Populating the Millenium: and the Post-tribulation rapture Many people believe in the incorrect view of the rapture of the Church called the post tribulation view. In short this view states that the rapture of the Church occurs as the Lord Jesus is returning to earth from heaven at the battle of armageddon. This view differs from the pre-tribulation view that states the rapture will occur before the anti-Christ comes to power and before the last 7 years of Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks of years. This file shows that the post tribulation view does not even make sense because it leaves none to populate the millennium after the Lord Jesus returns. Lets draw the picture here. We are at the end of the Tribulation and Jesus is coming. At this point the post-trib wrath rapture happens and all Gods people are raptured and given new immortal bodies. The wicked are left to be judged by God... So we have all God's people removed from the earth...and all the wicked left. Now the question is: who will populate the nations of the millenium? The fatal error is that there is no one left to populate the nations of the millenium if the rapture happens at the Second Coming. If the rapture occurs according to pre-wrath or post-trib we have a problem. Maybe you can answer that little problem....If all God's people are raptured at the end of the Tribulation at the 2nd coming of Jesus...then who will populate the millenium? Surely not the wicked.. You see the folks with the truth of the pre-tribulation rapture don't have any problem populating the millenium with mortals...but the post trib view does. This is a nasty problem for the incorrect rapture view of post tribulation-ism. You see if all of God's people are raptured at the very end when Jesus returns that leaves only the wicked left. The wicked will all be destroyed at the coming of Jesus...so you have a problem. Who will populate the millenium? If the rapture occurs at the 2nd Coming all of God's people will have their immortal bodies and they will not marry, have children etc...so they cannot be the ones who populate the millenium and have children etc. Some of course try to argue that the wicked will inherit the Kingdom of God. What does the Bible say: 2 Thessalonians 1 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Notice that ALL those who are not saved will be destroyed. By that time men will have accepted or rejected Jesus. So I repeat at the second coming of Jesus...all the wicked (Christ rejectors) are destroyed and all Gods people are raptured (according to post) then there is no one left to populate the millenium. Again no problem with the pre tribulation view as there will be tribulation saints that will survive to the very end of the 70th week. The survivors of the tribulation saints will go into the Kingdom and not the wicked who will be destroyed. These saints will have children who must choose to accept or reject Jesus. As in every dispensational age sinful man has failed and at the end there will be many who have rejected Christ. However if the rapture happens when Jesus returns you have no one to populate the kingdom. Problem for post trib and pre-wrath...no problem for the pre tribulation view. For those who are still not convinced and think the unsaved may inherit the kingdom of God....here are some verses that say it all: Psalms 2:12 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him. Zephaniah 3:9 9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. Malachi 4:1 1. For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. Matthew 13:41 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; Matthew 24:51 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:12 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Matthew 25:30 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Luke 17:29 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Luke 17:27 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Luke 17:32 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 2 Thessalonians 1:7 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: by Alan Yusko (This file may be copied, distributed, printed but not changed) The Seed Sowers BBS (416) 498-5259/5962 ================================================================ This file is a sample of the material that is covered in the new publication called: The Rapture Report The Rapture report is a monthly publication that covers topics related to: the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus, the pre-tribulation rapture, the mark of the beast, the anti-Christ, plagues, famines, earthquakes, deceptions, and other related subjects. 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