During World War 2 Corrie Ten Boom and her family were arrested by the Germans for the crime of helping Jewish people hide. She was sent to a concentration camp and endured great hardships, but she survived.
In 1974 Corrie Ten Boom wrote the letter shown below to warn Christians about the false teaching of the pre-tribulation rapture. This teaching is very popular in America, even though there is no scriptural basis for it. Many believers have bought into it because they have heard it taught by their pastor or by other Christian leaders, but we must study the scriptures for ourselves.
God has promised to deliver His people from the wrath of God, which will be poured out near the end of the seven-year tribulation period. However, there is a big difference between the persecution of Christians and the wrath of God. God never promised us that we would be protected from persecution. In fact, He promised us we would be persecuted just as Jesus was also persecuted.
The pre-tribulation rapture is a dangerous teaching because it will cause believers to be confused and even abandon their faith when they see tremendous persecution coming upon them during the tribulation. Many will fall away at that time, which is also foretold in the Bible. It is called the apostasy. I am posting Corrie Ten Boom’s letter to help warn people while there is still time.
CORRIE TEN BOOM’S RAPTURE WARNING:
The world is deathly ill. It is dying. The Great Physician has already signed the death certificate. Yet there is still a great work for Christians to do. They are to be streams of living water, channels of mercy to those who are still in the world. It is possible for them to do this because they are overcomers.
Christians are ambassadors for Christ. They are representatives from Heaven to this dying world. And because of our presence here, things will change.
My sister, Betsy, and I were in the Nazi concentration camp at Ravensbruck because we committed the crime of loving Jews. Seven hundred of us from Holland, France, Russia, Poland and Belgium were herded into a room built for two hundred. As far as I knew, Betsy and I were the only two representatives of Heaven in that room.
We may have been the Lord’s only representatives in that place of hatred, yet because of our presence there, things changed. Jesus said, “In the world you shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33) We too, are to be overcomers – bringing the light of Jesus into a world filled with darkness and hate.
Sometimes I get frightened as I read the Bible, and as I look in this world and see all of the tribulation and persecution promised by the Bible coming true. Now I can tell you, though, if you too are afraid, that I have just read the last pages. I can now come to shouting “Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” for I have found where it is written that Jesus said,
“He that overcomes shall inherit all things: and I will be His God, and he shall be My son.” (Revelation 21:7)
This is the future and hope of this world. Not that the world will survive – but that we shall be overcomers in the midst of a dying world.
Betsy and I, in the concentration camp, prayed that God would heal Betsy who was so weak and sick.
“Yes, the Lord will heal me,” Betsy said with confidence.
She died the next day and I could not understand it. They laid her thin body on the concrete floor along with all the other corpses of the women who died that day.
It was hard for me to understand, to believe that God had a purpose for all that. Yet because of Betsy’s death, today I am traveling all over the world telling people about Jesus.
There are some among us teaching there will be no tribulation, that the Christians will be able to escape all this. These are the false teachers that Jesus was warning us to expect in the latter days. Most of them have little knowledge of what is already going on across the world. I have been in countries where the saints are already suffering terrible persecution.
In China, the Christians were told, “Don’t worry, before the tribulation comes you will be translated – raptured.” Then came a terrible persecution. Millions of Christians were tortured to death. Later I heard a Bishop from China say, sadly,
“We have failed. We should have made the people strong for persecution, rather than telling them Jesus would come first. Tell the people how to be strong in times of persecution, how to stand when the tribulation comes, to stand and not faint.”
I feel I have a divine mandate to go and tell the people of this world that it is possible to be strong in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are in training for the tribulation, but more than sixty percent of the Body of Christ across the world has already entered into the tribulation. There is no way to escape it. We are next.
Since I have already gone through prison for Jesus’ sake, and since I met the Bishop in China, now every time I read a good Bible text I think, “Hey, I can use that in the time of tribulation.” Then I write it down and learn it by heart.
When I was in the concentration camp, a camp where only twenty percent of the women came out alive, we tried to cheer each other up by saying, “Nothing could be any worse than today.” But we would find the next day was even worse. During this time a Bible verse that I had committed to memory gave me great hope and joy.
If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:14-15)
I found myself saying, “Hallelujah! Because I am suffering (for the name of Christ), Jesus is glorified!”
In America, the churches sing, “Let the congregation escape tribulation”, but in China and Africa the tribulation has already arrived. This last year alone more than two hundred thousand Christians were martyred in Africa. Now things like that never get into the newspapers because they cause bad political relations. But I know. I have been there. We need to think about that when we sit down in our nice houses with our nice clothes to eat our steak dinners. Many, many members of the Body of Christ are being tortured to death at this very moment, yet we continue right on as though we are all going to escape the tribulation.
Several years ago I was in Africa in a nation where a new government had come into power. The first night I was there some of the Christians were commanded to come to the police station to register. When they arrived they were arrested and that same night they were executed. The next day the same thing happened with other Christians. The third day it was the same. All the Christians in the district were being systematically murdered.
The fourth day I was to speak in a little church. The people came, but they were filled with fear and tension. All during the service they were looking at each other, their eyes asking, “Will this one I am sitting beside be the next one killed? Will I be the next one?”
The room was hot and stuffy with insects that came through the screenless windows and swirled around the naked bulbs over the bare wooden benches. I told them a story out of my childhood.
“When I was a little girl, I went to my father and said, “Daddy, I am afraid that I will never be strong enough to be a martyr for Jesus Christ.”
“Tell me,” said Father, “When you take a train trip to Amsterdam, when do I give you the money for the ticket? Three weeks before?”
“No, Daddy, you give me the money for the ticket just before we get on the train.”
“That is right,” my father said, “and so it is with God’s strength. Our Father in Heaven knows when you will need the strength to be a martyr for Jesus Christ. He will supply all you need, just in time.”
My African friends were nodding and smiling. Suddenly a spirit of joy descended upon that church and the people began singing, “In the sweet, by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore.”
Later that week, half the congregation of that church was executed. I heard later that the other half was killed some months ago.
But I must tell you something. I was so happy that the Lord used me to encourage these people, for unlike many of their leaders, I had the word of God. I had been to the Bible and discovered that Jesus said He had not only overcome the world, but to all those who remained faithful to the end, He would give a crown of life.
How can we get ready for the persecution?
First we need to feed on the Word of God, digest it, and make it a part of our being. This will mean disciplined Bible study each day as we not only memorize long passages of scripture, but put the principles to work in our lives.
Next we need to develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Not just the Jesus of yesterday, the Jesus of History, but the life-changing Jesus of today who is still alive and sitting at the right hand of God.
We must be filled with the Holy Spirit. This is not an optional command of the Bible, it is absolutely necessary. Those earthly disciples could never have stood up under the persecution of the Jews and Romans had they not waited for Pentecost. Each of us needs our own personal Pentecost, the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We will never be able to stand in the tribulation without it.
In the coming persecution we must be ready to help each other and encourage each other. But we must not wait until the tribulation comes before starting. The fruit of the Spirit should be the dominant force of every Christian’s life.
Many are fearful of the coming tribulation. They want to run. I, too, am a little bit afraid when I think that after all my eighty years, including the horrible Nazi concentration camp that I might have to go through the tribulation also. But then I read the Bible and I am glad.
When I am weak, then I shall be strong, the Bible says. Betsy and I were prisoners for the Lord, we were so weak, but we got power because the Holy Spirit was on us. That mighty inner strengthening of the Holy Spirit helped us through. No, you will not be strong in yourself when the tribulation comes. Rather, you will be strong in the power of Him who will not forsake you. For seventy-six years I have known the Lord Jesus and not once has He ever left me, or let me down.
