If there is to be a Pre-Tribulation Rapture the time is now beginning to run extremely short---

The late and great Barry Smith used to preach that the aim of the Antichrist was Global Domination. Yet, even after being appointed as the first ever full time president of the EU from out of total obscurity the first subject matter Herman Van Rompuy spoke on was World Government. Even then there were those with whom it did not tweak as to just who he was, just as there are still so many who are being fooled to this day. When it seems that those studying the end times were looking for was someone who had a more charismatic appearance, A.F; an alleged expert on the EU called him a non starter, more than likely because of his rather drab appearance, (as if looks count for everything) when outside appearances really count for very little at all? I have also noted that there are certain interpretations of the scripture that become quite popular for a time; however, when the prophecy is actually fulfilled there is hardly a word spoken, as most scholars simply then go and bury their heads in the sand and hope that it will all simply go away. However, there are still those out there in my age bracket who remember what they were taught years and years beforehand, and as a result when we see it taking place don’t mind telling the world what is clearly right around the corner, even though the majority quite clearly do not want to know about it.

There is no clearer evidence to verify that fact other than to see responses, or more correctly lack or responses, to some of the postings that I have made at this BlogSpot on the subject matter of the confirmation of the treaty of Daniel Chapter 9, Verse 27. That is to take place in June of this year, along with the ratification of the treaty that gives the Pope a Seat at King David's Tomb in Jerusalem, both at the same time.

The timing for the alleged rapture of the church centres on the signing of a seven year covenant by the Antichrist.
Could it just be that there are those out there who are counting on being taken up into Heaven without having to die first and any talk of the confirmation of the treaty of Daniel Chapter 9, Verse 27 frightens then somewhat? If that is the instance with some, it then beggars the question, where or where is your faith? For those who hold fast to the pre-tribulation theory there is still a few more months to go before the covenant is signed. Accordingly, there still may be time for the Rapture to take place before the signing. If there is to be a Rapture at all, I will be one of the first ones to grab hold of it. Certainly, I am not into predicating future events as all that I like to deal with are cold hard facts as they present themselves at any one time. As that is the case, then all I can say is good luck to those who believe there is going to be a Rapture before the signing of the treaty. My view still remains the same; I still think that it simply does not make any sense at all. That is not to say that in the instance of the timing for the alleged Rapture I may be well wide of the mark.

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.