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Introduction to

Revelation

Bethany Covenant ChurchSunday School


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Introduction to Revelation


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Table of ContentsIntroduction to Revelation ............................................................................................................................. 5

Wonderful Book ......................................................................................................................................... 5Old Testament Ties ................................................................................................................................... 5Devise Book .............................................................................................................................................. 6

Four Views of Interpretation of Revelation .................................................................................................... 7Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 7Preterist ..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Description of the Preterist View ............................................................................................................ 8Schools of Thought of the Preterist View............................................................................................... 8

Historicist ................................................................................................................................................... 9Description of the Historicist View ......................................................................................................... 9Schools of Thought of the Historicist View ............................................................................................ 9

Futurist ..................................................................................................................................................... 10Description of the Futurist View ........................................................................................................... 10Schools of Thought of the Futurist View .............................................................................................. 10

Idealist/Spiritual ....................................................................................................................................... 11Description of the Idealist/Spiritual View .............................................................................................. 11Schools of Thought of the Idealist/Spiritual View ................................................................................ 11

Introduction to the Tribulation (Rapture).................................................................................................. 13Dates of the Rapture ............................................................................................................................... 14Introduction to the Tribulation .................................................................................................................. 15

Daniels 70th week (Daniel 9:24-27) .................................................................................................... 16Matthew 24:4-31 and Revelation 6-19 ................................................................................................. 17

Tribulation (Rapture) Overview ............................................................................................................... 18Pretribulationism ...................................................................................................................................... 19

Description of the Pretribulationism View ............................................................................................ 19Schools of Thought of the Pretribulationism View ............................................................................... 19

Midtribulationism ...................................................................................................................................... 20Description of the Midtribulationism View ............................................................................................ 20Schools of Thought of the Midtribulationism View ............................................................................... 20

Prewrath Rapturism ................................................................................................................................. 21Description of the Prewrath Rapturism View ....................................................................................... 21Schools of Thought of the Prewrath Rapturism View .......................................................................... 21Mid-Trib vs Pre-Wrath .......................................................................................................................... 21

Posttribulationism .................................................................................................................................... 22Description of the Posttribulationism View........................................................................................... 22Schools of Thought of the Posttribulationism View ............................................................................. 22


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Other Rapture Views ............................................................................................................................... 23Partial Rapture View ............................................................................................................................ 23Secret Rapture View ............................................................................................................................ 23Multiple Raptures View ........................................................................................................................ 23No Rapture View .................................................................................................................................. 23Past Rapture View ............................................................................................................................... 23

The Millennium Views ................................................................................................................................. 24Premillennialism ...................................................................................................................................... 28

Description of the Premillennialism View ............................................................................................. 28Schools of Thought of the Premillennialism View ................................................................................ 28

Postmillennialism ..................................................................................................................................... 30Description of the Postmillennialism View ........................................................................................... 30Schools of Thought of the Postmillennialism View .............................................................................. 30

Amillennialism .......................................................................................................................................... 31Description of the Amillennialism View ................................................................................................ 31Schools of Thought of the Amillennialism View ................................................................................... 31


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Scripture cited from New American Standard Bible (NASB)Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation


Wonderful Book

The book of Revelation is a wonderful book. Our Lord Jesus Christ will return and reign. Satan and evil isultimately and finally defeated. Plus there will be no pain and we will truly worship Him.

One of my goals for this study is to show how different interpretations view, including some history. I prayyou enjoy Revelation but not to the point of it and prophecy being your focal point.

I will try to draw application from the passages, so that we all learn and grow.

Old Testament Ties

The Book of Revelation is tied to the Old Testament. It contains more than 500 allusions to the OldTestament, and 278 of the 404 verses in Revelation (that is almost 70%) make some reference to the OldTestament. His favorite books are the prophetic books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, as well ashistorical Exodus and poetic Psalms.

For example looking at the Plagues in Egypt, we see some of them again, in the Trumpets and Vials.Deuteronomy 28:15-68 is titled Consequences of Disobedience in verse 60 says, He will bring backon you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you.

Plagues in Egypt Compared with Trumpets and Vials of Revelation

Event Plague Reference Trumpet Reference Vial Reference

Water > Blood 1st Exo 7:17-25 2nd Rev 8:8-9 2nd/3rd Rev 16:3-7

Frogs 2nd Exo 8:1-7 6th Rev 16:13-14

Boils 6th Exo 9:10 1st Rev 16:2, 11

Hail 7th Exo 9:22-26 1st Rev 8:7

Locusts 8th Exo 10:4-6 5th Rev 9:3-11

Darkness 9th Exo 10:21-23 (4th)/5th (Rev 8:12), 9:1 5th Rev 16:10

Revelation has other references to water turning to blood (Rev 11:6) and hail (Rev 11:19).

Matthew and Hebrews also have strong ties to the Old Testament. Remember the original audience.

Ill point out the ties to the Old Testament.


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Devise Book

The book of Revelation is a devise book, because there are different views of

Interpretation preterist, historicist, futurist and idealist view Revelation as eventso Preterist. First century including the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.o Historicist. From the beginning of the church until the time of the interpreter.

o Futurist.Revelation chapters 4-22 as events that will occur in the future. '' the preterist and thefuturist methods, or approaches, stand at opposite extremes.o Idealist. Symbolizing the ongoing struggle between good and evil during the church age until

Christ returns, not historical events.

Rapture (when Christ comes for the church) in relation to the tribulation (Rev 6-19): pretribulational,midtribulational, prewrath, posttribulational and no rapture proponents view the rapture will occuro Pretribulational. Before the seven-year tribulation period (Rev 4:1).o Prewrath. Before the seventh-seal wrath of trumpets (Rev 11:15).o Midtribulational. At some point in the middle of the tribulation period (Rev 14:1-5, 14).o Posttribulational. At the end of the tribulation period (Rev 20:4-6). They view Christs Second

Advent as one event, the others say He is coming twice.o No rapture. Not at all.

