I am not familiar with the host of this program, so I cannot vouch for his other teachings, but in this particular helpful critique of pretribulationism, he covers a lot of ground in this video. It’s worth watching all of it. Related articles: Does the Absence of the Word ‘Church’ (Ekklēsia) in Revelation 4–21 Support […]
blessed hope
I have another question for pretribbers on so-called “losing your blessed hope”
To follow up on my previous blog post, I have another question for pretribbers that I would like the answer to. Since you (pretribbers) claim that believers would lose their blessed hope if they were persecuted by the Antichrist, then by that reasoning you must believe that so-called “tribulation saints” will lose their blessed hope […]
What saith the Word?
Let no one say that the author wants to see the Church suffer persecution or tribulation, or that he desires to find himself in the Great Tribulation. However, questions of theology are not decided by our desires or our dislikes; they are decided by appeal to the Word of God. And since we do not […]
The Blessed Hope Is Not Escaping the Antichrist’s Persecution
Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus. Pretribulationism teaches that the blessed hope is about escaping persecution, particularly the end-time persecution. The Bible does not teach this. The blessed hope is the glorious appearing of our Lord, not an escapist, imminent […]
Take one minute to read this by George Eldon Ladd…
There is one very sobering question which weighs heavily upon the writer’s heart, and he would ask his readers to share it. Many of God’s people are being assured today that the Rapture will take place before the Tribulation and that the Church will not experience those terrible days. Those who hold a different view […]