The Millennium, Daniels
70th week, The Rapture, The Day of
the LORD, The Wrath of God:
Session
1
The
Millennium
Christ predicted His return to this
earth over two-thousand years ago. Along with
that prediction, He spoke of a time when He
would return to rule the earth for 1,000
years. The prediction of the 1,000 year or
millennial reign of Christ is most explicitly
found in the book of Revelation chapter 20
verses 1 through 3. The question that faces
interpreters of these predictions is:
When and what is the millennial reign of
Christ and how does it fit in with His return
for His people?
The Millennium is the starting point
for understanding end-time prophecy.
Many people will claim to have a certain
"millennial" position such as pre-millennial
or post-millennial. These descriptions
explain the relation between Christ's return
to earth and the millennial reign as predicted
in scripture.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%20Millennium.pdf
Session
2
Daniel's 70th Week
Session 1 ended with the explanation
of how the three views of the millennium
reflect our understanding of interpreting
scripture. One can approach scripture
from an allegorical viewpoint, or a literal -
face-value approach. This study takes a
literal or face-value approach to
interpretation. There are five keys to a
face-value hermeneutic or interpretation.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/Daniel's%2070th%20Week.pdf
Session
3
The 30
Days After the 70th Week
There are two periods mentioned in
the book of Daniel that occur immediately
after the end of Daniel's 70th Week.
http://prewrathministries.org/index.php/prewrath/39-prewrath/lessons/61-the-30-days
Session 4
The
45 Days Before the Millennium
We ended the last session dealing
with the pouring out of God's final wrath in
the form of the seven bowls found in the book
of Revelation chapter 16. The 30 day period
ends with two final events as depicted below:
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%2045%20Days.pdf
Session 5
The
Rapture
The rapture is the great "catching
away" of all those who have trusted Christ -
living and dead. The word "rapture" is not
found in scripture. It is from the Latin
Vulgate (ancient Latin translation of the
Bible) "rapere" which means to "catch up." In
1 Thess 4:17 the Bible states that we will be
"caught up" and this is the phrase where the
Vulgate used the word "rapere."
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 is the
definitive passage that describes the event we
call the rapture.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%20Rapture.pdf
Session
6
The Day
of the Lord
In our last session we talked about
the event in scripture commonly called the
rapture. It is described in 1 Thessalonians
4:15-18 as being the event when all the saints
of God, living and dead, will be gathered to
meet Jesus in the air and be taken home to
heaven. We discussed how the actual timing of
the rapture has been debated for ages.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%20Day%20of%20the%20Lord.pdf
Session
7
The
Pre-Wrath Rapture
The last session dealing with the Day
of the Lord, was significant in that it taught
how the "Day of the Lord" and the rapture are
connected. It taught that there are 3 themes
which surround the Biblical teaching of the
Day of the Lord - in the Old Testament, New
Testament and in the book of Revelation.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%20PreWrath%20Rapture.pdf
Session
8
The
Timing of the Rapture
In the last session dealing with the
Pre-Wrath view of the rapture, we looked at
validating the Pre-Wrath view by harmonizing
the prophecies concerning the end of time. The
next task is to find if all the problems with
the other views are answered by the Pre-Wrath
view. But to do this, we must first determine
the timing of the rapture according to what
the scripture says. The Bible tells us that
there are three events that will happen
together at the Day of the Lord.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/Timing%20of%20the%20Rapture.pdf
Session
9
Rapture
Problems Answered
Let us take a moment to discuss the
theological perspective of this study. If you
hear enthusiasm in this study - it is not
arrogance to suggest that the pre-wrath view
is correct and anyone who disagrees is wrong.
On the contrary, the enthusiasm I feel in this
study is because for the first time for me -
the pre-wrath view allowed all the prophecies
to naturally fit together, it gave me a truly
scriptural perspective on the end of time, and
it was a watershed issue that caused me to
change my own theology - from what I had been
taught to what I believe the scripture
teaches.
Could the pre-wrath view be wrong?
Absolutely! I don't believe anyone has God
totally figured out! We are trying to
understand the infinite with our small finite
minds. However, because of the harmony of the
scriptures in the pre-wrath view - I feel
closer to the truth than I have ever been. But
you, the student of the scriptures, must
decide for yourself what the scriptures teach.
When we ended the last session, we
decided that the rapture would occur sometime
during the second 3½ years of Daniel's 70th
Week (The Tribulation Period).
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/Rapture%20Problems.pdf
Session
10
The
Wrath of God
The last session we will deal with
depicts the events that will comprise God's
wrath in the Day of the Lord. These events are
foretold in the book of Revelation symbolized
by the sounding of the seven trumpets
and the pouring out of the seven bowls.
As we focus on the wrath of God, we
will be narrowing in on the Day of the Lord
that takes place as the saints of God are
raptured from the earth to heaven.
http://prewrathministries.org/PDFs/The%20Wrath%20of%20God.pdf