A Closer Look At The Rapture

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shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two
be in the field: the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be
taken, and the other left."
Now it very plainly says, "As it was in the days of Noah". As
it was. Not different, not the opposite way. But as it was in
the days of Noah. How was it in Noah's day? The flood of
judgment came and took the wicked all away, and the
righteous were left to inherit the earth. Oh yes, they did, for
when the waters receded and Noah and his family stepped
out on the earth again, it all belonged to them. There was no
one to dispute their claim. The fat of the land was theirs.
God had given it all to them. The wicked had been taken
away. And yet, man has devised a theology in which it is just
the opposite. They claim the righteous are taken away into
the sky for a big supper and the wicked are left to rule the
earth. Also, the devil is left free to have his own way in the
lives of all men on the earth.
The Bible, my friend, does not teach any such thing. For as it
was in the days of Noah, the wicked shall be judged and
taken away, and the righteous and the meek shall inherit the
earth, as well as all of heaven's glories. Someone says,
"Don't you believe in a rapture, a catching up of the saints?"
Of course I believe in a catching up of the saints. The Bible
declares it firmly. But I do not believe the purpose of it is to
snatch a Door little half-hearted. down-trodden people
out from under the heel of Satan just before he crushes
them completely out of existence. Nor to keep the last little
handful of discouraged saints from backsliding into the ways
of the world, as we have been taught.
Someone says, "God is too good to let His own dear people
go through the great tribulation, with all its fiery trial." Is
that so? Did you ever think of trying to tell that to the three
Hebrew children? Was God too good to let them be thrown
into the fiery furnace? No, but He was good enough to stay
by their side in the furnace, and to bring them forth with
nothing burned but their bonds. Did you ever think of telling
Daniel that God was too good to let him go into a den of
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