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GENERAL POSTTRIBULATIONAL ARGUMENTS

All posttribulationists agree that if there is a future time
of trouble just prior to the Second Advent, the church will
need to pass through that period, for the second coming of
Christ will bring deliverance. As such, they are agreed in
opposing prctribulationists who affirm that the church will
be translated before that final time of trial. At least ten
major arguments are usually advanced in support of post-
tribulationism; and although posttribulationists differ some­
what in their support of these arguments, a consideration of
them is essential to understanding their point of view. Addi­
tional posttribulational arguments will be considered in the
exegesis of major passages offered by posttribulationists in
support of their position.
Ad Hominem Argument
One of the unfortunate features of the argument for post-
tribulationism is the general tendency toward the ad hominem
type of debate in which attacks on the persons who hold the
pretribulation position are substituted for solid argument from
the Scriptures. While posttribulationists are not alone in this,
any impartial observer will soon find that posttribulational
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