AMERICAN ACHILLES: RAPTURE, PRETRIB, PREMIL
Part 3 of 4. Continuing the common interpretation of Revelation: after the Rapture, a master deceiver- a man of peace, will turn out to be the anti-Christ, but not evidenced until after the first three and one half years. Those who hold to that midway thesis are said to hold the Premillinneal Midtribulational View . At the end of the 7 years of tribulation Jesus Christ will return “in the clouds” in His Second Coming. He will set up and reign over a kingdom on earth for 1,000 years. There will then be a resurrection of the wicked dead from all time, and they will be lost for all eternity, thrown alive into the Lake of Fire., and we will have a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH where we will dwell in joy forever with no tears and no sorrow. To which the people respond, "Come quickly, Lord Jesus!"
“ A new heaven and a new earth?” How could that be, in view of the Christian church’s Doxology itself and Ephesians 3:21 which declare that the world is WITHOUT END.
In WHAT scripture...?
In fact, the Christian's leader is Jesus Christ ...
Beginning in the year 44 AD, continuing through 3:28 AM London time on September 14, 2047 there will have been 220 predictions setting the date for the rapture. Many factions of "believers" have gone to the mountains to be raptured out of this world, only to be disappointed.
Revelation 16:13-14, 16 speaks of Armageddon (the location of the last great war), but scholars do not yet know exactly where the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) is, in which the last world war will be fought.
To further complicate matters, a major faction of Bible scholars and researchers known as Preterists have recently gained the endorsements of some of the world’s most noted theologians. Preterists claim that Christ already returned in 70 AD, that the predictions for His return were for the generation of that time (Mat 10:23), not for 2,000 years in the future.
IN CONCLUSION: The prophesy experts have contradicted each other vehemently over the years and have written countless books expounding their theories. They have beaten on each other so ferociously that even a book was written about them titled “Prophecy Inn The Ring”. The cover shows a pair of boxing gloves. The resulting uncertainty about the future is the question of whether, in the name of Christ, America’s Christians (excepting a “remnant”), by defecting from the battle, have surrendered their children (their sacred trust) to the wiles and horrors of the devil.
They are the reality of today's world, and Christians, being the only force which can stand off and defeat the forces of iniquity, have no authorization from God to quit the battle or slacken their vigilance toward victory as did America's Founding Fathers.
On the contrary, the Bible is packed with mandates to the faithful, direct from God, to stand and fight IN THIS WORLD, using the helmet of salvation and the Sword of the spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17), and the vast resources He has given us. [See essay #4 for another priceless priceless quote, in the context of a story, from Dr. R.C. Sproul, which states:
"Other religions may choose a radical denial of this world, seeking asylum in a supratemporal sphere of mystical otherworldliness; but Christianity enjoys no such luxurious option. Attempts by Christians, past or present, to quit this world in ascetic retreat betray a tacit denial of the most elemental principles of the Christian view of creation and redemption."
Satan, the author of confusion and death, must be ecstatic with the escapist, crippling abandonment mentality of vast numbers of today's Christians and the clergy.
Despite the warnings over decades from a handful of clergymen and leaders who clearly saw what was happening to America and became "watchmen on the wall" (Ezekiel 33:3) sounding the trumpet of alarm, the people aka the "church" have allowed themselves to be stripped of vigilance. direction, and definition of their purpose and mission in life in the service of Christ.
America's leaderless Christians have allowed the eternal vigilance and action mandates for involvement by their Creator to be watered down, eroded and compromised. Are they now primed for the kill by their ruthless, bloodthirsty God and Christ-hating enemies?
What if they do not escape via the rapture? What have they given to their children and loved ones?
Whom do the rapture-focused clergy serve?
John W. Chalfant
johnc@greatness.com
www.greatness.com
Note: The opinions herein are those of the author. The reader's views, either pro or con, are welcome.
Most of the quotes were taken from the books Abandonment Theology and America - A Call To Greatness
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“ A new heaven and a new earth?” How could that be, in view of the Christian church’s Doxology itself and Ephesians 3:21 which declare that the world is WITHOUT END.
Although the above is the most commonly accepted interpretation of Revelation and prophesy of coming events, what duty does it call forth, to "occupy"(Luke 19:13) which involves the believer in obedience to Christ’s action mandates here and now in today's world?
In WHAT scripture...?
In what scripture, New or Old, does God authorize believers to abandon their sacred duty to Stand up against the workers of iniquity (Ps 94:16); to Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free (Gal 5:1); that we walk after His commandments (II John 6); and countless other such mandates from God pertaining to the here and now, and to the preservation and perpetuation of our sacred God-given freedoms.
In fact, the Christian's leader is Jesus Christ ...
