Now completely revised and enlarged, using quotations from the NIV - John F. Walvoord's classic work on the Rapture! The Rapture Question examines the four views of the church's role in the tribulation: Partial Rapturism, Pretribulationism, Midtribulationism, and Posttribulationism, with the revised edition particularly discussing the current debate between pretribulationism and posttribulationism. In updating his work, the author also added treatments on the Rapture in the Gospels, in 1 Thessalonians 4, in 1 Thessalonians 5, in 2 Thessalonians, in 1 Corinthians, and in Revelation. A bibliography of current literature plus general and Scripture indexes are included. Table of Contents: Preface to the Second and First Edition; The Promise of His Coming; The Meaning of the Church: The Tribulation; The Historical and Hermeneutical Basis of Pretribulation; The Nature of the Tribulations; The Imminency of the Rapture; The Work of the Holy Spirit in this Age; The Necessity of Intervening Events; The Translation and the Second Coming Contrasted; The Partial Raption Theory; Midtribulations; Varieties of Posttribulationism; General Postrriublational Arguments; The Rapture in the Gospels; The Rapture in 1 Thess 4 and 5; The Rapture in the 2 Thess; The Rapture in 1 Corinthians; The Rapture in the Book of Revelation; 50 Arguments for Pretribulationism. Notes, Bibliography, Genearl Index; Scripture Index.
