: Partial Rapture
Partial Rapture
Specific Distinctives:
Teach that only a small number of Christians in ‗watchfulness and perseverance' will be raptured
Those not taken in the Rapture will endure the Tribulation as a time of purification
Some believe the 5 foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) are carnal Christians left behind to endure the Tribulation
Some see the Transfiguration as a type of rapture wherein only 3 of the disciples were present while 9 were left behind (Matthew 17:1-8)
Background:
First articulated in the mid-19th century by a small group of Pretribulationists in England
Their main publication was The Dawn magazine edited by David M. Panton
Robert Govett (1813-1901) was the first proponent of the modern theory of partial rapture in 1853
George H. Lang was its ablest proponent (1874-1958)
Works:
George H. Pember (1837-1910), The Great Prophecies (London: R. F. Fleming H. Revell Co., 1912)Robert Govett, Entrance into the Kingdom (London: Charles J. Thynne, 1923)
George H. Lang, Firstborn Sons Their Rights and Risks (London: Oliphants Ltd., 1943)
David M. Panton (1870-1955), The Letters to the Seven Churches (London: R. F. Hunger Printer, 1912)
George L. Rose, Tribulation Till Translation (Glendale, CA: Rose Pub., Co., 1943)
Charles H. Welch, The Testimony of the Lord's Prisoner (London: Fred P. Brininger, n.d.)
J.W. White JR., The Partial Rapture Theory Explained (2008)
Ray Brubaker, Rapture, A Reward for Readiness (2003) Theological Persuasion:
Some are Calvinists and some are Arminians
Some hold to charismatic theology Churches:
Baptist and some charismatic churches
Past Notables:
G. H. Lang, Robert Govett, Watchman Nee, Ray Brubaker, Hudson Taylor, Sarah Foulkes Moore, Robert Chapman, D. M. Panton (editor of The Dawn), G.H.Pember, J.A.Seiss, T. Austin Sparks, A. B. Simpson, founder of the American Christian and Missionary Alliance, taught it in parable of the 10 virgins but was more closely associated as a Pre-Millennial Historicist Current Notables:
Henry Haney, Troy Brooks (godtube.com), Joey Faust, Robert Wilkin (Grace Evangelical Society)
Web Sites:
http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/Partial_rapture.htm
Henry Haney (www.truthablaze.com)
Bible Communications, Inc. (http://www.tanbible.com/tol_knw/tol_knw_partrapt.htm)
Jack Shelton (http://members.tripod.com/sheltonjack/id38.htm)
Anonymous (http://www.kingdom-gospel.com/rapture.html)
Ray Brubaker Files (http://www.raptureme.com/featured/brubaker/brubaker.html)
Quote:
"He gave His disciples no reason to believe that their readiness for the Rapture rested on any experience of salvation they may have had. He made it pointed and plain that their conduct at the moment of the Rapture meant the winning of the prize." (Sarah Foulkes Moore, Herald of His Coming)