By Dr. W.H. Compton, Th.D., Pastor Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; 1 Corinthians 15:23, 51-58; Philippians 3:20-21; John 14:1-3; Luke 21:34-36; Colossians 3:4; Titus 2:13. (“Rapture” is not mentioned in the Bible. However, the words, “catching up” are, so it is permissible to use the word “rapture.”) First let us call your attention to two expressions, “rapture” …
Category Archives: Truth Magazine Vol. 32
The Prodigal Son
By Gary Bagwell Just imagine a young boy or girl being lost. Think of all the sleepless nights of the parents and the kinfolks. It is frightening isn’t it? Oh, but what a great jubilation when you find that child and he is all right. One can’t begin to imagine the thoughts, despair, concern of losing …
“Footnotes”
By Steve Wolfgang Footnote Allan Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind. How Higher Education has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987), pp. 75-77. Allan Bloom, currently a professor at the University of Chicago, has had a distinguished academic career, teaching also at Yale, the universities of …
“What About The Day After The Rapture?”
By Larry Ray Hafley Dr. Compton’s article is full of personal speculation and human imagination, but it is devoid of divine revelation. The Bible says nothing about the rapture as defined by Dr. Compton. It says even less about the day after. Note that Dr. Compton prescribed no passages of Scripture which tell us what will …