Book Review by Terry James

My web site affiliation is Raptureready.com. Therefore, anything to do with that great Event that will remove believers from this Judgment-bound planet instantly piques my interest.

Upon reading UNTAKEN, TOO: 12 Days Following the Rapture by Constance O. Wyler, I wasn’t disappointed that I had invested my time in this sequel to her first novel – UNTAKEN: 12 Hours Following the Rapture.

As a matter of fact, the fictional account of her characters enduring the days immediately following the disappearance of people around them and throughout the world sparked more than just my interest in a story well told. Her handling of the technological aspects of our world as it exists at present and how that technology will be used by the Antichrist system following the Rapture sparked interest in exploring those developments when writing my commentaries.

I can promise that reading this second novel will set you to cogitating on this present world of non-fiction in which we live as well. The back cover of Constance’s novel encapsulates well this fictional account of the immediate aftermath of Christ’s Rescue of God’s children from Planet Earth. The description is one with which I agree wholeheartedly:

The Rapture has happened. What would you do? You’ve agreed to an artificial intelligent implant so viewers can see, hear, and feel whatever you experience. But are you still in control or is AI? Continue in the protagonist’s mind and learn what happens during the twelve days that follow the incredible event called the Rapture.

“Continuing this post-rapture journey, this is a must-read for those looking for motivation on why we should make every effort to be about the Father’s business NOW. A stunning achievement with a thought-provoking perspective on AI and the on-ramp to the Mark of the Beast. Highly recommended!” ~ Scott Townsend, RaptureKit.org

“The “real” Rapture is imminent! I deeply desire that as many as possible read the Untaken books. In the genre of the Left Behind series, Untaken, Too is technologically advanced, exciting, alarming. Truly compelling!” ~ Carlos B. Hall, Retired Pastor/Bible Teacher

“I enjoyed Untaken but this sequel is amazing! Untaken, Too is a thought-provoking scenario that challenged me to ponder ‘What if…?’ I was totally captivated and I applaud the author’s ability to remain true to God’s Word. Well done, C. O. Wyler!” ~ Connie Saunders, blogger of Older & Smarter
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I can only add that in this late moment of prophetic stage-setting for that most terrible time of human history, the Tribulation, this story couldn’t be timelier. I hope you will get the book, devour it –and you will do just that once started reading—then pass it along to someone who needs to know what the world of the unsaved faces because of rejecting Christ as Savior.

To order BOOK 2:
UNTAKEN, TOO: 12 Days Following the Rapture

Author: Constance O. Wyler

Available almost everywhere online: https://books2read.com/untakentoo
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To order BOOK 1:
UNTAKEN: 12 Hours Following the Rapture

Author: Constance O. Wyler

Available almost everywhere online: https://books2read.com/untaken
~ Ebook always FREE online

* Here is my review of Book 1: 

https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2022/11/20/when-children-go-missing/

Book review by Terry James

While recently attending the Prophecy Watchers Conference in Colorado Springs, at which he and I were speakers, my friend Lee Brainard and I discussed his book. I’ve since looked at it in depth and concluded that it is one of the best treatments of the pretrib Rapture I’ve read.

Most Christians today don’t have a solid foundation in the Bible’s teaching on the subject, even if they attend churches that professedly believe in it. They haven’t been systematically taught the various arguments that can be made for a pretribulation Rapture. When they do wade into the debate regarding the event’s timing, they’re likely to hear more assertions, cliches, and sound bites than well-framed arguments. This lack of foundation leaves them susceptible to preachers with strong personalities and well-framed erroneous arguments. Hence, as we have painfully witnessed, multitudes have embraced the pre-wrath and post-Tribulation Rapture in the past couple of decades.

This book is designed to help remedy this lack of foundation. In fewer than 120 pages, the author has presented ten distinct arguments for the pretribulation Rapture in compact form. Distilled a little further, their essence can be presented in the following six points–the gist of which Lee presents here in brief.

The economy argument. God returns to Israel during the tribulation, and the evident economy during the tribulation is the Mosaic economy. Therefore, the church cannot be on earth during the seventieth week. God cannot have two honored economies or two honored temples at the same time.

The timeline argument. We see the representatives of the church in heaven in the fourth and fifth chapters of Revelation prior to the opening of the first seal (the antichrist) in the sixth chapter. Therefore, the church is not on earth during the tribulation. We also see other timeline indicators which present a rapture prior to the second coming. For instance, the rapture is presented as the morning star of the day of the Lord, while the second coming is presented as the sunrise of the day of the Lord.

The distinction between the rapture and the second coming. There are numerous distinctions between the rapture and the second coming. For instance, the church is taken to heaven at the rapture, while she descends from heaven with the Lord at the second coming. Other distinctions include: the saints taken vs. the saints left, the bride vs. the guests, and the apantesis vs. the parousia.

The relative normality argument. The coming of the Son of man will be like an unexpected thief in the night and will catch the world unaware and unwatching. This does not fit the second coming. The whole world knows it is coming, and they prepare for it, even gathering the armies of the world at the right time and place—Armageddon. But the rapture fits the thief-in-the-night scenario perfectly. The world will be going about their normal business, oblivious to the dawning of the day of the Lord on the horizon, and they will be shocked out of their obliviousness by the vanishing of the church and the first wave of judgments.

The deliverance from wrath argument. The church, as the body and bride of Christ, cannot see the wrath of God that will be poured out on earth at the end of the age. This time of wrath is synonymous with the tribulation. Evidence is provided that the word tribulation is used for the wrath of God, and the concept of wrath is used for Israel in the tribulation.

The nature argument. The seals differ from the normal course of troubles during this age both qualitatively and quantitatively. The seals mark the Lord’s return to theocratic government from the providential government that has prevailed throughout the church age. The seals are vastly worse in degree than anything that mankind has experienced during the course of this age. The fourth seal alone brings twenty times the death toll of World War II. The first seal, the rise and reign of the antichrist, is expressly identified as the day of the Lord (the dawning of it) in 2 Thessalonians 2. It is a great delusion sent upon mankind as a judgment for their unbelief of the light they were already given. It is retributive judgment, albeit mingled with grace.

Taken together, these arguments present a rock-solid case for a rapture prior to the tribulation (that is, prior to the seventieth week). The church must be removed before the first seal is opened and the antichrist is revealed. The church must be removed before the Lord returns to dealing with national Israel during the seventieth week. The church must be removed before the world is bombarded with the seal visitations, which vastly outstrip anything mankind has experienced in the church age. As we read in Revelation 3:10, according to my paraphrase, “Because you have patiently suffered with me in the church age, I will remove you from the planet before the tribulation, which shall come upon the entire planet, to try those whose focus is only earthly.”

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For believers who are Rapture ready, this is indeed an exciting volume to consider while we eagerly await that shout from Heaven’s clouds of Glory: “Come up here!” (Revelation 4:1).

Ten Potent Proofs for the Pretribulation Rapture

Author: Lee Brainard

Publisher: Soothkeep Press

ISBN: 979-8-9873081-3-4

To order:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D7TLWN81