Sorry if a bit disjointed. I am making notes as I listen.
He says 'self appointed prophets,' which is a personal attack meant to discredit people who know the Rapture is in the Bible.
He says some claim that believers will suddenly disagree and be taken to heaven. Matthew 25 says that indeed will happen.
Then he says we will wait things out in heaven. False. We will be engaged in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb, judgment of the righteous, etc.
He cites people who date set the Rapture. The Bible says no one but the Father knows, denying such people have any knowledge of the scripture. But, of course he uses it to attack all Rapture believers.
Using one false teacher to support another one is deception.
He has a Post-Trib belief on the Rapture. That fails because:
- It renders only the Father knows a lie. The second the AC is revealed you can calculate the end of the Trib, to the day.
- For the AC to appear the Restrainer (Holy Spirit) must be removed. That cannot happen with the Church here because he is in us.
- At the Rapture, Christ comes unseen, in the clouds, takes us and returns to Heaven. At the Second Coming the whole world sees him accompanied by an army of angels and his Bride, meaning us, the Church.
- When the Rapture occurs the earth will be normal, going about its daily business in a peaceful manner. There is nothing peaceful about the Trib. 2/3 of the earth's population is dead, the world is in ruin and the AC and his army have been in Israel, in control, for 3.5 years. They know Christ is coming and are gathered to fight him.
- The Two Witnesses are in Jerusalem for 3.5 years and Israel is restored as the Covenant nation. Not a single mention of the Church for 7 years.
He totally avoids the verses that contradict him.
As for the Last Trumpet, there are many trumpets in the Bible. There are more than on Last Trumpets as well. There was a lost trumpet in OT Israel festivals, etc.
This is the Last Trumpet of the Church, not the 7th Trumpet of Revelation, which is never called a Last Trumpet.
But he calls the 7th Trumpet the Last Trumpet.
He also fails to note there is a resurrection and Rapture of the Two Witnesses at Mid Trib. then another at the Second Coming and then another at the End of Time.
As well, at the end of time is a second resurrection, but this time for the damned, who go before the White Throne for condemnation.
The First Resurrection is from the Pre-Trib Rapture all the way to the end of time. No mention of any trumpet for the Two Witnesses or end of time resurrections and Raptures.
Also note, when he talks of some Christians being protected during the Trib, he has to reinterpret verses that have nothing to do with the Trib.
Why, because there is absolutely not a single mention of the Church or any Christian on this earth during the Trib. It is only Jews.
We also see Trumpets compared to loud thunder, etc.
Finally, and most importantly is how his Living Church of God originated.
As a youth, I listened to the false teachings of Harold W. Armstrong to understand him better.
The name of his TV show was The World Tomorrow
When Armstrong died, his Worldwide Church of God splintered. One of the groups stemming from this is the Living Church of God. Notice the name similarity.
Also notice the TV name similarities, The World Tomorrow and Tomorrows World?
Both teach Anglo Israelism, meaning Anglos are literally the Lost Tribe of Israel, thus Jews.
There is the two groups he is talking about when he says some Christians will be protected, Anglos and all the others..
This is a cult. they deny the Trinity. You can read more about them
here.
Also note the deception here. He didn't come right out and say he believes those protected are Jews, he tried to circumvent, misrepresent and avoid contrary verse.
