PRE WRATH
RAPTURE HERMENEUTICS
By: FeastsOfTheLord.Net
Key Words Hebrew / Greek to English:
TRIBULATION VS WRATH
Pre – Trib Rapture? OR
Pre – Wrath Rapture?
IS
THE FOLLOWING HERMENEUTICS TRUE or FALSE ? WHY?
Definitions:
Peirasmos, Peirasmos, Peirasai:
Tribulation
/ Trials / Temptations / to Test, to Try, to Tempt.
Thlupsis:
Tribulation / Distress / Affliction / Persecution
Ebrah
/ Orges:
Wrath; translated
from Hebrew word “Ebrah” (Orges in Greek); Strong’s #5678 connotes the “overflowing
fury of God”
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Synonymous:
Adjective
of, or having the nature of, a synonym;
equivalent or similar in meaning
Synonym:
Noun
A word having the same or nearly the
same meaning in one or more senses as another in the same language.
Equivalent:
Adjective
Equal in quantity, value, force, meaning, etc.
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THESAURUS:
“Tribulation”
Synonyms:
Main Entry:
Tribulation Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pain, unhappiness
Synonyms: adversity, affliction,
albatross*, bad luck*, blow*, bummer*, burden, care, cross to bear, crucible*, curse, difficulty, distress, double whammy,
downer*, drag*, grief, hard knock, hard time, headache*, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution,
rainy day, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe,
worry, wretchedness, wronging
Main Entry: Affliction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hurt condition; something that
causes hurt
Synonyms: adversity, anguish,
calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune,
ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation,
trouble, woe
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“Wrath”
Synonyms:
Main Entry: Fury
Part of Speech: noun
Definition:
Anger, Wrath
Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling
point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity,
ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew*,
storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence
Notes: ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of
self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness
Main Entry:
Fury Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Violent or unrestrained
anger.
Synonyms: furor, irateness, ire, rage, wrath, wrathfulness
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Questions:
Do
the words "Peirasmos and Thlupsis both describe / define
various forms
of "Tribulation"? Yes
Are
the words "Peirasmos and Thlupsis" Synonymous ? Yes
Does
the word "Ebrah / Orges" mean "Wrath'? Yes
Are
the two words "Peirasmos and Thlupsis" Synonymous
in
meaning with the word “Ebrah / Orges"” ? No
Answer:
“Tribulation”
and “ Wrath” Are
Not synonymous according to any Thesaurus or Strong’s Dictionary of Biblical Words. See Below.
Question:
Is
Pre-Trib theology correctly applying hermeneutic principles?
Answer: No
If words "Tribulation' and
"Wrath" are synonymous in nature to describe the entire 7-Year "Tribulation Period" as "Wrath",
as Pre-trib claims, then scripture is also in conflict with it’s self stating opposite consequence:
I.e.:
"We are subject to “tribulation” in this world, but "not subject to wrath".
Pre-Trib.
tries to define the word "Tribulation" as synonymous to "Wrath", in efforts to justify the rapture at
the start of the 7-year"Tribulation" Period is inaccurately applied hermeneutical principles. Therefore,
Pre-Trib. theology does not stand on a solid hermeneutical foundation - to justify the entire 7 year “Tribulation Period”
as “Wrath”.
Jesus Himself called it “Tribulation”
in Mth. 24: 5-21
until after the "Great Tribulation".
Scripture
confirms this hermeneutical position in Rev. 6 from the 1st “sign” aka “Seal”, thru
to the 6th seal that follows the
“Great Tribulation”.
After
the "Great Tribulation",
Rev. 6:17 then state: “for the great day of His "wrath" (Ebrah) IS come:
and who shall be able to stand?”
Initiating the “Day Of the
Lord” and His “Wrath”.
In Rev. 8, the breaking of the 7th seal and consequential opening the
scroll releases the 7 trumpets of God’s wrath (Ebrah), of which the seventh trumpet (Rev. 16) contains the 7 bowls of
God’s wrath.
The
"Day of the Lord" throughout scripture is always associated with God's judgment of “wrath”
upon the unrepentant; as in the days of Noah and Jeremiah, after tribulation had failed to cause repentance.
Question: Laying aside any preconceived beliefs, is this not
correctly applied hermeneutic principles? If it violates any hermeneutical principles such as “clear and literal,
in context and scripture interpreting scripture”, what may that be? Particularly Mth. 24:5-31, Rev. 6-7 &16,
Plus Isa. 13:6,9-10 24:21-23 Zec. 14:1-6, II Peter 3:10-12, Amos 8:9.
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Wrath translated from Hebrew word “Ebrah”
(Orges in Greek); Strong’s #5678 connotes the “overflowing fury of God”;
and is only used in conjunction with "Day of the Lord" wrath after the 7 th seal is broken, and the scroll
of God’s wrath is opened.
