What the Ancient Church Fathers Believed By Matt Ward "Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:17). I have recently read a…
Rapture Mania By Jack Kelley For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. (2 Timothy 4:3) As a management…
Pre- or Post-Trib Rapture? By Dave Hunt The Rapture of the church involves all believers being caught up to heaven-those just resurrected, together with those alive at the time (1 Thes 4:13-18). If it occurs at the beginning of the tribulation period, then clearly Christ's Second Coming at the end…
Why I Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture 11 reasons why Jesus will come back before the Tribulation By Nathan Jones Frequently I am asked to explain or defend the end-time view of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church. For that topic, lots of Bible verses, readings and references rattle around…
Imminency And The Any-Moment Rapture By Dr. Thomas Ice We believe that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ could come in the clouds at any-moment and take His church to be with Him to His Father's house (John 14:1-3). What a great hope, that while you are reading this article,…
Departure By Daymond Duck 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 begins with Paul, Silas and Timothy pleading with the bretheren (Christians) at Thessalonica to pay attention to what they were going to say about the Second Coming of Jesus and the gathering together (Rapture) of the church (verse 1). They thought they…
Rapture? Which Rapture? By Jack Kelley Among Christians who believe there will be a rapture of the Church, the great majority of us are convinced it will precede the end times judgments. This position is commonly called the pre-tribulation rapture. Those who reject the pre-trib view are either mid-tribulation, post…
Not the Rapture By Daymond Duck The writer of a recent e-mail asked, "Is Matt. 24:36-44 about the Rapture? He thought the verses might be about the Rapture because He was not aware of any Scriptures about the lost being removed from the earth. Before I give my opinion, here…
The Rapture Under Attack (Part 2 of 2) By Dr. David Reagan Let’s pick up where Part 1 left off and debunk three more criticisms that are being aimed at the concept of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. 4) The concept of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture originated with a demon-possessed teenage girl in…
The Rapture Under Attack (Part 1 of 2) By Dr. David Reagan Noah preached for 120 years before the Lord delivered on His promise to destroy the world with water. I’m sure that in the final years before the flood came, he must have been severely mocked as a false…