In regard to interpreting prophecy... We have been swayed by history. A similar event has happened many times since. People see a rising candidate for “Babylon” or “antichrist” and they begin to rework Scripture to make it...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Who is he? Is he alive today? How will we recognize him? Won’t Jesus come first? The subject at hand is not exactly new for me. Those who have followed my works online have seen full commentaries on the book of Revelation and Daniel, plus...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Regarding the rapture... Þ It was not meant to be an escape from the cross of Christ to which all are called; it is rather the blessed hope of those who carry that cross to the very end. Þ It was not intended to create a division of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I Thessalonians 5:9, “For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Question: Since the tribulation is the wrath of God upon unbelievers, how can the church be present? Let me...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Some possible arguments for pretrib? 2.... Revelation 4:1, “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If there were not some difficult questions that the Scriptures themselves raise regarding this matter, fewer people would give this theory the nod. We prayerfully submit the following explanations of passages that seem to point toward...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Distinction 7. Next Mr. ____________implies that if antichrist must come first, it is not logical to have people looking for that blessed hope as in Titus 2:13 and Hebrews 9:28. If we know that antichrist must come first, the thought goes, how can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Distinction 5. Brother---------- says that a rapture occurs when the church is sleeping, but the second coming during the devastation, when Christians must obviously be wide awake. The sleeping church idea he proves only by using the parable of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Continued from last blog... Distinction 2: We are told that, at the rapture all believers are resurrected, whereas at the Second Coming there is no resurrection until antichrist is defeated. This is called “begging the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Supposed distinctions It is disappointing to read the works of men that are normally trustworthy in their treatment of Scripture, when it comes to their promotion of a pre-tribulation rapture. Consider one brother ---------, no lightweight in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
