Is there any one who could recommend me a book about the rapture?
The following 3 resources are found in Logos:
1 MARANATHA OUR LORD, COME! A Definitive Study of the Rapture of the Church
Renald E. ShowersThe Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, IncP. O. Box 908, Bellmawr, NJ 08099
Showers, R. E. (1995). Maranatha Our Lord, Come!. Bellmawr, New Jersey: The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, Inc.2 NOT WRATH …But Rapture OR, WILL THE CHURCH PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION?byH. A. IRONSIDE, Litt.D.Ironside, H. A. (1941). Not wrath ... but rapture: Or, Will the Church Participate in the Great Tribulation. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Brothers.
3 What You Should Know About the Rapture by Charles C. RyrieRyrie, C. C. (1981). What you should know about the Rapture. Current Christian issues (3). Chicago,IL: Moody Press.
Here is a book that I have suggested to be added to the Logos Library:
Rossing,Barbara R. The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation.
There's a good section on the Rapture in:
Geisler, N. L. (2005). Systematic theology, volume four: Church, last things. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers.
Also, a more general view of Revelation including the Rapture is in:
Gregg, S. (1997). Revelation, four views : A parallel commentary. Nashville, Tenn.: T. Nelson Publishers.
Two books come to mind that are considered classics from the premillennial perspective.
The Rapture Question by John F. Walvoord. Gives the dispensational view. (rapture before tribulation)
The Blessed Hope by George Eldon Ladd. Gives the historic premillennial view. (rapture after tribulation)
There's no such thing as a rapture being taught in the Bible, so why would you want a book about something that is not biblical? Several have predicted a "rapture" including the weird "left behind" series and non have been succesfull. From Charles T. Russell to the famous Billy Graham have predicted a rapture and nothing! I guess people still haven't learned that is not right to believe on something that is a product of man's imagination. Anyway, that's that on that...;-)
This is not a theological discussion. A person asked for resources in Logos. We answered. This forum is not for theological discussions.
An excellent resource is:
The Judgment Seat of the Messiah, The Rapture of the Church:MBS039 by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum in his "Messianic Bible Study Collection."
http://www.logos.com/product/3904/the-messianic-bible-study-collection
George Haven
Most discussion of a rapture is based on very little scriptural basis. I would recommend reading it with a very jaundiced eye.
LOL...that was not a Theological discussion Mark, I was just stating A FACT so our friend here won't be mislead like many people have been misled. I recommend the following book: "A Rupture of the Rapture Theory." So there, more resources for him to consider. [:P]
I recommend the Bible. [8-|]
I did a search on the first book by Renald Showers: Maranatha Our Lord, Come! under Products on the Logos website but could not find it.
It is a resource from "Friends of Israel" so it was probably a Libronix resource in L3 which I was able to transfer into L4. I do not know if the product is still available
If you create a collection of your theological works (here's my formula: title:theology OR title:doctrine), and do a Basic search in that collection for rapture, you'll get many, many results. If you constrict your search further to systematic theologies, you'll find even terser discussions of the topic. (Note: you'll find many works, usually older ones, that use the word "rapture" in a different sense, referring to a feeling of intense pleasure, a synonym of ecstasy.)
I would encourage you, regardless of your views, to look at those who support and are opposed to the teaching of the rapture (sometimes called the secret rapture). Most works already suggested in this thread are in support of this teaching, so let me point out a few that are opposed. First there are two systematic theologies that are not: the ones by Morton H. Smith and Louis Berkhof. Martin Lloyd-Jones also writes in opposition to it in his Great Doctrines of the Bible (vol 3 has an extended treatment). Several commentaries on 1Thessalonians 4:16-17, also discuss this point, some in support and some opposed to this teaching. In fact, it may be worthwhile looking at other works that cite that passage, as it is often a lightning rod for discussion on this topic.
I hope your studies of this topic prove fruitful for you and your ministry.
I would recommend Robert Jewett, Jesus Against the Rapture as a prerequisite for any study of the subject.
http://www.logos.com/product/7501/snatched-before-the-storm-a-case-for-pretribulationism
This booklet is ideal for the pastor teaching a class or preparing a sermon on the rapture of the church. It will also prove helpful for anyone seeking a concise, yet clear, explanation of pretribulationism.
