For many modern Christians, the pre-tribulation rapture feels like the historic position of the Church—but it isn’t. In fact, for nearly two thousand years, believers across the world read the same Scriptures and overwhelmingly expected the rapture at the Second Coming of Christ.
Why Most Christians Believe in a Post-Tribulation Rapture cuts through confusion and assumption by returning to the sources: Scripture in its original language, the testimony of Church history, and the development of modern rapture teaching. This updated Second Edition adds new chapters, clearer explanations, and expanded material from others who—after years of sincere study—have re-examined the pre-trib view and walked away from it.
Inside you'll discover:
Why 99% of Christians throughout history expected a post-tribulation gathering, not a two-stage return of Christ.
How a nineteenth-century movement to evangelize the Jews unintentionally produced the framework later known as Dispensationalism—and why its assumptions still shape modern prophecy teaching.
What the Bible actually says about the resurrection, the “day of the Lord,” and the sequence Paul lays out in 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
How pre-trib proponents use certain verses—and what those verses really mean when read in context and in the Greek.
Why the early Protestant Reformers, major theologians, and virtually all Christian traditions (Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Reformed) rejected a pre-trib rapture.
How the modern Church can move forward with a more biblically consistent eschatology without abandoning love for Israel or the hope of Christ’s return.
Written with clarity, conviction, and decades of pastoral experience, this book leaves no stone unturned. Whether you hold a pre-trib view, question it, or have never studied the issue carefully, this is an accessible, thorough, and eye-opening journey through Scripture and history.
Includes charts, Greek word studies, historical documents, and 20 illustrations.
As a layman and ordained minister Chris Steinlehas taught thousands of original Bible studies, as well as providingbiblical guidance to singles, couples, and families. While visitingIsrael in 1998 his attention was drawn to international tensions and theidentity of Revelation's Mystery Babylon. Under his pen name, C.W.Steinle, he has completed five editions of Come Out of Her My People.Some of his other titles include, The Rise of Western Lawlessness,Foundations of the Faith, Ancient Words Greek New Testament,and otherprophetic and end times literature. Chris is a recognized Bible prophecycommentator as a guest and co-host on alternative media.
Gwen is the author of First One to the Cross: A Wives' Guide to a WinningMarriage. C.W. and Gwen enjoy studying biblical archaeology and havevisited sites in eight different countries. Driven by the passionto understand Paul the Apostle's life and ministry, Steinle has followedin the footsteps of Paul, by land and by sea - along the old Romanhighways and by ship throughout the northern Mediterranean. C.W. hastaught on location in Israel, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Corinth, Athens,and Egypt, traveling the route of the Exodus across the Red Sea throughSinai and up to Mt Nebo in Jordan.
C.W. Steinle began his professional career as a CPA because of his knack fororganizing information. Many Christian theologians and prophecy scholarshave backgrounds in law, accounting, and business. For Christians whobelieve the Bible to be God-breathed, the ability to gather informationand draw correlations is crucial for rightly dividing the Word of God.
