"For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the Tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins" (On the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World, by Ephraem the Syrian, A.D. 373)...
Many post-tribulationist writers have attacked the pre-Tribulation Rapture doctrine by claiming that it cannot be true because no Church writer or reformer ever taught this doctrine until approximately 170 years ago.
While the real question for sincere students of Scripture must be whether or not the Bible truly teaches this doctrine, the argument that no one ever saw this "truth" throughout the 1,800 years of Church history has been very effective, causing many Christians to abandon their belief in the pre-Tribulation Rapture.
The only problem with their argument is that they are totally wrong. ..several fascinating manuscripts contain clear evidence of the teaching of the pre-Tribulation Rapture in the Early Church.
...Those who have stated that the pre-Tribulation Rapture was never taught throughout the entire history of the Church until 1820 are simply ignorant of these important Christian texts.
Read entire article here: http://www.raptureready.com/terry/james27.html
Article References: Margaret McDonald, Grant Jeffrey, archaeolological discoveries, Emmanuel Acurnza, Edward Irving, John Darby, Dave MacPherson,John Bray, Plymouth Brethren, Ephraem the Syrian, epistle of Barnabas(A.D. 110),Hippolytus (A.D. 220), Shepherd of Hermas (A.D. 110), John Gill
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Reders can judge things for themselves by Googling "Deceiving and Being Deceived" (what Pseudo-Ephraem and Morgan Edwards" REALLY wrote!), "Pretrib Rapture Diehards" (note LaHaye's hypocrisy under "1992"), "Revisers of Pretrib Rapture History," "Famous Rapture Watchers," and "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)"----all by the author of the bestselling book THE RAPTURE PLOT (see Armageddon Books). Irv
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