In Part 1 I discussed the hopeful but faulty application of Jesus’ words “You do not know the day or the hour” to the pre-tribulation rapture theory. This post continues on from there. It's taken from my book (link below).
Tag: THE RAPTURE
Is the Rapture Imminent? (part 1).
Can Jesus Christ return any day, and at a time we aren't expecting him to come? The short answer to this is "Yes", because that's what he said about his return. The longer answer must consider the claim that He will come only for his Church, before any world-changing events occur, in what's known as "the pre-Tribulation rapture."
RAPTURE: PRE-TRIB, MID OR POST? PAUL’S CLEAR STATEMENTS
Pre-Tribulation believers make intentional mistakes by avoiding certain verses of Scripture, or parts of those verses, almost as though those words were not there at all, and as though the verses didn't say what they clearly do say.
Disappearing the Church in Revelation After Chapter 3.
Normally I greatly respect John MacArthur's teachings and his love for the Word of God. He's one of those few men I can look up to in our time. However, I disagree with him on the subjects of election, and as I discuss below, the rapture of the Church.
Rapture or Not?
Views of the "rapture of the Church" vary enormously, from people not believing that it's a Biblical event at all and who say it will never happen, to the insistance that all true believers will be whisked from the earth any day now, in order to save us all from suffering and from what's to come upon the earth during the "Tribulation".
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 