Pretribulation Rapture

A Tale of Two Churches: Understanding the Differences

A Tale of Two Churches: Understanding the Differences

Revelation 3:7-22 describes churches in the towns of Philadelphia and Laodicea. In Jesus’ letters to them, we discover aspects of each that help us understand the differences between these assemblies of believers today.

Persevering in a Dangerous World

Persevering in a Dangerous World

We live in a time like no other because so very few people are paying attention to the deadly crises that loom on our horizon. We live in biblical times because what we see worldwide is precisely what God's Word says the world look like just before the start of the seven-year Tribulation.

Waiting for Jesus' Appearing Amid the Rampant Evil of Our Day

Waiting for Jesus' Appearing Amid the Rampant Evil of Our Day

As we wait for Jesus’ appearing, our hearts often grow weary amid the rampant evil of our day and the hardships we encounter. Our cry often becomes one of “how much longer, O Lord?”

If you feel overwhelmed with life and long for our Savior to appear and intervene in our world, I am writing especially for you.

Israel’s Future Restoration Validates Our Hope as New Testament Saints

Israel’s Future Restoration Validates Our Hope as New Testament Saints

Both Israel’s future and our security as New Testament Saints rest upon both God’s promises and character. That’s why I always begin my defense of the pre-Tribulation Rapture with the biblical teaching regarding the Lord’s future restoration of Israel.

Amid Today's Ridicule of Our Blessed Hope, Dare To Be An Enoch

Amid Today's Ridicule of Our Blessed Hope, Dare To Be An Enoch

Enoch lived 365 years before God took him away from the earth. From all that we know about the antediluvian world, that’s a long time to walk faithfully with the Lord.

Like Enoch, we must persevere amid today's ridicule of our hope, such as the article CNN mocking the Rapture, as we eagerly await our “blessed hope.”

Jesus Is the Only Path to Eternal Life

Jesus Is the Only Path to Eternal Life

Eternal life resides in Jesus and in Him alone. No one else! This is true now and will also be the case after Jesus removes His true church from the earth.

In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Why Is a Biblically Sound View of Eternity so Essential?

Why Is a Biblically Sound View of Eternity so Essential?

We need a true Bible-based perspective of our future beyond this life in order to understand our journey through it. Without such a Scripture-based forward look to the paradise that awaits us, we often err by making this life our destination and eternity but an afterthought.

Don’t Be Deceived: The Rapture Happens First

Don’t Be Deceived: The Rapture Happens First

In recent years, however, the Greek Word apostasia, translated “falling away” in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, has received heightened scrutiny with many regarding this as a reference to the Rapture.

Can we justify interpreting the word as a physical departure such as would point to Jesus’ appearing to take us back to heaven? I believe we can.

Don’t Mess With the Book of Revelation

Don’t Mess With the Book of Revelation

Revelation begins with these words: “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” The book is all about Jesus’ magnificence and power. From beginning to end, Revelation glorifies our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation is more relevant than ever before as we watch a great many of its prophecies came into sharper focus.

3 Climate Myths Spread by the Globalists

3 Climate Myths Spread by the Globalists

The promotion of draconian measures to reduce our dependency on fuel and natural gas is just one way that the globalists hope to achieve the power they crave.

In this post, I list three popular climate myths that the globalists use to further their deadly agenda. These myths lie behind the green measures in the U.S. Inflation Reduction act.

I’m a Misfit at Church, Are You?

I’m a Misfit at Church, Are You?

What makes me a misfit in many churches is that I have a different perspective of what it means to fulfill the Great Commission.

What’s missing, in my opinion, is a biblical understanding of all that it means to “make disciples.” Thus, the teaching aspect of Matthew 28:19-20 receives little, if any, consideration.

3 Dangers of Illuminating Bible Prophecy With One's Own Light

3 Dangers of Illuminating Bible Prophecy With One's Own Light

If you were to ask me why I believe what I do about Jesus’ imminent appearing and His future reign over a gloriously restored Israel, I would reply that the words of Scripture are my source of confidence. I stand on its promises.

Does It Seem as Though We Live in a Twilight Zone?

Does It Seem as Though We Live in a Twilight Zone?

Walking into many churches today is like entering a Twilight Zone where life is all good and we listen to five-year plans for the future of the church. The message from the pulpit represents a total disconnect with what's happening throughout the world.

No One Can Thwart God’s Purposes for Us

No One Can Thwart God’s Purposes for Us

You see, what Joseph realized so long ago is this: Evil never thwarts God’s divine purposes for us, never. He is sovereign over the affairs of humanity even when evil people act contrary to His will.

Killers, Destroyers, and Gaslighters

Killers, Destroyers, and Gaslighters

I first saw the relevance of the book of Habakkuk 1 to our current day almost thirty years ago. Today, I’m stunned that we that live in U.S. have not already experienced something similar to the judgment that God sent to Judah a few decades after Habakkuk received his revelation from the Lord.

Why the Loss of Excitement for Our Blessed Hope?

Why the Loss of Excitement for Our Blessed Hope?

“If there’s really so much to look forward to in eternity,” you might also ask, “why have so many believers lost their eagerness for it? Why do even seasoned students of prophecy at times lose their focus on our Lord’s appearing and their future reign with Him?”

Why the loss of excitement among believers for our “blessed hope?” Why do saints today have difficulty looking beyond the confines of this temporal world?

Ukraine: It’s What People Don’t See that Matters

Ukraine: It’s What People Don’t See that Matters

Both Putin and Zelenskyy graduated from Klaus Schwab’s school for Young Global leaders. Schwab, founder and head of the World Economic Forum (WEF), promotes what he calls the Great Reset, which is a Marxist reordering of the world’s economy under one government.

So how do we explain what’s happening in Ukraine? It’s what we do not see that matters the most.

The Rapture: Needed Encouragement for Perilous Times

The Rapture: Needed Encouragement for Perilous Times

Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of the Rapture is how it encourages believers during difficult and even dangerous times. We need this its comforting salve now, perhaps more than ever before.

Where else can we turn for hope as a war rages in Europe and threatens to further hinder the supply chain of food to our stores?

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.