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I. History Of Rapture Rousers

I. History Of Rapture Rousers. A.D. 999: 2 nd coming – Jan.1, 1000 John N. Darby, pre-trib. rapture: 1827 Wm. Miller: 1843; 1844; gave up Joseph Smith: no later than 1891 Chas. T. Russell: 1910; 1914; 1918; 1925; 1941; 1975; 1984; 1994, etc. Hal Lindsey, LGPE : 1988

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I. History Of Rapture Rousers

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  1. I. History Of Rapture Rousers

  2. A.D. 999: 2nd coming – Jan.1, 1000 John N. Darby, pre-trib. rapture: 1827 Wm. Miller: 1843; 1844; gave up Joseph Smith: no later than 1891 Chas. T. Russell: 1910; 1914; 1918; 1925; 1941; 1975; 1984; 1994, etc. Hal Lindsey, LGPE: 1988 Louis Farrakhan: Gulf War: 1991 David Koresh (Branch Davidians): 1995 88 Reasons . . . 1988 Left Behind (16 vol.) LaHaye/Jenkins

  3. I. History Of Rapture Rousers II. A Rapture Prooftext

  4. 1 Thes.4:17 • Jerome’s translation • Premillennial view: believers to be caught up prior to judgment • They teach three second comings – • As thief (unseen; secret rapture of saints). LGPE, p. 125 • With saints; set up millennial kingdom • To end the world

  5. Typical Timeline of His Comings 1 Raptureof church 2 2nd Coming 3 FinalJudgment Now Tribulation Millennium Eternity

  6. 1 Thes.4 disproves rapture Not secret Not silent Not justthe living (Jn.5; 6) 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Not just seven years Hb.9:26-28

  7. I. History Of Rapture Rousers II. A Rapture Prooftext III. Basis For Rapture: Mt.24

  8. Mt.24 • 1-2, the warning; 3, inquiring minds… Thisgeneration (23:36) Generation = 40 yrs.(LGPE, p. 43) Christcomes(1988) Nation of Israel(1948)

  9. Every sign was fulfilledbetween AD 30-70 (Mt.24:4-15) 1.Place: 15, temple area (cf. Lk.21:20). Local indicators: Mt.24:16-20 2.Period: 34, this generation(Mt.11:16; 12:39-41, 42, 45; 23:36) 3.Privacy: 36. Time of 2nd coming unknown 4.Precedent: 37-41, as Flood: business as usual. 1 Th.5:2, no signs

  10. I. History Of Rapture Rousers II. A Rapture Prooftext III. Basis For Rapture: Mt.24 IV. Tribulation

  11. Darby’s four tribulation passages:Je.30:7; Dn.12:1; Mt.24:21; Mk.13:19 15-20, 34:DOJ 22:DOJ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be – Mt.24:21 “Accordingly, it appears to me, that the misfortunes of all men from the beginning of the world, if they be compared to these of the Jews, are not so considerable as they were” – Josephus, Jewish Wars, 4

  12. NT refers to tribulation in this life (twenty times) • Mt.13:21; 24:21; Ac.11:19; 14:22 • Ro.5:3; 12:12 • Rv.1:9; 2:9-10 (13); 7:14 Never used of church after it leaves earth

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