rapture – Dr. Eitan Bar | Bible Scholar https://eitan.bar Eitan Bar is a Theologian & Author Bringing a Jewish Perspective to the Christian Faith Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:11:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eitan.bar/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/icon-logo-eb-eitan-bar-scaled.webp rapture – Dr. Eitan Bar | Bible Scholar https://eitan.bar 32 32 No, the Early Church Fathers Did Not Teach the Rapture Theory https://eitan.bar/articles/no-the-early-church-fathers-did-not-teach-the-rapture-theory/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:11:46 +0000 https://eitan.bar/?p=4634 Modern rapture advocates often insist the doctrine is ancient. For instance, Southern Baptist pastor Greg Laurie recently wrote: Some say, “Oh, the Rapture is just a modern invention, some 19th-century gimmick.” Nonsense. Yes, J.N. Darby helped popularize it in more recent times, but long before him, the early Church Fathers…

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]]> From Belief to Disbelief: My Journey Away from Pre-Trib Rapture Doctrine https://eitan.bar/articles/pre-trib-rapture-left-behind-decontrust/ https://eitan.bar/articles/pre-trib-rapture-left-behind-decontrust/#comments Sun, 22 Oct 2023 07:45:27 +0000 https://eitan.bar/?p=2376 As someone deeply rooted in the Fundamental-Evangelical-Dispensationalist community for over two decades, my life and theology were intricately woven around end-times eschatology. I had invested years studying and defending these beliefs. However, my most intense examination of the subject came when I enrolled in a doctoral program at Dallas Theological…

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