Rapture Fever
by Gary North by Gary North
240 RAPTURE FEVER dispensationalism activists, 16-17, Chap. 11 adulterers, 218 appeal of, 205-7 attrition, xxiv-xxvii, 196, 217 bureaucracy, 135-36 clock of prophecy, 21-23, 31-32, 191-92 coIlapse of, 22-23 covenant model of, 204-5 defections, 160,213-14 defensive, 6,220 dirty little secret, xxxi dispensensationalism, 20 division, xxxiv final stage, xxxv flame-out, 157 history of, 3-5, 153-54 Ice &, xxxiv incoherent, 220 inferiority complex, xxvi killer marathon, 1988, 104 law, xxvii, xxix, 82-83, 121, 140-41 law/grace, 176 leadership gone, 6 lecture notes, 154-55 Lord’s Prayer, 76 Maginot Line, 211 optimism?, 98-99 paradigm shift, 160-61, 197, 214 paralyzed, xxxi, Chaps. 1,2, 3 pessimism, 99 philosophy of history, 98 postmillennial language, 99 responsibility &, 192-93 retreatist, 104 sanctification, 172-79 scholarship, xxix-xxx, xxx- Xxxi scholarship &, xxix sensationalism, 20, 26, 28 silence, xxxi-xxxii, 158 (see also silence) social ethics, 119, 206-7 suicide of, 28 systematic theology, 162 ten commandments, 83 terminal generation, XXXV, 3, 15, 18,220 theological heart, 24 theologically dead, 102-3 time, xxix time perspective, 86-88 view of God, 32 withdrawal, 8 Dtipensationalism in Transition, 210,220 dispensensationalism, 20 dominion, 99-100, 124 dominion covenant, 66,68 dominion theology, 129 donors, 157, 198,212 duties, ix Dyer, Charles, 34, 107, 190 economics, xxviii education, 96n, 128 Elijah, 105 Emperor’s clothes, 147 end times, 47-51 entropy, 62 escape religion, 42
eschatology, 43-44, 121-22 eternal life, x-xi eternity, 93-94 ethics, 206 evangelicalism, xxxii evangelism, 35-38,41,91, 122 false prophets, 54 Falwell, Jerry, 187, 194, 199- 201 F.B.I., X final judgment, 74,79-80 footstool, xix, 79 foreign policy, 31 fimdamentalkrn defense, 9 despair, 96 divided, 9 fed up, 9 law, 94-95 Rapture fever, 88 Roman Catholic, 97 time perspective, 115 two storeys, 95-97, 100, 101-2 withdrawal, 8 “gap” theory, xxix, 72-73, 166- 67 Geisler, Norman, 42, 203 Genesis Flood, 168, 170, 171 ghetto, xxv, 8, 10, 110-28 ghostwriter, 1-2 gift, xi, xxi God, X, 68-69 good works, xxii, 175-76 Gorbachev, 107 gospel, 63,64,65-66,7’7 Index 241 (see also Great Commission) gospel tracts, 4-5 grace, 176 Grace Seminary, 108, 195-99 Graham, Billy, 182 Great Commission, xxiii, 41, 64,88 Great Tribulation Daniel’s 70th week, 21 date of, 45,52 good works &, xxii Jews perish, 4,35-38 past event, xxiii Halsel, Grace, 36n, 37n head transplants, 55 heaven, xv, 94,96, 105 helicopter escape, 87-88 history, 119, 178 hoax, 190-91 Hedge, Charles, 169 holiness, 174 Holmes, O. W., 170 House, H. Wayne, 129-44 date of Revelation, 44 death penalty, 146 Dominion Theology, 129, 221 kingdom, xiv-xv, 144 “night shift” religion, 78 retreat, 221 silence, xxxiii, 220 Howe, Frederick, 168 humanism, xxv-xxvii, xxxii, 9, 92-93, 128,203 Hunt, Dave dating Revelation, 44-45 defeat is inevitable, 70,77, 99
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240 RAPTURE FEVER<br />
dispensationalism<br />
activists, 16-17, Chap. 11<br />
adulterers, 218<br />
appeal of, 205-7<br />
attrition, xxiv-xxvii, 196,<br />
217<br />
bureaucracy, 135-36<br />
clock of prophecy, 21-23,<br />
31-32, 191-92<br />
coIlapse of, 22-23<br />
covenant model of, 204-5<br />
defections, 160,213-14<br />
defensive, 6,220<br />
dirty little secret, xxxi<br />
dispensensationalism, 20<br />
division, xxxiv<br />
final stage, xxxv<br />
flame-out, 157<br />
history of, 3-5, 153-54<br />
Ice &, xxxiv<br />
incoherent, 220<br />
inferiority complex, xxvi<br />
killer marathon, 1988, 104<br />
law, xxvii, xxix, 82-83, 121,<br />
140-41<br />
law/grace, 176<br />
leadership gone, 6<br />
lecture notes, 154-55<br />
Lord’s Prayer, 76<br />
Maginot Line, 211<br />
optimism?, 98-99<br />
paradigm shift, 160-61, 197,<br />
214<br />
paralyzed, xxxi, Chaps. 1,2,<br />
3<br />
pessimism, 99<br />
philosophy of history, 98<br />
postmillennial language, 99<br />
responsibility &, 192-93<br />
retreatist, 104<br />
sanctification, 172-79<br />
scholarship, xxix-xxx, xxx-<br />
Xxxi<br />
scholarship &, xxix<br />
sensationalism, 20, 26, 28<br />
silence, xxxi-xxxii, 158 (see<br />
also silence)<br />
social ethics, 119, 206-7<br />
suicide of, 28<br />
systematic theology, 162<br />
ten commandments, 83<br />
terminal generation, XXXV,<br />
3, 15, 18,220<br />
theological heart, 24<br />
theologically dead, 102-3<br />
time, xxix<br />
time perspective, 86-88<br />
view of God, 32<br />
withdrawal, 8<br />
Dtipensationalism in Transition,<br />
210,220<br />
dispensensationalism, 20<br />
dominion, 99-100, 124<br />
dominion covenant, 66,68<br />
dominion theology, 129<br />
donors, 157, 198,212<br />
duties, ix<br />
Dyer, Charles, 34, 107, 190<br />
economics, xxviii<br />
education, 96n, 128<br />
Elijah, 105<br />
Emperor’s clothes, 147<br />
end times, 47-51<br />
entropy, 62<br />
escape religion, 42
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