Right! Exactly. And that brings us to Matt 24:29 The key being "if" they can see it. Just before Christ's Second Advent the moon will not give off it's light hence "No man knows the day or the hour". We know this is referring to the 2nd Coming because it is in Matthew 24 which was written for the Jews during the Trib and cannot be referring to the Rapture. But I digress. The Lunar Calendar is so much easier to follow. And they don't have to memorize "Thirty days has September, April, Jun and Nov............" :mdrmdr: Welcome Jim, I kind of understand where you are coming from in that I have been a believer in the pre-tribulation rapture for many years, but I think many are getting shaken in that we have also seen a lot of stuff that we never thought the church would be around to see and because of that many are kind of giving up on the pre-trib view or at least questioning it. We should always hope for the best - the Blessed Hope! The Rapture! But also prepare for the worst - we have no guarantee that we won’t see food shortages or persecutions or other trials in this life and might even have a few more years to wait it out in this fallen world, although we hope not - but I think most here on this forum also acknowledge all of this. And in fact, there is no guarantee that I will be raptured in my life - many saints have gone on before me and I could die before the rapture too! So we all must live our lives ready and prepared for whatever life throws at us, but also ready to meet our God at any moment. Anyone who no longer hopes for the pre tribulation rapture or is teaching something other than that has one big problem though- there is no Antichrist on the scene yet so until that rat fink shows up and is clearly identified as such (and not in the manner of speculation) I will always hold to my pre-trib belief as the correct one, because the Bible clearly tells us to comfort one another with these words. It is easy to slip away from pre-trib these days because things are getting to be about as bad as we have ever seen them, but I want to encourage you to fellowship on this forum and be encouraged by the people that post here and understand that while no other views but pre-trib are entertained here, that’s kind of what we need sometimes to stay encouraged! So please take encouragement from everyone here on the forum -keep on hoping for pre-trib and everything will “pan” out as one day our Blessed Hope becomes the Blessed Present Reality! Hopefully one day sooner rather than later! Blessings to you brother!
