Trapped by the Pre-Trib Rapture
Author encourages clarity and understanding, not dogma about end times
Rethinking the Rapture Theories
Author encourages clarity and understanding, not dogma about end times
2011-03-30
?"Rapture timing is not clearly stated in the Bible, and it is not an essential doctrine of salvation,” says True, who is a retired licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist. ?"To believe any rapture timing theory in a 100 percent dogmatic way is dangerous to spiritual health. In view of Jesus’ apostasy warning of Matt. 24:10-11 and the human tendency to cling blindly to familiar tradition, Christians need to be careful to properly weigh all rapture timing theories.”
Trapped by the Pre-Trib Rapture gives a fair presentation of the two major theories and then asks the reader to make an informed evaluation. In the sections explaining the post-Tribulation rapture inferences, True presents evidence that the ?"seven-year” portion of the ?"future” section of the book of Revelation (6:1"20:6) describes seven self-contained concurrent narratives, each ending with YHWH’s wrath and the 24-hour Day of the Lord. He also presents a theory about the ?"mystery” in chapter 10. Bottom line, says True: ?"I passionately want to reduce the number of casualties to faith that will occur in the near future if the pre-Tribulation faith-train collides with an actual post-Tribulation rapture in the Great Tribulation.”