Rapture

The Day When Christ Returns

The phrase “owe no man anything” (13:8) is debated in Christian circles. Hudson Taylor, the godly missionary to China, & Charles Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher, would never go into debt, basing their convictions on this verse. This verse does not specifically refer to the borrowing of …

The Rapture of The Church

Evidently some of the believers had misunderstood Paul’s teaching concerning the Lord’s return and because of the terrible persecution they were going through, had concluded that they were already in the tribulation. Perhaps they had sent an inquiry to Paul concerning this matter …

IllustrationWe Are to be Faithful Till Christ Returns

One day in 1789, the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the representatives, glancing out the windows, feared the end was at hand. Quelling a clamor for immediate …

IllustrationBook Stated The Rapture Would Be in 1988

In a now-discredited book, the dates between September 11 and 13, 1988 were forecast to be the Rapture of the Church. Edgar Whisenant, a former NASA rocket engineer, wrote the book called 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will be in 1988. More than 6 million copies of the $2 book were s …