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Dr. Andy Woods
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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An Important Doctrine
n Thessalonians were new believers (1 Thess 1:9)
n Rapture (1 Thess 1:10) men5oned along with the
Holy Spirit (1 Thess 1:5) and conversion (1 Thess 1:9)
n Rapture (1 Thess 4:13-‐17) men5oned along with
sanc5fica5on (1 Thess 4:3, 18; 5:23)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis3nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Rapture Dis3nct from Second Advent
RAPTURE (1 Thess 4:13-‐17; 1 Cor 15:51-‐57)
SECOND COMING (Rev 19:11-‐16)
Christ comes in the air (1 Thess
4:16-‐17)
Christ comes to the earth (Zech
14:4)
For His saints (1 Thess 4:15-‐17) With His saints (Rev 19:14)
Blessing (1 Thess 4:18) Judgment (Rev 19:15)
Effects only believers (1 Thess
4:16)
Effects both believers and
unbelievers (Rev 19:15)
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Rapture Dis3nct from Second Advent
RAPTURE (1 Thess 4:13-‐17; 1 Cor 15:51-‐57)
SECOND COMING (Rev 19:11-‐16)
Invisible (1 Thess 4:16) Visible to all (Rev 1:7)
Announced only by an archangel
(1 Thess 4:16)
Involves myriads of angels (Jude
14)
Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15: 51) No resurrec5on
Rescue of the church (1 Thess
1:10) Rescue of Israel (Ma] 23:37-‐39)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Catching Away of All Living Believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Harpazo = seized or caught
up by force
n Harpazo (Greek) = rapere
(La5n) = rapture (English)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Thessalonians’ concern (1 Thess 4:13)
n Dead Chris5ans resurrected first
n Alive Chris5ans resurrected second
n Both deceased and living Chris5ans are taken to be with the Lord
n Do not grieve as the world grieves (1 Thess 4:13)
n Be comforted (1 Thess 4:18)
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Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Thessalonians’ concern (1 Thess 4:13)
n Dead Chris5ans resurrected first
n Alive Chris5ans resurrected second
n Both deceased and living Chris5ans are taken to be with the Lord
n Do not grieve as the world grieves (1 Thess 4:13)
n Be comforted (1 Thess 4:18)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec3on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Resurrec5on
(1 Cor 15:50-‐52)
n Resurrec5on defini5on
n Resurrec5on importance (1 Cor 15:50, 53-‐54)
n Resurrec5on of living believers (1 Cor 15:51)
n Resurrec5on of deceased believers (1 Cor 15:52)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp3on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Exemp5on from Death (1 Cor 15:54-‐56)
n Enoch (Gen 5)
n Elijah (2 Kings 2)
n Christ (Acts 1:11; Rev 12:5)
n Philip (Acts 8:39)
n Paul (2 Cor 12:2, 4)
n John (Rev 4:1-‐2)
n Two witnesses (Rev 11)
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Exemp5on from Death (1 Cor 15:54-‐56)
n Enoch (Gen 5)
n Elijah (2 Kings 2)
n Christ (Acts 1:11; Rev 12:5)
n Philip (Acts 8:39)
n Paul (2 Cor 12:2, 4)
n John (Rev 4:1-‐2)
n Two witnesses (Rev 11)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Twinkling of an eye
n Flash or moment
n Split second
n Atomos (Greek) = atom (English)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Mystery defini5on
n Paul’s assignment
n How church age will end
n Second coming taught in both the Old and New Testaments
n Rapture taught only in the New Testament
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Imminency defini5on
n James 5:8; 1 Thess 1:10; 1 Cor 1:7; Philip 3:20
n We are to be looking for Jesus Christ and not the An5christ!
n Mo5vator (Holiness, Evangelism)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi3onal doctrine now being recovered
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Tradi5onal Doctrine
Now Being Recovered
n Sola scriptura
n Nega5ve influence of Augus5ne and Origen
n Pseudo Ephraem (4th-‐6th century A.D.)
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Pseudo Ephraem (4th-‐6th century A.D.)
“Why therefore do we not reject every care
of earthly ac5ons and prepare ourselves for
the mee5ng of the Lord Christ, so that he
may draw us from the confusion, which
overwhelms all the world…For all the saints
and the elect of god are gathered, prior to
the tribula3on that is to come, and are taken
to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is
to overwhelm the world because of our sins.”
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered
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Dr. Andy Woods
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When Will the Rapture Take Place
Rela5ve to the Tribula5on Period?
n Pre-‐tribula5on rapture theory
n Mid-‐tribula5on rapture theory
n Post-‐tribula5on rapture theory
n Pre-‐wrath rapture theory
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When Will the Rapture Take Place
Rela5ve to the Tribula5on Period?
n Pre-‐tribula3on rapture theory
n Mid-‐tribula5on rapture theory
n Post-‐tribula5on rapture theory
n Pre-‐wrath rapture theory
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“I personally do not
believe that by the year
2020, any credible person
will be teaching the secret
pre-‐trib. rapture doctrine.
