There is great clarity in the teachings. Even when I still need to investigate I can see clearly where to start from and compare with the scriptures. Thank you Pastor
Thanks Pastor Derek for adding subtitles to this precious video. Your teachings are blessing my life so much! I am studying the books you have published on the Oxford Bible Church website and I pray you can teach in other countries and in my country Italy! Thank you!
Hej, how do you say that the 2 witnesses wil work for a period of 1260 days at the beginning of the 70 weeks? while the total of days in the 70 weeks is 490 days?? could you explain more . and thank you
Thank you, Brother Derek. Could it be that the Tribulation period and the 7 year covenant with the antichrist are separated by the puzzling 45 extra days spoken of in Daniel 12:12?
no - it is an unknown period of time - not the 45 days you refer to, which relate to the 2nd half of the tribulation, not the first half. I provide the solution to the 1260 days, 1290 days and 1335 days of Daniel 12 later in this series.
Daniel 9:27 cannot be the anti-christ because Daniel 9:4 says: *"And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GOD, KEEPING THE COVENANT and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;"* Verse four says it is God that keeps the covenant. That covenant was temporarily set aside for the Church. The Church was not revealed to Daniel. God paused the clock for the Church. When the Church is removed God will restart the clock for the final week.
There are many covenants in the Bible so it does not follow that the same covenant is in view in v27 and in v4. The evidence of the verse itself is clear, that whoever makes this covenant will set up the Abomination of Desolation half way through the 7 years- namely the antichrist. The 'he' is also identified by the context (v26), for the Roman armies that destroy Jerusalem (in AD 70) are described as being 'the people of prince to come' - so the prince to come is a future head of a Revived Roman Empire. The next sentence has this man as the subject, according to the laws of language.
@@DerekWalkerOBC, Thank you so much for replying. I think you are an excellent teacher. We will all get to watch how the time of Jacob's trouble plays out when we are caught up in the rapture. Daniel 9:27 says *"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."* I've said that the Church was not revealed to Daniel. It also was not revealed to Daniel that two witnesses would come back to earth with such fearsome power that when the beast goes to war against them with the help of that 200 million strong army *the earth dwellers will celebrate and give each other gifts.* How do I know the two witnesses are killed in the 'midst' of the week? According to Revelation 11 the two witnesses preach for 1260 days. = three and a half years. They are left dead in the street for three and a half days. *This is only possible at the midpoint because when Jesus returns the party's over.* _"IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE,"_ God determines the time of our rapture and God has stated how long the two witnesses would preach. The beast cannot kill the two witnesses UNTIL the 1260 days have passed. The beast kills the two witnesses during the second woe. The events of the sixth trumpet, the second woe, are described in Revelation from chapter 9:13 to 11:14. The third woe is the 42 month rule of the beast.
yes - i basically agree with what you say here, but that is all consistent with the beast/antichrist being the one who confirms a covenant with israel in v27
Bonjour, pasteur Derek à 15:51 , vous dite que des que Noé et sa famille entre dans l'arche, (the Flood) viens immédiatement après la fermeture de l'arche. ce n'est pas ce qui c'est passé. Why? lisons Genèse Chapitre 7 versets 5 à 16 : ( 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. ) 7 days for 7 years: le Déluge est tombé 7 jours après !!!!!!!!!!! après the rapture la tribulation durera 7 ans , avant le Grand jour de la colère de Dieu ,the second comes of Jésus Christ .( my Lord Yeshouah el Mashiah. )
i based my comments on Luke 17:27: "They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, UNTIL the DAY that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all" and Matthew 24:38 they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." This is based on Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the 2nd month, the 17th day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the VERY SAME DAY (the 17th) Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark (for the last time)." So the Flood did fall on the day they entered the Ark and God shut the door. Your comments are based on the additional fact that Noah and the animals STARTED to BOARD the Ark 7 days earlier. However, in comparing the rapture to what happened in the days of Noah, Jesus pointed to the fact that judgment fell on the same day that the believers entered the Ark. The Flood is a type of the whole Tribulation (not just the 2nd Coming) because the Tribulation is a world-wide judgment. jesus is saying that the Tribulation-Flood will begin when the believers disappear into the Ark.
