My neighbor hurried across the street. I could tell she had something on her mind. Turns out, she had a story she knew I would enjoy. She had been talking to one of her religious friends. They were talking about the tribulation. Her friend had said, “I believe in pre-trib. But if that doesn’t happen, then I’m going for mid-trib. And if that doesn’t happen, I’ll go for post-trib.” My neighbor’s explanation of her friend’s position: She believes in what she hopes is true, but if it turns out it isn’t, she’ll go for plan B. If that turns out to be untrue, she’ll go for plan C.
Never mind that the concepts under discussion aren’t biblical concepts—you’ll be hard pressed to find pre-trib (or pre-tribulation), mid-trib, or post-trib in your concordance. Amazing how people will buy into someone’s explanation of the Bible, and the use of terms that aren’t even in the Bible, when the Bible is its own best interpreter. Also amazing that people believe in what they hope is true. Is it faith or is it hope? The line is increasingly blurred.
It may seem “old hat”, but we do need to be reminded each day, along with millions in our world, “Faith comes from hearing the word of God.”