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THE UNBELIEF OF THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE

Hebrews 11 (NKJV)

By Faith We Understand

11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ² For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

³ By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Faith at the Dawn of History

⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.

⁵ By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

⁷ By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Faithful Abraham

⁸ By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; ¹⁰ for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

¹¹ By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

The Heavenly Hope

¹³ These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. ¹⁵ And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

The Faith of the Patriarchs

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ¹⁸ of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” ¹⁹ concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

²² By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

The Faith of Moses

²³ By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.

²⁴ By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, ²⁶ esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

By Faith They Overcame

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

³² And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: ³³ who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. ³⁵ Women received their dead raised to life again.

Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. ³⁶ Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented—³⁸ of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

³⁹ And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, ⁴⁰ God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

What people are not truly understanding is that the mark of the beast is the same as the “forbidden fruit” from the Garden of Eden. If you take the mark you shall surely die and be forever separate from the Lord Jesus. The mark of the beast will become your life as the Antichrist because you will be disconnected from the TREE OF LIFE, CHRIST JESUS. Hence you are of your father the devil.

John 14:6 (NKJV)

⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

You will NOT get to the Father by partaking in the forbidden fruit or the mark of the beast but the mark of the beast will allow you physical life while it renders spiritual death. So here is the point of the “unbelief of the pre-tribulation rapture”. You believe the lie of the pre-tribulation rapture because you do not have total faith and belief in the TREE OF LIFE. The pre-tribulation is presented as the essence of life by the false doctrine of demons just as the “apple” was presented by the Serpent in the Garden.

Is your saving faith in the truth of God’s Word and your life sustained by the TREE OF LIFE or will you deny faith believing the apple had no impact or consequences. You might as well say that and Adam and Eve never fell from the TREE OF LIFE. The pre-tribulation rapture is evil presented as good!

Isaiah 5:20–21 (NKJV)

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;

Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,

And prudent in their own sight!

So what the Serpent presented in the garden to Eve will be presented once again as the Mark of the Beast! It will look and be presented as life which in reality represents death! The pre-tribulation rapture is the denial of true and TOTAL saving faith not being totally rooted and grounded in faith and partaken in the TREE OF LIFE, CHRIST JESUS. Let’s put it this way. In your home if something was found to be toxic or deadly to the life of your household you would REMOVE the toxin to safeguard the lives of your loved ones.

Now with this in mind when the Lord opens or closes a door no man can change that door to life in Christ or the will of Christ Jesus. One thing I have noticed why there is so little true growth of faith is because faith is always being tested to be truly strengthened. The process of which too many deny because it is not pleasing, sensual, palatable, or render worldly provisions. The Lord doesn’t present things as the Serpent presents things that is why it is not pleasing to the fallen nature of humanity.

Mark 8:36–9:1 (NKJV)

³⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? ³⁷ Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

The Transfiguration

Matt. 16:28–17:3; Luke 9:27–36

9 And He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God present with power.”

So it is truly unbelief that preaches the pre-tribulation rapture and not saving faith and belief in Christ Jesus. Once again as I have written this in previous postings. What we will experience is similar to the three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace. They had saving faith and full devotion and belief in Christ Jesus! What did the fiery furnace represent? Why was it turned up seven times hotter? It is because when a house is swept clean the demonic spirit roams around for a home and returns to the previous owner that spirit brings seven more spirits making this person seven times worse. With the fiery furnace turned up seven times it is the number of completion/perfection which is symbolic of an eternal state in hell!

Matthew 12:43–45 (NKJV)

⁴³ “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴ Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

2 Peter 2:20–22 (NKJV)

²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. ²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

Upon salvation we receive a “measure of faith” and a measure is not fullness of faith! The pre-tribulation rapture is not fullness of faith! Think of the twelve scouts that Moses sent out and the answers he received. Only two of the twelve had true faith that the Lord promised them this land and that they would overcome the giants of the land! This is the same end of the age faith that is required. A pre-tribulation rapture is refusal to stand for Christ Jesus in Spirit and Truth through thick and thin, trials and tribulations. How can this be a “true” witness of Christ Jesus with unbelief! If you have any unbelief you have LITTLE TO NO SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY against darkness and evil. This is the widespread condition of the church today! Unbelief masquerading as belief just and an outward appearance of godliness but denying the power of God.

Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)

¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Matthew 17:19–21 (NKJV)

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

²⁰ So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. ²¹ However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Prayer and fasting is what crucifies unbelief! What did Saul from Tarsus do immediately after his encounter with Jesus? He fasted and prayed for three days! He was a person who did not believe in Christ Jesus before his encounter.

