Law and Grace

"For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." - John 1:17 KJV

The actions of God giving the Law of commandments to Moses was recorded in detail in the book of Exodus.

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them." - Exodus 24:12 KJV

Moses received the law and commandments from God on Mt. Sinai after The Exodus from Egypt.

But precisely when did grace and truth come by Jesus Christ? At His birth in Bethlehem? Sometime during Jesus’ 3 year ministry? At His death on the cross? Perhaps at His resurrection from the dead?

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I want to define and answer the prominent arguments against the Pre-Tribulation Rapture and also show why there is so much confusion regarding the topic.

Here are the objections I will discuss:

1. No Clear Scriptural Support
2. The Second Coming and the Rapture Are Not Separate Events
3. The Church is Present During the Tribulation
4. The "Last Trumpet" Contradiction
5. The Wheat and Tares Parable (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)
6. The "Day of the Lord" Includes the Tribulation
7. The Historical Church Did Not Teach a Pre-Tribulation Rapture
8. The Purpose of the Tribulation Includes the Church
9. The Resurrection Timing in Revelation 20:4-6
10. The Call to Endure, Not Escape
11. The "Hour of Testing" in Revelation 3:10 Refers to Protection, Not Removal
12. The Marriage Supper of the Lamb Timing Issue
13. Paul’s Warnings About the Antichrist Refute Pre-Tribulationism
14. Old Testament Patterns Favor God’s Protection in Tribulation, Not Removal
15. The Wrath of God and Tribulation Are Not the Same

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In this study I will show you two examples of how Jesus rightly divided the word of truth, the Bible. In Luke chapter five, Jesus attended a banquet in His honor given by Levi (aka Matthew), a tax collector Jesus had just called to become His disciple and follow Him. There were many other tax collectors and friends of Levi attending the celebration including some scribes and Pharisees watching from a distance, always seeking to find fault and accuse Jesus and His newly called disciples. We pick up the narrative in Luke chapter 5 verse 36 as Jesus began to teach via two short, easily overlooked parables.

"And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old." - Luke 5:36 KJV

As with all parables, Jesus illustrated a deeper spiritual truth; in this instance using a clothing metaphor.

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