Millennium (Rev 20:1-7):.o

Premillennialism. They view Christ returns before the millennium to physically rule on the earth fora thousand years.o Postmillennialism They view the Kingdom is a present reality because Christ reigns in His

Church and all nations will be converted to Christ prior to the coming of Christ.o Amillennialism. They view there is not a specific thousand-year reign, but applies the period to

the whole of Church history. The period will culminate in the earth made new.All fhree determine your guess of the future.

Each one of the four contains an element of truth. The problem comes when you accept only one andreject all the others. The bigger problem is that when each interpreter tries to force each vision to maketheir view fit, instead of letting Scripture speak for itself.

While I will allow discussion, I will stop anything that I sense will cause division. I also ask your help inthis matter. Remember our Behavioral Covenant.

There are some that tie two or all three of the group together

Doug Beaumont believes each Tribulation view is Futurist and Premillennial, which is hard to believe:Rapture Views Doug Beaumont.Org

Jay Rogers states the following about the millennial views and how they view Revelation:

Most postmillennialists are either preterists or historicists.

Most amillennialists are either idealists or historicists.

Most classical premillennialists are either historicist or futurist in their approach to Revelation.

All dispensational premillennialists put virtually every biblical prophecy about judgment in a sevenyear tribulation thought to be coming in the near future.

The Postmillennial View The Four Keys to the Millennium

Blue Letter Bible says:

Dispensational Premillennialism holds to a Pretribulational rapture.

Historical Premillennialism holds to a Posttribulational rapture.

Postmillennial theonomist viewpoint holds to a partial-preterist interpretation of Revelation

Amillennialism say Rapture will happen as the saints, living and dead, meet the Lord in the cloudsand immediately proceed to judge the nations with Christ and then follow Him into their eternal state.

Blue Letter Bible Four Views on the Millennium.
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Four Views of Interpretation of RevelationOverview


Four Views of Interpretation of Revelation

Overview

It is said, by Probe Ministries in their Four Views of Revelation, and I believe there is a danger if one isnot grounded in the grammatical, historical, and contextual method of hermeneutics (the study of the

principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible). One could be open to alternateinterpretations (views) that may even contradict the authors intended meaning.

The following displays the differences between the four views of Revelation.

Summary of the Four Views of Revelation

Preterist Historicist Futurist Idealist

RevelationCh. 1-3

Represent historicchurches

Represents historicchurches

Represents historicchurches andstages of churchhistory

Represent historicchurches.

RevelationCh. 4-19

Symbolic ofcontemporary

conditions.

Symbolic of history:Fall of Rome,

Mohammedanism,Papacy,Reformation, etc.

Future tribulationand the coming

judgments on theapostate church andantichrist. Thecoming of Christ.

Symbolic of theongoing conflict

between good andevil.

RevelationCh. 20-22

Symbolizes heavenand victory.

Final judgment andthe eternal state.

The Millennialkingdom, the

judgment of evil andthe eternal state.

Represents thevictory of all that isgood.

You can read Revelation through more than one hermeneutical lens. One could see chapters 1-3 from anon-Futurist view. I perceive chapters 4-18 with a Historicist eye; though believe some of these eventsmay happen in the future, as well. The outlook for chapters 19-22 is with a Futurist viewpoint.


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Four Views of Interpretation of RevelationPreterist


Preterist

Description of the Preterist ViewThe word Preterist, if used as anoun, describes means one who is chiefly concerned with the past(Chapters 4-19 describe the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 or the fall of Rome in A.D. 476). When

the word preterist is used as an adjective, it describes something that is focused on the past. A Preteristinterpretation of the book of Revelation holds that most (not all, but most) of the prophecies of the bookhave already been fulfilled, that they were fulfilled shortly after the writer, John, first penned them. In asense, one might say that there is an element of futurism, in that it truly was future to John, but from ourperspective, it relates to history. Hence, we might say, in a technical sense that preterism is futuristictoJohn, yet historicalto us.

Schools of Thought of the Preterist View

Full preterists some prefer to call their position consistent preterism. They believe that all theprophecies found in Revelation were fulfilled in AD 70 and that we are now living in the eternal state,or the new heavens and the new earth.

Partial preterists some prefer to call their position orthodox preterism. They believe that most ofthe prophecies of Revelation were fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem but that chapters 20-22

point to future events such as a future resurrection of believers and return of Christ to the earth.

The following chart compares the Full and Partial Preterists.

Full vs Partial Preterists

Full Preterists Partial Preterists

Event AD 70 End of history AD 70 End of history

Coming of Christ Yes No Yes (1) Yes (2)

Resurrection and rapture Yes No No Yes

Day of the Lord Yes No Yes Yes

Judgment Yes No Yes Yes

Partial preterists distinguish between a coming of the Lord injudgment(1) against Jerusalem in AD 70and the future bodily(2) Second Coming of our Lord at the end of history.

Preterists (past fulfillment at AD 70) viewpoint, taking the "mid-trib, pre-wrath" position that a literal raptureoccurred in AD 66 (three and a half years before the destruction of Jerusalem)


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Four Views of Interpretation of RevelationHistoricist


Historicist

Description of the Historicist ViewA Historicist approach to interpretation of the Revelation sees the book prophesying events that transpireover the course of the entire church age. The book of Revelation, they would say, is a foretelling of allhistory from the time of the first coming of Christ unto the end of the age.

Schools of Thought of the Historicist ViewThere is only one view that I can find. However, the time of the events in Revelation had to change withtime. For example, the age of Laodicea is typically identified as occurring in the same time period as theexpositor.

The Historicist approach to the Seven Churches (Rev 2-3) are to assign them ages:

The age of Ephesus is the apostolic age up to 100.

The age of Smyrna is the persecution of the Church through 313.

