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RAPTURE

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  • return of Jesus

- fulfilment of scripture that says God will deliver His people

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PRE-TRIBULATION

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  • When God’s wrath will fall upon the earth
  • Judgment time
  • Pre-trib is the belief that Christians will be taken away before the 7 years of tribulation, then will appear at the judgment seat of Christ
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MID-TRIBULATION

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-Belief that the church is raptured midway through the rapture

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POST-TRIBULATION

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-Belief that the church is raptured after the 7 year wrath of God

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ARMAGEDDON

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  • Hebrew word

- Gathering site for armies during end times

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PRE-MILLENIALISM

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-Belief that 1000 year reign of Jesus is a literal 1000 year reign that will take place after the 7 year tribulation

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POST-MILLENIALISM

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  • The belief that the kingdom of God is a present reality
  • all nations are converted to Christianity
  • 1000 years of peace will take place before the return of Jesus Christ
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AMILLENIALISM

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  • Belief that there is no millennium on earth
  • it is a spiritual thing that is happening here on earth now and in churches
  • Belief that God’s promise to Israel was conditional - and not met due to a lack of obedience to Him
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GREAT WHITE THRONE

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  • Final judgment
  • when the book of life is opened, and the dead are judged
  • after the millenium, names not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire
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ESCHATOLOGICAL

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  • Noun meaning end, purpose, or tax

- used to describe the end times

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DISPENSATIONALISM

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  • Consistent literal interpretation of scripture
  • deliverance of Israel is to be taken exactly how it was written
  • “Staying accountable to original scriptures
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APOCALYPSE (apokalupsis)

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  • noun meaning uncovering

- describing revelation of Jesus Christ, and the events to follow His return to earth

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COMING (parousia)

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  • noun meaning arrival

- coming back of Jesus

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CAUGHT (harpazo)

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  • greek word to ‘snatch away’
  • fulfilment of something
  • deceitful term of something being fulfilled by someone who has poor motives
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Present state of the dead

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  • At death, the souls of believers pass immediately into presence of Christ, and remain in constant bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body.
  • Remain after death conscious of condemnation until the final body resurrection and judgment of the unjust
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Second coming of Christ

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  • return of Christ to earth in power and great glory will conclude the great tribulation with the victory at Armageddon, the defeat of Antichrist and the binding of Satan.
  • Christ introduces the millennial age
  • Bring whole world to the knowledge of God
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Eternal state of righteous

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-Righteous will share the glory of God in the new heaven and the new earth for eternity