Read this when social media and the Press report that a large number of people have simply vanished.
Read this when professing Christians have simply vanished.
Read this if you want to know what will happen when all professing Christians vanish – it is written in the tense that indicates this event has occurred.
This will happen at some time, but no one knows when. There has been a lot of speculation, especially since SARS-Cov-2 (COVID19) pandemic began that Jesus Christ would return; but his return is not predicated on certain events and such speculation was futile. Speculation rose during the phony war period of World War 2, and during the Middle Eastern wars, and more recently when tension between Syria, Tukey and other players occurred. These all speculative based on no real evidence, all of which probably merely added to your scepticism of what these Christians were talking about.
But this has now happened – remember the reason you are reading this - you will need to have an understanding of what has happened and what will transpire. It is all set out in the Christian Bible, and a summary is set out below.
Christians who were true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have been taken to heaven. The event, as you noticed happened silently, and without any pre amble. This is exactly as the Christian Bible said it would happen. Firstly the bodies of those Christians who had died were instantly given new bodies and their souls, which had been living in Paradise[1], were united. Immediately after Christians alive on this earth (and Christians only) heard a very loud shout and a loud sound, like that of the shoffer horn (usually made from a rams horn) heard in Israel, which alerted them to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ – who raised them up from the earth, whether they were asleep, travelling to work, playing sport or in a meeting, to meet those that had been resurrected – and all have taken them to heaven.[2] This all happened in a microsecond – faster than the blink of an eye.[3]
You are reading this because you are unsaved and currently lost – but take heart, you can still be saved, although your salvation will require great courage.
The sudden departure of all true believing Christians is called the rapture – they have been taken by God to heaven. [4] The word ‘rapture’ does not exist in the English Bible because it is Latin and describes what the Apostle Paul tells Christians would happen in the Book of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Many, including so called Christians have scoffed at Apostle Paul along with the many Christians who believed what Paul wrote – but this event has now come to past.
The only people that have been taken to heaven – that is carried away or raptured - are born again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ – the group which is known as the universal church[5], or more rightly the Messiah’s church.[6]
The Church does not include Old Testament saints (such as Moses, or David), Tribulation saints (those that but their faith in Jesus in the next little while), or Millennial saints (the Kingdom that will be setup in about seven years’ time, with Christ as the King); the Church includes only those who have been saved between the activities spoken of in Acts 2 (33 AD) and when the Rapture occurred.
God has always wanted humans to trust in Him – to put their faith and trust in Him; indeed He wants to walk and talk with individuals (it happened in the very beginning in the Garden of Eden – which you probably think is a myth – but the events of what has just happened might prompt you to reconsider what you believe are myths). From Adam, whose pride and lust caused him to disobey God, all have sinned; and the sinful nature of humans has been passed onto every person that was ever born; all have sinned and fall short[7] – and sin is punishable by death (Romans 6:23). Because God is holy all sin must be judged – God’s holy character demands this – He cannot look upon a sinner, and thus sinners must be removed from His presence. Those unbelievers that have died are in Hades – but occupants of Hades will be thrown into Hell in seven years’ time (or more shortly depending upon when you are reading this – see below).
A remedy was offered by the Son of God whose name in English is The Lord Jesus Christ (or simply Jesus Christ), or Yeshua (in Hebrew) and who is the Messiah. He died on a cross (a form of Roman torture) in Jerusalem some 2000 years ago – and in doing so paid in blood the debt of our sin, and thus appeased the wrath of God toward anyone who accepts this gift – the gift of the redemptive blood of Christ (Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18). Thus salvation can only be accomplished one way – believing in the Lord Jesus Christ – because only faith can save (John 3:16 [read all of John 3]; Romans 3:21-30). Christians did this – they put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ – and Jesus Christ acting as the Great High Priest, advocated before God the Father on their and my behalf, who justified each believer (because of the death of Jesus Christ) and who now has brought us believers into His kingdom. On the day of rapture – Jesus returned and gathered all who had faith in him.
Those left behind are simply non-believers, and not believing that God was able to save you from judgement, will leave you and all others like you to face the judgement wrath of God. The next seven years is judgement – Christians were taken because they do not need to go through judgement – this was the agreement between Christ and God the Father. Any who believed in Christ were saved from judgement (Romans 5:9 etc).