The age of Pergamus is the compromised Church lasting until.

The age of Thyatira is the rise of the papacy to the Reformation.

The age of Sardis is the age of the Reformation.

The age of Philadelphia is the age of evangelism.

The age of Laodicea represents liberal churches in a "present day" context.
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Four Views of Interpretation of RevelationFuturist


Futurist

Description of the Futurist ViewThe Futurist approach to interpretation of the Revelation sees the book prophesying events that arelargely future to all but those living just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The book of

Revelation, they would say, is for the most part a foretelling of events that will not begin to transpire untilthe end of the current age shortly before the Second Coming of Christ.

Most futuristsare dispensationalists, but not all of them are. Dispensationalism is a nineteenth-centuryevangelical development based on a futurist biblical hermeneutic that sees a series of chronologicallysuccessive "dispensations" or periods in history in which God relates to human beings in different waysunder different Biblical covenants. One group sees the ages as:

Creation to fall Innocence Genesis 1-3

Fall to flood Conscience Genesis 3-8Flood to Abraham Human Government Genesis 9-11

Abraham to Moses Promise Genesis 12-Exodus 19Moses to Christ Law Exodus 20- Birth of the Church

Church Age Grace Church Age-Rapture

Millennium Kingdom Revelation 20:4-6Eternal State Revelation 21-22

Futurists divide the books contents based on their understanding of Revelation 1:19, in which John istold: Write the things (1) which thou hast seen, and (2) the things which are, and (3) the things whichshall be hereafter. They go on to say that Revelation 1 records the things that John had already seen.Revelation 2 & 3, that contain the seven letters to the seven churches, are the things that are. Thethings which shall be hereafter begins with 4:1 and continues to the end of the book. Their view holdsthat the book was written so that the prophesied events are recorded in chronological order.

Schools of Thought of the Futurist View

Mostly Futuristic. In chapter 3:10 the Lord says to the church at Philadelphia that they "will keptfrom" (thrhvsw ejk)the hour of trialto come upon the earth. This is a literary, programmatic statement

wherein the hour of trialrefers to the judgments described by John in 6-18. According to John, thechurch at Philadelphia will not even enter that tribulation. Walvoord argues that it is unlikely that justthe church at Philadelphia is ultimately in mind heresurely it must be the church as a world-widebody. Therefore, the seals, trumpets and bowl judgments (6-16ff), which in this system are referred toas a time of Jacob's trouble (Jer. 30:7), are all future and occur after the rapture (1 Thes. 4:16) of thechurch. They relate directly to Daniel's 70

thweek (see Dan. 9:24-27; a seven year period) and

therefore concern Israel and not the church. In Walvoord's system, the seal, trumpets and bowljudgments are chronologically sequential, that is, after the seal judgments, come the trumpetjudgments and finally the bowl judgments. These all occur in the last 3.5 years of the seven yearperiod of Daniel's 70

thweek. The end result of this Great Tribulation is the destruction of ecclesiastical

and political Babylon. Then Christ will return with the church and set up his kingdom.

Moderate Futurist. An answer to the problem of the relationship of the seal, trumpet and bowljudgments to one another, could provide the solution to the view of history affirmed in the book. Withthat in mind, he proposes that the seal judgments represent "the forces in history, however long itlasts, by which God works out his redemptive and judicial purposes leading up to the end." Therefore,Ladd understands the seal judgments to be going on throughout the church age and the trumpet andbowl judgments (really from chapter 7 onward) to be concerned with the time of the consummation.The primary reason he argues in this fashion is because the contents of the book cannot be openeduntil the lastseal and 6:16, 17 explicitly says that the "great day of their wrath has come, and who canstand" (NIV)? This text, according to Ladd, suggests that it had not yet arrived until the sixth seal wasbroken. Further, Ladd understands the seal judgments to parallel the woes outlined in Matthew 24and that the white horse in Revelation should be understood to be the victories won by the gospel inan age characterized by evil and death.
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Four Views of Interpretation of RevelationIdealist


Idealist/Spiritual

Description of the Idealist/Spiritual View

This method of interpreting the Revelation does not look for individual or specific fulfillment of theprophecies of the book; rather, the Revelation is perceived to contain spiritual lessons and principlesthat may find recurrent expression in history. What is being conveyed in the book of Revelation, it is

claimed, is the reality of spiritual warfare that is always being waged. Major themes are to be seen inwhich the Christian may receive assistance and encouragement.

Schools of Thought of the Idealist/Spiritual ViewThere are three schools of thought

Historical Idealism is the view of prophecy which teaches that the types and models in the Biblepoint to Jesus Christ and His Body throughout all ages... but also that they are ultimately fulfilled in"the last day at the end of the world." The point of distinction being that the substance of prophecy isbeing seen as largely fulfilled in the natural realm through the progress of history.

Modern Idealism differs from this method, in that it sees all bible prophecy as pointing toeverlasting spiritual realities in Jesus Christ. Not focusing "horizontally" on a single day in the past orfuture when all of the prophetic modelsof judgment and blessing are revealed, but rather focusing"vertically" to the eternal realm.. which is fully revealed in the "age to come" -- as in "it is appointedunto men once to die, and after that the judgment."

Incidental Idealism is not, strictly speaking, Idealism at all. Rather, it is being used as a "catchall" term to refer to the writings of Preterists, Historicists and Futurists, which just happen to beIdealist in nature. This is common among chronologists when discussing the "true nature" ofBaptism, the Lord's Supper, or other figures and types in the Bible.

Gary Burge makes sense when he says, Most idealists are amillennialists.


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Tribulation (Rapture)



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Tribulation (Rapture)Introduction


Introduction to the Tribulation (Rapture)

While the word rapture is not in the Bible, "being caught up" (1Th 4:17) is used. The "dead in Christ" and"we who are alive and remain" will be caught up in the clouds to meet "the Lord". The rapture isdescribed in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. There is some thought that the churchpanicked, when they heard a rumor that the day of the Lord was at hand, and they had missed the

rapture.50

Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does theperishable inherit the imperishable.

51Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be

changed,52

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and thedead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

53For this perishable must put on the

imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.54

But when this perishable will have put on theimperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written,Death is swallowed up in victory.(1Co 15:50-54)

13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not

grieve as do the rest who have no hope.14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so Godwill bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

15For this we say to you by the word of the

Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who havefallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of thearchangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

17Then we who are alive and

remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shallalways be with the Lord.

18Therefore comfort one another with these words. (1Th 4:13-18)
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Tribulation (Rapture)Dates of the Rapture


Dates of the Rapture

While Jesus said But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, butthe Father alone (Mar 13:32), many have tried to predict the Lord's return by using elaborate time tables.Most date setters do not realize mankind has not kept an unwavering record of time. Anyone wanting tochart for example 100 BC to 2000 AD would have contend with the fact 46 BC was 445 days long, there

was no year 0 BC, and in 1582 we switched from Julian Years (360 days) to Gregorian (365 days).Because most prognosticators are not aware of all these errors, from the get go their math is already offby several years.Some notable predictions of the date of the rapture include the following:

130 Rabbi Jose, the Galilean, a contemporary of Hyrcanus and Azariah, thought the Messiah wouldcome in three generations (60 years), after the destruction; namely 130 (Luther Martin, Date Setters,Guardian of Truth, Sept. 15, 1994)

1000 This year goes down as one of the most pronounced states of hysteria over the return ofChrist. All members of society seemed affected by the prediction that Jesus was coming back on Jan1, 1000. There really weren't any of the events required by the Bible transpiring at that time. Themagical number 1000 was primarily the sole reason for the expectation. During December 999 AD,everyone was on their best behavior; worldly goods were sold and given to the poor, swarms ofpilgrims headed east to meet the Lord at Jerusalem, buildings went unrepaired, crops were left

unplanted, and criminals were set free from jails. 1836 John Wesley wrote that "the time, times and half a time" of Revelation 12:14 were 10581836,

"when Christ should come" (apud A. M. Morris, The Prophecies Unveiled, p. 361). Millenium begins;John Wesley, founder of Methodism; see 1836, J A Bengel (Luther Martin, Date Setters, Guardian ofTruth, Sept. 15, 1994)

March 21, 1843 First date William Miller predicted that Christ would return between March 21, 1843and March 21, 1844, then revised his prediction, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture, to October22, 1844. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in a Great Disappointment.Miller's theology gave rise to the Advent movement. The Baha'is believe that Christ did return asMiller predicted in 1844, with the advent of the Bb, and numerous Miller-like prophetic predictionsfrom many religions are given in William Sears' book, Thief in The Night.

October 1, 1914 Charles Russell (Jehovah's Witnesses) based the date from prophecy in the bookof Daniel, Chapter 4. The writings referred to "seven times". The WTS interpreted each "time" asequal to 360 days, giving a total of 2520 days. This was further interpreted as representing 2520years, measured from the starting date of 607 BC. Jehovah's Witnesses revised their dates (1918,1920, 1925, 1941, 1975 and 1994).

1981 Chuck Smith predicted If I understand Scripture correctly, Jesus taught us that the generationwhich sees the budding of the fig tree, the birth of the nation of Israel, will be the generation thatsees the Lords return. I believe that the generation of 1948 is the last gen eration. Since a generationof judgment is forty years and the Tribulation period lasts seven years, I believe the Lord could comeback for His Church any time before the Tribulation starts, which would mean any time before 1981.(1948 + 407 = 1981). Chuck Smith, End Times(Costa Mesa, CA: The Word for Today, 1978),

1988 Publication of 88 Reasons why the Rapture is in 1988, by Edgar C. Whisenant. This authormade further predictions of the rapture for 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, through 1997.

1993 Multiple predictions were given for 1993, seven years before the year 2000; the rapture wouldhave to start to allow for seven years of the tribulation before the return in 2000.

September 6, 1994 Last Day and Return of Christ; Harold Camping; Book: 1994? (pub in 1992)"Last Day and return of Christ sometime on or between September 15, 1994...and September 27,1994." (p. 531) "I will be surprised if we reach October 1, 1994" (p. 533) Camping hedged his betsthough, by offering a back up date of 2011 if 1994 was wrong. His dates were May 21, 2011 thenOctober 21, 2011.

2060 in 1704, Sir Isaac Newton proposed that, based upon his calculations using figures from theBook of Daniel, the Apocalypse could happen no earlier than 2060.
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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsIntroduction to the Tribulation


Daniels 70th week (Daniel 9:24-27)People base the tribulation period in Revelation 6-19 being seven years based on Daniel, citing a weekmeans a year. Starting with Daniels 70th week (Daniel 9:24-27):

24Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression,

to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal upvision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place.

25So you are to know and discern that from

the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be sevenweeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. 26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of theprince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; evento the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

27And he will make a firm covenant with the

many forone week, butin the middle of the weekhe will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering;and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a completedestruction, onethat is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.

In Daniel 12:11, it states that from the abomination of desolation, there will be 1290 days; the time isJesus Messiah will come to reign on the earth.

11From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up,

there will be1,290 days.12

How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!

The 1335 days points to the prophetic fulfillment of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), where Ezekiel 34is fulfilled with the judgment of the Jewish people by the Messiah. Their sins will be forgiven and they willbe saved, as written also in Romans 11:25-29. The 45 days between the 1290 and 1335 days is when thearmies and governments attack the Messiah and are defeated, and all remaining people on earth aresummoned for judgment.

In Revelation, we read 1,260 days or 42 months thrice. The last two may be concurrent.

