PAUL WILKINSON STILL PEDDLING THE PRETRIB RAPTURE

 The BEAUTIFUL SIMPLICITY of the RAPTURE | Paul Wilkinson

"How is the Rapture so beautifully simple to understand? Join guest Dr. Paul Wilkinson and hosts Tim Moore and Nathan Jones of the Lamb & Lion Ministries evangelism team as they share their Prophetic Perspectives." 

In the above video, pretrib advocate Paul Wilkinson promotes his book 'The Beautiful Simplicity of the Rapture'  which has been endorsed by various diehard pretrib proponents such as Thomas Ice, Randall Price, Andy Woods, David Reagan, Mark Hitchcock etc.1 Wilkinson explains that his book was written as a result of his association with the Gypsy Church in the UK and their request for him to produce a simple explanation for believers with very limited education, setting out why “we as the church cannot, will not, and must not go through the Tribulation.” 

This emphatic statement typifies the antipathy of pretrib leaders towards anyone who disagrees with them. Wilkinson actually relegates pretrib opponents to the status of being agents of Satan. According to Wilkinson, "Satan does not want us to believe the pretrib rapture.." This line of defence evades the theological argument and demonises those who question it, resulting in a crass, openly hostile response. There is substantial biblical evidence that believers will face the great tribulation, and it is Wilkinson who mishandles the text and positions himself in open opposition to God on this point. (2 Timothy 2:15). As with many doctrinal errors, ignorance serves the adversary well; the pre‑tribulation claim is no exception, as it risks leaving believers disoriented when its promised escape fails to materialise (Matthew 24:1).

Wilkinson has been challenged many times about the pretrib error, and it is very sad to see him continuing to expend his efforts in this way. I am at a loss to understand how he fails to process the biblical information exegetically, but it appears that he either cannot or will not. Rather than repeating the prewrath arguments yet again, I have reposted Chris White's excellent film, 7 Pretrib Problms and the Prewrath Rapture, which goes point by point through the problems associated with the pretrib rapture. It will be a very bad day for Wilkinson and his pretrib associates when they stand before the Lord and give their answer for propagating this serious error. (2 Corinthians 5:10).

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:29-31).

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things?

1. The Beautiful Simplicity of the Rapture - Ariel Ministries™  

The Church and the Great Tribulation: A Biblical Perspective - Biblical Times – And Being Prepared