About Matthew 24 In order for pre-tribulation teachers to get around the clear teaching of Matthew 24, they will have to assume that this chapter is written to and about someone else. They will have to say that this subject is for Jews only, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Laying the Foundation We can only build where the Lord built. Solomon said in Psalm 127:1, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” Any doctrine not firmly supported by a word from God will fall, regardless...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
above, a picture of C I Scofield who popularized the pretrib theory in "his" Bible. continued from last blog, regarding church history mentions of a "pretrib" rapture... Margaret MacDonald. So far we have a fourth-century hermit and a Bible...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Here's a picture of one called "St" Ephrem... we'll see what he had to say in the fourth century. That's a long way from Christ's stay here, and from us today... Looking through HISTORY for a pretribulation rapture... What have God’s people...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Basics Let’s define what we are going to be discussing. 1. Rapture. What do we mean, first of all, by the term “rapture” ? In my opinion, the term itself, not found in the Bible, is part of the problem we are having to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The rise of antichrist will be made possible when there is an atmosphere on earth that is so foreign to the things of God that he will be welcome. Paul calls it in II Thessalonians 2:3, the “falling away” and here he uses a word from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God’s Garden is overrun with weeds. To get to the plants of truth can be a time-consuming work, but certainly it is worth the effort. What theoretically could be a wealth of comfort and joy for God’s people has become a morass of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
RESET 4. Eternity. Precious little is told us about life after the Millennium. I have never worried about that. Why should I need to know about something that cannot happen for at least one thousand years plus? Jesus will teach His people over...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A real earth with real people and animals as after the creation. But no violence. Hear Isaiah: And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