Revelation 11:1-14 is about Gods Two Witnesses who will prophesy for 1,260 days (vs 3), which is42 months, the same time as nations tread underfoot the holy city. We read they were then killed (vs7), but after the three and a half days they came back to life and went to heaven (vv 11-12).

2Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to

the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city forforty-two months.3

And I will grantauthority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for

twelve hundred and sixty days,

clothed in sackcloth. After the Seventh Trumpet (Rev 11:15-19), we read a woman about to give birth and a great red

dragon wanting t o devour her child (Rev 12:1-4). She gives birth (vs 5) then 6

Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so thatthere she would be nourished forone thousand two hundred and sixty days.

Revelation 13:1-10 is about The Beast from the Sea, where we read about the third 42 month period.5

There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to actfor

forty-two months was given to him

There is also time and times and half a time.

Revelation 12:14 states 1,260 days as time and times and half a time (3 years).14

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into thewilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time,

from the presence of the serpent. Daniel 7 is the Vision of the Four Beasts. Verses 23-27 is the interpretation of the fourth beast.

25He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and

he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for atime, times, andhalf a time.

Daniel 12 is about The Time of the End7

I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his righthand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for atime, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holypeople, all these events will be completed.


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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsIntroduction to the Tribulation


Matthew 24:4-31 and Revelation 6-19Many say Matthew 24 is an expansion of Daniel 9:24-27 (Daniel's 70th Week). What Daniel describedin one verse, Jesus expanded in the Olivet Discourse to one chapter, and then John enlarged to 14chapters. I looked and didnt always see what others did, so I put the passages in italics.

Matthew 24:4-31 and Revelation 6-19

Event Matthew Revelation

Seal 1 False christs/ Antichrist 24:4-5 6:1-2

Seal 2 Widespread warfare 24:6-7a 6:3-4

Seal 3 Food shortages 6:5-6

Seal 4 Famines and death 24:7b 6:7-8

Seal 5 Martyrs 24:9-106:9-11,7:9-10, 13-17

Seal 6Great earthquake/Heavenly catastrophes

24:29 6:12-17, 8:12

Deception by false prophets 24:1113:11-18(14)

Increase of wickedness 24:12a

Love growing cold 24:12b 2:4

Those who stand firm 24:13 16:15

The preaching of the Gospel 24:14

Desecration of the Temple 24:15 13:1-10

will cause Israel to flee 24:16-20 12:6,12-17

Unequaled distress 24:21

False messiahs & prophets II 24:22-28

Second Advent 24:30-31 19:11-21


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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsOverview


Tribulation (Rapture) Overview

The following illustrates the differences in thee of the Tribulation (Rapture) views

There is also the Prewrath view, as well as the partial rapture theory and theory there will be no rapture or

it already has happened.
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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsPretribulationism


Pretribulationism

Description of the Pretribulationism ViewPretribulationism is a futurist interpretation of end time events. It teaches that the church will be caught upto Christ sometime before the tribulation period (which they claim is Daniels Seventieth Week and thusa seven-year period) begins. This removes the church from the earth and conveys it into Heaven while

divine judgment is poured out on the unbelievers who remain. Typically pre-trib teaching includes thebelief that there will continue to be people saved who were left behind, many who are converted by thepreaching of the 144,000 witnesses of Rev. ch. 7. These believers are the tribulation saints who mustwait until Christ returns a second (third?) time to receive their eternal inheritance, although most will bemartyred by then. Christs return with the church, a 1,000-year period of earthly rule by Christ will begin.

Schools of Thought of the Pretribulationism ViewWhile many pre-tribulationists are also dispensationalists, not all pre-tribulationists are dispensationalists.


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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsMidtribulationism


Midtribulationism

Description of the Midtribulationism ViewMidtribulationists usually do not use the term of themselves, and prefer to classify themselves aspretribulationistspretribulational in the sense that Christ is coming before the great tribulation whichcharacterizes the last half of Daniels seventieth week. Midtribulationism teaches that the church will

enter the seven last years, but will be taken to be with Christ 3 1/2 years later at the mid-point. Typically,this removes the church from the Great Tribulation which they believe to be contained in the secondhalf, but does put the church through some of the more tolerable conditions during the first half. LikePretribulationism, this is a futurist / premillennial belief system. Many of its arguments reflect that ofPosttribulationism, only taking a more sequential view of the Revelation narrative.

Schools of Thought of the Midtribulationism ViewThere is only one view that I can find.


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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsPrewrath Rapturism


Prewrath Rapturism

Description of the Prewrath Rapturism ViewThe Prewrath Rapturism view is fairly new to the rapture debate. It basically follows a chronological viewof Revelation as opposed to a recapitulating view. It is also futuristic and Pre- Millennial. The view strivesto avoid the pitfalls of all the other views, while at the same time drawing off each ones strengths.

Prewrath Rapturism places the rapture past the midpoint, but before the end of the seven-year period ofthe end timebetween the seals and the trumpets. Interestingly, in its more developed explanation ofRevelations timing, it places the bowl judgments within the first 30 days after the end of the seven years(this time period is taken from Daniel 12:11).

Schools of Thought of the Prewrath Rapturism ViewThere is only one view that I can find.

Mid-Trib vs Pre-WrathOne may think the Prewrath rapture is a form of Midtribulationism. The Midtribulationism teaches that thechurch is raptured before the great tribulation starts and that the great tribulation is the judgment of God.The Prewrath rapture position teaches that the church is raptured after the great tribulation is terminatedby God, and that the great tribulation is not the judgment of God.


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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsPosttribulationism


Posttribulationism

Description of the Posttribulationism ViewPosttribulationism is the term used to describe the belief that the church will not be taken out of the lastseven years, but instead will be protected through it, and caught up to Christ when He returns at the end

of that period. The millennium will begin at that time, and so Posttribulationism is both futurist, and Pre-Millennial. Generally Post-Tribulationists see Revelation as a recapitulating story that culminates in theseventh of each of the major visions of seven (the seals, trumpets, and bowls). In this view, Christ will nothave two separate returns or comings, but will return at the end of the time of judgment to be met by Hisfollowers in the air to be with him always.

