The Rapture agnostics tell us we cannot determine whether or not we will go through all of the Tribulation or perhaps a part of it. This is not true. The Bible provides us with a clear path leading to the certainty that Jesus is coming to take us home before the start of the Tribulation period, or what the Old Testament describes as the Day of the Lord. The absence of nary a hint that we must prepare for this time adds confirmation to this trek through Scripture.

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Knowing Christ’s Return Is Imminent, What Must We Do To Be Ready?

Jesus commands us to look out for His return. You’ll hear some people ignorantly claim that Bible prophecy is all nonsense. And yet, Jesus Himself has said that when we see these signs of the end times, then keep watch. Therefore, Jesus wants us to expectantly watch for His return.

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Examining Motivations: Why The Rapture’s Timing Truly Makes A Difference In The Christian Life

The pre-tribulation rapture view makes Christ the central focus of the end times and elevates His preeminence over all. It seeks to glorify God above all. It creates authentic praise to God as the believers’ hearts swell with grateful anticipation for what comes next. It propels the church to reach the world with the urgent and important Gospel message.

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Debunking A False Narrative: Does Belief In A Pre-Tribulation Rapture Breed ‘Complacency’ In Christians?

Opponents of the pre-Tribulation Rapture say that because we believe in divine deliverance from the coming Tribulation judgments, we have little motivation, if any, to care for the needs of those around us or to seek to bring others to Christ. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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The Devastating Consequences Of The Church Ignoring Our ‘Blessed Hope’

Somewhere in the past, a divorce occurred; pastors and Bible scholars separated the return of Jesus for His church from the proclamation of the Gospel. This tragic exclusion of a key aspect of the Gospel has led to a dearth of understanding among believers regarding Jesus’ appearing and the joyful anticipation that comes with such an eager anticipation.

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Why Have So Many Christians And Pulpits Left Behind The Sound Teaching Of The Rapture?

Christians who believe in the Rapture are often portrayed as escapists who are out of touch with reality and ready to leave this world and all its problems behind. Consequently, this once-beloved teaching has eroded. Some Christians don’t want to associate with a belief that is mocked publicly or abused by date-setters, so they distance themselves from it; and this distancing appears more in the pulpit than in the pew.

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The Most Persistent Lie Leveled Against The Rapture

I have either read or heard it more times than I can count. Though it’s been debunked countless times, a great many saints remain convinced that the doctrine of the pre-Tribulation Rapture originated with John Darby. Although they insist that no one believed in such a thing before him, it’s simply not true.

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The Most Neglected Biblical Truth In Today’s Churches

The problem with modern preaching is that it leaves our future after this life undefined. The more popular views of Bible prophecy point our hope to a far-distant Second Coming of Jesus, during which time He judges sin and initiates the eternal state. Parishioners can only guess as to what such a future means for them.

The Seven Raptures: Why The Catching Away Of The Church Is Not A Biblically Unprecedented Event

A lot of people find the idea of a rapture, a snatching away of people to heaven without dying, very difficult to accept. It seems too strange and too bizarre to be true. "After all," they say, "nothing like that's ever happened before!" But that's actually not true.

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Pastors: Don’t Prepare The Bride To Meet The Antichrist, Prepare The Bride To Meet Her Bridegroom

As a pastor who believes in a pre-Tribulation rapture, let me say this: I am not preparing the bride for wrath; I am preparing the bride for a wedding. I am not preparing the bride to have her garments stained by the wickedness of the world, I am preparing the bride to hold onto the purity and hope of Christ.

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Debunking Popular Lies About The Pre-Tribulation Rapture

One of the most unpopular beliefs among Christians today is that of the pre-Tribulation Rapture. Many not only scoff at our expectation of meeting Jesus in the air, but also ridicule those of us who believe it could happen at any moment.

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Has The Bride Of Christ Made Herself Ready For His Return?

In the Scriptures, we know that the church is the bride of Christ. But during this time when we are awaiting the upward call of our Bridegroom, how are we living?

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Why Knowing The Imminency Of The Rapture Is So Critical For Believers

In spite of the long wait and scoffing that comes my way, I remain convinced that imminency is not only incredibly important for today, but also an essential aspect of our walk with the Savior.

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The Rapture: Perhaps The Most Important Piece Of Prophecy For Us To Understand

The Rapture is the biblical prophetic event where all who have put their trust in Christ, living and deceased, will suddenly be caught up from earth, be joined with Christ in the air, and taken to heaven

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The Rapture Has Become The Object Of Scorn In Many Churches. What Lies Behind The Scoffing?

Our hope is firmly grounded in the words of the apostles contained in the New Testament. The scoffers fail to consider the words that form the basis for our biblical expectation of Jesus’ appearing.

