OVERTAKEN UNAWARES What You Need to Know About the Rapture, the Antichrist, and the Book of Revelation

by Lane, Norman L.

• ISBN13: 9781943612635
• ISBN10: 1943612633
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-09-10
• Publisher: Bookbaby

Summary

When it comes to the subject of the rapture, most people are only concerned with the question of whether it will happen before, during, or after the tribulation. There are, however, much more important issues concerning it that need to be addressed – issues with eternal consequences for our lives. There are aspects of the rapture that popular teaching on the subject usually ignores, so many Christians have not been prepared to deal with much of what scripture says concerning it. In OVERTAKEN UNAWARES we confront these issues head-on and answer questions like: -Does the Bible teach the rapture of the church? Is there really more than one "second coming" of Christ? -Can we definitively answer the question of where to place the rapture on the prophetic timeline? -Will all Christians be raptured? Are there any qualifications for being taken in the rapture beyond receiving salvation by faith in Christ? -Will all believers inherit the kingdom of God, and what does this have to do with the rapture? -What is the Judgment Seat of Christ and what does it have to do with the rapture? -Are there other rapture events in scripture, and if so, what do they teach us about it? -Will the church be raptured before the revelation of the antichrist? -Do we know who the antichrist is, and is he active in the world today? -Where does the rapture occur in the Book of Revelation? What is actually going on in the places that people usually try to put the rapture? -What specific end-times persecution will Christians face before the rapture? -Have any of the seals on the scroll in Revelation been opened? If so, where are we at in the seals, and what will happen next? -What is the sixth seal disaster? Can we avoid it along with the rest of the tribulation? -Why do we need to make our “calling and election sure?” How do we do that? -Is Satan doing anything to prepare for the rapture? Because many believers have not been taught the whole truth about these things, they may soon find that they have been OVERTAKEN UNAWARES by events that are on the horizon right now! There is no need to go blindly into the future when the truth is there for anyone who will carefully consider it to see. There is much reason to be hopeful if you are properly prepared for what is coming, so it is my prayer that you will read this book, take to heart what God's word says about these things, and share it with anyone who will listen, so you, and they, will not be... OVERTAKEN UNAWARES!

Author Biography

A veteran of both the Army and the Air Force, Norman Lane has a proven ability to "wrap his head around" large complex issues. Trained in aircraft maintenance by the Air Force, he first became involved in hazardous waste management while stationed at McChord AFB, and later as a Boeing employee was tasked with researching and creating a hazardous waste management program for the 767 jetliner assembly organization for which he also developed training presentations and a supervisor’s procedural manual. Based on the success of that program he was invited to assist the 747 production organization with development of their waste management system and then Boeing’s entire Everett Washington manufacturing plant (which at the time was the world’s largest building). He also went on to write an official Boeing training class on the subject. At B.F. Goodrich Aerospace's facilities at Paine Field, Washington, Norman was hired to research and create their environmental compliance plans and wrote the Facility Hazardous Material Contingency Plan, the Spill Control and Countermeasure Plan, the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, and an 8 hour Resource Conservation and Recovery Act mandated course on handling hazardous materials, which he also taught. During this time he also wrote articles on Christian issues for church, developed several topical Bible study guides, and began work on a book about building the kingdom of God by investing in others, but his writing ambitions were put on hold because of his music ministry. Since 2009, however, he has become increasingly concerned about the issues addressed in OVERTAKEN UNAWARES, and in recent years became convinced that he needed to combine his research and several articles he had written into a book in time to "get out ahead of these things" and warn people about them. Norman and his wife, Hanna Bishop (a teacher), have 6 grown children (3 apiece), and live on the Washington coast with their two cats, Veteran and Twinkle Toes, both of whom were rescued "Crusader Rabbit" style by Hanna (see the DEDICATION page in the book).