In the parable of the weeds, the Lord is asked about the weeds that sprouted along with the wheat, and He replied: ” Let both of them grow together until harvesting time, and when the hour of harvesting comes, I shall tell the harvesters: First gather the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burnt, but the wheat you must gather into my storehouse; (Matthew 13:30, NMB). In His explanation of the parable, Jesus said: “Well, just as the weeds are gathered and burnt in the fire, so it shall be during the end of the world. The Son of man will send His angels and they shall reap from the place of His kingdom those who cause the downfall of others and do things contrary to God’s law, and throw them into the kiln of fire. There they shall weep and grind their teeth. Then the pious ones will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whomsoever has ears to listen, let him hearken”; (Matthew 13:4043, NMB). We notice here that the mustering of the faithful into God’s storehouse; the kingdom of God -occurs at the end of the world, during the Second Coming and together with the punishment of the irreverent ones, and NOT earlier, as the rapture’ theory teaches!
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For then will come a tribulation so great, that none like it has ever occurred from the beginning of the world to this day, and never will. And if those days were not curbed, no man would be saved; but for the sake of the select ones, those days will be shortened.”; (Matthew, 24:21-22, Vellas Translation). These words also prove that the chosen ones will be on earth during the Great Tribulation. Furthermore, for the sake of the chosen ones, that period will be shortened! But if the Church had supposedly been swept up by the rapture’ and the Great Tribulation followed immediately after, then for what reason would that period have to be shortened, if no more select ones existed? Could it be, because some would supposedly repent after the rapture ? The Bible clearly states that people WOULD NOT REPENT during the Great Tribulation (Revelations, 9:20-21, 16:9,11,21).