What's Next, pt 3
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And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Are we missing something?
When does the judgment come?
There will be a Bema Seat judgment for believers
There will be a Great White Throne for non-believers
…or might it be two different discussions of the same event?
But first...
The Rapture
The Rapture
It would seem that the judgment will be after this time
Not a Biblical term…but a Biblical event
Latin, raptura, the act of carrying off
Gr. harpazo, essentially the same
Support for the concept in general: John 14:1-3; 1 Cor. 15:51-52
Three Approaches
Three Approaches
Pre-Tribulation
Church is removed before the tribulation begins
Some supporting Scripture: Dan. 9:24-27; Matt. 24:3-28; Rev. 11:2, 12:14; 1 Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10
Mid-Tribulation
Church is removed at the middle point of the Great Tribulation
Some supporting Scripture: Matt. 24:15-28; Rev. 16-18
Also Pre-Wrath—Rapture is before God’s wrath is poured out as above
Post-Tribulation
Places the Rapture and the Second Coming of the Lord at the same time
Supporting Scripture: …well…1 Thes. 5:9
Parallel between 1 Thes 5:2 and Rev. 16:15
Bottom line: It’s going to happen
If you fall into the pre-trib camp, be ready, be living rightly
If you fall into mid or post-trib camp, same answer
Sunday’s message will hit these issues
Sticky issue of the
Millennium
Millennium
Pre-mil; post-mil, A-mil camps
Pre-trib, mid-trib, pre-wrath, and post-trib camps all are pre-mil
Post-mil folks put the rapture at the end of the millennium
A-mil think we’re in the millennium; the rapture will be part of the wrap-up at the end of time