Life is full of hardships and heaviness. We have the promises of God to help us in difficult days, and we have the Holy Spirit within us. We have a purpose for being here—to refresh the memory of others regarding the things of the Lord. But we’ll soon put aside the tent of our earthly body, and what a relief! Goodbye hardship and heaviness. Goodbye trials and troubles. Hello Jesus! Hello heaven! Hello golden streets, glorified bodies, endless days, and the fresh air of New Jerusalem! Dearing, Karen Lynn (2001). "A History of the Independent Bible Church". Ouachita Baptist University. p.20 . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

Bible Gateway passage: Romans 8:19-21 - New King James Version". Bible Gateway . Retrieved 2022-09-10. Marvin Rosenthal, author of The Prewrath Rapture of the Church, is a proponent for the prewrath rapture view. His belief is founded on the work of Robert D. Van Kampen (1938–1999); his books The Sign, The Rapture Question Answered and The Fourth Reich detail his pre-wrath rapture doctrine. Tim Grass, Gathering to His Name: The Story of the Brethren in Britain and Ireland (Paternoster, 2006)September 23: Christian numerologist David Meade motivated this date with astrological theories. [121] During the 1970s, belief in the rapture became popular in wider circles, in part because of the books of Hal Lindsey, including The Late Great Planet Earth, which has reportedly sold between 15 million and 35 million copies, and the movie A Thief in the Night, which based its title on the scriptural reference 1 Thessalonians 5:2. Lindsey proclaimed that the rapture was imminent, based on world conditions at the time. Rosenthal, Marvin J. (1990). The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0840731609.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Donald H. Akenson, Discovering the End of Time. Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O’Connell (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016) The living and the resurrected dead will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17). [32]Paul wrote that the Rapture will take place “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye” (1 Corinthians 15:52). “Twinkling” likely refers to the amount of time it takes for light, traveling at 186,000 miles per second, to be reflected on the retina of one’s eye. In less than a nanosecond, the Lord will call believers to Himself! LaHaye, Tim; Ice, Thomas (2001). Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Understanding Bible Prophecy. Tim LaHaye Prophecy Library. Harvest House. ISBN 978-0736901383.

Authors and teachers who support the post-tribulational view include Pat Robertson, Walter R. Martin, John Piper, George E. Ladd, [105] Robert H. Gundry, [106] and Douglas Moo. Drum, Walter (1 July 1912). "Epistles to the Thessalonians". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.14. New York City: Robert Appleton Company . Retrieved 12 December 2010.Penton, M. James (9 August 1997) [1985]. Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses (2nded.). University of Toronto Press. pp.21–22. ISBN 978-0802079732. Thiessen, Henry C. (1979). Lectures in Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans. pp. 355–356. ISBN 0-8028-3529-5.