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NASB | Matthew 24:22 "Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:22 "And if those days [of tribulation] had not been cut short, no human life would be saved; but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened. |
Subject: Questions for a Pretribulationist |
Bible Note: Hi Makarios, No offence taken, my friend! :-) Since my studies are conducted in your absence, you naturally have no idea how much or little time I have spent studing these matters. :-) I have spent literally hundreds of hours studying the rapture, over the course of several years. I have spent much of that time looking at the pre-wrath view. So much so that my wife rolls her eyes when I sit down to examine this material more. Studying Van Kampen's material, among others (Rosenthal, Rev. Best) has served to strengthen my Pre-Trib view, as I continue to study what the Scriptures actually say. The fact is, (and now, I do not want to sound rude) I hardly know where to start to show the errors in Van Kampen's material. Of the many posts I have posted in the past calling into question the solagroup material, showing discrepancies in their interpretations, misquotes of scripture, and interpretations that arbitrarily reject the plain reading of scripture without a textual foundation, of all the times I have questioned this material, none have been answered or addressed. The more I study this material, the more problems I find. I will have some additional material to share regarding what I have read last night from the solagroup article referrenced by Kalos. I believe that I understand the pre-wrath position, and I even briefly believed that it was correct as I examined the teaching, until I realized the many difficulties with this view that simply cannot be reconciled to scripture. What surprised me was the personal nature of the assault against pretribulationists that is presented by the solagroup site. Should you wish to review some of the questions I have asked regarding the pre-wrath view, several can be referrenced by searching "solagroup" and "revelationcommentary", under posts with my name. The pre-wrath view, and its proponents, are very close to my heart, because the pre-wrath teaching gets a lot right that a lot of pre-tribulationists get wrong. The are so close! Anyway, I am intending to post more material on this subject. Please examine what I say, and let me know if you find anything that is misquoted, or not correctly handled. We will both grow from the experiences. Love in Christ, Mark |