...Why is there so much confusion over when the rapture happens? Most Christian’s don’t know this, but in Mathew chapter 24, JESUS predicts the end times for us in exact chronological order!!! All we have to do is read the chapter slowly, and carefully and the LORD will tell us exactly when he will come back in the Eastern sky and rapture his Church body!!! Matthew Chapter 24 Jesus Foretells the Future 1 As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings. 2 But he responded, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!” (This prophecy was fulfilled in 70 AD!) 3 Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?” (Ok Reader! JESUS will give us the signs of what will happen first before his return) 4 Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you, 5 for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. (Like Reverend Sun Myong Moon) - Leader of one of the largest churches in the world headquartered out of South Korea - He says JESUS failed in his mission, and he now calls himself the messiah!) 6 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7 Nation will go...
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...Eschatology Question: "What is Christian Eschatology?" Answer: Eschatology is the study of what the Bible says is going to happen in the end times. Many treat Eschatology as an area of theology to be avoided. Of course, Eschatology is not as crucial as Christology or Soteriology. That does not mean, though, that it is unimportant to a Biblical worldview. How we understand Eschatology has an impact on how we should live our lives and what we are to expect to occur in God's plan. Some important issues in Eschatology are these: What is the Rapture? The word "rapture" does not occur in the Bible. The concept of the Rapture, though, is clearly taught in Scripture. The Rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgment to be poured out on the earth during the Tribulation period. When is the Rapture going to occur in relation to the Tribulation? Will the Rapture occur before the Tribulation, at the middle of the Tribulation, or at the end of the Tribulation? What is the Second Coming and why is it important? Why is it so important for Jesus Christ to return? When is Christ going to return? What will be the signs of Christ's return? Is the millennium literal or figurative? The fulfillment of many of God’s covenants and promises rest on a literal, physical, future kingdom. There is no solid basis to deny of literal understanding of the Millennial Kingdom and its duration being 1000 years. Will...
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...Posttribulation rapture theories” In partial fulfillment for Theo 630 Submitted to: Samuel Hoyt, Th.D By: Tim Russ, Jr. December 6, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Understanding the Rapture…………………………………………………………………….…. 2 Posttribulation view of the Rapture…………………………………………………………….….6 Pretribulation view of the Rapture…………………………………………………………….…..7 Issues with Posttribulation Theory…………………………………………………………….…..8 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………..….10 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………..…..12 INTRODUCTION The idea of the rapture has been symbolized in movies, documentaries, books of both fiction and non-fiction. It appears as though many have heard about the rapture and the second coming of Christ, but not too many individuals understand the full theology behind both events. Many Christians and scholars have discussed the second coming of Christ, however, many have not given this topic the close attention that it deserves. Many Christians believe that they have an understanding of the rapture, but few can describe the view they hold on the rapture, when it will occur, and what the period of Tribulation means. This is often because Christians tend to shy away from a full understanding of the end-times and the second coming of Christ. There are many varying views on the rapture, and the occurrence of the rapture and what that means for believers and non-believers. Many assume that all they need to know about the rapture is that...
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...that church will not go through the Great tribulation, and on the other side, D.A. Carson, Wayne Grudem, George Ladd, Robert Mounce, Gundry Robert Horton, et al. argue for the position that church will go through the Great Tribulation.1 “The view that Christ will take the church to himself prior to the tribulation is called pretribulationism; the view that he will take the church after the tribulation is called posttribulation”.2 Which view is nearly biblical, Pretribulationism or posttribulationism? This paper will explore historical development of the teaching of the secret rapture [which is the teaching of pretribulationism], scriptural evidences and arguments which both view advocates bring to validate their views, and the writer’s position and arguments. 1. The Great Tribulation Before we engage in investigating historical development of pretribulational teaching of the ‘secret rapture’, let’s know what the issue itself is. What is the Great Tribulation? How it is distinct from other sufferings which church has been passing throughout in centuries? According to Grudem, Great Tribulation is an expression from Matthew 24:21 referring to a period of great hardship and suffering prior to the return of Christ.3 Since genuine...
