Does the Posttrib Position Have an Eschatological Trumpet?
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. Yes. The posttrib trumpet prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:30 appears to sound as the last literally recorded trumpet in Scripture s eschatological texts. Christ prophesied its sounding will signal a gathering together of His elect from the four winds, after the Great Tribulation. The Last Day Corresponding to this timing hermeneutic, the posttrib position believes Jesus eschatology in John 6 reveals a rapture grand finale. The Rapture will happen, proponents say, at the last possible moment of premillennial history because of Christ’s literal declarations to raise His believers on the last day. John 6:38-40 (also see v. 54) 38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39
