Nearly two thousand years ago, John the apostle was instructed to pass on to us the specifics of how things would transpire in the last of days. He wrote of the rapture, followed by the Seal, Trumpet, and Bowl Judgments, during which the entire planet is reshaped for the coming millennial reign. Graciously, God chose to inform those who follow Him just how things will soon unfold.

Revelation chapter thirteen clearly indicates that an overarching one-world system will manifest, a system comprised of a one-world government, religion, and finance. Scripture also makes clear the entity at the heart of this one world system, “Babylon – The Great Harlot – Rises,” as both an ecclesiastical and commercial power, the likes of which men have never seen. Here, we examine who she is and the fact that she is already rising.

Previous articles cover a great deal of information regarding the mindset that has incubated the idea of this one-world system, and how the narrative shifts back to the “Middle East.” Therefore, a good starting point for this article is to visit or revisit those articles.

The first article, “The Great Awakening – The Grand Deception”¹ deals with the errant call for revival, which intends to manifest the kingdom of God here and now. The second article, “Back to Babylon,” puts forth a very plausible scenario that describes how and why the narrative of the last days is Middle East centric.² With the groundwork established, let us turn to the identification of this Great Harlot.

Here, we should note that much work has already been done by our predecessors on the “what” of the entity at hand. In fact, John Walvoord informed us that she was both an ecclesiastical and a political entity.³ He also agrees that she, as her name implies, commits spiritual adultery with the false religions of the world, and this is one of the reasons for her demise. Much can be gleaned from the writings of Walvoord, who dedicated much of his lifetime studying and expounding on the last days. One final thought from him leads us into our next point… He identifies the Great Harlot (the ecclesiastical super religion that rules after the rapture) as Rome, or perhaps better said, Roman Catholicism and her associates. This is where we pick up.

History has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Catholicism is domineering by nature. You must do things their way, or else. If you doubt this statement, read Foxes Book of Martyrs and your eyes will undoubtedly be opened.⁴ Two other groups are very much like this in terms of dominionism, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), and Islam. Here we identify these three entities as the chief components of what Scripture describes as MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH (Rev 17:5). At first, it may seem like these are strange bedfellows. However, they are very much alike in terms of their primary goal, as each group desires to build the kingdom of God here and now, instead of waiting for Jesus to bring it with Him.

You might ask, why would these three groups unite? Why would they ever give up supremacy? The answer to both questions is quite simple… they need each other.

Rome needs two primary things in her quest to rule again like she did in the Dark Ages. First, she needs a protestant group like the NAR to bring the rest of her wayward children home. Next, she must have a militant arm to carry out the future mandate to kill all who refuse to worship the beast. Yes, you read that correctly; Rome will champion the Antichrist and be the unwavering religious arm of his system. However, as the text reveals, she will have to prostitute herself with the other religions of the world to reign supreme during the Tribulation. One has only to look at the news clippings of the last few years to see that a great bond is forming between the three primary groups here listed.

Take note: these three principals will be joined by many others who miss the rapture and decide that man-made religion is the best way forward. Unfortunately, all who fall for their message, the greatest false gospel ever preached, will seal their fate when they take the Mark of the Beast and forever forfeit any hope for redemption. But how will these groups work so well together when they have for so long been at odds? The answer is simple; they will unite under the banner of Ecumenism, which is a call for unity among groups with different beliefs.

Not long ago, a conference of Catholic and Evangelical leaders proclaimed, “the protest is over.”⁵ This is but one of many meetings of the Roman Catholic church and other religious groups in which the call for unity is heralded. Indeed, just this month, this quote was issued in the news: “Pope Leo XIV met Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim religious leaders on Monday, calling for peace in the region and praising the country’s interfaith coexistence.”⁶ Now, let us examine the basics of our three primary groups.

First, the Catholic church has been in the public eye for many centuries. Unfortunately, much of their beliefs are based on the councils of men and not on Scripture. This is how they came up with so many erroneous ideas that morphed into religious practices that do little more than endear men to the church. Ultimately, this false church is here today because they misapplied what Jesus said about the rock and the church (Matt 16:13-20).

