The Pre-Wrath Rapture

By: Renald Showers

Kregel Publications / 2001 / Paperback

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An authoritative and biblical critique of the recent Pre-Wrath Rapture theory popularized by Rosenthal and Van Kampen.

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Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 272
Vendor: Kregel Publications
Publication Date: 2001

Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)
ISBN: 0825436982
ISBN-13: 9780825436987
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Publisher's Description

In the late 1990's, Robert Van Kampen and Marvin Rosenthal introduced the "pre-wrath rapture" view, a new understanding of the time of God's rescue of His church from the worldwide "Day-of-the-Lord wrath." Positioned between the traditional "mid-tribulation" and "post-tribulation" views of Christ's return, the "pre-wrath rapture" places the rapture after most the seven-year 70th week of Daniel but before God unleashes His final wrath. The author, a longtime friend of Van Kampen and Rosenthal, has interacted extensively with the pre-wrath rapture theory since its inception and now offers an authoritative and biblical critique of this recent addition the prophetic landscape.

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The Pre-Wrath Rapture 4 5 4 4

Excellent book for anyone interested in eschatolog Very biblically sound, which is what we desperately need in the church today. Also easy to read and understand. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone May 5, 2013

Definitely worth the read. Be prepared to cross check everything Dr Showers writes with both Bible and with pre-wrath literature. I wasn't disappointed. He hits the nail on the head. August 16, 2009

Although I believe Renald Showers to be a godly man with sincere intentions, this book does not accurately represent the pre-wrath position. This is unfortunate, since as a friend of Marvin Rosenthal and Robert Van Kampen, Showers was involved in development of the pre-wrath position from the beginning. Rather than analyzing the foundations and framework of the position, however, Showers "deconstructs" the pre-wrath position by relying on tangential points that have little or no bearing on the position itself. His proofs also rely heavily, not on the plain meaning of the scriptural text, but on large deductive leaps whose conclusions are stated as fact. Even the title of this book is inaccurate since Showers does not, in fact, analyze the pre-wrath position. Rather, he analyzes the tangential points of these three books, written about a decade ago, even though the position has been refined and defended considerably since then. As the author of Before God's Wrath: The Bible's Answer to the Timing of the Rapture, a defense of the pre-wrath view, I am disappointed to see a criticism from a man as well-known and well-respected as Renald Showers so inaccurately represent this view. I give this book two stars only because his discussions about the person, mission, and work of Jesus are tender and insightful. June 23, 2002