Isn't the pre-trib rapture just escapism?

Chuck Smith answered the "escapist" charge from the text, "He has not appointed us unto wrath," and from the parable that forbids idle waiting: "We're to occupy, we're to keep busy until He comes." The command is "Occupy till I come" (Luke 19:13). Read Chuck on Luke 19:13 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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