There Is No Pre-Tribulation Rapture, Part 2

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. John 6:44

The Truth is that Jesus will raise the dead in Him on the last day. But what about those who are alive in Him when He returns?

Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

So we are shown that on the last day of this generation in earth’s history, the last day that man is allowed to appear to be in charge, Jesus will raise the dead in Him and He will also raise those who are alive in Him. Both of us will be raised on the last day and at that time we will all be transformed to be like Him, 1 John 3:2. Take very clear notice that we are repeatedly told through scriptures that the dead in Christ cannot be raised until the last day. The dead in Christ cannot be raised until the last trumpet sounds. The last trumpet is the Seventh Trumpet and immediately after it sounds, Jesus’ flesh returns to the earth, Revelation 11:15. Also the Bible clearly tells us that the dead in Christ will be raised first, before those who are alive in Him.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

The Truth is the dead in Christ are raised first and they are raised on the last day, after the last trumpet sounds, not seven years before it. We are also shown in the Word that those of us who are alive in Christ, shall in no way precede or have advantage over those who are dead in Christ.

For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 1 Thessalonians 4:15

More scriptural proof that there is no pre-tribulation rapture of the saints. But do not despair, because the Truth also shows us just how greatly we will be used by our Father to win souls during the end times. There will be persecutions during the last 3 1/2 years and they will be fierce, but as a Church, we will be stronger and more empowered through Christ than any other generation has ever been before.