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. (Job 13:15)
I know that to all who overcome, He shall give the crown of life. Hallelujah!
– Corrie Ten Boom – 1974
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Thank you for posting this article. All my life I have heard churches talking about how they were looking forward to the rapture, but when I became a Christian in 1994 and started reading the Bible I realized that I couldn’t find the rapture mentioned anywhere. It’s something I’ve struggled with as a believer for almost 25 years and have always felt that it wasn’t biblical. I see what is happening in the world today and truly believe that the tribulation that is spoken of in Revelation is coming soon and that I will see it in my lifetime. I have to be honest and say that it scares me because in my heart I know we will not be rescued from it as the believers in rapture say but also know that as long as I stay faithful to God’s word that he will get me through it just as Corrie Ten Boom said.
The righteous have nothing to fear in what is coming upon the earth in these last days because God’s wrath is not directed at them. The safest place to be is right with Him. He is able to keep the righteous, even in times of great trouble all around.
Most English Bible translations do not include the word ‘rapture’, but the same idea is communicated with different words, such as caught up, gathered together, or taken away. The English translation comes from the original Hebrew and Greek, so the main thing is to understand the original meaning, regardless of the exact choice of words used in the translation.
The Koine Greek of 1 Thessalonians 4:17 uses the verb form ἁρπαγησόμεθα (harpagisometha), which means “we shall be caught up” or “taken away”, with the connotation that this is a sudden event. That is the rapture. It is found in many scripture passages, including these: Daniel 12:1-4, Matthew 24:15-44, 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10, and Revelation 7:14.
James,
Precious is in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Lots of contradictory posts on this website (not comments). I am not sure as to why you are posting the above article if you do not believe in the theology of it, that there is NO rapture? Why not put up a believe statement some where on your site?
I personally find this site to be completely confusing (academic background is theology).
Not sure where you got the idea that I don’t believe in the rapture. You might be interested in reading more posts in our rapture category.
https://z3news.com/w/category/prophecies/rapture/
The main thing that’s missing from Biblical interpretation is the use of context. There is always a “who, what and a where” to consider. We generally use neither. When dealing with so call end times interpretations we fail to see that it always refers to the Jews during the time of Jesus Christ. Jesus specifically said, “this generation”, not future generations. Jesus also said that the destruction of the temple would be a marker as well.
The “what and where” is the judgement of Jerusalem, which was set up in Matthew 23 with a formal reading of the indictment. That judgement was dealing with the end of the age. That word in Greek is aion. That age was is referring to the end of the Old Covenant and the consummation of the New Covenant, not the annihilation of the dirt that we stand on. We must also consider how the Jews used words and phrases. The example that I want to point to is, God destroyed the world with water. How was the world destroyed, but life continued? Hebrew lays this out in fine detail, where it speaks of a new will and testament cannot be enforced until the testator has passed away, referring to the Old Covenant. The Old Covenant rites are not authorize outside of the temple in Jerusalem, therefore it is effectively over, and there are no prophecies of a third temple. To use the millennium framework as a starting point is an endless rabbit trail of speculation. The transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant is the Biblical frame work to have a meaningful discussion on this topic.
I have always steered toward Pre tribulation, but in believing this view Doesn’t alleviate those who are in Christ from the persecution against the church in 1 Peter 2:21-22 KJVS it says
[21] For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: [22] Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth
[23] Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
If Jesus had to face the onslaught of hatred toward Himself, to where they beat him and opened his flesh the bible says like a ploughed field, even unto death, then how do we think that the Christian life will exempt us from going through tribulation. Most if not all of the disciples were killed in a inhumane way for their walk with the lord. In saying this I certainly don’t desire to face any tribulation, but as you become more intimate with the lord, you will become less concerned of the darkness that’s covering the earth. Always be reminded that the greatest factor in it all is that God knows what he is doing, and those who are His people will overcome, not by their own power, but by the Spirit of God. Psalm 91 is a great psalm for those who choose the secret place of the most high, there is total victory in Him.
I respect Ms Boom’s opinion, but that is what it is opinion. RIP and I will see you in the rapture!!
An excellent article by a hero of the Faith, but in the end, I am still not clear on whether she held to a pre-trib rapture position. Surely she had an opinion on the timing of the rapture. Did she not attend a Baptist type church while in the US?
She strongly opposed the pre-trib rapture teaching, which was why she wrote this letter.
As lovely a Christian as she was, and as hard a life that Miss Ten Boom endured in the camps, we are not bound to believe her interpretation of prophetic Scripture. She was raised under the reserve of the teachings of Covenant teachers and theologians. She was notexposed to the depths of the clear teachings on the Pre-Tribulation Rapture found in I Corinthians 15, and II Thessalonians. She was not taught the timelines of the Book of Daniel.
Covenant theology and its Amillennial orientation based on the presupposition that Scripture is interpretable under the guise of at-will symbolism and figures of speech when not warrant rather than the grammatical and historical meaning of the words.
It is no wonder that she came to her conclusions. We can read Miss Ten Boom’s biography and her writings and learn much and be inspired by them. We must come to a reserve in her writings on prophecy for the reasons I’ve stated.
God bless.
Actually, the scriptures back up her view 100%, as did her life.
Very true, as I have been reading her book, not yet understanding the pain she must have felt seeing Bestsie suffer.
Covenant theology? Really? Do they not espouse replacement theology?
Jim Porter Sr, Ms Ten Boom is entirely correct…if you read the scriptures 1st Corinthians 15:50-57, Matthew 24, Daniel chapters 7-9, as well as 1st Thessalonians 4, 2cd Thessalonians 2, as well as Revelation chapters 12 and 16, then read chapter 20:1-7 but the whole chapter is remarkable and show there is ONLY ONE resurrection (rapture) and that it is at the END of the Tribulation period when the last trump sounds….we are about to hear the 6th trumpet sound for it is going to be WW3….make no mistake—the 1st 5 have already sounded…..Jill
Just came across this post. Please share with me the 5 trumps. I’ve tried to share with people what the scriptures show in 1 Cor. 15- at the last trump-most just scoff at me. I began a more in depth after hearing this weekend that nobody who has heard about Christ pre-trib-will be saved during the trib. Said they will be damned…shocked my socks off. I’ve not believed in rapture since 1st hearing of it when first saved. Asked the Lord if it was true to leave me behind. He has schooled me well since, but still have many pondering. And now, in our new presidency and friendship finally, with Israel, and with Christians being beheaded and killed for loving and being faithful to Christ, it is more important than ever to be so thoroughly grounded.
What insight! The Bible is so clear that there is no pre-trib rapture that I am forever surprised why so many people believe in it.
Explain Revelation 4:1??????
Revelation chapter 4 clearly states for John to be shown as to what is to come…..it has nothing to do with the “rapture” of the church…if you read the rest of the chapter you will see that….dont do yourself a grave disservice by cherry picking scriptures
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BREAKING NEWS: The producers of the “Left Behind” movie have announced that the 98th sequel of it is scheduled to come out two weeks before the end of the Great Tribulation – in time to make “imminence” finally believable. (Just kidding. But the next sequel really and truly is set for a mid-2016 appearance!)
Seriously, if you want the real skinny on “Left Behind” mania, Google “Prof. Wm. L. Craig Leaves Tim LaHaye Behind,” “LaHaye’s Temperament,” “Pretrib Rapture Pride,” “Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty,” “Pretrib Hypocrisy,” “Scholars Weigh My Research,” and (for dessert) “Treena Gisborn (Facebook).”
