Why Should We Study the Tribulation? - By Steve Schmutzer - http://raptureready.com/soap2/schmutzer5.html
In my role as a teacher, I get asked a lot of questions, and here's one of them. While it's asked various ways, it's basically this: "Why should we study The Great Tribulation if we as Christians won't experience it?" I'll share some thoughts I have in response to it.
I believe several problems arise if we assign value to the study of certain doctrines or portions of Scripture, based on whether we believe we will or will not experience the circumstances of the specific text.
Let's start high-altitude here.
First, this sort of rationale runs the risk of regarding much of the Word of God as irrelevant. If one believes in the pre-Trib Rapture as those who ask this question typically do, then any element of Scripture which finds fulfillment after the Rapture could be conveniently set aside.
"We'll be with Jesus! Everything will be great for us then, so what does it matter what comes next, right?" I've heard people talk this way on a few occasions.
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