Briefly, Jesus told Peter that He would build His church upon the rock (πέτρα – petra – large stone), which, properly understood by reading the context of the passage, referred to the foundational statement made by Peter that He, Jesus, was the Son of God. The Catholics, in their desire to be the greatest of all religions, latched onto the terms in the passage and twisted them to say that Jesus was referring to the church being built upon Peter (Πέτρος – petros – a piece of rock or pebble). Instead, Jesus clearly said He would build a church against which the gates of hell would not prevail (Matt 16:18), a church built upon the fact that He was the Son of God. Can you imagine God telling man that He would build a church that would never fail on fallible man? Ludicrous!

The error did not stop there; the power-hungry that built this most onerous false religion also misappropriated the statement about who would build the church in the passage. And, after fabricating papal authority by feigning descent from the first Pope (Peter), they set out to act in the place of Christ and build the church on a mere man instead of the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

The fallacies of Catholicism are far too many to cover here, but suffice it to say, the Catholic church is all about manmade religious rites and the church. One needs only to attend one of their services to see that the supremacy of Christ has been supplanted by ritual and liturgy. Sadly, Jesus is merely the name they use to garner support.

The second group of this trio is the NAR. As noted earlier, this acronym stands for the New Apostolic Reformation. Essentially, this group believes they have been blessed by the rebirth of the Apostles and Prophets, and through their leadership they are the reforming movement that ushers in Christ once they have successfully built His kingdom for Him. Their prime directive, known as the Seven Mountain Mandate, calls for adherents to seek to rise to the top of their respective spheres of influence, or mountains, of which there are seven: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts/Entertainment, and Business. Incredibly, these seven spheres of influence may very well be the seven heads, or mountains, of the beast that this false religious entity rides (Rev 17:9).

This mindset, of developing the kingdom of God through manmade programs, is clearly displayed in today’s media as the religious right, operating from these platforms, clamors for greater influence upon the world, all while using the name of Christ profusely. However, it is clear these use Christ’s Name to further their agenda, not His. Thus, they use His name in vain.

Finally, the third group, the Islamists, follow a different god altogether, Allah. Scripture clearly indicates these serve a false god because they deny the Father and the Son, Jesus (1 John 2:18-23). Simply put, they deny the divinity of Jesus. Sadly, this fallacy causes them to miss the rapture, for without Christ and His sinless blood, no one can come to the Father (John 14:6). Therefore, after those who believe in Christ are raptured, this group will merge with the others who reject Christ as their only hope.

This is probably a good place to mention that Muslims also await the arrival of a savior. However, he is not Jesus. Instead, they are looking for one known as the Mahdi.⁷ Incredibly, he arrives on a white horse and quickly takes dominion over the affairs of the earth, just like the antichrist who arrives at the opening of the first seal.⁸

At this point, you are probably beginning to say to yourself that the Catholics and NARites would never follow this leader. However, these will follow him because they believe he is the Messiah, come at last to rule over the kingdom they have so faithfully built. Thus, these three diametrically opposed groups unite and form the foundational structure of the religious system used by the antichrist to conquer.

Sadly, this newly merged group will begin to slay all who oppose their new leader, as seen in Revelation chapters thirteen and twenty. Ironically, they will do so while thinking they are doing God a favor (John 16:2). Consider for a moment the preferred method of slaying infidels that we have witnessed in our lifetimes, beheading. Scripture declares this larger group will adopt this method of execution to eliminate all who refuse to worship their master:

Revelation 13:15

“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” (Author’s emphasis)

Revelation 20:4

“And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” (Author’s emphasis)

Each of these religious entities sprang forth from erroneous beliefs that should have been refuted by those who initially witnessed their development. Though each developed from different circumstances – the Catholics from the religious sect that burgeoned under Constantine, the Dominionists of the NAR from the idea that new revelation had come to them through new apostles and prophets, and the Islamists from visions shared by an angel in a cave –  each has the same beginning. Their progenitors all fell for the lies of the devil and believed a different gospel. The Apostle Paul warned against this:

Galatians 1:6-9

“I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.”