If you thought you were a Christian because you spent a fair amount of your life doing good deeds or following instructions from the church on how to be good – it will now be evident everything you have done has been in vain. It failed because you were never good enough to do good works to appease the wrath of God. What you should have done, and what the Bible tells everyone to do, in nearly every one of its sixty six books is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you would have been saved. Don’t muck it up now – put your faith and trust in Christ now and you will be saved;
Most assuredly, I say to you, we speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. (John 3:11)
You need to believe this: all your misconceptions about Christians believing in myths and strange and impossible-to-believe events have just been proven wrong. That heaven exits is not a myth and more importantly believe me now – hell does exit. It is a place prepared for Satan (and he also exists, and is real – his manifestations will be seen by all very shortly, if it has not already occurred), but hell will also be used for those that hate God.
That any person who does not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will be cast into hell is a certain truth; whatever your local football club may say. Hell awaits for sinners who have not repented irrespective of what the progressive social left have decreed – sexual immorality will be judged in the same way as blasphemers, thieves, liars, adulterers and those that do not pay their tax.
More importantly, resurrection of the dead is a fact – not only have all Christians (those that believed in Christ) have been taken by God to heaven, but all those that have died have been resurrected. That a person can be resurrected has been stumbling block for many unbelievers especially in the western world[8] – scoffed at by, perhaps even you, and certainly by the early Jews who persecuted to death many who promulgated that Jesus Christ (the first to rise from the dead to eternal life), and in recent times of governments, football clubs, the Media and the public in general. That God is able to resurrect bodies is a fact[9] – and equally that God will judge those that hate him is also a fact[10], [11] and hell awaits all unbelievers.[12]
God is about to judge the whole world;[13] but in particular Israel for rejecting their king – the Messiah, and the rest of the world for crucifying him.[14] However, God is slow to anger and is a merciful God (Psalm 103:8) and He is about to give you a second chance – take it while you can.
But there is only a very short window of opportunity – it is a race against time. Although Christians could never predict when they would be taken to heaven – when either they would die or when the rapture would take place, the Bible is very explicit in the timing of the next events, down to the number of days, and indeed the Bible also gives the number of hours certain events will last along with numbers of those that will perish. For instance, in the next seven years at least one third of the population of this world will perish – and this could be you.
God, as you read this, is raising up messengers (evangelists) amongst the believing Jews because they have suddenly learnt the awful truth that their sages and Rabbi’s have been totally wrong; that these brilliant intelligent men spent a life time fabricating and promulgating a false and deceptive doctrine which mislead not only the Jews but the whole world. They have learnt that the words of Jesus are in fact truth –as he said of himself – “I am the way the truth and the life.”[15] These Jews will very quickly (even as you read this) come to an understanding of what has happened, and will place their faith and trust in the Yeshua (Lord Jesus Christ), repenting of their sins, and then go out to evangelise the world. This they can do, since Jews have been dispersed into every nation – every language and every culture – and therefore are ideally placed to preach the gospel to the whole world, as commanded by Jesus.[16] We even know how many, the Bible is very precise; 144,000 Jews will become evangelists in the next little while (Revelation 7:4).
You still have a chance to be saved from hell fire – but the next seven years, if you survive that long (you have a 50:50 chance of getting to the actual end of the judgement period), at which point you will brought before God himself and then you will be thrown into hell. The Bible shows that you will have no credible defence, and this judgement will be terrifying and more difficult than anything that has ever happened to you or anyone else, unless you turn to God now!
The next seven years has been called many different things by Christians and different terms are used in the Bible. The Old Testament saints usually knew the period you are in as the “End Times”, but this term is also used by some writers of the New Testament[17]. The New Testament saints know it as the “Last Days” or the “Great Tribulation”[18] or just the “Tribulation”[19]. The Jews might use the term the “time of Jacob’s Trouble”[20]. Many other terms are used such as; “day of the Lord”, “day of wrath”, “day of distress”, “day of trouble”, “day of darkness and gloom,” and “wrath of the Lamb”. These all mean the same thing – seven years of the wrath of God poured out on the earth.
Since the Bible provides a large range of descriptive words and phrases for this seven year period you are in; in this document I use the term “Tribulation” but the Bible also uses; Great Tribulation, for it will be
The Bible sets out clearly the three main purposes for the Tribulation.
