Monthly Archives: August 2012

The posttrib rapture

Like many other evangelical Christians, I grew up in churches that taught a pretrib rapture. Some of us were vaguely aware that there were other views, but everyone I knew held to and taught that the rapture would take place … Continue reading

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Examining the pretrib rapture: Assorted claims

The last few weeks we’ve been examining the three main arguments used to teach a pretrib rapture, and we’ve found them to be unsupported by Scripture. But there are other claims that one frequently hears in defense of a pretrib … Continue reading

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Examining the pretrib rapture: Is the rapture imminent?

The last few weeks we’ve been talking about the rapture. After a brief introduction, we began by focusing on this question: Does the Bible teach that the rapture is a distinct event, separate from the final return of Christ to … Continue reading

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