Rose42 wrote:
Like your ridicule?
Whether one believes in pre tribulation rapture or not has no bearing on whether they will be saved.
Never said it does.
I believe no one can be in Heaven kneeing at the Throne of God in the presence of God without being cleansed by the blood of Christ.
I believe man cannot spread the blood of Christ before God said it was shed.
I believe every person in the Bible reaches full and complete salvation by doing what God told THEM to do.
God told Adam & Eve to put on these skins and they did.
God told Enoch to come on, let's have a little walk, and he did.
God told Noah to build an ark and he did that work.
God told Abraham to leave his homeland and he got up and left.
God told Abraham to sacrifice his son Issac, and he showed the willingness to do it.
God told Moses and the children of Israel to do the works of the Law and they did. Every time they followed the correct teachings of the Law, they were keeping the Law just like when we go pay a speeding ticket, we are keeping the law. Let's not confuse keeping the Law with not sinning.
Jesus told the apostles to follow Him, and they did.
Jesus told a man to keep the Commandments, don't know if he did, but do believe he could get forgiveness by doing the works of the Law.
I believe that everyone mentioned above was saved from hell if they did what God told them to do and kept in comfort in Abraham's bosom until the blood of Christ was shed.
I believe during the three days in the tomb Jesus went down to Abraham's bosom, preached to those in captivity, spread His shed blood upon them, and carried them away to the Throne of God.
I believe we today are saved by only believing in HOW Jesus died (He bled to death), that He was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead.
I believe Christ demonstrated great Faith in God that God would raise Him from the dead.
I believe that now we are justified by the Faith of Christ (Gal 2:16) no longer depending on our own weak faith that has to be shown by works.
I believe there are works involved in complete salvation and the Holy Spirit does all the work for us.
I believe that everyone today who believes in how Christ died, was buried, and rose again is in the Body of Christ.
I believe that one day soon the Lord Jesus Christ will call all the Body, the Church, up to meet Him in the air before the Jewish Times of Jacob's troubles, the Tribulation, begins.