Whose very mission statement was to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8); and to set at liberty them that are oppressed (Luke 4:18. Most people simply find it, together with a multiplicity of other end-times theories, overwhelming, thus their frequently heard expressions, “Come quickly, Lord Jesus”, “no more delay”. Devoid of leadership, many of the confused, de-energized, unfocused, squabbling, neutralized Christians (the “church”) have been relegated to the bleachers as pacifists and observers of events and taken out of the fight for America. After all, they're told, "We're IN this world, not OF it. Anyway, "mixing church and state could prove to be politically incorrect.
The Premillennial Pretribulation View, etc.
Whereas the prevalent view is known in "apologetics" theology as the Premillennial Pretribulational View, there is another similar view known as Premillennial Posttribulational in which the Rapture and the Second Coming occur simultaneously following the 7 year tribulation on earth (nobody escapes the anguish of the tribulation). Bear in mind that this theological in-fighting and energy-dissipating trades off, more accurately, "sacrifices" priceless time which should be devoted to obeying God's action mandates in all earthly matters.
Rapture history
Beginning in the year 44 AD, continuing through 3:28 AM London time on September 14, 2047 there will have been 220 predictions setting the date for the rapture. Many factions of "believers" have gone to the mountains to be raptured out of this world, only to be disappointed.
Revelation 16:13-14, 16 speaks of Armageddon (the location of the last great war), but scholars do not yet know exactly where the valley of Megiddo (Armageddon) is, in which the last world war will be fought.
To further complicate matters, a major faction of Bible scholars and researchers known as Preterists have recently gained the endorsements of some of the world’s most noted theologians. Preterists claim that Christ already returned in 70 AD, that the predictions for His return were for the generation of that time (Mat 10:23), not for 2,000 years in the future.
IN CONCLUSION: The prophesy experts have contradicted each other vehemently over the years and have written countless books expounding their theories. They have beaten on each other so ferociously that even a book was written about them titled “Prophecy Inn The Ring”. The cover shows a pair of boxing gloves. The resulting uncertainty about the future is the question of whether, in the name of Christ, America’s Christians (excepting a “remnant”), by defecting from the battle, have surrendered their children (their sacred trust) to the wiles and horrors of the devil.
Defection – Satan’s Master Coup
Nowhere in the Old and New Testaments are Christians authorized to abandon or compromise their vigilance in the relentless struggles against tyranny...against the evil ones who have drenched, and continue to drench, the world in misery. Bible describes them: Their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways: and the way of peace they have not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes (Rom. 3:15-18).
They are the reality of today's world, and Christians, being the only force which can stand off and defeat the forces of iniquity, have no authorization from God to quit the battle or slacken their vigilance toward victory as did America's Founding Fathers.
On the contrary, the Bible is packed with mandates to the faithful, direct from God, to stand and fight IN THIS WORLD, using the helmet of salvation and the Sword of the spirit, which is the word of God (Eph. 6:17), and the vast resources He has given us. [See essay #4 for another priceless priceless quote, in the context of a story, from Dr. R.C. Sproul, which states:
"Other religions may choose a radical denial of this world, seeking asylum in a supratemporal sphere of mystical otherworldliness; but Christianity enjoys no such luxurious option. Attempts by Christians, past or present, to quit this world in ascetic retreat betray a tacit denial of the most elemental principles of the Christian view of creation and redemption."
Satan, the author of confusion and death, must be ecstatic with the escapist, crippling abandonment mentality of vast numbers of today's Christians and the clergy.
Despite the warnings over decades from a handful of clergymen and leaders who clearly saw what was happening to America and became "watchmen on the wall" (Ezekiel 33:3) sounding the trumpet of alarm, the people aka the "church" have allowed themselves to be stripped of vigilance. direction, and definition of their purpose and mission in life in the service of Christ.
Primed for the kill?
America's leaderless Christians have allowed the eternal vigilance and action mandates for involvement by their Creator to be watered down, eroded and compromised. Are they now primed for the kill by their ruthless, bloodthirsty God and Christ-hating enemies?
What if they do not escape via the rapture? What have they given to their children and loved ones?
Whom do the rapture-focused clergy serve?
John W. Chalfant
johnc@greatness.com
www.greatness.com
Note: The opinions herein are those of the author. The reader's views, either pro or con, are welcome.
Most of the quotes were taken from the books Abandonment Theology and America - A Call To Greatness
Your help to this ministry would be greatly appreciated in either of two WAYS:
(1) Make a donation by clicking the DONATE button and sending, $5, $25, $100, any amount.
(2) Go to the web home page www.greatness.com. There click the blue Christianbook banner. That will expose you to over 200,000 super-discounted Christian books and products. Any that you buy will pay us a small commission.
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