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Our Blessed Hope

Our Blessed Hope By Chuck Missler We continue to receive many questions concerning the "Rapture" of the church and its apparent contrast with the "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ. Where does this strange view come from? Is the term "rapture" even in the Bible? Clearly, the idea of the Rapture…

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1st and 3rd Thessalonians

1st and 3rd Thessalonians By Chuck Missler Paul's two epistles to the believers in Thessalonica are the two most important eschatological epistles in the New Testament. ("Eschatology" is the study of the last things, or end-time prophecy.) What is astonishing is that these two epistles remind their recipients of things…

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Ephraem The Syrian

Ephraem The Syrian By Chuck Missler In recent years, many opponents of the pre-tribulation rapture view have made dogmatic assertions that this view was never taught before 1820 A.D. There have been attempts to attribute the origin of this view to John N. Darby. Grant Jeffrey has found an ancient…

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The Great Snatch?

The Great Snatch? By Chuck Missler We continue to receive many questions concerning the "Rapture of the Church" and its apparent contrast with the "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ. Where does this view come from? Is the term "rapture" even in the Bible? The mysterious event known as the Rapture…

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The Ultimate Valentine

The Ultimate Valentine By Chuck Missler Pattern is Prologue The ancient Jewish wedding is a model of the Rapture. At the Rapture, living believers will be “caught up,” translated into the clouds, in a moment in time, to join the Lord in the air. One of several reasons we favor…

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Did Jesus Ever Refer to the Rapture? (John 14:1-3)

Did Jesus Ever Refer to the Rapture? (John 14:1-3) By Dr. Andy Woods Good evening everybody. If we could take our Bibles and open them to John 14:1, although we're going to allude back a little bit to John 13. If you want a title for this session we could…

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The Rapture: Fact or Fiction

The Rapture: Fact or Fiction By Dean Olson The rapture is one of the greatest gifts that God has promised the faithful. So great in fact it is often referred to as the "blessed hope:" "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our…

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7 Reasons to Regard the Rapture as a Unique Event, Part 2

7 Reasons to Regard the Rapture as a Unique Event, Part 2 By Jonathan C. Brentner In my last post, I began listing reasons why we should regard the rapture as a separate event from the Second Coming. Much confusion exists today over this mater. Because so many today fail…

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7 Reasons to Regard the Rapture as a Unique Event

7 Reasons to Regard the Rapture as a Unique Event By Jonathan C. Brentner We live in a time when believers are “tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes” (Eph. 4:14). This is especially…

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Ignorance in the Church

Ignorance in the Church By Daymond Duck The apostle Paul said he doesn't want ignorance in the Church over the issue of deceased believers. Then, by the word of the Lord, Paul said deceased believers will be raised from the dead and the living believers will be "caught up." (The…

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