i'm on the fence about the pretrib rapture. everyone i know is convinced but i'm not so sure
Steve, the forum is not a place to discuss topics like this. We're here to help you use your Logos Bible Software.
I wonder if you have any resources in Logos that can help with this question? Have you looked in Factbook?
One can always post a book recommendation without bringing in theology. Although I'm a Lutheran, this Eastern Orthodox one covers it, since "you're on the fence":
https://www.logos.com/product/54412/rejecting-rapturemania-making-sense-of-the-second-coming
Christian eschatology is an area of doctrine with many views and is very difficult to sort out.
One author I have found who is very helpful is N.T. Wright. He gets to the heart of the major misunderstandings and explains things in easy to understand terms.
I just began his new book (not available on Logos yet) called Gods Homecoming. I had the audiobook on preorder at audible and it was just release this last week.
This book is the much awaited sequel to his previous book Surprised by hope (available on Logos). Both of these books are excellent and uncover the platonic view of disembodied spirits that “go to heaven” after death, as opposed to the Bible which teaches a bodily resurrection. Somehow the church today has embraced the view that we “go to heaven”, rather than the kingdom of God which is “on earth”, as in heaven.
excerpt from Amazon description: In his groundbreaking Surprised by Hope, Wright dismantled the “going to heaven” narrative. In God’s Homecoming, he returns with a panoramic pilgrimage tracing God’s homecoming promise from Genesis through Revelation. When we read the Bible as a whole, Wright argues, we do not find a narrative of souls ascending a spiritual ladder to heaven, but of God coming down to dwell with us.
I recommend these books for anyone who is questioning some of the differing views on prophesy today. Probably best to read the latter title first, and then the sequel.
Sounds like a question for Study Assistant.
I agree
You might consider reading Four Views on the Book of Revelation. I have not read this book, but from the title I'm guessing it'll give an overview of the different theories.
https://www.logos.com/product/16628/four-views-on-the-book-of-revelation?queryId=d4f04c0d5c65349674d85708e8341d73
As the others have said, we're not allowed to discuss theological topics on here.
However, I would recommend Craig Blaising's article in Three Views on the Rapture from the Zondervan Counterpoints series. That's going to be one of the mainstream treatments on this topic, plus you'll also be able to contrast it with the other two major positions.
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