As times get more intense (ominous, prophetic, end-times obvious)—
“Should be any time now . . .”*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As times get really bad, and worse (obviously end-times prophecy fulfilled)—
“Should have happened by now . . .”*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is troubling.
As long as certain events haven’t happened yet, and as long as Christians in America aren’t in really big trouble yet, we can maintain our position of “We’re out of here before it gets too bad.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Troubling, yes, because . . .
The American Christian experience has been the exception to the rest of Christian history and the rest of Christian experience around the world today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you applied the prevailing teaching on the timing of the rapture in many other places, the reaction would be, “God’s a little late.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Rapture—
“Should happen about now.”
“Should have happened by now.”
What if it doesn’t happen in time, in the time frame most preachers seem so confident about?
What if the minority view is more right?
What if a consensus doesn’t determine the end time sequence?
What if God’s calendar is not what we think it should be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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