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2011-09-29T13:45:21.724-06:00

thanks for posting this message. very good.

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2011-06-29T23:44:49.769-06:00

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Christ's return is NOT imminent !

by Bruce Rockwell

(Pretrib rapturists claim that Christ's return is imminent, that is, capable of occurring at any moment. Theologian and pastor Norman MacPherson, in his excellent book "Triumph Through Tribulation," offers proof that the Bible has never taught an any-moment return of Christ. Here are the points brought out and discussed at length by MacPherson:)

1. Great Commission fulfillment implies a long period of time.
2. Seed growth in Matthew 13 is a time-consuming process.
3. Paul expected death, not rapture, in II Timothy 4:6-8.
4. Jesus predicted Peter's martyrdom in John 21:18-19.
5. Matthew 24 teaches that signs must come first.
6. Many passages speak of a large interval between Christ's ascension and return: Jewish dispersion into "all nations" (Luke 21); "man travelling into a far country," "after a long time the lord of those servants cometh" (Matthew 25).
7. Apostasy of last days takes time to develop.
8. Bridegroom tarried in parable of virgins.
9. Pastoral epistles teach Church's continuing ministry, which involves time.
10. Paul says Christ's coming is not imminent (II Thessalonians 2:1-3), for apostasy and Antichrist must come first.
11. View of seven phases of church history (seven churches of Revelation) involves big lapse of time and imminence difficulties for pre-tribs; could Christ have come before the last phase?
12. Exhortations to watch and be ready are tied to what pre-trib teachers regard as the second stage (which is necessarily non-imminent) in Matthew 24 and 25, I Corinthians 1:7, Colossians 3:4, I Thessalonians 3:13, II Thessalonians 1:7-10, I Peter 1:13 and 4:13, and I John 2:28.

(How can Christ, returning imminently, have a greater practical effect on us than the indwelling Holy Spirit should already have on us? For more on pretrib beliefs and history, Google "Pretrib Rapture Secrecy," "Pretrib Rapture - Hidden Facts," "Pretrib Rapture Diehards," and "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty.")

Excellent quotation.

2011-05-28T14:37:21.160-06:00

Excellent quotation.

Excellent quote!

2011-04-14T15:22:51.993-06:00

Excellent quote!

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2011-04-10T13:56:21.767-06:00

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Hope you’ll take some time, please, to visit our C...

2011-01-20T16:41:21.565-06:00

Hope you’ll take some time, please, to visit our Calvin-admiring site, read some articles, listen to some radio shows, give me some feedback. We are Christians FIRST and not Republican Party cheerleaders. God bless you, your family, your work.

John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
Communications Director, Institute On The Constitution
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My brief, personal testimony:

http://christianobserver.org/conservative-movement-dunghill-rejects-good-riddance-to-them/

Hope you will also view this brief video by me regarding the dangers of Godlessness as confessed by a former Nazi leader, Hitler’s lawyer, Hans Frank:

http://www.youtube.com/theamericanview#p/a/u/0/rX1ILAC80l4