Subject: Pretribulation or slightly after ? |
Bible Note: Eschatology has more or less been my main interest, while studying through the Bible, and has been for over the past 36 years. There have always been portions of Scripture that haven't made sense to me from either the pretribulational or the posttrubulational view and these are the only two schools that even come close to standing up to any real scrutiny. The key that has to fit for the absolute truth comes to us from Psalm 119:160 (NASB) The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting. The sum of thy word actually means the totality of every thing that God has said in his Word on any given subject combined will give us truth. We are not at liberty to pick and chose if there is portion of Scripture that the runs contrary to what we think is truth. There are no mistakes in God's Word. What might appear to be a contradiction in the Bible, is in fact a paradigm paralysis on the part of the searcher who fails to find the common denominator that causes all the Scripture pieces to fit or not fit together. I tried to show you something that I found that cleared up all of the confusion that I have had for years, by pointing you to the truth. But it seem that what you are looking for isn't the truth of eschatology but a friendly dialogue of sorts. Let me say before we started, my position is firm pre-millenniums and I use to be an proponent of pretribulation rapture but that has changed with knowledge that is backed up with truth. So you shoot out with the darts one at a time and I will do the best that I can. CDBJ |