face God’s wrath for 7 years. Post-trib rapture heresy steals the hope God gives you.

Pre-Trib Rapture In Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 8:1-3 – “At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.”

Jeremiah 8:3 lines up with Revelation 9:6. In Revelation 9:6, we read about men seeking death and not finding it.

Jeremiah 8:4 – “Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?”

This lines up with Matthew 24:48-51. Matthew 24:48-51 describes a Jew who doubts that Jesus is going to return, this lines up with Jeremiah 8:4.

Jeremiah 8:5-7 – “Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.”

There are 4 different birds, and they are all contrasted with “my people.” The first bird mentioned is the stork and it has a female pronoun (“her” appointed times). The stork is also mentioned in Leviticus 11:13-19 (in verse 29), the second reference to storks is in Deuteronomy 14:11-18 (In verse 18), the Jews are told not to eat the stork two different times in the Old Testament. Today, under the New Testament, there is no unclean meat (1 Timothy 4:1-5).

In Acts 11:1-18, Peter has a vision of old testament Jews looking a gentiles who were unclean. Under the old testament, a stork would have been an unclean animal to a Jew (Deuteronomy 14:11-18, Leviticus 11:13-19).

In Jeremiah 8:7, there is an unclean animal likened unto a female (“her” appointed time), like the body of Christ is called the “bride of Christ.” The unclean animal knows her appointed times. The stork (the body of Christ) knows her appointed time (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11).

In Song of Solomon 2:10-13, we see a picture of a gentile bride with a Jewish king (the bride is black), it’s a picture of Jesus Christ and his gentile bride.

Jeremiah 8:8-11 – “How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.”

Jeremiah 8:11 lines up with 1 Thessalonians 5:3.

Jeremiah 8:12-16 – “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. 13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.”

Jeremiah 8:16 lines up with Revelation 9:16-18.

Jeremiah 8:17-20 – “For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”

There is somebody that leaves before these events, the “harvest” is past and the Jews realize it. Somebody has gone up before the events described here happen.

In 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, there are three parts of the first resurrection:

Firstfruits
Harvest
Cleaning

The first fruits were when Jesus Christ went up at the first resurrection (Matthew 27:5-53). The second part is the harvest, the church age. The third part is at the end of the millennial kingdom.

Jeremiah 8:21-22 – “For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”

The Jews are astonished at the events going on in the time of Jacob’s trouble.

There is very clearly a pre-trib rapture (the “harvest”) in Jeremiah 8.

Pre-Trib Rapture In Revelation 12:1-5

Revelation 12:1-2 – “And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.”

The woman in these two verses is Israel.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 – “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”

The “they” in 1 Thessalonians 5:3 is Israel, Israel is likened to a woman with child, the woman in Revelation 1:1-2 is Israel.

Revelation 12:3-4 – “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”

The child that Satan tries to devour is Jesus Christ, in Matthew 2:13 Joseph is warned by an angel that Herod wanted to kill Jesus. In Matthew 2:16-18, Herod killed all the children that were in Bethlehem in an attempt to kill Jesus.

Revelation 12:5 – “And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.”

When Jesus ascended up to heaven, it didn’t say he was “caught up” it said he was “taken up” (Acts 1:9). When this verse says “her child was caught up” it’s referring to the body of Christ. Jerusalem is the mother of us all (Galatians 4:26), we are members of the body of Christ in a literal sense, we are members of Christ’s body, flesh, and bones (Ephesians 5:30). 1 Thessalonians 4:17 says that the body of Christ is “caught up” at the rapture. Revelation 12:5 is referring to the body of Christ, the child of the woman, being “caught up” unto God (aka the rapture).

Revelation 15:1-5 is yet another portion of scripture proving a pre-time of Jacob’s trouble catching away of the bride of Christ, and refutes the post-trib heresy.

The False god Of Post-Trib Heretics

If you are saved, God has delivered you from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 - "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."

This is not the case with the god that post-trib heretics worship, post-tribbers believe the body of Christ will be facing 7 years of God's wrath, by post-trib logic, Paul was lying in 1 Thess. 1:10 when he said that Christians are delivered from the wrath to come. Post-tribbers worship a false god, not the God described in the Bible.

1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 - "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."

If you are saved, God has not appointed you to wrath, but the god of post-trib heretics apparently has appointed them to wrath because they are going to be facing 7 years of God's wrath. Post-tribbers are serving a false god. The God of the bible has not appointed saved Christians to wrath, but the god of post-trib heretics does appoint Christians to his wrath.

