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Journal: Masters Seminary Journal
Volume: TMSJ 13:2 (Fall 2002)
Article: Why A Pretribulational Rapture?
Author: Richard L.
Mayhue
MSJ 13:2 (Fall 2002) p.
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Why A Pretribulational Rapture?
Richard L. Mayhue
Senior Vice President and Dean
Professor of Pastoral Ministries and Theology
This article raises four key questions: (1) What does “rapture” mean?; (2) Will there be an eschatological “rapture”?; (3) Will the “rapture” be partial or full?; and (4) Will the “rapture” bepre, mid, or post in a time relationship to Daniel’s seventieth week?
In answering the fourth question concerning the time of the rapture, seven major lines of reasoning produce the conclusion that a pretribulational rapture best fits the biblical evidence and raises the fewesst difficulties. By way of conclusion, the article answers thirteen of the toughest objections to pretribulationism.
For over thirty years I have studied the Scriptures in a sincere attempt to formulate a satisfying bi