Se

creRa
ptur
eFa
ctorFa
lla
cy?

I
ntr
oduct
ion

Ist herer eall

y a secr etr apture wi t
h a second chance of
salvati
on?Regar dlessoft het opicwheni tisassociatedwi th
salvati
on,Sat anhasdecept ionsinever yareai nanat temptt o
stealasmanypeopl easpossi blef r
om Godski ngdom.I tisa
graveer rortounder estimat et heenemy.I tdoesnotmat ter
howmanypeopl ebel ieveal ie,itwi l
lnevermakei ttr
uth.Mar k
Twai noncesai d,A l iecant r
avelhal fwayar oundt hewor ld,
whi l
et ruth puts on i t
s shoes.The onl y way t o avoidthe
enemysdecept i
on and f ind t ruthist o st
udy t he scri
ptur
es
dili
gentl
y.Mul t
itudesofpeopl e have been exposed t ot his
dispensationali
storf uturisti nterpret
ation ofpr ophecy and
havebeenut terlyconf used.Sowhati st herealt rut
h?

Whati
stheSecr
etRapt
uret
heor
y?

Accor di
ngt othoset eachingt hist heory,thecomi ngofJ esus
willbeint wosepar at estages.Thef i
rstwillbeasecr etrapture
oft he Chur ch att he begi nning ofa supposed seven year
tri
bulationper iodfol lowedbyagl orious,tri
umphantr eturnof
Chr i
sttot heEar t
haccompani edbyt heChur chatt heendof
the seven yearper iod.They bel i
eve t hatduring thisseven
yearper iodt heAnt ichristi
sgoi ngt ocomei ntopowerandGod
willselectand seal144, 000 l i
teralJ ewswho wi l
lt ake the
Gospelt ot hewhol ewor ldconver ti
ngi mmeasur ablesoul sto
Chr i
st.Theyal sobel ievet hegr eatbat tl
eofAr mageddoni sa
l
iteralnat i
onalwaragai nstli
teralIsrael,whichoccur sneart he
end oft heseven year sand isbr oughtt o ahal tbyChr ist
s
returnwi t
hHi sChur ch.Thenl iteralIsraelacceptstheLor das
theMessi ahandent erswi thHim asHi scovenantpeopl einto
the 1, 000 year( mi l
lennial)reign on ear th known as the
Kingdom Age.Chr istwi l
lruledir
ectl
yovert heear thf
rom the
throne ofDavi di nJ erusalem, wher et he t ypi
caltemple
servicesf unct
ion again.Thosewhoul t
imatelyr ej
ectChrist
s
rulear eevent uall
yj udged and destr oyed att heend ofthe
Mill
enni um.Thenew bel ieverswil
lt hen receiveimmor t
alit
y
andet er ni
tywillbegin.

However ,the Bi ble nowher e speaksoft hese two separ ate

comi ngs and t he wor d r apture i s also an i nvention of
theologiansandoccur snowher ei nt heBi ble.Thedecept i
on
doesnotst opt her e,Chr isti
ansal sodebat ewhet herwewi llbe
takenbef orethet ribul ationori nt hemi ddleoft hesevenyear s
oratt hecompl etionoft hesevenyeart ri
bul ati
on.Thesear e
called pre-tr
ibul ation,mi d- t
ribulation and postt r
ibulati
on.
Nowf orthemostamazi ngpar toft heseviewsi nregardst othe
sevenyeart ribul ationper iod;ar eyour eadyf ort hi
s?I twas
manuf act
ured by a J esuitPr i
estwho wascommi ssioned to
comeupwi tht hisf al sei nterpretationofBi blePr ophecy.Thi s
raisesmanyquest i
ons,suchaswhywast hisdoneandhow
coul dsomanybedr awni ntot hislie.Ihopeyouwi l
lreadonas
wecoveral laspect soft hist opicandr evealt heBi bl
et ruth.

Doest
heBi
blet
eacht
her
eisaSecr
etRapt
ure?

Thisisabr iefpointbypoi ntaccountoft heorderofevent s

according to Script
ure;thereisChr istssecond comi ng,the
resurrecti
on,t hecatchi
ngupoft hesai nt
st omeetJ esusinthe
airwhi challtakeplaceatthesamet i
meandatt heendoft he
world.Thisi swhyJ esussaidinMatthew 28: 20 …and,lo,Iam
withyoual way,evenunt ot heendoft hewor l
d.Whywoul d
Jesuspr omiset obewi tht
heChur chunt iltheendoft hewor l
d
i
fHei ntended t ocomeseven year sbef oretheend t otake
them outoft he wor l
d? The promise woul dt hen have no
meani ng.
Thisfalsedoct ri
neont hesecretrapturei scont radictorytot he
wor dsofJ esusi n Mat thew 13 when Hesai dthewheatand
tareswoul dgr ow t oget herunti heendoft
lt hewor ldandt hen
woul d be separ ated.Accor di
ng tot hisdualcomi ng rapture
theory,bot hgr oupswoul dnotgr ow toget herunt iltheendof
thewor l
d.Ther ighteouswoul dbesepar atedf rom t hewi cked
sevenyear sbef or etheend.Andwhataboutt hepr omiseof
ther esurrecti
on?Chr istsai d,concerningt her i
ght eous,J ohn
6:40 …andIwi llr ai
sehi m upatt hel astday.Noonedeni es
thatt hi
smeanst he lastday oft hewor ld.Pauldecl arest he
saintsar ecaughtupt omeett heLor datt hesamet i
met he
deadi nChr i
star eraised.Hesays,1Thessal onians4: 16- 17
Fort heLordhimselfshalldescendfrom heavenwithashout ,
wit hthevoiceofthear changel,andwi ththetrumpofGod:
andt hedeadinChr i
stshallrisefi
rst:17Thenwewhi chare
aliveandr emainshal
lbecaughtupt ogetherwit
ht hem i
nthe
clouds,tomeett heLor dint heair:andsoshal lweeverbe
wit htheLord.Didyounot ethatJesuscalledthi
sresurr
ecti
on
thel astday?Buthow coulditbet helastdayifthi
sgatheri
ng
oft hesaintstakesplacesevenyearsbef oretheendoft he
wor l
d?Andhow coul dthelastt
rump(see1Cor int
hians15:52
below)soundi fitreal
lywasnttheverylastmomentoft i
me?
Imagi nethegr avesopeni
ngandt herighteousri
singandno
oneknowi ng t
hatithad occurr
ed?Consideralsot headded
testimony from Gods Wor d;2 Matt
hew 24: 27 Foras the
l
ight
ningcomethoutoftheeast
,andshinet
hevenunt
othe
west;soshal
lal
sothecomingoftheSonofmanbe.
Mat
t 30 Andt
hew 24: henshal
lappeart
hesi
gnoft
heSonof
mani nheaven:andt
henshal
lal
lthetr
ibesoft
heear
thmour n,
andt heyshallseet
heSon ofman cominginthecloudsof
heavenwithpowerandgreatgl
ory.

Mat
t 31 And he shal
hew 24: lsend hi
sangel
swi
th a gr
eat
soundofatr
umpet
,andtheyshal
lgat
hertoget
herhi
select
fr
om thef
ourwi
nds,f
rom oneendofheaven t
otheother.
(
Thi
siscl
ear
lyt
he t
ime when Chr
istcomest
o gat
herHi
s
sai
nts.
)

1Cor
int
hi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,
atthel
asttrump:forthet r
umpetshal
lsound,andt hedead
shal
lberai
sedincor
rupti
ble,andweshallbechanged.

Revel
ati 7Behol
on1: d,hecomet
hwi
thcl
ouds;andever
yeye
shallsee hi
m,and they al
so which pier
ced him: and al
l
kindredsoft
heear
thshal
lwailbecauseofhim.Evenso,Amen.

Revel
ati
on6: 17Andsai
16- dtot
hemount
ainsandr
ocks,Fal
l
onus,andhideusf r
om thef
aceofhi
m thatsi
ttet
hont he
thr
one,andfr
om thewrat
hoft
heLamb:17Forthegr eatday
ofhiswrat
hiscome;andwhoshal
lbeabl
etostand?