Schools of Thought of the Posttribulationism ViewDr. Walvoord has classified the four kinds of posttribulationism as classical, semi-classical, futuristic anddispensational. " In the last century a number of varieties of posttribulationism have emerged, some ofthem quite recent in their major tenets," declares Dr. Walvoord. "In general, they cover the gamut of thepossibilities." Note the following breakout by Dr. Walvoord (links present more info on each?):

Classic Posttribulationalism. J. Barton Payne, in his The Imminent Appearing of Christ (1962),advocates a return to what h says was the position of the early church, that is, a premillennial and

posttribulational point of view which spiritualizes the tribulation and identifies it with the contemporaryproblems of Christianity. Comparatively few have followed Payne, however, though a tendency tospiritualize the period of tribulation is a general characteristic of posttribulationism."

Semiclassic Posttribulationalism. Alexander Reese, in his The Approaching Advent Of Christ(1937), presents the most comprehensive defense of posttribulationism." " He offers evidence that theresurrection of the church occurs at the same time as the resurrection of Revelation 20. Majoremphasis is placed on terms like ' appearing,' ' the day,' ' the end,' and ' revelation' as technical termsthat relate the rapture to the second coming as the terminus of the present age. Reese's argumentshave not been surpassed by other posttribulationists, but later writers offer other approaches." " Allthe views previously mentioned consider the church already in the tribulation and identify the trials ofthe church through the centuries as the fulfillment of prophecies of a time of trouble preceding thesecond advent of Christ."

Futurist Posttribulationalism. George Ladd whose work, The Blessed Hope (1956), promotes theview that the great tribulation is still future. While other views of posttribulationism could conceivablybe harmonized with the idea that Christ could return any moment, Ladd considers it inevitable that atleast a seven-year period (described in Dan. 9:27) separates the church today from the rapture andthe second advent of Christ which are aspects of the same event. Although Ladd's argument buildslargely on the fact of the history of the doctrine and extols posttribulationism as the norm fororthodoxy through the centuries, he introduces a new realism into the picture in adopting a literalfuture tribulation. His views have somewhat been qualified by his later writings, but in general heseems to retain a futuristic view of the great tribulation with its corresponding doctrine that Christ'sreturn could not be any day, but that it can only follow the years required to fulfill prophecies relatingto the tribulation."

Dispensational Posttribulationalism. Robert Gundry in his work, The Church and the Tribulation.(1973) followed the lead of many premillenarians, distinguishes Israel and the church as separateentities and attempts a literal interpretation of many of the prophecies that deal with the endtimes. Inadvancing his theory he refutes most of the posttribulationists who have preceded him. Working with

these premises, he endeavors to establish a new doctrine of posttribulationism which he tries toharmonize with a literal interpretation of prophecy."
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Tribulation (Rapture) ViewsOther Rapture Views


Other Rapture Views

Partial Rapture ViewThe partial rapture theory holds that true Christians will be raptured before, in the midst of, or after thetribulation depending on one's genuine conversion to the faith. Therefore, the rapture of a believer is

determined by the timing of his conversion during the tribulation. The proponents of this theory hold thatonly those who are faithful in the church will be raptured or translated and the rest will either be rapturedsometime during the tribulation or at its end. As stated by Ira David (a proponent of this view): The saintswill be raptured in groups during the tribulation as they are prepared to go.

Secret Rapture ViewThey believe He will return first come like a thief (Matt. 24:43-44; Luke 12:39-40) and secretly and'rapture' or take away His Church.

Multiple Raptures ViewThey believe that the raptures begins with a pre-tribulational, secret, conditional, and sudden Rapture,and after the Tribulation begins other raptures will follow.

No Rapture View

They believe there will be a resurrection, there will be no rapture because Jesus prayed in John 17:17, Ido not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

Past Rapture ViewThe Full Preterists believe the rapture happened in 70, at the fall of Jersusalem.
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Millennium ViewsOverview


The Millennium Views

Millennium is Latin for "thousand years" and chiliasm in Greek. It is a belief held by some Christiandenominations that there will be a Golden Age on earth when Christ will reign for 1000 years prior to thefinal judgment and future eternal state. This belief is derived primarily from the Book of Revelation 20:1-7.

1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his

hand. 2And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for athousand years;

3and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would

not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he mustbe released for a short time.

4Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of

those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, andthose who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their foreheadand on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

5The rest of the

dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.6

Blessedand holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power,but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.7

When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,

Some theological interpretations believe that other Biblical passages refer to the period of the millennium.O.T. - Isa. 9:6; 11:1-12:6; 52:7-12; Jer. 33:17-22; Ezek. 37:25; Zech 9:9N.T. - Matt. 19:28; 25:31-46; Luk. 14:14; I Cor. 15:22; I Thess. 4:13-18
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The three major views of the are millennium are

Postmillennialism. It holds Christ's physical return as occurring after the millennium, in whichChristian ethics prosper. Most postmillennialists see the thousand years more as a figurative term.

Premillennialism. It holds that Christ's physical return to earth will occur prior to the inauguration ofthe millennium.

Amillennialism. It holds that the thousand years is a symbolic number, not a literal description and

that Christ's reign during the millennium, which has already begun and is identical with the currentchurch age, is spiritual in nature.

The next page is a chart on the various views of millennial interpretations.
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Millennial Interpretations

DispensationalPremillennialism

HistoricPremillennialism

Postmillennialism Amillennialism

Revelationview

All are Futurist Most are Historicistor Futurist

Most are Preteristsor Historicists

Most are Idealistsor Historicists

Israel and thechurch

Complete distinctionbetween Israel andchurch. Distinctprogram for each.

