D.J. Moo, The Case for the Posttribulation Rapture Position.
“[Jesus probably] ‘telescopes’ A.D. 70 and the end of
the age in a manner reminiscent of the prophets, who frequently looked at the
end of the age through more immediate historical events.”
Cranfield, Mark, p 404.
“The divine judgments in history are, so to speak,
rehearsals of the last judgment and the successive incarnations of antichrist
are foreshadowings of the last supreme concentration of the rebelliousness of
the devil before the End.”
Luke
21.28: “But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up
your heads[1],
because your redemption is near!”
·
A Gathering NOT a Scattering.
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A Blessing NOT a Curse.
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A Victory NOT a Disaster.
·
Ruling NOT Subjugation.
[1] Cp. Rom 8.19, apokaradokia—watching with outstretched neck “for the
sons of God to be revealed.”
