Do the Assembly of God believe in pre-tribulation rapture of the church?

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2026-04-24 06:10

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The answer to the rapture question is an emphatic No! They do not. Nor do they believe and teach in, what they refer to as a "Needless" literal Battle of Armageddon or a literal Thousand Year reign at all. To see this for yourself

go to their website at jesusisthesubject.org, scrolling down to the bottom, one of the electronic pamphlets titled "The Return of Christ" states clearly on page 6 that

... "These eight references help us to see more

clearly the truth of the event. There will be

no secret rapture, for every eye shall see him

and every ear shall hear him in that Day of

the Lord. Victory has already been won in

the struggle against evil, so there needs to be

no great military confrontation against evil

(i.e., a Battle of Armageddon) before Christ

returns (see Eph 6:12). There will be one

general resurrection of the dead when he comes

(1 Thess 4:16–17), which leaves no time for

a seven-year tribulation period or an earthly

millennial reign.

Christ ushered in his kingdom at his first

advent, and at his return, “he hands over the

kingdom to God the Father” (1 Cor 15:24).

This spiritual kingdom is “not food and drink

but righteousness and peace and joy in the

Holy Spirit” (Rom 14:17) and is an everlasting

kingdom (Luke 1:33).

In their Welcome to the Family" guide for Leaders bible study they make this clear even further. Written by Oral and Laura Withrow page 42... says

The Kingdom of God is now and realized in the birth and life of the church. The new age is present now, though hidden in the community fo faith but will be manifest throughout the earth when our Lord Comes (Harper and row 1979). It goes further to state The church of God has had strong voices for both a modified preterit view and the histories view and that some have been more persuaded by the symbolic view of Revelation. They also suggest favoritism towards the Pan-millennialism and pro-millennialism, ah-millennialism attitudes which adds to more of the confusion. Clearly teaching the St Augustine error of spiritualizing The Bible and prophecy

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