Thereisnounder st
oodscript
urethatsaysthesecondcomi ng
ofChristt
ogat herHi ssai
ntswil
lbeasecr etrapture.Al
lthese
versesshow itwillbeaver yloudandver yvisibleeventthat
everyeyeshal lsee.Thereisnothi
ngsecr etaboutanyaspect
ofHiscomi ng.Thosebel i
evingthi
sfalsedoct r
inesomet i
mes
quoteMat thew 24:40-41outofcont ext.Theent irepassage
reads;

Mat
thew 24: 41Butast
37- hedaysofNoahwer
e,soshal
lal
so
thecomi ngoft heSonofmanbe.38Forasi nt hedayst hat
werebef orethefloodt heywer eeat i
nganddr i
nking,marrying
andgi vi
ngi nmar r
iage,unt i
lthedayt hatNoahent eredinto
theark,39Andknew notunt i
lthef l
oodcame,andt ookthem
allaway;soshal lal sothecomi ngoft heSonofmanbe.40
Thenshal ltwobei nt hefiel
d;t heoneshal lbetaken,andt he
otherlef
t.41Twowomenshal lbegr indi
ngatt hemill
;theone
shallbet aken,andt heot herleft.

Jesusi
sdemonstrat
ingtheparal
lel
sbet
weenthedaysofNoah
andthesecondcomingofChri
st.Theei
ghtt
hatent
eredNoahs
Arkwer esavedandt hosethatscoffedper i
shedast hef l
ood
tookthem allaway.Many have been t aughtt hatthe ones
takenaretheonessavedbutnot ei tisactuall
ytheonest aken
thataredestroyed.Ther ewasnosecondchance.J esussai d
and soshallalsothecomi ngoftheSonofmanbe.Thel ast
verseofthi
schapt ertel
lsuswhatwillhappent othosewhoar e
taken to destructi
on. Matt
hew 24: 51 And shallcut hi m
asunder
,and appoi
nthi
m hisporti
on wi
ththe hypocr
ites:
ther
eshallbeweepi
ngandgnashi
ngofteet
h.

Those beli
evi
ng inthe secretrapture al
so quoteJesus i
n
sayi
ngHewi l
lcomeasat hiefi
nt henight,meaningitwil
lbe
secr
et.Jesussaidi
nMatthew 24:43- 44Butknow thi
s,thati
f
thegoodmanoft hehousehadknowni nwhatwat cht
hethi
ef
would come,he woul d have wat
ched,and would nothave
suff
eredhishouset obebr okenup.44Ther efor
ebeyeal so
ready:forin such an hourasyet hi
nknott heSon ofman
cometh.Jesusisnott al
kingaboutcomingsecretl
ybutcoming
unexpect edl
ywhenwel eastexpectHi m andsot hewi
ckedwi l
l
bet akenbysur pri
se.ThisiswhyJ esust el
lsustobereadyas
weknow nott hehourofHi sret
ur n.Thosewhoar enotright
withChr i
standl i
vingwickedlywhenJ esusretur
nswewi l
lbe
taken to destr
uction asint he daysofNoah.See Mat thew
24:37- 41above.Seeal so2Thessal onians2:8.

1 Thessal
oni
ans 5:
2 i
s al
so quot
ed whi eads, For
ch r
your
selvesknow perf
ectl
ythatt
hedayoftheLor
dsocometh
asat hi
efinthenight.Samemessageasbef
oreber
eadyfor
Chr
ist
sunexpect
edretur
n.AndwhathappensafterHi
sret
urn?
1Thessal
oni
ans5:3Forwhent
heyshal
lsay,Peaceandsafet
y;
t
hensuddendestr
uct
ioncomet
huponthem,ast r
availupona
womanwithchil
d;andtheyshal
lnotescape.How secreti
s
sudden dest
ruct
ion? Those thatar
eleftaf
terJesusret
urn
ersuddendest
encount ruct
ion.Agai
n,j
ustli
keinthedaysof
Noah.
Thesetwot
hieftext
sar
ealsousedtot
eachasecr
etr
apture.
Revel
ati
on3:3 Rememberther
efor
ehow t
houhastr
ecei
ved
andhear d,andholdfast,andr epent.Ift heref
oret houshalt
notwat ch,Iwil
lcomeont heeasat hief,andt houshaltnot
know whathourIwi llcome upon t hee.Revel ati
on 16:15
Behold,Icomeasat hief.Blessedishet hatwatcheth,and
keepethhisgarments,lesthewal knaked,andt heyseehi s
shame.I nbotht
heseinstancesjustquot ed,thesecrecyisal
so
i
nconnecti
onwit
ht hetimingnott henat ureoftheevent
,and
i
sexact
lythesameast heothert hieftexts.Noti
cethephrase
i
nchapter3:3whichsayshol dfast ,andr epentandthelast
par
tofverse15whi chsayslesthewal knaked,andtheysee
hi
sshame.
3Thi sisonceagainawar ningt obenotcaughtl ivi
ngi nsin,
becauseweknow nott hehourwhi chJ esuswi llretur
n.Hewi l
l
comeunexpect edlywhenyoul eastexpectitasdoesat hief
.I t
would be no good f orthe thi
efi fyou knew when he was
comingasyouwoul dber eadyf orhim andhecoul dnotr ob
you.I nthe same way we need t o be ready and l i
ving in
right
eousnessnowandnotj ustwhenwet hinkJ esusiscomi ng
orwewi lbecaughtnakedandourshameseen.Thosewho
l
loveandobeyJ esuswi l
lber eadyf orHi sr et
ur n.Thisist he
meani ngofthephr asetocomeasat hiefthati susedsever al
timesintheBiblet owarnussowewi llnotbel eftbehind.
Andst
il
lonemor
e.2Pet 10saysButt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
d
wil
lcomeasat hi
efi
ntheni ght;i
nthewhichtheheavensshall
passawaywi t
hagr eatnoise,andtheel
ementsshallmeltwit
h
fer
ventheat,t heearth al
soandt hewor ksthataretherei
n
shallbebur
nedup.

Again,absolutel
ynot hingsecret
.Tot hecontr
ary,itcouldnot
bemor eobvi ous.Itstatesaf
terJesuscomesunexpect edlyas
doesat hi ,t
ef heheavensshal lpassawaywi thagr eatnoise
and theelement sshallmeltwithferventheat,theear th…
shallbeburnedup.SowhenJ esusreturnst
hever ynextthing
istheendi .e.t helastday.I fcoming asat hi
efisasecr et
raptur
ewhi chtakesplacesevenyear sbeforet heendofthe
world,how can theheavensand ear h passaway asPet
t er
descri
besit?Threeoftheset hi
eftextsareallfoll
owedbythe
sameunmi st
akablecatast
rophicsuddendest r
uction.Comi
ng
asat hiefi
sunexpected,NOTasecr et!

Wi
llChr
ist
ssecondcomi
ngi
ncl
udeat
hir
dcomi
ng?

Thosewhobel ieveinasecretr aptur

esayt hattheGr eekwor d
parousi areferst othesecretcomi ngofJesusi nHispr esence
and t hatt he Gr eek word apokalupsi
sr efer
st ot he visible
gloriouscomi ngofJ esusinpowersevenyear slater
.Theyal so
teach i n middle ofthisseven yearper i
od,( 3.
5 year s)the
antichristwillreign.Butpar ousiaandapokal upsisareBOTH
usedt odescribet hesecondcomi ngaswewi llsoonshow byi ts
paral l
elinthedaysofNoah.

Pauluses the wor d par ousiai nt he wel lknown so cal l

ed
rapt
urechapt erof1 Thessal onians4 when speaki ng ofthe
comingofChr i
standourgat heringt ogetherunt oHi m.Paul
thenshowst hatthispar ousiawi l
ldest roythemanofsi n;the
Anti
chri .Paulsays,whom t
st heLor dshal l..
.destr
oywi ththe
bri
ghtness ofhi s comi ng [ parousia].2 Thessal onians 2:
8.
Thesescript
uresunmi stakabl ydescribet hecomi ng[parousi
a]
ofChristastakingpl aceaf terther eignoft hemanofsi n,not
asasecr etrapturebef oret heAnt ichristsreignbegins.

Theot herGreekword apokalupsis[revelat

ion]i
sused ina
wayt hati
ndi
catesi
tisnotasepar atesecondcomingf r
om t
he
ti
met hebeli
eversaregatheredup.Pet ersaidin1Peter1:
13
to …besober,andhopetot heendf ort hegracethati
stobe
broughtunt
o you att
he revel
ati
on [
apokal
upsi
s]ofJesus
Christ
;WhywouldChri
sti
ansbeexhortedt
oconti
nuehoping
t
ot he end oft
he worldforthe grace br
oughtthr
ough the
r
evelat
ion ofJesus Chr
istifthei
rr ealhope was a secr
et
r
apt
uresevenyear
sbef
oret
her
evel
ati
on?

