RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath [Paperback]

Don Montgomery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1999

Careful Scripture analyses track through the maze of end-time prophecies to combine all the eighteen events and activities having unique specific times identified in Scripture. This approach allows a more complete evaluation of the end times versus the usual emphasis on a single seven year period described in the Book of Daniel.

Also, responses are provided to over twenty misconceptions often used in Rapture descriptions.

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About the Author

Don Montgomery's background includes two engineering degrees and a professional engineer's license. He retired in 1988. He is also a co-holder of three United States patents. He and his wife of almost fifty years, Marcia, have three children and nine grandchildren. Product Description Careful Scripture analyses track through the maze of end-time prophecies to combine all the eighteen events and activities having unique specific times identified in Scripture. This approach allows a more complete evaluation of the end times versus the usual emphasis on a single seven year time period described in the Book of Daniel.

Also, responses are provided to over twenty misconceptions often used in Rapture descriptions.

A new, eleven page, color addendum is included with the book and presents Scripture defining events relative to timing of the Rapture. Note: Purchasers need to know that this is included only in those books shipped after January 4th and is not available with older or "used" copies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Winepress Publishing (October 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579212271
• ISBN-13: 978-1579212278
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

Don Montgomery was one of the many young men in Southern California who jumped into hot rodding in the 1940s. He participated in street activies, not especially legal, and raced at the dry lakes time trials with the Russetta Timing Assn. Organized drag racing took off in 1950 and Don competed in it. After 6 seasons of dry lakes racing, with his class record in the last 2 seasons, Don moved on to concentrate with drag racing. He raced a fuel coupe in the 1950s and a supercharged gas coupe in the 1960s in addition to arranging drag racing programs. He has been a street rodder since then.
Hot rodding was, and is, Don's hobby. He graduated from the University Of Southern California with an engineering degree. Most of his career was spent in electonics manufacturing of frequency control devices. After selling the business he did some articles about hot rod history in an effort to "tell it like it was". This led to publishing his first book - Hot Rods In The Forties. The book relied on photos from veteran hot rodders photo albums or shoeboxes. After the first book came out more photos were found and more books were published. He has authored eight hot rod history books. The books cover the 1930s to 1950s era or the 1960s drag racing era. The purpose for writing these books is to make available an accurate look at the early days of hot rodding. The author was fortunate to have participated in a great period of hot rodding and to have known many of the pioneers of hot rodding.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leave your comfort zone, May 13, 2000

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Marie Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath (Paperback)

What a book! I dare you to read it! I won't say it didn't take some persuasion to leave my comfort zone and delve into a different perspective on the rapture but I am so glad I did. Questions that had been nibbling at the back of my mind were finally answered: Why does the Bible keep telling us to watch for the return of Jesus, but "people" tell me we won't know when he's coming for the church (check out Chapter 3).

They will never make a movie out of this book; it was not written to be a people-pleaser and entertain them. But I think it is a significant book--it answers questions; explores ideas; correlates old and new testaments; has understandable charts; is fully backed with scripture. To me one of the most important things is that it made me rethink ideas that I had always accepted but never put to the scriptural test. Once again--I dare you to read it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gracious Presentation of Post-Trib and Pre-Wrath Rapture, January 26, 2003

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Lisa L. Ruby (North Attleboro, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath (Paperback)

"Don Montgomery has written an excellent, layman-friendly book that graciously proves the Bible teaches the Rapture of the church is after the Tribulation and before God pours out his Wrath. This book is exceptional because it is original, and not a rehashing of everything else you have probably already read about the post-trib Rapture. Some of Don's conclusions may surprise you, but they will inspire you to dig into your Bible and pray and think.

Interestingly, RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath is also an excellent book for preterists who are open to considering Don's conclusion that Jesus prophesied two destructions of Jerusalem: one in 70 A.D. and one still future. Don's analysis will encourage preterists to harmonize all of the scriptures regarding Christ's Olivet Discourse.

Buy RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath. It will make you think.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Shaky premises, August 25, 2003

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"matthercules" (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RAPTURE: Post-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath (Paperback)

I appreciate it when people have an open mind to a new understanding regarding the topic of the rapture--but that does not mean that any new understanding will do. Mr. Montgomery uses dangerous hermeneutics in this book that I believe invalidate his theory. He bases much of his conclusions on assumptions which he does not support or defend--he just assumes them.

For example, his entire theory is based on the premise that the end-times events in Revelation and Daniel actually occur during two overlapping periods of 7 years--the 70th week of Daniel and Jacob's Trouble. Even though everything rests on this premise, the author give NO scriptural evidence to show that the time of Jacob's Trouble lasts 7 years. NEITHER does he spend any time demonstrating that Jacob's Trouble is different from the 70th week, or a part of the 70th week (such as the Great Tribulation). Rather, he uses this assumption to allow a longer timeline of events (around 10 years). I found it very interesting that the term "Jacob's Trouble" is only used in one place in Scripture (Jer. 30), and this Scripture mentions nothing about a 7 year period--but that is a foundational argument of this book.

A few other assumptions the author also makes seem to weaken his credibility. For example, since 7 years in Daniel are referred to as a "week", the author applies that selectively (but not consistently) to time periods mentioned in the book of Revelation-so that any time it mentions a day, he says it means a year, an hour is rendered as 1/24th of a year, or 15 days. This completely ignores several facts: 1. The original Hebrew term translated "weeks" allows it to be translated as "sevens" and can therefore actually be intended to mean 7 years, but the Greek words for "day" and "hour" do not have alternate translations that allow them to be rendered as "year" and "15-day-period". 2. Daniel explained that his "weeks" were 7 years long so that we wouldn't misinterpret them to be just 7 days long. John made no similar distinction, so why should we assume that when he said "1 hour" that he meant otherwise. 3. The author is applying a linguistic choice made and explained by Daniel to a work written (and not explained) by John.

I give this book 2 stars because I appreciate the effort to present a fresh look at several passages of Scripture, and some parts of this book bring valid questions to mind, but overall the new ideas are based on the author's assumptions which he makes no attempt to support/defend.