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Gloria LaBounty,
reporter for the Sun Chronicle newspaper
wrote an article called "Wrath of God" March 15, 2003.
I would like to
respond to a portion of the article which contained Tim LaHaye's response when asked to comment about my
criticisms of the Left Behind Series:
Asked to comment
on Ruby's criticism, LaHaye through his publicist sent this to
The Sun Chronicle by e-mail: "Anyone who has read our
Left Behind series will realize how false such accusations are.
We exalt Jesus Christ and His merciful acts even during the
coming time of tribulation. Ruby's problem is that she disagrees
with our pre-tribulational rapture concept, which we believe is
clearly taught in the Bible. She should rejoice with us that
there have been literally thousands of people who have received
Christ as their Savior and Lord through reading the Left Behind
series, and consequently, they will NOT be left behind when
Jesus comes to rapture His church!" --end of excerpt of
"Wrath of God" article
Tim LaHaye is
incorrect in his implication that God's Wrath on Left Behind
was written because I disagree with the pre-tribulation rapture
position. I made it clear in an article written over a year ago
(updated 1/22/03)--"A
Message to My Pre-Trib Visitors" --that I did not write
my book for the purpose of refuting the pre-tribulation
rapture doctrine promoted in the Left Behind Series. My
purpose was more fundamental:
I do criticize
the sinful examples of Christianity in the Left Behind series.
God has commanded me to write articles and a book about the
series' unbiblical treatment of Christianity which is
spiritually dangerous to the reader.
Most Christians
believe in a pre-tribulation rapture, and Left Behind teaches a
pre-tribulation rapture. But make no mistake, refuting the
pre-tribulation rapture teaching is not the reason I
wrote
God's
Wrath on Left Behind,
although I did not dodge this issue in the book. I wrote the
book to expose the antichrist agenda of the Left Behind series.
My book is filled with new material that thoroughly proves this
statement.
The very first Christians
to take my investigative writings about the Left Behind Series
seriously were a pre-trib couple:
This Christian
couple with strongly-held pre-trib beliefs allowed me to post my
Left Behind articles on their site for others to find in the
search engines.They permitted this because it was obvious to
them that important doctrines pertaining to salvation have been
grossly mishandled in the Left Behind series. (See: "A
Message to My Pre-Trib Visitors")
update 3/16/03
Tim LaHaye
said,
"We exalt Jesus Christ and His merciful acts even during the
coming time of tribulation."
My response:
Your glorying is
not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole
lump? (1 Cor. 5:6) The Left Behind Series contains far
more than a little leaven! Let us look at only a few examples:
The teaching (via a sermon!) that
Jesus' death on the cross was a martyrdom is not exalting Jesus
Christ.
Interchanging
God
with Satan is not exalting Jesus Christ.
Chang
(a Christian) confessing Antichrist before men is not exalting
Jesus Christ.
The example that Christians can
sin
in order to serve God is not exalting Jesus Christ.
Christians
praying without faith is not exalting Jesus Christ.
The example of Christians
thinking it made sense to give up information that caused other
Christians to be killed is not exalting Jesus Christ. (See:
George
Sebastian is Not an Example of Living By Faith)
Portraying a Christian having a
strong desire to kill his captors is not exalting Jesus
Christ. (See: George
Sebastian is Not an Example of Living By Faith)
Using terrorist talk to describe
a killing committed by a Christian is not exalting Jesus Christ.
(See: George
Sebastian is Not an Example of Living By Faith)
For more articles exposing the
spiritual leaven in the Left Behind Series see:
Exposing
False Doctrines in the Left Behind Series
Lisa Ruby
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