Thesefoll
owingversesshowingMatt hewandLukesaccountof
thesameeventpr ovebeyondashadow ofadoubt ,thatthe
wordsparousiaandapokalupsisdorefertot
hesameevent .In
Matthew 24:37 wer ead,Butast hedaysofNoah wer e,so
shal
lalsothecoming[ par
ousia]oftheSonofmanbe.Andt he
same accountin Luke 17:26,30;Asi twasinthe daysof
Noah...
Eventhusshalli
tbei
nthedaywhent
heSonofmani
s
reveal
ed[apokal
upsis].

This shows thatt he comi ng [parousi

a] ofChr i
stand t he
revelat
ion[apokalupsis]ofChristarethesameevent .Thereis
absolutel
ynobasi sf orplacingsevenyear sinbet ween.This
wholecounterfei
tdoct ri
neisbuiltuponaconstantrepetit
ionof
words and ideas t hathave been r epeat
ed so of t
en that
mill
ionshaveassumedt hattheymustbebi bl
ical
lysound.

Wher
eint
heBi
blei
stheSevenYearTr
ibul
ati
onper
iod?

Ast her eissomuchsecr etr apturetheol ogyr evolvingar ound

thesevenyearper iod,onewoul ddeducet hatt heBi blemust
speakf requentl
yoft histimeper i
od.Ther eisi nfactnotone
singlescr ipt
uralr eferencewhi cht i
est hesevenyear stot he
end oft he wor ld or t he comi ng ofChr i
st .Mostr aptur e
li
terat urement i
onst hesevenyeart r i
bul at
ionper iodwi thout
offering any Bibl e pr ooforexpl anat i
on.One woman once
asked mei fIbel ieved int heseven yeart ribulati
on per i
od,
whi chknowi ngt het ruth,Ipr ompt l
yr epliedno.Iwast hent old
Iwaswr ongast heHol ySpi r
ithadr eveal edthist oher.Iasked
herwher et he scripture wast o suppor tthis,ofwhi ch she
replied,itisherei nt heBi blesomewher e.Iam st il
lwai t
ingf or
hert o givemet her eference.Absol utelymi l
li
onsofpeopl e
haveassumed t hati tmustbeso wel ldocument ed thatno
proofi sneeded.The f acti st he absol ute oppositei st r
ue.
Ther
ejustsi
mpl
yisntanyevi
dencet
ogi
ve.
4Wher
edi dtheSecr
etRapt
ureandsevenyeart
ribul
ati
on
t
heor
yorigi
nat
e?
In earl
y 1830,a 15 yearol d Scott
ish Gi
rlcalled Mar garet
McDonal d cl
aimed t o have vi si
ons thatincluded a secr et
rapture ofbeli
ever s befor
e a one man ant ichristwho she
named.Edwar dI rving (1792- 1834)who was herScot tish
Presbyteri
an pastorand f orerunneroft he Char i
smat i
cand
Pentecostalmovement s,att
endedpr ophecyconf erencest hat
began in Dubli
nI reland al
soi n 1830 atPower scourtCast l
e
wher ehepr omotedt hisrapturedoctrineasperhervi si
on.

John Nel son Dar by( 1800- 1882)whowasami nisteroft he

Chur ch ofI rel
and l aterbecamea memberoft hePl ymout h
Brethr enandal sopr omot edt hesecr etr aptureaf terattending
thesamePower scour tBi bl
ePr ophecymeet ingi n1830wher e
he lear ned ofMar gar etMcDonal dssupposed vi sion.Dar by
modi fiedhervi ewsandt hent aughtt hem underhi sownname.
He devel oped and or ganized f uturism i nt o a syst em of
prophet icteachi ngcal leddi spensat i
onal i
sm wi tht hisrapture
doctrineati tscent re.Hevi sited Mar gar etMcDonal d ather
homei nPor tGlasgow,Scot l
andandt henl atervisitedAmer i
ca
sever alt i
mes wher et hisf al
se r apt uret heology st art
ing
gainingal argeaccept ancei nthe1850sand1860s.

JohnNel sonDar bywhowasl argelyresponsiblef

ori ntr
oducing
thi
snew t eachi ng on a l
arge scale al
so greatl
yi nf
luenced
CyrusI nger sonScof i
eld(1843- 1921)whoal soincorporated
thi
sf al
sedoct rineintothenotesofhisScofieldReferenceBible,
fi
rstpublishedbyOxf ordUniversit
yPressin1909.Onemi ll
ion
copieswer epr intedby1930,f irmlyestabli
shingt hisFuturi
st
theoryint odi f
ferentdenominationsandBi bl
eschool soft he
UnitedSt atesint he20t hCentury.

Di
dthi
sant
ichr
istand Secr
etRapt
uret
heor
yor
igi
nat
ewi
th
Mar
gar
etMcDonal
d?

Historicalevidenceact uallyrevealsitor i
ginatedmuchear l
ier.
Befor eanddur i
ngt hePr otestantRef ormat i
on,t heRef ormer s
embr acedt het rueHi stori
calinterpretati
onoft heBiblewher e
theant i
chr i
stwascl ear l
yseenasasyst em ofapost asyand
persecut i
on r athert han a singlei ndivi
dual .J ohn spoke of
anti
chr istthatshal lcomebutheal soaddedt hatevennowar e
thereMANYant i
christs1J ohn2: 18.Soweknow t hatther e
wasnotj ustonebutmanyant ichri
stsandt hatt heant i
christ
system was oper ating when J ohn was wr i
ting about2000
years ago. The concl usion of t hose who st udi
ed t hese
propheci esdur i
ngt heRef ormat i
on wast hatt herewasonl y
one syst em t hatfital lthe char acteri
sti
csoft he anti
christ
powerwhi ch wast he Papalsyst em oft he Roman Cat holic
Chur ch.Thef oll
owingar ethemanyi dentifi
ablechar acteri
stics:

1)Itwi
llr
isetobeagr eatpoweraf
tert
hef
alloft
hepagan
RomanEmpire(af
ter476A.D.)

2)Itwi
llbeageogr
aphi
cal
lysmal
lnat
ion(
ali
ttl
ehor
n).(
Dan
7:8)

3)I
twillrul
eovermanypeopl
e,nat
ions,andt
ongues(
itwi
ll
beuni
versal
).(
Rev13:7)

4)I
twi
llbeheadquar
ter
edi
ntheci
tyofsevenhi
ll
s,Rome.

5)I
twi
llbearel
igi
o-pol
it
icalent
ity-apol
it
icalci
ty-
stat
erul
ed
byapr
iest
-ki
ng.

6)Itspri
est
-ki
ng wi
llmakegr
eatand bl
asphemouscl
aims.
(Rev13:
1,6)

7)I
twi
llcl
aim aut
hor
ityoveral
lki
ngs.(
Rev17:
18)

8)I
twi
llcl
aimi
tspowert
ochanget
hehol
yti
mesandl
awsof
Godasi
tsmar
kofaut
hor
ity.(
Dan7:
25)

9)Itwil
lbeanapostat
eChur chthatmakest
henat
ionsdr
ink
hercupofapost
atedoctr
ine.(Rev14:8)

10)I
twi
llbeamotherhar
lotChur
ch,wi
thapost
atedaught
ers
comi
ngf
rom her
.(Rev17:5)

11)Itwil
lbeapersecutingpower
,ki
ll
ingt
hef
ait
hfulsai
ntsof
JesusChri
stasher
etics.(Rev13:
7)

12)Itwil
lholdpowerandaut
hor
ityf
or1260year
sfol
lowi
ng
thef
allofpaganRome.

13)I
twillsuf
feradeadl
ywoundt
hatwi
llend1260year
sof
domi
nanceandpersecut
ion.

