10 months ago

These scriptures help distinguish the pre trib rapture with the post trib return (the church and Israel).
The end is at hand- 1 Pt.4:7, 2 Pt.3:10, Rev.1:1,3, 1 Thess.5:1-3
The end is not at hand- Mt.24:6, Mk.13:7, Lk.21:9

We are to look up for Christ after the tribulation- Lk.21:28, Mt.24:29-30, Mk.13:26,2 Th.2:2-3
We are looking up for Christ now- Phil.3:20, Tit.2:13, Mk.13:36-7

The Lord is at the door after the tribulation- Mk.13:29, Mt.24:33
The Lord is at the door now- Jam.5:8-9, Phil.4:5

Be desiring the day of the Lord- Rv.22:20, 2 Pt.3:12, 2 Tim.4:8
Don't be desiring that day- Am.5:18, 2 Thes.2:2, Mt.24:19, Jer.17:16

All things continue as from the beginning- 2 Pt.3:4, Mt.24:37-8, Lk.17:26-8, 21:34
Tribulation as never was from the beginning- Mt.24:21, Dan.12:1, Jer.30:7, Mk.13:19, Lk.21:25-6
In this same line of reasoning the Millennial Day of the Lord and the post trib Day of Christ are distinct:
“That day” (millennial day) will include “all these things that shall come to pass”, which means the beginning of sorrows or the things that “must first come to pass”. (Lk.21:9, Mt.24:6-8, Mk.13:7-9) “That day” also includes the rest of “all these things” listed in the sermon. (Mt.24:33-4, Mk.13:30,32-3, Lk.21:36) And 2 Peter 3:7-14 reveals that this day of the Lord which will so come as a thief in the night will include not just the last week of Daniel’s prophecy (that day- Zech 12:3-4,8,9,11,13:1-2,14:3-4,8-9), but that day is as a thousand years including heaven and earth passing away a thousand years later. Likewise, the resurrection of the just and the unjust are separated by 1000 years but are spoken of as occurring "in the last day". (Rev.20:4,5:11-12, Jn.6:39-40, 44, 54, 11:24, 12:48, 5:28-9)