The real crimes of John Nelson Darby
You think the bridegroom: drags his bride through
the mud, exposes her to nuclear war, rape gangs, etc. prior to her wedding?
1 Thess 5:9
See:
What is the Great Tribulation?
How dumb are you? That's the real question...
ad hominem Eph 4:14
... Jesus said in the world you will have tribulation...
You should already
have been experiencing that if you are a a believer (2 Thess 2:3, Mt 10:17).
Given that we are not to fear what can kill the body, I don't think God cares about what happens to us on this earth...
Sure he does (Mt
10:29-31). We have nothing to fear.
They have a whole lot to fear.
The Great Tribulation will be unlike anything that the world has ever seen (Mt
24:21). Regular tribulation--mini
tribulation--that's just par for the course for the believer (Mt
10:22,
Ro 8:18).
...A pre-trib rapture would really lower my confidence in the God I see in scripture.
You can tell him that when you meet him (Mt
12:36).
It's a start.
No one knows the day or hour (Mt
24:36) but we can have an idea (1
Thess 5:5).
"Mt
24:32 parable from the fig tree. When the fig
branch “puts forth leaves,” only a short time remains until summer. Likewise,
when the final labor pains begin (see note on v. 14), Christ’s return “is near;
it is at the doors!” (v. 33)." MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997). The MacArthur
Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1440). Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
Mt 24:31, 1 Thess 1:10, 5:9, Re 3:10
Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all
those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” [His
wife gone] So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his
brothers." Ge 45:1–2
Sounds like Planet X (not exactly a planet).
..Israel is God's firstborn son, the church Christ's bride.
Israel is the bride of the Father. The church, the bride of the Son.