Of course there is a rapture. Jesus, Paul, and Peter all preached the snatching away. Please re read your Bible from beginning to end and it will become clear.
The holy Bible contains Jesus Christ’s teaching on tribulation in the End times. Nowhere is rapture mentioned. The King James version is missing 7 full books of the Old Testament and various changes to the New Testament.This is the cause of many disputes and wars to divide Christians. One can say that Satan uses this to divide. He is afterall the Great Deciever. The KJ version is several hundred years old in the midst of the dark ages. That could be the clue many Christians should study. This is a war on the soul, The Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, and God himself. Satan must divide Christians in order to create mass destuction. Our war is not of the flesh, it is a war between God and all that is good and Satan who represents all that is evil. We are the soldiers who must choose which side we belong to.
The rapture is mentioned throughout the Bible. Here are a few examples: Daniel 12:1-4, Matthew 24:15-44, 1 Corinthians 15:51-57, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10, Revelation 7:14.
Not one of those verses speaks of a rapture. 1 Thess teaches us that we will meet Him in the air and will be with Him forever. That shoots down the false teaching of an earthly reign.
Meeting the Lord in the air is the rapture. Being with the Lord does not disprove reigning with Him on earth because that is where He will be and it says we will be with Him.
not if , but when .
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Pretrib Rapture – how WHAT becomes WHEN
Certain rapture verses in the Bible are a WHATers paradise!
WHATers can dazzle their audience with a lot of WHAT WHAT WHAT between Gen. 1:1 and Rev. 22:21 and, while you’re not noticing, quickly sneak in their own WHEN of the rapture and ignore the Bible’s WHEN!
WHATers read all of the WHAT details in I Thess. 4:13-18, emphasize the “comfort one another” at the end, and say something like “What a comforting thought that the rapture can happen at any moment BEFORE the tribulation!”
They often add: “It wouldn’t be comforting if we had to face the Antichrist.” (Maybe they believe a lighthouse wouldn’t be comforting to sailors on a dark, stormy night but only when the sun is shining!)
WHATers avoid the next chapter (I Thess. 5) which says that the rapture’s “times and seasons” happen WHEN “sudden destruction” (the “destruction” part of the “day of the Lord”) happens.
(How can the wicked be destroyed before, or during, the time of their tribulational “reign”? Even their leader, the Antichrist, isn’t destroyed until the trib’s end!)
Now look at I Cor. 15:51-54. WHATers have a blast with the first half. They dwell on “mystery,” read “in a moment” as if it really means “AT ANY MOMENT,” spend an inordinate amount of time explaining how fast the “twinkling of an eye” is, and try to prove that “last” (in “the last trump”) doesn’t really mean “last”!
Seldom do WHATers dare to reveal WHEN we are changed into immortal bodies – but verse 54 dares to when it says our rapturous change occurs WHEN WHEN WHEN “Death is swallowed up” (same as “ended”).
Obviously the trib’s time of death can’t be ended before, or even during, the trib!
And WHATers don’t want you to realize that the “Death” quote is a paraphrase of Isa. 25:8 which even Scofield etc. agree is in a posttrib setting!
II Thess. 1:6-10 is further proof that our rapture (“rest” in vs. 7) happens WHEN the wicked are destroyed – and not several years ahead of time!
And Acts 2:34-35 and Acts 3:21 declare that Christ must stay in heaven UNTIL He comes down to earth to destroy the wicked (make them His “footstool”) and restore “all things” – so how can He leave heaven ahead of time for a pretrib rapture?
II Tim. 3:14 says we should “vet” our teachers (“knowing of whom thou hast learned them”). You can do this if you Google or Yahoo “Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty” and “Left Behind or Led Astray?” (on You Tube).
What I’m wondering is this: WHEN will everyone wake up and realize that a lot of WHAT will never take the place of WHEN?
Thank you James for this piece. I understand how hard it is to help the North American Christian to understand that their comfort zone is about to be disrupted. And those who, when they do understand, think that buying guns is how they can protect themselves and belongings. I pray that our faith will not fail us in our day of testing.
Corrie ten Boom is a saint, but a flawed one. She was made a little lower than the angels and in this matter of the pre tribulation rapture she was mistaken and greatly so. You perpetuate her error with your posts. Here is a link that goes into some depth on these matters. http://www.intouch.org/read/understanding-the-end-times-the-rapture While the word rapture does not appear in Scripture the truth of it does. Thank God for that teaching.
Hi I am Dutch and Corrie ten Boom is Dutch. She started to preach speak and write in Dutch and after that in English but she has more books in Dutch (as far as I know). I can say that we use in Dutch the name Betsie (for Elizabeth) and Betsy is the English form of it.
Also I have seen preachings in Dutch of her (I found them on Youtube) in Dutch she is mentioning the same as is mentioned here in this article. I looked now on internet and found this talking from her it does start right were she says something about it in English: https://youtu.be/dl181EUC-2k?t=2m9s
Here in Dutch a preaching of her partly translated by me written down right under the link: https://youtu.be/coJNLjyDuOY
Corrie ten Boom: It can make me afraid sometimes when I read in the bible what will happen before the return of Jesus Christ. This week I suddenly did think about when I was very little, at that time I said to my father: “Dad I will never be strong enough to suffer for my Lord Jesus. To be a martyr for the Lord Jesus. I will never be strong enough.” And than father said to me “Correman, when you go from Haarlem to Amsterdam, when do I give you your train ticket, 3 weeks before it?” “No daddy, the day that I go and travel” Exactly, said my father, and that is what the Lord will do. Today you don’t need it to be strong to suffer for the Lord Jesus, to be a martyr. But when you ever will be honored to suffer for Jesus than the Lord will give you your ‘train ticket’ right on time” Etc….
l am raised in a small pentecostal church and very familiar with Corrie ten Boom but raised with strong pre-trib arguments. God opened my eyes in 2010 that He will not come and get us before the tribulation. This is the verse He used (emphasis from me):
2 Thess 2:3 But don’t be fooled! People will rebel against God. Then BEFORE the Lord returns, the wicked one who is doomed to be destroyed WILL APPEAR.
This means that the wicked one will be on stage. We would not see a baby anti-christ appear we will see an anti-christ building his kingdom. And that will mean tribulation. But – when darkness will grow – so also the LIGHT will shine brighter.
Thanks for explaining that!
Thank you James for this post and the copy of Corrie’s letter. I have always wondered why, if the pre-tribulation teaching was correct, do those teaching it have to stretch so far to find scripture to back their position and the scripture that has always been presented to me has never made sense, especially when Jesus spells it out so clearly in Matthew 24:3-14.
When I was a little girl growing up in a non-denominational church it felt like the church would try to “scare” you into accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior by showing the original “Left Behind” movie, and telling you if you were still here when it all started then you will know you weren’t actually saved…the nightmares after that movie haunted me for many years. Thankfully their teaching didn’t scare me away from Christianity and I began reading the Bible, and praying for discernment and digging deeper into God’s word for the answers instead of listening to men.
Sam Wellman’s book is a secondary source. What does Mr. Wellman’s indicate as the primary source for this letter?
