Subject: Tribulation before rapture? |
Bible Note: "the true church will be raptured . . . between the sixth and seventh seals of Revelation, sometime during the second half of the seventieth week." _____________ "The Prewrath position teaches that the true church will be raptured when the great tribulation by Antichrist, inspired by Satan, is cut short by God's day-of-the-Lord wrath, which will occur between the sixth and seventh seals of Revelation, sometime during the second half of the seventieth week. The persecution associated with the great tribulation of Antichrist is viewed as the wrath of Satan, whereas the events that follow, beginning with the seventh seal, are considered the wrath of God. There is another term that is sometimes expressed, "historical premillennialism," which refers back to the teaching of the early church fathers before 325 A.D. who believed that the church would face the persecution of Antichrist and Christ would then reign for 1000 years upon the earth. With the exception of two, Origen and Clement of Alexandria, who were allegorist, they all taught this view. Prewrath is plainly and simply an expansion of this view which was biblical then and biblical now." (www.signministries.org/positions.htm) ************* OLIVET DISCOURSE -- Matthew 24 Combined Sequence of Events WARNING to God's elect. Matthew 24:4. FALSE CHRISTS. 24:5. WARS. 24:6. FAMINES. 24:7. THE GREAT TRIBULATION. 24:9,21. --Against God's Elect. 24:21. --Death. 24:9,22. --Apostasy. 24:10,24. SIGN OF THE END OF THE AGE. Sun, Moon and Stars. 24:29. SIGN OF CHRIST'S COMING. Like Lightning. 24:30,27. THE COMING OF CHRIST. 24:30. THE DELIVERANCE OF CHRIST'S ELECT. The Rapture. Matt. 24:13,31. THE WRATH OF GOD. 24:14, 37-39. The End of the Age or The Day of the Lord. (From page 89, "THE RAPTURE QUESTION Answered: Plain and Simple," by Robert Van Kampen, Fleming H. Revell, 1997) For much more detailed information, go to www.signministries.org/) |