In John Courson's sermon regarding the trumpets of God earlier this week, he related the trumps of God in Numbers to the trumps of God mentioned in both 1 Cor. 15:52 and 1 Thess. 4:16 that pertain to the Rapture of the Church. At one point, he pointed to the argument that some make against the Rapture, saying that this whole idea was only started last Century in the 1920's by a well-known pastor. To prove this story to be wrong, he mentioned a pastor who lived during the year 300 AD, a Bishop named Ephriam of Misibis. In the year 306, he wrote a book called The End of the World, in which he wrote the following statement:
"Why therefore do we not reject every care of earthly action and prepare ourselves for the meeting of the Lord Christ, so that He may draw us from the confusion which overwhelms this world? All the Saints and the Elect of God are gathered together before the tribulation which is to come, and are gathered to the Lord in order that they may not see the confusion which overwhelms the world because of sin."
Well...I think it's pretty clear what this man is referring to. This hope was alive and well during the 3rd Century. And 1700 yrs later, it is still the hope of many who keep their eyes on Christ and await His eminent return and Rapture of the Church. =)
3 comments:
Whatever dude. I believe you about as much as a drunken fool. I think I'll stick to the Truth.
Thank you for leaving my link up. However hard it is for you to believe, within months, if not years, by my hand, we will be in the post apocalyptic world of 'Jericho' on TV! Stay tuned!
I understand perfectly what is going to happen soon, and it's all according to prophecy and the events explained in Ezekiel and Zechariah and other O.T. books. When you speak against God's Holy Word, however, I cannot listen to you. And never will.
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