The most extensive biblical comments on the tribulation are found in the Book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, chapters 6 to 19 where the Apostle John provides a detailed exposition of the Tribulation; with the details of most events provided by the Old Testament Prophets – thus one needs to read both the New and Old Testaments together to get a complete picture of what is happening now.
If you are reading this because your Christian friends have suddenly disappeared, or you have seen or heard on social media the strident panic of your friends, because a massive number of people of simply disappeared - all I can say is turn to God. It is good you are reading this – it will help you be saved from God’s judgement and ultimately hell!
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "the just shall live by faith." (Romans 1:17)
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. (Deuteronomy 6:5)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: (John 1:12)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (John 3:16-18)
"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me (Jesus). (John 14:1)
NOTE WELL:
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! (James 2:19)
The nature of the Great Tribulation is summed up in the Bible by two verses;
The following is a very brief description of the more salient events you will witness in the coming few years.
The Tribulation will encompass the whole world – no place or person will be spared. In the end Christ Jesus will appear in the sky, and at that point all the nations and peoples of the earth will mourn and tremble in great fright;[23] and finally every single person will bow down before God and acknowledge him as the Lord God Most High.[24],[25]
Satan[26] is the ruler of darkness and has been the ruler of this earth since Jesus Christ rose from the dead and entered heaven; albeit constrained by the Holy Spirit.[27] During this time his power has been severely curtailed – but this will be loosened to the extent he will destroy much of the earth cruelly using humans who will subject themselves to him. Satan is real, a demonic power, who controls about one third of all demonic beings (often called angels). You don’t believe him, but he will in the next seven years be the leader of the largest counterfeit religion ever to be established. He will establish a leader – as a counterfeit Messiah who will do counterfeit miracles.[28] In doing so he will deceive non-Jews[29] and authorised the work of a world leader whom Christians (and the Bible) refer to as the Antichrist, as this person will oppose Christ in all ways.
Halfway through the next seven years he will be excluded from Heaven (for all eternity) and he will be confined to the earth until thrown into Hell (Rev 12:7-17). During this time he will attempt to annihilate Nation Israel.
It will be Satan that brings together the nations of the world to Armageddon, in the Valley of Jezreel near Megiddo for the final battle – a battle that has been spoken about in movies and many books (mostly very wrong) – and who will fight in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, in Jerusalem and lose to God himself.[30]
A world leader will arise early on in the next seven year period – this is likely within months of the rapture of Christians, who will rule the earth. He is known as the First Beast in the Bible and also as the Antichrist. The Antichrist will arise very early on – indeed he exists before the Church is removed from this planet, but has no power to deceive, but will be a victor for a short while. He is not royalty nor sovereignty.[31] He will be directly controlled by Satan – whom you neither know nor believe.[32]
After the Rapture, the Lord God will commission 144,000 Jewish believers who become believers immediately after the rapture to go and preach the gospel.[33] These 144,000 will have their eyes opened to see the true meaning of the gospel, and real fact that Messiah came some 2000 years ago to die for their sins and that of the whole world’s, and through faith our sins are paid for and individuals are redeemed. These Jews will evangelize the world in accordance to Jesus’ command in Matthew (28:16-20)[34] in accordance to the prophecy found in Revelation 7:1-8). As a result millions of people, including Jews will come to the saving knowledge of Christ and be saved.[35] Some of these will be people who the Church tried unsuccessfully to bring to the saving knowledge of Christ, who learnt the tenants of the Last Days, but whose hardness of heart prevented the Holy Spirit from convicting them. Others will have actually spent years going to church on Sunday, attending Bible studies, and listening to their friends talk about the things of God, including the rapture, but never considered their desperate need for repentance and salvation. Many may have also believed they were good enough for God; but are now in the desperate situation of heading for the eventuality of being cast into hell in a few short years – seven to be exact.
The rapture will be the last piece of evidence they need to become convicted.
The Bible indicates that about one third of the Jewish Nation will accept their Messiah, Yeshua (Christ) and be saved (Zechariah 13:9) and they shall call YEWAH (Jehovah) their God (Elohim) (See Hosea 6:1-2[36]).
