The Dead Rise First: Rapture Countdown - Softcover

Ragan, Alton; McLaughlin, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154818263X ISBN 13: 9781548182632

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

In the small town of Jordan, Oklahoma residents find themselves the victim of a shocking terrorist attack. A society so completely dependent on technology for its security and commerce has suddenly been turned upside down. Even worse than the uncertainty of their immediate safety is another problem that no one can explain. People who have been dead for years are popping up all over town, appearing and giving witness that the Rapture of the Church is eminent but for the lost, the Great Tribulation. Who will listen to their message and repent and who will refuse to believe their own eyes? Meet Jack, a pastor who is suddenly slapped in the face by what has happened and then baffled when he spots Sister Gregg, a former member of his church. The only trouble is the last time he saw the woman was at her own funeral. The town begins to shake at these events and as a church turns to their leader, Pastor Jack desperately searches for the answers he must give his congregation. How much time remains for people to repent is anyone’s guess, for Jack and his flock it’s a race to reach the lost. The Dead Rise First is a fast-paced, intriguing read for anyone interested in the Rapture. This book brings something new to readers and is provoking discussion among scholars with this one question: why do the dead rise first? Although purely fiction, the events are based on scriptural answers that unearth a new understanding concerning the rapture of the Church. Does it reveal a mystery about how God will raise the dead in Christ as seen in 1 Thess. 4:13-14? Will it be the same way Jesus was resurrected in Matthew 27:52-53? You decide.

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About the Author

Alton Ragan has been an avid student of God’s Word for more than thirty years. His soul burns for souls in these last days. Alton resides with his wife of 43 years in central Oklahoma and has two sons and four grandchildren. He served from 2006 to 2008 on the advisory board of the Shawnee Rescue Mission, an inner urban outreach, where they feed the hungry and meet the needs of people with open air witness and preaching. He has also served on the board of two churches and co-hosted Truth Talks, a local television program in the late 1990s, on Channel 11 in Norman, Oklahoma. He is currently working his upcoming book, To The Hills of Tribulation.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 154818263X
• ISBN 13: 9781548182632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232