Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don't Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture

by Michael L. Brown, Craig S. Keener, Craig L. Blomberg (Foreword by)

Overview

Despite the popular theology of our day, Christians should not expect to get out of experiencing the tribulation or the end times. Nowhere in the Bible does the Lord promise us this, say Michael Brown and Craig Keener, two leading, acclaimed Bible scholars. In fact, they say, Jesus promises us tribulation in this world.

Yet this is no reason to fear. In this fascinating, accessible, and personal book, Brown and Keener walk you through what the Bible really says about the rapture, the tribulation, and the end times. What they find will leave you full of hope. God's wrath is not poured out on His people, and He will shield us from it--as he shielded Israel in Egypt during the ten plagues. So instead of taking comfort in what God hasn't promised, take comfort in the words of Jesus: He has overcome the world, and we live in his victory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493417391
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Michael L. Brown (PhD, New York University) is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry in Concord, North Carolina, and has served as a visiting or adjunct professor at seven seminaries. He is host of the nationally syndicated daily talk radio and TV show The Line of Fire, and has written more than 30 books. Learn more at www.askdrbrown.org.

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the bestselling author of 24 books. Craig and his wife, Médine, live near Wilmore, Kentucky. Learn more at www.craigkeener.com.
Michael L. Brown (Ph.D., New York University) is Director of Spiritual Renewal and Apologetics at the Jerusalem Bible Institute in Israel and has served as a visiting or adjunct professor at eight seminaries. He hosts the nationally syndicated daily talk radio show The Line of Fire and has written more than forty-five books. Learn more at TheLineOfFire.org.
Craig S. Keener (Ph.D., Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of 38 books, 5 of which have won awards in Christianity Today. More than a million copies of his books are in circulation; the most popular is The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, which provides cultural background on each passage of the New Testament. Craig is also the New Testament editor for the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, which won the International Book Award for Christianity and Bible of the year in the Christian Book Awards. Craig is editor of the Bulletin for Biblical Research and is past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Craig's wife, Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener, was a refugee in her home country of Congo; their story appears in Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War, Miracles, and Hope against All Odds (Chosen, 2016). His blog site is www.craigkeener.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword Craig L. Blomberg 11

Acknowledgments 13

Preface 14

Introduction: Christians Face Tribulation 17

Part I Why Many Doubt "Left Behind" Theology

1 Some Questions to Consider 29

2 How We Left Behind Our "Left Behind" Theology 37

3 Pre-Pre-Trib: Views about the End throughout the History of the Church 54

4 Shall We Dispense with Dispensationalism? 68

Part II What Does the Bible Say?

5 Does the Old Testament Support a Pre-Trib Rapture? 81

6 There Is Only One Second Coming 100

7 Evaluating Some Pre-Trib Arguments 123

8 Post-Tribulational Passages: Jesus Returns for His Followers Only after the Tribulation 142

Part III Implications for Us Today

9 What Is the Tribulation? 161

10 How to Live in Light of Post-Tribulationalism 179

11 A Practical Message 200

12 Hope Beyond Tribulation 210

Notes 227

Scripture Index 232