14)I
twi
llber
evivedaft
erthedeadl
ywound,andal
lthewor
ld
woul
dwonderatitsr
evival
.(Rev13:3)

Nowondert heRomanCat hol

icChur chwassoopposedt ot he
Biblebei ngavai labl
ef oreveryonet or eadf ort hemselves.To
controlwhat t hey cal l
ed hereticaldoct r
ine, the Cathol i
c
Chur chcal l
edf oraspeci almeetingknownast heFif
thLat eran
Counci l
,( 1512- 1517)whi chforbadeanyonet opublishabook
withoutpr i
orcensor ship and also pr ohibit
ed anyone f rom
preachi ng on t he subjectofant i
chri
st .The l eaders oft he
Counci landt heCatholicChurchalsoat tempt edt obanorbur n
allBi bl
es,her eti
calbooks,and t he her eti
cst hatowned or
preachedf rom them.

Themaj orcharact
eristicidentif
yingtheant ichr i
stpowerwas
thi
s1260year sofper secuti
onoft hesaintswhi chwasf ulf
il
led
i
nt heCatholi
cChur chsper secutionofChr i
stianst hroughout
thedar
kagesbegi nningi n538A. D.afterthef allofthepagan
Romanempi re,andext endingt o1798( 1260year sexactl
y) ,
when the Pope was t aken pr isonerby Napol eons gener al
Ber t
hier and di ed. This was t he deadl y head wound.
(Revelation13: 3)I nor dertodi vertattentionawayf rom the
Roman Cat hol
ic Chur ch as t he ant i
christ power, a new
i
nter pret
ation woul d have t o be found.Thi s was done by
rejecti
ng the t rue Histori
calinterpretati
on and accept i
ng a
fal
se Fut ur
isti nterpr
etation proposed by a J esuitdoctorof
theology,Fr anciscoRibera( 1537- 1591).
In his book,ent i
tl
ed In Sacr um Beat iIoanni s Apost oli
,&
Evangelist i
ae Apocal ypsin Comment ari
j,he post ulated that
the1260daypr ophecywer enot1260year sbutal iteral31/ 2
years,or1260act ualdays,andt hereforenoneoft hebookof
Revelati
on had any appl icat i
on tot he Mi ddl e Ages ort he
Papacy.I tappliedt oaf utureper iodj ustpr iortot heSecond
Comi ngofChr i
st;hencei twascal l
edFut urism ortheFut urist
i
nterpret ation.ManuelDe Lacunza ( 1731- 1801) ,a J esuit
pri
estfr om Chi le,alsoadvocat edfuturism i nhi smanuscr i
pt
enti
tled La Veni da delMesi as en Gl oria y Magest ad ( The
Comi ngoft heMessi ahinGl oryandMaj esty).Wr iti
ngunder
theassumednameofJ uanJ osafa(Rabbi )Ben- Ezra,Lacunza
hopedt oobscur ethef actt hathewasaRomanCat hol i
c,i n
ordertogi vehi sbookbet teraccept ancei nPr otestantism.
This hi storicism char ti ll
ust rates t he t hr ee school s of
interpr et ationr egar dingant ichr i
st.Riber asf ut urism put st he
ant i
chr ist i ntoaf uturet hr ee and one- hal fl iter alyear s.
Alcazar spr eterism i dent ifi
est heant i
chr i
stasNer o.Bot hput
ant i
chr istout sidet heMi ddleAgesandt her efor mat ionper i
od
ident i
fied by Pr otest antHi stor i
cists as ant ichr istsr eign of
1260pr ophet icyear s.Thet rul yamazi ngpar tofal lthi sisthat
theFut ur istt heor ydomi natesPr otestantt eachi ngt oday.That
scenar i
oi sdi rectlyt raceabl e back t ot he pen oft he J esuit
Franci scoRi ber awhomanuf act ured thist heor yf ort hesol e
pur poseofdi ver ti
ngat tentionf rom thePapacy.I nwhatcoul d
only be descr ibed asa st unni ng rever sal,Pr ot est ant shave
over t i
me act ually become t he Papacys gr eat est al ly by
spreadi ng i tsJ esui tspawned pr opaganda.Whati r ony that
Prot estant swhoor iginallybr okeawayf rom whatt heycl early
recogni zedt obet hehar lotant i
chr i
stledChur chofpr ophecy,
now champi on the Futur
istinterpretat
ion f
rom hi
gh pr of
il
e
minist
ries. Fut
urism has wi thout doubt, been successful
beyond the wil
destdr eamsofi tsJesuitauthor
s.The same
appli
es tot he Preteri
stinterpretati
on ofLuis De Alcazar,
al
thought oamuchl esserdegr ee.

Whatscripturewasmani
pul
atedt
ocomeupwi
tht
heseven
yeart
ribulati
on?

MostBi ble st
udent sar e stunned tolearn wheret he seven
yearscame f rom.I n Daniel9: 24-27 God gave a prophecy
concerningthepr obationofI sr
ael.Daniel9:
24r eads,Seventy
weeksar edeter minedupont hypeopleandupont hyholycit
y,
tofi
nisht hetransgression,andt omakeanendofsi ns,andto
make r econci
liat
ion foriniquity,and to br
ing in everl
ast
ing
ri
ghteousness,andt osealupt hevisi
onandpr ophecy,andt o
anointthemostHol y.

Godwasgoi ngt oal l

ow Danielspeopleseventyweekst oend
theirrebel
li
onagai nstGodandi ftheyfai
led,Isr
aelwoul dbe
rejectedasanat ion.Thesevent yweeksar epr opheti
ctime
and each day r epresentsa l i
teralyear (Ezekiel4:6 and
Number s14: 34).Sot hesevent yweekswoul dact ual
lybea
l
iteral490year safterwhichtheI sr
aeli
teswerenol ongerGods
people.Thesevent ypr ophet
icweekswer etobegi nwiththe
decreet orestoreandbui l
dJerusalem.

Dani 25 Know t
el9: her
efor
eand under
stand,t
hatf
rom t
he
goi
ng for
th ofthe commandmentt orestor
e and to bui
ld
Jer
usal
em untotheMessiahthePri
nceshal
lbesevenweeks,
andthr
eescoreandtwoweeks:thestr
eetshallbebui
ltagai
n,
andthewall
,evenint r
oubl
ousti
mes.

Thatwel
lknowndat
eis457B.
C.,whenAr
taxer
xessentout
thedecr ee.(Ezra7: 13)Fr om t hatdatet heJ ewswoul dhave
exactl
y490year stost opt heirrebell
iontowar dsGod.The490
yearpr obati
onendedi nA. D.34andt heJ ewsceasedt obe
Godschosenpeopl e.Dani el9: 25sayst hatt heMessi ahwoul d
be anointed aft
ert he t ot
alofsi xt
y nine oft hose pr ophet i
c
weekshad passed by.Thatwoul d be 483 year sfrom t he
decreedat eof457B. C.I ttakesnomat hemat iciant of i
gur e
theendoft hatpr edict
ion.I tbringsust otheyearA. D.27,t he
veryyeart hatJesuswasbapt izedbyJ ohnandt heHol ySpi ri
t
anointedHi mforHi smi nistry.SinceMessi ahmeansAnoi nt ed
One,t hiscanonl ybet hef ulf
il
mentofDani el
spr ophecyt hat
theMessi ah would appeari n A.D.27.Sevent yweekswer e
assi
gnedt otheJ ewishpr obat ionbutChr i
stappear edast he
Messiah aftersixty nine weeks.Thatl eaves t he finaland
seventieth week f or Chr ist to mi ni
ster bef oret he J ews
probationended.Whatwast ohappeni nt hesevent iethweek?

Dani
el9:
27t
elsus,Andheshal
l lconf
irmt
hecovenantwi
th
manyforoneweek:and i
nthemidstoftheweekheshal
l
causet
hesacr
ifi
ceandt
heobl
ati
ontocease.

56Themi dstoft heweekwoul dbet hreeandahal fpr ophet i

c
days( or3. 5literalyear s)from Hi sbapt ism andaccor dingt o
theBi ble,themi ni
stryofJ esusl astedf orexact lythat,t hree
andahal fyear s.Int hespr ingofA. D.31J esuswascr ucif
ied
and t he vei lof t he t empl e was r ent ( Matthew 27: 51),
signi
fyingt heendofsacr if
ices.ByHi sdeat hHecausedt he
sacri
ficeandt heobl ationt ocease.Anot hert hreeandahal f
yearswoul dleadupt ot heendoft hesevent yweeksandt he
endofJ ewishpr obati
on.Dur ingthatt hreeandahal fyear sthe
disci
ples labour ed mai nlyf ort he J ews buti n A.D.34 t he
sevent yweeksended;St ephenwasst onedaf t
erhisi mmense
speech bef oret hecounci lin Actschapt er7 and t hegospel
begant ogot ot heGent i
les( Act
s8: 4) .TheJ ewshadr ejected
thegospelmessageandwer enol ongerGodschosenpeopl e
asDani elhad pr edicted.Now t hey coul d only be saved as
i
ndi
vidual
sinexact
lyt
hesamewayast
heGent
il
es.
Thesevent yweeksor490year swast het i
meGodgaveHi s
chosen nat ion t
o end t hei
rr ebell
ion where He wouldthen
for
gi vethem fort heirt
ransgressions.Noti
cehow Jesusrefers
tot hispr opheti
ct ime peri
od her ein Hisconversat
ion wit
h
Peter .Seventytimesseveni sofcour se490.

