December 5, 1997 (Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org) - The following if from The Fundamentalist Digest, Volume, 6, Number 1, January-February 1997. Used by permission (Dr. Don Jasmin, Maranatha Baptist Church, P.O. Box 2322, Elkton, MD 21922-2322) --

LITERATURE TO CONSIDER --

Morgan Edwards: An Eighteenth Century Pretribulationist
By Frank Marotta

In this well documented 28 page treatise, Marotta factually refutes the claim that the pre-tribulation doctrine originated in the 1800's from the evil sources of either a Jesuit priest or an evil occult influenced woman.

Marotta cites the printed pre-tribulation beliefs of the 18th century Philadelphia Baptist pastor Morgan Edwards as validation that the pre-trib. View existed prior to the 18th century, showing that Edwards undoubtedly arrived at his pre-trib. conclusions through his own independent study of the Scriptures. Marotta also provides some interesting insights concerning the prophetic interpretations of other prominent Baptists in the 17th-18th centuries.

In an appendix which covers several pages, Marotta succinctily discredits the anti-rapturist follies in Dave MacPherson's books The Rapture Plot and The Great Rapture Hoax, documenting MacPherson's numerous misrepresentations. $2.00, plus $1.50 for P&H charges; Present Truth Publishers, 411 Route 79, Morganville, NJ 07751.

See also Examining an Ancient Pre-Trib Rapture Statement [this is a link to material on another server]