Paul's Gathering or Pre-wrath Perversion

For a thorough refutation of the Pre-wrath rapture position as manifest in H. L. Nigro's "Before God's Wrath", take a look at this book by Independent Baptist Pastor Carl W. Denson called "Paul's Gathering or Pre-wrath Perversion".

Van Kampen and Rosenthal are also mentioned prominently as the founders of the "Pre-wrath" rapture position.

The reader will come away with an understanding of all of the modern rapture positions and will certainly find this book to be doctrinally profitable. The Holy Scriptures are quoted over 4000 times in this 484 page book.

This book will also illuminate the scriptures concerning the timing of Paul's gathering (i.e. the gathering of the body of Christ). While fully negating the "heresy" of prewrath rapturism, it establishes the position of the MIDWEEK rapture. This gathering is prior to the Great Tribulation which is the ONLY tribulation definitively spoken of in God's Holy Scriptures.

 

Deafposttrib,

Your "show us" term leads one to believe that you are a member of some group that shares your post-trib beliefs. To which Baptist organization do you belong that supports the post-trib position. It must be one that overthrows the teachings for the body of Christ as manifest in the apostle Paul's epistles.

As to your request, there is no verse or passage within the Holy Scriptures that states that the gathering of the body of Christ is 3 1/2 years before the second advent to earth by the Lord Jesus Christ.

The apostle Paul makes it quite clear that BELIEVERS will escape the sudden destruction that comes upon UNBELIEVERS as the travail of a woman with child. Here are the verses:

1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

These verses prooftext a pre-tribulation gathering. That is, unless you can not read and understand the terms "sudden destruction" and "day of the Lord". NOTE: For a thorough understanding of the term "Day of the Lord", I would recommend an extensive and in depth series of bible studies that can be found at this link:

http://p079.ezboard.com/fthemidweekrapturefrm156

The "sudden destruction" is the great tribulation. There is NO VERSE that states that the great tribulation starts exactly 3 1/2 years before the second advent of Jesus Christ to this earth. There are several verses that place the START of the great tribulation at the MIDST of Daniel's 70th week. It is a SUPPOSITION of MAN that places the start of the great tribulation at the EXACT MIDDLE of Daniel's 70th week.

In Christ,

R. J.

 

JGrubbs,

Your comment:

I am assuming that you had already "fully negated the 'heresy' of prewrath rapturism" in your mind before ever reading the book.

You assumed wrong, brother. The heresy of the prewrath position is fully negated by the Holy Scriptures.

In Christ,

R. J.

 

Dr. Bob,

I find the pre-sorrows supposition that there is a "seven year tribulation" a reprehensible perversion of the truth. Does that make us "reprehenibly" even. LOL!!!

As I challenged you in our email exchange, go study the midweek position before you suggest that the midweek rapture position is perverse. I know that you do not "have a clue" concerning the midweek position when you liken it to mid-trib. These two positions are not even remotely the same.

Study it and refute it with the Book, brother. You can start your own topic in a "Questions and Comments" category at http://pub70.ezboard.com/bthemidweekrapture

Come on over and dive in to some in depth bible studies on the end times and related topics.

In Christ,

R. J.