Does the Wrath of God Begin After the 6th Seal is Opened? By Mondo Gonzales There are four main interpretive scenarios when it comes to describing the tribulation period and the wrath of God (Pre-trib, Mid-trib, Pre-wrath and Post-trib). It’s not the point of this article to review all of…
Refuting the Scoffers By Jonathan C. Brentner Once you say that you believe in the Rapture, the scoffers will invariably counter with this question, “How can you believe something that no one believed until the late 1800’s?” As we have already established in this series, the Rapture is a biblical…
The Rapture Cannot Happen at the Same Time as the Second Coming By Jonathan C. Brentner The Rapture and the Second Coming are different events; they cannot happen at the same time. In my previous post in this series, we established the Rapture as a biblical event; we have a…
The Rapture Is a Biblical Event By Jonathan C. Brentner Early in the twentieth century, belief in the Rapture became a mainstay at Bible-believing churches in America and throughout the free world. Pastors boldly encouraged their flocks with the hope of Jesus’ imminent appearing. Unfortunately, much has changed during the…
Looking For Jesus By Hal Lindsey On the list of end-time events, nothing has to happen before Jesus snatches His people from the face of the earth. That means the rapture could happen many years from now, or any second now. The Bible calls it our “blessed hope.” Titus 2:13…
Thy Kingdom Come By Dave Hunt This phrase is contained in the so-called "Lord's prayer," which, in fact, is not the Lord's prayer (that is found in John 17) but the disciples' prayer. It would hardly have been appropriate for our Lord to pray, "Forgive us our sins...And lead us…
The Revelations of Paul and the Mystery of the Rapture By Randy Nettles Did Jesus ‘teach’ his disciples about the Rapture (catching up/harpazo) before his death and resurrection? I think it depends on the definition of teach. The first definition of this word by Meriam-Webster is: to cause to know…
Revelations of Paul, & the Mystery of the Rapture – Part 2 By Randy Nettles Saul, whose name was later changed to Paul, was converted to Christianity in AD 35. By AD 40 there were thousands of converts to Christianity and most of them were Jews. This was about to…
Revelations of Paul, & the Mystery of the Rapture – Part 3 By Randy Nettles Paul taught on the Lord’s supper in 1 Corinthian 11, which he learned of by revelation from the Lord (and not by men/apostles). “For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to…
Blessed Hope or Bunch of Dopes? By Terry James Usually, when coming against the pre-Trib view of Rapture, detractors say something like: “The word ‘rapture’ isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Bible.” We usually retort with something like: “Neither are words such as ‘trinity’ or even ‘Bible.’ But they are clearly…