Sadly, for many years, the church, instead of refuting the false gospels at hand, has collectively put their heads in the sand and simply ignored the fact that these groups, along with many more, are growing in influence and number. Knowing this, what are we to do? How should we deal with this growing threat?

I humbly submit that we must decide to break from our former path and begin to expose these fallacious groups for what they are… false religions that propagate doctrines of demons designed to deceive those who reject Christ.

I do not say this hoping to stop these groups from their mission, as I clearly see them uniting and becoming the Great Harlot of the coming Tribulation. No, I issue this warning in hopes that we, the faithful, would see this as a call to redouble our efforts to evangelize the world for Jesus Christ. We must also hope and pray that those who are beguiled by these false gospels can hear the truth and be set free. It is, after all, not too late for anyone who is in error to repent and join us as the last days church whose mission is to magnify Christ for all the world to see. Remember, the Great Commission is in effect until the end of the age:

Matthew 28:18-20

“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world [end of the age]. Amen.” (Author’s comment)

Conclusion

“Babylon – The Great Harlot – Rises” is an undertaking designed to ignite further conversation about the false ecumenical religious juggernaut we see growing in our midst. Clearly, this brief article is not intended to answer all the questions one has about this broad topic. Instead, this endeavor was set forth as an effort to identify the major players in the end-times false religious system, aka “The Great Harlot,” that ascends to the very pinnacle of control only to be slaughtered by the ten kings who grew to hate her (Rev 17:12-13, 16-17).

While considering this fascinating topic, let us ask ourselves these questions: Will we be a church that attempts to build a kingdom that God never instructed us to build? Or will we be a New Testament church that simply studies God’s Word so that we can effectively follow His will until He calls us home? Lastly, do we have the boldness to speak the truth in love to save those that we care about from the flames wrought from following deception?

Special Note:

The following is a testimony of what deception ultimately leads to…

Revelation 20:7-15

Satan Cast into the Lake of Fire

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

The Final Judgment

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”⁹ (Author’s emphasis)

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[1] For Greater understanding, see the article, “The Great Awakening – The Grand Deception.”

[2] For greater understanding, see the article, “Back to Babylon.”

[3] For more information, see the article on Revelation Chapter 17, and many others, at the Walvoord Website, “https://walvoord.com/article/275.”

[4] Free to read online, Foxes Book of Martyrs, “https://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html”

[5] For greater understanding, see the article, “Pope Francis, Tony Palmer, an iPhone & the Holy Spirit”

[6] For greater understanding, see the article, “Pope Leo XIV urges unity and peace at interfaith gathering in Lebanon.”

[7] For greater understanding, see “Answering Islam – The Mahdi: Islam’s Awaited Messiah.”

[8] For greater understanding, see “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” a webpage dedicated to explaining the rides of the Four Horsemen that accompany the opening of the first four seals of the Seal Judgments of Revelation, chapters 6-8.

[9] Direct quote from Bible Hub, “Revelation 20:7-15”

 

 

Jesus warned that one of the major signs of the end times will be rampant deception (Matthew 24:4-5).

Even the New Testament reveals that the first Apostles had to quickly start warning their congregations about false teachers and false prophets who were creeping into the church and who would mislead people in various ways (2 Peter 2:1, 2 John 7-11). One of the most notable deceptions back then was the lie that Christians had to follow the Old Testament laws in order to be saved (Galatians 5:2-4).

Unfortunately, even in our time, nearly two-thousand years later, nothing has changed. The creation of the Internet has, however, made it far easier for people to deceive others, as false information can now be created and spread just by a click of a button. Due to the increasing popularity of AI tools, now even photos and videos are no longer trustworthy.