Sam Wellman’s book has nothing to do with her letter because her letter did not come from his book. They are two separate documents.
karen, and too many christians are placing their faith in the rapture rather than placing their faith and trust in jesus. in fact many have made this an idol and you know what the b ible says about worshipping idols.
many are going to be very disappointed when the rapture doesnt occur as we have been told it would.
not only that one needs to determine actually who the bride is – is it the church, israel?? if one takes the time to read what is said in rev it says the word “invited”. a bride is not invited to her wedding. further the bride is clearly identified in revelation – it is the new jerusalem. the new jerusalem comes down from heaven – it comes to us not the other way around. see rev 21
ive read almost everything corrie wrote – discovered her 40 years ago – and she like wilkerson are probably the most genuine preachers this side of the resurrection
One last question James. You said you read the book called “Corrie Ten Boom” , can you give me the whole title? The only book I can find titled just by her name says “Corrie Ten Boom : her story”, but that book is 3 books put into 1, one of which includes “The Hiding Place” (which is her very first book). I’d like to read for myself where you took this excerpt from. I like to know why I know what I know, not just taking people at their word-no offense.
The book I have shows the title, “Corrie Ten Boom” with a small subtitle, “Heroine of Haarlem.” The author is Sam Wellman. The quote is from page 25. The publisher is Barbour Books.
Jesus gives us a timeline of the end times in Matthew 24:3-31, where He clearly puts the “gathering of the Elect” after the Tribulation.
Be very careful in calling Jesus a liar (or picking and choosing Scripture to he same effect)!
I agree with you Glenn. Jesus stated it clearly and other scriptures agree with what he said. Corrie Ten Boom also agrees with you. So I am assuming your comments are directed at someone else?
First off James you seem very defensive in your reply to me. I’m encouraging you to check facts and sources.
The book was in fact written by Corrie Ten Boom AND John and Elizabeth Sherrill TOGETHER (I didn’t think I needed to tell you that she had help co-writing the book. Most people that write biographies get help from authors). You stated she did not write the book. And since she did it fact write the book, she would have spelled her sister Betsie’s name correctly (also never referred to as Elizabeth in Corrie’s book, only Betsie) or at least the same as she had in the book. I’m just questioning whether or not Corrie actually wrote the above things that you so confidently stated she wrote.
On page 28 Corrie and her mom went to visit a mom who had just lost her baby. Corrie came to a realization that death could happen to her “Mama, to Father, to Betsie!” That night her father comes to tuck her in… The excerpt from the book word for word on page 29 is this “but that night as he stepped through the door I burst into tears. ‘I need you!’ I sobbed. ‘You can’t die! You can’t!’
Beside me on the bed Nollie sat up. ‘We went to see Mrs. Hoog,’ she explained. ‘Corrie didn’t eat her supper or anything.’
Father sat down on the edge of the narrow bed.’Corrie,’ he began gently, ‘when you and I go to Amsterdam-when do I give you the ticket?’
I sniffed a few times, considering this.
‘Why, just before we get on the train.’
‘Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we’re going to need things, too. Don’t run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes that some of us will have to die, you will look into your heart and find the strength you need-just in time.'”
I just don’t see how you got this excerpt (quoted word for word below from the article above) …out of the word for word I took out of her very own book? You must see it’s not the same. The one you posted reads into it quite deep. You are saying she feared her own death, where did you get that conclusion from? She feared losing the people she loved and again I tell you that quite clearly from the excerpt of her book. Her father tells her to trust her Heavenly Father, because He knows best, just like she trusts her earthly one with her train ticket and the “timing” of when to give it to her.
“When I was a little girl, I went to my father and said, “Daddy, I am afraid that I will never be strong enough to be a martyr for Jesus Christ.”
“Tell me,” said Father, “When you take a train trip to Amsterdam, when do I give you the money for the ticket? Three weeks before?”
“No, Daddy, you give me the money for the ticket just before we get on the train.”
“That is right,” my father said, “and so it is with God’s strength. Our Father in Heaven knows when you will need the strength to be a martyr for Jesus Christ. He will supply all you need, just in time.”
I’m just merely suggesting you check your sources. I’m not saying I disagree with your entire post.
I pray you read this with the same heart in which this reply is written-out of love.
You raised very specific questions about the credibility of her letter, which requires very specific details to answer your questions. That is why I quoted her account of the story of the train tickets. I quoted directly from a book called “Corrie Ten Boom,” which tells the same story about the train tickets that you quoted from her other book, “The Hiding Place”. I do not have a copy of that book, so I quoted from the book I have, which should work fine since it is the same person telling the same story. She had help from co-authors for both books probably because English was not her native language. I think the direct quote that I already posted clearly proves my point so I don’t see any reason for repeating it again. All we have to go by is the quotes from her books and letters. We cannot ask her because she is in heaven now. So any unanswered questions will likely stay unanswered for now.
Corrie Ten Boom is NOT False Teacher…She never taught this Pre-Tribulation…All taught bout how to forgive her enemies such as the Nazi Guard…her beat her when she trying protect her sister Betsie. The Nazi Guard saw her at one of her meetings and she ask Can You Forgive Me? she had accepted Jesus…she told by God to ask Corrie Ten Boom’s Forgiveness. She taught love your enemies and to rescue God’s people the Jews.
The total destruction of Babylon is on the seven bowl of God’s wrath according to the scriptures, near the very end. Rapture will happen after that. God promises to save us from the wrath, may be not in the form of rapture the saints out of it, He has prepared an army of Angels to supernaturally protect us out of fire just like Daniel and his friend. By that time, I don’t think that many of us will be left, most of us already being presecuted in the fouth and fifth seal.
I don’t feel anyone arrogant. It’s healthy debate to find out the timing so we know how to prepare.
It’s normal, health debates in order to find the truth, piece puzzles together so we see the whole picture, I don’t feel anyone arrogant. To find out the timing is to know how to prepare, we are responsible people.
Obviously none of you have it figured out. And those of you that think you do sound so arrogant. I’m sick of this debate. Just continue to follow Jesus. He will be the same no matter if we are raptured or not. Her encouragement is excellent. None of us here have ever been persecuted to the extent she has or many of our brothers and sisters have – as we sit comfortably behind our computers and or cell phones debating the rapture. How ridiculous we are. This is one of those times we should shut up, sit down and take notes. Listen to the older saints who have been used mightily of God. I have been encouraged by her words today. I will not go around believing all is wonderful because I will be raptured. I want to be a Christian ready for whatever comes. If I’m raptured GREAT. If not, I want to remain faithful.
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The Anti Christ will come to power (Be revealed, as Paul puts it) Only after the church is raptured. This is the beginning not the middle. Paul States he cannot be revealed until what is with holding is taken out of the way. He will not come to power in the middle of the 7 years, he is already in power when he breaks his 7 year traty with Israel in 3 -1/2 years. Thus the beginning of the great Tribulation. The first 3 -1/2 years is called the Tribulation. The Anti Christ is reigning already at the beginning of the Tribulation, as soon as the church is gone.
Actually you stated the exact opposite of what Paul stated in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4. Paul clearly states the rapture will not happen until after the man of lawlessness takes his seat in the temple, which is when he is revealed. Here is the passage: “Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so- called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” Daniel 9:27 clearly states this event happens in the middle of the week, which is the middle of the seven-year period. You are correct that he will have already been in power for 42 months at that time. Darren, you did not reference one scripture to support your views, which is the only way you could hold onto your views because the Bible contradicts your views. Stick with the Bible and don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.
Thess. 5:16 says ..For the Lord himself shall decend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: ( WHICH TRUMP???? 1st? @nd? or LAST? )….Matthew 24: 29….Immediately ( before or after )the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened,……verse 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather……..
1 c0r. 15: 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the ( last ) trump: for the trump shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, …….
I cannot tell what point you are making, but Matthew 24:29 does not say “before or after”. It says after. 1 Corinthians 15:52 says the last trumpet, so I am not sure why you added parenthesis.
