Sacred Books, particularly Holy Bible, give details of cruelties the believers shall suffer following wars, earthquakes, other disasters and spread of atheism trends prior to return of Messiah to the earth. However, particularly the Evangelicals believe that Messiah will return to the Earth twice, not once, before the final period of 7 years (turbulation), when this troublesome period shall reach to the In the fist return, Messiah shall land on earth to save the believers who are alive at that time, that is church, by lifting them to the sky before the ultimate period of suffering that will last for 7 years. According to the Evangelicals, those who will be saved are not all the church believers, only those believing in Evangelism shall be lifted to the sky and shall be saved from the great suffering on the face of earth. The believers of evangelicals shall lay down in the skies and party up there to celebrate the genocides while Armageddon is being fought with nuclear weapons and the other Christians and humans are being butchered down on the Earth.63 Now, let’s study to what extent this important prophecy relies upon a sound basis in the Holy Book. Although Bible talks about the period of suffering prior to Messiah , no expression stating that this period will last for 7 years is available. Only in the Book of Revelations, this period of tyranny shall last for 42 months (Revelation-11:2). However, In Daniel-9:27, it is written that the leader invading Jerusalem has made a 1-week pact with the Hews that lasted for 7 years and after the half of such period, that is, 3.5 years, the period of tyranny shall begin. Book of Revelations might have mentioned this period of time so that it suits this prophecy. The problem is not whether this period of suffering shall be 7 years or not, rather, whether there will be salvation for the Evangelicals before the onset of such period. These sufferings and tyrannies are offered a large space in Matta-24, Markos-13 and Luka-21. However, it is describe din details that these tyrannies shall be upon believers, that is, the church. There is no expression saying that believers of Messiah will be lifted to the sky and be saved. In 2.Selanikliler-2:1-5 of Pavlus, details about being lifted to the sky are given. Also, it is stated that Messiah shall come only once. The details of this issue are available in the Book of Revelations alone. I scanned the Book of Revelations for those saying that “the Book of Revelations should be relied upon in this regard” since the other chapters of Bible do not have the details. Unfortunately, I have not encountered any expressions as to the fact that the Messiah shall come and, first, save the believers. By contrast, I have encountered expressions mentioning about the believers who are tyrannized during the period of suffering in the book of Revelations:

“6:9 Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

6:10 They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”

6:11 Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.” (Relevation)

“13:7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,” (Revelation)

Also, people who will be tyrannized are mentioned in chapters 14:11-13, 15:1-4 and 16:5-6 of Book of Revelations. However, I have nothing to say if these believers are the other Christian groups, not the Evangelicals. Actually, I have not encountered any privileges anywhere in the Bible. It is evident that they are wrong in this regard as well. If they wish so, anyone may continue to force the prophecies in order for the Messiah who will give them privileges to come back. If this discrimination is correct, I guess nobody can say JESUS CHRIST is a prophet of love and peace.

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