Pre-Tribulation Rapture:
Real or Not?

     You know the drill: the world is going to get worse and worse, but seven years before the end of the world, Christ is going to come back to snatch His saints from the Earth to take them to Heaven, and then all Hell breaks loose in a horrendous seven years of God's wrath, called the Tribulation. A source for popular speculation and fiction for decades, the Pre-Tribulation Rapture teaching has spawned such popular (and silly) works as The Late Great Planet Earth, the currently popular Left Behind series (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins), and pretty much anything by Salem Kirban.

     But, is all this based on sound biblical teaching? I don't believe so. While a belief in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture is the majority belief among Pentecostal/Charismatic Christians, truth is not decided by a majority vote. Articles on this page will look at the teachings of the Bible, as they relate to the Second Coming of Christ.

Rapture: Which is Which:

A look at the Greek word apentesis, which appears in the Great Rapture Passage, and proves that the Rapture occurs at the same time as Christ returns to the Earth.

Did Paul Teach a Pre-Trib Rapture?

A look at the Greek words parousia, epiphaneia and apokalupsis, and the false distinction between the Day of Christ and the Day of the Lord.

Did the Early Church Teach a Pre-Tribulation Rapture?

A look at what writers from 100 a.d. to 350 a.d. taught about the Second Coming of Christ, and the Great Tribulation. Warning: pre-tribbers take it on the chin, with this article.

Did New Testament Writers Believe in an Imminent Rapture?

A look at New Testament writings that show that the writers did not teach an "At Any Moment" Return and Rapture.

Examining a Sample Pre-Trib. Sermon

We've all heard them. A pastor decides it is time to remind his people that the world is horrible, but, Praise God, we're leaving anyway. Here is a good example of a local pastor 'teaching' the Rapture.

Fifteen Questions forPre-Tribulation Rapture Believers

I'm always getting those "25 Questions for Pentecostals," or "20 Questions for Rapture Deniers" emails, so I decided that it was time that I created a list of questions of my own.