@@DerekWalkerOBC , je pense que nous avons la même compréhension du signe annoncé par notre Seigneur Yahoshouah El Mashiah. l’Église sera enlevée ensuite viens la tribulation de 7 années. que Dieu te bénisse . Gloire à notre Seigneur, Roi des rois. Amen Big Thanks for your Work
What? My Bible says 7 days passed (after Noah and family entered into the Ark) until God shut the door and it began to rain. Not on the same day, but AFTER 7 days.!!
They started boarding 7 days before, but the same day they had all fully entered, the Flood fell. Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
@@DerekWalkerOBC That doesn't make sense. The door was open for 7 days. The opened door was allowing water to come in.. Both firmanent and waters of the deep are engulfing the earth simultaineously..quickly..very quickly..... An entire earth could have been totally covered in a day..let alone 7...with an open door??! Are we in agreement that it was God Who shut the door? The opened door has significance in that it was one last offer of Salvation.. And... it being accessable from 'dry' land, rather than effort by swimming, when more than likely the hunan race had never seen rain..nor could swim. (stay afloat). I will ask The Lord for greater clarification..it is not clear..
@@DerekWalkerOBC Dear Pastor. In no may are my questions meant in any disrespect. I am trying to understand your teachings. That I can be 'direct' in how my words are received, in no way do I mean any unkindness or disrespect. Regards.
@@thebabaa5001 during the 7 days there was no rain, and Noah and family were going to and fro getting all the animals etc on the ark. Then when they entered the Ark for the final time and God shut the door, the rain (judgment) started on that same day.
@@DerekWalkerOBC The Scripture is not clear to me that Noah/family are using 7 days to board. Verse 10 is making distinction that a time frame of 7 days is transpiring before God shuts the door...but not pinpoints what is happening in those 7 days. That week..7 days has always been seen as one more extension of God's love and mercy against His wrath .. (Justice). Isn't Noah a type of Jew, riding out great Tribulation rather than the Bride being completely removed? I see Christ referencing the 'no day/hr' (24 time zones/24 hrs each..making none equal to another) rapture in the 'taken' verses that follow, yet it has always been the accepted theology that Noah was the Jew, (going through), while Lot (taken out/away to safely) was the Bride...concerning God's judgements of Wrath.? There is a much greater reason for clarification of your stance on this point, and I will need to re-watch this part of your series to evaluate my mind, prayerfully, thus connect this one point to what struck me as error..which in conclusion could be my own if satifactory evidence can be provided by you. I appreciate the time you are taking in responding. Regards
the point about the 7-year clear-up is that Ezekiel 38 could be before or just after the rapture, so both events are imminent (that is - they could happen any time) because either could happen first. My point is that it could well be before the rapture, but not necessarily.
I believe in Pre-Trib rapture in 4:1 (the 24 elders represent the church in heaven). The Tribulation starts straight after the rapture with the 1st seal being opened on the same day (6:1) but Dadiels 70th Week (the last 7 years of the Tribulation) only beings at the 7th Seal. (It is often assumed that the Tribulation is identical to the 70th week but there is no scripture for that.
