To deny a pre-Trib rapture is the same of accusing Jesus of being a wife beater. Now that's screwed up. I take it you're being serious! And that note; GOODBYE! If you never darken this doorstep again, you'll never see this. But let me ask just in case: "What took you so long?" I think it is an interesting topic to discuss, but ultimately there is no way of knowing how many Christians will go. My position is this, even if a church does not preach or teach pre-trib, and even if the individual congregant has never been taught about it or doesn’t believe it - if they are truly born again and spirit filled they will go because it’s all about grace and the removal of the Restrainer- not qualified by whether you actually have been taught or believe the particular doctrine of the rapture or not. For some it will be a great unexpected pleasant surprise I think. Are there born again spirit filled believers in the RCC and other “dead” denominations - probably not in the majority but I would not say there are none either - so it will be very interesting indeed to see who shows up to the party. I am a pre-trib believer...... I believe that there are saved people in the RCC and dead denominations. Not many, but definitely there. My great grandmother came over here on the boat from Italy and was a devout Roman Catholic but she always talked about "my Jesus". She loved Him and it showed. When she was 16 she was in a coma and they were preparing her for burial because they thought she was dead. Apparently late 1800's Italian medicine wasn't what it is today. :mdrmdr: Thankfully someone saw her pinky twitch and they didn't go through with the preparations to bury her. While she was in the coma she says she had an encounter with Jesus. According to her He said "Maria, it is not your time. You have 80 more years". Well, when she was 96 she went to be with Him. Needless to say that encounter had a massive effect on her. So here you have a devout RCC who loved her Jesus. Yes, I absolutely believe there are spirit filled believers even in some of the dead churches.
