Thief in the Night By Terry James No scriptural proof-text in God's Word more clearly points to the first of the two phases of Jesus Christ's second coming than does the following: "For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night"…
The Rapture: What you need to know By Mike Mickey One day soon, the world is going to be permanently altered by an event the magnitude of which has never been seen. On a day like any other, millions of people are going to unexpectedly and unexplainedly vanish from the…
"Pre-Wrath" Or "Pre-Trib" Rapture? By Dave Hunt This is the time of year when the world publicizes the birth of our Lord - but mostly in order to make merchandise of Him. Christmas is big business, generally promoted by godless merchants whose only interest is in using the occasion to…
Preterism! I Can't Believe It By Todd Strandberg One of my key reasons for believing in the pre-tribulation rapture is the fact all other views are always trying to undermine pre-tribulationism. Up until now, the most vocal group of opponents has been the post-trib and pre-wrath folks. I'm amazed to…
Is the Pre-Trib Rapture a Satanic Deception? by Thomas Ice Recently, pre-wrath advocate Marvin Rosenthal wrote that the pre-trib rapture was of Satanic origin and unheard of before 1830. "To thwart the Lord's warning to His children, in 1830," proclaims Rosenthal, "Satan, the 'father of lies,' gave to a fifteen-year-old…
Why God's Purpose for the Tribulation excludes the Church by Thomas Ice "And the LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. And you shall again obey the Lord, and observe all His commandments which I command you…
The 2012 Prophecy By Terry James The 2012 Prophecy Ominous sounds of the approaching year 2012 rumble in the ears of this generation. The thunder comes from constant media mantra-meanderings about the end of days as foretold by the Mayan calendar hundreds of years ago. Is this generation looking the…
Why the Bible Still Prohibits Date Setting by Thomas Ice At least six passages (eight if parallel passages are included) specifically warn believes against date-setting. Yet down through church history there has been an amazing amount of date-setting. About every two years there is usually someone who makes headlines proclaiming…
Perhaps Today: The Imminent Coming of Christ by Thomas Ice The New Testament teaching that Christ could return and rapture His church at any-moment, without prior signs or warning (i.e., imminency), is such a powerful argument for pretribulationism that it is one of the most fiercely attacked doctrines by pre-trib…
Margaret MacDonald is not the mother of the pre-tribulation rapture By Todd Strandberg I have visited just about every anti-rapture web site on the internet. One common point used on nearly every one of these sites to oppose the pretribulation doctrine is the claim that the rapture theory was started…