I will state that I will and pray for unity, understanding and sanctification by His truth for the entire body, The ONE church here in the earth. We have to weigh all things, and hold them to the standard of the word of God. We are to test every spirit, and every message or prophecy. I have a question for all who believe God has us destined to go through the 21 Judgements. We have re-labled the time of Jacobs Trouble, The Day of the Lord (HIS JUDGEMENT and Discipline) as “THE TRIBULATION” . Yes God’s word says we will face tribulation, and persecution. That some of us may be dragged before judges, and even killed for His name sake. Read Gen. 18 and 19. Abraham had a faith that pleased God. He knew God’s character well. As so should we. He knew it was out of God’s character to punish the righteous with the wicked in Sodom and Gommorah (spelling) The angel told Lot that he needed to hurry and leave, because they COULD NOT PROCEDE WITH THE PLANNED JUDGEMENT UNTIL HE WAS OUT OF THE WAY. OUR GOD NEVER CHANGES. PRAY AND ASK FOR UNDERSTANDING OF HIS WORD, OF HIS MYSTERIES.
The tribulation is 42 months of persecution and trouble, which as you stated we are promised we will endure those things. After the tribulation comes the rapture and the great tribulation, in which the wrath of God is poured out. So both you and Corrie Ten Boom are correct. We will endure the tribulation, but be delivered from the wrath of God.
I am sorry to inform what I found today. Not only do we have to go through tribulation, we also have to go through the wrath. Because the rapture won’t come until after the destruction of Babylon, which will happen in the seven bowl of God’s wrath. Read Rev 16: 19. Quote: “19 The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath” and Dumitru Duduman’s prophecy “The message for America” Quote “Over there they will make a treaty, and appoint the Russians as their leaders. They will then unite against Israel. When Israel realizes she does not have the strength of America behind her, she will be frightened. That’s when she will turn to the Messiah for deliverance. That’s when the Messiah will come. Then, the church will meet Jesus in the air, and he will bring them back with Him to the Mount of Olives. At that time, the battle of Armageddon will be fought.”
I was a pre-wrath believer, it is hard for me too. Right now, I feel I prefer martyred way before that time if this is in God’s will for me.
God has promised to deliver us from the wrath to come and reveals to us in many scriptures the timing of the rapture is before the wrath is poured out. My recent post shows this, “The Timing of the Rapture is Revealed by the Great Multitude.” You were right the first time so don’t be led astray. We must base our faith on the scriptures and nothing else.
Hi James, I believe in the point you are trying to make, I believe we will and are facing persecution. However I literally just finished reading “The Hiding Place” this week. It is the story written by Corrie Ten Boom herself. When I began your article I thought “that’s not how you spell ‘Betsy'”. Betsie was Corries sister, yet in the letter you posted how could she have misspelled her own sisters name? Also the story of the ticket was her father reassuring her to trust God, things happen in His time (found on page 28 & 29), because she had just seen a dead child and she was scared to lose her own parents and family. It had nothing to do with being a martyr. I would check that source again and maybe find a more accurate letter.
Actually her sister’s name was not Betsie or Betsy, but Elizabeth. Besides that, Corrie Ten Boom did not write the book. It was actually written by John and Elizabeth Sherrill. I doubt they were involved in writing this article, but considering that English was not Corrie’s native language she might have had someone else help her with that. So given the language barrier and different authors I am not too concerned about the spelling of her sister’s nickname. Regarding the story of the ticket, her book makes it clear her reason for asking her father was all about dying and not as you claimed about trusting in God. She clearly identified her reasons for her question was because she was afraid of both her own death and the death of her family members. For herself she does not explain what the cause of death might be, but for her mom and sister she explains they had been sick. Since she does not identify the threat to her own life it would be impossible to know she was not thinking of being killed for her faith, especially since so many others around her were being killed for their faith, including the Jewish people she was risking her life to protect. In fact, her circumstances show that martyrdom was the biggest threat to her own life at the time. The version in her book begins with the following, “Another time she told Papa she was not only afraid of dying, but she was afraid someone in the family would die. After all, Mama and Jans both were sick a lot. How could she bear such pain?” The book then continues with her father asking her the question about the train tickets. So I do not consider it any stretch to believe her perceived threat to her own life was being killed for her faith. I actually find it puzzling that you would even make the claim her question had nothing to do with fear of dying for her faith. The reason you stated was never mentioned by her. This is how rumors get started and once they are started they are very hard to stop.
Joshua Bittling, I recently heard a Pastor say the same thing. You can all stay here if you want, but when that trumpet sounds and the dead in Christ shall rise, I’m out of here.
James, God’s wrath will be the entire tribulation, not only the Great tribulation. For some reason, a lot of people think that the first three and a half years are going to be peaceful. I don’t know what is so peaceful about war and famine. You will be glad that we were taken out before God’s judgment. It’s going to be the worst time to live.
Karen, which verse states that “God’s wrath will be the entire tribulation”? You are correct that the first half of the 7 year period spoken of in the Book of Daniel will not be a peaceful time but I have not found anywhere in the Bible that states the entire 7 year period spoken in Daniel as the “Tribulation”. Man, NOT GOD or the Bible, had coined the name phrase “Tribulation Period” for this 7 year period. The ONLY place that mentions a time of tribulation in this 7 year period is in Matthew 24 or parallel passages (Olivet Discourse) when Jesus mentions there will be “Great Tribulation” AFTER the antichrist has been revealed. Jesus then goes on to say that this period will be cut short, the sun, moon, and stars will be darkened, then when you see this happen ” then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh…..Luke 21 parallel passage (Olivet Discourse).
Pre-Trib, Post-Trib, Mid-Trib, Pre-wrath…..all agree that the Old Testament prophets revealed that the “Day of the Lord” mentioned by them was referring to the “Wrath of God” that will come. In these passages, they mention that BEFORE the “Day of the Lord” (Gods wrath) the sun, moon, and stars will go dark. If that is the case, then Jesus state in the Olivet Discourse this will happen AFTER the Tribulation of those days.
Many Pre-Trib scholars today agree that the Pre-Trib theology was not taught by the early Church and was not introduced until around 1830’s or so. Research has been done to discover what exactly the early Church theology was on the timing of the rapture. I would highly suggest you research the origins of the “Pretribulation Rapture” theology.
Good research has been done by Alan Kurschner or Paul Dorgan on end times studies.
I wish you well and Blessings!
I totally agree with Darren Sluder. Too many Christians want to be here for the tribulation. They always say, I hope you pre-tribbers are correct. That is because they are not sure of what they believe. Over the years, I have heard good, solid teachings on the pre-trib rapture. I’ve yet to hear a good teaching on mid or post trib. Yes, we will go through persecution, but the tribulation will be a time like never seen on earth when God pours out His wrath. I am thankful that He will take us out of here. The tribulation is for those who have rejected Christ, not for the believer. Why does the Bible call the rapture OUR BLESSED HOPE , if we were going to be here to endure the tribulation? Satan has Christians so sifted on this issue and it’s because he hates the rapture and he knows his time is short.
Tribulation is already here for some, more than others. Jesus said look around you. The weather patterns have become terrific for some. God says one of the signs is, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the son of man. I believe this to be the beginings of sorrows, and tribulation.It eventually will effect all.
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I disagree with her point. I believe she is confusing men’s evil torture for the tribulation. The tribulation and the antichrist will make Hitler look like an alter boy. We will suffer persecution but not tribulation. We will not go through one part of Gods wrath. We are saved from Gods wrath. God saved those he found righteous. Noah and his family. Lot and his family. Remember what the angel told Lot. Go quickly for we cannot do anything until you are safely there. We will not go thru the tribulation. We will be safely raptures out prior to the outpouring of Gods wrath.
