Wrong About The Rapture In Particular;
Wrong About Bible Allegiance In General
Issue of Concern:
If the Pre-Tribulational Rapture of the church is incorrect, some will say, “As the Bible was wrong here (concerning the Pre-Trib Rapture), so too is it wrong on the other accounts.”
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After the common event of making yet another peace treaty—in this case due to unrest on the scale of the Second Seal of Revelation 6—a herald in the gathered crowd shouted: “The Bible was wrong about the Rapture (happening before all this tribulation stuff). So it’s possible that it’s also wrong about the counsel concerning the rejection of the one-world system, the beast, the mark, etc. Think about it! For just a minute, you Christians, think about it! If the Bible was wrong concerning this important event of the Rapture, couldn’t it be wrong about other end-time details?
Another voice from the crowd carried the thought further, but in a slightly different way. “The faulty interpretations (especially the Rapture happening before these days) of these literalists also apply to the literalists on a much wider spectrum: Their whole system is wrong. Jesus Christ is not coming back; the world system now currently in the making is not the system of antichrist but is actually the beginning of a millennial rule of peace and prosperity whereby all religious systems unite in a one world alliance beyond war. It’s actually these narrow truth claimers—those who persist in insisting we read the Bible in a literal manner—who are our biggest threats to world harmony. Think about it! For just a minute, you Christians, please think about it! If their faulty interpretation of the Bible was wrong concerning the Rapture, couldn’t it be wrong about their general approach to biblical teaching?”
Following those remarks, the crowd went crazy. Violence erupted, killing seventeen and injuring over one hundred. It was the worst national outbreak to date since the signing of the peace treaty with Israel. The advocates of the one world alliance now turned their attention on the more passive Christians.
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We actually discern false prophets today who are saying the Bible must not be read literally. Some are within denominational walls claiming, in the name of Christianity, the church must change or die. Instead of addressing areas of needed correction, they actually go on to attack the very fundamentals of the faith. Those within the church walls especially go about doing so through hermeneutical appeal. They say we cannot interpret the Bible literally any longer—it’s killing us to do so. They warn of those who say, “The Bible says what it means and means what it says.” They say it’s this literal attitude toward the Bible that actually presents one of the worst evils in our society today.
Once again, this is not future. This attitude is growing today on a huge scale. May we—His new Creations in Jesus Christ—endure. May we persist in faithfulness to His firm standard, the Word of God. This includes both Jesus Christ and the Bible. Both are essential concerning our eternal state.
One closing thought. Endurance Ministries does not believe the Pre-Trib Rapture position is a teaching of Scripture. Thus, when the antichrist comes on the scene and the covenant of Daniel 9 occurs (without the Pre-Trib Rapture event taking place before these events), the reading audience should understand it is NOT the Word of God that has failed us (nor a literal, it-says-what-it-means hermeneutic). It's an incorrect, implicit interpretation of the Rapture event that is to be faulted. When this occurs, will we continue to listen to the false prophets who have advocated and taught this error leading to ill-preparedness on the part of millions?