Rapture

There Is No Seven Year Tribulation!

Published: September 13, 2021 (Originally published: September 4, 2010)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NKJV)

“For then there will be great tribulation,


Defending The Pre-Trib Rapture (Again)

Published: September 1, 2021 (Originally published: August 19, 2006)
Some body asked me a great question the other day. "Does Scripture actually promise a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, or is it just an opinion passed along from teacher to student?"

Matt. 24 And The Pre-Trib Rapture

Published: July 7, 2021 (Originally published: April 27, 2016)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

I’ve received several questions again about various rapture positions.  Several of these questions have to do with the claim that in the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24-25) Jesus in effect said the Church will have to endure all of the seven years of Daniel’s 70th Week including the Great Tribulation.


The End Times According to Jesus, Part 4—Why Didn’t He Mention the Rapture?

Published: June 28, 2021 (Originally published: June 13, 2004)
Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. Habakkuk 1:5

The Great Pause

Published: April 30, 2018 (Originally published: June 27, 2009)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Surely you have heard about the administration (dispensation) of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. (Ephesians 3:2-3)

One of the most difficult things for someone unfamiliar with dispensational theology to understand is why Israel needs to exist at all in the last days,


No One Knows The Day Or The Hour

Published: February 5, 2018 (Originally published: June 14, 2014)
A comparison of the Purpose of the Great Tribulation and the Nature of the Church in defense of the Pre-Trib position.

The Hidden Doctrine Of The Rapture

Published: November 1, 2017 (Originally published: October 2, 2010)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Over time I’ve received several questions along the line of the following one. “Why do you think that such an important occurrence as the rapture is spoken of so few times and why is it so “hidden” in scripture?”


Cognitive Dissonance

Published: June 5, 2017 (Originally published: March 5, 2014)

Commentary by Jack Kelley

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all? (Ezekiel 14:3)

The dictionary defines cognitive dissonance as an anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes or beliefs.


The Rich Man And Lazarus

Published: October 26, 2016 (Originally published: September 7, 2013)
For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it.

Confirming The Sequence Of End Times Events

Published: September 27, 2016 (Originally published: October 16, 2013)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky,