Presented at The Bible Faculty Summit Annual Conference August 6–8, 2019, International Baptist College and Seminary, Chandler, Arizona The Rapture: Cosmic Segregation or Antidote for

Dr. John J. Yeo serves at Southern California Seminary as Professor of Old Testament. His primary interests lie within Old Testament interpretation and Biblical Theology. His publications include the chapter on “Ruth” in A Biblical-Theological Introduction to the Old Testament (Crossway, 2016), an extended article on “Name Theology” in The Lexham Bible Dictionary (Logos Bible Software, 2012), and book reviews in various theological journals. He also served as a translation specialist on the Book of Job for the revised edition of the Christian Standard Bible (Holman Bible Publishers, 2017

The significance of his research is that it focuses on a period of history that pre-dates John Nelson Darby’s initial gathering with the early brethren to break bread in Dublin in 1827-1828, which later came to be known as the Plymouth Brethren movement.

My love for Christ and passion to help women fulfill their God-given purpose fueled the birth of the Women’s Ministry Connection in 2002. I desired to provide an environment where women leaders could connect to be encouraged and strengthened in their faith. Leadership can be a lonely place. Women give so freely of themselves to help others, but often lack a place where they can be refreshed. I also recognized the need to raise up and develop the next generation of leaders.

In particular, his sed contra device provides a brilliant and engaging way to display the various nuances in Scripture precluding any notion of a flat storyline in God’s Word. This aspect makes the book exceptionally
thought-provoking, even fun to read. Scholars today, particularly dispensational thinkers, would do well to emulate Aquinas in this regard as too often Scripture can be overly systematized or domesticated in such a
fashion as to leave the impression of a facile product stripped of mystery.