Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Tribulation
Is it true that if God didn't take believers to heaven before the Tribulation they would suffer His wrath along with everyone else? This, the standard view in evangelical circles, was my reasoning in relation to rapture timing for twenty-eight years, but not any longer (click the title to read on).
The rapture is a very controversial topic among Christians. While many just ignore it altogether, others hang their hopes and even their faith on it.
Will the rapture really happen before any tribulation events? Will some people be "left behind" when the prophesied rapture occurs? Will all true believers be watching tribulation events from heaven? Many evangelicals are convinced that these things are so, as I was, for twenty-eight years. I say "was" intentionally... These questions and their answers provided … Continue reading TWO VIEWS OF A RAPTURE
Last time 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, excerpt 7 of my book* continues on from there... The “imminence” view assumes that the starting moment of the tribulation, including the very day and the time of … Continue reading RAPTURE 7: FAULTY IMMINENCE- CONTINUED
Welcome back to excerpts from my book "All Left Behind: The Case Against the Pre-Tribulation Rapture". I was once a zealous defender of the pre-trib. rapture, but came to see things very differently when I eventually faced up to certain scriptures I had previously ignored, and analysed them more realistically. Here then is installment 6, … Continue reading RAPTURE 6: IMMINENCE
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