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I BELIEVE: GOD'S SUCCESSIVE PLAN INCLUDES THE R A P T U R E , T R I B U L AT I O N , M I L L E N N I A L R E I G N O F C H R I S T A N D G R E A T W H I T E T H R O N E J U D G M E N T.

A. THE RAPTURE. 1 . I B E L I E V E I N T H AT B L E S S E D H O P E , T H E PERSONAL, IMMINENT RETURN OF CHRIST WHO WILL RAPTURE H I S C H U RC H P R I O R T O T H E S E V E N -Y E A R T R I B U L AT I O N P E R I O D. ( T I T U S 2 : 1 3 , 1 ST T H E S S . 1 : 1 0 , 4:13-18) 2. THE WORD "RAPTURE" DOES NOT OCCUR IN THE BIBLE. THE CONCEPT OF THE RAPTURE, THOUGH, IS C L E A R LY T A U G H T I N S C R I P T U R E . T H E R A P T U R E O F T H E C H U RC H I S T H E E V E N T I N W H I C H G O D R E M OV E S A L L B E L I E V E R S F RO M T H E E A RT H I N O R D E R T O M A K E WAY F O R H I S R I G H T E O U S J U D G M E N T T O B E P O U R E D O U T O N T H E E A RT H D U R I N G T H E T R I B U L AT I O N P E R I O D. B . T H E T R I B U L AT I O N . 1. THE SEVEN YEAR PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE R A P T U R E A N D T H E S E C O N D C O M I N G I S K N OW N A S T H E T R I B U L AT I O N . T H E R E W I L L B E J U D G M E N T S

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P O U R E D O U T U P O N T H I S E A RT H T H AT W I L L B E U N L I K E A N Y T H I N G T H AT H A S H A P P E N E D B E F O R E ( R E V. 6 1 9 ) . S I N C E T H E C H U R C H W I L L B E R A P T U R E D, T H E Y W I L L N O T B E A F F E C T E D B Y T H E T R I B U L AT I O N . 2 . T H E M A I N P U R P O S E O F T H E T R I B U L AT I O N I S J U D G M E N T. S A L VA T I O N W I L L B E B R O U G H T T O B O T H I S R A E L I T E S ( R E V. 7 : 1 - 8 ) , A N D T O G E N T I L E S ( R E V. 7 : 9 - 1 7 ) . ( 2 ND T H E S S . 2 : 1 1 - 1 2 ) C. THE MILLENIUM. 1. THE MILLENIUM WILL LAST FOR 1,000 YEARS, D U R I N G W H I C H T I M E S ATA N W I L L B E B O U N D A N D CHRIST W I L L R E I G N O N E A R T H . ( R E V. 2 0 : 1 - 4 ) 2 . S A T A N W I L L B E L O O S E D T O R E I G N F O R A L I T T L E S E A S O N AT T H E E N D O F T H E M I L L E N I U M A N D T O D E C E I V E M A N Y I N T O A R E B E L L I O N . ( R E V. 2 0 : 7 - 8 ) 3 . U N B E L I E V E R S W I L L B E R A I S E D A N D W I L L S TA N D B E F O R E G O D AT T H E G R E AT W H I T E T H RO N E JUDGMENT TO BE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS, AND THEN TO BE CAST INTO THE LAKE O F F I R E W H E R E T H E Y W I L L S P E N D E T E R N I T Y. ( R E V. 2 0 : 1 1 - 1 5 )

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