The Bible promises to deliver us from the wrath of God, but never promises to deliver us from persecution or tribulation, which is the Greek word thlipsis, which literally means pressure. In fact, the Bible promises us we will have both persecution and tribulation in this life. Jesus promised we would be persecuted in John 15:18-20 and again in John 21:18-19. He also promised we would have tribulation (thlipsis) in John 16:33. The Apostle Paul recorded all of the tribulations he endured in 1 Corinthians 4:11-12, 2 Corinthians 2:4, 6:4-10, 11:25-27, so it would be foolish for us to think we are somehow exempt from tribulation. History proves Christians have endured both persecution and tribulation from the beginning and continue to face these today. So it is important to understand what God has promised and what he has not promised. He has only promised to deliver us from the wrath of God, which is coming during the great tribulation. According to Jesus, the great tribulation begins after the son of perdition takes his seat in the temple, which is the abomination of desolation (Matthew 24:15-21). The Apostle Paul reveals the rapture will not happen until after this same event (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). Daniel reveals this event happens in the middle of the final seven-year period (Daniel 9:27). That means the rapture happens during the second half of the final seven-year period, which means believers are still on the earth during the first 42 months of the final seven-year period. During that time we will endure tribulation and many will fall away from the faith (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). So the idea that believers will not have to go through tribulation is not scriptural and contradicts historical facts, which is the point Corrie Ten Boom was making.
Being delivered doesn’t mean being removed from the earth…Noah, Daniel, etc….only in Christ will we be saved, delivered…..
Jesus said we would be caught up to meet Him in the air (Matthew 24:29-31). Paul said our mortal bodies would put on immortality (1 Corinthians 15:50-53). Both of those would qualify as being removed and delivered from the earth. However, we will be coming back.
Being delivered doesn’t mean being removed from the earth…Noah, Daniel, etc….only in Christ will we be saved, delivered…..at the last day
I came across something in my studies. When it says we will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:17), there is no mention of where we go afterward. It does say we will be with the Lord from then on, so many assume we just go with him to heaven. But I would like to suggest that assumption may be incorrect. In the other NT passages where this word “meet” is used (Matthew 25:1,6; Acts 28:15) it is used of someone who knows a friend or acquaintance is coming to their town or city, so they go out to meet that person in order to welcome them and escort them back to where they live. This is very clear in Acts 28:15-16 where people in Rome find out that Paul is coming to Rome, and they go out of the city to find him and welcome him to Rome. So even though there is no mention of where we will go when we are resurrected and meet the Lord in the clouds, based on these other uses of the word “meet,” I think the purpose may be to welcome him home and to escort him back to earth. Just something to think about as we all seek the truth.
Great point! I am inclined to agree with you. Debra Walker made a similar comment a while back and I have been thinking about it ever since. There will be a lot going on here at that time so it makes sense we would be needed here more than in heaven. Since the scripture does not say we go to heaven after the rapture I think it would be a mistake to make that assumption.
The Bible says, that Jesus is coming back for a church without spot or wrinkle. I don’t believe this involves all believers. There’s many carnal Christians. I have always believed even as a new surrendered believer in the 7o’s before I started listening to so much teaching, as I hungerly searched the scriptures, that as over comers, we would be filled with the Spirit, walking in the clouds,(so to speak) for above powers, and principalities of powers) and this would certainly include great tribulation!
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Just came across this conversation after a Sunday with television evangelist I like, and most of the 5 went into the rapture. I have never believed it, from a young woman newly minted by the Lord, but just to hear it so blatantly of late had me researching more. Found this site. My husband and I wonder at the wheat and fares. The tares are taken out first…and burned.
Elijah (2 Kings 2:11) and Enoch (Gen 5:24) were taken to immediately into heaven without dying and the are the only two people to experience such an event. This is also consistent with the event of the rapture.
The word tribulation means to be pressed into the oil, the anointing. We will need a much greater measure of the Holy Spirit to counteract the evil ahead. Matthew 25. Though evil is increasing, God will release the supernatural to protect some of us (Christians who will have their names written in the Book of Remembrance). The Feasts of Trumpets is also called Yom HaKeseh, which means The Hidden Day. The true righteous will be supernaturally hidden on the earth. The lukewarm believers will have a shock. The latter will be cut out of the covenant (this is what vomit out of the mouth means). Different things will happen to each group of Christians. It will all depend where we are respectively at in our relationship with Jesus. The barley harvest (those who are spirit-filled, the wise in Matt 25) the wheat harvest (the not quite ready, do not have enough anointing, they have a partial revelation of what is coming but love the Lord, the foolish in Matt 25), the grapes harvest (the ones who love the Lord but have no revelation and no anointing) are not the same. This article is right. Get your relationship with Jesus ready in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. This is a long bible study. I will stop here. With much love.
1 Cor. 15: 52 which trump is mentioned here??? It is KEY!
The answer is found in the verse you referenced. It says the last trumpet.
wrath of God and tribulation are two different things, Rev. 14 and 15 we see the words wrath poured out ect….and the reaping’s in ch 14 I believe happen after all the rest….
Although I respect Corrie Ten Boom very much, I think the Bible is very clear on a pre-trib rapture. We are not appointed unto wrath. The Bible also says to count it all worthy that you may escape the things that will come upon earth, which refers to the tribulation. Yes, we will suffer persecution, but we are spared from the 21 judgments which are during the 7 year tribulation. Many are confused because they think we are in the tribulation already because of the beheadings going on, etc. It is going to get a whole lot worse once the rapture occurs. We have no idea what it will be like. Even the Bible says that it will be the worst time to live. If anyone draws away from the faith because Jesus may tarry, then I question his/her commitment to God. If I had a choice, I will not accept the mark, but again, that comes out midway through the tribulation which we are not here for. For all those who do not believe in a pre-trib rapture, you will be glad that God took us out before He pours His wrath upon this world. Keep looking up everyone. We are about to go home.
You are confusing tribulation with the wrath of God. We have been promised to be delivered from the wrath of God (1 Thessalonians 1:9), but we have never been promised to be delivered from tribulation. In fact, Jesus promised we would have tribulation (John 16:33). The Greek word used in his promise is the same word, thlipsis, used to refer to the tribulation in other scriptures including this one, “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another” (Matthew 24:9-10). So we have been promised and warned that we would go through tribulation. It is because of the tribulation that many believers will fall away from the faith and betray one another. History shows Christians have endured tribulation from the beginning. God has promised to deliver us from the wrath to come, but his wrath is not poured out until the great tribulation, which begins after the son of perdition takes his seat in the temple, which happens in the middle of the final seven-year period (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15-21, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). The rapture happens after that event and just prior to the outpouring of the wrath of God. So Corrie Ten Boom is correct and her warning should be taken seriously. The idea that Christians will not go through the tribulation, which occurs during the first 42 months of the final seven-year period, is contrary to many scriptures.
Very powerful article! Thank You!
Yeah, there is no better way to get a point across than to link it to some famous, almost worshiped personage. But, such linkage is a ploy to get one’s own opinions more traction than might ordinarily be given someone like Bailey. Less discerning people will fall for it, but it is a typical technique to dispense with pure logic.
I don’t mind when someone disagrees with me on the “Rapture”, it is actually inconsequential to me personally, because the only way it affects my life is that because I do believe in the “Rapture”, I see it as giving us disciples less time, therefore a greater urgency to complete our mission. I still plan for the future. I just think those who believe in the “Rapture” should be more cognizant of the legacy we will leave behind. Such thinking only spurs us on toward considering the work of God as very important since time i short.
