quote: Originally Posted by Winston Niles Rumfoord:quote: Originally Posted by Bill Gray:quote: Originally Posted by Winston Niles Rumfoord:Our perception of him certainly does. Thirty years ago no one but a handful of people had ever heard of this pre-tribulation rapture. Why is that?
Hi Winston,
Possibly, because that is as far back as your knowledge of the Bible extends -- or your church leaders. But, if you will check with the Bible and early Christian writers in the first few centuries AD, you will find it there. God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day, Bill
When did you first learn of the pre-tribulation rapture?
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