Posted November 5th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I have perhaps a silly question, but one that is tugging at me nonetheless…Who will go in the Rapture? Is there an age in the Christian faith at which we are to be held responsible for our own faith?
Posted November 4th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I’ve read where you say children are protected by personal guardian angels, and I’m sure you are right. But that brings a question to mind and maybe the answer is so obvious that I can’t see it. If children have guardian angels why are so many in hospitals with cancer and other horrible diseases, why are so many abused and killed by strangers and many times their own parents or fall into the hands of pedophiles? Why are some born with terrible birth defects? I would think a guardian angel would prevent all this and each child would at least have a good start in life. I hope this is not a silly question and you will be able to shed some light on it for me.
Posted October 31st, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I’ve read in several of your answers that you believe all children under the age of accountability will be taken during the rapture,even the children of non Christian parents. And I think that is wonderful as the more that can escape the tribulation the better. My question is simply this, that if the children of the wicked were left to die with their parents during Noah’s flood and at Sodom/Gomorrah. Why would the children of non Christians be taken at the rapture? Is there scripture that leads you to believe this? Thank you for a magnificent and informative site, I admire your work and dedication very much.
Posted October 30th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. We have a friend who is very knowledgeable in the Word, and we meet for study every week. We have only one main disagreement, and although we have discussed it at length many times, he keeps going back to the same argument. He is not convinced that there is a rapture, and believes instead that the Church will be protected somewhere on earth by the Lord during the Tribulation period. He is fairly much convinced that the woman in Revelation 12 is the Church, but this is the only scripture he can really use to support his view. We have pointed out that this woman is Israel, and having given birth to a child, can’t be a virgin bride.
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Posted October 25th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I really appreciate your sound wisdom in the answers to the pressing issues of our day. Your website is a God send!
I’m concerned about my wonderful Christian friends who are Pre-Wrath and Post Trib believers. They are very wonderful and dear saints, but unflinching concerning their rapture beliefs. Do you have scripture to ease my mind that they would make it in the Pre-trib rapture, even though they don’t believe in the pre-trib rapture? I’m reminded that Heb 9:27,28 says very firmly that …”to those that LOOK FOR HIM shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation”.
Posted October 23rd, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. How many years before the flood was Enoch “raptured”? Any significance? How about timing of Elijah’s “rapture” in relation to any judgment event? Are they “types” of the coming pre-judgment rapture of the Church? Read Post »
Posted October 23rd, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I know you don’t have time for silly questions, but I have been thinking about this every day for almost 2 years, since my mother died unexpectedly. My mother was a true believer, so I know she is with Jesus. At the rapture, the dead in Christ will rise first, and those of us who are alive will join them in the clouds. Right? This would be purely speculation on your part, I realize, but do you think that we will be reunited with the ones we love immediately, right there in the clouds?
Posted October 22nd, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. I’m part of a Bible group and we’re all believers, but this one girl is convinced that Christians will go through the tribulation. I tried to explain to her that, since we are already believers, we have accepted His sacrifice for sin and we have His imputed Righteousness, why in the world would His body (the church) suffer His wrath?
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Posted October 19th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. You wrote; “According to my understanding, raptured believers will go to Heaven where we will take up residence in the New Jerusalem. There will be no contact with Earth during the time between the Rapture and the 2nd Coming, but during the Millennium visitation to Earth will be possible. Jesus will be prominent both on Earth and in the New Jerusalem during the Millennium.” Would you please explain how you support these statements Scripturally?
Posted October 18th, 2009 in Ask a Bible Teacher
Q. My question is this; As followers of Jesus and believers in the pre-trib rapture, how can we protect ourselves from re-occurring doubts about the rapture? I know of the importance of staying in the world and memorizing scripture to counteract the attacks of the enemy and I am trying to do that. It’s just that I am particularly surrounded by opposition to faith in the rapture and often begin to doubt and begin to think that I might be so motivated to believe that I convince myself it is truth, especially when the Bible can be interpreted to say otherwise at times. Do you have any suggestions beyond the basics of nurturing our faith such as time in fellowship with the Lord, time studying His word, fellowship with like-minded believers, etc.? What is the best way to utterly put this issue to rest in our own hearts and get own with the work He has for each us now?
