wrote on November 4, 2009
When I first began to study eschatology I wanted a definative answer. Not a date exactly, but something concrete in my spirit that would produce conviction in my soul. The pre-trib view never set well with me because there were too many assumptions.
I studied scripture voraciously with prayer and fasting for 7 years taking the pre-trib view apart scripturally piece by piece and reassembling it again, and it always fell apart at some point. One major problem I found with pre-trib view was the "not knowing when", "thief in the night" misunderstanding, (imminent return theology). I found that the man of sin had to be revealed BEFORE the Lord's return and he would show himself in the temple of God as God, (2Thess. 2:1-5). Therefore Christians would see the temple being built and know the season was at hand. That, in and of itself, brings the pre-trib view into speculation. Any way... Thanks for your research and publication on the pre-wrath rapture. It makes the best scriptural sense. God bless.
I studied scripture voraciously with prayer and fasting for 7 years taking the pre-trib view apart scripturally piece by piece and reassembling it again, and it always fell apart at some point. One major problem I found with pre-trib view was the "not knowing when", "thief in the night" misunderstanding, (imminent return theology). I found that the man of sin had to be revealed BEFORE the Lord's return and he would show himself in the temple of God as God, (2Thess. 2:1-5). Therefore Christians would see the temple being built and know the season was at hand. That, in and of itself, brings the pre-trib view into speculation. Any way... Thanks for your research and publication on the pre-wrath rapture. It makes the best scriptural sense. God bless.