Pre-Tribulation Rapture

¹²I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.

¹³Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.

¹⁴The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

¹⁵Then everyone — the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person — all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

¹⁶And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.

¹⁷For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

¹⁰Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

¹¹Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.

¹²For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.

¹³He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.

¹⁴He will level all the high mountains and all the lofty hills.

¹⁵He will break down every high tower and every fortified wall.

¹⁶He will destroy all the great trading ships and every magnificent vessel.

¹⁷Human pride will be humbled, and human arrogance will be brought down. Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment.

¹⁸Idols will completely disappear.

¹⁹When the LORD rises to shake the earth, his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground. They will hide in caves in the rocks from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.

²⁰On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols they made for themselves to worship. They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,

²¹while they crawl away into caverns and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. They will try to escape the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty as he rises to shake the earth.

²²Don’t put your trust in mere humans. They are as frail as breath. What good are they?