I am often baffled that there are believers who place pretribulationism on the level of certainty with, for example, the deity of Christ or the virgin birth. I find it alarming actually. Such an imbalance of biblical evidence reveals a Tradition at work. Pretribulationism asserts that the secret rapture will take place before the Antichrist’s […]
Pretribulationism
[Graphic] The Enemy Wants You to Believe that the Church Will be “Raptured Out of Here” Before Antichrist’s Beheading Begins
Many pretribulational prophecy teachers today tantalize their benighted followers about “the rise of Antichrist.” And they also tragically teach their followers that they will be raptured out of there before his great tribulation begins. And then you have all those pastors and other Christian leaders who tell you that “we should not be ‘divisive’ so […]
Revelation 3:10 E-Pamphlet Available
Charles Cooper has written an E-Pamphlet, Revelation 3:10: A Bombshell. Revelation 3:10 – A Bombshell is a compilation of quotes by the leading teachers of the pretribulation rapture position concerning their view of the significance of Revelation 3:10. Many have explicitly stated that this verse proofs the timing of the pretrib rapture. In this pamphlet, […]
Imminency versus Prophecy
Doug Eigsti has written an extensive article refuting pretribulational imminency entitled, “Imminency versus Prophecy.” You can download the article as a PDF here. See page 4–5 for the contents and purpose of the article.
Another Striking Parallel Between Jesus and Paul Documented
I have documented over 25 parallels between Jesus and Paul’s eschatological teaching, demonstrating clearly that Paul is dependent on Jesus’ Olivet Discourse, contra preterism and pretribulationism. Up to this point, I have overlooked another parallel, a conceptual and verbal parallel: “meeting” (apantesis). In Paul’s teaching, he is referring to the rapture when he mentions “meeting” the […]
“First of the ‘Left Behind’ series about to get an expensive remake”
Remember those kookie Left Behind books and movies depicting millions of believers vanishing and leaving the world wondering where they went? Through and through it is really, really flawed theology. But it gets worse. Its producer, Cloud Ten Pictures, a Christian film company in Ontario, plans on dumping about $15 million into this pablum “Christian” film […]
Responding to Joe Bell of Calvary Chapel Lafayette, and a Challenge to Defend his Position in a Public Debate
Joe Bell replied to me writing an egregious ignorant email about the prewrath position. I will respond to it point by point here. He writes: With all due respect brother, you mean the church needs to be taught a death theology that you propagate because very few believers will make it through the first three […]
Chuck Smith Tells 8,000 Calvary Chapel Goers They Will Not Have to Suffer Because the “Imminent Rapture” is Soon
Chuck Smith, the founder of Calvary Chapel, this past week spoke at a Calvary Chapel Bible prophecy conference attended by 8,000 persons. His message to them was basically, “Look at the precarious world, you will escape the coming tribulation by being raptured soon…is it not a comfort!” You can read the article here. He makes […]
New Pamphlet Available – The Early Church Teaching on the Relationship Between the Church and Antichrist
This is the latest publication in the Prewrath Pamphlet Series™. You can order it here. This pamphlet complements the previous one that was on the Didache, by expanding the early church testimony up to A.D. 250, which taught that the church would encounter the Antichrist before the return of Christ. I provide statements of […]
What Does “The Apostasy” Refer to in 2 Thessalonians 2:3?
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy [ho apostasia] comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (2 Thess 2:3 NASB) Paul wrote his second letter to the Thessalonians because he learned that they were deceptively being taught by some that […]
An Open Debate Challenge to Jimmy DeYoung on the Timing of the Rapture
“The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.” —Proverbs 18:17 Mr. Jimmy DeYoung I would like to challenge you to a public moderated debate on the timing of the rapture: Prewrath vs. Pretribulationism. Will you accept? We can schedule for summer at a location of your choosing. A […]