[editor-surveyor]

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The “pre-trib rapture” is absolute foolishness.

Paul wrote the second letter to the Thessalonians to assure them that a “rapture” had not happened, because it could not happen until the man of sin is revealed, and Satan’s tribulation of the saints is ended by Yeshua’s return to gather his elect to the wedding feast.

Yet the pre-tribbers even struggle to find it in the very letter that totally denies it.
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[huldah1776]

Actually the letter to the Thessalonians was a response to the resurrection of the dead. The resurrection of the dead is key because they arise before the 'rapture' and it does not occur until the beast declares himself god in Jerusalem.

In Revelation 20:4-6 the FIRST RESURRECTION is revealed. There are only two.

4 "Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years."

Note in verse 5 is the second resurrection at the end of the universe before the new heaven and new earth are created at the end of the rule of the Messiah.