From:          Sheila A Crawford
To:            <heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Subject:       Re: John Darby and the Pre-Tribulation rapture -a response


> To:            heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
> From:          James Trimm
> Subject:      John Darby and the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
>
>
>         It was John Darby founder of the Plymouth Brethren and
>  creator of  Dispensationalism that greatly popularized the
>  Pre-Trib rapture of  the Church.
>
>         During the 1820's and 1830's   Darby  developed a new
>  systematic theology  called "Dispensationalism."    Dispensationalism
>  has  since become very popular in Christendom.   It is a fact that
>  Dispenstionalism did not exist until the nineteenth century.  It has no
>  roots in Judaism whatsoever and did not even exist in Christianity until
>  the 19th century.
>

Shalom,

I must respond to your statement about how the rapture was not
taught till the 1800's. Thank God for Archeology!!! Several fascinating
manuscripts have been found that contain clear evidence of the teaching of
the pre-trib rapture in the early church. The name of the manuscript is "On
the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World" by the early
Christian writer and poet named EPHRAEM the Syrian, wrote it in 373ad.
His writings have been translated by the Professor of Latin at Tyndale
Theological Seminary,Dr. Cameron Rhoades.      

How can you take away the blessed hope for the bride. I believe it is during
the trib that the two houses come together, accept the messiah and enter
the millennial Kingdom. There are many scriptures to support it, even the
Tenach in Isa.26:19-21speaks of the dead rising and entering into the
chedar till the indignation is passed and then the Lord comes out of His
place(at end of trib) to finish the punishment. This is when we return with
Him in Rev. 19 now we are called His wife. A marriage has taken place in
heaven. Jesus binds Satan and we have the reception( wedding supper).
The guests will be the trib. saints (both houses) and the 144,000 witnesses.
Can you explain why the church is not mentioned in Rev. after ch.4? And
how do you explain I thes.4:16 and I Cor. 15:51, Rev3:10, Isa.57:1,
Ps.12:1. Well I could go on and on. But I'll end it with the fact that even
Jesus said in John 11:26 when speaking of the resurrection that those
who are alive will never die (spiritually or physically) {interlinear version}

God Bless.

Sheila Crawford

******************************************************************