no - the Tribulation, the Day of the Lord, the End of the Age are all names for the same period of time describing different aspects. The Day of the Lord signifies it is a time of Judgment -wrath. the Tribulation/Trouble signifies it is a time of great persecution (especially for Jacob)
just reread revelations and I noticed the rapture and 1Tf and2Th and it verifies this fact takes place according to HIS Word place in 1THESS THE RAPTURE. 2nd COMING in 2Thess. (when reading the Bible or these two books)1Thess and 2 Thess DENOTES THIS
Are you promoting a PARTIAL rapture position, which I thought this might be. Is pre wrath the same as post trib? does partial rapture =actual saved believers who are living worldly, self centered lives, indifferent to their sin or repentance but who are actually saved by their faith ( they trust in Christ alone as their Savior) but just don’t want him to fully be their Lord? If worldly believers miss the rapture will they need some purging and cleansing in the GT, but this doesn’t mean they are not saved. In other words, were they not rapture READY and thus will miss out on this privilege? Some even believe these are primarily the people who will end up being martyred in the GT and not protected. I still don’t see how 1 Thess 4 or 1 Cor 15 differentiates believers- spiritual vs. worldly. “And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive , who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air….” I don’t see a qualification here as to who rises, so the partial rapture theory, while interesting, has not completely won me over, but I admit, there are some passages that sure seem to allude to it
No - i do not believe in the partial rapture. If someone is truly born again 'in Christ' they will be in the rapture - it is part of our salvation by grace. The differentiation of believers according to their faithfulness takes place after the rapture when we stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to receive differing eternal rewards. It says we shall ALL (not some) stand before His Judgment Seat (Romans 14:10). The Pre-Wrath rapture view is different from Post Trib - it is a complex view but basically it puts the rapture near the end of the Tribulation, just before the 7 Bowls of Wrath. But the wrath/judgment of God actually starts with the 1st seal not the bowls of wrath, so the whole Tribulation is a time of wrath = the Day of the Lord. Thus the Pre-Tribulation Rapture is correct.
Look Mathieu Chapter 25 vers 1 to 13: 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. vers 12 to 13 : 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
There is great clarity in the teachings. Even when I still need to investigate I can see clearly where to start from and compare with the scriptures. Thank you Pastor
Thank you very much, from Milano. God bless you
Part 5! Been waiting for this one! Great work, God Bless.
Thanks Pastor Derek for adding subtitles to this precious video. Your teachings are blessing my life so much! I am studying the books you have published on the Oxford Bible Church website and I pray you can teach in other countries and in my country Italy! Thank you!
Thank you for this Last part!!! God bless you !
Jesus is coming very very soon! Be rapture ready!
Hej, how do you say that the 2 witnesses wil work for a period of 1260 days at the beginning of the 70 weeks? while the total of days in the 70 weeks is 490 days?? could you explain more . and thank you
Thank you, Brother Derek. Could it be that the Tribulation period and the 7 year covenant with the antichrist are separated by the puzzling 45 extra days spoken of in Daniel 12:12?
no - it is an unknown period of time - not the 45 days you refer to, which relate to the 2nd half of the tribulation, not the first half. I provide the solution to the 1260 days, 1290 days and 1335 days of Daniel 12 later in this series.
@@DerekWalkerOBC Oh, ok. Thank you for the response ☺️
Daniel 9:27 cannot be the anti-christ because Daniel 9:4 says: *"And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, THE GREAT AND DREADFUL GOD, KEEPING THE COVENANT and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;"*
Verse four says it is God that keeps the covenant. That covenant was temporarily set aside for the Church.
The Church was not revealed to Daniel. God paused the clock for the Church. When the Church is removed God will restart the clock for the final week.
There are many covenants in the Bible so it does not follow that the same covenant is in view in v27 and in v4. The evidence of the verse itself is clear, that whoever makes this covenant will set up the Abomination of Desolation half way through the 7 years- namely the antichrist. The 'he' is also identified by the context (v26), for the Roman armies that destroy Jerusalem (in AD 70) are described as being 'the people of prince to come' - so the prince to come is a future head of a Revived Roman Empire. The next sentence has this man as the subject, according to the laws of language.
@@DerekWalkerOBC, Thank you so much for replying. I think you are an excellent teacher. We will all get to watch how the time of Jacob's trouble plays out when we are caught up in the rapture.
Daniel 9:27 says *"And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate."*
I've said that the Church was not revealed to Daniel. It also was not revealed to Daniel that two witnesses would come back to earth with such fearsome power that when the beast goes to war against them with the help of that 200 million strong army *the earth dwellers will celebrate and give each other gifts.*
How do I know the two witnesses are killed in the 'midst' of the week?