I think the events that are
coming in the next five
years will u]erly destroy
the doctrine.” -‐-‐ Rick
Wiles
h]p://www.wnd.com/2015/08/is-‐everything-‐you-‐know-‐about-‐second-‐coming-‐wrong/
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula3on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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The Tribula5on's Concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan 9:24)
n Jer 30:7; Dan 9:24
n God uses Israel and the
church on a mutually
exclusive basis
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula3on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Revela5on 1:19
n Seen (1)
n Are (2–3)
n Aqer these things (4–22)
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The Missing Church
n Rev 4-‐19
n Rev 13:9
n Revela5on’s Jewish nature
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God’s Work Through Israel
n Revela5on 7-‐144,000 Jews
n Revela5on 11-‐Two Jewish
witnesses
n Revela5on 12-‐Israel flees
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp3on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Promised Exemp5on
from Divine Wrath
n The promise (1 Thess 1:10; 5:9;
Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10)
n Tribula5on = divine wrath (Rev
6:16-‐17; 11:18; 15:1, 7; 16:19)
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God’s Role in Redemp5on (Rev 5)
n Seven sealed scroll (5:1)
n John weeps (5:2-‐4)
n Christ is qualified to open the scroll (5:5-‐6)
n Christ takes the scroll (5:7)
n Christ praised by various en55es (5:8-‐14)
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Rev. 6:16-‐17
"The verb ēlethen ("has come") is aorist indica5ve, referring
to a previous arrival of wrath, not something that is about
to take place. Men see the arrival of this day at least as
early as the cosmic upheavals that characterize the sixth
seal (6:12-‐14), but upon reflec5on they probably recognize
that it was already in effect with the death of one-‐fourth of
the popula5on (6:7-‐8), the worldwide famine (6:5-‐6), and
the global warfare (6:3-‐4). The rapid sequence of all of
these events could not escape no5ce, but the light of their
true explana5on does not dawn upon human
consciousness un5l the severe phenomena of the sixth seal
arrive." Robert L. Thomas, Revela7on 1–7: An Exege7cal Commentary, ed. Kenneth Barker (Chicago: Moody, 1992), 457-‐58.
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1st Six Seals (Revela5on 6)
n 6:1-‐2 – Advent of an5christ
n 6:3-‐4 – War
n 6:5-‐6 – Famine
n 6:7-‐8 – Death
n 6:9-‐11 – Martyrdoms
n 6:12-‐17 – Cosmic disturbances
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Pretribula5onism is not Escapism
n Trials (John 16:33)
n Man’s wrath (2 Tim 3:12)
n Satan’s wrath (Eph 6:11-‐12)
n World’s wrath (John 15:18-‐19)
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Imminency defini5on
n James 5:8; 1 Thess 1:10; 1 Cor 1:7; Philip 3:20
n We are to be looking for Jesus Christ and not the An5christ!
n Mo5vator (Holiness, Evangelism)
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Comfort
n John 14:1; 1 Thess 4:18; Titus 2:13
n Other rapture views are not comfor5ng since they place the church into divine wrath
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An3christ cannot come to power un3l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Restrainer Must First be Removed
n Restrainer holds back the An5christ (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Restrainer = the omnipotent Holy Spirit (2 Thess 2:9)
n Holy Spirit permanently indwells all Chris5ans (John 14:16; Rom 8:9)
n Sprit indwelt Chris5ans must first be removed prior to the An5christ's advent
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Restrainer Must First be Removed
n Restrainer holds back the An3christ (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Restrainer = the omnipotent Holy Spirit (2 Thess 2:9)
n Holy Spirit permanently indwells all Chris5ans (John 14:16; Rom 8:9)
n Sprit indwelt Chris5ans must first be removed prior to the An5christ's advent
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Three Reasons Why the Restrainer is the
Holy Spirit (2 Thessalonians 2:6-‐7)
n The Holy Spirit is omnipotent
n The Holy Spirit view handles well the switch in gender from the neuter (vs. 6) to the masculine (vs. 7)
n The Holy Spirit is ac5ve in the world (Gen. 6:3; John 16:7-‐11)
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Restrainer Must First be Removed
n Restrainer holds back the An5christ (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Restrainer = the omnipotent Holy Spirit (2 Thess 2:9)
n Holy Spirit permanently indwells all Chris3ans (John 14:16; Rom 8:9)
n Sprit indwelt Chris3ans must first be removed prior to the An3christ's advent
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Late Date (A.D. 95)
“But if it had been necessary to announce his name plainly at the present 5me, it would have been spoken by him who saw the apocalypse. For it was not seen long ago, but almost in our own 5me, at the end of the reign of Domi5an.”
Irenaeus Against Heresies 5.30.3
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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Symbolic Parallels
n 2 Peter 2:5-‐9
n Enoch taken before the flood (Gen 5:24)
n Noah protected before the flood (Gen 7:6-‐7)
n Lot taken before judgment upon Sodom (2 Pet 2:7; Gen 19:22)
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Conclusion
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When is the Rapture? Seven Arguments
Favoring the Pre-‐Tribula5on View
n Tribula5on's purpose concerns Israel (Jer 30:7; Dan
9:24)
n No biblical reference to the church on earth during
the Tribula5on period (Rev 4-‐22)
n Church is promised an exemp5on from divine wrath
(1 Thess 1:10; 5:9; Rom 5:9; Rev 3:10; 6:17)
n Rapture is imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Rapture is a comfort (1 Thess 4:18)
n An5christ cannot come to power un5l the restrainer
is removed (2 Thess 2:6-‐7)
n Symbolic parallels (2 Peter 2:5-‐9)
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What is the Rapture? n An important doctrine
n Dis5nct from the Second Advent
n Catching away of all living believers (1 Thess 4:17)
n Reunion (1 Thess 4:14-‐16)
n Resurrec5on (1 Cor 15:50-‐54)
n Exemp5on from death (1 Cor 15:51, 54-‐56)
n Instantaneous (1 Cor 15:52)
n Mystery (1 Cor 15:51)
n Imminent (1 Cor 15:51; 1 Thess 4:15)
n Tradi5onal doctrine now being recovered