This parable is often cited as a prooftext from posttribulationists to support the notion that the church will be here on earth protected in the day of the Lord’s wrath, then afterwards be raptured. Does the parable of the Wheat and Weeds (Tares) intend to teach a sequence of events? For example it says: “First […]
Posttribulationism
A Groundswell for the Prewrath Rapture Position
“I doubt [Marvin Rosenthal] will live long enough to find Pre-Wrath rapture the recognized position…after the first blush of fadism passes, it will likely be forgotten.” —Tim LaHaye, 1998, Rapture Under Attack, p 102 Thirteen years ago Tim LaHaye made that prediction—which dismally failed to come to fruition. The prewrath position continues to have a […]
The Day of the Lord is Not a Literal 24 Hour Day
There are some who maintain that the Day of the Lord will be a literal twenty-four hour day, mostly those holding to a variant of posttribulationism, as well as amillennialism. They require that all the events associated with God’s eschatological wrath must occur within a single day when Christ comes back. This forced “accordion” interpretation […]
The Early Church Fathers on the Second Coming
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