Revelation 3:10 is one of the most hotly disputed verses in the debate on the timing of the rapture. Folks opposed to the pretribulation rapture often try to explain away the plain force of “keep from the hour of trial”…
Revelation 3:10 is one of the most hotly disputed verses in the debate on the timing of the rapture. Folks opposed to the pretribulation rapture often try to explain away the plain force of “keep from the hour of trial”…
With numerous Greek references, I demonstrate that “keep from,” τηρεω εκ (tereo ek) in the Greek, means “keep from,” not “keep through.” Then I demonstrate that tereo ek in John 17 is not an argument against the pretribulation rapture. John…
The first step to understanding the Bible is to gain a strong general knowledge of the OT and NT: the events, themes, and doctrines. This is critical to protect yourself from persuasive teachers wearing the mantle of technical expert or…
Contrary to the assertions of many prophecy teachers, the pretribulation rapture teaching cannot be traced to a revelation that Margaret MacDonald, a Scottish false-prophetess, received in 1830 from a deceiving spirit. If you examine the source materials for Margaret’s revelations…
What is the baptism with fire? Is it a Pentecostal experience? Or is it a prophetic event in the last days? If we let the Bible explain it, we discover that the baptism with fire is an amazing prophetic truth.…
Philippians 2:12, “work out your own salvation,” has perplexed many Christians. In this video I explain the meaning of the Greek word katergazomai (work out) and the sense of the passage. We do not work for salvation. As a farmer…
While Lot’s deliverance in Luke 17:28-32 can certainly be used as an illustration of the rapture of the church, it more closely resembles the deliverance of the believers from the judgment of fire in the day that the Lord descends…
Many prophecy teachers teach that “one taken” in Matthew 24 and Luke 17 is the rapture of the church. I understand why. It does bear a resemblance to the rapture. I myself have used them as types of the rapture.…
Reasons five through nine why careful prophecy students believe in the pretribulation rapture and make a distinction between the rapture of the church and the second coming.
In this video I give the first four of nine reasons why there must be a pretribulation rapture, that is a rapture that is distinct from the second coming.