The 9th of Av, known as Tisha B’Av, is a day of mourning in Judaism, commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is traditionally observed with a fast and other mourning customs.
Why am I sending this? The Jewish people are going forward with more and more brazen efforts to rebuild the temple. The last time a prayer was done here there was a terrible uprising of protest.
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Part of the prayer, from what I looked up:
My L-rd, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare Your praise.
Bend Knees at “Blessed“; bow are “You“; Straighten at “L-rd our G‑d“:
Blessed are You, L-rd our G‑d and G‑d of our fathers, G‑d of Abraham, G‑d of Isaac and G‑d of Jacob, the great, mighty and awesome G‑d, exalted G‑d, who bestows bountiful kindness, who creates all things, who remembers the piety of the Patriarchs, and who, in love, brings a redeemer to their children’s children, for the sake of His Name.
Bend Knees at “Blessed“; bow are “You“; Straighten at “L-rd our G‑d“:
O King, (You are) a helper, a savior and a shield. Blessed are You L-rd, Shield of Abraham.
You are mighty forever, my L-rd; You resurrect the dead; You are powerful to save.
In summer say: He causes the dew to descend.
He sustains the living with loving kindness, resurrects the dead with great mercy, supports the falling, heals the sick, releases the bound, and fulfills His trust to those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, mighty One! And who can be compared to You, King, who brings death and restores life, and causes deliverance to spring forth!
See this video on rebuilding the temple
You may ask again, why are you sending this now?
It is from the Lesson of the Fig Tree (Matthew 24:33)
32Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near. 33So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door. 34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.…
POINTS ON THE RAPTURE AND TRIBULATION
There are many sound reasons for believing in the Rapture. We shall list a few of them here with brief explanations and scripture references, and then also some reasons for believing that the Rapture will precede the Tribulation.
Why believe in the Rapture?
(1) To not have the church called out would mean that Christians stay on the earth and meet Jesus on the earth when He returns. The Bible plainly states that this is not the manner in which we will meet our Saviour. In addition to the reference above from I Thessalonians 4:16-18, which states that believers are to be “caught up,” remember that Jesus said, “. . . if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:3) This clearly is a separate event from the Second Advent when Jesus returns to the earth to destroy the wicked and establish His kingdom.
(2) The Rapture is necessary in order that Christians might be called up to heaven before the Judgment Seat of Christ and then be judged and rewarded for their service (Rom. 14:10; II Cor. 5:10). No lost people will be present at this judgment, yet millions of lost people will be on the earth.
(3) The Rapture is also necessary in order for Christians to take part in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and then return with Christ at the Second Advent (Rev. 19:9-21).
(4) If the “he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way” (II Ths. 2:7) is a reference to the Holy Spirit indwelling the church, then the church must be removed from the earth so the Antichrist can arise and fulfill his satanic calling (II Ths. 2:8-12).
(5) The church must be taken out of the world so as to escape the wrath of the Great Tribulation. I Thessalonians 5:9 says, “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Thessalonians 1:10 says that we are waiting for God’s Son from heaven, “. . . which delivered us from the wrath to come.”
(6) It is in the Rapture that Christians receive their new incorruptible bodies, a special event that doesn’t concern the world in any way (I Cor. 15:51-52).
(7) The Rapture doctrine is supported by Biblical typology. It’s truly sad that so few Christians have an appreciation for (or even an understanding of) the many types that God has planted in His word. When it comes to prophecy, there are types of the Second Coming, types of the Great Tribulation, types of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ, and, yes, there are types of the Rapture. We here offer three examples:
(a) Enoch’s translation without dying before the flood is a type of the church being translated to heaven before the Tribulation (Gen. 5:2; Heb. 11:5).
(b) Lot’s special deliverance from God’s judgment on Sodom is a type in the same way (Gen. 19).
(c) In John 11:24, Martha told Jesus that her brother Lazarus would not be resurrected until the “last day,” but Jesus disagreed in verses 25 & 26, and He then raised Lazarus BEFORE the last day in verses 43 and 44, just as He will one day raise the church.
One may prefer to use the Bible terms “first resurrection,” “translation,” or being “caught up,” but it all amounts to the same thing: this world is not our home, so we are about to be beamed up because the time of our departure is at hand.
Pre-Tribulation Rapture
Now, how do we know that the Rapture will precede the Great Tribulation, thus sparing Christians from the harsh judgments of the book of Revelation?
In addition to the references given above from I Thessalonians about Christians escaping the wrath to come, there are some other good Bible reasons for the church not going through the Tribulation Period. Some of the stronger reasons are listed below:
(1) The pre-tribulation view of the Rapture is the only view that truly honors the principle of rightly dividing the word of truth (II Tim. 2:15). Mid-tribulation and post-tribulation rapture views tend to overlook clear distinctions between Israel and the church, thus misapplying many portions of scripture.
(2) The Bible speaks of the Christian looking for very positive things, such as “his Son from from heaven” and “that blessed hope” (I Ths. 1:10; Tit. 2:13), not the Antichrist and his reign of terror.
(3) The chronology and language of Revelation matches the pre-tribulation view. For instance, immediately after the messages to the seven churches (chapters two and three), the words “come up hither” occur in Revelation 4:1, which is after the church age (chapters two and three), yet before the Tribulation Period (chapters six through nineteen). The church is on earth in chapters two and three, but in heaven in chapters four and five. Then the Tribulation Period begins in chapter six. The words “church” and “churches” are found all through chapters two and three, but nowhere in the Tribulation chapters (chapters six through nineteen). Yet, long after the Tribulation judgments are over, the churches are mentioned again (Rev. 22:16).
(4) The Bible defines the Tribulation Period as a Jewish dispensation, not a church age dispensation. The Tribulation Period is the seventieth “week” of Daniel 9:24-27, and it’s the “time of Jacob’s trouble” in Jeremiah 30:7. As prophecy students well know, Daniel’s “seventy weeks” consist of a 490 year Jewish time table. The first 483 years have been fulfilled, none of which concerned the church in any way, so the remaining 7 years will also deal with Israel and her place in God’s program, not the church. It’s the time of Jacob’s trouble, not the time of the church’s trouble. This explains why Jews and Jerusalem are mentioned in the Tribulation Period (Rev. 7:4; 11:8, etc.) when the church is not.
(5) The Bible never attempts to prepare the church for the Tribulation Period. No instructions are given to the church on how to prepare for and endure the Tribulation Period.
Additional arguments could be made, and some of the above points could be broken down into more than one argument, but these are the main points with which the Christian should be familiar.