Duane Shippy

There's a widespread doctrine called "Immanency" which states that Jesus can return at any minute to rapture the Christians away to heaven with Him.  I believe that His return will be immanent at some point in the future, but not until the prophesies that precede His return have been completed. In this excellent blog by Jonathan Brentner he presents evidence of the political, cultural and be...

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I make the argument in this blog post that Jesus returns for His people after the Tribulation, so no rapture prior to the Tribulation.  That begs the question ... So if all the Christians are raptured at the end of the tribulation and Jesus returns to destroy the wicked, who is left to enter the Millennium? The short answer is all the unbelievers who do not oppose Jesus in the Armaged...

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  The Return of the King In what manner does Jesus return?  We are told He will return in a similar manner He as taken away (Acts 1:9, 11).  He ascended into the clouds so we can assume He will emerge from the clouds.  The passage we will look at below says He will initially be masked by dark clouds and then the light show begins (Matt 24:27, 30 and 2 Thes 1:7-8). ...

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