Category: The Rapture Theory

Continue reading “What is ‘The Rapture’? – John Piper”

by Paul Benson

Recently a reader contacted me with some questions concerning a write-up he had come across titled ’16 Proofs of a Pre-trib Rapture.’ You can find that writing HERE . I felt that all might benefit from a thorough response to those supposed ‘proofs’ of a rapture of the Church that author claims happens prior to the coming time of tribulation and Antichrist’s war on the Saints. Continue reading “WHEN PROOF GOES POOF! Answering ’16 Proofs of a Pre-trib Rapture’.”

by Paul Benson

(This is part 4 of a series on the biblical timing of the catching-away of the believers to meet Christ. You can find part 1 HERE.)

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Revelation 19:7

Though many insist God’s dealings with his people during the final years of ‘tribulation’ only concern the Jews, and that there is no reason for the Church to endure those chaotic times, the Scriptures paint a completely different picture. Let’s see what the Bible has to say about this matter. Continue reading “The Biblical Timing of the Rapture part 4: The Coming Purge of Apostate Christianity!”

by Paul Benson

(This is part 3 of a series on the timing the Bible gives concerning the catching-away of the Church. You can find part 1 HERE. P.B.)

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. James – an apostle of Christ

The Bible teaches the day of Christ’s Coming is the day of Harvest the Lord has been patiently waiting for.  In the Scriptures we see this recurrent allegoric theme presented in the sense of this world being like a field in which the Lord is growing a crop of which he will someday harvest. We see that allegorical reference in the passage above by James, as well as in the writings of Paul.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. 1Corinthians 3:9

And we most certainly see this same comparison used in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ himself in his teachings that are recorded in the Gospels. Let’s look at what the Scriptures have to say about the growing and harvesting of God’s ‘crop’, and see what kind of timing we might find associated with Jesus gathering this crop unto himself. Continue reading “The Biblical Timing of The Rapture PART III: The Harvest and The Mystery!”

by Paul Benson

(This is part 2 of a series on the timing of the catching-away of the Church to meet Jesus. You can find part 1 HERE.)

For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. Psalms 33:4

All who claim to be Christians operate under the assumption that the various facets of their belief system come from the teachings of the Bible. We all claim to be ‘Bible-believers’! But I like to ask people the following:

Are you basing your beliefs upon what the Bible actually says, or upon what man says about the Bible?

The former is trustworthy; the latter is a good way to get full of erroneous notions about God and his dealings with us. This holds true to the question of the timing of the catching-away of the Church to meet Christ in the latter days. We can either base our beliefs about the Return of Christ and the catching-away of the Church on what the Bible really has to say, or upon what some man says the Bible teaches on this timing issue.

As we saw in the last article that timing is clearly shown in many passages of Scripture. Let’s look at some more places we see that timing expressed. Continue reading “The Biblical Timing Of The Rapture PART II: The Resurrection Chapter!”

by Paul Benson

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. Philippians 3:20-21

In this modern generation much unneeded squabbling is taking place among the people of God over a question unmistakably answered in the Scriptures: The timing of the catching-away of the Church to meet Christ in the air.

For over 18 centuries the leaders and teachers of the Church were of a like-mind that the Resurrection of the Dead, and the joining of Christ to his Church, will take place at his Second Coming to Earth! And that prior to that blessed hope of the Resurrection at the Last Day the believers will face the onslaught of Antichrist’s war on the Saints. This is an undeniable historic fact!

Though world-wide this remains the majority position, regrettably in this day there are a great many who, having allowed themselves to be swayed by the wayward theories of man, have departed from the historical belief of the catching-away at the Second Coming, and have turned aside to embrace teachings that are merely fables.

Because the Western Church has let down its guard, and allowed itself to be inundated with unbiblical teachings that ‘turn from the truth’, there is now a divisive doctrine among us that the Church will escape the trials, tribulations, and persecutions of the final years in a ‘pre-trib’ rapture.

But though a multitude are stubbornly claiming the Bible truly teaches it, the Scriptures themselves give no such ‘pre-tribulation’ timing to the Coming of Christ for his faithful ones. In fact: Just the opposite! Continue reading “The Biblical Timing Of The Rapture! PART I”

by Paul Benson

The teaching of a Pre-trib Rapture to remove the Church before the final few years of this age is a dangerous and damaging doctrine that seriously wounds the understanding of those who are deceived by it.

It is so provably false that if it were ever argued in a courtroom it would be thrown out due to lack of evidence; and labeled as a frivolous claim!

But, as believers with a love for the truth, we must be able to do more than just state our opinion that such a claim is false. We need to be able to give people reasonable cause to doubt the validity of that doctrine! Here are twenty good reasons to reject that modern myth of escapism: Continue reading “20 Good Reasons To Reject The Pre-tribulation Rapture Fable!”