Church Fathers

Pretrib Arguments in the Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve)

  INTRODUCTION One of the hotly disputed topics in the evangelical world today is the rapture. Will the…

Irenaeus — Ground Zero for the Rapture Controversy in the Early Church

THE RAPTURE DEBATE AND THE EARLY FATHERS One of the most heated debates in the church today is…

Eusebius — Nine Undiscovered Pretribulation-Rapture Passages

For the past year and a half, I have focused a good chunk of my morning study time…

Ephraim the Syrian — Ten Undiscovered Pretribulation-Rapture Passages

Ephraim the Syrian — Observations on His Eschatology

The eschatology of Ephraim the Syrian is an interesting mix of familiar prophetic themes and jarring concepts, some…

Ephraim the Syrian — Sermon on the Advent, the End, and the Antichrist — OBSERVATIONS

  The following observations point to aspects of Ephraim the Syrian’s eschatology that must not be overlooked or…

Ephraim the Syrian — Ten Undiscovered Pretribulation-Rapture Passages

In my ongoing studies in the early-church fathers, I have discovered a number of pretribulation-rapture passages in Ephraim…

Ephraim the Syrian — Sermon on the Advent, the End, and the Antichrist — ENGLISH TRANSLATION

This sermon by Ephraim the Syrian is an overlooked gem that clearly teaches a pretribulation rapture, a three-and-a-half-year…