During the coming seven-year Tribulation, the Antichrist will be a master of deception (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10). With the help of the False Prophet’s fake miracles (Revelation 13:12-14), the Antichrist will be able to convince almost the whole world of the lie that he actually is God when he will appear to come back to life after suffering a deadly wound (Revelation 13:3-4, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4). As a result, most people alive at that time will worship the Antichrist (Revelation 13:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:11), except for the ‘elect’ Tribulation saints who will know better (Matthew 24:24).

However, I believe that deceptions of various sorts will begin to occur very early on in the Tribulation. I’ve written in the past here on Rapture Ready about how it is likely that the world’s governments will explain away the Rapture as being a mass alien abduction. For secular people, this lie will likely be quite persuasive.

But for those who will be left behind who believed they were Christians, yet who had never actually trusted in Jesus Christ’s promise that he would freely give eternal life to all who believe in him (John 3:16, 5:24, 6:40, Romans 3:21-28), I think there will be another, more subtle deception which may be far more effective.

This deception will not be primarily carried out by the Antichrist, or even by his False Prophet. Instead, this deception will likely be carried out by all of the semi-theologically-informed Christians-in-name-only who will be left behind after the Rapture. This group will likely include even some current pastors, theologians, and Bible teachers whose credentials will make their deception that much more convincing.

And what will that deception be?

It’s called the partial-rapture theory. This theory teaches that only some true Christians will be raptured, while other true Christians will be left behind to go through the Tribulation.

Typically, the partial-rapture theory claims that only those Christians who were living holy enough lives will be raptured, while the other, less-holy Christians will have to stay behind and suffer in the Tribulation in order to be spiritually refined. These left-behind Christians will supposedly have to prove the sincerity of their faith through rejecting the Mark of the Beast or being beheaded for not worshiping the Image of the Beast.

I believe this partial-rapture theory will be far more dangerous than the alien abduction lie because it will target the left-behind people who already had been deceived into believing they were Christians but actually were not. These people will have mistakenly thought they were Christians because they:

– Went to church every Sunday, or at least, at Christmas and Easter.

– Were water baptized or participated in the Lord’s Supper/Communion/the Eucharist.

– Went through the Catholic rituals of First Communion or Confirmation.

– Went to Sunday School as a child.

– Read the Bible.

– Graduated from Bible college.

– Worked as pastors, or even as seminary professors.

– Were ‘good’ people.

– Had Christian parents or grandparents.

Or basically, anything else that might be used to identify a Christian other than having personally put one’s faith in Jesus Christ alone as his or her Savior.

Sadly, the partial-rapture theory will deceive these sorts of left-behind ‘Christians’ by telling them that they really were true Christians but, for whatever reason, they did not qualify to go to heaven in the Rapture. Yet what these people will actually need after the Rapture happens is to be woken up to the reality that they had never truly believed in Jesus, and that this is the reason they were left behind.

It will turn out that what these people actually believed in was themselves: their performance, their church participation, their good works, their own religiosity, or their own attempts to avoid sin. They believed that, by doing these things, they could please God enough to earn their way into heaven. Like all religious legalists, these sorts of left-behind ‘Christians’ will call Jesus ‘Lord’; but if they persist in their self-righteous beliefs, Jesus will one day tell them “I never knew you” (Matthew 7:22-23).

When these ‘Christians’ crowd into churches in the days after the Rapture, their left-behind pastors will reassure them that they are still saved. Instead of pointing them to the true gospel message of salvation by faith alone in Christ alone, these unsaved pastors will push these already-deceived people back onto trusting in their own works yet again, by telling them that now they have to buckle up and get ready to endure through the Tribulation.

Thus, it may be true yet again that during the Tribulation, just as it was in Jesus’ time, it will be the religious people who will actually be the hardest to reach with the gospel message, rather than those who recognize that they are sinners who need God’s forgiveness (Matthew 21:31-32). Some of these left-behind ‘Christians’ may even be told that they can earn their salvation by courageously facing death via the Antichrist’s guillotines (Revelation 13:15, 20:4). Sadly, they will end up being just as eternally lost as those who will rush to take the Antichrist’s Mark of the Beast in order to be able to buy and sell (Revelation 13:16-18, 14:9-11).

