On 7 Aug 2005 07:35:34 -0700, spake
thusly:
Pre-trib's endeavor to create a Rapture of the Church at the onset of
the concluding seven year time frame by maintaining that the apostle
John represents the Church and that the invitation to "Come up hither"
(Rev. 4:1) thus constitutes a call to the Church, fails for any number
of reasons:
Actually, you only need one reason and the belief
in any "Rapture" falls on this.
The end timers claim that Jesus' return is future
and that no one can know when He will come.
If the Rapture happens, then the rest of the world
will know that exactly seven years later, Jesus will
come to Earth and that defeats their logic. To
believe that the whole world will remain dumb,
is ridiculous, especially considering that there are
preachers out there who aren't saved, but know
these teachings well. And many unsaved church
goers who have heard this teaching and the end
timers claim that "no one" will know when Jesus
will return.
It also defeats the mid-rapture and post-rapture
logic, since the same net result is there.
--
Pastor Dave
"If you believe what you like in the Gospel,
and reject what you like - it is not the Gospel
you believe, but yourselves." - St. Augustine
http://www.ecclesia.org/truth/solution.html
http://tinyurl.com/ce97m
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