Responding to: “25. The exhortation to be comforted by the coming of the Lord (1 Thess. 4:18) is significant only in the pretribulational view, and is especially contradicted by posttribulationism.”
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Responding to: “24. The pretribulational interpretation is the only view which teaches that the coming of Christ is actually imminent.”
Responding to: “23. The pretribulational view as opposed to posttribulationism does not confuse general terms like elect and saints which apply to the saved of all ages with specific terms like church and those in Christ which refer to believers of this age only.”
Responding to: “22. The godly remnant of the tribulation are pictured as Israelites, not members of the church as maintained by posttribulationists.”
Responding to: “21. As opposed to a view of partial rapture, pretribulationism is founded on the definite teaching of Scripture that the death of Christ frees us from all condemnation.”
Responding to: “20. The Scripture clearly teaches that all, not part, of the church will be raptured at the coming of Christ for the church (1 Cor. 15:51-52).”
Responding to: “19. Pretribulationism does not divide the body of Christ at the rapture on a works principle. The teaching of a partial rapture is based on the false doctrine that the translation of the church is a reward for good works. It is rather a climatic aspect of salvation by grace.”
Responding to: “18. At the time of the translation of the church, all believers go to the Father’s house in heaven (John 14:3), and do not immediately return to the earth after meeting Christ in the air as posttribulationists teach.”
Responding to: “17. It is characteristic of divine dealing to deliver believers before a divine judgment is inflicted upon the world as illustrated in the deliverance of Noah, Lot, Rahab, etc. (2 Pet. 2:6-9).”
Responding to: “16. The church of Philadelphia was promised deliverance from “the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Rev. 3:10).”
