Lay it to Heart

Can People Get Saved in the Tribulation?

Some scholars say anyone who has heard the Gospel message prior to the rapture will not be able to get saved afterwards. I believe that people will get saved during the tribulation whether or not they have heard the Gospel prior to the Rapture. These are the verses that support my view.

People Saved in the Tribulation
Revelation 14:13 says, "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." You are not truly blessed unless you're saved.

The Church With All New Members
Revelation 12:
	1	And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
	2	And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
	3	And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
	4	And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
	5	And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
	6	And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

The 1,260 days are one of the halves of the tribulation. The woman: is this not a reference to the church? How can there be a tribulation church unless new people get saved? Matthew 24:24 mentions the elect during the tribulation. Jesus said, "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Jesus also said in verse 31, "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." There will be elect during the tribulation.

The 144,000
Revelation 7:4 says, "And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel." This is a reference to the 144,000 male Jewish virgins who are saved during the tribulation.

The Great Multitude
Revelations 9:
	9	After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
	10	And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb
	11	And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
	12	Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
	13	And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
	14	And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

If the number of the multitude was so great it could not be numbered by any man on earth it has to bigger than the 144,000 mentioned in the verses just prior in Revelation 7:4-8. It also has to be bigger than the 200,000,000 numbered in Revelation 9:16 where it says, "And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them."

Everybody Has a Witness Now
Romans 1:
	19	Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.
	20	For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Psalm 19:1 says, "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork." Everybody has had some form of witness available to them. Everybody in the tribulation will have already had some form of a witness given to them prior to the rapture.

Some people try to say that if someone has heard the gospel before it will be impossible for them to believe later during the tribulation. They cite this passage.

Hebrews 6:
	4	For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
	5	And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
	6	If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Notice above it refers to those enlightened. How can they be truly enlightened without being a Christian? How can they taste of the heavenly gift without a relationship with Jesus? How is it that anybody other than a believer can be made a partaker of the Holy Ghost? They can't. This is talking about Christians.

Salvation is Open to Anyone
Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Whosoever means who so ever. In John 6:37 Jesus said, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out". This includes people in the tribulation. Regardless of what people have heard before or ignored, as long as they are alive, they can still repent and ask Jesus to save them. We need to lead people to Jesus now, but if they don't accept him as their saviour now, I still plan to leave a witness for them later.

The Cutoff is Death, not the Rapture
Hebrews 9:27 says, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" The Bible will not change during the Tribulation and neither will the plan of salvation. There will not be a NEW New Testament. The unpardonable sin is not accepting Jesus before you die. It's not too late until you die.