tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952133795406841823.post210201508340793099..comments2023-10-31T07:59:11.889-05:00Comments on CRISIS CHRISTIANITY: Are We REALLY Living in the End Times? Part 2: The RaptureTrumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705972046551787697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952133795406841823.post-11121719381940861192008-02-28T03:26:00.000-06:002008-02-28T03:26:00.000-06:00First of all, believing in a Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib or...First of all, believing in a Pre-Trib, Mid-Trib or Post-Trib rapture is not significant to one's salvation.<BR/><BR/>The Bible does state that the Restrainer (Holy Spirit) will be removed from the earth after He has indwelt 144,000 Jews who will then go out and preach the Gospel mainly to the Jews.<BR/><BR/>If the Holy Spirit is removed from earth then where did He go? We know he exists in and indwells the Church, the body of believers.<BR/><BR/>This is the chance for the Jews to be saved. Remember, they are God's chosen people and since they rejected Christ at the time He lived they will have a chance to choose Him or not choose Him before Christ returns for the millenium.<BR/><BR/>Again, this has no bearing on salvation but is an interesting topic to discuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952133795406841823.post-92011484604485655652008-01-26T12:34:00.000-06:002008-01-26T12:34:00.000-06:00A very nice blog that you have. Historian Dave Mac...A very nice blog that you have. Historian Dave MacPherson's bestseller THE RAPTURE PLOT (Armageddon Books online) has exploded many myths promoted by dispies. His decades of research have discovered that: The earliest pretrib rapture developers based their new view on ONLY unexplained symbols in the book of Revelation. After decades of wrangling, they finally settled on Rev. 4:1 and called themselves "Philadelphia." Their initial "dichotomy" was only a "church/church" dichotomy and not a "church/Israel" dichotomy (as dispies have long claimed). They separated only worthy believers from less worthy believers. Since they believed that Jewish persons were not in view until the final second advent, they interpreted even "Jewish" symbols in Rev. as "church" symbols. The earliest developers also admitted that pretrib was a brand-new view in the 1830's and also admitted that there was NO clear passage teaching pretrib. If readers want an "enclopedia" on pretrib history, "Plot" is unbeatable. Google "Scholars Weigh My Research" to see what top evangelical leaders have written about MacPherson's research. Mac has interesting Google items also including "Pretrib Rapture Diehards" and "Pretrib Rapture Desperados." Great stuff. JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com