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Jesus’ Promise: The Rapture Is A Biblical Event And Good News For Weary Saints

The biblical basis for the pre-Tribulation Rapture is rock-solid because it’s based on the words of the New Testament. We know Jesus is coming for us before the start of the seven-year Tribulation.

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The Feast of Trumpets and The Rapture: Connections and Assumptions

Could the Rapture happen on Rosh Hashanah? Absolutely! But, if it does, it will not be because it is Rosh Hashanah, but because that will be the day God has picked in His infinite wisdom.

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Is Belief In The Pre-Tribulation Rapture Driven By A Fear Of ‘Going Through The Tribulation’?

The idea that Christ will not come to deliver His people before "the wrath to come" (1 Thess 1:10) starkly contradicts the words of Jesus when He tells us that He will do exactly that (Rev. 3:10).

The Great Disappearance: Our Glorious Hope In A World Filled With Hopelessness

You and I are privileged to stand on the cresting waves of prophecy—to live in a time closer to the return of Jesus Christ than any other generation in the history of the world.

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Our Hope And Comfort During These Perilous Times Starts And Ends With God’s Amazing Grace

Jesus alone is the reason for our hope and the sole focus of our eager expectation of glory. On the night before He died on the cross for our sins, He said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”

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Blind To Nation Turmoil & Christian Suffering?: The Pre-Trib Rapture Isn’t ‘Unfair’

He will call the Church –His Bride—to Himself, then God again will begin dealing with Israel in all of His covenant promises to that people. This is what the Bible teaches about this prophetic truth.

Jesus Coming For His Bride Isn’t Debatable… And We Should Make Ourselves Ready

We live in a world filled with hate, rage, lies, corruption, cruelty, confusion, lawlessness, and delusion. But make no mistake: our blessed hope is that a new world is coming!

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Decades Of Studying The Bible Has Only Reinforced My Position On The Pre-Tribulation Rapture

It is through the reading of The Late Great Planet Earth by Hal Lindsey that I first learned about the Rapture. It impressed me enough that it led me to invite Yeshua into my life as my Messiah and Savior. That was the Summer of 1983, exactly forty years ago.

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The Serious Mistake Of Assuming The Rapture Will Not Happen In Your Lifetime

Sadly, a great many Christians are lulled into such drowsiness by “Bible-believing” pastors who promote the false veil of normalcy by proclaiming a message of “peace, peace”

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The Blessed Hope: The Scoffers Are Gaining Too Much Territory And Too Many Followers

The malady goes by many names: End-time weariness; Rapture fatigue; Rapture-watch burn-out. The scoffers and skeptics are gaining too much territory and too many followers.

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What Keeps The Majority Of Christians From Acknowledging The Obvious? Time Is Running Out

How can pastors not see the signs of the times, and as a result, provide those in their charge with the hope they desperately need in these perilous times?

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Tribulation Is Coming, But You Don’t Have To Go Through It…

Many will be left behind, and whoever is left behind will have to deal with the consequences triggered by the Great Tribulation one way or another.

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Why The ‘Gathering Up’ Of Christians Must Occur Before God’s Tribulation Judgment

Why exactly do I believe in a Pre-Trib Rapture? I have my reasons, ten to be exact. All are founded on the conviction that the Bible is the very Word of God, that it should always be interpreted literally, and that it is firmly rooted in Jesus’ ironclad promise that He will indeed return.

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Our Heavenly Citizenship Signifies That Our First Allegiance Belongs To Jesus

My intent here is not to write about what’s happening in the U.S., but rather explore the many benefits of a different citizenship.

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The Absence Of The Rapture—And Related Topics—From Our Churches Today, Is A Great Tragedy!

Here in 2023, all of this would be called “wokism”! And a marvelous cure for wokism would be a focus on the fact that the King is coming—perhaps today.

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The Rapture: The Future Tense Of The Gospel And A Message The Church Desperately Needs

Somewhere in the past, a tragic divorce occurred; theologians decided we must separate the return of Jesus for His church from the proclamation of the Gospel.

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A Flight You Shouldn’t Miss: One Second Before And After The Rapture

One second before or one second after seems like nothing, yet it makes all the difference in the world. Will you be on the flight, or will you go through the fight?

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The Tribulation Centers Around Israel And A Christ-Rejecting World—Not The Church

The Great Tribulation, the Day of Jacob’s trouble, the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord are not in the church’s future. The Day of the Lord centers on Israel and a Christ rejecting world.

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‘I Know Where We’re Going, I’ve Read Revelation’: Franklin Graham Warns ‘Judgment Is Coming,’ Discusses Hope Of The Rapture

"God is going to judge this Earth for the rejection of His Son, and there's going to be a great price to pay. This is the time for people to repent, turn from their sins, and Believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."

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Trust God’s Timing: Soon, The Prophetic Words Of Our Departure Will Be Past Tense

In the midst of the distress we feel, the words, “And God knew,” bring welcome relief. We know our Deliverer is surely coming to catch us up to meet Him in the air.