Unfortunately, unlike the alien abduction lie, this partial-rapture theory deception does not even have to wait for the Rapture to happen in order for it to be accepted by either the prideful self-righteous legalists or the uninformed true Christians who have not properly searched the Scriptures for themselves (Acts 17:11).

From the many hours I’ve spent watching a number of end-times channels on YouTube over the past few months, I’ve been surprised and dismayed by how popular the partial-rapture theory has become. Dozens upon dozens of YouTube false preachers passionately warn their audiences to repent from all their sins in order to be ready for the Rapture, and warn that ‘lukewarm’, ‘carnal’, or ‘backslidden’ Christians will be left behind. Some of these false prophets even talk about having received dreams or visions from God that supposedly support this false teaching.

Typically, these false preachers have their favorite lists of sins which they threaten their audience with by claiming that any true Christian who has not overcome these particular ‘sins’ before the Rapture happens will be left behind. Some examples include being addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs, watching pornography, gambling, participating in sexually immoral relationships, enjoying horror movies or secular music, being divorced, not reading the Bible enough, not praying daily, and on and on.

The effect of this sort of preaching is the exact opposite of what the teaching of the Rapture should actually produce in Christians. Instead of encouragement and hope (1 Thessalonians 4:18, 1 Peter 1:13), the partial-rapture theory generates anxiety and fear. These feelings are not from God (1 John 4:18, 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 8:15).

Instead of pointing people to put their faith in Christ as the One who has already paid for all their sins, past, present, and future, and who has given Christians his own perfect righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Corinthians 1:30-31), the partial-rapture theory points people back to themselves and their own efforts to overcome sin. If the partial rapture theory were true, some Christians could indeed boast about being saved from the Tribulation by their own righteousness, rather than only by their faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Corinthians 1:31).

We must remember that all Christians continue to struggle with the sin that still lives in our flesh and causes us to do things we do not truly want to do (Romans 7:15-25). The Apostle John warns that if we think we have become so perfect that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves (1 John 1:8, 1:10). After all, no one except Jesus has ever been totally righteous (Romans 3:10), and all our good works are like filthy rags in comparison to God’s perfect righteousness (Isaiah 64:6). God’s standards are so high that breaking a single one of his laws is equivalent to breaking them all (James 2:10). Even our sinful thoughts are seen by God as the same as actually sinning (Matthew 5:28).

Thus, when we honestly look at our lives, no Christian can ever say that we have done enough or are holy enough or have overcome enough sin to feel sure that we are truly saved. This is why assurance of our salvation comes only through trusting the promise that the very first moment we believed the gospel message that Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we could have eternal life (John 3:16), we were sealed with the Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our bodily redemption (Ephesians 1:13-14), which will happen at the day of the Rapture (Ephesians 4:30, Luke 21:28, Romans 8:23, 1 Corinthians 15:50-53, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17).

Therefore, these few verses cited above have already disproven the idea that Christians have to meet some undefined level of personal holiness in order to be included in the Rapture. But there are even more ways to refute the false partial-rapture theory.

Perhaps the clearest verse that proves that all true Christians will be raptured is in 1 Corinthians 15:51-52: “Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed” (ESV).

See how Paul clearly says, “we shall all be changed.” He doesn’t provide any list of sins that must be avoided in order for someone to be qualified for the Rapture. In fact, Paul does not warn at all that some Christians who are alive at the Rapture will not be included in this event due to them not meeting some undefined and arbitrary level of personal ‘holiness.’

Furthermore, to be consistent, those false teachers who endorse the partial-rapture theory should also say that only some deceased Christians will be included in the Rapture, since it is obvious that not every Christian in the past lived a perfectly holy life, either. So why should they say that all the dead in Christ be included in the Rapture, if only some living Christians will be included? Presumably, it is because these false teachers cannot threaten the dead in Christ or build themselves up by tearing the dead in Christ down, as they do with the living Christians in their audiences.