“Tribulation” described in Matthew 24:5 – 29 is also
concurrently described by John in Revelation chapter 6.
“Wrath” of God / Jesus, in Revelation Chapters 8 –16,
is then poured out in Judgment upon the unrepentant.
Jesus’
Olivet Discourse on the “End of the “Age” and on His ‘Coming’:
Mth.
24:3-4: “And as He (Jesus) sat upon the Mount of Olives,
the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, tell us, when shall these things be, & what will be the
Sign of Your Coming (Parousia),
& the end of the world / age?
Jesus answered and said
to them …”:
Mth.24:5: Jesus warns against deceptions of false Messiahs
/ Beliefs / Gods / Values.
Mth. 24:6 Wars
Mth.
24:7 Famine
Mth. 24:7 Pestilence & Earthquakes
Mth. 24:8
Jesus states that these things are the:
"Beginning of Sorrows" (KJV), or “Birth Pangs” (NIV)
Tribulation (Peirasmos; trials, testings, temptation tribulations)
Concurrently described by John as the first 4 “seals” in Rev. 6:1-8.
Mth.
24:9 Tribulation & Martyrs (Thlupsis; Affliction, Persecution tribulations
of Christians).
Concurrently described by John in Revelation 6:9-11 as
the 5 th seal following the “Abomination or Desolation”.
Mth. 24:13 "He that endures to the
end will be saved".
Mth. 24:15 When you see the Abomination
of desolation
by the Antichrist …
“Now we
beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together
unto him … for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God …. then the lawless one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming
“Parousia”… whose coming is after the working of Satan …” 2 Thes. 2:1,3,8,9
Mth. 24:21 "Then
shall the Great Tribulation begin …"
Mth. 24: 22 “except it (the Great Tribulation) be shortened
no flesh be saved,
but for the elect’s sake,
those days shall be shortened"
Note: The "elect" are Christ's "chosen";
Gentile or Israel believers in the Messiah, Who returns to gather His “elect” before the "Day of the Lord" & His wrath during the 7th
seal.
At this time, the “elect”
are NOT Jews return to Israel, nor the faithful 144,000 of Israel protected by a seal of protection; from the wrath about
to be unleashed Rev. 7:3-4. See also Rev. 9:4 (not hurt those sealed)
Mth. 24:29 Immediately
After the Tribulation (* “Peirasmos” i.e. trials) of those days,
shall
the sun be darkened and the moon give no light, and the stars fall
from heaven.
Concurrently described by John in Rev. 6:12-17 as the 6 th seal:
The
6th seal also signals the end of the “Great Tribulation”: Immediately after the tribulation of those days then shall the
sun be darkened and the moon give no light, and the stars fall from heaven.
The 6th seal was
also prophesied to come "before" the "Day of the Lord" & His Wrath
(* “Ebrah”) at the 7th seal. (“Ebrah”; the overflowing fury of God”)
See Links:
Joel 2:1, 10, 31, & 3: 14-15 Acts 2:20 (17-21)
Isa. 13:6,9-10 24:21-23 Zec. 14:1-6, II Peter 3:10-12 Amos 8:9
Mth.24:30-31 Then shall the Son of man come (parousia) …
“…with a great sound of a trumpet of God .”
& gather the “elect” / "chosen"
(Pre Wrath Raptured)
“For the great day of
His wrath (Ebrah / Orges) is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 6:17
"Who
delivers us from the wrath (Ebrah / Orges)
to come…" 1 Thes. 1:10
"For God has not destined us for wrath
(Ebrah
/ Orges)
…. " 1 Thes. 5:9
Jesus then breaks the
7th seal; thus opening the scroll releasing His “wrath” (Ebrah; not Peirasmos) upon the unrepentant,
left after the rapture. Rev. 8 –16.
“Wrath”,
described inside the scroll, is delivered AFTER the 7th seal has been broken by
Jesus, then the 7 trumpets and 7 bowls of “God’s
wrath” in Rev. 8 –16 continues until the Feast of Atonement aka. Judgment.
Jesus comes and stays to deliver wrath upon the unrepentant:
“…
I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals…
Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll
and to loose its seven seals." …. And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the
scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood …” Rev.
5:1,5,9
“He
was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God….
And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and
wrath of Almighty God…. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD
OF LORDS…. Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God”
Rev. 19:13, 15-17
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Jesus “Comes” (Parousia) only Once:
AFTER
“Tribulation”
(seals 1 –6), and BEFORE “wrath” (7th seal)
per Rev. 6 and Mth. 24:5-31. The
first 6 seals of “Tribulation” ‘caused’ by God’s permissive will was allowed by God; to encourage
repentance prior to wrath and judgment.
Jesus
then gathers His
“elect”
/ "chosen" prior to wrath; Mth. 24:30-31 (Pre-Wrath Raptured);
as Jesus Himself clearly states.
