Thoughtfully and well written and best of all - biblical.
Regarding the rapture, In my small circle there is disagreement as to when it will take place. Pre, mid and post-trib as well as pre wrath.
We believe there is room for disagreement as this is not an essential issue in our opinion.
Some have gone so far as to conflate salvation with a proper understanding of the timing of the rapture to suggest all folks like myself who are pretribulationists will not in the end be saved when we suffer through the coming difficulties and end up forsaking our faith (Withered seeds).
I wonder about Christians who do not like to read the book of Revelation. There are a lot of mysteries in it, but the first few chapters and the last few are very clear.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. Message to the Seven Churches (Revelation 1:3, NASB)
Mysteries no doubt but there are some excellent commentaries to unravel them!
Robert L. Thomas - Revelation 1-7 and Revelation 8-22, An Exegetical Commentary. An in depth detailed expositional commentary for laymen and scholars down to every word in the Greek and of coarse English.
For a lighter and yet in depth commentary, I recommend John MacArthur at Grace To You.
Thoughtfully and well written and best of all - biblical.
Regarding the rapture, In my small circle there is disagreement as to when it will take place. Pre, mid and post-trib as well as pre wrath.
We believe there is room for disagreement as this is not an essential issue in our opinion.
Some have gone so far as to conflate salvation with a proper understanding of the timing of the rapture to suggest all folks like myself who are pretribulationists will not in the end be saved when we suffer through the coming difficulties and end up forsaking our faith (Withered seeds).
I wonder about Christians who do not like to read the book of Revelation. There are a lot of mysteries in it, but the first few chapters and the last few are very clear.
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. Message to the Seven Churches (Revelation 1:3, NASB)
Mysteries no doubt but there are some excellent commentaries to unravel them!
If you would like to recommend one, feel free.
Robert L. Thomas - Revelation 1-7 and Revelation 8-22, An Exegetical Commentary. An in depth detailed expositional commentary for laymen and scholars down to every word in the Greek and of coarse English.
For a lighter and yet in depth commentary, I recommend John MacArthur at Grace To You.