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Pa ages such as Revelation 13:7 and
20:9 also discu the presence of saints
in the midst of the Tribulation, which
lends suort to the idea of a post-
tribulation rapture to “mt” Jesus.

We don’t know if these “saints”
converted during the Tribulation or
if they are “saints” who entered into
the Tribulation. Either way, there wi‡
be saints alive during the Tribulation.
People who hold to post-
tribulationism also point out that
throughout history the people of God
have experienced intense persecution, so
we modern-day fo‡owers of Christ may
not be exempt from the Great Tribulation.

The pre-tribulation counter to this
view is that though the word
saints is used, the word church is
not used in Revelation from
chapters 6-18 which covers this
time of tribulation.

In Ma’hew 24, Jesus speaks of His
second coming at the end of the
tribulation, saying it wi‡ haen
“after the tribulation of those days.”
Paul ca‡s it “the day of the
30 30 Lord” in 1 The alonians 5.