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Will some Christians miss the rapture?

I fear a special category of Christians may miss the rapture due to their lack of faith in God's ability to remove His people ahead of the tribulation. The Bible says we need to pray that we're accounted worthy to escape the tribulation.

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21:36).

Those who lacked faith in the pre-trib rapture run the risk of blocking this blessing. When Jesus was on His healing mission, He said that He could not heal people in some towns because of their lack of faith.

"And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief" (Matt. 13:58). "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb. 11:6). Because Israel refused to trust God, the whole nation was made to wander in the desert for 40 years.

I think Satan fully knows the destruction that doubt causes. This is probably why he's tricked so many Christians into opposing the pre-trib rapture. A day hardly goes by when Rapture Ready doesn't receive some email that attacks the rapture doctrine. Many of these letters are filled with hatred, and, amazingly, many are from people who claim to be members of the Body of Christ.

The Word of God does not give us solid proof that Christians who oppose the pre-trib rapture will miss out on the blessed event; however, it is my understanding that the devil doesn't do anything for nothing. If you are someone in hostility to the pre-trib rapture doctrine, I would caution you to reexamine your end-time view.