I am so ecstatic that anyone would take 50 minutes of their lives to respond to me about an article that I posted here on this website. So, I am looking forward to responding to Charles Cooper, a Pre-wrath advocate, on his comments of my article, entitled: An Exegetical Analysis of 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17. If you would like to watch his video critiquing me please click here.
The topic of the rapture is one of the most hotly contested topics in modern times. It can excite those who are seeking for imminent return of the Lord prior to Daniel’s 70th week and it can anger those who believe that the doctrine of the pretribulational rapture is merely a modern fantasy invented by “escapists” and “pessimists”.
It is my desire here to present a cumulative case for the pretribulational rapture. Let me state at the outset that no single text of scripture validates a doctrine. We should not be looking for a singular verse to validate a premise, but rather at what totascriptura says. If, we are to take the whole Word of God seriously, then we wouldn’t expect a singular verse to say something like, “the rapture occurs before Daniel’s 70th week”, but rather that all the evidence points us to a clear conclusion. Pretribulationalism isn’t built off of a singular proof-text, and therefore I won’t be using an isolated text to argue for pretribulationalism. I will demonstrate based upon totascriptura that the evidence best leads to a rapture that is a.) distinct from the second coming, and b.) before the tribulation (i.e. Daniel’s 70th week).
