A Bible Study on the Rapture Doctrine in Matthew 19:30

Howdy Everyone! The Pre Tribulation Rapture Doctrine is a very detailed study of God's Holy Word. God has a language all of his own and Christians must understand God's language to interpret Bible Prophecy in the New Testament.

The Bible says in Jeremiah 9:24, That we can know and understand God. God wants all of us to know Him and to understand His ways. The only way to do that is to study as 2 Timothy 2:15 directs us to do and by putting on the mind of Christ. See Philippians 2:5.

Now, having said that, I want to show you something in Matthew 19:30. The Bible says the following...

Matthew 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

In reading this verse, some could say that what Jesus said is very straight forward. In reality, What Jesus said in the above verse are 2 Jewish Idioms in Aramaic which is a form or dialect of the Greek Language. Remembering, An Idiom is a peculiar expression of a particular language that is not readily understandable by the meaning of its parts.

So, What are these 2 Idioms spoken by Jesus Christ? They are 1) The First shall be last. 2) The Last shall be first. So, What is Jesus Christ saying in these Idioms? We shall find out. Keeping in mind my post on Matthew 24:31 looking at the Seed Covenant of Abraham.

The First question to be asked is...Who is the Audience in Acts Chapter 2? The Audience is the Seed of Jacob multiplied as the Dust of the earth, i.e. the Church in the Wilderness, see Acts 7:38, who have settled in Jerusalem and surrounding areas and they are all in Jerusalem Worshiping God in the Temple on the Feast of Pentecost.

The Bible teaches that the Gospel came to the Jew first, see Romans 1:16, and the Bible also teaches that Jesus Christ came unto His own and His own received Him not. See John 1:11.

So, Jesus came to the Seed of Jacob multiplied as the Dust of the earth and many rejected Him. God Blinded those Jewish people who rejected Jesus Christ. See Romans 11:8.

The Jews who accepted Jesus Christ as their Messiah became the Children of Promise and were therefore called in Isaac. See Acts 2:47 and Romans 9:7. They received Christ by hearing the Gospel of Circumcision by the Apostle Peter. See Galatians 2:7.

The Jewish people who heard the Gospel of Circumcision and rejected Jesus Christ were the first to hear the Gospel of Circumcision and now will be last. Hence, The First shall be last. See Zechariah 13:9, Matthew 23:39, and Matthew 24:31 along with Zechariah 14:5.

The Apostle Paul was called by God to be the Apostle of the Gentiles. God sent Paul to preach to the Gentiles the Gospel of Uncircumcision. See Galatians 2:7. The Gentiles were the last to hear the Gospel and those who believe and accept Jesus Christ will now be first.

First? Yes, First! First to do what? The Calling out of the Gentiles, See Acts 15:14 and Ephesians 5:27, are first to be adopted into the Spiritual Kingdom of God, see Ephesians 1:5, behind the Jewish Elect of Acts 2:47. See Ephesians 2:19. We are first before the rest of the Seed of Jacob because they rejected Christ.

Therefore, We have the Jewish Elect, The Promised Seed of Isaac, who are followed by the Gentile Elect, The Faith Seed of Abraham. These 2 groups have been promised Heaven in accordance to the Idiom of the Seed Covenant of Abraham which is multiplied as the Stars of the Heaven. See Hebrews 12:23.

The Seed of Jacob who rejected Jesus Christ, according to God's plan, see Zechariah 13:8, will be purified by God through the Tribulation period and at the end of this time, They will see Christ and recognize who He is and accept Him as Messiah. See Matthew 24:29-31 and Matthew 23:39.

So, with this information in front of us, Matthew 19:30 becomes a very powerful verse spoken by Jesus Christ that shows us the following information below graphed...The Gathering will be...

--In the air----------------------------------------------on the Earth
Jewish Elect----I---Tribulation period---I-----Seed of Jacob
Gentile Elect-------Jacob's Seed tried----------Purified
----------------------------Zechariah 13:8----------Zechariah 13:9
--Feast #5------------------------------------------------Feast #6
--Last-first------------------------------------------------First-last

The Gathering in the Air is followed by a trip to Heaven with Jesus Christ for 1 Week where all of us stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ, see Revelation 4:2-3, and receive our rewards for what we did for Christ while on this earth. See Romans 14:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 and Matthew 12:36-37. See Also 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 1 Corinthians 15:50-52, and Philippians 3:20-21.

Our 1 Week in Heaven, is the same length of time for the Tribulation period which is also 1 Week. See Daniel 9:27. Then, After this 1 Week, All of us return with Christ to rule and Reign with Him in His Millennial Kingdom right here on this earth. See Revelation 19:11-16 and Revelation 20:4-6.

Rev. Dr. Michael Dickson, Th.D.

The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed. The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.