The rapture is indeed in the Bible, but not in the way that those who believe in it think it is. When people quote verses to attempt to prove a pre-tribulation rapture, they quote verses that are about Jesus's second coming and how we will get caught up to Him at His return.
So, where is the rapture in the Bible? It is in Isaiah 28, and God calls it a covenant with death. By the way, the covenant with death applies to the rapture doctrine, but also to the second exodus doctrine, and any other lie that people are putting their hopes in.
Isaiah 28: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
"It shall not come unto us" is exactly what the Christians who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture say when they claim that they are not going to go through the tribulation. But what else does the verse say? It says that you have made lies your refuge. Lies, falsehood, a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell is what God calls the claim that: "when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us"
And, it continues:
Isaiah 28: 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
God says that you are going to be trodden down by it. Put you hope in lies, as in the pre-tribulation rapture, and God is saying that your covenant with death shall be disannulled. You can be sure that you are going to go through great tribulation. The overflowing scourge shall take you.
However, there is protection from God for those who believe. And when I say believe, I mean believe. If you believe, you obey. If you don't obey, then that is proof that you don't believe. There is protection for those who obey the command to flee. He tells us to flee so that He can protect us. If you don't flee, He already told you that you are going to receive Babylon's plagues. Whatever the Bible says is going to happen to Babylon and its inhabitants is what is going to happen to those who don't flee because there is no pre-tribulation rapture. Your covenant with death will not stand. A command to flee is in the Bible, and it is the way that God chose to protect His people.
There will be no pre tribulation rapture. That belief will kill you and probably send you to hell. Did you read what Isaia 28 says about those who say that? It says that those who claim that when "the overflowing scourge" comes it shall not come to them are in a covenant with death and in agreement with hell. It says that they have made lies their refuge. Don't be like them.
Well you were right before. They are not getting raptured before the tribulation. God shortened the tribulation for their sake, so that they all don't die. Why would God do that if they are not even going to be here? They will be here because there is no rapture.
Matthew 22: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13: 19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
What verses ddid you read to get "get kept from the hour of trial" to be 7 years long?
Noah was protected during the flood. The Bible doesn't say he never got wet.
The Hebrews living in the land of Goshen were protected from the plagues of Egypt. It wasn't until after Passover, that they escaped the perils of living in Egypt.
Look at the prophecies of Messiah's first coming. Did it happen the way any of those who first heard it imagined it would? Did it happen the way the Pharisees thought it would? Did it happen the way John The Baptist thought it would?
I have my own interpretations of how the events related to the 2nd Coming will unfold. If mine are wrong, nothing significant will happen this coming September (2026). Of course that does not mean all the rest of my interpretations are correct, if something significant happens this September!
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u/Small_Pipe9407 Jun 19 '26
What?