Prior to the seven years of God’s judgement (and perhaps running into this period) Israel will be attacked by Russia along with various Muslim nations surrounding her. Some have muddled this battle with that of a Campaign of Armageddon. But first war of the End Times is very specific with specific players; Armageddon Campaign involves the nearly the entire world. The war which is occurring, or is about to occur, involves Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan (and possibly Afghanistan), Turkey (and possibly Azerbaijan and Armenia), Iran, Sudan and Libya (and pehaps Algeria and Tunisia) led by Russia. These ‘northern’ countries attempt to destroy Israel but fail – Russia will hardly survive, with it taking seven months to bury the dead and cleanse the land. Of importance, many Israeli’s will at that point become believers in the God who chose them.
This will take place after the Russia & Muslin-country war with Israel, a severe but short war when countries, essentially from those north of Israel will attempt to annihilate her, but fail.
The tribulation in Bible prophecy is the period of time that begins with the signing of a covenant between Israel and the person that the Bible refers to as the Antichrist arising and governing the whole world. From the time of the signing of this covenant and the end what is called the Great Tribulation will be seven years, at which point the second coming of Jesus Christ occurs. [37] The signing of the covenant or agreement occurs on earth, however, the first events of the Tribulation are held in heaven where a decree of destruction is issued from the Throne of God which is a decree that provides authority for all actors in the arena for the period of seven years, led by Jesus Christ, the Son of God.[38]
Civil violence and war between nations
Pandemics and local diseases causing severe illness, skin conditions and death
Starvation through famine and human induced stoppages of food production or its transport
Natural events: earthquakes, tsunamis, hail storms that kill peoples, storms that kill people (think tornadoes, snow storms, and heatwaves), volcanoes, dust/volcanic events that darken the sky
Blackouts where no light will be seen, especially from the stars and moon[39] – there are a number of these – they are short in nature but will scare the entire planet.
The Bible sets out the timing of events. The Old Testament (have you ever read the Old Testament?) sets out the details of the events and the Book of Revelation, the last book in the Christian Bible sets out the timing of the events – start reading from Chapter 4 (The chapters prior to this have already occurred by this stage).
Broadly speaking the next seven years will be in two halves[40] – it is unlikely that you will be able to exactly determine the end of the first half, and the commencement of the second. These two halves can be broken down into;
Over the next seven years the following will occur: a period of judgements by God will come into effect – some fall directly upon humans through ‘natural disasters’ such as earthquakes and some via human instruments including war. These will affect everyone: it will cause about half of the world’s population to die – through starvation, disease (pandemics), natural disaster such as earthquakes and violence & war. About two thirds of the ecosystem of the plant will die or be destroyed – climate will catastrophically change – the world heats up[43]. Cities will be destroyed and governments will topple, and many public services will cease to exist or be too chaotic to be functional. Jeremiah 30:11 says that one outcome of the Great Tribulation will the destruction of the nations to which Israel was scattered.
For I am with you,' says the LORD, 'to save you; though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished.' (Jeremiah 30:11)
The First Half reveals the Antichrist, whose auspices is the counterfeit god, played out by Satan, who in many ways manifests himself like God, giving authority to the Antichrist, raises false prophets, forcing people to worship the Antichrist as one would worship God.
The following events will occur – not necessarily in this order; indeed some will start co-incidentally and some will start sequentially.
God promised through a covenant that he would establish a kingdom on this earth. This kingdom will be centred in Jerusalem and will rule the whole earth. The King will be the Messiah – Jesus Christ, who will rule from the ancient thrown of King David. God is ridding the earth of all who hate him especially his own specially chosen people – the Israelites, who rejected his son, Yeshua (i.e. Jesus Christ).
Many including Christians and those calling themselves Christians have argued that Christians will go through the tribulation. The event you are witnessing attests to this is not true. But more importantly the Bible does not support this notion. The Bible provides a three-fold purpose for the Tribulation – none of which involves the Church because it is about judgement and evangelisation.
The New Testament teaches that the church will be taken at the rapture to be with the Lord before the Tribulation begins, because God has not destined His bride[53] for His wrath (Romans 5:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9; Revelation 3:10). The logic is simple – Christ has already suffered for believers; there is no justification (and righteousness must prevail[54]) for further judgement.
Other groups of redeemed individuals will go through the tribulation, but not Christ's bride, the church.
You will no doubt have heard of the Battle of Armageddon – this will happen, however not in the way most people have described it. The Battle actually does not take place at Armageddon – that’s the place the armies will assemble, before rushing down to Jerusalem in order to attack the city. The other important point is that this is not the first war against Israel during this time – you may have already heard of Russia along with various Muslim counties including Turkey and Iran attacking Israel, which occurs very shortly after all Christians have been taken to heaven.
