Delivered From The Wrath 11 / 7 / 15 Why I Believe a Pre-Trib Rapture Larry Feldman Titus 2:11-13 11 For the grace of G-d has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great G-d and Savior, Messiah Yeshua. Leviticus 26:32,33 32 'I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled over it. 33 'You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste. Deuteronomy 28:62-65 62 "Then you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the L-rd your G-d. 63 "It shall come about that as the L-rd delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the L-rd will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it. Deuteronomy 28:62-65 64 "Moreover, the L-rd will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known. 65 "Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the L-rd will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul. 2 Kings 17:20-23 20 L-rd rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. 21 When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the L-rd and made them commit a great sin. 1
2 Kings 17:20-23 22 The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them 23 until the L-rd removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day. Jeremiah 52:12-15 12 Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He burned the house of the L rd, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. Jeremiah 52:12-15 14 So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans. Jeremiah 30:4-7 4 Now these are the words which the L-rd spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: 5 "For thus says the L-rd, 'I have heard a sound of terror, of dread, and there is no peace. 6 'Ask now, and see if a male can give birth. Why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? 7 'Alas! for that day is great, there is none like it; and it is the time of Jacob's distress, 2
Daniel 9:24 24 "Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. Daniel 9:25 25 "So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. C. The INTERLUDE. C. The INTERLUDE. Daniel 9:26 26 "Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary and its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. 3
C. The INTERLUDE. D. The FINAL week. D. The FINAL week. Daniel 9:27 27 "And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate." D. The FINAL week. A. The CONTRAST of believers and non-believers. 4
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 16 For the L-rd Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of G-d, and the dead in Messiah will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the L-rd in the air, and so we shall always be with the L-rd. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 1 Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the L-rd will come just like a thief in the night. 3 While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; 5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day We are not of night nor of darkness. A. The CONTRAST of believers and non-believers. B. The DELIVERANCE from the wrath. A. The CONTRAST of believers and non-believers. B. The DELIVERANCE from the wrath. 1 Thessalonians 5:9a 9 For G-d has not destined us for wrath, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 9 For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to G-d from idols to serve a living and true G-d, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Yeshua, who rescues us from the wrath to come. 5
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 9 For G-d has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our L-rd Yeshua HaMashiach, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. III. The EXPECTATION for all believers. III. The EXPECTATION for all believers. A. The REWARD for all believers. III. The EXPECTATION for all believers. A. The REWARD for all believers. Revelation 3:10 10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. III. The EXPECTATION for all believers. Daniel 7:21,25 A. The REWARD for all believers. B. The SUFFERING during the tribulation. 21 "I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them. 25 'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. 6
Revelation 6:9-11 9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of G-d, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; 10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O L-rd, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" Revelation 6:9-11 11 And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also. Revelation 11:7 7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. Revelation 13:6,7 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against G-d, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. Though the world will suffer the WRATH of G-d s JUDGMENTS during the TRIBULATION, the BODY of believers are called to be DELIVERED from it. Delivered From The Wrath 11 / 7 / 15 Why I Believe a Pre-Trib Rapture Larry Feldman 7