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Four Difficult Texts for Pretribulationism

The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day

…the "last trump". Revelation 20 calls a post-Tribulation event "the first resurrection". John 6 promises to raise believers "at the last day". None is trivial. None requires the abandonment of pretribulationism. Must the man of sin appear before our gathering? Paul writes: "Now…

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Article · Bible StudyBiblical exposition · Pastoral reflection · Christian living

If Any Man Thirst

Jesus and the fountain of living water

…on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." —John 7:37–38 John immediately explains what Jesus meant: "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive." —John 7:39 This is an invitation, but it is more th…

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Does 'Meet the Lord in the Air' Mean an Immediate Return to Earth?

Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture

…to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." —1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 The direction explicitly stated is upward. The Lord descends from heaven; the dead rise; the living are caught up; both meet Him in the air. Paul's stated conclusion is not, "and so sha…

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