Jesus
then continues to stay and deliver His Wrath; (7th seal), until Judgment has been delivered,
and then to rule in His Millennial Kingdom 1,000 years in a "Year of Jubilee". (No coming and going)
This
period completes the “Feasts Of The Lord” Feasts of Trumpets proclaiming the time to repent, unto the “Feast
of Atonement” / Judgment, unto the “Year of Jubilee”.
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Note: The period of “Tribulation” (Peirasmos & Thlupsis),
during the first 6 seals were allowed by God through His permissive will to cause repentance; before His “wrath”
and Judgment upon the unrepentant. I.e. Typical of warnings given by God in scripture
to repent, before God unleashes His “over flowing fury” / wrath.
Note:
Christians are subject to the “tribulation” of the first 5 seals of false
beliefs, wars, famine and pestilence and are clearly martyred starting at
the “Abomination of Desolation”; as noted by both Jesus at Mth. 24:9-21, and by John at Rev.
6:9-11.
“The DAY OF THE LORD” & “HIS
WRATH”:
Much more then, being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Rom. 5:9
For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, (“Ebrah”) but to obtain salvation ….
I Thes. 5:9
“For the great day of His wrath
(Ebrah
/ Orges) is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev. 6:17
The
first use of the word “wrath” in Revelation is at Rev. 6:17, and is a prelude statement
to breaking the 7th seal, which then allows OPENING
of the SCROLL, releasing
God’s wrath as written in the scroll.
Please take a moment to visualize the scroll with the 7 seals per Rev. 5:1,5. The scroll contains the wrath of God, but is not opened until ALL 7 seals are broken; opened by “the Lion of the tribe of Judea”.
The previous
6 seals are representative of conditions; that must be met before the last seal is broken, and the scroll of wrath is opened.
Only upon breaking the last seal (the 7th seal) is the scroll opened - to release
“God’s wrath”: The “7 Trumpets of God’s of God’s wrath,
and the 7 bowls of God’s wrath begin.
Consequently, upon failure to repent during first 6 seals of “tribulation” allowed by God (Rev. 6 and Mth. 24:5-29), the 7 trumpets & 7 Bowls of God's
WRATH are then released upon the unrepentant
(Rev. 8 – 16).
The first 6 seals are God’s permissive will; to allow tribulation / testing onto affliction / persecution (“Peirasmos to Thlupsis”), for the purpose of encouraging
repentance during the hour of testing; BEFORE God’s wrath is poured out
upon the unrepentant.
Aka the “Days
of Awe” call for repentance; between the Feast of Trumpets, and the Feast of Atonement / Judgment!
"Wrath" (Ebrah / Orges), introduced
in Rev. 6:17, is only used in conjunction with the "Day
of the Lord" and His wrath”, after the 7th seal in Rev. 8 – 16, and as
judgment upon the unrepentant.
The correct linguistic distinction
between “Tribulation” and “Wrath”, is essential for any accurate
hermeneutical determination; of when it is applicable to apply the term “Rapture”.
Therefore
any possible application, of how or when to apply the word “rapture”,
must first take into consideration the significant difference between the words “tribulation”
and “wrath” and their usage in scripture.
See: "Tribulation to Rapture to Wrath"
Hermeneutics file
link
Therefore,
the first 4 seals of “tribulation”, the 5th seal “Great Tribulation” and the 6th
seal cosmic disturbance precede God’s wrath that is poured out after the 7th seal
containing “God’s Wrath” after it has been opened by the “Lamb of God”
Pre Wrath Rapture: After “Tribulation,
but before “Wrath”.
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The Pre-Tribulation rapture interpretation
incorrectly equates “trials / temptations / tribulations” during to seals 1 thru 6 as equivalent to
“wrath” to justify believers “not subject to wrath; and therefore a promised “rapture”.
Pretribulational Rapture interpretation also incorrectly attempts
to support the position of 3 Separate Comings
of theLord:
One coming for the rapture of the “elect”
/ saints at the beginning of the 7-year period.
Second coming to gather
the “elect” (per Mth. 24:31) of Israel after the “Great Tribulation” (initiated by the “Abomination
of Desolation” (Mth.24:15)
Then finally His coming return in glory at the
end of the 7 year period.
This contradicts what Jesus said in Mth. 24: 5-31
and Rev. 6 & 7
Disarming the people into a false sense of security … as in the days of
Noah!
"But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of
Man be. "For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the
Son of Man be. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.” Mth.
24:37-39
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See:
INTERPRETATIVE CHART file link
JESUS’ “PAROUSIA” / “COMING” * file link
"END OF THE AGE" – SIGNS OF JESUS COMING * file link
DAY OF THE LORD & HIS WRATH file link
THE LAST TRUMPET file link
'Web Site Eschatology Foundational Hermeneutics' file link
By Bill
Miller email: wmrmiller@everestkc.net Web site: http://www.feastsofthelord.net
