Jesus Returns the Way He Left: Based on His Ascension

A prophesied storm of persecution in the end-times is swiftly approaching the righteous. Pretribulation proponents, particularly prevalent in the U.S., assert that the church will be spared from this persecution. But what if they are mistaken? Would you risk staking your life on such a firm belief, especially when Daniel 9:24 indicates that the entire seventieth week is necessary "to seal up vision and prophecy"? This suggests that absolute certainty in any rapture chronology is unwarranted...