Some distinctionbetween Israel andchurch. Future forIsrael but church isspiritual Israel.

Church is the newIsrael. Nodistinction betweenIsrael and church.

Church is the newIsrael. Nodistinctionbetween Israeland church.

Tribulation Pre-trib view: churchis raptured prior toTribulation.

Post-trib view:church goesthrough the futureTribulation.

Tribulation isexperienced in thepresent age.

Tribulation isexperienced in thepresent age.

SecondComingof Christ

Second coming intwo phases: rapturefor church; secondcoming to earth 7years later.

Rapture andsecond comingsimultaneous;Christ returns toreign on earth.

Single event; nodistinction betweenrapture and secondcoming; Christreturns afterMillennium.

Second coming intwo phases:rapture for church;second coming toearth 7 years later.

Resurrection Distinction inresurrections:1. Church at rapture.2. OldTestament/Tribulationsaints at secondcoming.3. Unbelievers at endof Millennium.

Resurrection ofbelievers atbeginning ofMillennium.Resurrection ofunbelievers at endof Millennium.

Generalresurrection ofbelievers andunbelievers atsecond coming ofChrist.

Generalresurrection ofbelievers andunbelievers atsecond coming ofChrist.

Millennium Christ will return atthe end of the great

tribulation to institutea thousand-year rulefrom a the NewJerusalem.

Christ will return toinstitute a

thousand-yearreign on earth afterthe tribulationperiod.

Present age blendsinto Millennium

because ofprogress of gospel.

Inaugurated withChrist's

resurrection. In an"already/not yet"sense, Christalready reignsover all and isalready victoriousover Satan.

Judgments Distinction injudgment:1. Believers works atrapture.2. Jews/Gentiles atend of Tribulation.

3. Unbelievers at endof Millennium.

Judgment atsecond coming.Judgment at end ofTribulation.

General judgmentof all people.

General judgmentof all people.

Kingdom ofGod

The literal physicalkingdom reign,anticipated by the OTprophets, duringwhich God will fulfillall the OT promisesto ethnic Israel.

The literal physicalkingdom reignanticipated by theOT and NTprophets.

A spiritual entityexperienced onearth through theChristianizing effectof the Gospel.

A spiritual reality inwhich allChristians partakepresently by faith,but by sight at theconsummation.


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Here are the millennial interpretations of Revelation 20

Millennial Interpretations of Revelation 20

The Premillennial Position Amillennial [& Postmillennial] Positions

1-2) In the future, an angel with the key to thebottomless pit will capture Satan, and bind Him

either for a 1,000 years or else a longer period

1-3) Satan was bound while Christ was on earth.Satan has already been bound and "cast into the

bottomless pit", at Christs resurrection, [or elsearound 325 A.D.]

Satan is not deceiving the nations on earthanymore right now, though he will do so at theend. Deceived here might mean giving up theirsovereignty to follow Satan

3) Satan will be cast into the bottomless bit.Since Satan can only be in one place at onetime, Satan will not be on earth, in Heaven, oranywhere else. Currently Satan is prowlingaround like a roaring lion according to 1 Peter5:8. Today many nations are deceived in thesense of denying the truth of God andpersecuting God's servants. The nations of theearth will acknowledge Christ during theMillennium4) Those who were beheaded for notworshipping the beast, or receiving the mark on

their foreheads or hands were physicallyresurrected and lived with Christ. The beast andthese beheadings have not occurred yet.

4) Those who were beheaded for notworshipping the beast probably include all

Christians. They are reigning with Christ inheaven right now [or else Christ is reigning withbelievers right now on earth]. Verse 4 does notrefer to physical resurrection, but a spiritualresurrection of a new life in Christ.

5) The rest of the dead were not raised to life yet.(same Greek word for raised given in verse 4)

5) The rest of the dead will not be resurrectedphysically until after this period. [A variant of thisview is that since the Greek words are the samein the same context, this second resurrection isonly spiritual too.]

6) Those in the first resurrection will be priestsand reign during the Millennium. All unfulfilledOld Testament promises to the Jews will be

fulfilled, and there will be a Millennial Temple.

6) The first resurrection either refers to either ournew life in Christ, or else a physical resurrectionof only believers after this time. Believers reign

with Christ now in Heaven [or also Christ reignsin their hearts now on earth].7) After the Millennium, Satan will be releasedand deceive the nations.

7) In the end, Satan will use direct power again.

8-9) Then the nations will gather in a vast armyand surround Jerusalem. This is the judgment inthe Valley of Jehoshaphat, not Armageddon,which happened over 1,000 years before. Firewill come from Heaven and kill them. This is adifferent battle then the one in Revelation 19.

8-9) Then the nations will gather in a vast armyand surround Jerusalem. The battle ofArmageddon and the Valley of Jehoshaphat arethe same battle. Fire will come from Heaven andkill them. This is the same battle as the one inRevelation 19. Indeed, all of Revelation 20:1-10is a "recap" of earlier parts of Revelation from adifferent angle.

10) The devil will join the beast and false

prophet, who were already cast into the Lake ofFire in Revelation 19:20. They will be inconscious torment forever.

10) The devil is thrown into the lake of fire

immediately after the beast and false prophet arethrown in. They will be in conscious tormentforever

11) Then the dead will stand before God, andsome were judged according to the Book of Life,and others according to their works. Everyonewhose name is not in the Book of Life suffers thesecond death in the Lake of Fire

11) Then the dead will stand before God, andsome were judged according to the Book of Life,and others according to their works. Everyonewhose name is not in the Book of Life suffers thesecond death in the Lake of Fire.


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Premillennialism

Description of the Premillennialism ViewPremillennialism. in Christian end-times theology is the belief that Jesus will literally and physically be onthe earth for his millennial reign, at his second coming. The doctrine is called premillennialism because itholds that Jesus physical return to earth will occur prior to the inauguration of the millennium.

