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The Rapture is a Resurrection
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must...
Hornets in Canaan
by John R Ecob I will send my fear before thee ... And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto...
Babylon Will Never be Rebuilt
Construction of Babylon began in the days of Nimrod as recorded in Genesis 10:10. It was the Tower of Babel that brought the judgment of God and confusion of languages. Babylon became the centre of idolatry and the Babylonian gods were worshipped under different names in other countries. Babylon rose to be the sole world empire in the days of Nebuchadnezzar after he defeated the Assyrians in 612BC and the Egyptians in 570BC. God used the Babylonian Empire as an instrument of judgment and was called “the hammer of the whole earth” (Jeremiah 50:23) and was also the first of four world empires that would occupy Jerusalem; a period that Jesus called the “times of the Gentiles” (Luke 21:24). Literal Babylon was conquered by Cyrus in 538BC and declined thereafter but “mystery Babylon” exists in the Roman Catholic Church which is the greatest centre of idolatry in the world and will be burned in the Tribulation period (Revelation chapters 1&18).
The Rapture is a Sign to Israel
I tell you, in that night there shall be two in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And they...
Who are the 144000 in the Bible?
When we think of 144,000 we naturally think of the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JWs) who claim that they have among their number elite members who have been selected by God to immortality since 1918. They claim the number was almost complete by 1935. In 1988 they stated that...
The Rapture is the Last Trump
Some who refuse to believe that the Rapture occurs BEFORE the seven years of Tribulation point to the scripture that the Rapture will occur “at the last trump.” Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the...
Did You Get Her In?
Buddy Smith recalls the following story told by James Crumpton 51 years ago in a Bible conference. When I came out of Seminary with a degree in higher criticism and was newly ordained as the bishop of a wealthy parish in Boston, I often met for dinner...
The Rapture is “The Departure”
In the first chapter of his second epistle to the Thessalonians Paul gave thanks to God for the testimony of the Thessalonians and encouraged them in their time of persecution. In the second chapter he corrects some...
The Rapture is for the Church
There are different types of saints in the Bible. There are Old Testament saints, New Testament saints, Tribulation saints, and Millennial saints. These are individuals who are saved in different dispensations. All...
The Rapture is Dispensational
To anybody who interprets the Bible’s history and prophecy literally, it is obvious that God has administered mankind differently at various stages of history. In the Garden of Eden there was no sin; from Eden to the...
The History of Eschatology
The word Eschatology comes from the Greek word eschatos meaning “last”. Eschatology is the study of "last things” or the “last days”. It covers all aspects of Bible prophecy relating to the end times. It is true that...
Introduction to the Rapture
The Biblical teaching about the rapture, or catching away, of christians is not taught in many churches and when many church members are asked if they know about the rapture of the Church they frequently answer that they...