J.K. McKee

Responding to: “19. Pretribulationism does not divide the body of Christ at the rapture on a works principle. The teaching of a partial rapture is based on the false doctrine that the translation of the church is a reward for good works. It is rather a climatic aspect of salvation by grace.”

Responding to: “18. At the time of the translation of the church, all believers go to the Father’s house in heaven (John 14:3), and do not immediately return to the earth after meeting Christ in the air as posttribulationists teach.”

Responding to: “17. It is characteristic of divine dealing to deliver believers before a divine judgment is inflicted upon the world as illustrated in the deliverance of Noah, Lot, Rahab, etc. (2 Pet. 2:6-9).”

Responding to: “16. The church of Philadelphia was promised deliverance from “the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Rev. 3:10).”

Responding to: “15. The possibility of a believer escaping the tribulation is mentioned in Luke 21:36.”

Responding to: “14. The church will not be overtaken by the Day of the Lord (1 Thes. 5:1-9) which includes the tribulation.”

Responding to: “13. The church is not appointed to wrath (Romans 5:9; 1 Thes. 5:1-9). The church therefore cannot enter “the great day of their wrath” (Rev. 6:17).”

Responding to: “12. The translation of the church is never mentioned in any passage dealing with the Second Coming of Christ after the tribulation.”

Responding to: “11. The unity of Daniel’s seventieth week is maintained by pretribulationists. By contrast, midtribulationism destroys the unity of Daniel’s seventieth week and confuses Israel’s program with that of the church.”

Responding to: “10. The proper distinction is maintained between the prophetic trumpets of Scripture by pretribulationism. There is no proper ground for the pivotal argument of midtribulationism that the seventh trumpet of Revelation is the last trumpet in that there is no established connection between the seventh trumpet of Revelation 11, the last trumpet of 1 Corinthians 15:52, and the trumpet of Matthew 24:31. They are three distinct events.”