Maybe you
have noticed over the past two decades or so that there has been a snowballing
movement attacking the truth of the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation
Rapture. I would suggest to you that this is not by accident, or merely a
chance occurrence. Whole web sites have arisen in the last fifteen years
to attack the teaching as if it was some sort of arsenic poison akin to the
Jesuit Cup of Borgia and the Christian world needs to be warned away.
It has been
true that Roman Catholicism has opposed the teaching of the Pre-Tribulation
Rapture as long as I have been alive and even longer before that. Last
year Pope Francis even attacked "Fundamental" Bible-believing
Christians since this is a central concept of Biblical Dispensationalism.
Pope Francis even debunked the idea that Jesus Christ was coming back any time
soon. But the vultures circle the church
as if they might swoop down and devour the leaders of the Pre-Tribulation
doctrine. If you are in any of the mainline denominations, as a pastor or
leader, holding the Pre-Tribulation doctrine, you can expect to be attacked
internally by your denominations leaders as well. I have been counseling
two young pastors caught up in this problem within their denominations.
We even have our detractors in
the church at large that through smoke and mirrors attempt to undermine the
doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. Some of those come in the form
of rebuttals to various posts that I have written about. Satan employs
the fools in his agenda, a fact confirmed by Holy Writ itself. Scripture
talks about the "fools" 42X and the "fool" 62X.
The majority of the times the term is used, it is in a negative or derisive
manner.
Because Lucifer/Satan hates this
doctrine, his demons and minions work overtime on putting it down and we do not
really need to ask why? Satan or Lucifer
wants you to focus on the coming Tribulation, to sow seeds of doubt and cause
needless fear and anxiety, and in put one into unbelief. I'm aware of
over two dozen web sites that exist and still continue to put down the
Pre-Tribulation Rapture. There are only a couple web sites that are
committed believers to the propagating of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
Think about it, Lucifer/Satan not only wants to steal, to kill, to destroy; he
wants to rub salt in the wounds that he inflicts upon those so naive to the
Word of God as to be unable to distinguish between God's Grace and His
wrath. Wrath is coming, of that I would not argue against, but it is for
Israel and for a disobedient world that refuses to acknowledge Jesus Christ as
Lord, but rather chooses to be under the enchantment of the demons of the world
of the occult! Those who bad-mouth the
Pre-Tribulation Rapture are always believers in “Replacement Theology”. This is Anti-Semitic right from the pit of
Hell. God’s Master Plan differentiates between
Israel and the Church, and the Tribulation is not for the Church.
From my point of view, Lucifer or Satan has in fact proved
the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture as much for us as all of the
evidence that I have posted in the last several years. Clearly, their attacks have
been full of lies. Nevertheless, they do include some elements of truth,
ever so small but which is always the point of deception. That there will
be an "evacuation" of the Earth is certain as we learn from
Scripture: "Then we who
are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air" -(1st Thessalonians 4:17).
The truth of that verse is proven by the lies that are being told by the
"alien" and his minions. The worst thing you could be doing is
watching the apostate Jim Bakker program and the many false teachers he hosts. In effect, they are getting the world ready
for what is coming so that when it does happen people will not likely consider
that the Biblical Pre-Tribulation Rapture was an option for explaining the
missing. The enemy undoubtedly will have a counter explanation ready for when
that happens; after all, he has undoubtedly read the Bible too.
It does not upset me if others
do not believe as I do regarding these events, but some folks really get
uptight about these matters. I have the "Blessed Hope" and
they can't prove me wrong! So put that in your pipe and smoke
it. Where does all this venomous hatred come from? It's not from
geniuses with an ear to God. The answer is quite obvious. The likes
of someone like Jim Bakker, or John Little, and Rick Wiles of 'TruNews'
radio, or Michael Snyder, or Steve Quayle host of the sensational! None of these false teachers have an ounce of
Hermeneutics, and with little Bible understanding, bring derision upon
themselves for their ignorance [lack of knowledge] of a sealed book to
them. Their sole basis to refute the Pre-Tribulation Rapture is Matthew
24, which only deals with the Second Coming. As I have stated in other
previous posts, Jesus Christ had no reason to even mention the mere idea or the
reality of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. Jesus was addressing the Jews
of His day concerning Matthew 24. I have a post on Matthew 24 coming your
way. Anyone trained in proper Bible exegesis will tell you there are
three questions that always have to be asked when reading a passage when
seeking an understanding. They are known as the three "W's". 1. Who is speaking?
2. Who is being addressed
or spoken to? and 3. What is being spoken about?
