Many these days are abandoning the pretribulation rapture view, and the June, 1995 article by Chuck Missler (”Byzantine Text Discovery: Ephraem the Syrian”) reveals why there is such a mutiny! First of all, the authoritative scholar that Missler cited, Dr. Paul Alexander, referred only to “Pseudo-Ephraem” and not to Ephraem the Syrian. (If an unsigned ancient manuscript resembles the real Ephraem but there is a question of authorship, they assign it to “Pseudo-Ephraem” – the word “pseudo” meaning “possibly.” For some groundless reason, Grant Jeffrey, the one who reportedly found the “discovery,” changed Dr. Alexander’s terminology! For more info on Jeffrey, Google “Wily Jeffrey.”) And Missler’s scholarship is also questionable. According to the Los Angeles Times (July 30, 1992), about one-fourth of Missler’s 1992 book “The Magog Factor” (which he co-authored with Hal Lindsey) was a daring plagiarism of Dr. Edwin Yamauchi’s 1982 book “Foes from the Northern Frontier”! Four months later Yamauchi’s publisher revealed that both Lindsey and Missler had promised to stop all publishing of their book. But in 1995 they were found publishing “The Magog Invasion” (which was either a revision or a replacement of “The Magog Factor”) – which had a substantial amount of the same plagiarism! (Dave MacPherson’s 1998 book “The Three R’s” has complete documentation on this and other pretrib scandals.) After listing “1820″ as the reported date of the birth of pretrib (he should have said “1830″), Missler sees a pretrib rapture in that Medieval writer’s phrase “taken to the Lord” and, since he evidently favors rewriting others instead of researching, is unaware that Dr. Alexander explained that this phrase really means “participate at least in some measure in beatitude” – which has reference only to doing acts of virtue on earth and not being raptured away from earth! Alexander added that the same ancient writer held to only one final second coming (and not to any prior coming) which would follow the time of Antichrist! (Readers can Google “Deceiving and Being Deceived” by MacPherson to see how groundless the Pseudo-Ephraem claim is and to learn how desperate pretribs are to find any pre-1830 evidence for their escapist view. Dr. Robert Gundry of Westmont College has also demolished the Pseudo-Ephraem claim in his 1997 book “First the Antichrist.”) Since Missler also leans on Thomas Ice, readers can evaluate Ice’s qualifications by Googling “America’s Pretrib Rapture Traffickers,” “Thomas Ice (Bloopers),” “Thomas Ice (Hired Gun),” and “Pretrib Rapture Diehards” (the latter part). For further light on the 179-year-old, fringe-British-invented pretribulation theory, Google or Yahoo “Pretrib Rapture – Hidden Facts.” Finally – why would anyone who has the brains of a rocket scientist want to be taken up with the concept of an any-moment pretrib rapture? The answer may well be that there’s more money in elevating a rapture than launching a rocket!

Once you’re in hell, you can’t get out!

Dear Jesus (Isa), help us ASAP.

Adnan

Just some stupid canadian!??!?!

Keep them coming!

EJR

i find it troubling that for all the votes cast by dr paul against patriot act to spare YOUR freedom, consistently against the wars in iraq, afghanistan and their funding. his constant pleas to keep the fed in check to safeguard YOUR hard EARNED money, his stance against the war on drugs and his major opposition to corporate influence in washington & vice versa. all this along with his courage to stand up in the face of enormous negative public opinion to inform the US public on their unjust foreign policy.

to be fair, many (and you are probably one of these) oppose his stance on healthcare, abortion, gun control, conservation and/or education. to some, his policies do not make any sense but at least he backs his views with reasoned argument. as someone who is pro-choice i understand this but he still makes compelling argument. i work in the medical field in the uk where i can assure you that all is not smelling of roses. to be fair our current system is better than the system in place in the US at the moment but it does have its major flaws (you cannot, with your views on sustainability, begin to imagine the waste).

so to the point. i too am a fan of kucinich but i think only RP is the only change agent who is looking at the root of the problem. there are many things that i dislike about kucinich though but i feel it immature to cast all his views to the ranks of the insane. ron paul has brought up some pertinant issues the likes of which the fox viewing nation were never likely to be made aware of. for this he deserves RESPECT, enough respect not to be mentioned in the same sentence as that twit MR 9-11.

personally i like ron paul because he understands that our problems with healthcare, environment, energy and education are by products of the artifiial stimulus govts throw at us to achieve economic growth. i also like him because by withdrawing us bases from the arabian peninsula he will stop ensuring the supply of oil which is the number one hindrance to market sourced, alternative energy solutions. he has time and again addressed the fact that americans live way beyond their means i think he is alone there.

i’ve included a small clip. might help to clarify my point of view

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iKgoekcY9A