What if there is no rapture. The title of this column was inspired by Adam Hunter’s Christian Post article, Imagine there’s no rapture. What if there is no rapture I don’t intend to comment on the article in detail, just the gist of it as far as I can tell. Firstly, note that Hunter’s column focuses on a specific … [Read more...]
Church and my rapture view
Church and my rapture view. Please help; my Church won’t teach my rapture view! I’ve heard this complaint in various forms over the years. The latest example was of someone asking for prayer for a family ostracized in their church for not being pretribulational. Accordingly, the area is predominantly pretrib and … [Read more...]
Did the Disciples ask the Wrong Question?
Did the Disciples ask the Wrong Question? When the disciples approached Jesus in Acts 1:6, did they get it wrong? What were they thinking? Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" Act 1:6 Okay, I've written about this issue … [Read more...]
Jesus Longs for His Return
According to Puritan Thomas Goodwin, Jesus longs for his Return. Christians, who wait for Him, ought to be comforted by that truth. In the booklet "A Habitual Sight of Him," he is cited as writing, It is the manner of bridegrooms, when they made all ready in their fathers' houses, then to come themselves and … [Read more...]
Andy Woods on the Pre-Wrath Rapture
Andy Woods on the Pre-Wrath Rapture: the following critique of prewrath was presented at the 2023 Pretrib Conference. You can watch the video at This Link (and below) and read the accompanying notes etc HERE. Some Observations Dr. Woods has spent time to research and understand the prewrath rapture position. This … [Read more...]
God’s Promises to Israel
Were God’s promises to Israel too wonderful to comprehend in plain language? Some think so—hence, God allegedly revealed them using earthly categories. Why would someone conclude this? One example I have unabashedly pinched the following example from a Daily Devotional (which I happen to recommend, BTW). The … [Read more...]
Can the Lord return this year?
Can the Lord return this year? I love believing that He might. But not everyone sees it the same way. In fact some stridently oppose the idea. Yeas ago, I joined an online premillennial, pretribulational rapture group. At the time I leaned towards the posttribulational view. I was there mainly for the fellowship. … [Read more...]
Charles Spurgeon on Expecting Christ’s Second Coming
Charles Spurgeon gave Christians advice on expecting Christ's Second Coming. He wrote that we should live as if it would happen today. Do we live it? The two quotes below come from Spurgeon's Twelve Sermons on the Second Coming of Christ. Spurgeon's Advice Oh, Beloved, let us try, every morning, to get up as if … [Read more...]
Israel in the Olivet Discourse
Yes, Israel is in the Olivet Discourse. I say, “Yes,” because many try to Christianize the dialogue away from ethnic Israel. I often read devotionals and prayers from times past where Israel and Zion are conflated as the church.In the book, Forsaking Israel, Larry Pettegrew observed that, soon after the Apostle John … [Read more...]
Preterism and Prophetic Scripture
What is preterism and why do they spend so much time attacking dispensationalism? I have been meaning to put together something like this for some time. I'd never heard of the term preterism until I came across popular exponents of the system such as Gary DeMar and Kenneth Gentry. What is preterism? According to Dr … [Read more...]
