tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359700491109456844.post2440073539480545698..comments2023-05-01T04:20:34.455-07:00Comments on Biblical Connections: The Seven Churches of Revelation: Philadelphia Part 7 of 8Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586263781642673172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359700491109456844.post-64622225527907713442009-10-04T22:14:42.978-07:002009-10-04T22:14:42.978-07:00Here is another interesting reference.
In the 174...Here is another interesting reference.<br /><br />In the 1740s Edwards taught that three and a half years before the Antichrist will kill the two witnesses of Revelation 11, the Son of Man will appear in the clouds to raise the dead, change the living, and catch them up to be with Himself.davidsantoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590908109564094309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359700491109456844.post-50864523271913472862009-10-04T22:11:20.713-07:002009-10-04T22:11:20.713-07:00This is not really interesting. It is born of chea...This is not really interesting. It is born of cheap shot theology with no historical, theological, or Biblical fact. <br /><br />The allowance for the pretribulational view can be seen when the writings of ante-Nicene fathers such as Irenaeus are studied. Irenaeus viewed a sudden catching up of the Church prior to the great tribulation. Irenaeus (125-202 AD) wrote,<br />"And therefore, davidsantoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01590908109564094309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1359700491109456844.post-32236989479898904002009-10-04T21:13:08.178-07:002009-10-04T21:13:08.178-07:00Margaret Macdonald in 1830 was the first person to...Margaret Macdonald in 1830 was the first person to ever teach that a "first" group (Philadelphia) would be raptured before the tribulation and that a "later" group (Laodicea) would be the only one of the seven churches to have to go through the tribulation. See "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty" in the MacPherson Archives on the POWERED BY CHRIST MINISTRIES site. Irvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634792243846422285noreply@blogger.com