Instead of trying to be holy enough through our own efforts to overcome sin and follow God’s law (Galatians 3:2-6), Christians can trust that the good work that Christ began in us the day we first believed will be completed at the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6), which is the Rapture. It will be then that our bodies will be transformed so that we will be delivered from our inherited sinful nature that plagues us in this life (Romans 7:24, 1 Corinthians 15:53-57).

I have heard partial-rapture teachers cite Revelation 19:7-8 in order to claim that Jesus is only returning for a ‘spotless’ Bride. Thus, they claim that some true Christians who are alive today will still have to ‘wash their robes’ by being martyred in the Tribulation (Revelation 7:13-14). But the false teachers forget that the only reason God sees any Christian as spotless is because Christians are clothed with Christ’s pure righteousness, which is received through faith (Romans 3:21-22, Galatians 3:27, Philippians 3:9).

Thus, refuting the partial-rapture theory is just an extension of refuting the false gospel message that Christians must do enough good works to be eternally saved, rather than receiving salvation as a free gift through faith in Jesus Christ alone (Romans 6:23, 3:26, 4:5). I do not have space here to properly explain every verse that false teachers twist to try to teach salvation by works (2 Peter 3:16), so I will end by offering only one more solid proof that all true Christians will be taken at the Rapture.

At the Rapture, Jesus will be coming back for his bride, the true Church, which is also the body of Christ, comprised of all true Christians (Ephesians 5:23-32, 4:4-6, 1 Corinthians 12:12-14). Jesus promised that the gates of death and hell will not overcome the Church (Matthew 16:18). But the partial-rapture theory tears apart Christ’s body, his bride, and wrongly claims that Jesus will leave part of his true Church behind to be ravaged by the Antichrist who will make war against the Tribulation saints and conquer them (Revelation 13:7).

So because Jesus said that the Church will not be conquered by death and hell but the Tribulation saints largely will, this proves that the group of Christians who make up the Church are not the same group as the many millions of new believers who will only come to faith after the Rapture happens, who will become the Tribulation saints (Revelation 6:9-11, 7:9-10).

Christians today should feel reassured that God’s wrath, which he will pour out on the world during the Tribulation, is only meant for unbelievers (John 3:36). After all, the purpose of the Tribulation is not to refine the Church but to finish the last seven years God promised to Israel (Daniel 9:24-27) to bring the Jews to the point of realizing that Jesus is their true Messiah (Matthew 23:39, Zechariah 12:10, 13:8-9). It will also give everyone who until then had not believed in Jesus additional chances to do so.

Thus, true Christians today can be confident that Jesus will rescue us from God’s wrath that is to come upon the world during the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 1:10, 5:9-11, Romans 5:9). There is no condemnation left for anyone who has put his or her faith in Jesus (Romans 8:1). Raptured Christians will be safe during the Tribulation and will dwell in the rooms/mansions that Jesus has been preparing for us in his Father’s house (John 14:2-3, Isaiah 26:19-21). Thus, everyone who truly believes in Jesus before the Rapture will be kept out of the entire time of the Tribulation (Revelation 3:10).

I hope this article can reassure any Christian who has been threatened with being left behind due to their sins that the partial-rapture theory is not a biblical teaching. Of course, it is true that there are still many good reasons that Christians should work on overcoming sin with the Holy Spirit’s help. Therefore, it is not the case that saying that all true Christians will be taken to heaven in the Rapture somehow undermines the value of sanctification.

Therefore, I hope that more end-times watchers will speak out about this false doctrine, which is, in essence, a false gospel message, and clearly refute it. This is important for Christians today so that they can have assurance that they are truly saved and will be included in the Rapture.

But perhaps even more importantly, the partial-rapture theory must be refuted in order that the current Christians-in-name-only who have never believed the true gospel message will not be deceived after the Rapture about their need to truly put their faith in Jesus Christ for the first time.

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