The Church Will Not Go through the Tribulation

De: James Thomas Lee Jr

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In the pages that follow, a high-level study of two general views for interpreting the scriptures will be conducted. Those two views are Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism. But the study of those views will only be done at an introductory level since the intent will be to see whether or not the Church will go through the Tribulation. Of the two, Dispensationalism seems to present the stronger case. That is because it uses a literal approach for understanding the end-time events while Covenant Theology uses a non-literal approach. Another view, called Replacement Theology, will also be considered along with the other two. But since the decision to interpret the relevant passages of scripture literally or non-literally is so important, six examples plus an even stronger rationale will be discussed to show that the end-time scripture passages will probably literally happen. Then five more examples plus an even better reason will be discussed to show that the Church will not literally go through the Tribulation or even any part of it.

But while the Church in the Tribulation is a topic about which many people might be fascinated, the real conclusion presented in this text is that it is much more important to wholly give oneself unto the Lord and to earnestly serve Him. It is great fun and even somewhat profitable to try to figure out some of the more complicated theological issues. However, nothing is more important in this existence than living for the Lord and encouraging others to do the same. It has been said that ninety percent of all Christians in the world today have never led anyone to the Lord. Even worse is that ninety-five percent of those ninety percent have never even tried.

Most of the trivial, temporal things that people consume their entire life away on are not worth the bother. So the admonition is to keep things in their proper place. Studying difficult issues can be fun. But nothing is more important than using one's spiritual gifts to minister to and to serve others. Matthew 20:26-28 says, "…whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."

There is one note, however, to be made with respect to the organization of this text before concluding this Introduction. Something that the reader might find useful is boxes throughout that show the different passages that are being referenced at the times and in the places where they are being referenced. That way, he or she will not have to jump all over the place or get into or out of the scriptures to locate a particular reference. Hopefully that inclusion will help the reader in trying to understand the various events and to also quickly put them into their right context. So it is hoped that that addition will make this text easier to read and that the Lord will receive the praise, honor, and glory that He rightfully deserves.