This is Max Lakato. When will the rapture take place? Some Bible students place the rapture during the

tribulation, others after the tribulation. It seems best to position it before the years of trouble.

Jesus compared this moment to the rescues of Noah and Lot. Noah felt no raindrops. Lot felt no brimstone. In the same manner,

I believe Jesus will emancipate his church, and we will not feel the evil of the Antichrist. Also,

Paul urged us to encourage one another. How can we use the rapture message to encourage one another

if we're going to face the Antichrist and the tribulation? If such were the case, Paul would have

said, warn one another, but he didn't. The rapture of the church is a reason for comfort and assurance.

Yes, the tribulation is coming,

but yes, the church will be leaving,

consequently be encouraged.