Mat
t 21ThencamePet
hew 18: ert
ohi
m,andsai
d,Lor
d,how
oftshallmybrothersin againstme,andIf orgi
vehi
m?Ti l
l
sevent i
mes?22J esussaithunt ohim,Isaynotuntothee,
Untilsevent
imes:but,Untilsevent
yt i
messeven.

Now,t omaket heJ esuitmanuf acturedpr ophecyf i

titsnew
int
erpretation,Daniels70Weekspr ophecyofDani el9:24-27
whichbegani n457B. C.witht hedecreet orebui l
dJerusalem
(Ezra7: 1-27)hadt odevel opagap.Ar bit
rari
lyt he70thweek
(7days= 7year s)ofDani el
spr ophecyi sdetachedf rom its
contextand pl aced att he end oft he age 2000 year slater
wher eitlogical
lycannol ongerbet heseventiethweek.Thi s
week wi llaccordi
ng t oitspr oponentsconst it
ut ethe seven
yeart r
ibulati
onper i
od,pr iortowhi cht hesecr etrapturewi l
l
occur.

Thisfal
seandi l
logi
calgapt heoryst at
est hatallful
filmentof
thisprophecy issuspended unt ilthe Christi
an erai sover .
Then the l astweek oft he 70 weeks pr ophecy becomes
operati
veagai nconstit
ut i
ngt hesevenyeart ri
bulati
onper i
od.
ThisfalseJ esui
tmanuf act ured t
heor yteachest hatt hefirst
sixt
yni neweeksoft hissevent yweekpr ophecy( 490year s)
reachedf r
om 457B. C.t ot heyear27A. D.whenJ esusbegan
His ministr
y.The t r
ue Hi stori
calvi ew teaches thatt he 70
weekspr ophecyofDani el9begani n457B. C.andendedwhen
Stephenwasst onedt odeat hi n34A. D.I twasatt hatti
me
thatthegospelwentt ot heGent il
esandt heJ ewishpeopl el
ost
theirpl
aceast hoseChosent ospreadGodsmessaget othe
wor ld. They had also rej
ected Chri
st by cal
li
ng f
or His
crucifi
xion i
nt he middl
e ofthe week,in 31 A.
D.and t
hen
rejectedChr i
stsfol
lowersbystoningStephen3.5year
slater
att heendoft he70t hweek.(34A. D.
)

So we f ind thi
sf alse rapturi
stt heory get st he seven year s
tribulationbyl ifti
ngt hatsevent iethweekofDani elsprophecy
compl etel youtofi tscont extandshovi ngi tfarint othef uture
wher ei tislogical l
ynol ongert hesevent i
ethweek.Theycl aim
itwi llbe f ul
fi
lled af terChr istcomes t o snat ch away t he
righteoussecr et l
y.Theyagr eet hatt hesi xtyni neweeksof
Dani el9: 25r efert otheper i
odbef oreChr istsfir
stadvent ,but
thent heyi nserta2000yeargapbef orethesevent iethweeki s
fulfi
ll
ed.Theyal lot69weekspl us2, 000year splusoneweek,
ora t ot alofappr oximat el
y 2, 490 year s.By t his devious
mani pul ati
on ofGods Wor d by t he Papacy,t he r apturist
s
bel i
evet heyhaveext endedt heJ ewishpr obati
onandbased
upont hi s,theyt eacht hatalltheJ ewswi llbesavedi nagr eat
secondchanceaf t
ert hesecr etr apt uretakespl ace.

Thet ragedyoft hisJ esuitspawnedr aptur etheor yt hatwas

commi ssioned by t he Papacy i st hati tt akest hisbeautiful
messi anicpr ophecyofDani el9: 24- 27,t hatpr ovesJ esusi s
the Messi ah by pr edict
ing Hi s comi ng, Hi s bapt i
sm and
crucif
ixion,andt henappl yingi ttot heAnt ichrist.Theydot his
byst at i
ng thati tisAnt i
christthatcausest hesacr i
fi
ceand
oblati
on t o cease af t
ert hree and a hal fyear s.ButDani el
statest hatiti sJesuswhocausedt hesacr ifi
cialsyst em ofthe
Jewst oceasewhenHedi edont hecr oss.Ami sint
erpretat
ion
thatconf usessomet hingChr i
sthasdoneandappl iesittothe
devilinstead,i scer tainlyatragicandbl asphemousoccur rence.
Thisishowevert heonl ywayt heycoul dar riveatasevenyear
tri
bulat i
onper iod.How ver ysad.

Whenspeaki
ngofChr
ist
ssecondcomi
ng,youof
tenheart
he
quest i
on ar e you pr e-tr
ibulati
on, mid-tri
bulat i
on or post
tribul
ation.Theset ermsar eal sotheresultoft hever ysame
Jesuitspawnedpr opaganda.I talsocomesf rom t heseventiet
h
weekofDani els70 weekpr ophecy.Pre- t
ribulati
on i
st aken
from thet i
meofChr i
stsanointing,mid-
tribulati
oncomesf rom
thet i
meChr istwascr uci
fi
edandpostt ri
bulationcomesf rom
theendofDani el
s70weekper iodwhichwast heendofI sraels
ti
met or epentoft herer ebell
ionandcoincidedwi thStephens
stoning.
Whoi
sspr
eadi
ngt
hisf
alseRapt
uret
heor
ytoday?
Inthe1990s,Ti m LaHayeandJ er
ryJ enki
nstookt hef uture
one-manAnt i
chri
stideaofHalLindsey,CyrusScof i
eld,John
Darby, Ir
ving, Newman, Todd, Mai t
land, Bel
larmine, and
Riberaandtur neditint
oThemostsuccessfulChrist
ian-fi
ction
seri
esever( Publi
shersWeekly)
.

HalLi ndseysbook,TheLat eGr eatPl anetEar th,wasl ar gely

theol ogical,whi ch l
imited itsappeal ,whi le Lef tBehi nd i sa
sequenceofhi ghlyimagi nativef icti
onalnovel s.Thet elevi sion
mini stri
es ofJ ack Van I mpe,Pet erand PaulLal onde and
Past orJ ohnHageehaveal lwor kedt oget hert opr oduceLEFT
BEHI ND:TheMovi e.Thispr ojectevencaughtt heat tent ionof
theNew Yor kTi mesandt heWal lSt reetJ our nal ,r esul tingi n
ani nterviewwi t hLaHayeandJ err yJenki nsonLar r yKi ngLi ve.
LeftBehi ndisnow t eachingmuchoft hesameJ esui tFut ur i
sm
asFr anciscoRi bera,whi chi shi dingt her ealt ruthaboutt he
Ant i
chr ist.Through Lef tBehi nd,Fut ur i
sm hast aken a ver y
stronghol d,unleashingamassi vet i
dalwaveoff alsepr ophecy
whi chi ssweepi ngovert hewor l
d.Ever yonebel i
evesmovi es
and books, r ight? Wi th al lt he f alse t eachi ng al ready
cir
cul ating on a secr etr aptur e and seven yeart ribul ation
per i
od,even t hough t hese booksar ef i
ctional ,many have
takent hem asbei nggr eatlyt r
ut h.Sat ancont inuest ocl aphi s
handsi ngl eeoverj ustanot heroneofhi sgr eatdecept ionson
theChr istianwor l
d.Andasusual ,manyChr ist i
ansandeven
Past orswi l
lnotent ertaint hei deaoft hisbei ng possi bl eas
t
heywillnotconsi
derthemaj
or i
tycouldbewr
ongandsot
he
l
iecont
inuestospreadli
keadisease.

