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Fall/Winter 2003
The
Mid-tribulational Rapture Theory
From: The End,
by Norman B. Harrison p. 75.
St.
Paul, by inspiration of the Spirit, definitely places the Resurrection
and the Rapture of the saints through the coming of Christ “at the
last trumpet” (1 Corinthians 15:5,52). This is a specific locating
of the event. Unquestionably the Holy Spirit revealed the fact and inspired
the recording of it. How dare any one locate it otherwise?...Can we postulate
the Rapture at any other place than that given by and through the Apostle
Paul and claim to maintain the integrity of God’s Word?
One
supporter of this view prefers that it be called the “midseventieth week
theory of the Rapture,” noting that his view “is popularly known as the
midtribulational theory, but such a term gives rise to a possible misunderstanding.”
Those who believe that only the second half of Daniel’s seventieth week
(three and a half years) is the time of tribulation would see themselves
as really advocating a pretribulational rapture of the church.
Paul
Benware
Understanding End Times Prophecy, p 216.
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Behold,
I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, |
52
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in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and
we shall be changed. |
53
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For
this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must
put on mmortality. |
—1 Corinthians 15:51-53 |
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