Well known Bible Prophecy scholar Grant Jeffrey passed away over the weekend and has gone on to be with the Lord:
Grant, unlike me was a dispensationalist, which means that is he held a firm belief in the Rapture of the Church.
However, side issues such as the Rapture are irrelevant and what really counts at the end of the day is the salvation of the individual concerned.
A belief or otherwise in the Rapture of the Church is not, nor has it ever been a prerequisite to salvation. In the instance of Grant, I am sure that he received his salvation.
I are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV).
Grant had written several books, (Countdown to the Apocalypse, Shadow Government, The Global Warming Deception, and several others). As well, he produced several videos in addition to hosting a half hour T.V. program where he taught bible prophecy.
I have learned a great deal from Grant's teachings and from his study materials. He will be missed, but he is now in a much better place.
Our heartfelt prayers go out to his family that remains behind, and waits that day when they can be reunited with him again.
WHY I AM NOT A DISPENSATIONALIST; John Nelson Darby is recognized as the father of dispensationalism later made popular in the United States by Cyrus Scofield's Scofield Reference Bible. Charles Henry Mackintosh, 1820–1896, with his popular style spread Darby's teachings to humbler elements in society and may be regarded as the journalist of the Brethren Movement. CHM popularised Darby more than any other Brethren author. As there was no Christian teaching of a “rapture” before Darby began preaching about it in the 1830s, he is sometimes credited with originating the "secret rapture" theory wherein Christ will suddenly remove His bride, the Church, from this world before the judgments of the tribulation. Dispensationalist beliefs about the fate of the Jews and the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Israel put dispensationalists at the forefront of Christian Zionism, because "God is able to graft them in again," and they believe that in His grace he will do so according to their understanding of Old Testament prophecy. They believe that, while the methodologies of God may change, His purposes to bless Israel will never be forgotten, just as He has shown unmerited favour to the Church, He will do so to a remnant of Israel to fulfill all the promises made to the genetic seed of Abraham. I am not a dispensationalist; it is unbiblical and thoroughly evil.
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