The preparation for the Armageddon campaign will commence in the city of Babylon, which will very shortly be declared by the Antichrist as his capital city. The initial battle (skirmish) is the destruction of Babylon.
The army will consist of armies from countries to the east of Jerusalem (which is not China or India), consisting of Iraq and Iran (Assyria and Babylon) along with other nations of this world totalling 200 million men. This army will be gathered for the sole purpose of destroying Israel once for all time, but firstly this army destroys Babylon. But rather than face his enemies who are in the east, the Antichrist, controlled by Satan, sets out to destroy Israel – which is and has been Satan’s ultimate aim – by firstly attacking Jerusalem[56]. This campaign to destroy all Jews will fail because unknown to the Antichrist, God himself takes up the cause for His people, the Jews; and as Psalm 2 demonstrates such a battle is pure folly. The armies will march from the Valley of Jezreel (which is known by western Christians as the Valley Armageddon) where the ancient city of Megiddo stood and the battle will be joined in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [57] However, the Jews will escape to Petra (Bozrah in the Bible) and although Jerusalem falls, the people are saved. It is in this precarious position – their city Jerusalem destroyed and the city dwellers in the heat of the desert in Petra – that nation Israel will accept Yeshua (Jesus Christ) as their Messiah[58] – the same whom they demanded to be crucified some 2000 years ago. And at that point in time God will intervene[59] and utterly destroy the armies of the Antichrist and with mighty wonders will change the landscape around Jerusalem for ever.
The English Bible has been translated from the Hebrew (Old Testament) or Greek (New Testament) so these terms will vary depending upon the version English Bible you read. But this list gives some idea of the terms used.
Old Testament
The Time of Jacob's Trouble - Jeremiah 30:7
The Seventieth Week (a seven) of Daniel - Daniel 9:27
Jehovah's Strange Work - Isaiah 28:21
Jehovah's Strange Act - Isaiah 28:21
The Day of Israel's Calamity - Deuteronomy 32:35; Obadiah 12-14
The Tribulation - Deuteronomy 4:30
The Indignation - Isaiah 26:20; Daniel 11:36
The Overflowing Scourge - Isaiah 28:15, 18
The Day of Vengeance - Isaiah 34:8; 35:4; 61:2
The Year of Recompense - Isaiah 34:8
The Time of Trouble - Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 1:15
The Day of Wrath - Zephaniah 1:15
The Day of Distress - Zephaniah 1:15
The Day of Wasteness - Zephaniah 1:15
The Day of Desolation - Zephaniah 1:15
The Day of Darkness - Zephaniah 1:15; Amos 5:18, 20; Joel 2:2
The Day of Gloominess - Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2
The Day of Clouds - Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2
The Day of Thick Darkness - Zephaniah 1:15; Joel 2:2
The Day of the Trumpet - Zephaniah 1:16
The Day of Alarm - Zephaniah 1:16
The New Testament:
The Day of the Lord - I Thessalonians 5:2
The Wrath of God - Revelation 15:1, 7; 14:10, 19; 16:1
The Hour of Trial - Revelation 3:10
The Great Day of the Wrath of the Lamb of God - Revelation 6:16-17
The Wrath to Come - I Thessalonians 1:10
The Wrath - I Thessalonians 5:9; Revelation 11:18
The Great Tribulation - Matthew 24:21; Revelation 2:22; 7:14
The Tribulation - Matthew 24:29
The Hour of Judgment - Revelation 14:7
Taken from with slight modification to the language from < http://www.lastdaysmystery.info/last_days_glossary.htm > (Accessed 25 March 2020)
An abomination is something hateful and disgusting. To desolate is to ruin or lay waste. This biblical event will happen when the Antichrist declares himself to be God in the temple of God in Jerusalem. It is prophesied to occur in the middle of Daniel’s 70th Week, Daniel 9:27
The world leader who will rise to power out of the fourth beast kingdom as prophesied in Daniel 7. He will confirm a covenant with Israel and then, after three-and-a-half years, he will put a stop to the sacrifice and offering in the temple when he declares himself to be God. During the Great Tribulation he will receive power from Satan as he deceives the world and attempts to destroy the people of God.
