Charles Stewart Ministries

I repented for believing in the pretribulation catching away of the Bride of Christ. God chastized me for believing the words of a man rather than testing ALL things against the Word of God. I simply cannot Scripturally reconcile a pretribulation rapture. You must bring presuppositions about the catching away to Scripture and that is a very dangerous thing. Thank you Lord Jesus for the chastening. I needed it more than I even dreamed of. Thank you for this sermon.

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Thank you!

I understand this is an debate solely among premillenialists. But I’m a postmillenialist. Let me just point out the verse that says that “no man will say to his brother ‘know the Lord’, for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.”

Rev 3:10 the word - keep - doesn't mean raptured or caught up. It means to guard, to take care of, attend to. People always use Rev 3:10 to prove that they will be raptured before the great tribulation. The church at Philadelphia and Smyrna will be the two witnesses, the two lamp stands during the GT. The people of God that are like those two churches in Rev will bare witness of Christ gospel. The other five lamp stand churches are apostates and God will not use them in the GT. We will go through it! Be ready.

God provided me a way out of dire consequences for disobedience.

I found useful things in this message.

This was a very good message. I am glad to hear that this speaker believes that the Church will go through the Tribulation. It is so relevant especially in times like these...

Revelation 3:10...: "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience (Christ's waiting to rule), I (Jesus) will keep thee from the hour of temptation (tribulation), which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." This verse strongly suggests a pre-tribulation offer (rapture) as I understand it. How a believer understands God's Word (the Bible) in this case does not affect the believer's salvation. Our waiting for the blessed hope of the Lord Jesus' return, at any moment, should affect how we live though. That is another reason why I see more merit in a pre-trib rapture position over the other positions, which do not look for the Lord's possible return at any moment.

I was battling with suicidal thoughts and i heard this sermon just at the right time. Thank you.I now understand who they were coming from and have committed my way to The Lord.

Thanks, Pacman76706, for listening! Please read my previous comments for a fuller answer to your question. Let me say at this point that I find no clear evidence that ALL unbelievers will be destroyed at the Return of the King. We only KNOW for sure that it is those unbelievers who resist Jesus' Coming who are for certain destroyed at Armageddon. I suggest that those unbelievers elsewhere who are WILLING to submit to Jesus' rule will be allowed to enter into the Messianic Kingdom. Why would Jesus need to rule in His earthly Kingdom with a rod of iron (Rev. 12:5, 19:15) if only resurrected Believers inhabit the Kingdom? And if only the resurrected Redeemed inhabit the Kingdom, where do all the babies come from (Rev.20:7-9) that comprise the multitude led by Satan in his final rebellion? It appears that some submissive unbelievers are allowed into the Kingdom whose presence (and ultimate rebellion) will demonstrate conclusively the absolute depravity of fallen man even in the near perfect conditions of the Messianic Kingdom with Jesus visibly and gloriously reigning on the Throne of David in Jerusalem AND Who is assisted by glorified Saints in His reign!

Thanks, Giancarlos, for your thoughtful comment. I am a BIG admirer of Dr. John MacArthur and have been for more than forty years. Anything he says MUST be taken seriously, and I ALWAYS do. However, it is his understanding of the identity and nature of both Israel and the church which lead him to embracing a pre-trib rapture. If this understanding is incorrect, so on this point, so will be his deduction of a pre-trib rapture. I hope he is correct, but remain unconvinced that he is on this point. Your quote of Dr. MacArthur, while relevant to the discussion, does NOT refute a post-tribulation rapture. If, as I suspect, the Holy Spirit will move in astonishing ways during the first half of the final seven years, He will position each Believer (willing to obey His voice) to the exact place in the world for him/her to have an optimal evangelistic ministry that will occur during the final half of the seven years. As God protected and provided for Israel during the plagues of Egypt, He will have no difficulty providing for the Faithful during the Great Tribulation. We will NOT hunker down in bunkers!!! We will stand on the rooftops and shout the Gospel...and consider it an honor to lay down our lives for the honor of our King! Come, Lord Jesus!

If the Poat-Trib Rapture theory is correct, who populates the Millennium?

very helpful

Denise, Is is a pleasure and my duty to pray for you. Trials can be frightening some times. But I will pray that God will strengthen you in the inward man and that he will be glorified. I pray that he will flood your spirit with his word of his promises to comfort you. May you draw close to the one who said I will never leave you nor forsake you. May the grace of God sustain your praise.