I don’t hold onto a pretrib view. But, I would say an argument could be made about Gods wrath. The examples you gave, or add in Achan and his whole household suffered.
But also look at Noah was righteous and spared the wrath of the flood, out of Sodom and Gomorrah-Lot was spared the wrath, the book of Exodus is the Israelites repeatedly being spared from the plagues, in Numbers: Korah and his followers were destroyed but we learn later during the census his sons were spared. Then looking at Revelations and those plagues are said to only affect those without the seal of God and will affect everyone else.
I see your statements on times in scripture where the faithful also suffered, but there are also many scriptures where the faithful are spared! Just as our whole faith is the basis that we are spared thanks to Jesus.
Pre-tribulation rapture teachers claim the “70 Weeks of Daniel” are suspended after the 69th week (of years). They say the count-down that began with the edict to rebuild Jerusalem, stops for an unspecified time, until the “70th week” — the tribulation — starts. They say that’s where we live, in the gap, and we’ll get to escape before the 70th week, avoiding any trouble. Of course, it makes no sense to arbitrarily insert a gap in a time line just to make it fit our preconceived conclusions.
I don’t hold onto a pretrib view. But, I would say an argument could be made about Gods wrath. The examples you gave, or add in Achan and his whole household suffered.
But also look at Noah was righteous and spared the wrath of the flood, out of Sodom and Gomorrah-Lot was spared the wrath, the book of Exodus is the Israelites repeatedly being spared from the plagues, in Numbers: Korah and his followers were destroyed but we learn later during the census his sons were spared. Then looking at Revelations and those plagues are said to only affect those without the seal of God and will affect everyone else.
I see your statements on times in scripture where the faithful also suffered, but there are also many scriptures where the faithful are spared! Just as our whole faith is the basis that we are spared thanks to Jesus.
Just something to consider, thanks!
Many will be surprised when they realize they are in the 70th week of Daniel. When the man conquers 3 countries and makes a covenant with Israel.
Pre-tribulation rapture teachers claim the “70 Weeks of Daniel” are suspended after the 69th week (of years). They say the count-down that began with the edict to rebuild Jerusalem, stops for an unspecified time, until the “70th week” — the tribulation — starts. They say that’s where we live, in the gap, and we’ll get to escape before the 70th week, avoiding any trouble. Of course, it makes no sense to arbitrarily insert a gap in a time line just to make it fit our preconceived conclusions.
See: https://johncarpenter.substack.com/p/trouble-on-the-way-to-the-manger