Reply to "God Does Not Change!"

Hi Winston,

Using your logic -- Christianity did not exist until 1987, because I was not a Christian believer until then.  True, I knew virtually nothing about eschatology before 1991, when, during the Gulf War, our Bible study leader began to talk about the Rapture -- his discussion, inspired by the burning oil fields in Kuwait -- inspired me to begin to study eschatology.  And, I have studied it for the last twenty years.  But, again, using your logic -- the Rapture was not known before 1991.

No, my Friend, it has nothing to do with when you or I first learned about the Rapture.  It has to do only with when it was first taught -- and that is in the Bible, i.e., Paul -- and with the early church writers in the first and second century.   The PreTrib Rapture is taught in the Bible -- and it is the only Rapture scenario which makes sense -- Biblically.

Once again, you and I seem to be on the opposite side of the fence.  What does your church teach?  My Baptist church, and I, teach a PreTrib Rapture and a PreMillennial Second Coming of Jesus Christ to establish His 1000 year Millennial Reign from the throne of David in Jerusalem.  Yes, there will be a 1000 year peaceful Theocracy -- and then ETERNITY.  Praise God!

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

Bill,

Seems you made a remark about my knowledge of the Bible and my church leaders after I stated that only a handful of people had heard of a pre-tribulation rapture 30 years ago. You, yourself, said you learned of it 20 years ago, although you became a Christian four years earlier. 

I  have been a Christian a good bit longer, and I began to hear about it around that time, too, although I considered it to be a cultish fad, since it was not known to me, my father, my grandfather, or my church leaders prior to that.

But belief in a pre-trib rapture is hardly a requirement for salvation, so we're essentially arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.