SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST TRACT CRITIQUE

"IT'S HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARD YOU...and you can't outrun it!"

Page 2: Note: The SECRET RAPTURE so commonly believed and taught today is not in the Bible.

Correction: The words "caught up" come from the Greek word "rapturos" meaning rapture.

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:17.

 

Page 2: Who will come with Jesus at His second coming and why? Answer: All the angels of heaven will come with Jesus at His second coming. As the cloud nears the earth Jesus will send His angels and they will quickly gather all of the righteous people together in preparation for the trip back to heaven.

Correction: When Jesus returns visibly, He returns to the earth (Revelation 19) with the saints after the rapture (Revelation 4) and tribulation (Revelation 6).

Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." Jude 14-15.

Note: After the resurrection, children of God will be like angels.

"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven." Matthew 22:30.

 

Page 3: What is the purpose of Jesus' second coming to this earth? Answer: Jesus is coming back to this earth again to reward His people as He promised and to take them to the beautiful home He has prepared for them.

Correction: The return of Jesus Christ to the earth is for judgment.

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this One who is glorious in His apparel, traveling in the greatness of His strength? "I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." Why is Your apparel red, and Your garments like one who treads in the winepress? "I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, and trampled them in My fury; their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, and I have stained all My robes." Isaiah 63:1-3.

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Revelation 19:11-15.

 

Page 3: What will happen to the righteous people when Jesus comes the second time? Answer: The righteous dead will raised from their graves, given perfect immortal bodies like that of Christ, and caught up into the clouds to meet the Lord. Then the righteous living will also be given bodies like Christ and will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. And Jesus will take the righteous to heaven with Him.

Correction: The above answer is a description of the rapture not the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth.

Page 3: Note that Jesus does not touch the earth at His second coming.

Correction: Jesus Christ will touch the earth at His second coming.

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east.

Zechariah 14:3-4.

 

Page 4: A Great Persecution or Tribulation Prophecy: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world." Fulfillment: This great long period of tribulation took place during the dark ages and was sponsored by the apostate church.

Correction: Only a partial quoting of Matthew 24:21 was made!

"For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE." Matthew 24:21.

Note: More Christians have died in this century than all prior centuries combined.

 

Page 4: The Sun Turned Into Darkness Prophecy: "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened." Matt. 24:29. Fulfillment: This was fulfilled by a day of supernatural darkness on May 19, 1780. And the Moon Will Be Turned "Into Blood" Prophecy: "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come." Joel 2:31. Fulfillment: The moon became as red as blood on the night of the "dark day", May 19, 1780.

Correction: Then why didn't Jesus Christ return on May 20, 1780?

"THEN the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matthew 24:30.

 

Page 4: The Stars Shall Fall from Heaven Prophecy: "And the stars shall fall from heaven." Matt. 24:29. Fulfillment: The great star shower took place on the night of November 13, 1833.

Correction: Then why didn't Jesus Christ return on November 14, 1833? (Matthew 24:30)

 

Page 5: A special message to the world in the very last days. "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

Matt 24:14. The great solemn last-warning message of Christ's second coming is now being presented in over 900 languages and nearly 99% of the world has access to this message.

Correction: The gospel is not about the return of Jesus Christ. It is about the death of Jesus for the sins of the world, His burial, and His resurrection from the dead to confirm everything He said.

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.

And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is vain and your faith is also vain. 1 Cor. 15:14.

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