Well, you’re welcome. I just thought that people should not be “hammered” for such a basic doctrine, as the Rapture, that we all know comes from the Bible... :-)
I hope that we can add good information, studies, verses, websites and so on to this thread (and other threads later on), in regards to the Rapture. It’s a very relevant thing these days.
ST:
I will try to break my replies apart in separate posts.
First, let me state that I come firmly down on the side of a pre-trib view of eschatology.
That is:
I believe in a rapture of the Saints BEFORE the Great Tribulation.
Eschatology is not settled doctrine in the Christian Church. The "rapture" is by no means settled doctrine, either.
This means we are free to "explore" the possibilities within the confines of Scripture (of course). It does not allow us to use dishonest scholarship to prove "our point", though.
I have several disputes with the author's article. (Well, to be fair, I'm not criticizing the conclusion the author makes, only some of his reasoning.)
I thoroughly disagree with his use of Daniel 12:1-2 as a proof of OT Saints being resurrected AFTER the tribulation. This is easily disproved because it implies a "secondary way to God withOUT Jesus Christ." Jesus said that no man cometh to the Father but by ME.
The OT Saints were saved the same way we are.
(I'll have more in another post.)