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...George Fredrick Müller (German: Georg Friedrich Müller) (September 27, 1805 – March 10, 1898), a Christian evangelist and Director of orphanages in Bristol, England, cared for 10,024 orphans in his life[1]. He was well-known for providing an education to the children under his care, to the point where he was accused of raising the poor above their natural station in life. Contents [hide] • 1 Youth • 2 Early work • 3 Orphanages • 4 Evangelism • 5 Theology • 6 The George Müller Charitable Trust • 7 Video • 8 See also • 9 References • 10 Notes • 11 External links [edit] Youth Müller was born in Kroppenstaedt, a village near Halberstadt in the Kingdom of Prussia. His early life was not marked by righteousness—on the contrary, he was a thief, a liar and a gambler. While his mother was dying, he, at 14 years of age, was playing cards with friends and drinking. Müller's father hoped to provide him with a religious education that would allow him to take a lucrative position as a clergyman in the state church. He studied divinity in the University of Halle, and there met a fellow student (Beta) who invited him to a Christian prayer meeting. There he was welcomed, and he began regularly reading the Bible and discussing Christianity with the others who attended the meetings.After seeing a man praying to God on his knees, He was saved. As soon as he got home He went to his bed and knelt and prayed. He asked God to help him in his life and to bless him wherever he went and...
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...many different ideas of what we will see in the end times. When thinking about the different ideas of the end times two of them pop out at me. The rapture and how future events can be looked forward to by Christians. What is the rapture all about anyway? Will when you get right down to it means to be caught up. How as a Christian does that help us understand what rapture even means? For a true meaning of the word rapture we have to dig a little deeper in God’s word to find out the answer. As we take time to learn about the rapture we then will have a much better understanding. Being caught up or being taken up to heaven is what we can define the word rapture as. If the rapture would happen today then Jesus has retuned and we as Christians are being raised up in spirit to the heavens. That is exciting to even think about the opportunity to be whisked away right where we stand. It reads in 1st Thessalonians 4:14 that since we believed that Christ was raise from the dead then when Christ comes back he will raise us up. One of the things that we have to do is be ready for that day because it could happen without a moment’s notice. God did not give us the time or the date because if we knew then we would use that information for our own selfish reasons instead of God’s reasons. Just exploring a little bit about what the rapture means we can start to see how important it is to be ready at all times. To be ready in our life is exactly what God had intended us to do all along...
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...Christ the Coming King Steven Collier Crown College Abstract In this paper I will discuss the different views on the second coming of Christ, the rapture of the church, how the second coming of Christ affects missions, and I give an exegesis of Revelation 20:1-6. I will also discuss why I believe the pre-millennial view is the correct view concerning the return of Christ. There are three schools of thought in the area of the thousand year reign of Christ. They are the amillennial view, postmillennial view, and the premillennial view. Those who believe in a amillennial view do not believe in a literal or an actual future kingdom of peace and prosperity here on earth that will last one thousand years. Those who hold this view tend to view Scripture in a more figurative way than a literal way. They believe the thousand year reign of Christ is symbolic of the church age between the resurrection of Christ and His return. Most amillennialists believe that a spiritual form of the Kingdom of God is present now. Amillennialism reject the idea of a rapture. They believe good and evil will increase in the world as God’s Kingdom parallels the kingdom of Satan. They believe Satan is bound but yet evil increases. They believe when Christ returns the end of the world will occur with a general resurrection and a judgment of all people. They believe Christ will never reign on earth in a literal way but the Kingdom of God exists on earth in the...
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...Examine the main religious and secular eschatological and apocalyptic teachings. (45) Introduction: * Eschatology literally means ‘the study of the end things’ and it is a part of the theology or philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world and the ultimate destiny of humanity. * Apocalypse means ‘lifting of the veil’ and apocalyptic teaching focuses on revealing or ‘unveiling future events’. Paragraph 1: * In Christianity, eschatological teaching focuses on teaching humans about the values of living a good moral life whilst on earth and the rewards that humans will reap in heaven as a result. * Matthew 25 contains 3 parables of eschatological literature: 1. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish bridesmaids (1-13) – the five virgins who are prepared for the bridegroom's arrival are rewarded, while the five who are not prepared are disowned. The parable has a clear eschatological theme: be prepared for the Day of Judgment 2. The Parable of the Talents (14-30) - the overall theme is end-time events, warning, and parables. "The direct cautions and warnings must be for the disciples (his audience)—warnings to be watchful and to be ready for Christ’s coming". 3. The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (21-46) - The common futurist explanation of the discourse is that it tells of the Last Judgment, and the division of all the world'speople into the blessed, on the Right Hand of God, who are welcomed by the Father to inherit the Kingdom and eternal...
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...some far-fetched scheme. As a young woman (of 26 years) I realize how many lives are lost to evil, that is mostly my pessimistic view, that, and how it will get worse (as prophesied). That’s not to say that there is still innocence, love and goodwill left. It’s just that I personally have only seen this in (most) children and in (most) churches. My foresight of the world is so bleak. Aside from what I see personally, I can also account for others having either a similar or carbon-copied view, mostly family, but others as well. Some think quite contrarily, and I respect this. Sometimes I take the bus, and this I intentionally asked others. I was not surprised to hear their responses. My only optimism for the world in its entirety is the Rapture, until then, I pray. Word count:...
