The Illusory Hope of the Rapture

Hope is the certain, expectant longing that the child of God has for the return of Jesus Christ and the renewal of all things in Him. Hope is that aspect of faith that is firmly grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (I Peter 1:3), and therefore cannot be put to shame. Hope is the power of the Christian life that enables the child of God to walk as a pilgrim and stranger in the midst of this present evil world with his eye on the better country, the city which hath...