[fortheDeclaration]

I am a modified dispensationalist who believes the pre-tribbies are holding to a doctrine that has almost no scriptural basis. Nothing in the Bible indicates the church in an Age of Apostasy will be “raptured” out and not face the winnowing process that has been the fate of Christians in every age.

You are not a dispensationalist at all if you think that the Church is going to go through the time of Jacobs trouble,(Jer.30) Daniels 70th week (Daniel 9).

The Church must be taken home before the Tribulation begins since the Tribulation is for the Jews, not the Church.

The Church returns with Christ in Rev.19 to set up His Millennial reign.

[attiladhun2]

I AM a dispensationalist because all Christians are dispensationalists who believe that the Bible reveals various periods in salvation history in which God governed the world. These periods are characterized by covenants and promises and are usually accompanied by blood sacrifice. I am a modified dispensationalist because I see no evidence for a pre-tribulation rapture (and, in fact, see overwhelming evidence to the contrary), yet the basic dispensational structure revealed by Scripture is obvious.

If you read the Jeremiah passage in context, you will see it is NOT referring to a 7-year tribulation, but to the Babylonian Captivity. Also, the 70th week of Daniel could refer to a lot of things. I have concluded that Daniel was possibly foreseeing the 3 and 1/2 years of the Anointed One's earthly ministry, at the end of which He was cut-off (crucified) and the 7-year Jewish Revolt (66-73 A.D.) during which the Holy Place was destroyed halfway through it, another 3 and 1/2 years.

The trouble with most pre-tribbies is that they study the Bible, but are usually ignorant of its historical context.