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Question #1: If the rapture occurs at the second coming, who will populate the
millennium?
According to the post-tribulation rapture theory, at the second coming all Christians
will receive resurrected bodies and all lost people go to the lake of fire. Who will be
left to repopulate the world during the millennium? Because people in their resurrected
bodies can't reproduce (Matt. 22:30), it will require people in their natural bodies.
(Answer: These are people saved after the rapture.)
Question #2: Why is the rapture missing from Rev. 19:11-23?
Rev. 19:11-23 gives a description of the second coming, yet the rapture is noticeably absent.
The same holds true for Zech. 14:1-7. Some may call this an argument from silence, yet
this silence speaks quite loudly. The biggest event in the history of the Church where
hundreds of millions of people are resurrected--is not mentioned!
(Answer: It's not mentioned because it doesn't happen at that time.)
Question #3: Who is gathered first, the wicked (Matt. 13:30, 49) or the righteous (1
Thess. 4:16-17)?
Both can't be gathered first.
(Answer: These are two events separated in time.)
Question #4 Since Christians will be rewarded (crowns) at the rapture (2 Tim. 4:8, 1
Pet. 5:4, Luke 14:14), how can the 24 elders in heaven already have their crowns (Rev.
4:4-10) if the rapture hasn't taken place?
(Answer: The rapture must have taken place)
Question #5: Why do the sheep and goats need to be separated if they are already
separated by a rapture at the second coming (Matt. 25:31-33)?
(Answer: The rapture doesn't occur at the second coming, so the sheep and the goats
will need to be separated.)
Question #6: At the end of the millennium, where do the non-Christians come from
(Rev. 20:7-10)?
(Answer: These are the people born during the millennium. They are the descendents of
those who have entered the millennium in their natural bodies.)
Question #7: How can Jesus return from the wedding if the wedding hasn't taken place
(Luke 12:36)?
(Answer: The wedding, or marriage of Christ to His Church, has already taken place.)
Question #8: Who is the "one who restrains" that must be taken out of the way
before the antichrist is revealed (2 Thess. 2:7)?
(Answer: The Church is the biggest hindrance to the Antichrist coming to power.)
Question #9: Jesus promised He would prepare a place for Christians in heaven, then
would return to take us there (John 14:2-3). According to the post-tribulation theory,
Jesus returns to earth and stays here with the Church. Why would Jesus prepare a place for
us in heaven and then not take us there?
(Answer: A post-tribulation rapture cannot explain John 14:2-3.)
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