Review from Session 1
1. Jesus is Returning to Establish the Eternal Kingdom of God
2. There are varying views of the timing of the Rapture
3. The 70th Week of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27) (A Coming 7 Year Period)
• The Abomination of Desolation in the Middle of the 7 Year Period
• The Great Tribulation after Abomination of Desolation (Mt. 24:15-21)
• The Great Tribulation (Less than 3 1⁄2 Years) (Matthew 24:21-22)
4. The Bible gives at least 3 Promises that we will not endure the Wrath of God
5. The Day of The Lord is defined in the Bible – The Wrath of God
• Identifying feature – The Sun and Moon are Darkened
6. The Coming (“Parousia”) of the Lord described in Matthew 24
• “Parousia” is used in key Rapture passages and throughout the N.T.
7. The Timing of the Rapture is Important! (Preparation)(Perspective) * Preparing to live in difficult times
* Lining up with the Heart of God – The Salvation of the Lost

1. Our Blessed Hope & The Glorious Appearing of Our Lord Jesus
Christ
• Titus 2:13 (2 Separate Events 7 Years Apart or 2 Aspects of 1 Event?)

1. Our Blessed Hope & The Glorious Appearing of Our Lord Jesus
Christ
• Titus 2:13 (2 Separate Events 7 Years Apart or 2 Aspects of 1 Event?)
• Secret & Public?
• There are many views concerning the timing of the Rapture

2. The New Testament Consistently Admonishes Believers To Look
for Jesus’ “Coming”, “Appearance” or “Revelation”
• (As opposed to a secret coming 7 years before the 2nd Coming of Jesus)

2. The New Testament Consistently Admonishes Believers To Look
for Jesus’ “Coming”, “Appearance” or “Revelation”
• (As opposed to a secret coming 7 years before the 2nd Coming of Jesus)
• (1 Peter 1:13) (1 Timothy 6:14) (1 Peter 5:4) (1 Peter 1:7) (2 Timothy 4:8) (1 John 3:2) (Colossians 3:1-4) (1 Peter 4:13)

3. Arguments Used for “Pre-Trib Rapture” View That I Believe Are
Flawed
A. Jesus Will Come “Like a Thief In The Night” (The Day of The Lord)
B. The Rapture is Seen in Revelation 4:1 (Compare with Rev. 14:14-16)
C. “Church” (“Ekklesia”) Not Mentioned in Revelation 4-19 (“Saints” – “hagios” – Used over 60 times in N.T.) (12xs in Rev. 4-19)
D. The Restrainer Removed (2 Thess. 2:6-8) (Context 2 Thess. 2:1-3)
E. The Rapture is a Secret Meeting, Not Public (See Previous Notes)

4. A Church Without Spot or Wrinkle (Ephesians 5:27)
• 1 Peter 4:1

5. The Church is Already in Tribulation (“Thlipsis”)
• Matthew 24:21 (Great Tribulation - “Thlipsis”)(“Tribulation or Affliction”)
• “Thlipsis” found 45 times in the New Testament
• Examples (Romans 5:3)(Romans 8:35)(Romans 12:12)(John
16:33)

9. “To Meet the Lord In The Air” (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
• “Apantesis” – (“to meet or to escort”)(Mt. 25:6)(Acts 28:15)

10. “No One Knows the Day or the Hour” (Matthew 24:36, 42)
(Matthew 25:13)
• Context – Matthew 24:29-31 which Pre-Trib view says is not the Rapture

11. The Two Witnesses of Revelation 11:3-14
• These are the Two Olive Trees and Two Lampstands (verse 4)
• Elijah& Moses? Elijah & Enoch? The Church (Gentile & Jewish
Believers)?
• Zechariah 4:1-3; Zechariah 4:11-14; Romans 11:24; Revelation 1:13 & 20

Conclusion – Seven Things to Remember While Living In the Last Days
1. Be Ready (Rapture or Tribulation)
2. Love the Truth of God’s Word
3. Don’t Let Your Love Grow Cold
4. The Importance of Our Prayers
5. Avoid a Bunker Mentality
6. Share the Gospel of Jesus Christ
7. Live a Holy and Godly Life