Pre Trib Rapture Apolpgetic
...Pre-Tribulation Rapture position. While only a few of these are powerful enough to sway the argument in and of themselves, these arguments taken in their entirety present an overwhelming body of reason that is not easily (and certainly not logically) contraverted. Although there still remain a few problem passages which are not interpreted easily, it must be remembered that proper hermeneutics neither builds a doctrine on isolated scriptures, nor discards truth taught clearly based on these same isolated scriptures.
1. The literal method of biblical interpretation
All other methods must spiritualize either the entire tribulation period into historical events, or must at the very least spiritualize the specific prophecies of the first 3 ½ years of the tribulation to make room for the rapture at some period during the tribulation.
2. The nature of the seventieth week
Wrath Revelation 6:16-17, 11; 18, 14:19, 15:1,7, 16:1,19
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10, 5:9, Zephaniah 1:15, 18
Judgement Revelation 14:7, 15:4, 16:5-7, 19:2
Indignation Isaiah 26:20-21, 34:1-3
Punishment Isaiah 24:20-21
Hour of Trial Revelation 3:10
Hour of Trouble Jeremiah 30:7
Destruction Joel 1:15
Darkness Joel 2:2, Zephaniah 1:14-18, Amos 5:18
All of the above scriptures speak to the tribulation in it's entirety, not just the "great tribulation", or the last 3 ½ years.
3. The scope of the seventieth week
The Time of Jacob's Trouble Jeremiah 30:7
Wrath poured out on the whole earth Revelation 3:10, Isaiah 34:2, 24:1-21
Daniel's prophecy states that seventy weeks are determined on YOUR people. The first 69 weeks occurred before the church was even in existence. The church is pointed out as a mystery (Ephesians 3:1-6, Colossians 1:25-27), and as such was hidden in the Old Testament, and could not have been the focus of any Old Testament prophecies. Since the church...
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