[Uri’el-2012]

The history of the pre-trib doctrine can clearly be traced back to a Morgan Edwards book in 1788,

The first person who formulated this eschatology was a Jesuit named Ribera in 1591AD. He interpreted the book of Revelation suggesting an end-time personal antichrist, a rebuilt Babylon and a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem at the end of the Christian Era.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai

[Quix]

Thanks for your input. Your research sounds reasonably solid.

However, I remain convinced that key aspects of that perspective were operant in the first 100-300 years of the church.

thatjoeguy—I agree about the wall.

[thatjoeguy]

Do you mean Manuel Lacunza who wrote “The Coming of the Messiah”? After a quick search I couldn’t find anything on Ribera except that he was a noted painter. :)

Manuel’s, who was a Jesuit priest, two volume work was translated by E. Irving in 1827 and had somewhat of your description I believe. I’ve not read the translation yet although I have copies (maybe I should start).

There is also the ramblings of a girl named Margaret or something like that as well in like 1814 or somewhere around there. I’ve read the written account of her ‘visions’ but to me their inconclusive.

JB