The Origin of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture Doctrine
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Mark Williams. How did the pretribulation doctrine come about? A brief rundown would go something like this: In 1591 a Jesuit priest named Francisco Ribera wrote a 500-page commentary on the grand points of Babylon and the antichrist, the object being to set aside the Protestant teaching that the Papacy is the antichrist. In his commentary, he assigned the first chapters of Revelation to the first century. The rest … Continue reading →