Best 14 quotes of J. A. Hardgrave on MyQuotes

Fleeing led to safety, remaining led to destruction.

God wanted everyone around Judea and Jerusalem to hear the gospel before He allowed the Old Covenant world to be destroyed.

I believe the verses about one being left and one being taken are actually referring to two different responses to the great tribulation.

I can tell you my view of the end-times in one word: Kingdom.

If people are intent on getting what they deserve, it’s their choice, even though it breaks the Father’s heart.

If things happening is the litmus test for a soon-coming rapture, it’s no wonder every generation for many years have believed they were the last generation. Bad things happen in every generation.

Jesus said the great tribulation would take place before the generation He was speaking to passed away [Matt 24:34]. Also, He said it would never be repeated [Matt. 24:21].

Prior to the 1800s, this passage (1 Thess. 4:13-18) was understood by biblical scholars to be referencing the general resurrection and the final coming of the Lord at the end of time. Nobody believed this was referring to some sort of removal of the church from the earth, just prior to a seven-year tribulation period.

The Bible was written for us, but it wasn’t written to us.

The word Antichrist is completely absent from the most prophetic book in the entire Bible—Revelation.

We have to make a biblical case for whatever we believe about the end-times. If we can’t make a biblical case, we have to move on to something else.

What if the disciples heard Jesus say the temple and religious leaders would be destroyed and knew it meant the end of the Old Covenant age? Without a temple and religious leaders, the Old Covenant would be unable to function. Could you imagine the United States government functioning without the president, the secret service, and the White House? In fact, one-third of the Old Covenant laws required a standing temple.

What if the goal of Jesus was not just to get us from earth to heaven after we die, but to empower us to bring heaven to earth before we die?

You guys do realize it’s the good guys that get left behind, right?