Rapture Ready's Top 10

Rapture Ready lists 10 alleged signs that the endtime is happening now or soon to occur.

None of these signs remotely identify with the signs of the Bible.

However, we know that when it comes to prophesying the future, Rapture theorists are sincere and serious.

The problem for Bible students who are reading the scriptures is that these signs cannot be found in the Bible.

The New Testament gives clear signs of the endtime. It describes events which were imminent within the days of the apostles.

The New Testament writers spoke of events which were "at hand" in their day. That means they could not be "at hand" in our day.

One or the other must be true. If at hand means near, then if those events were near in the apostles times, (Romans 13:11, 12; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Phil. 4:5; James 5:7,8; 1 Peter 4:7, 17; 2 John 2:18, 19; Revelation 1:1-3; 22:6, 10, 12), they could not be near in our day and time.

If they are near for us today, they could not have been near when the apostles wrote that they were near.

Someone is deceived and has been misled.

It is not the apostles or any of the inspired writers. Let God be true and every man a liar.

One can search the entire volume of the New Testament and not find a single word about a single one of these "new" signs offered by the Rapture Ready theorists.

Endtime Signs According to Rapture Ready

# Putin's grab for power in Russia

# The supply of oil

# Subprime loan crisis

# The dec[l]ining value of the dollar

# China's growing economic and military might

# Global terrorism

# Nation ID initiatives

# Global weather changes

# Tension between Israel and Syria

Rapture Ready list lacks solid Biblical support.

Endtime Signs According to God

(2)The Coming of the Holy Spirit per Joel 2:28-32; fulfilled according to Apostles, from Pentecost to A.D. 70, per Acts 2:16-20; 1 Corinthians 1:7, 8).

(3)The Coming of the Great Apostasy, Matthew 24:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; fulfilled per Matthew 24:34; Galatians 1:6-9, 1 Tim. 4:1; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 2:2; Jude 4, in the first century.

(4)The Worldwide proclamation of the Gospel, Matthew 24:14; fulfilled according to Paul, Romans 1:8; 10:18; 16:26; Colossians 1:5, 6, in the mid 50's and 60's, in the first century.

(5)The Coming of the Abomination of Desolation, Matthew 24:15, fulfilled in the first century in connection with the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, Matthew 24:34, Luke 21;20-22.

(6)The Coming of the Man of Sin; 2 Thessalonians 2:3, fulfilled in the first century, per 2 Thessalonians 2:4-7 (mystery of iniquity was already at work.)

(7)The Coming of the Antichrists, 2 John 2:18 fulfilled in the first century according to 1 John 2:18, 19; 4:3, 4, as already in the world when John wrote.

(8)The Coming of the New Testament Church, Isaiah 2:2, , establish the first Pentecost following the resurrection and ascension of Christ, in the first century, Acts 2:47.

The Rapture Ready list appears to lack solid biblical support.