Most people who believe there is no “Rapture”, don’t seem to have enough interest in grouping together for the cause of being “The Resistance”, so they have no idea about fighting for what is right, only thinking of surviving what is coming, just as bad as those who do believe in the “Rapture”, but only think of escaping.
So, my problem with those who promote this persecution complex, is they apparently do not believe in the effectiveness of prayer or witnessing, or resisting evil. If someone does not believe in the “Rapture”, then they should be a prepper, and have their robe and sword ready. I still think many of these ppeople hope for an easy way out and desire to live in hiding and then step up at the last minute to get beheaded and say: “See I lived for Jesus”, but how will the rest of their time testify? Will they present gold, silver, and precious stones, or wood , Hay, and stubble.
How shall the Antichrist gain total domination of the Earth, if 2.3 billion Christians pray and work against him. Do we, the “Church” “The Kingdom of God on Earth” have God’s favor or not? Can God work against us, as He must if there is to be a worldwide takeover? Can the church of Laodicea become “The Church” if 2.3 billion Christians refuse to allow it? What is to become of the Catholic believers if the Pope now is Petro Romanus the last Pope? Already there are many dissenters in the Catholic leadership and more to come. Where do the real believers go when the church of Laodicea becomes the state religion for all the world? If you would say underground, then how logistcally possible is it to hide 2.3B of us?
I never see anyone who promotes the no “Rapture” thinking willing to answer these questions.
You have misunderstood her point. There will be a rapture, but the issue here is the timing. This has nothing to do with famous personalities and everything to do with the scriptures, which I documented in my post, “Ten Things that Must Happen Before the Rapture.”
Great points !!! Thank you !!
Ya’ll can hang around in the tribulation if you like. I’ll be at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb with Jesus
Just remember you were warned, but chose to disregard the warning.
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“Far stretches” is a good word for Paul’s rendition of rapture teachings. Far Stretches exactly.
Paul, you are all over the place with your comment on this, rather that taking a couple strong verses and making your point, expounding on those verses. It would be easier to follow as well. Too much going on with your “trying” to make your point, and it’s very hard to follow not clarifying any one point or verse. About half way through your comment, Paul, you lost me.
Thank you James for sharing this. On this matter or pre-trib or non-pretrib, I am not as well studied as some are, but i do try to read it all as opportunity arises. I teach and my website mentioned here has what i do, with some great videos too, however, I have not taken a solid stand yet on tribulation matters as pre or non-pre trib. I have usually leaned toward being prepared, as Debra Walker here has stated, and all I teach is about being prepared.
I find that most of those who who take the pre-tribulation stand, so lack in spiritual strength in many areas of their lives, are more focused that we are all going to be raptured out, and have not allowed God to so refined and transform them as “strong, firm, and steadfast,” (1Pet. 5:10) for the here and now. And this is the greater travesty, by far. Not prepared for becoming that “Overcomer” we read about in the Revelation capters you mentioned.
Hello Mr. Bailey! I have heard about Corries theology many years ago. I would like to say she was not a Thelogian nor a teacher. She went through horrific things but her experience does not supercede the Teaching of Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul or John the Revelator. In fact there has been much more revelation given since Corrie has passed away. Have you ever heard of the Man-child doctrine? Many have not and you never here it taught any where in the christian church. This is a revelation the church still has to come into. In Ephesians 4 where it says we come unto a perfect MAN. Revelation 12 also shows this doctrine and this is a huge revelation of the world government, the Birth of the MAN-child, the great falling away, the man -child being seperated from the woman and the man-child being caught out why the rest of the church left to go through the great tribulation. By the way this is not jesus in revelation 12. This is a different revelation of the church. Jesus was born under the 6th head .. this man-child is born under the 7th head world government. This doctrine of the rapture is the highlight of the christian faith in the time Jesus will snatch his bride away.. Jesus told us to be not deceived many times in the gospels and many are throwing this doctrine away because of bad teaching. I will give you a websites to go to so you can listen to teaching you most likely have not heard. If your wanting to know more about revelation 12 and the doctrine of the man-child.. Once you have heard it you will be responsible for truth you have heard. Jesus never told us there would be no persecution on the church as many teach before the rapture .. The dragon is standing before the woman because she is about to give birth to the man of Ephesians with full armour on and a sword to Temporary bring this world government to its knees before the out-translation takes place.. So if you want to learn more about this please go to thewellword.com . there is a series called “end of days” The pastor/teacher is Jamie Hanson. The bible teaches that the church/woman will be bowed over from the one world government, the antichrist being revealed to his first revealing and the church under persecution as the man-child stands up from the valley of dry bones in full array of light and splendor to bring in the harvest of souls before she is out translated as 2 thessolonians speaks about.. God is not going to allow his beautiful bride to go through what is coming on the earth. Corrie or anyone else theology is not above Gods word.. The scripture has the final authority.. I at one time believed in a no rapture theory as i was taught many years ago. There was much confusion and i believed we were to go through the tribulation. I could say more but i will just leave you with what i have given you.. If you have questions you are free to e-mail me. I have another site to go too to give you more proof on the doctrine of the man-child. This is not Christ, and the woman is not Mary or Israel as many teach. this is a eye opener and revelation to those with open hearts . God bless. It will totaly change your thinking on this doctrine if you can see it. I have no self interest in wanting to “BE right ” or pride that my doctrine is better then yours, or wanting to argue my position because that to me is a waste of time.. I am not interesting in arguing. I have an open mind and have had.. Timothy says we are always learning but are never coming to the knowledge of the truth. There is a place to know and being confident in what one believes and being content without it. If you dont see it after listening to what i gave you then thats between you and the holy spirit. i am just giving you what i learned and it has given me great stability and confidence in the truth of Gods word.. God bless !
Thank you for the link to the teaching about the man-child. I really appreciate it because I have been wanting to learn more about this topic. I will definitely be listening to those messages. I appreciate the spirit of your comments too. However, regarding Corrie Ten Boom, she never claimed believers would still be on earth during the outpouring of the wrath of God. She simply claimed we would still be on earth during the tribulation. The 42 month tribulation is a time of persecution and tribulation (pressure), two things we have been promised to face and endure in this life. The wrath of God does not begin until the great tribulation, but God’s people will no longer be here for that.
Thank you for that wonderful letter from Corrie Ten Boom, we as Christians needs to read and take heed as I believe what she said is very true!
It’s uncanny how I had JUST written a 6 page letter and sent it to another Christian friend who had questions on this same subject!
I truly believe the Holy Spirit is spreading His Word as fast as He can due to all the influx of “movies”, books and other ‘GOOD people from the pulpit’ who have been lead astray! This LIE has been taken over in nearly every non-denom church….. and spreading like fire! Satan has been very busy as the father of lies and deceit to fool the masses…. even within the church. Thank you for this!!!!!!! I never knew about it!!!
If they only knew that “LEFT BEHIND” is fiction… and it says so right on the back cover…. and the word RAPTURE is nowhere to be found in the Bible…. and yet so many people have exchanged the Biblical term… “Second Coming” for a MAN MADE word called “rapture”!
If they ONLY knew that this “theory” of ‘rapture’ – (Pre-Trib FLOATERS)… was concocted by a Jesuit priest who hated all the NEW reformers, (during the Reformation or Dark Ages), leaving the Roman Church… like Calvin & Luther….more than 500 years ago.. and called it “Futurism”… by trying to confuse the masses and make the NEW Protestors (aka Protestants) look bad… And this ‘theory” has raised its ugly head over and over in different eras, until the MASSIVE ‘Jesus movement’ in the 70’s which started all the non-denom churches….. now has been “gospel” ever since!
