Rapture Fever

A THREE-YEAR STIL4TEGY FOR LAYMEN
I assume that you have finished reading Rapture Feuer. You
may be persuaded that I am correct. You may be persuaded
only that I may be correct. Now you must find out.
You must locate a copy of O. T Allis’ F%@zecy and the Church.
When you do, get out your Bible and start reading Allis. You
must veri~ every doubtful thing he says by looking up the
Bible passages he cites as proof. This will persuade you.
Then what? If you area member of a dispensational church,
do not go running to your Christian friends shouting, “Look
what I’ve found!” The y will not believe you. Your message
undermines everything they have been taught about God’s law,
the Church’s future, and their personal responsibility. The
price of accepting your newly discovered and not yet fidly understood
beliefs is too high. They will not yet pay it. Wait.
Second, sit down and map out a personal program of Christian
service that will reflect what you now say you believe about
God’s law, the Church’s future, and your responsibility Talk is
cheap; personal self-discipline is expensive. Count the cost.
You need to return to God a token payment for the grace
He has bestowed on you. Search for an area of service in which
your talents uniquely qualifj you, and begin to serve: five hours
a week, ten hours a week, or whatever. Become a productive
citizen in God’s city on a hill. Actions speak louder than words.
If you can no longer bear responsibility-rejecting preaching
in your local church, quietly transfer to another congregation
without leaving resentment behind. If you stay, work slowly to
persuade others, one by one, by your service. (The odds are
against you.) Do not become a complainer or a conspirator.
Two or three years fi-om now, when your light shines brightly
before men, and some of them come to you for advice as to
how they can better serve God, help them to find their niche of
service. If (and only if) they ask you how your Christian life was
changed, tell them about Rapture Fever. If they become Christian
activists, they will become operational postmillennialist.