The Extinction Level Event (ELE) By: Pete Garcia In my recent conversations with atheists and bible skeptics, one phrase keeps coming back up over and over. The conversation/argument/debate over whatever the hot button issue of the day is, has recently been ending in the other person stating matter-of-factly, "well, I'm…
In Memoriam By: Pete Garcia The world is changing and there isn't anything anyone can do about it. It's known by some, as a 'turning point', or by others as the dawn of the 'new world order'. Whatever the label, the reality on the ground is that the once strong,…
The Restrainer By: Pete Garcia Out of all the varying eschatological views, the Pre-Tribulation view is the strongest and most scripturally consistent advocate of God's dealings with man in the entire Bible. You can see it in typology, symbolism, and in both the OT and NT passages. It is found…
The Locust King By: Pete Garcia 'The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks...' - (Proverbs 30:27) The book of Revelation has suffered more ridicule at the hands of liberal theologians and skeptics than any other book of the Bible except for maybe Genesis. Yet, even the…
The War on Prophecy By: Pete Garcia Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. Luke 12:37 Ever since Hal Lindsey's The…
What We Know By: Pete Garcia There is much we don't know about God's timing for end-time events simply because we won't know until they happen. We have what the Bible says and we take that information and use that as a lens by which we view current events through,…
Forbidden Knowledge, Part 1 By: Pete Garcia Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Genesis 3:4-5 The tragic irony…
Forbidden Knowledge, Part 2 By: Pete Garcia Man sought the forbidden to regain that which was lost at the garden and Satan used man's desire to try and prevent He who would come, from coming. Forbidden knowledge, which for most of our existence, remained just out of man's reach, has…
The Fourth Rapture Foundation: Israel / Church Distinction By Thomas Ice The fourth biblical foundation upon which the pre-trib rapture is built is the fact that God has two peoples-Israel and the church. What do we mean by this distinction and how does it impact pretribulationism? The Distinction Between Israel…
The Third Rapture Foundation: Futurism By Thomas Ice The third biblical foundation for a systematic understanding of the pretribulation rapture is futurism. An important, but seemingly little-recognized aspect of proper interpretation of Bible prophecy is the role of timing. When will a prophecy be fulfilled in history? There are four…