If they only knew that Satan is the father of confusion… and for everything good and of God.. there will always be a counterfeit!
If they only knew that all we want is for them to re-look and pray and stay close to Jesus, and HE will lead them to truth! He doesn’t want ONE soul to be lost!!!! But Satan does!
God bless you in your work!
Your sister in Christ! Mel
AMEN James…..
What is the source of this letter? How do you know it is authentic?
It is certainly a message the contemporary North American church needs to hear and heed. Thank you for sharing it.
You can research it online to see for yourself. That’s what I did.
I agree with James. Even the chosen translation that “Paul” is using, the Darby Translation was considered “suspect” as it used a version of the Greek manuscript not accepted by the majority of scholars because their inconsistencies and outright mistranslations. Compare for instance the English and Hebrew translations of Daniel 9 between the Darby and the KJV or NKJV. They are “worlds apart” in portions of which completely changes to message to opposite poles of the spectrum. For serious eschatological study of future events and even historical ones, the KJV and the NKJV should be used and even between them both, I choose the KJV on the most critical studies. Why? Because this is the direction the Holy Spirit told me. I refuse to be drawn in to those disputes about the “unreliability of translations”. When you have the Holy Spirit teaching you His truths that issued forth from the Son of God, remember that Jesus IS the Word of God, it is better to TRUST Him and if HE says to use one version above another, then why would one argue with Him. He IS, afterall, the Spirit of Truth! Where one translation alludes to the antichrist who will put an end to sacrifice and oblations, it was Jesus Christ who ended the NEED for any other sacrifice because His sacrifice is now the ONLY one accepted by His Father. When Jesus died on that cross, the curtain separating the holiest from the holy place was ripped in half from the very top. Only God could do that because He was no longer going to make His tabernacle with men through a stone building but now in the hearts of those who truly believe. God tabernacling with man! THIS is the Good News! That “middle of the week” where this prince that is to come was to be “cut off” but not for Himself, speaks loudly of Jesus but this other corrupted version of the translation says something completely different. It was JESUS who came to CONFIRM His covenant with many for one week (7 years) but in the middle of that week, 3.5 years, He was put to death through judgment. This being “cut off” is a judgment term and “but not for himself” means that Jesus was without fault or sin and this verse indicates that Jesus took the place of another who was guilty. Satan wishes to take away the truth and supplant it with a fairy tale that contradicts the entire teachings of God’s Word. Only through distortion and perversion of God’s intended meaning could the evil one turn the hearts of God’s people towards an “easier way out” rather than suffering through persecution which is actually “promised”. Anyone who “desires” to live godly in Christ Jesus SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you, Jesus said. There is no escaping the truth but it was the Jesuit priesthood, that “enforcement arm” of the Roman Catholic church that were chosen to find a way to subvert the truth of God’s word so that the masses would follow the Roman Catholic doctrine. They were successful because millions of those who consider themselves Christians have fallen for this great deception, even some of the most prominent Christian leaders. If only the church would READ their Bibles, they would see these lies themselves but they refuse to and trust in the reading and interpretations of others without ever reading to see if what these false prophets are saying are true within their context. Only through pulling verses out of context can these prove their doctrine is true. There is so much more but in the end, as I’ve mentioned before, it is through our relationship with the Holy Spirit that will reveal ALL TRUTH that makes free.
Very refreshing Jerry. We know that the scriptures say, when He the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead us into all truth. I too have read some of the other interpertations ,of newer word Bibles, that did not have the same meaning the Lord had given me, in instances, that came pass just as the Lord said. I personally stick with KJV. I read the Message sometimes, because I think in this modern age, the early church would have spoken more blatenly like this, but in no way, would I ever substitute it for my KJV, the discussion
This is interesting. I read this post for the first time on April 27th. When I saw it, I was immediately taken by her photograph. Not because I’ve always wondered what she looked like, although I have. Rather, because for the previous three nights I had dreamed of seeing this picture as part of an article in print, like a news story. The formatting of the article varied, from one dream to another, in how many columns and where the picture was placed. I never read the dream article, and I don’t remember the headline(s). But it was this Exact photograph. I feel that God wanted to make sure I paid attention when I read this (Bailey’s) article, because Corrie is right. God gave me His confirmation in advance.
Don’t misunderstand. I Wish a pre-trib rapture would happen. – Who in their right mind Wants to go through such difficulties?! – But that just is not the way God plans it. If we are Overcomers, there must be something for us to overcome. And it must be serious or God wouldn’t bother mentioning it.
Reread the letters to the churches in Revelation chapters 2 & 3 from the twin perspectives of which one(s) He could have written specifically to you, and of the problems He mentions occurring in the tribulation. Note that they all end with a promise – to him who overcomes (some translations use the word conquers) I will give… Every letter essentially ends this way, even the letter to the church in Philadelphia, the only church He did not chastise. Be an overcomer in Christ! It is the only way you can.
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing. Corrie Ten Boom would be happy to know she is still being used by God even though she is in heaven now.
Great words from Corrie Ten Boom.
There are 3 Raptures:
Luke 12:36-45Darby Translation (DARBY)
36 and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding(**First group that were watching for Jesus return are at the Wedding**), that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
38 And if he come in the SECOND WATCH, and come in the THIRD WATCH, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
40 And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
FIRST WATCH The Bride (Mature Christian Church Wise Virgins) are already raptured and in Heaven.
Revelation 3:10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
SECOND WATCH Jesus is coming for the 144000 sealed of Israel who are in charge of bring the WORD to those who will become Messianic Israel. Rev 7:4 144 000 of Israel sealed Rev 14:3 They are in Heaven Rev12:5-6 This 144000 is the Male Child who is snatched to Heaven 1260 days before the Woman (Messianic Israel and the rest of God’s believers) are taken- Mid Tribulation
THIRD WATCH Messianic Israel is taken at the end of the Tribulation
Revelation 7:14 I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Jacob has 4 wives signifying the 4 Raptures, 2 wives he worked 7 years each for, symbolizing the Christian Church and the Messianic Israel Church. God loved Israel, Jacob loved Rachel and she was last to be taken. Each of these Church groups had a Servant class as Leah had a servant and Rachel had a Servant. The Christian group have Christ and the wise virgins as the servant class and Messianic Israel has the 144000 sealed of Israel.
Moses was told that when the Barley Harvest(Christians) and later the Wheat Harvest(Messianic Israel and all the remaining believers) were ready the first fruit had to be offered by a priest to God before the main crop could be taken. First Jesus and those that were Raptured to Heaven with Jesus were offered To God and then the rest of the Mature Christian Church could be taken as with Israel, first the !44000 of Israel (the Servants of Israel) has to be taken before the rest of the believers could be taken later.
Interesting but the scriptures you listed do not support your conclusions. Sounds like you are making some very big stretches to make it say those things. I cannot agree without seeing clear evidence in the scriptures.
So wrong
Amen and Amen! Misty Edwards’ song line “I don’t want to be offended when it’s all coming down” speak to the Bible verse that many will be offended and will fall away. We are now in a time of preparation and we must prepare by seeking intimacy with God. Be a wise virgin and get your oil now! When it all starts it is too late.
Thanks James for your time to get this much needed message out.
Right on, the catching away happens at the last, great, seventh trumpet which are all the same and then we will be with the Lord for ever. After all things have been fulfilled. Remember Israel is G-D’S time peace