Jul
15
Pretribbers deny free will
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There is a group of pretribbers who believe in free will because they don’t believe in predestination. They believe that they have the free will to choose the Lord and His salvation. However, they say they believe in free will, but then actually deny it by saying something like this: If someone denies the Lord [...]
Jul
15
The pretribbers teach Ezekiel 38 & 39 is not Armageddon. They’re separate.
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
In the 1800′s, most or nearly all commentaries on Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 taught this northern invasion was the Battle of Armageddon. Then in the 1900′s, some Christians, mostly pretribbers like J. Dwight Pentecost, John Walvoord, Tim LaHaye, Hal Lindsey, Thomas Ice, Grant Jeffery, etc. began to write that Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 [...]
Jul
15
When does the Day of the Lord begin?
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
When does the Day of the Lord begin? The pretribbers teach “the Day of the Lord” starts at the time Israel makes a covenant with the antichrist at the beginning of the seventieth week of Daniel. They teach that the Day of the Lord is the seven years of the Tribulation Period and continues through [...]
Jul
15
Babylon has to be rebuilt before the Lord’s return.
July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Now when it comes to Babylon being rebuilt, not all Christians believe this. In fact, some don’t like these prophecies at all. Why? Because it destroys their imminency doctrine and it puts off the coming of the Lord for many years. Remember, the so-called secret Rapture is just before the seventieth week of Daniel to [...]
Jul
14
The angel Gabriel told Daniel, “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression…” (Daniel 9:24; NASB). The transgression has not been finished. Biblical scholars have determined that each of Daniel’s 70 weeks is made up of seven years or 7×70. In other words, 490 years were [...]
Jul
14
The pretribbers teach that Christians will be judged in heaven during the Tribulation Period. “The believers’ evaluation judgment, called the judgment seat (bema) of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:10), transpires in heaven after the rapture of the church, during the seven-year Tribulation on earth.” (Tim LaHaye and Ed Hindson general editors, Wayne A. Brindle managing editor, [...]
Jul
14
During the millennium, the pretribbers teach the nations on earth are the Tribulation saints who survived the Tribulation Period. John Walvoord, a pretribber, writes, “Tribulation saints are not translated at the second coming of Christ but carry on ordinary occupations such as farming and building houses, and they will bear children (Isa. 65:20-25).” (John Walvoord, The Rapture [...]
Jul
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Tongues
July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There are millions of pretrib Christians who speak in tongue. They have had the wonderful personal experience of having the Holy Spirit speak through their spirit to God. “For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries” (1 [...]
Jul
14
Why Don’t All Christians Get Healed?
July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
Does God heal today? A well known pretrib minister from California said on his radio program that his sister had called him saying she had breast cancer and she wanted him to pray for her healing. He said that he believed and taught that the gift of healing stopped with the last disciple and that [...]
Jul
14
Have the Gifts of the Spirit Stopped? Of course not!
July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There are millions of pretribbers who believe the gifts of the Spirit stopped at the time the disciples died. They believe those who claim to be using the gifts of the Spirit at this time are being influenced by the devil, not God. Those who are against the gifts the most, who come right out [...]