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Tag Archives: Blessed Hope

Common Ground in Pre-Trib vs Post-Trib

Steve Durkac Posted on October 26, 2023 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

This article is not about arguing my position or trying to disprove your position. It’s about the often overlooked common ground between the pre-trib and post-trib positions of the return of the Lord. Pre-trib is the eschatological position that believes the saved will be in Heaven before the reign of the Anti-Christ and a tribulation period of seven-years. See the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, bible prophecy, Blessed Hope, Dispensationalism vs Historicism, end time, harpazō, persecution, post-trib, pre-trib, rapture, Return of Jesus, second coming, wrath, Wrath of God

Our Blessed Hope

Steve Durkac Posted on July 24, 2023 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

The doctrine of the “second coming” or what some call “the rapture” are not presented in the Bible for an intellectual exercise but it is there to spur us on to hope. I realize that some students of prophecy think the second coming and the rapture are two different events, while many recognize them as the same. Here, I wish … Continue reading →

Posted in Deeper Faith | Tagged 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:8, Blessed Hope, Job 19:25, John 14:3, Jude 1:14, rapture, return of Christ, Return of Jesus, Revelation 22:20, second coming, Titus 2:13

The End is Near

Steve Durkac Posted on October 15, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

The marque sign outside of the United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama read: The End is Near!! Just Kidding We Don’t Know. That signed humored me because in my understanding of Christianity, the only way a church would not know that the end is near is if it does not open, read, or teach the Bible. The theme of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 2 Timothy 3:1-4, bible prophecy, Blessed Hope, end of world, end time, last days, Matthew 28:20, return of Christ, Signs of End, Titus 2:13

The Blessed Hope?

Steve Durkac Posted on July 16, 2019 by Steve DurkacFebruary 4, 2024

Why does the Bible refer to the return of Jesus Christ as the blessed hope? Titus 2:13 says that believers are “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” We ought to be looking more for that appearing and less at the difficulties that often assail us. Years ago I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible Answers | Tagged 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, bible prophecy, Blessed Hope, end time, Isaiah 25:9, last days, Revelation 22:20, Titus 2:13
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