God left the task of revealing the plans, and destiny for the Bride/Church to
the Apostle Paul.
Paul first revealed the Pre-Tribulation Rapture in
the Greek text of 2nd Thessalonians 2:3!
Since none of the critics of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture are Greek language-trained
or able to understand Greek, how can they claim there is no Pre-Tribulation
Rapture?? They simply can't! I explained all of this in my series
of posts: "Pre-Tribulation Truth, parts -2 and -3". I explained
the background on the missing "Definite Article" missing in the
English KJV Bible, that it is found in the Greek Textus-Receptus text, and that
it means a specific event - "The
Departure".
In Greek, when the "Definite Article" "the" is used before a subject it speaks
to a specific unique event happening. While the importance of the
"Definite Article" in Greek is lost in the English language; however,
it does not diminish its use and purpose in the Biblical Greek Textus-Receptus.
When used in the Greek, a "Definitive Article" adds enhanced emphasis
or importance!
The answer to the initial
question a few paragraphs above is quite obvious as I stated above.
Lucifer/Satan hates God's Truth and will continue to fight against God and His
chosen ones until he takes his last breath. The minions of the Adversary
are more than eager to propagate lies from the pit of hell thinking they are
doing God's bidding, when in reality they are confirming the truth of Paul's
doctrine on the Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
Their line of attack is
consistent none the less, and by that I mean, right from the get go, they
repeatedly deny the Church began in Acts 2. I have written extensively in
previous posts on the issue of "Supersessionism" or "Replacement
Theology". They indwell the minds of the Preterists into believing
that all prophecy was fulfilled by the time of the destruction of the 2nd
Temple. They even denied there would be a third temple, until I shared my
personal experience of having seen the cut stones in railroad gondola cars
placard with railroad marking signs "Destination Kearney, NJ, for export
to Israel", and these cut stones, between 2 and 5 stones to a railroad
car, were part of an order for 60,000-tons of Bedford, Indiana limestone cut
stones for the coming Third Temple. Need I remind you that they were
bought and paid for by the Grand Orient Lodge of Freemasonry, in the UK; and
the Grand Orient Lodge of Boston, MA, acted as the intermediary agent in the
entire transaction, from purchase, to logistics, to the actual shipment and
delivery to Israel. Those stones are
stored somewhere very close to Jerusalem today awaiting their assembly.
If you notice virtually every
post that I put up on Five Doves for readers will be routinely met with
rebuttals the next week by another so-called Messianic Jew, who is deeply
involved in the world of Kabbalah. It does not matter whether it is the
series of posts I was doing on "History Not Taught in the Public
School" or the early Christian leaders that taught the rudiments of a
Millennium, or of a Rapture, or the Greeks did not teach the Pre-Tribulation
position; you can bet your bucks, the next week, faithfully, and predictably
so, there will be several posts attacking my posts. That’s fine, but
keeps in mind this individual is associated with the likes of those in the
Hebrew Roots movement that would have Christians to come under their sway if
you really want to know what the Bible has to say. The Hebrew Roots
movement is not made up of 100% messianic Jewish believers. Many seek to
captivate the Christian that is seeking truth. They become easy pickings
for the likes of Michael Rood, James Trimm's Jewish School and the
International Beit Din, of which my critic is associated with, and now, from
what I have read elsewhere, I am not sure said individual is even a Christian
given his ties to the Kabbalah and what he teaches. The Texas State's
Attorney General prosecuted this group and fined them $175,000 several years
ago for issuing bogus Masters and Doctorate degrees in the “Hebrew Roots”
movement. These folks have messianic complexes as they would have Christians
blindly accept their spoon-fed interpretation of Kabbalah. To embrace the
Hebrew Roots theology without a full review and understanding of its teachings,
would be blindness on our part and lead to ignoring the many warnings we find
in the Word of God, like 2nd Timothy 3:13-17. I soon stop posting
articles on Five Doves shortly after these distracted readers.
Paul wrote to the Colossians, "As
ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him: Rooted and
built up in Him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding
therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily". -(Colossians 1:6-9).
To believe or not believe in the
Rapture will not save anyone, including me. Only absolute belief and
trust in the Lord Jesus Christ will save any of us. It is His Blood
sacrificed for us that makes those who believe on Him as a child of God.
His works save those who believe on Him!
I would remind the reader that
Matthew 27:25 states: "Then answered all
the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children".
