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The Rapture in the Gospels
without any supporting evidence. The passage is not dealing
with the question of Christ’s indwelling the believer but rather
the believer being in the same place as Christ Himself, that is,
in the Father’s house. This passage, taken literally, indicates
that the believer is going to go to heaven at the time of Christ’s
coming for Him. Gundry’s rather unusual interpretation,
strained as it is, indicates how posttribulationists, even those
given to literal interpretation, will spiritualize when the plain
text contradicts their point of view.
In examining the total evidence for the Rapture in the
Gospels, posttribulationists attempt to insert a posttribu-
lational Rapture in Matthew 13, 24, and 25, where no rapture
is indicated; and at least some of them, like Gundry, attempt
to evade the one clear passage in John 14:2-3 because it would
seemingly contradict a posttribulational Rapture. It is not too
much to say that the evidence in the Gospels is a lost cause for
posttribulationism. When all the evidence is in, it does not
support their point of view and illustrates their common prac­
tice of avoiding details in any passage that contradict their
explanation of it.

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