Pretribulation Rapture

At Any Moment

At Any Moment

New Testament saints regarded the biblical event that we call the Rapture as something that could happen at any moment. It’s what they did. It’s something we should do as well.

The Rapture is My Precious Hope

The Rapture is My Precious Hope

My purpose for this post is not to defend the doctrine of the pretribulation Rapture as I have done in numerous blog posts as well as in my latest book, The Triumph of the Redeemed. Instead, I chose to explain why my hope in Jesus’ appearing is so dear to my heart.

Refuting the Scoffers

Refuting the Scoffers

Once you say that you believe in the Rapture, the scoffers will invariably counter with this question, “How can believe something that no one believed until the late 1800’s?”

In this post, I provide evidence from church history showing that a belief in the Rapture existed long before the nineteenth century. I present this information so that you might have confidence should someone use this to attack your belief.

Storm Warning

Storm Warning

The prophetic signs of our day resemble a storm warning. The dark threatening clouds on our horizon point to nearness of the time when the four horses of Revelation 6:1-8 will burst out of their stalls and gallop across the earth.

For us as believers, the black clouds on the horizon signal the nearness of Jesus’ appearing; we will be in heaven with Jesus when He opens the seals.

The Rapture Cannot Happen at the Same Time as the Second Coming

The Rapture Cannot Happen at the Same Time as the Second Coming

The Rapture and the Second Coming are different events; they cannot happen at the same time.

In the previous post in this series, we established the Rapture as a biblical event; we have a firm scriptural basis for the series of closely related events that constitute our “blessed hope” (Titus 2:11-14).

The Rapture Is a Biblical Event

The Rapture Is a Biblical Event

Early in the twentieth century, belief in the Rapture became a mainstay at Bible-believing churches in America and throughout the world. Unfortunately, much has changed during the past twenty-five years. The word “Rapture” has become taboo in many churches, even in those that claim to believe in the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture.

Keys to Surviving in Perilous Times

Keys to Surviving in Perilous Times

The word that’s translated “perilous,” or “difficult” in some translations, is Chalepos. This term denotes the last days as “dangerous” and “hard to bear.” In Matthew 8:28, it depicts the fierceness of the two men possessed by demons. The text says that they were “so fierce that no one could pass that way.”

Such are the dangerous times in which we live, and they will grow increasingly treacherous leading up to and during the seven-year Tribulation.

Transhumanism and the Nearness of the Tribulation

Transhumanism and the Nearness of the Tribulation

I sincerely wish that I am wrong. I very much wish that I am indeed a “conspiracy theorist” as some accuse me of being. I would so very much like to say that the COVID-19 “vaccines” are “safe and effective.”

However, I must write what the Lord lays on my heart and will continue to do so.

I Still Believe in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

I Still Believe in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

At a time of great discouragement and much heartache in my past, I focused on biblical promises and wrote several pages in my journal of why I still believed despite my awful circumstances. Perhaps it’s time for another declaration of why I still believe that Jesus will come for us before the start if the Tribulation.

Finding Peace in the Midst of Lawlessness and Deceit

Finding Peace in the Midst of Lawlessness and Deceit

How do we as redeemed saints avoid anger when we look at the deceit and wickedness afoot in our world? I believe the Lord inspired Psalm 37 for just such a time as this.

The Tragic Divorce of Our “Blessed Hope” from the Gospel

The Tragic Divorce of Our “Blessed Hope” from the Gospel

Somewhere in the past a tragic divorce occurred; someone decided that we must separate the return of Jesus for His church from the proclamation of the Gospel.

(Note: this is a repost from over a year ago that I am adding to go along with my post regarding the most ignored verse in the Bible.)

America in the Crosshairs

America in the Crosshairs

The words Job spoke long ago still ring true today and certainly apply to God’s sovereignty over all nations:

He makes nations great, and he destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and leads them away. (Job 12:23)

The Rapture is Real

The Rapture is Real

Jesus’ appearing to take us home to glory is the substance of our hope in a troubled world. It’s critical that we understand it and not dismiss it as though it’s not essential to our Gospel hope or cast it aside as something that is not essential to our faith in a dark and dangerous world.

The Necessity of Teaching a Literal Understanding of Prophecy

The Necessity of Teaching a Literal Understanding of Prophecy

Why do so many believers today remain blind to the numerous signs that we live in the last days?

I believe a key reason for this lies with pastors and teachers today who in large numbers today embrace amillennialism, a belief system that denies biblical prophecies related to Jesus’ thousand-year rule and the restoration of a kingdom for Israel. As a result, they regard the miraculous emergence of Israel as a nation as mere coincidence without any prophetic significance.

Transhumanism: Is It Already Here?

Transhumanism: Is It Already Here?

At this point you may be asking, “Why should I care about transhumanism?” It’s because the future plans to merge humans with machines is something that already impacts you every day.

The globalists have begun implementing their plan to bring about the widespread acceptance of their transhumanism agenda, but very few recognize it as such.

It's The Gospel

It's The Gospel

The more I study the New Testament, however, the more it persuades me that what we call the “Rapture” was an inseparable element of the Gospel that the apostles proclaimed to the first century AD world.

13 Reasons Why We Live in the Last Hour of Human History, Part 3

13 Reasons Why We Live in the Last Hour of Human History, Part 3

Perhaps the most telling indicator today of the rapidly approaching tribulation is the fast-rising world government that the Bible says will dominate the world during the tribulation period. The globalists openly discuss their plans for world domination, yet so many believers, as well as their pastors, remain unaware of the sinister agenda of these elite power brokers.

Do you see it? Are you ready for the Lord’s appearing?

Don’t Let Thieves Steal Your Joyous Anticipation of Eternity

Don’t Let Thieves Steal Your Joyous Anticipation of Eternity

The practice of allegorizing biblical prophecy not only diminishes the integrity of Scripture (see my previous post), but it also turns the millennium and eternity into something far less glorious than the picture we find in God’s Word.

No One Can Cancel Our “Blessed Hope”

No One Can Cancel Our “Blessed Hope”

Today, allegorical interpretations of biblical prophecy are again driving the church away from the purity of the Gospel and in effect cancelling the “blessed hope” of Titus 2:13.

But one thing is certain: no one can cancel our blessed hope! Jesus will appear someday to take us home before God judges the Christ-rejecting world.

Questions that Confirm the Pretribulation Rapture, Part 1

Questions that Confirm the Pretribulation Rapture, Part 1

You may wonder why I am again writing in defense of the pretribulation Rapture, the belief that Jesus will come for His church before the start of the seven-year tribulation. I am doing so because we live in a time when many inside and outside the church ridicule our hope in Jesus’ imminent appearing.

How do we answer those who mock the hope we hold so dear?

In this two-part series, I will answer twelve questions that confirm our belief that the New Testament indeed teaches a pretribulation Rapture.