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I am not asking whether christians who have not been baptized with the Holy Ghost are to heaven, just if they are going in the rapture. They are some who believe, not I, that they who are not sanctified and/or baptized with the Holy Ghost will go through the tribulation and those that were will be raptured.

I believe the focus of such teachings as this, is on who the "Bride" is. Which can quickly and easily get into very strange theology.

The simple answer,

-- The Bride is the church.

-- The church is the body of Christ.

-- The body of Christ is the members.

-- The members are those who's sins have been forgiven by grace through faith in the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Lord.

If you got the last point, you got it all as far as I am concerned.

that they who are not sanctified and/or baptized with the Holy Ghost

It is not possible to be sanctified without the Holy Ghost. And likewise, you cannot have the Holy Ghost without being sanctified.

And again, as I said on the other thread where you asked this same question, you cannot be a Christian without being born again by the Holy Spirit.

[b]Romans 8
16.[/b] The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

And, if we have not this witness, then we are not Christian.

Therefore, if you believe "they who [b]ARE[/b] sanctified and/or baptized with the Holy Ghost ... will be raptured." Then you must necessitate that every Christian will be raptured.

Is not a "baby" Christian still a Christian the same as a "father of the faith"? Or do we consider so poorly our brothers and sisters who have been but recently washed by the blood of the Lamb?