Christians, Unpack Your Bags!
The Parable of the Weeds, the End Times, and What to Expect Before Jesus Returns
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
CHRISTIANS, UNPACK YOUR BAGS! You're Here for the Duration. In contrast to a pre-tribulation rapture--the belief that Christians will be taken up to the clouds to be with Jesus prior to a seven-year period of tribulation and judgment for those left behind--Christians, Unpack Your Bags! argues that believers will not be removed from the world prior to the end of the age. Using the parable of the weeds in Matthew 13 as its basis, and then examining hundreds of other verses, it maintains that the end-time prophecies in the Bible were meant to be warnings to Christians that they will not escape the troubles and trials that lie ahead. By noting the recurring imagery in end-times prophecies, it concludes that Christians will witness or experience nearly every event typically associated with the end times. It also concludes that there are at least three separate accounts of the return of Jesus in the book of Revelation.
Endorsements (2)
“Christians living where intense persecution is common do not typically believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Could it be that the ‘pre-trib’ tilt of Western Christianity is more cultural than exegetical? Persecuted Christians often experience New Testament truth as preparation for endurance, no matter what happens, rather than as a promise of escape. With a heart passionate to prepare God’s people to endure and a keen exegetical eye, my friend Dick Lentz offers a much-needed perspective on this vital topic.”
“Dick wrote excellent Bible studies for our adult Sunday school curriculum at Cook. He knows how to relate the Bible’s messages to everyday life. In this careful exposition of multiple Bible passages, Dick shows why Jesus will not return before the Great Tribulation, so we must be faithful to him through the coming trials and tribulations.”
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