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Article · RaptureApologetics · Historical study

Did Darby Invent the Pretribulation Rapture?

What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not

…ing up separated from the final public descent. The early Church did not have one settled eschatology Appeals to "the early Church" often speak as though one unanimous system existed. The sources show considerable diversity shaped by geography, controversy, exegetical schools, pe…

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Article · Israel and the ChurchHistorical study · Apologetics · Biblical discernment

How Supersessionism Took Root in the Early Church

A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension

…s that millennial belief did not automatically preserve a future for national Israel. His eschatology was geographically Jewish while his covenant identity was ecclesial. A restored Jerusalem could be inhabited by the Christian righteous without representing the national restorat…

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Article · RaptureBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Historical study

Is the Pretribulation Rapture Without Biblical Basis?

A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation

…hrist’s three-and-a-half-year career before Christ’s glorious Second Advent. His complete eschatology was not dispensational, but that is precisely the point: a future Jewish temple, a personal Antichrist and a final measured period were present within ancient catholic Christiani…

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Article · Comparative ReligionApologetics · Historical study · Comparative theology · Biblical discernment

Is the Qur'an a Miracle?

Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation

…1924. Tommaso Tesei, "The Romans Will Win! Q 30:2–7 in Light of Seventh-Century Political Eschatology", for a critical academic discussion of the passage and its historical setting. Tesei's conclusions should be weighed rather than assumed. Kazuaki Kato, "Quranic Cosmogony: The I…

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Article · Christian DoctrinePersonal reflection · Historical theology · Theological analysis · Primary-source study

Standing at the Door

An unrequited love for the historic Church

…ordinary Christian who cannot explain every implication of justification, Christology or eschatology is not therefore a lower order of believer. He possesses the same Christ and confesses the same saving truth. Irenaeus’s rule of faith is broad enough to unite Christians across…

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