According to Revelation 11 the two witnesses preach for 1260 days. = three and a half years.
They are left dead in the street for three and a half days. *This is only possible at the midpoint because when Jesus returns the party's over.*
_"IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE,"_
God determines the time of our rapture and God has stated how long the two witnesses would preach. The beast cannot kill the two witnesses UNTIL the 1260 days have passed.
The beast kills the two witnesses during the second woe. The events of the sixth trumpet, the second woe, are described in Revelation from chapter 9:13 to 11:14.
The third woe is the 42 month rule of the beast.
yes - i basically agree with what you say here, but that is all consistent with the beast/antichrist being the one who confirms a covenant with israel in v27
Bonjour, pasteur Derek à 15:51 , vous dite que des que Noé et sa famille entre dans l'arche, (the Flood) viens immédiatement après la fermeture de l'arche. ce n'est pas ce qui c'est passé. Why?
lisons Genèse Chapitre 7 versets 5 à 16 :
( 5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. )
7 days for 7 years:
le Déluge est tombé 7 jours après !!!!!!!!!!!
après the rapture la tribulation durera 7 ans , avant le Grand jour de la colère de Dieu ,the second comes of Jésus Christ .( my Lord Yeshouah el Mashiah. )
i based my comments on Luke 17:27: "They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, UNTIL the DAY that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all" and Matthew 24:38 they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be." This is based on Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the 2nd month, the 17th day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the VERY SAME DAY (the 17th) Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark (for the last time)." So the Flood did fall on the day they entered the Ark and God shut the door. Your comments are based on the additional fact that Noah and the animals STARTED to BOARD the Ark 7 days earlier. However, in comparing the rapture to what happened in the days of Noah, Jesus pointed to the fact that judgment fell on the same day that the believers entered the Ark. The Flood is a type of the whole Tribulation (not just the 2nd Coming) because the Tribulation is a world-wide judgment. jesus is saying that the Tribulation-Flood will begin when the believers disappear into the Ark.
@@DerekWalkerOBC , je pense que nous avons la même compréhension du signe annoncé par notre Seigneur Yahoshouah El Mashiah. l’Église sera enlevée ensuite viens la tribulation de 7 années. que Dieu te bénisse . Gloire à notre Seigneur, Roi des rois. Amen Big Thanks for your Work
What? My Bible says 7 days passed (after Noah and family entered into the Ark) until God shut the door and it began to rain. Not on the same day, but AFTER 7 days.!!
They started boarding 7 days before, but the same day they had all fully entered, the Flood fell. Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
@@DerekWalkerOBC
That doesn't make sense.
The door was open for 7 days.
The opened door was allowing water to come in..
Both firmanent and waters of the deep are engulfing the earth simultaineously..quickly..very quickly.....
An entire earth could have been totally covered in a day..let alone 7...with an open door??!
Are we in agreement that it was God Who shut the door?
The opened door has significance in that it was one last offer of Salvation..
And... it being accessable from 'dry' land, rather than effort by swimming, when more than likely the hunan race had never seen rain..nor could swim.
(stay afloat).
I will ask The Lord for greater clarification..it is not clear..
@@DerekWalkerOBC
Dear Pastor.
In no may are my questions meant in any disrespect.
I am trying to understand your teachings.
That I can be 'direct' in how my words are received, in no way do I mean any unkindness or disrespect.
Regards.
@@thebabaa5001 during the 7 days there was no rain, and Noah and family were going to and fro getting all the animals etc on the ark. Then when they entered the Ark for the final time and God shut the door, the rain (judgment) started on that same day.
@@DerekWalkerOBC
The Scripture is not clear to me that Noah/family are using 7 days to board.
Verse 10 is making distinction that a time frame of 7 days is transpiring before God shuts the door...but not pinpoints what is happening in those 7 days.
That week..7 days has always been seen as one more extension of God's love and mercy against His wrath ..
(Justice).
