Answering Dr. Bob Wilkin’s ‘9 PROOFS FOR THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE IN MATTHEW 24’ – Ep. 167

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Answering Dr. Bob Wilkin’s ‘9 PROOFS FOR THE PRETRIBULATION RAPTURE IN MATTHEW 24’ – Ep. 167

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I answered Bob Wilkin's article “The Rapture in Matthew 24? Nine Proofs” in Grace in Focus magazine. He summarizes pretribulational John Hart's view that the pretribulation rapture begins at Matthew 24:36 and not before it.

They are not truly “proofs” but more like assertions. The fatal flaw of his position is he misses the linguistic and contextual links between Matthew 24:30–31 and 24:36–44. The fact that he must build a brick wall between these two closely linked passages shows how strong the tradition of pretribulationism has become within many circles.

 

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