Why will the Church be raptured before the Second Coming?

The Church will be raptured before the Second Coming because the Rapture is the outcalling of the Body of Christ, a Pauline revelation, and the Church will not fit the Tribulation scenario. The Tribulation is God dealing with Israel, drawn from Old Testament prophecy, so the Church must depart first.

Les teaches that the Church is not looking for the Second Coming but for the Rapture, the outcalling of the Body of Christ. That truth is strictly a Pauline revelation; the rest of Scripture speaks of the Second Coming, which is coming. Before that happens, the Church is taken out because it will not fit the Tribulation scenario. The Tribulation is God dealing with Israel and comes from Old Testament prophetic statements. Only in II Thessalonians chapter 2 does Paul mention that after believers have departed, the man of sin and the Tribulation appear. Thus the Church is raptured before the Second Coming because it has no part in Israel’s prophetic Tribulation program.

Will the Church be taken out before the Second Coming and the Tribulation?

Yes. The Church, the Body of Christ, will be taken out in the Rapture before the Second Coming and the Tribulation. The Rapture is a Pauline revelation; the Tribulation is God dealing with Israel, and the Church will not fit that scenario. Therefore, the Church is removed first.