{"id":2398,"date":"2025-09-29T14:12:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prophecyforum.com\/bible-prophecy\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2025-09-29T14:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:12:17","slug":"those-who-reject-the-rapture-tribulation-or-millennial-kingdom-perform-a-great-disservice-to-the-body-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prophecyforum.com\/bible-prophecy\/those-who-reject-the-rapture-tribulation-or-millennial-kingdom-perform-a-great-disservice-to-the-body-of-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Who Reject The Rapture, Tribulation, Or Millennial Kingdom Perform A Great Disservice To The Body Of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jonathan Brentner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I believe that of all the future events of Bible prophecy, Satan hates Jesus\u2019 Second Coming the most. Because he cannot erase Jesus\u2019 return from Scripture, he fervently attacks the pre-Tribulation Rapture. If he can make that seem ridiculous, along with belief in a seven-year Tribulation with a real antichrist oppressing Israel, he effectively diminishes the spectacular and glorious nature of Jesus\u2019 return, at which time He destroys Satan\u2019s reign on the earth through the man of lawlessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who say Jesus\u2019 Second Coming is the next event on God\u2019s prophetic calendar quash the earthshaking impact of how the Old Testament prophets and John describe it. An end-of-the-age return is exceedingly bland compared to the words of Revelation 19:11-20:4<\/a> or even Psalm 96:7-13<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why I refer to such amillennial beliefs as \u201ceraser theology.\u201d For them, the proclamation of the Gospel far too often stops with the forgiveness of sins. They portray eternal life as a nondescript gathering of family members in the sky by and by. Absent from their preaching is the Lord\u2019s comforting promise of resurrected bodies, warnings of the coming Tribulation, and our hope of reigning with Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eraser theology cannot change what God\u2019s Word says about Jesus\u2019 glorious future as King over all the nations, but it does keep many saints from rejoicing in the wonders of all that lies ahead for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amillennialists Erase the Awesomeness of the Day of the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amillennialism changes the awesomeness of the Day of the Lord into something rather ordinary by comparison. They dismiss the Old Testament prophecies of this day by characterizing its words as symbols that signify a reality far different than what the prophets intended at the time they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the prophets of old, the Lord spoke about a day when He would judge the world in real time; He repeatedly warned of the terrible devastation of this still future time. The descriptions of its horrors have never occurred in the history of the world (see Isaiah 13:6-16<\/a>, 24:1-23<\/a>; Joel 2:30-3:3<\/a>; Zephaniah 1:14-18<\/a>). One has to greatly change the meaning of the words in these passages to say this day occurred in the past or that the words have a spiritual connotation rather than a literal, futuristic meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus also spoke of this coming time of judgment in Matthew 24:21-22<\/a>: \u201cFor then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who say that the Lord\u2019s words in these verses have already reached fulfillment reflect their disbelief in the Old Testament warnings about the Day of the Lord. Sadly, their effort to sanitize God\u2019s Word of His wrath keeps believers in the dark regarding the future of the planet, muffles the Lord\u2019s warnings for our day, and keeps focus of the saints earthbound rather than heavenward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Day of the Lord culminates with Jesus\u2019 victorious return to the earth after His judgments have vanquished antichrist\u2019s reign of terror. He returns as a conquering hero to inherit His kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amillennialists Erase the Many Glories of Jesus\u2019 Thousand-Year Reign<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The adherents of eraser theology, the amillennialists, tell us that the church age is the promised millennial rule of Jesus over the nations. Please notice how just a few<\/em> of the biblical depictions of Jesus\u2019 earthly reign radically differ<\/em> from our current experience on Earth where pain, suffering, and death prevail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n