“1830 A.D. --- The most important element of dispensationalism was
introduced to the world from seemingly innocuous sources. Dave MacPherson in
his book The Rapture Plot traces with painstaking details the origin of
the pre-tribulation rapture back to a Miss Margaret MacDonald from Port
Glasgow, Scotland. Apparently, she had been receiving divine revelations from
God about this rapture. Mr. MacPherson also revealed that she had occultic
ties, including a friendship with a girl who was into psychic powers and
automatic writing; also that she and her friend could appear like statues in an
almost supernatural way, barely touching the ground, nearly levitating
(levitation was known as ‘rapture’ in the esoteric circles). The Jesuits also
claimed to be able to levitate during their meditations, while the Catholic
leadership often condemned such practices among the commoners. A Mark new event
was being introduced and the word ‘rapture’ was the name given to it (a word
which doesn’t appear in the King James Bible but the latin form of the word appears in the
(Catholic) Latin Vulgate. I hope the connection is not missed here.
Margaret sent her vision in a letter to well-known
London preacher Edward Irving. Shortly thereafter, this revelation of a rapture
showed up for the first time in public print anywhere in the history of the
world in the periodical put out by Irving’s church. This
periodical, known as The Morning Watch, put out an article titled ”Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven
Churches in the Revlations” in the September
1830 issue. Skeptics should be advised that proof exists in the archives
of leading British libraries as well as original copies in
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Fuller Theological Seminary, Oral Roberts
University, Princeton Theological Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.[i]
There are several prophecy teachers like Grant Jeffrey, Thomas Ice, Tim LaHaye,
Chuck Missler, etc. who claim that this teaching of the pre-trib rapture can be
found in writings dating earlier, but this teaching is only found when they
edit the texts being examined like the writings of Jesuit Manuel de Lacunza and
someone known as Pseudo-Ephraim among others.
At the same time Margaret was
formulating her rapture revelation, she made a false prediction on the identity
of the Antichrist, the19th century socialist Robert Owen. So much
for her hearing correctly from the Lord. [1]
The signature
of the seven year covenant
With the event of Daniel 9:27: ” And he shall
confirm a covenant with many for
one week." begins the countdown of the final events of
the end times. ”in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice
and the grain offering to cease” (Dan.9:27b) One 7 year
covenant has been fostered already known as the ”Oslo Accord" or the ”Declaration
of Principles" signed by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat on September 13th,
1993. Many are confused and think this has been the covenant which Daniel refers to, but it misses a
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