1. Introduction
2. Recommended but not Required Resources
A. General Overviews / Bible Prophecy
B. Reformed Tradition
C. Dispensational / Pre-Tribulation Rapture
D. Non-Dispensational / Preterism (Full/Partial) No Rapture
E. Post-Tribulational Rapture
F. Catholic
G. Theological Journals
3. Key Terms Associated with the Rapture
4. Brief Overview of Interpretive/Hermeneutical Issues
A. Use of Secular History
B. Interpreting the Literal, figurative, analogical, allegorical metaphorical
C. Key is cross Referencing
D. Employ Morphology and grammar
E. Pro / Con with all resources
5. Preparing Your Notes, Clippings, Passage List6. Preparing Your Notes, Clippings, Passage List
A. Add all to your workspace and save a work space
B. Have the Views Organized:
6. Overview of the Prophetic Timeline: Placement of the Rapture
1. Tell us (Matthew 24:1-3)
2. Birth Pangs (Matthew 24:4-8)
3. Daniel’s Parallel Prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27)
4. The Abomination of Desolation (Matthew 24:15-20)
5. The Antichrist (Matthew 24:15-20)
6. Time, Times, and Half-a-Time (Matthew 24:21-29)
7. What are the Rapture Views?
(A) Full Preterism / Historicism / idealism
(B) Millennium
(C) Pre-tribulation
(D) Mid-tribulation
(E) Post-tribulation
(F) Pre-wrath
8. Key Words
Associated with the Rapture
(A) “Caught Up” - 1 Thess. 4:17 (ἁρπάζω)
(B) “this” Generation – Matthew 24:38
(C) Restrainer / Stepping Aside– 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12
(D) Wrath (ὀργή) vs. Tribulation (θλῖψις)
(E) Keep you ‘from’ the hour… (ἐκ) - Revelation 3:10
(F) “revelation” - 1 Corinthians 1:7 and 1 Peter 1:7; 4:13 (ἀποκάλυψις)
(G) “Appearing” - 2 Thess. 2:8 (ἐπιφάνεια)
(H) 24 Elders of Revelation 4:4
(I) Jewish marriage / Hebrew Marriage Custom
(J) Took them Away – Matthew 24:36-41
7. Visualizing the Predominant Rapture Views
A. Image Search
8. Identifying and Ordering the Key Passages
A. Where do we begin?
B. Using the Harmonies
C. Key Cross References
9. Observation Strategies
A. Highlighting Tool
10. Cross Checking: Determining other Possible Interpretations
11. Getting Your House in Order: Proper Response to the Rapture Views
A. Don’t Lose your Head
B. Big Picture: Death and Kingdom Impact
NOTE: Here are some supplemental notes for the video around 38+ minutes
In general:
“A” – All events from Daniel’s prophecy to Christ’s
death and resurrection
“B” – All events after Christ’s resurrection to the
eternal state
“C” – Tribulation specific events
Daniel 9:24
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A1-A3 represents what has
been fulfilled by Christ’s 1st coming
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B1-B3 represents what will be
fulfilled after his 2nd coming
Daniel 9:25
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A1 – Represents the 7 weeks
of the 69 weeks
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B1 – Represents the 62 of 69
weeks
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I broke away from A-B-C
format to show to the 7 & 62 week periods
Daniel 9:26
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A1 – 1st advent
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B1 - After the 1st Advent (people of
the Roman Empire that destroy Jerusalem in 70 AD)
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C1 – Tribulation AntiChrist
Daniel 9:27
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C1 – Tribulation Covenant