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Clear searchDivine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
…ich delivered us from the wrath to come" (1 Thessalonians 1:10). Romans 5:9 grounds final deliverance from wrath in Christ's blood. Together the passages establish a consistent truth: wrath is not the Church's appointment because Christ has borne its judgement. This does not yet…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…g Daniel's people, Jerusalem, the nations, and the coming kingdom. The Church is promised deliverance from the appointed hour Paul says that believers wait for God's Son from heaven, who "delivered us from the wrath to come" (1 Thessalonians 1:10). He later writes, "God hath not…
Read article →What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not
…nsformation and catching up of the living, heavenly ascent, every form of pre-Tribulation deliverance, and every interval between translation and public descent? The evidence also says no. History should be stated proportionately. It cannot prove pretribulationism, but it can dis…
Read article →Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture
…does the word coming require resurrection, judgement, reward, marriage, warfare, national deliverance, and kingdom enthronement to occur in one instant. The distinction is not fundamentally between a secret coming and a visible one. First Thessalonians includes a shout, an archan…
Read article →The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…ulness optional. It does make Christ's work, rather than our ranking, the ground of final deliverance. The event did not begin with Darby The distinction between the rapture and its timing also corrects a frequent historical overstatement. Around the beginning of the third centur…
Read article →Earth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse
…The churches are the explicit earthly audience of chapters 1-3. Philadelphia is promised deliverance from the global earth-dweller hour. The judgement visions return to Danielic and Israelite subjects. Saints remain on earth, but the text does not call them the Church. Earth-dwe…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…e prophetic complex: Daniel's abomination, a unique Tribulation, divine intervention, and deliverance. In Daniel, "thy people" means Daniel's people, Israel. Matthew gives no notice that the controlling prophetic subject has changed when he later speaks of the elect. This does no…
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