Question:
Dear
I
am writing in regards to 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.
Do you hold any position about end times?
I am new to Christianity. I
agree with you strongly about associating every event that occurs today as
alluding to end times. After all,
the Bible tells us that no one knows--not even Jesus Christ--when this will
occur. I am always leery when money
is to be made from scripture, books, memberships, etc.
Thank
you and God bless you and your ministry,
Answer: Dear
We
have many resources to help you study and ponder this question of how to
understand the prophetic teachings of the Bible.
Most of this material is available on our website at www.ptm.org.
For
major articles about biblical prophecy go to our archive issues of the Plain
Truth and check:
1.
Jan-Feb 1998—our cover story, “The End is
Here—Again. As the Year 2000
2.
Jan-Feb 1999—see our story, “Apocalypse
1500—Visions of the End’
3.
May-June 1999—see our story, “Y2K—High Tech
Apocalypse”
4.
Nov-Dec
2001—our cover story, “Did
5.
July-August
2001—see “Will You be ‘Left Behind?’”
6.
May-June
2003—see our cover story, with the individual articles, “Left
In
addition, use our feature, “Search our Site” at www.ptm.org, and type in
words and phrases like “end times”, “rapture”and “tribulation”—you
will be presented with a host of questions and answers, articles and other
resources that will be helpful.
May
God bless you Norman, and thank you for allowing PTM to be of service to you.
Biblical prophecy can be a blessing for Christians, but improperly
interpreted and sensationalized it can become an addiction, and even lead us
away from the main and plain teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In
Christ,