Rapture Fever
by Gary North by Gary North
,. Key Dates in Dispensationalism’s History 1830 ‘The initial development of the pre-tribulation doctrine, either by the trance-induced 20-year-old Margaret Mac- , donald or by John Nelson Darby. > 1855 John Cumming announces that Russia will invade Israel: ; The End: 0~ The Proximate Signs of the Close of This Dispen- ~, sation, Lecture ‘7. 1878 Publication of the immensely popular book by William E. Blackstone (W. E.B.), Jesus Is Coming. 1909 C. 1. Scofield’s Scofield Reference Bible is published by Oxford University Press. ; -.. :.. ,-. . .-- .,: , . . . 191’7 Balfour Declaration promises British support for the - ~ ~ .:.. creation of a State of Israel in Palestine. ;., ; 1925 The Scopes’ “ Monkey Trial” results in a public disgrace for William Jennings Bryan and the voluntary withdrawal of American fundamentalism from public discourse. 1926 Founding of Dallas Theological Seminary. 1948 The creation of the modern State of Israel, May 14: the “generation of the fig tree” supposedly begins. 1970 Hal Lindsey’s Late Great Planet Earth creates a huge new market in “ticking clock” prophecy books: an unstated but obvious rejection of traditional dispensationalism’s doctrine of the any-moment Rapture, which insists that the 70th week of Daniel begins only after the Rapture. (continued on inside back cover) . . ,. . -,. . :. ‘. i- :: ;,, ,;. . . . -,, . ,. . . . . . . .“’. $- - ,.,..:: : . . ...;, . .
Other Books by Gary North Mum’s Religion of Revolution (1968, 1989) An Introduction to Christian Economics (1973) Puritan Economic Experiments (1974, 1988) Unconditional Surrender (1981, 1988) Successful Investing in an Age of Envy (1981) The Dominion Covenant: Genesis (1982, 1987) Government by Emergency (1983) Backward, Christian SoZdiers? (1984) 75 Bible Questions Ybur Instmctors Pray lbu Won’t Ask (1984) Coined Freedom (1984) Moses and Pharaoh (1985) The Sinai Strategy (1986) Conspiracy: A Biblical View (1986) Honest Money (1986) Fighting Chance (1986), with Arthur Robinson Unholy Spirits (1986) Dominion and Common Grace (1987) Inherit tlw Earth (1987) Liberating Planet Earth (1987) Healer of the Nations (1987) The Pirate Economy (1987) Is the World Running Down? (1988) When Justice Is Aborted (1989) Political Polytheism (1989) The Hoax of Higher Criticism (1990) Tools of Dominion: The Case Laws of Exodus (1990) Victim’s Rights (1990) Westminste-#s Confession (1991) Christian Reconshwction (1991), with Gary DeMar The Cease Theorem (1992) Politically Incorrect (1993) Salvation Through L@ation (1993)
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Other Books by Gary North<br />
Mum’s Religion of Revolution (1968, 1989)<br />
An Introduction to Christian Economics (1973)<br />
Puritan Economic Experiments (1974, 1988)<br />
Unconditional Surrender (1981, 1988)<br />
Successful Investing in an Age of Envy (1981)<br />
The Dominion Covenant: Genesis (1982, 1987)<br />
Government by Emergency (1983)<br />
Backward, Christian SoZdiers? (1984)<br />
75 Bible Questions Ybur Instmctors Pray lbu Won’t Ask (1984)<br />
Coined Freedom (1984)<br />
Moses and Pharaoh (1985)<br />
The Sinai Strategy (1986)<br />
Conspiracy: A Biblical View (1986)<br />
Honest Money (1986)<br />
Fighting Chance (1986), with Arthur Robinson<br />
Unholy Spirits (1986)<br />
Dominion and Common Grace (1987)<br />
Inherit tlw Earth (1987)<br />
Liberating Planet Earth (1987)<br />
Healer of the Nations (1987)<br />
The Pirate Economy (1987)<br />
Is the World Running Down? (1988)<br />
When Justice Is Aborted (1989)<br />
Political Polytheism (1989)<br />
The Hoax of Higher Criticism (1990)<br />
Tools of Dominion: The Case Laws of Exodus (1990)<br />
Victim’s Rights (1990)<br />
Westminste-#s Confession (1991)<br />
Christian Reconshwction (1991), with Gary DeMar<br />
The Cease Theorem (1992)<br />
Politically Incorrect (1993)<br />
Salvation Through L@ation (1993)
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