Post-Trib Heretics Are Spiritual Harlots & Prostitutes

A harlot wants to know exactly when her husband returns, usually, this is because she is committing fornication when her husband is not home.

Proverbs 7:10-20 - "And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed."

What does this have to do with the post-trib rapture? Post-tribbers think Christians will be going into the time of Jacob's trouble, which would mean that Jesus would not come back until 7 years after the antichrist shows up. Since post-tribbers can know when Jesus Christ is going to return then there would be no harm in watching a Hollywood movie, drinking a bottle of alcohol, cussing once in a while, taking a peek at a pornographic website, heading down to the casino to do some gambling etc. etc. after all, Jesus isn't coming back for years.

As a Bible-believing Christian, I don't know when Jesus Christ will return, and unlike the post-trib heretics, I'm not waiting for the antichrist to show up, I'm waiting for Jesus Christ to show up, so I try my best (with the help of the Holy Spirit of God) to live right.

1 Corinthians 1:6-8 - "Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Philippians 3:20-21 - "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself."

Titus 2:13-14 - "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 - "For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come."

Romans 8:23-25 - "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

2 Timothy 4:7-8 - "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

The post-trib heresy is spiritual harlotry and prostitution.

The Post-Trib Rapture Heresy Is Spiritual Theft

The post-trib rapture heresy is spiritual theft.

The post-trib rapture heresy steals the joy and peace the saved Christian should have. Every pauline epistle begins with peace from God.

Romans 1:7 - "To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Corinthians 1:3 - "Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."

2 Corinthians 1:2 - "Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ."

Etc. Etc. Etc.

However, in the time of Jacob's trouble, God is who takes peace from the earth.

Revelation 6:4 - "And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."

God promises us peace, but if we go into the time of Jacob's trouble, God takes our peace, so is God a liar?

The post-trib rapture heresy also takes away peace from Christians by giving them a spirit of fear. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but if you have the idea that you will go into the TOJT and face God's wrath for 7 years you will get a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1:7 - "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Don't tell me that you won't have a spirit of fear if you think you are going into the TOJT, especially after reading the gory details about what will be going on during the TOJT in the book of Revelations.

The post-trib rapture heresy is spiritual theft.

Post-Tribbers Make Jesus A Liar In Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, and Matthew 25:13

 

Jesus Christ says that nobody knows the day or hour of his appearing, but if Christians go into the time of Jacob's trouble, we would be able to make an accurate prediction of when Jesus will return because Jesus returns 7 years after the time of Jacob's trouble starts.

Matthew 24:36 - "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

Matthew 25:13 - "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."

Mark 13:32 - "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father."

Post-tribbers will be able to accurately know when Jesus returns if Christians go into the time of Jacob's trouble, they will know that starting from day 1 of the TOJT, they will just have to wait another 7 years until they see Jesus, but that would contradict what Jesus said.

Post-trib heretics make God a liar on numerous occasions.

Matthew 24 Twisted By Post-Trib Heretics

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.

3 Common Lies From Post-Trib Heretics

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.

3 Post-Trib Rapture Contradictions

(This is copied from a pdf on kingjamesvideoministries.com on 12 post-trib problems).

Here are 3 major contradictions in the post-trib rapture heresy.

1. Peace from God?

Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord gives all Christians PEACE. Every single one of the Pauline epistles begins with this promise of PEACE for a saved Christian. (See also 1 Corinthians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 1:2, Galatians 1:3, Ephesians 1:2, Philippians 1:2, Colossians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2, Titus 1:4, and Philemon 1:3.)

This promise of “peace from God” STOPS when you get to the book of HEBREWS! Why?

Revelation 6:3 ¶ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

Revelation 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

Please notice that the “he” in verse 3 is a reference to the Lamb, who is JESUS CHRIST! (Read

Revelation 5 for proof.)

Problem: Paul writes to Christians and promises us PEACE from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus

Christ. Yet Revelation 6:4 shows that Jesus (i.e., the Lamb) opens a seal which takes PEACE from the earth. So, which one is it? Did Paul lie, or are the Christians gone before Revelation 6 takes place?

2. The mark of the beast vs eternal security

Revelation 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the

beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

Revelation 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

There are NO exceptions to this judgment. “Any man” and “whosoever” worships the beast and takes his mark, will face God's WRATH. But, what about a Christian?

Ephesians 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

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,

Ephesians1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

God SEALS a Christian and PROMISES them eternal life. He saves US; we cannot save ourselves!