If Chr
isti
ans dont start waking up to the devil
s many
decept
ions,al otofgoodpeopl earegoingtoperish.Satans
decept
ionsar estrongandconvinci
ng,butChri
sthasgi venus
ampleinformationtohelpusdiscer
ntrut
hfrom errori
fwewi l
l
onlydi
ligentl
yst udyHisWord.

Dowegot
hrought
hegr
eatt
ribul
ati
on?

TheBibl
esaysthatt hosewhor efusethemar kofthebeastwil
l
NOTbeaf f
ectedbyt heSevenLastPl aguesthatcomeovert he
wholeworl
d.(Revelation16:2)Butt hi
sdoesnotmeant hatwe
wil
lnothavetogot hroughthet i
meoft roubl
e,northatwewi l
l
notbepersecuted.

J 33Theset
ohn16: hingsIhavespokenunt
oyou,t
hati
nme
yemighthavepeace.Intheworl
dyeshal
lhavetri
bul
ati
on:
butbeofgoodcheer;Ihaveover
comet
heworld.

Noteagaint hatitisnosecretwhenJ esuscomesasat hiefas

theangelshavej ustpouredoutsi xpl
aguesont heEar thfor
thosewhor eceivedt hemar koft hebeastorwor shippedhi s
i
mage.Hencewear edefi
nitelyhereduri
ngthetribulationas
theseplaguesarepar tofGodsj udgementwhichf
ol l
ows.Gods
f
aithfulonesareofcour sepr otect
edfr
om theseplagues.

Revel
ati 12,15 Andt
on16: hesi
xthangelpour
edouthi
svi
al
(si
xthplague)upont hegreatriverEuphrates;andthewater
thereofwasdr i
edup,t hatthewayoft heki ngsoftheeast
mightbepr epared.15Behold,Icomeasat hief
.Bl
essedi
she
thatwatcheth,andkeepethhisgarments,lesthewalknaked,
andt heyseehisshame.
Andnotethattheel
ectdescr
ibedi
nMatt
hew 24:22bel
ow ar
e
GodspeopleandtherewouldbenoneedforGodtocutshort
thegr
eattri
bulat
ionifHi
speoplewer
ealreadyi
nheaven.

Mat
thew 24: 22Fort
21- henshal
lbegr
eatt
ribul
ati
on,suchas
wasnotsincethebeginni
ngoftheworldtothi
stime,no,nor
evershal
lbe.22Andexceptthosedaysshouldbeshort
ened,
ther
eshouldnofleshbesaved:butfortheel
ect'
ssakethose
daysshal
lbeshortened.

78I nDani el3:16- 28Shadr ach,MeshachandAbednegower e

throwni ntothef i
er yfurnacebutGodwaswi ththem through
theper secuti
onandi nt hiscasetookt hem safelythroughit.
Theyr efusedt odi sobeyGodandkeptHi sCommandment s.
Notehow Revel ation14: 12bel ow al
sot al
ksofhow thosewho
did not get t he mar k of t he beast al so kept Gods
Commandment s.Ther eis obviously a st
rong li
nk theret o
obediencet oGodandwhoweWor shi
pinr egardstotheMar k.
The Bi ble often referst otimes ofpat i
ence witht imes of
sufferi
ng.Revel ati
on13: 10speaksoft hepatientofthesaints
aft
ert heyendur ed the1260 year sofper secuti
on from the
Roman Cat hol i
c Chur ch which ist he fi
rstBeast .Over50
milli
on Chr ist
ians wer et ort
ur ed and mur dered.Revel at
ion
14:12i sthever sefoll
owingt hemar koft hebeastwar ni
ng,
and t he pat i
ence oft he saints as t
hose who wi l
lendur e
throught hatt imeandst i
llkeepGodsCommandment s.

Revel
ati 10 Het
on13: hatl
eadet
hint
ocapt
ivi
tyshal
lgoi
nto
capt
ivi
ty:het
hatki
ll
ethwit
htheswor
dmustbeki
ll
edwitht
he
sword.Herei
sthepati
enceandthef
ait
hoft
hesaint
s.

Revel
ati 12Her
on14: eist
hepat
ienceoft
hesai
nts:her
ear
e
t
heyt
hatkeept
hecommandment
sofGod,andt
hef
ait
hof
J
esus.

Theteachingoft hi
sfalse,Jesuitmanuf act
uredsecr etrapt
ure
theory and escape fr
om per secuti
on wil
lbe a devast ati
ng
deception f
or Chr i
sti
ans. Per secuti
on and suf f
ering have
alwaysbeen Godsmeansofst r
engtheni
ng Hispeopl e and
producingstrongcharacter.Her eisGodspur poseint imesof
tri
bulati
on.Itist obuild perseverance,character,trustand
hopei nHim.

Romans 5:
3-4 And not onl
ythat
, but we al
so gl
oryi
n
t
ribul
ati
ons,knowingthattr
ibulat
ionpr
oducespersever
ance;
4andper sever
ance,char
acter;andcharact
er,hope.

Satan want stoi mpedeandr estr

ain strengt
h andchar act
er
buildi
ng in Chr i
sti
ans by getting us focused on escapi ng
troubleandper secuti
oninst
eadofourpr epari
ngt ogot hrough
persecuti
on even t othepointofdeat h.Even J esusl earned
obedience by the thingswhich he suf f
ered.( Hebr ews5: 8)
Jesusguar anteest hatifwe speakHi st r
uth boldly,we wi ll
sufferpersecuti
on.

J 20 Remembert
ohn 15: he wor
dthatIsai
d unt
o you,The
servantisnotgr eaterthanhi
slord.Ift
heyhavepersecuted
me,t heywillal
soper secut
eyou;i
ftheyhavekeptmysaying,
theywi l
lkeepyour salso.

J
ames5: 11 Take,mybr
10- ethr
en,t
hepr
ophet
s,whohave
spokeninthenameoft heLord,foranexampleofsuf f
eri
ng
aff
li
cti
on,andofpatience.11Behold,wecountt hem happy
whichendure.Yehaveheardoft hepat
ienceofJ
ob,andhave
seentheendoft heLord;thattheLordisverypit
iful
,andof
tendermercy.
When t hese sof
t Chri
sti
ans ar e conf
ronted wi
th heavy
persecution,they wi
llf
alll
ike dominoesand Satan wi
llbe
ecstati
candyetonceagai n Sat
ansl i
eswillhavebeen ver
y
successful.

Wi
llt
her
ebeaSecondChance?

Iwoul di maginet heanswert ot hisquest i

onshoul dbef airl
y
obviousbynow butl etslookati tanyway.Thosewhot eacha
secretr apture claim thatdur i
ng t he tr
ibulati
on t hose not
rapturedwi llbegi venanot herchancet obesaved.Leti tbe
categorical
ly st
at ed thatabsol utel
y nowher e doesScr i
pture
speak ofany second chance,nordoest he Bible anywher e
speakofpeopl ebei ngsavedaf t
erJ esuscomes.Thi sisjust
anothermanmade doct r
ine thati sindeed pl easing tot he
carnalhear tofmanandt hedevi l
sintenti
ont ohavet hosewho
would wai tper ish wi t
h Chr i
sts comi ng.The Bi blei nfact
actuall
yt eachest heopposi t
e.Not i
cethesecl earScr ipt
ures;

2Cor
int
hi 2(
ans6: Forhesai
th,Ihavehear
dtheei
nat
ime
accepted,andint
hedayofsal
vat
ionhaveIsuccouredt
hee:
behold,now i
stheaccept
edti
me;behol
d,now isthedayof
salvat
ion.)

Revel
ati
on22: 12Het
11- hati
sunj
ust
,lethi
m beunj
ustst
il
l:
andhewhi ch i
sfil
thy,lethim bef i
lt
hyst i
ll
:andhet hatis
ri
ghteous,l
ethim berighteousst
il
l:andhet hati
shol
y,lethi
m
beholystil
l.12And,behol d,Icomequi ckl
y;andmyr ewardis
withme,t ogiveeverymanaccor di
ngashi sworkshal
lbe.

