The Rapture Is Coming (Again?) | podcast

The Rapture Is Coming (Again?) | podcast

September 10, 2022 Jim Duke Perspective 0

Every year at this time we get zealous prophets warning that God told them the rapture was going to happen soon. They base it on an interpretation that Israel is the timepiece and that according to God’s promise to Israel He will rapture the church before tribulation comes to refocus [READ MORE]

Origin of Dispensation Pretribulation Doctrine

Origin of Dispensation Pretribulation Doctrine

September 15, 2019 Jim Duke Perspective 0

Modern day Christianity adopts a doctrine outlining a case for a Pretribulation Rapture scenario based on scripture. However, when reading and analyzing the passages, we need the footnotes of the Scofield reference Bible to see that. By following along, it strings the passages together to fit and makes the case [READ MORE]

History of Modern Dispensationalism

History of Modern Dispensationalism

June 23, 2018 Jim Duke Perspective 0

The modern futurist concept came from a Jesuit Priest named Francisco Ribera, who wrote a five hundred page document on the Apocalypse in 1590. Among other things, this work taught that the antichrist would come at sometime in the future for a literal 3 ½ year period right before the [READ MORE]

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Reformation and Counter-Reformation

May 21, 2017 Jim Duke Perspective 0

The Protestants held that there were two authorities that didn’t have authority from God: the Roman Papacy and the King. The Protestant reformers believed that the Antichrist was a system of the Papacy, of Rome, or Vatican, and their leader the Pope. This changed when the Reformers had an attack [READ MORE]