In one of my previous post I posed these thoughts to people to think about the MAGNITUDE of what faith is. When the Lord Jesus told Adam not to partake of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which the forbidden fruit represented. Ask yourself, I mean seriously stand in the garden in personal representation as Adam. Now ask yourself, what is death where death has never been before? Similarly, what is a flood where there is no rain or water? You see that is why FAITH is required and essential for a life in Christ Jesus and why the pre-tribulation rapture is of the devil! A similar analysis would be telling your young child not to touch the stove top because it is hot and when you turn your back they touch the stove top and get burned. Did they have faith in what you spoke to them? Are not these actions of the fallen nature as that is where unbelief is rooted when Eve partook of the forbidden fruit! Real belief is in the one whom you follow not merely speak about! Adam chose EVE not the fruit as Adam did not partake prior to the creation of Eve. Could this be similar to a modern day metaphor, a happy wife is a happy life sacrificing your personal beliefs and morals for your wife to sustain a sense of peace. I am just putting that out there. Adam was attacked by the lust of the flesh. We each need to learn for ourselves by Spirit and Truth what the Written and Living Word of God speaks to us as individuals not as a “corporate assembled body” of people. What is the Lord telling and speaking to you not what someone else is saying too you. This would include from the pulpit! My blog post address this: https://abidingbread.com/2026/01/03/the-spiritual-damnation-of-religious-gossip/

With the pre-tribulation rapture you do not need to have the “fullness of faith, trust” or even divine Agape love of Christ Jesus. This is why Peter was restored in love by Jesus after denying Jesus three times. Your love for Christ Jesus should be above and greater than the love for anyone else. This is why Jesus told us about the two great commandments and the first was to love the Lord with all of your heart, soul and mind.

Matthew 22:37–40 (NKJV)

³⁷ Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

The pre-tribulation rapture is a lie from the pit of hell! So let’s look at it another way or perspective. When Christ was on the Cross of Calvary did they not shout if you are the King of the Jews remove yourself from this cross! The pre-tribulation is the same thing! I hope you are seeing how if you believe in the pre-tribulation rapture and your preacher is preaching this you are listening to the devil masquerading as an angel of light! Wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are not spiritually building you up they are leading you to destruction! So if Jesus removed Himself from the cross then they woul have believed? Had not Jesus already performed many miracles and they still did not believe in Jesus! If you truly need to witness a pre-tribulation rapture as your sign or belief to know the separation of the redeemed from the unsaved then you admit you have no spiritual discernment now! You don’t need a sign and wonder to know good from evil or holiness from darkness you need personal revelation from the Holy Spirit by walking in the Spirit not carnal knowledge!

Matthew 13:30 (NKJV)

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

Notice what happens first! The tares are dealt with not the saints! Noah and his family were not taken up but the “tares” were removed by the flood!

When you embrace the pre-tribulation which is rooted in unbelief you deny the miraculous power of Jesus to bear witness to the world! Noah’ Arc was not just mere wood it was the covenant of Christ Jesus!

Matthew 13:57–58 (NKJV)

⁵⁷ So they were offended at Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” ⁵⁸ Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

This is why people are so focused on signs and wonders! When it was spoke to Jesus on the Cross about removing Himself they had already denied Jesus but yet still wanted a sign and wonder! Christ Jesus is our SIGN AND WONDER! Jesus had already performed numerous signs and wonders!

Matthew 12:39–41 (NKJV)

³⁹ But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

The Serpent is using the pre-tribulation rapture as a sign and wonder and if you need a sign and wonder to repent you do not have complete unwavering faith in Christ Jesus! This is exactly what was spoken to Jesus on the Cross of Calvary “IF” you are the King of the Jews remove yourself from that cross! “IF” requires the “sign and wonder” as it is unbelief masquerading as belief! Many have the illusion of faith believing they have faith just as many believe they are born again and are NOT! This is also why the devil performs signs and wonders to deceive people into following him.

Matthew 7:22–23 (NKJV)

²² Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

John 5:39–47 (NKJV)

Witness of the Scriptures

³⁹ You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰ But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹ “I do not receive honor from men. ⁴² But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Do you believe in ALL OF THE WORD OF GOD?

The Lord just reminded me of this scripture to add. You see so much of the scripture is taken out of context for substantiating lies and deceit just as the Serpent did in the garden. The book of Thessalonians is not speaking of a pre-tribulation rapture it is about the second coming of Christ Jesus. When you add to the Word of God about a pre-tribulation rapture you are adding the plagues and pestilence upon yourself! The devil has tricked you into actually submitting to the plagues he himself initiates! This is like partaking in the forbidden fruit from the garden.

Revelation 22:18–19 (NKJV)

A Warning

¹⁸ For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; ¹⁹ and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

I was not intending to originally make this statement but it needs to be spoken as the Lord brought this to me at this time to share. There is a “false mimicking spirit” which masquerades as the Holy Spirit which is “sensual” not HOLY! It is prevalent in all of the church body of the undiscerning and sits withing the pews and leadership. It will arouse the “flesh” masquerading as “spiritual” and you see it in much of the foolishness of today’s worship! They are not bringing the Spirit of Holiness they are bringing a “sensual demonic” spirit that masquerades as the Holy Spirit. Crucified flesh or a person that walks in the Spirit of God will know what I am talking about! It makes me want to puke just as Jesus said He would vomit us out of His mouth!

Well while I love to share what the Lord puts on my heart I will close for now before I go off on another topic. I hope you see now that the pre-tribulation is actually unbelief and the mark of the beast is the devils tree of life. I pray the Lord reveal to you in His Spirit of Truth what you have just read.