WhenJ esuscomest hesecondtime,Hecar resi

i nhishanda
sharpsickle.Revel
ation14:14.Thisi
sther eapi
ngt i
meaf ter
si
xtycent uri
esofthesowi ngoft heseedsofsin.Thisisthe
harvesttme,andt
i heharvestistheendofthewor l
d.Matthew
13:39.Andhet
hatsatonthecl
oudthrusti
nhissi
ckl
eont
he
ear
th;andtheear
thwasreaped.Revel
ati
on14:16.9
Jeremi ah8:20t r ysays,Thehar
ul vestispast,thesummeri s
ended,andwear enotsaved.Ther ecanbenosavi ngafterthe
reapingofear t
hshar vestatthecomi ngofChrist.WhenJ esus
andHi sHol yangelsappear,thenbef orehim shallbegathered
allnations.Matthew 25:32.Ther ewi llonl
ybet wocl assesin
thatgr eatcompany.Thedest inyofeachhasbeensetbywhat
hedi dbef orethecomi ngofChr ist.Letusst andf i
rm ont he
Wor dofGodal oneandr ejectthesemanmade,Sat andr i
ven,
pleasingideast hatfor
mt hebul koft hewhol esecretrapture
theory.
The attitude ofso many Chr ist
ians seems t o be thatyou
shouldliveaHol yli
fenow soyoudonthavet ogot hroughthe
GreatTr ibulati
on,buteveni fyoudontyouwi llgetanother
chanceaf terthisso-call
edsecr etrapture.Butaswehaveseen
in scripture and by t hi
s manuf actured doct r
ine, when
judgmentcomest herei snosecondchance.Whenpeopl edie
intheirsinst heyarel ostforever,therei snosecondchance.
Whyshoul dt heSecondComi ngbeanydi f
fer
ent?

CanChr
ist
sret
urnbeatanymoment
?

Alltoofrequentlycoupledwi ththisfalsedoctri
neist heequal l
y
mi sgui
dedconceptt hatChr i
stcancomebackatanymoment ,
event onight,aswesoof tenhearwel lmeani ngPast orsand
Evangel i
stsproclai
m.Whi l
ewedonotdoubtt heLor dsabilit
y,
wedobel i
evethatGodi snott heaut horofconfusionbutofa
greatplanf orthosewhot rustandobeyHi m.Al t
houghwear e
wel lawar ethatno man knowst he exactday and hourof
Chr i
stsr etur
n,i tis equally cert
aint hatt here are various
propheciest hatawaitt heircompl etef ul
fi
lmentandt hatnot
unt i
lwewi tnessthesethingscomet opass,canweexpectt he
Lor datanymoment .Itwast hi
sver ydoctrinewhichhadcome
i
nt otheChur chatThessal onicaandmadei tnecessar yforPaul
towr it
e:
2Thessal
oni
ans2:
3-4Letnomandecei
veyoubyanymeans:
forthatdayshallnotcome,exceptt herecomeaf al
li
ngaway
fi
rst
,andt hatmanofsi nber evealed,thesonofper dit
ion;4
Whoopposet handexaltet
hhimsel faboveallthati
scall
edGod,
orthatisworshi
pped;sot hatheasGodsi ttethinthetemple
ofGod,shewinghi mselft
hathei sGod.

Those who bel i

eve in a secr etr apture and thatChr i
stcan
comeatanymomentsayHewi llgathert hebeliever
sbefore
antichri
st appear s yet t his Scr i
pture says t he absol
ute
opposite.Thisver ser eferstot hePapacyandt hepopeseated
(si
tteth)i n a positi
on ofpoweri nthe Chur ch.We ar ethe
templ eofGodonEar thnow.ForPault ocallar ebuil
ttemple
thet empl eofGodwoul dbet odenywhatChr i
stdidont he
cross.Whent het empl ecur t
ainwasr i
ppedf r
om t optobott
om
thissignifi
ed the end t ot he sacrif
ici
alsystem.Paulwoul d
nevercal litGodst empl e.

Secr
etRapt
ureSummar
y

Itisoursi ncer eandear nestpr ayert hatthisdocumentwi l

l
revealt o you t he t otalunscr ipt
uralnat ure oft hi
s secr et
rapturedoct r
ine.I nsteadofpr epari
ngGodspeopl et ofacet he
i
ncreasi ngl
ydi f
fi
cul tdaysahead,ast ribulat
ionintensifies,this
Jesuit manuf act ured doct ri
ne has del uded mi l
li
ons of
Christi
ansintoaf alsenot ionofescapi sm.I nsteadofobeyi ng
theLor dscommandt or esistevilandoccupyunt ilHecomes,
theyhavebecomesor aptur emindedt hattheynol ongereven
resi
stt heevil
,bel ievi
ngt hatt heywi l
lnotdef eatit
,buti nstead
ber escuedf r
om i t.

Sometimesoon,Sat
an willattempttopersonat
eJ esusand
count
erfei
tHi
sret
urntoEar th.ButGodspeopleneednotbe
decei
ved.Whenthedisci
plesaskedJesusforthesignofHis
comingandtheendoft hewor l
d,t heveryfi
rstthi
ngHet ol
d
them was t
o be on guard againstimpostors.In Matthew
24:4-5J
esusanswer
edandsai dunt othem,Takeheedt hatno
mandeceiveyou.5Formanyshal
lcomei
nmyname,sayi
ng,
Iam Chr
ist;andshal
ldecei
vemany.

Thedevi lhasbeenshar peninghisdecept i

onski l
lsfor6,000
yearsandhi slastmasqueradewi llbehismast erpi
ece.Jesus
warnst hathewi l
ldosuch aconvi nci
ng job that,ifitwere
possible,event hever yelectwoul dbedecei ved.Satanhas
i
ntroduced t he strong del
usion ofa secr etrapturet othe
Christi
anwor l
dt hathasbeenal mostuni versal
lyacceptedin
mainlineChur ches.Jesuswar nedinMatthew 24: 23-24Thenif
any man shal lsay unto you,Lo,her ei sChri
st,orthere;
beli
evei tnot
.24Fort her
eshallarisefalseChr
ist
s,andfalse
prophets,andshallshew greatsi
gnsandwonder s;i
nsomuch
that,i
fitwerepossible,theyshalldeceivetheveryel
ect.

Aswehavenot i
ced,t heBi bleclearlyteachest hatJesusChr i
st
willcome t he second t i
me i n gloriousmaj est
yt ot ake His
redeemedhomewi thHi m.I twi l
lbeaper sonal,visibl
e,and
earthshaki ngeventt hatever yoneal ivewil
lknow about .The
ri
ghteouswi l
lbe caughtup t o meett he Lordi nt he ai
r( 1
Thessalonians4: 17),wher east hewi ckedwi l
lbesl ainbythe
bri
ght ness of His comi ng ( 2 Thessal oni
ans 2:8) . Let us
carefull
y and dili
gent l
y study ourBi bl
esso we wi llnotbe
deceivedconcer ningthismosti mpor tantandwonder fulhope,
thesecondcomi ngofJ esus.
Chr
ist
ssecondcomi
ngwi
llbeseenandhear
dbyal
l
TheBi bl
ei sunmi
stakablyclearthatwhenJesuscomesback,
Hisfeetnevertouchthegr ound.Itsaystheri
ghteouswi l
lbe
caughtupt omeetHi mintheai r(1Thessal
oni
ans4: 17).This
iswhy J esusemphatical
ly warnsusi n Matt
hew 24: 26-27,
Wher ef
or eifthey shal
lsay unt
o you,Behold,he i
sinthe
desert;gonotf or
th:behold,heisinthesecretchambers;
beli
evei tnot.27Forast heli
ght
ningcomethoutoftheeast,
andshi nethevenunt othewest;soshallal
sothecomingof
theSonofmanbe.

Hi
sSecondComi
ngi
sNotaSecr
et

Mat
thew24: 31Forast
27- hel
ight
ningcomet
houtoft
heeast
,
andshi net
hevenunt ot hewest ;soshal lal
sot hecomi ngof
theSonofmanbe.28Forwher esoevert hecar caseis,there
wi l
ltheeagl esbegat heredt ogether.29I mmedi at el
yaf t
erthe
tribulati
onoft hosedaysshal lthesunbedar kened,andt he
moon shal lnotgi ve herl ight ,and the starsshal lfallfr
om
heaven,andt hepower soft heheavensshal lbeshaken:30
Andt henshal lappeart hesi gnoft heSonofmani nheaven:
andt henshal lallthetribesoft heear t
hmour n,andt heyshall
seet heSonofmancomi ngi nt hecloudsofheavenwi t
hpower
andgr eatglor y.31Andheshal lsendhi sangelswi thagr eat
soundofat r
umpet ,andt heyshal lgathertoget herhi sel
ect
from t hefourwi nds,from oneendofheavent otheot her.