The place (Megiddo, Galilee in Israel) where the armies of the world will gather prior to the final battle where the followers of Antichrist are destroyed when Jesus Christ returns on the Day of the Lord; the actual battle will be in the Valley of Jehoshaphat Joel 3:2).
A powerful city-state or superpower at the end of the age, which will hold a position of great influence over the world until it is destroyed by the fourth beast kingdom.
This is the world leader of the fourth beast kingdom. This incredibly successful world leader will receive power from Satan and attempt to destroy the people of God.
The fourth beast kingdom, led by the Antichrist, which will rise to power during the last days and rule over the whole world. This kingdom will initially have ten kings, then another king will arise among the ten and overthrow three of the kings. Then the kingdom will have seven heads and ten horns.
Those who have truly placed their faith in Jesus Christ; those who have their names written in the Book of Life.
God’s record of all those who put their faith in Jesus Christ.
The title of the anointed one of God; the Messiah who is to come and establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
This non-biblical term refers to the last seven years of Daniel’s 490-year prophecy. To date 483 years of the 490 years have been completely fulfilled. One seven-year period is still outstanding and will be fulfilled during the end times. This seven-year period begins with a covenant confirmed with Israel by the Antichrist.
The day when Jesus Christ returns to gather His elect, punish the unbelieving world and establish the Kingdom of God on earth. The Day of the Lord is a very significant event in God’s prophetic plan. It is referred to by name 24 times in Scripture and written about so often that the prophets abbreviated its name by referring to it as “the day” or “that day.” Several times in Scripture it is called “the great and dreadful day” because it will be both the day of deliverance and a day of judgment.
One of the terms Jesus used to refer to the time of the harvest and His return when He gathers His elect and judges the world.
End Times – the last days
The period of time leading up to and including Daniel’s 70th Week.
A member of the counterfeit trinity (Satan, Antichrist and False Prophet). This trinity dominates the earth during the Great Tribulation. The False Prophet is the second beast of Revelation who comes out of the earth and sets up the system that uses the Mark of the Beast.
The gathering of the saints at the end of the age.
The judgment for believers which will occur at the return of Jesus Christ and when the saints will receive their reward for what they have done in Christ.
The final and everlasting earthly Kingdom, which will be ruled by Christ and His followers.
The archangel who protects the people of God and restrains the secret power of lawlessness.
The non-biblical term for the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth.
The event Paul referred to in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 as marking the turning away from faith in Jesus Christ which will likely take place during the Great Tribulation.
The gathering and change that will take place in all believers at the return of Christ. The First Resurrection includes the living and the dead in Christ.
A non-biblical term for the raising of the unbelievers at the end of the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth.
A latin term used to describe the catching up of living believers to meet the Lord in the air, at the return of Christ.
A powerful angel who rebelled against God and strives to rise to the throne of God by destroying the people and plans of God. He will be defeated and thrown from heaven by Michael at the time of the abomination that causes desolation. Satan will give his power to the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation until he is captured and bound in the Abyss during Christ’s thousand-year reign. Satan will then be thrown into the lake of fire for eternity.
The holy written and infallible Word of God.
A non-biblical term for the Return of Jesus Christ from heaven to earth.
Temple, The – House of God
The structure called the “House of God” and the place of Jewish worship in Jerusalem located on Mount Moriah. Solomon built the first temple and the second temple was rebuilt during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. Harod restored the second temple to a state of grandeur. It was completely destroyed in 70 AD just as Jesus prophesied. There will be a third temple built some time in the future.
A non-biblical term which refers to the seven-year period at the end of the age, as prophesied in Daniel 9:27.
The seventh trumpet of Revelation 11:15, which will signal the resurrection of the living and the dead in Christ.
The three-and-a-half year period of unparalleled persecution and suffering of God’s people brought on by Satan through the Antichrist and False Prophet. This is the most documented period of time recorded in Scripture being referred to as: 42 months, 1,260 days, and a time, times and half a time. This period begins with the abomination that causes desolation and ends with the return of Christ on the Day of the Lord.
The final judgment of individuals which will take place after the thousand-year earthly reign of Christ. The White Throne Judgment appears to be the judgment of unbelievers.
The celebration of the union between Jesus Christ and the Bride of Christ (all true believers). It will take place on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, as described in Isaiah 25:6.
The holy written and infallible Word of God.
God’s judgment and punishment on the unbelieving and disobedient world, which will be poured out on the Day of the Lord.