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Abraham, Lot, divine wrath, and a pattern that must be used carefully
Does God Remove the Righteous before He Judges? Abraham, Lot, divine wrath, and a pattern that must be used carefully When Abraham learns that judgement is approaching Sodom, he asks one of Scripture's great questions: "Shall not the Judge of all the e…
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Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
Is the Church Appointed to the Tribulation's Wrath? Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape The claim that the Church is not appointed to wrath is sometimes answered too quickly. Christians plainly suffer. Jes…
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Why a loaded label does not settle the question
…ul then writes that believers wait for God's Son from heaven, who delivers them “from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10), and that “God hath not appointed us to wrath” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Christians are not promised freedom from persecution; the Church has suffered thro…
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The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…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 appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:9). This does not promise ex…
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The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…re after the Tribulation. A midtribulationist places it within Daniel's final week. A pre-wrath interpreter places it after Antichrist's persecution but before the concentrated outpouring of divine wrath. A pretribulationist places it before the final seven-year period begins. Th…
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