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- 21. Myths of the Origin of Pretribulationism (Part 2) by Thomas Ice
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- Last issue I began a look at myths of the origins of the pre-trib rapture. This issue I conclude that study...
- 22. Myths of the Origin of Pretribulationism (Part 1) by Thomas Ice
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- A history of the rapture is of necessity a history of pretribulationism, since most other views do not distinguish between the two phases of Christ’s return—the rapture and second advent. The partial rapture ...
- 23. Morgan Edwards: Another Pre-Darby Rapturist by Thomas Ice
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- Opponents of pretribulationism have often tried to "poison the well" by contending that a pre-trib understanding of the Bible is novel and/or has sprung from a polluted source. However, the last few years ...
- 24. John Nelson Darby and the Pre-Trib Rapture by Thomas Ice
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- It has often been said of John Nelson Darby (1800–1882) that he is the most famous person most people have never heard about. Said another way, he is the most influential Christian leader that many know ...
- 25. Israel’s Fall Feasts and Date-Setting of the Rapture by Thomas Ice
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- 1992 is witnessing a plethora of attempts to set the date for the rapture. Most of these schemes use the Fall Feasts of Israel's annual seven feast cycle in some way to set the month and day of the rapture. ...
- 26. Is the Pre-Trib Rapture a Satanic Deception? by Thomas Ice
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- Recently, pre-wrath advocate Marvin Rosenthal wrote that the pre-trib rapture was of Satanic origin and unheard of before 1830. "To thwart the Lord's warning to His children, in 1830," proclaims Rosenthal, ...
- 27. History of the Rapture Update - Part 1 by Thomas Ice
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- Recently even more possible pre-Darby (J. N. Darby 1800–1882), pre-trib rapture statements are being brought forward by friend and foe alike. It appears that non-pretribulationist Francis X. Gumerlock ...
- 28. Edward Irving and the Rapture by Thomas Ice
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- Did key elements of the doctrine of the pretribulational rapture originate with either Edward Irving (1792–1834) or the broader Irvingite movement and then conveyed to John Nelson Darby (1800–1882) and ...
- 29. Alleged Irvingite Influence on Darby and the Rapture by Thomas Ice
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- Since the 1970s in America, it has become commonplace for writers of articles and books against pretribulationism to bring up some form of the argument that Darby got key elements of his view from an Irvingite ...
- 30. A Short History of Dispensationalism by Thomas Ice
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- ... of various influences which produced within his thought one of the most literal approaches to Bible interpretation in history and a theology which distinguishes God’s plan for Israel from God’s plan for ...
- 31. A Brief History of the Rapture by Thomas Ice
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- One of the most often cited objections to pretribulationism is that it is a new teaching in church history having only come on the scene in the 1830s. It is often argued that if the pre-trib rapture were ...
- 32. 20th Anniversary of The Pre-Trib Study Group by Thomas Ice
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- In the spring of 1992 I received a phone call from Tim LaHaye and we met for the first time on the phone. Dr. LaHaye had read the first book I had written dealing with dominion theology and defending dispensationalism. ...
- 33. J. N. Darby’s Early Years by Floyd Elmore
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- John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) is the acknowledged father of systematized dispensationalism and a key modern developer of the pretribulational rapture. He conceptualized God's revelation in Scripture as ...
- 34. A Dispensational View of Christ and Culture: Opportunities and Limitations to Christian Cultural Transformation by Charles Clough
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- Many commentators have noted the loss of American evangelical social concern by 1920. Premillennialism, and more particularly, dispensational premillennialism has been widely blamed for this cultural retreat. ...
- 35. Miscellaneous Thoughts Concerning the Kingdom of God by Mike Auffet
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- It was a lackluster election year in the beginning of 1992. The incumbent president Bush Sr. refused to enter the political fray until he could justifiably turn his attention from the Iraq War. That year ...
- 36. Are Any Signs of His Coming in the Church Age? by Jeremy Thomas
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- I am privileged to be with you and to teach a portion of our Lord’s greatest prophetic discourse, known popularly as the Olivet Discourse, Matthew 23:37 through 24:31. This section of the discourse continues ...
- 37. The Rapture, Antichrist, and Rebirth of Israel in Medieval Manuscripts by William Watson
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- Having published a book on eschatology in seventeenth and eighteenth century England, I began a study of these ideas even earlier in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This led me to archives in the ...
- 38. Left Behind or Led Astray–Exposed (Long Version) by Thomas Ice & Paul Wilkinson
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- A new DVD documentary has just been released by Good Fight Ministries entitled, “Left Behind or Led Astray? Examining the Origins of the Secret Pre-Tribulation Rapture.” Good Fight Ministries is run by ...
- 39. The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by William Watson
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- “Ideas have consequences”, and one’s eschatology affects what one thinks of the Jews and the modern state of Israel. The abandonment of Premillennialism for Amillenialism (denying a literal millennium) ...
- 40. Eroding Evangelical Christian Support for Israel: The Cause and Cure by James Showers
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- The scope of this paper focuses primarily on evangelical Christianity in America References to Evangelical Christians or Evangelicals assume an American context unless specifically noted otherwise. References ...