Why Most Christians Believe in a Post-Tribulation Rapture: Second Edition - Softcover

Steinle, C. W.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798637836628

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

For many modern Christians, the pre-tribulation rapture feels like the historic position of the Church—but it isn’t. In fact, for nearly two thousand years, believers across the world read the same Scriptures and overwhelmingly expected the rapture at the Second Coming of Christ.

Why Most Christians Believe in a Post-Tribulation Rapture cuts through confusion and assumption by returning to the sources: Scripture in its original language, the testimony of Church history, and the development of modern rapture teaching. This updated Second Edition adds new chapters, clearer explanations, and expanded material from others who—after years of sincere study—have re-examined the pre-trib view and walked away from it.

Inside you'll discover:

• Why 99% of Christians throughout history expected a post-tribulation gathering, not a two-stage return of Christ.

• How a nineteenth-century movement to evangelize the Jews unintentionally produced the framework later known as Dispensationalism—and why its assumptions still shape modern prophecy teaching.

• What the Bible actually says about the resurrection, the “day of the Lord,” and the sequence Paul lays out in 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

• How pre-trib proponents use certain verses—and what those verses really mean when read in context and in the Greek.

• Why the early Protestant Reformers, major theologians, and virtually all Christian traditions (Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Reformed) rejected a pre-trib rapture.

• How the modern Church can move forward with a more biblically consistent eschatology without abandoning love for Israel or the hope of Christ’s return.

Written with clarity, conviction, and decades of pastoral experience, this book leaves no stone unturned. Whether you hold a pre-trib view, question it, or have never studied the issue carefully, this is an accessible, thorough, and eye-opening journey through Scripture and history.

Includes charts, Greek word studies, historical documents, and 20 illustrations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798637836628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194