No — the Church will not experience the Tribulation, though those saved during it will.
Les Feldick states with certainty that the church will be taken out before the Tribulation, comparing it to Enoch's removal before the flood. He points to Revelation 3:10 as a promise that believers are kept from the hour of testing that comes on the whole world. However, his teaching also shows that multitudes will believe during the Tribulation and be martyred — these tribulation saints do experience that period.
Revelation 3:10 — Jesus promises to keep the faithful from the hour of testing that comes upon the whole world — directly addressing the question of whether believers experience tribulation.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Paul states God has not appointed believers to wrath, but to salvation — the promise Les points to when he says the Lord will save believers out of this time.
Revelation 3:10 records Jesus’s promise to the Philadelphian church: "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth." Likewise, Paul writes, "For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:9). These verses show that God’s plan for His people includes deliverance from the coming wrath. At the same time, the Bible describes the Tribulation period as one of suffering. Matthew 24:13 says, "But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved." Revelation 12:11 describes those who "overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony," showing that martyrs — including tribulation saints — are present during that time.
Les Feldick directly answers the question in his teaching: the church will not go into the Tribulation. He says, "I maintain there is no way that the Church can go into the Tribulation for primarily one reason. When God began to deal with the Gentiles, the first thing the Apostle Paul made clear was, you are not under Law, you are under Grace. And I've always maintained you cannot mix them." He also compares the church’s removal to Enoch: "Will the church, will the body of Christ go into the tribulation? And I maintain we will not, no more than Enoch went into the flood." He points to Revelation 3:10 as the Lord’s promise to keep believers from "the hour of testing" that comes on the whole world. Les does not say there will be no tribulation believers. He teaches that after the rapture, multitudes will be saved through the 144,000 Jewish evangelists, but they "will be killed almost as fast as they're saved." These tribulation saints are not members of the body of Christ, and their resurrection is grouped with Old Testament believers. For those not ready, Les says these truths are "words of warning," because these horrendous events are certainly coming on the earth.
Les’s first reason is covenantal: the church age is the dispensation of grace, while the tribulation is the time when God resumes His dealing with Israel. As Les says, when God began to deal with the Gentiles, the Apostle Paul made clear, "You are not under Law, you are under Grace." Les maintains you cannot mix the two, so there is no way the Body of Christ can pass through a period that is fundamentally a time of wrath and judgment.
After the church is raptured, the seven-year tribulation begins. During that time Les teaches that the 144,000 Jewish witnesses will preach the gospel, and multitudes of Jews and Gentiles will believe. However, he says they will be "killed almost as fast as they're saved." These tribulation saints are not members of the body of Christ; Les groups them with Old Testament believers, and their resurrection is included in the "gleanings and corners" at the end of that period.
Les points to Jesus’s promise in Revelation 3:10 to keep the Philadelphian believers from "the hour of testing" that shall come upon all the world. He applies this promise to all true believers. Just as Enoch was taken out before the Flood, Les says the church will be taken out before the tribulation: "I maintain we will not, no more than Enoch went into the flood."
Les is emphatic: "Does enduring save anybody? No." When Jesus says in Matthew 24:13, "He that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved," Les explains this is not salvation by enduring. It simply means that if someone has the physical and mental strength to come to the end of the tribulation, he will be spared from the horrendous events of that seven-year period.
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Not Appointed to Wrath
Les assures believers they will not be on earth when the end-times judgments take place, and says God has promised to save believers out of that time of wrath.
Tribulation Saints Martyred
After the rapture, the seven-year tribulation brings horrors; those who believe during it are martyred and, in Les's view, are not members of the Body but are grouped with Old Testament believers.
Law and Grace Cannot Mix
Les insists the church cannot enter the tribulation because the church is under grace while the tribulation is a period when God is dealing with Israel and the Law is operating.
144,000 and Tribulation Saints
After the church is gone, many will be saved through the 144,000 Jewish evangelists, but they are killed almost as fast as they are saved; their resurrection is included at the end.
Kept From the Hour of Testing
Using Enoch as a picture, Les says the church will be taken out before the flood-like judgment; he quotes Jesus's promise to keep believers from the hour of testing that comes on the whole world.
Enduring to the End
Les clarifies that enduring the tribulation does not save anyone — the one who survives to the end is spared from the horrors, but that is not the salvation of the soul.
Satan's Wrath in the Tribulation
Les points to the martyrs who overcame by the blood of the Lamb and describes the devil's great wrath during the tribulation period, showing the severity from which the church is delivered.
Revelation 3:10: Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
This is the promise Les uses to show that believers are kept from the tribulation's hour of testing.
1 Thessalonians 5:9: For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
This is the basis for Les's statement that believers are not appointed to wrath but will be saved out of this time.
Matthew 24:13: But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
Les carefully distinguishes surviving the tribulation from being eternally saved.
Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
This describes martyrs, including tribulation believers, who are present in heaven after the tribulation.
No. Les teaches the church will be taken out before the tribulation, just as Enoch was taken before the flood. He says the Lord has not appointed us to wrath and quotes Revelation 3:10 as a promise to keep believers from the hour of testing that comes on the whole world.
After the church is raptured, the 144,000 Jewish witnesses will preach the gospel and many will be saved. Les says they will be killed almost as fast as they are saved. Because they are not members of the Body of Christ, their resurrection is grouped with Old Testament believers at the end of the tribulation.
No. Les is emphatic that enduring does not save anybody. In Matthew 24:13 Jesus is speaking about surviving the physical horrors of that seven-year period, not about eternal salvation.
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