The End of the World: Future Events and You
The Rapture: When Is It? Revelation 3:10-11
- THREE PRIMARY VIEWS
- Rapture before the Tribulation
- Majority view today among Evangelicals
- Rapture after the Tribulation
- Or “no secret rapture”
- Makes Christ a liar, John 14:1-4
- Rapture during the middle of the Tribulation
- Extreme minority view; rests on unclear scripture
- “Pre-Wrath” Rapture by Marv Rosenthal
- When is the Rapture? BEFORE THE TRIBULATION!
- GOD’S P_________ : REMOVE GOD’S PEOPLE FROM THE PLACE OF GOD’S COMING JUDGMENT
- Noah – Genesis 6:5-8
- Lot – Genesis 19:12-16
- The ten plagues of Egypt – Exodus
- GOD’S PECULIAR S_________ : THE CHURCH IS NOT MENTIONED IN TRIBULATION-RELATED SCRIPTURES
- The Revelation – the most detailed account of the Tribulation period.
- The word “Church” is found ____ times in chapters 1-3.
- What happens in Revelation 4:1-2?
- The Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24, 25; Mark 13; Luke 21) – Christ’s detailed account of the Tribulation period.
- The overwhelming emphasis is on I________ in this time period.
- The discussion’s context: 23:34-24:3
- False “Messiahs”: 24:5
- 24:9 – Who will be hated of all nations?
- 24:15 – Abomination of Desolation (Daniel 9:27 & 11, 12)
- “Judea” – Matthew 24:16
- Flight on the sabbath – 24:20
- Summary: The most detailed descriptions of the Tribulation period find the church conspicuously A________ .
- GOD’S P__________ : THE CHURCH IS DELIVERED FROM GOD’S FUTURE W_______
- I Thessalonians 1:10 and Romans 5:8-11
- I Thessalonians 5:1-11 – Five promises
- We have no need to prepare for it (vv. 1-2)
- It is for “them” not “us” (v. 3)
- It will not overtake us (v. 4)
- We are appointed to obtain salvation (v. 9)
- We can take this word as our comfort (v. 11)
- Revelation 3:10-11