Isn't Noah a type of Jew, riding out great Tribulation rather than the Bride being completely removed? I see Christ referencing the 'no day/hr'
(24 time zones/24 hrs each..making none equal to another) rapture in the 'taken' verses that follow, yet it has always been the accepted theology that Noah was the Jew, (going through), while Lot (taken out/away to safely) was the Bride...concerning God's judgements of Wrath.?
There is a much greater reason for clarification of your stance on this point,
and I will need to re-watch this part of your series to evaluate my mind, prayerfully, thus connect this one point to what struck me as error..which in conclusion could be my own if satifactory evidence can be provided by you.
I appreciate the time you are taking in responding.
Regards
Pastor Derek insert subtitles, please. Thank you.
Yes i do think " YOU " ask for alot .
@@ameard9801 and if derek spoke spanish you'd be asking the same?
@@mikha007
Nope
How do you know i don t already Speak Spanish ?
If the rapture is after Ezekiel 38 then it can't be imminent then, can it?
the point about the 7-year clear-up is that Ezekiel 38 could be before or just after the rapture, so both events are imminent (that is - they could happen any time) because either could happen first. My point is that it could well be before the rapture, but not necessarily.
Thank you and thank you for the excellent videos
is this pre trib rapture?
I believe in Pre-Trib rapture in 4:1 (the 24 elders represent the church in heaven). The Tribulation starts straight after the rapture with the 1st seal being opened on the same day (6:1) but Dadiels 70th Week (the last 7 years of the Tribulation) only beings at the 7th Seal. (It is often assumed that the Tribulation is identical to the 70th week but there is no scripture for that.
Derek whats your bible view we are protected by GODS wrath but not satans
We are not appointed for God's wrath - so God's wrath is not upon us. However satan hates believers and does stir up persection against us.
@@DerekWalkerOBC we are not appointed to Gods wrath but are we to go thru the trib/time of Jacobs trouble?
no - the Tribulation, the Day of the Lord, the End of the Age are all names for the same period of time describing different aspects. The Day of the Lord signifies it is a time of Judgment -wrath. the Tribulation/Trouble signifies it is a time of great persecution (especially for Jacob)
just reread revelations and I noticed the rapture and 1Tf and2Th and it verifies this fact takes place according to HIS Word place in 1THESS THE RAPTURE. 2nd COMING in 2Thess. (when reading the Bible or these two books)1Thess and 2 Thess DENOTES THIS
PEOPLE WAKE UP THERE WILL BE NO RAPTURE......
Are you promoting a PARTIAL rapture position, which I thought this might be.
Is pre wrath the same as post trib?
does partial rapture =actual saved believers who are living worldly, self centered lives, indifferent to their sin or repentance but who are actually saved by their faith ( they trust in Christ alone as their Savior) but just don’t want him to fully be their Lord?
If worldly believers miss the rapture will they need some purging and cleansing in the GT, but this doesn’t mean they are not saved. In other words, were they not rapture READY and thus will miss out on this privilege? Some even believe these are primarily the people who will end up being martyred in the GT and not protected.
I still don’t see how 1 Thess 4 or 1 Cor 15 differentiates believers- spiritual vs. worldly.
“And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive , who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air….” I don’t see a qualification here as to who rises, so the partial rapture theory, while interesting, has not completely won me over, but I admit, there are some passages that sure seem to allude to it
No - i do not believe in the partial rapture. If someone is truly born again 'in Christ' they will be in the rapture - it is part of our salvation by grace. The differentiation of believers according to their faithfulness takes place after the rapture when we stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to receive differing eternal rewards. It says we shall ALL (not some) stand before His Judgment Seat (Romans 14:10). The Pre-Wrath rapture view is different from Post Trib - it is a complex view but basically it puts the rapture near the end of the Tribulation, just before the 7 Bowls of Wrath. But the wrath/judgment of God actually starts with the 1st seal not the bowls of wrath, so the whole Tribulation is a time of wrath = the Day of the Lord. Thus the Pre-Tribulation Rapture is correct.
Look Mathieu Chapter 25 vers 1 to 13: 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
vers 12 to 13 : 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.