Early Church Witness THE GREAT ESCAPE DELUSION Why the Early Church Rejected a Pre-Tribulation Rapture: A Scriptural and Historical Response , (Paperback)

<p><b>Did the early Church expect to escape the final persecution-or to endure it?</b></p><p>For over a century, modern pre-tribulation rapture theology has promised believers a "Great Escape" from the rise of the Antichrist, global deception, and the final tribulation. Yet this teaching did not originate with Jesus, the apostles, or the early Church. It emerged much later-through modern dispensational systems that reinterpret Scripture and selectively quote early Christian writings.</p><p>In <b>The Great Escape Delusion</b>, author and Bible teacher <b>Glenn Langohr</b> examines this doctrine in the light of <b>Scripture and the unified witness of the early Church</b>, offering a detailed response to claims made by <b>Lee W. Brainard</b> and other modern dispensational teachers.</p><p>This book does not rely on speculation, prophecy charts, or sensationalism. Instead, it returns to the plain words of Jesus Christ, the apostolic order laid out by Paul, and the documented beliefs of early Christian writers such as Irenaeus, Ephraim the Syrian, Eusebius, Justin Martyr, Hippolytus, Lactantius, and others-men who lived under real persecution and expected the Church to face the Antichrist, not evade him.</p><b>Inside this book you will discover: </b><ul><li><p>Why <b>Jesus placed the gathering of the elect after the tribulation</b>, not before it (Matthew 24).</p></li><li><p>How <b>Paul explicitly forbade an any-moment rapture</b> and warned of apostasy and the revelation of the man of sin first (2 Thessalonians 2).</p></li><li><p>Why the <b>early Church unanimously expected persecution under the Antichrist</b>, not removal beforehand.</p></li><li><p>How claims of early pre-tribulation belief depend on <b>misquotation, pseudepigraphal texts, and eisegesis</b>.</p></li><li><p>Why <b>Once Saved, Always Saved and pre-tribulation rapture theology rise and fall together</b>.</p></li><li><p>How endurance, obedience, and faithfulness were understood as <b>necessary for salvation</b>, not optional.</p></li><li><p>Why <b>ruling with Christ in the millennium is conditional</b>, reserved for overcomers who endure to the end.</p></li></ul><p>This is not a personal attack. It is a documented theological examination. Every claim is measured against Scripture and historical sources. Long quotations from early Christian writers are provided in context, along with extensive Scripture indexes and appendices for serious study.</p><p><b>The early Church did not ask, "Will we escape?"<br>They asked, "Will we endure?"</b></p><p>If you are seeking clarity on end-times teaching, concerned about doctrines that minimize judgment and perseverance, or want to know what Christians believed <b>before modern dispensationalism existed</b>, this book is written for you.</p><p><i>"He that endureth to the end shall be saved."</i></p>

• Early Church Witness THE GREAT ESCAPE DELUSION Why the Early Church Rejected a Pre-Tribulation Rapture: A Scriptural and Historical Response , (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798242637290
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-01-05
• Page Count: 178