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...I. Introduction There are many issues that face the interpreter as he approaches the book of Revelation. Is my exegesis theologically biased? What type of hermeneutic do I employ when dealing with prophetic passages? Should I apply the grammatical-historical approach consistently throughout all of Scripture? Am I bringing an interpretation to the text? Am I exhausting the interpretive process, or am I merely guessing? Some of these issues are fundamental, while others are peripheral. All are important, but the peripheral issues stem from the fundamental issues. The most fundamental difference between Amillennialism and Premillennialism is a theological bias. The result of this theological bias surfaces another fundamental difference: hermeneutical methodology. All the other issues are employed within or are peripheral to these two core issues. The thrust of this paper will deal with these two core issues while dealing with the peripheral issues when they surface. II. Defining Terms A. Amillennialism First, however, we must define the terms Amillennialism and Premillennialism. In Latin, the prefix a- is a negation of the following root word. The root word –mille means 1,000. The suffix -annus means years. Thus, the word a-mille-nnial means literally “no-1,000 years”. This is poor terminology because Amillennialist’s do not necessarily believe that there will not be a Millennium. What they teach is that there will not be a Millennium on present earth when Christ will sit...
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...In the book Blue Star Rapture by James W. Bennett it shows the life of young Tyron and T.J. They both played basketball for years originally Tyron put T.J. on with basketball. Tyron exceled far past T.J. while T.J. did not get jealous of this. Since noticing this T.J. decided to take the path of school and work while also helping Tyron academically. They both attended the “Full Court” basketball camp which prepared Tyron for college basketball. This is where the boys noticed their difference in skill for basketball. T.J. was a bench player, while on the other hand, Tyron was a star player with the potential future of the NBA. Tyron had a coach from North State paying his and T.J.’s way through the tournament they attended. Tyron was verbally...
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...The Rapture series is Shirin Neshat’s thirteen-minute video installations that were shot in black and white (Whitney Museum). For this specific analysis, we are looking at a horizontal gelatin silver print of a scene in this series. Since the photo is taken from Neshat’s original video installation, it also appear in black and white. When looking at this image, we can see the environment that everything took place in, which is an ocean scenery. There are around forty women in traditional black chadors walking towards the waves. The group turns their backs against the viewers and they are all identically dressed. Moreover, they are also in shadow, which makes it even more difficult to distinguish one individual from another. At first glance,...
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...The Thought is What Counts (In Discussion: Jesus Revealing Himself to St. Teresa of Avila) “I have strayed far from any intention, for I was trying to give the reasons why this kind of vision cannot be the work of the imagination. How could we picture Christ’s Humanity by merely studying the subject or form any impression of His great beauty by means of the imagination?” (Page 632 Paragraph 1). This selection brings a great question forward. How can we? St. Teresa in her book The Raptures of St. Teresa explains the best she can how Jesus is in her every day. Lawrence S. Cunningham implies, “Anyone who imagines that great mystics like Teresa spend all their time in a quiet cell rapt in prayer will be surprised by these letters. Teresa...
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...Ava Duckhorn Mrs. Ely AP Lang. 28 August 2017 Essay Summaries “You’ve Got Rapture” by Nora Ephron In Nora Ephron’s essay, “You’ve Got Rapture,” originally published by O, the Oprah Magazine in June 2002, Ephron reflects on her lifelong love of great books and their ability to capture a reader for days at a time and leave the reader speechless for days after, examining the details and considering the epiphanies found within dog-eared pages. According to Ephron, books have been the only constant throughout a life filled with years of love, sorrow, and new couches; she recalls times of personal upheaval and the specific books that first comforted her with their dazzling plots and dreamy characters, then prompted her discovery of unhappy or exhausted...
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...Reflection Paper #2 Introduction On this reflection paper, the topics I choose were the “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” and the “Rapture”. I choose these topics because they both bring topics of debate with them. There are many different views on these two topics and I will try to shed some light on them. Through Biblical research and theological definitions, we will try to discover the purpose and meanings of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the Rapture. The first topic of discussion is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. This topic stirs up much debate in the denominational realms of the church. There are many different views and standpoints on this topic. John 1:33 states that when John the Baptist, after witnessing the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove at the baptism of Jesus, recorded these words: “He that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost”. Later Jesus promised His disciples, “Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence” (Acts 1:5). On the day of Pentecost, the disciples had a number of experiences involving the Holy Spirit, including the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The disciples spoke in tongues to address the gospel of Christ to many different nations in attendance of Pentecost. This event was the start of the church and its spread of the gospel of Christ to all nations. Many Christians today have confused...
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