Get Ready For The Second Coming
“When is it that Jesus Christ will return for His Church–before the Tribulation, in the middle, or after?”
There are many Christians who sincerely believe that the second coming of Christ will take place “before” tribulation begins. This is commonly referred to as Pre-Trib, and, if true, would mean that Christians would be safe from the terrible events that are to take place during the last half of the Tribulation.
May I submit for your review the first proof that a pre-tribulation resurrection is, indeed, false:
”Then men will arrest you and hand you over to be punished, and you will be put to death. All mankind will hate you because of me. Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray each other and hate each other.”

Source: Matthew 24:9,10
Good News For Modern Man
American Bible Society
New York, New York
Copyright(c)1966

The fact is, we will be subjected to great atrocities. This is one of the major factors in the Most High sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to Earth to rescue his Church and stop the carnage.
The second proof is found in the Book of Acts. Immediately after the Holy Spirit entered the disciples after, Jesus’ ascension into the cloud, they departed the structure where they were. While in the streets below, all who experienced the inrush of the Comforter, whom Jesus had spoken of, began to speak of all the wonders of the Lord. All who were present, no matter of what nationality, heard them speaking in their own tongue.
Peter’s Message to these onlookers (Acts 2:14-21):
14 Then Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles, and in a loud voice began to speak to the crowd: “Fellow Jews, and all of you who live in Jerusalem, listen to me and pay attention to what I am about to say.
15 “These men are not drunk, as you suppose; it is only nine o’clock in the morning.
16 “Rather, this is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
17 “This is what I will do in the last days, God says: I will pour out my Spirit upon all men; Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your young men will see visions, And your old men will dream dreams.
18 “Yes, even on my slaves, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. And they will prophesy.
19 “I will perform miracles in the sky above, And marvels on the earth below; There will be blood and fire and thick smoke.
20 “The sun will become dark, And the moon red as blood, Before the great and glorious Day of the Lord arrives.
21 “And then, whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Source: Good News for Modern Man
American Bible Society
New York, New York
Copyright(c)1966

The third proof that should further prove this thruth is found in Matthew, Chapter 24. Here, in Jesus Christ’s own words, he explained the chronology of the end times. He did this because his apostles had come to him and asked what the signs of His second coming will be.
Here is what Jesus told them (text in red for special emphasis only):
Jesus left and was going away from the Temple when his disciples came to him to show him the Temple’s buildings.
”Yes,” he said, “you may well look at all these. I tell you this: not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.”
As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.”
Jesus answered: “Watch out, and do not let anyone fool you.
Because many men will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and fool many people.
”You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but, listen, do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but do not mean that the end has come.
”One country will fight another country, one kingdom will attack another kingdom. “There will be famines and earthquakes everywhere.
”All these things are like the first pains of childbirth.
”Then men will arrest you and hand you over to be punished, and you will be put to death. All mankind will hate you because of me.
”Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray each other and hate each other.
”Then many false prophets will appear and fool many people.
”Such will be the spread of evil that many people’s love will grow cold.
”But the person who holds out to the end will be saved.
”And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world, for a witness to all mankind—and then will come the end.
”You will see ‘The Awful Horror,’ of which the prophet Daniel
spoke, standing in the holy place.” (Note to the reader: understand what this means!)
”Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.
”The man who is on the roof of his house must not take the time to go down and get his belongings from the house.
”The man who is in the field must not go back to get his cloak.
How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant, and for mothers who have little babies!”
”Pray to God that you will not have to run away during the winter or on a Sabbath!
”For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it.
”But God has already reduced the number of days; had he not done so, nobody would survive. For ths sake of his chosen people, however, God will reduce the days.
”Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’—do not believe him.
”For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great signs and wonders for the purpose of deceiving God’s chosen people, if possible.
“Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.
”Or, if people should tell you, ‘Look, he is out in the desert!’—don’t go there; or if they say, ‘Look, he is hiding here!—don’t believe it.
”For the Son of Man will come like the lightning which flashes across the sky from the east to the west.
”Wherever there is a dead body the vultures will gather.”
”Soon after the trouble of those days the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their course.
”Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky; then all of tribes of earth will weep, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
”The great trumpet will sound, and he will send out his angels to the four corners of the earth, and they will gather his chosen people from one end of the world to the other.”
”Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender, and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near.
“In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.
”Remember this! All these things will happen before the people now living have all died.
”Heaven and earth will pass away; my words will never pass away.
”No one knows, however, when that day and hour will come—neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; the Father alone knows.
”The coming of the Son of Man will be like what happened in the time of Noah.
”Just as in the days before the Flood, people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the ark;
”yet they did not know what was happening until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.
”At that time two men will be working in the field; one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
Two women will be at the mill grinding meal: one will be taken away, the other will be left behind.
”Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.
”Remember this: if the man of the house knew the time when the thief would come, he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house.
”For this reason, then, you must be always ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.”

SOURCE: Good News For Modern Man
American Bible Society
Copyrightã 1966

We will be saved the agony of the final battle where Heaven’s Great Army does battle with the World’s Army. But, it is this writer’s opinion that the true and rightful point of salvation comes at the end of the road, not up front. There must be a “saved from,” and I can think of nothing more frightful than an eternity in darkness–an eternity unplugged from the Most High.
The point of salvation must come at the point of saving from an eternity in darkness: “The sun will become dark, And the moon red as blood, Before the great and glorious Day of the Lord arrives. And then, whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Acts 2:20,21)
In closing, it is extremely important that those who have believed in a pre-trib departure prepare for what is yet to come. Can you begin to imagine how many Christians will fail the task if suddenly they come to the realization that Jesus did not return for them as they thought? Some are bound to believe that they missed Christ’s Second Coming, which could cause them to give up before the end actually arrives. We must all be prepared for terrible events. We must be ready to sacrifice this body so our true nature, soul bound and supported by spirit, can live for an eternity with Jesus Christ and his Father, our Father in Heaven.
Yours, Albert