Problem: Revelation 14:9-11 says that anyone who worships the beast, and takes the mark, will face God's wrath. But Ephesians 1:13 and 4:30 both say that a Christian is SEALED and promised eternal life. So which one is it?

3. The temple in Jerusalem

2 Thessalonians 2:3 ¶ 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;

2 Thessalonians 2:4 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.

2 Thessalonians 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Matthew 24:15 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:)

Matthew 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

The Bible is crystal clear that there will be a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, where the Antichrist will one day sit on a throne and claim to be God. But how does this work for Christians today, when the Bible teaches that our BODIES are the temple of God?

1 Corinthians 3:16 ¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Problem: If a Christian's BODY is the temple of God, how can the Antichrist sit on a throne inside of Christians?

6 Proofs For A Pre-Trib Rapture

Proof #1:

Romans 8:35-39 proves that NOTHING can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:1 says there is NO condemnation for those who are in Jesus Christ. This is not the case in the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. According to Revelation 14:9-11, if ANY MAN takes the mark of the beast they will end up in the lake of fire and get God’s wrath. The rapture MUST happen before the Time of Jacob’s Trouble because a Christian could be separated from the love of God if they take the mark and therefore make God a liar in Romans 8.

Proof #2:

2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 says that somebody needs to be taken out of the way (the body of Christ) BEFORE the Antichrist shows up. In Revelation 5:8-9, we see Gentiles who were redeemed by Christ’s blood IN heaven BEFORE the Antichrist shows up in Revelation 6:2.

Proof #3:

1 Corinthians 6:11 says that CHRIST washes us in his blood. In Revelation 7:14, we see the saints in the Time of Jacob’s Trouble are themselves doing washing their own robes in the blood. If a Christian goes into the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, they will be required to wash their own robes in the blood contradicting what Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost in 1 Corinthians 6:11.

Proof #4

In Acts 9:1-5, Jesus proves that when Christians are part of the body of Christ almost in a literal sense. In Verse 1 to 3, Paul was on his way to Christians. In verse 4 Jesus asks Paul why is he is persecuting him (Jesus), Paul never persecuted Jesus Christ, but he was persecuting saved Christians (the body of Christ) and it was affecting Jesus in heaven. If Christians went into the time of Jacob’s trouble, considering that Jesus is the one opening the seals (Revelation 5:9-11) it would mean Jesus would be pouring out wrath on himself, because the body of Christ is still on earth.

Proof #5

In Genesis 18:22-25 & Genesis 19:18-22, God makes it clear that he CANNOT destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because a righteous man (Lot) was still there. God is just and cannot punish the righteous along with the wicked. If Christians went into the time of Jacob’s trouble, God would contradict his just nature by pouring out wrath on saved Christians along with the wicked lost world, thus making God unjust and contradicting what he made clear in Genesis 18:22-25 and Genesis 19:18-22.

Proof #6

Jesus called the Holy Spirit the comforter in John 14:16, John 14:26, John 15:16, and John 16:7. It’s not a comfort knowing that you are going to face the wrath of God for 7 years during the time of Jacob’s trouble. The Holy Spirit can’t comfort you by reminding you that you are going to go into the time of Jacob’s trouble and face God’s wrath.

Post-Tribber Heretics Make God A Liar In Genesis 18:22-25 & Genesis 19:18-22

The god of post-tribber "Christians" is a false god because he punishes righteous saints with the wicked lost world. The God of the Bible doesn't punish the righteous along with the wicked.

Genesis 18:22-25 - And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Abraham makes it clear that a good and righteous God will NOT punish the righteous with the wicked. That is why God asks Abraham to find righteous people in the city (If there were at least 10 righteous people in the city God would not pour out wrath on Sodom and Gomorrah). Lot and his family are the only righteous people in the city. Even though Lot was the only righteous man in the city God still didn't judge the city until he was gone. Scripture clearly lays this out.

Genesis 19:18-22 - "And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar."

God was not able to do anything to the city as long as Lot was in the city, God would not judge the city until the only righteous person was gone. A just and righteous God does not and will not judge the righteous along with the wicked.

Post-tribbers reject this and propagate the Catholic lie that Christians will go into the time of Jacob's and face God's wrath, thus believing that God will punish the righteous with the wicked.

Post-tribbers make God a liar and they make God an unjust judge. God is just and righteous and he will not punish righteous saints with the wicked lost world. God is the judge of all the earth and he will always do right. The post-trib heresy is blasphemy.