Believer wrote:Peace everyone,
Is this a necessary belief in Christian doctrine?
There's rteally a lack of evidence that such a thing even exists.
There's a famous verse in the Gospels, Matthew 24:40, that says one guy standing in the field will be taken and other left. Nothing is siad this is before or after the great Tribulation.
I believe Christians are going to be tested and undergo the same pains as the rest of mankind in the end times, as a kinda final test. Also, it's an opprotunity to reachout and convert people who will be looking for answers when supernatural events start to happen.
Remember even in the Left Behind series, many people are going to become Christians during this time...why don't they suddenly disappear too like the other Christians?
Matthew 24:40 is not in referring to the rapture but is referring to the Return of Christ and is an implication of the suddeness of His coming to separate the lost from the saved.