Kabbalah is a Jewish system of black magick which originates
in ancient pagan Babylon. Freemasonry, at the inner core, is a Jewish sex
cult. The primary Masonic symbol, the square and compass (which is a
representation of the Satanic Jewish Star of David) is seen and found
throughout Masonic temples and lodges as well as many Jesuit Roman Catholic
churches. The Kabbalah is based largely upon the Zohar, and is esoteric
(which simply means that you can't understand it by reading it, someone has to
explain it to you). I remind you the New Testament message requires no
one to interpret its meaning, it is as plain as day. Jesus Christ did not
mask His message of truth with subterfuge and deception or smoke and
mirrors. Neither did the Apostle Paul, and he did not mince words about
the Judaizers seeking to put new believers under the Old Testament Mosaic
Law.
I noted above that the Jewish
Star of David (the six-pointed hexagram) is Satanic. The true symbol of
Biblical Judaism is the Menorah, not the symbol on the Israeli flag
today. The Satanic Masonic Rothschild's were responsible for the
substitution of the Hexagram instead of the Menorah. The Menorah
originally was to have been the official symbol of the flag of the State of
Israel, until Rothschild money intervened and was instrumental in the Hexagram
being selected by the Israeli Knesset.
I remind you that it is the
fringe elements (Hebrew Roots included) that want to distract the Christian
from the truth by playing up the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigraphal writings, with
but one purpose, to distract and to deceive. Once they have you hooked,
they have you buying their writings, books, tapes, and you soon shift your
reading to their writings and no longer on the Word of God. With 50+
years in the ministry, I have become like the seasoned bank teller, trained to identify
the genuine from the counterfeit.
I do not apologize for my
Dispensational understanding of the Bible nor the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. You all know from my posts, what my pedigree
or theology is, but I can't say that for my detractors who hide their
theological stance in the shadows. They rely on your innocence and lack
of theological savvy to deceive you and discredit my posts.
Should fear of the “seven years”
of Tribulation be used to hopefully bring people to a saving knowledge of
Christ Jesus? Absolutely! That is one reason among others that
Lucifer hates for us to be knowledgeable of God's end-time prophesies. He
wants to lull as many as possible into thinking they'll be okay, or it will not
be that bad, and the Church won't be removed anyway. He wants you to
believe that you can be saved in the Tribulation and that it will not
matter. Many will be saved, and many will die a horrible death. Is
that what you want? Their agenda is to mute or negate the Pre-Tribulation
Rapture, in any manner or means they can devise or use. The fact Lucifer would want to deceive
everyone about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, is directly tied to the fact those
left behind will face 58+ events that the Bible describe coming after the Born-Again
Christian has been taken from the earth.
My faith is not in the
Rapture. It is in Jesus Christ, and I know that Jesus Christ did not lie
when he said, "Let not your
heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's
house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know".
-(John 14:1-4).
The Rapture just happens to be
God's “insurance policy” for the genuine "Born-Again" believer in the
Bride/Church! However, it is part and parcel of God's Master Plan of
Redemption and Deliverance. You see, it does not matter what name is
added to the list of those "coming out" and saying they are now
against the Pre-Tribulation Rapture. It could be Charles Swindoll,
himself and say he changed his mind about the Pre-Tribulation Rapture (he is
president of Dallas Theological Seminary), for those not familiar, where the
school is or was the standard-bearer of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
doctrine. If Charles Swindoll himself were to change his view, I would
not flinch as the Apostle Paul was given the doctrine directly from the Lord
Himself! The fact is Rick Wiles of "TruNews"
came out of the closet and attacked the Pre-Tribulation doctrine proves nothing
short of revealing he is not a Bible scholar, nor trained in the Greek
language, and is nothing more than a confused believer. He is just
another ignorant [lack of knowledge] voice being deceived and deceiving others
with himself.
I simply remind Bible-believing
Christians to not panic, its steady as you go! Your faith will not go
un-rewarded. I have believed for fifty years things would go right down to the
wire before we are "harpazo" or snatched out of this
evil world. Go back and read again all of my posts in the
"Pre-Tribulation Truth" series, or my newer series on “Deliverance
before Judgment”, the series I did last year on the "Theme of the
Bride" and all the other related articles. We are told continuously
not to be looking for the Antichrist but to be looking for the Messiah
Himself! In 2016, both Australia and
Germany announced they were going to require “microchipping” of their citizens. That fact should be a reminder of just how
close we are to the Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
Seven years ago I wrote about the plans for “microchipping” humanity. It was found on page 1014, of H.R. 4872, and
that everyone would receive a Class II, Implantable RFID chip. It was law six years ago and takes effect in
2017.
Keep looking up, be listening for the trumpet call,
Pastor Bob