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The Secret Rapture, Left Behind Theory, EXPOSED!
Any prominent Christian name prior to the 1800s didn't believe in the rapture, for it wasunheard of. This applies to Luther, Calvin, Wesley, Tyndale, Latimer, etc. etc. We willsee what did happen after
the 1800’s followed by my addendum?
Today there is a strong movement regarding the rapture of the Church that actuallybegan
with Hal Lindsey’s book;
The Late Great Planet Earth in 1970. Soon after, werefollowed by others in the Left Behind Theory regarding this secret rapture such as: TimLaHaye, John Walvoord, Thomas Ice, Jack Van Impe, Grant Jeffrey, John Hagee,Chuck Smith, or any other popular preachers, teachers and authors of the Left BehindTheory.It never applied to Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, William Tyndale, HughLatimer, etc. etc.The 1599 Geneva Bible was a veritable milestone in our spiritual heritage: it wasthe first study Bible; the first to assign chapter and verse numbers; the first to be printedin a portable and affordable edition. And it was the 1599 Geneva Bible that the Pilgrimsread as they arrived in the New World in 1620, deriving principles from its pages thathelped lay the foundation-stones of liberty in the western hemisphere.The Geneva Bible had notes of John Calvin, Luther, Zwingli, and the ProtestantReformation leaders. Many of these men were Calvinist. This was the Bible thatPocahontas read when she got saved. It has been over four hundred years since thisedition of the Geneva Bible was first printed. Now you can own a piece of this history ofGod's Word.
There is no mention of a “secret rapture?”
Many books today are written about this “secret rapture?” Be careful with these modern
footnotes found today from these Study Bibles. These footnotes are not inspired byGod. These footnotes may be deceiving? Be caution and careful on what you read.
Those denominations who do not believe in “The Secret Rapture” and “Left Behind
Theory are mentioned: Seventh Day Adventist, The Churches of God, Methodist andothers, but is strongly held especially among the Calvinist Baptist, Southern Baptist andthe Independent Baptist Churches.
The Dispensational Origins of Modern Premillennialism
By Jack Van Deventer
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The twentieth century has seen a dramatic paradigm shift inprophetic perspectives, first away from and now back toward itshistoric roots. This shift away from historic Christianity stemmedfrom a novel approach to Bible interpretation calledDispensationalism which was developed in the 1830s, andpopularized with the 1909 publication of the Scofield ReferenceBible. Dispensationalism, with its unique brand ofpremillennialism, has been thoroughly pervasive, beingprominent in many churches, in bookstores, and among radioBible teachers.The distinguishing features of Dispensationalism are a rigidlyapplied literalism in the interpretation of Scripture, acompartmentalization of Scripture into "dispensations," and adichotomy between Israel and the Church. Dispensationalistsbelieve "this present world system . . . is now controlled bySatan" (not by God) and will end in failure and apostasy.Dispensational Premillennialist claim that their unique doctrines have been held sincethe early church, but these claims have been soundly refuted. Far from being thehistoric position of the church, premillennialism was described in 1813 by David Bogueas an oddity of Church history. Postmillennialism was the dominant eschatology fromthe Reformation until at least 1859.The doctrine of a secret rapture was first conceived by John Nelson Darby of thePlymouth Brethren in 1827. Darby, known as the father of dispensationalism, inventedthe doctrine claiming there were not one, but two "second comings."This teaching was immediately challenged as unbiblical by other members of theBrethren. Samuel P. Tregelles, a noted biblical scholar, rejected Darby's newinterpretation as the "height of speculative nonsense." So tenuous was Darby's rapturetheory that he had lingering doubts about it as late as 1843, and possibly 1845. Anothermember of the Plymouth Brethren, B.W. Newton, disputed Darby's new doctrineclaiming such a conclusion was only possible if one declared certain passages to be"renounced as not properly ours."Sandeen writes; "this is precisely what Darby was prepared to do. Too traditional toadmit that biblical authors might have contradicted each other, and too rationalist toadmit that the prophetic maze defied penetration, Darby attempted a resolution of hisexegetical dilemma by distinguishing between Scripture intended for the Church andScripture intended for Israel. . . . Darby's difficulty was solved by assuming that theGospels were addressed partly to Jews and partly to Christians."Thus, the doctrine of the separation of Israel and the Church, the foundation ofdispensationalism, was born out of Darby's attempt to justify his newly fabricatedrapture theory with the Bible. Dispensationalists believed justification for carving up the
John Nelson Darby
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Scriptures came from 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) "rightly dividing the word of truth."Subsequent dispensationalists divided the Scriptures in terms of categories of people:Jews, Gentiles, and Christians. Lewis Sperry Chafer, founder of Dallas TheologicalSeminary, taught that the only Scriptures addressed specifically to Christians were thegospel of John, Acts, and the Epistles! Pettengill taught that the Great Commission wasfor the Jews only.Scofield taught that the Lord's Prayer was a Jewish prayer and ought not be recited byChristians. Along with much of the New Testament, the Old Testament was describedas "not for today." Ryrie dismissed the validity of the Old Testament commands to non-Jews because "the law was never given to Gentiles and is expressly done away for theChristian." Christians were even mocked as legalists for believing in the TenCommandments! As other critics have observed, this segmentation of the Bible makesdispensationalism a Christianized version of cultural relativism.Snowden and others traced the rise of modern premillennialism to a variety of religioussplinter groups: the Plymouth Brethren (developed dispensationalism), the Millerites(became the Adventists), Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Pentecostals.Dispensational premillennialism was marketed the same way as the cultic groups.The Seventh Day Adventist, Church of God, Methodist and other denominations, did not
teach about such a “secret rapture?”
As you can see as you read along, it was mostlyamong the Calvinist Baptist.First, historic Christianity was discredited by the claim that all the prominentcommentaries, all the church fathers, and even the Reformers were deluded by "man-made doctrines." Second, new revelation was claimed. Darby claimed to have received"new truth" or at other times "rediscovered truth" that had been lost since the apostles.Third, enthusiasm was whipped up on the pretense that Christ's coming was imminent.Frequent false predictions did not seem to deter this enthusiasm.Snowden cited increasing prophetic fervor in the early 1900's rising from (1) a "freshinterest and zeal" in interpreting the "signs of the times," (2) the Great War (WWI) whichstarted a wave of prophetic speculation, and (3) "the fall of Jerusalem out ofMohammedan into Christian hands [which] has whipped the millennarian imagination upto its highest pitch of foresight and prognostication." This background explains thewidespread popularity of the Scofield Reference Bible, published in 1909, which had adramatic influence in spreading dispensationalism. Many well-known scholars warnedthat the teachings of dispensationalism were "unscriptural" (Spurgeon), "heterodox"(Dabney), "bizarre doctrine" and "grievous error" (Warfield), but the warnings wentlargely unheeded.Today, dispensationalism is in a theological turmoil, having declined sharply since the1970's because of mounting criticism. Grenz notes, "Dispensationalism today is in astate of fluidity. No longer are the rigid distinctive of the past held to with unswervingcertainty. Many progressive dispensationalists are no longer certain as to exactly what
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