Historically Christian premillennialism has also been referred as "chiliasm" or "millenarianism". Thetheological term "premillennialism" did not come into general use until the mid-19th century, the modernperiod in which premillennialism was revived. Coining the word was "almost entirely the work of Britishand American Protestants and was prompted by their belief that the French and American Revolutions(the French, especially) realized prophecies made in the books of Daniel and Revelation

Schools of Thought of the Premillennialism ViewContemporary premillennialism is divided into two schools of thought, Dispensational Premillennialismand Historic, or Classic Premillennialism.

Dispensational Premillennialism. Dispensational premillennialists hold that Christ will come beforea seven-year period of intense tribulation to take His church (living and dead) into heaven. After thisperiod of fulfillment of divine wrath, He shall then return to rule from a holy city (i.e., the NewJerusalem) over the earthly nations for one thousand years. After these thousand years, Satan, whowas bound up during Christ's earthly reign, will be loosed to deceive the nations, gather an army ofthe deceived, and take up to battle against the Lord. This battle will end in both the judgment of thewicked and Satan and the entrance into the eternal state of glory by the righteous. This view is calledpremillenialism because it places the return of Christ before the millennium and it is calleddispensational because it is founded in the doctrines ofdispensationalism.

Historical Premillennialism. Historical premillennialists place the return of Christ just before themillennium and just after a time of great apostasy and tribulation. After the millennium, Satan will beloosed and Gog and Magog will rise against the kingdom of God; this will be immediately followed bythe final judgment. While similar in some respects to the dispensational variety (in that they hold toChrist's return being previous the establishment of a thousand-year earthly reign), historicalpremillennialism differs in significant ways (notably in their method of interpreting Scripture).

Michael Perlmutter adds Reformed Premillennialism in the chart below.

Three Premillennialism Views: Reformed, Historical and Dispensational

Reformed Historical Dispensational

Israel

1. Israel = Ethnic, National.2. Spiritual Israel = Church.3. Elect Israel = Jewishbelievers

Israel is sometimes thephysical nation, andsometimes the church

Israel is only the physicalnation.

TheChurch

Started in the O.T. as theJewish Church then becamethe Gentile Church in theN.T. (book of Acts)

Same as ReformedPremillennialism

Started in N.T. Acts 2

The

Rapture

Mid-Trib Post-Trib. Pre-Trib

TheMillennium

Literal and Jewish.May be literal or figurative,not necessarily Jewish

Same as ReformedPremillennialism
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The following compares Dispensational and Historic Premillennialism.

Summary Chart: Dispensational vs. Historic Premillennialism

Dispensational Premillennialism Historic Premillennialism

1

The church is hardly, if at all, in the Old

Testament prophets.

The church was foreseen in Old Testament

prophecy.

2

The great burden of Old Testament prophecy isthe kingdom of the Jews.

Old Testament prophecies are primarily about thecoming of Christ to die (at the first advent) and thekingdom age (at the second advent).

3

The earthly kingdom should have been set up atthe first advent, for that was the predicted time ofits coming.

The first advent was the specific time for Christ todie for man's sin.

4

The present age was unforeseen in the OldTestament and thus is a ``great parenthesis''introduced because the Jews rejected thekingdom.

The present age of grace was designed by Godand predicted in the Old Testament.

5

Time is usually divided into seven dispensations.

The present age is the sixth such dispensation.

One may divide time in any way desirable so long

as one allows for a millennium after the secondadvent.

6

The second advent will be in two sections - ``therapture'' and ``the revelation.'' Between these twoevents is the unfulfilled 70th week (seven years)of Daniel 9:23-27, called ``the great tribulation.''

The second advent will be one event.

7

No sign precedes the ``rapture stage'' of thesecond advent, which may occur ``at anymoment.'' However, signs will precede the``revelation stage'' of the second advent.

Certain signs must precede the second advent.

8There will be a resurrection of ``tribulation saints''at the ``revelation stage'' of the second advent.

There are two resurrections - the righteous beforethe millennium, the unrighteous after the

millennium.

9

Usually holds to the ``futurist'' view, which makesmost of Revelation a literal description of eventsto take place during ``the great tribulation'' orDaniel's 70th week.

Usually holds the ``historical symbolic'' view ofRevelation - a picture in symbolic form of the mainevents in the present age.


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Postmillennialism

Description of the Postmillennialism ViewThe postmillennialist believes that the millennium is an era (not a literal thousand years) during whichChrist will reign over the earth, not from an literal and earthly throne, but through the gradual increase ofthe Gospel and its power to change lives. After this gradual Christianization of the world, Christ will return

and immediately usher the church into their eternal state after judging the wicked. This is calledpostmillennialism because, by its view, Christ will return after the millennium.

Schools of Thought of the Postmillennialism ViewThere is are two types of postmillennialism today: pietistic and theonomic (God rule) postmillennialism

Pietistic postmillennialism . . . denies that the postmillennial advance of the kingdom involves thetotal transformation of culture through the application of biblical law.

Theonomic postmillennialism affirms this by emphasizing the continuity of OT law (civil,ceremonial and moral) with the NT. It is God who exercises dominion through his church


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Amillennialism

Description of the Amillennialism ViewThe amillennialist believes that the Kingdom of God was inaugurated at Christ's resurrection (hence theterm "inaugurated millennialism") at which point he gained victory over both Satan and the Curse. Christ

is even now reigning (hence the term "nunc-millennialism" nuncmeans "now") at the right hand of theFather over His church. After this present age has ended, Christ will return and immediately usher thechurch into their eternal state after judging the wicked. The term "amillennialism" is actually a misnomerfor it implies thatRevelation 20:1-6is ignored; in fact, the amillennialist's hermeneutic interprets it (and infact, much of apocalyptic literature) non-literally.

Schools of Thought of the Amillennialism ViewThere is only one view that I can find.
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