Raptureless: Third Edition

the wrath of God was not poured out on the cross, but it was poured out at the destruction of Jerusalem.

the more the Kingdom expands on this earth and the saints mature into their calling as ambassadors of that Kingdom, the less persecution Christians should face.

Many don’t understand that the old covenant age ended with the AD 70 destruction and that the whole New Testament speaks of that end. We are now living in the Kingdom age, which grows without end.

The cross was not the punishment of sin; the cross made a way for the Father to forgive sin.

Many have turned to extended hours of fasting and prayer, to quick evangelism, and to looking for the rapture or the “signs of the times,” rather than studying and training for a lifetime of advancing the Kingdom.

The New Testament holds no room for remnant thinking. This type of defeatist thinking, which sees only a portion of the whole Church as good, needs to be set aside with animal sacrifice and certain other Old Testament realities that are no longer valid.

We believe time is an un–renewable resource. There is always more money, but there is not more time. Operating in long–term thinking is kingly thinking, whereas short–term thinking is poverty thinking.

Though persecution has always existed, we should not expect it, call it evidence of the radical Christian life, or believe it is the “seed bed” of Christianity.

Our view of the future should not cause fear. No part of the gospel (which literally means “good news”) ever causes fear.