Pretribulation Rapture

Bad Eschatology, Part 4 – Pretrib History

The Pretribulation Rapture theory arises from an honest mistake and a corrupt fable – at a time when advances in printing made crazy ideas accessible. Books were the Internet of their time, and an information-starved populace couldn’t get enough. And, when Scofield put Dispensationalism everywhere in his ‘study bible’, it was the final blow.

The Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventism, Communism, Eugenics, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, and the Flat Earth movement – all owe their rise to the steam-powered printing press and a 19th century desire for a good story.

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Bad Eschatology, Part 3 – The Pretribulation Rapture

My favorite pastors believe in a pretribulation rapture. I currently attend a church that holds to a pretrib eschatology. So, my disagreement with this view is no reflection upon anyone’s faithfulness to God. In fact, I normally like pretribbers more than post-tribbers.

However, as your brother in Christ, I am required to point out where you get things wrong, especially if such errors put you in harm’s way.

Just remember what I wrote last week about our tendency to blindness. We are all vulnerable to error, and it’s hard to undo the mistakes that we were taught.

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Deceiving and Being Deceived – The Weekend Shock Letter for July 24th, 2020

We live in the age of deception. It is everywhere in our society, and the deceptions of this age literally touch everything that we are and everything that we believe.

Worse, we have enjoyed being deceived. And, when our favorite deceptions are challenged, we often react with anger and violence. And, far too many ‘christians’ are engaging in deception.

The Truth matters. Yes, it hurts, but without it there is little hope of escaping what is coming. However, too few are willing to pierce the deceptions and call out the deceivers.

It is time to stop deceiving and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:13)

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Why Israel Matters – Dr. Randall Smith

With the horrifying events that are bearing down upon us, you desperately need to understand WHY Israel is at the center of it all. And, it is the center of it all.

Please understand that we are at the end of history. Everything that has gone before, has been leading up to this moment in time. Yes, the war was won 2000 years ago, but the fighting isn’t over. And, I was deeply impressed by a presentation given by a neighbor of mine, from Jerusalem.

This presentation illustrates THE POINT. And, you need to get that POINT, to navigate the events that we are about to experience.

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The Big Lie and Big Liars

Lies kill.

Most people don’t understand that, but it’s the truth. I’ve seen this truth with my own eyes. I’ve heard it with my own ears. And, we have spent too long, enjoying the lies that people tell.

Too many have died, and many that haven’t are walking casualties to the lies that people tell. I have friends who have suffered and died because of these lies, and I want them to stop.

Of course, they won’t stop, because the lying liars benefit too much from the lies that they tell. The question is, whether you will hold the liars accountable.

If you do, it just might save your life.

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