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Clear searchWhy apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture
…rer when 1 Thessalonians 4 is read alongside Christ's promise in John 14: "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; t…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…hem all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." —Matthew 24:39 Noah and his household were preserved. Those swept away were the objects of judgement. Luke's parallel adds Lot: he departed from Sodom, and fire destroyed those who remained in the condemned city. Chris…
Read article →Signs, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…an hour the servant does not know. The bridegroom's arrival exposes who was prepared. The householder cannot schedule the thief. The point is not merely that the event happens quickly once it starts. It interrupts ordinary activity without the unready person having calculated the…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…o separate path of salvation, and Gentile believers are not second-class members of God's household. Every sinner is reconciled to God through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The question is whether this unity in salvation removes the distinctions which Scripture cont…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…f its words: Christ comes and receives His people to Himself, taking them to the Father's house He has prepared for them. Paul later says that when Christ appears, believers will "appear with him in glory" (Colossians 3:4). Revelation presents the Bride prepared in heaven before…
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