Act
s1:
9-11Andwhenhehadspokent
heset
hings,whi
let
hey
beheld,hewast akenup;andacl oudr eceivedhim outofthei
r
sight
.10Andwhi l
etheylookedst edfastl
yt owardheavenas
hewentup,behol d,t
womenst oodbyt hem inwhiteapparel
;
11Whi chalsosaid,YemenofGal i
lee,whyst andyegazingup
intoheaven?ThissameJ esus,whichist akenupfrom youinto
heaven,shallsocomei nlikemannerasyehaveseenhi m go
intoheaven.
1Cor
int
hi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,
atthel
asttrump:forthet r
umpetshal
lsound,andt hedead
shal
lberai
sedincor
rupti
ble,andweshallbechanged.

1Thessal
oni
ans4: 17 Fort
16- heLor
dhi
msel
fshal
ldescend
from heavenwit
hashout ,withthevoiceofthear changel
,and
wi t
hthet r
umpofGod:andt hedeadi nChristshallri
sefi
rst
:
17 Then wewhi ch areali
veandr emain shallbecaughtup
togetherwitht
hem i ntheclouds,t
omeett heLor dintheair
:
andsoshal lweeverbewi tht heLord.

2Pet 10Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
nthe
ni
ght;inthewhi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywi t
hagr eat
noi
se,andtheel
ementsshal
lmeltwi
thferventheat
,theearth
al
soandt heworkst
hatarether
einshallbeburnedup.

Revel
ati 7Behol
on1: d,hecomet
hwi
thcl
ouds;andever
yeye
shallsee hi
m,and they al
so which pier
ced him: and al
l
kindredsoft
heear
thshal
lwailbecauseofhim.Evenso,Amen.

Revel
ati 14Andt
on6: heheavendepar
tedasascr
ollwheni
tis
rol
ledt
ogether;andever
ymount
ainandi
slandwer
emoved
outoft
heirplaces.

Hi
sSecondComi
ngWi
llBeAudi
ble

1Thessal
oni
ans4: 17 Fort
16- heLor
dhi
msel
fshal
ldescend
from heavenwit
hashout ,withthevoiceofthear changel
,and
wi t
hthet r
umpofGod:andt hedeadi nChristshallri
sefi
rst
:
17 Then wewhi ch areali
veandr emain shallbecaughtup
togetherwitht
hem i ntheclouds,t
omeett heLor dintheair
:
andsoshal lweeverbewi tht heLord.
1Cor
int
hi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,
atthel
asttrump:forthet r
umpetshal
lsound,andt hedead
shal
lberai
sedincor
rupti
ble,andweshallbechanged.

2Pet 10Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
nthe
ni
ght;inthewhi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywi t
hagr eat
noi
se,andtheel
ementsshal
lmeltwi
thferventheat
,theearth
al
soandt heworkst
hatarether
einshallbeburnedup.

Hi
sSecondComi
ngWi
llBeVi
sibl
e

Mat
t 27 Forast
hew 24: hel
ight
ningcomet
houtoft
heeast
,
andshi
nethevenunt
othewest
;soshal
lal
sot
hecomi
ngof
theSonofmanbe.

Mat
t 30 Andt
hew 24: henshal
lappeart
hesi
gnoft
heSonof
mani nheaven:andt
henshal
lal
lthetr
ibesoft
heear
thmour n,
andt heyshallseet
heSon ofman cominginthecloudsof
heavenwithpowerandgreatgl
ory.

10112Pet 10Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hief
i
nt heni ght
;inthewhichtheheavensshal
lpassawaywi tha
greatnoise,andtheel
ementsshal
lmeltwit
hferventheat
,the
earthalsoandt heworkst
hataretherei
nshallbeburnedup.
Revel
ati 7Behol
on1: d,hecomet
hwi
thcl
ouds;andever
yeye
shallsee hi
m,and they al
so which pier
ced him: and al
l
kindredsoft
heear
thshal
lwailbecauseofhim.Evenso,Amen.

Hi
sSecondComi
ngWi
llDest
royt
heEar
th

I
sai
ah24: 20Theear
19- thi
sut
ter
lybr
okendown,t
heear
thi
s
cleandissolved,theearthismovedexceedi ngly.20Theearth
shallreeltoandf rol
ikeadr unkar
d,andshal lber emovedl
ike
acot t
age;andt hetransgr
essionthereofshallbeheavyupon
it
;andi tshallf
all
,andnotr iseagai
n.

2Pet 10Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
nthe
ni
ght;inthewhi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywi t
hagr eat
noi
se,andtheel
ementsshal
lmeltwi
thferventheat
,theearth
al
soandt heworkst
hatarether
einshallbeburnedup.

Revel
ati 14Andt
on6: heheavendepar
tedasascr
ollwheni
tis
rol
ledt
ogether;andever
ymount
ainandi
slandwer
emoved
outoft
heirplaces.

Revel
ati
on16: 20 Andt
18- her
ewer
enoi
sesandt
hunder
ings
and li
ghtnings;and t here wasa greatear t
hquake,such a
mightyandgr eatear thquakeashadnotoccur redsincemen
wer eon theear t
h.19 Now t hegreatcitywasdi vided into
three part
s,and t he citi
es oft he nat
ions fel
l.And gr eat
Babylonwasr emember edbef or
eGod,t ogivehert hecupof
thewineoft hef iercenessofHi swrath.20Thenever yisl
and
fl
edaway,andt hemount ai
nswer enotfound.

1Cori
nthi
ans15,1Thessal
oni
ans4andMat
thew 24ar
ethe
sameevent
Tomakei teasiertoseet hattheBi bleisspeakingofonl yone
second comi ng,and nota second and a t hird comi ng ora
secretraptureandasecondcomi ng,thef ol
lowingt ableshave
beenputt ogethertohel pil
lustr
atet hatt hegl ori
oussecond
comi ngofChr i
stinallcasesi
snotspeaki ngofasecr etrapture.
Bycompar ingpointbypoi nti nat ablef or
matwecaneasi l
y
obser vet
hatt hefoll
owingtwochapt ersaredefinit
elyr ef
erring
tothesameevent .Observet hepar al
lel
sbel ow.

1Cori
nthi
ans15 1Thessaloni
ans4
15:
23-ar eChr
ist
satHi
scomi
ng 4:16 -the Lord Hi msel
fshall
come
15:
51-sleep 4:14-sleep
15:
52-thetrumpetshal
lsound 4:16-shout,voice,trump
15:
52-deadshallberai
sed 4:16-deadi nChr istshallr
ise
fi
rst

Now let
scompar eMat t
hew 24wi t
ht heaboveeventsusing1
Thessal
onianschapter4and5si ncesomesayt hatMat t
hew
24istalki
ngaboutthegl ori
oussecondcomingofChristwhich
theysayisadiff
erenteventt ot
heabovechapterswhi chthey
beli
eveisasecret.Clearl
yitisnot!

Matt
hew 24 1Thessalonians4and5
24:
27-comi ng( Par
ousia) 4:
15-comi ng( Parousia)
24:
30-cl ouds 4:
17-cl ouds
24:
31-soundofat rumpet 4:
16-shout ,voicetrump
24:
31-gat hert ogether 4:
17-caughtupt ogether
24:
36-dayorhour 5:
1— t imesandseasons
24:
43-at hief 5:
2-at hief
24:
39-t ookt hem allaway 5:
3-suddendest r
uction
24:
42-wat ch 5:
6-wat ch

Thereisnodoubtt hesearethesameeventast heynotonly

paral
leleachotherbutareeveninthesameor der.Ther
eare
notdiff
erentaspect
softhecomingofJesus.Thereisonl
yone
second comi
ng and t
he t
heor
y ofa secr
etr
apt
ure wi
tha
secondchancei
sadecepti
onoftheenemy.

1Corinthi
ans15 1Thessaloni ans4 Matthew 24
AtHiscomi ng Jesuscomi ng Jesuscoming
Lasttr
ump Trumpet Trumpet
Deadsaintsraised Deadsaintsr ai
sed Angelsgathersai
nts
Li
vingsaintschanged Livi
ng saints caught Angelsgathersai
nts
up
Comi
ngi
nthecl
ouds Comi ngi
ntheclouds