There will always be a few million Christians he can gull with his updated Scofieldian shtick.
More accurately the "Left Behind" books are selling a fantasy - it's essentially Christian porn.
People just love the idea of instantly vanishing, and of imagining the looks on the faces of some of their neighbors with nicer houses and cars, who they may not like, but who aren't religious, when that happens.
May or may not be true. He has gotten people more interested in their faith and exploring a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I don't see that as being bad.
Mat 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
But no one seems to know these verses:
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
How do you explain that some of us know, and some don't??? These verses have nothing to do with Scofield...And you certainly don't need an interpreter to understand these simple verses...
Wow - awesome statement. Very, very well put. I've known several of the folk to whom you refer and that is a perfect description!