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Only The Enemy Could Take The Beautiful Doctrine Of The Rapture And Turn It Into A Tool Of Fear

In essence, what we are seeing today is exactly what we would expect from the enemy. He is taking the things of God and turning them upside down.

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The Evil Shepherd Is Near, But So Too Is The Good Shepherd

He is a man of lawlessness, a counterfeit to Christ who will deceive the world. He will appear on the scene after the rapture has taken place and the world is in turmoil.

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Waiting For Jesus’ Appearing Amid The Rampant Evil Of Our Day

For those of us eagerly watching for Jesus’ return, encountering these things intensifies our longing for the day He takes us up to His Father’s house.

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Ready and Waiting: Toiling For The Gospel As The World Unravels

The rapture is our blessed hope, and provides peace in this chaotic world... It also encourages holy living, and the desire to fulfill our calling while we remain on this world.

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Jesus Longs For The Day When He Can Show His Bride His Eternal Glory

We must receive our immortal bodies and go up to heaven in order to see the full display of Jesus’ divine glory. Someday, perhaps soon, Jesus will catch us up to meet Him in the air and we will be with Him forevermore.

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Amid Today’s Ridicule Of Our Blessed Hope, Dare To Be Enoch

Like Enoch, we must persevere amid today's ridicule of our hope, such as the article CNN mocking the Rapture, as we eagerly await our “blessed hope.”

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A Critical Decision At A Critical Time In World History

As the day of Jesus’ appearing approaches, it’s critical that you know for sure that you belong to Jesus and possess eternal life.

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Jeff Christianson: Eschatology and Discipleship

The position of eschatology, or the study of end times, is very important to the Biblical counselor. Can you bring people comfort through the...

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Jeff Christianson: Counseling with the Comfort of the Rapture

What does the end times have to do with biblical counseling? Everything is going according to plan. Because we have the scripture on our...

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The Rapture Is My Precious Hope

Why do I spend so much time writing about and defending the Rapture? It’s because Jesus’ imminent appearing is so much more than just sound theology to me, it’s my precious hope.

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Revival Or Rapture? Who Has The Power To Change The World?

As believers, we have cause for much optimism, but such an expectation lies exclusively in Jesus’ imminent return for His church. Our hope rests in our departure from this world.

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Blessed Hope Or Bunch Of Dopes?

I’m convinced that anyone and everyone who genuinely seeks truth by studying these Scriptures will find that the pre-Trib view isn’t held by a bunch of “dopes”

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Why Is A Biblically Sound View Of Eternity So Essential?

In his devotional, New Morning Mercies, Paul David wrote this, “You see, a sound biblical doctrine of the future is the only way to arrive...

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Barry Stagner: The Rapture, Fact or Fiction?

In this weeks edition of "The Time of Signs," Pastor Barry Stagner discusses the Rapture. Is it Fact or Fiction? What Does the Bible say?

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The Rapture is Real & We Must Not Shelve That Truth To ‘Preserve Unity’

The rapture is not a “3rd-order” doctrine that we must shelve in order to preserve unity with other saints. The rapture is our Blessed Hope!

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Checking Our Watch

We who have Christ dwelling within us have the ability to “watch” in the way He wants us to observe the times and seasons.

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Nathan Jones: Ready for the Rapture

All of these end times signs laid out are happening. We know that Jesus is coming soon. And, because He’s coming soon, we need to, “Be ready!”

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Rapture Reassurance: Preparing for Hope vs Horror

During today's troubling rise in evil, those who claim there is no Rapture are having a field day... But our Biblical Hope changes everything

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Prophecy Roundtable: The World After The Rapture – Don’t Get Left Behind!

Join Amir, Jan and Barry for a Prophecy Roundtable discussion on the post rapture world and the reason why you don’t want to be...

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Prophecy Roundtable: In Defense of the Pre-Trib Rapture

Join Amir Tsarfati, Jan Markell, and Pastor Barry Stagner for a Prophecy Roundtable live as they discuss a Defense of the Pre-Trib Rapture.

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Jack Hibbs: Futures – The Rapture

1 Thessalonians exhorts us with the doctrine of the Rapture, as we eagerly wait for Jesus' imminent return, the promised event

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Amir Tsarfati: The Mystery of the Rapture

A timely message on the blessed hope of every believer. What is the Rapture? Who will be raptured? When will that happen? These questions...

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The Hope of Every Believer

An entire generation of Christians will bypass death & be translated into the Lord's presence. Prophecy indicates that we are that generation!

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Chad Thomas: Changing Times & the Remnant Believer

As we near the Lord Jesus’ Return to Rapture His church, we know that the Enemy is on the prowl to steal, kill, and destroy. In this article, I want to go over a few points on what we as believers need to be doing in these Final Moments to remain victorious in the face of discouragement.

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