Michael L. Brown - Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Dont Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Filled with hard-hitting, thought-provoking information on what the Bible says about the end times, this book will challenge and encourage you to understand what the future holds for believers.

Mike Bickle, founder, International House of Prayer, Kansas City

For the past thirty years, I have taught a course on 1 Thessaloniansthe only book of the Bible to use the word translated rapture ( harpaz ). In the fourth chapter, the apostle Paul expresses the sequence of events associated with the return of Christ: (1) The Lord shall descend from heaven, (2) the dead in Christ will rise, and (3) believers who are alive shall be caught up (raptured) to meet the Lord in the air. The million-dollar question is, What happens next? Will believers accompany the Lord to the earth where He will begin His reign (the post-Tribulation view)? Or will believers remain with Christ in heaven while God pours out His wrath on the earth (the pre-Tribulation view)? Pauls answer: We will always be with the Lord! The issue of the Rapture is a very difficult question and must be answered by inference from the collected testimony of many passages of Scripture. Brown and Keener have put together a well-articulated case for the post-Tribulational position, and they have done so with grace. This book deserves a very careful reading.

Clinton E. Arnold, dean and professor of New Testament language and literature, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

Like the authors of this remarkable book, I was raised believing that the only biblical perspective on the Tribulation was that I need not worry about it, that Jesus would remove me from this earth before the sufferings of that time began. I, too, was nurtured and even encouraged by Hal Lindseys The Late Great Planet Earth , and later educated at a seminary known for its dispensational, pre-Tribulational theology. But I came to see what Brown and Keener so eloquently demonstrate in this book, namely, that the promise of Christ to His Church is not deliverance from suffering via a pre-Tribulation Rapture but His faithfulness in preserving us in the midst of it. This is, quite simply, the best and most informative book available on this subject. Highly recommended!

Sam Storms, senior pastor, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City; past president, Evangelical Theological Society

I couldnt wait to read Not Afraid of the Antichrist , and I was not disappointed! Two of my favorite theologians and authors have come together to write the best book Ive encountered addressing Pre-Tribulation Rapture theology. Dr. Michael Brown and Dr. Craig Keener have managed to treat the subject with scholarly precision, while keeping it highly readable and even entertaining. I highly recommend this book.

Daniel Kolenda, president and CEO, Christ for All Nations

It is so refreshing and encouraging to hear Dr. Keeners and Dr. Browns views of the Christian life. It is in fact about a Person, and pure and simple devotion to Him above all else. Nothing that God allows to happen in this world can take away our life in Him, who has become to us everything we need. May this book center you on Him and His Kingdom more than ever!

Dr. Rolland Baker, founder, Iris Global