The author makes some glaring mis-statements about the pre-trib position, and I think glosses over scripture in favor of Church teaching. However, I don’t think most people who believe in a pre-trib Rapture expect Catholics to believe in such, just as non-Catholics don’t believe the Pope is the direct spiritual descendant of Peter, that Mary was assumed bodily into heaven or that the bread and the wine become the literal body and blood of Christ during communion. If they did, Catholics would become “fundamentalists”, and “fundamentalists” would become Catholics!
Good points. Although it’s fun to study and wonder about when, where, and how the end will come, it definitely will come no matter what your theological understanding is. Every knee will bow. I’m practicing up now.
Right, most Catholics don’t know what they believe. And they don’t realize they own the “Acre of Diamonds”.
The author complains of strawmen, while sprinkling strawmen and red herring throughout the essay. When Jesus used the Jewish wedding process to describe His work, we immediately had a form to which the rapture and judgment process may be compared. One needs to ask oneself: Would Christ leave His Bride on Earth while He pours out heavenly wrath upon the place? In answering that querry, the only important note is to understand Whom is The Bride of Christ. [HINT: it is not an institution, but it is drawn from humanity, marked by Spiritual Identity.]