The Rapture and the Second Coming.

The Rapture and the Second Coming.
What the bible teaches

Summary: In the bible the rapture, the Second Coming and the resurrection of the dead in Christ all occur at the same time. Since the resurrection of the dead occurs on the last day it is concluded that the rapture and Second Coming also occurs on the last day. See 1 Thess 4:13-17, 1 Cor 15:52, John 6:39-40, 44, 54.

The word rapture comes from the Latin version of the Greek word harpazo used in 1 Thess 4:17 which is translated 'caught up'.

1 Th 4:17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up (harpazo) together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

There are four views on the rapture:

a. pre-tribulation rapture: This is a relatively modern view, it has spread primarily due to its inclusion in the Scofield bible and has been popularized by the writings of Hal Lindsay. Christ will come and take his church out of the world by the rapture. This will be followed by the great tribulation. Following this Christ will come again in great power and glory with his saints and angels. There is then a second and third coming, one for and one with the Church. This is clearly unbiblical but widely believed in the west because it means that Christians will not go through the great tribulation, however, many martyrs might disagree with this viewpoint.

b. post-tribulation rapture: This is the usual traditional interpretation. The Church will go through the great tribulation and when Christ comes again will meet him in the air.

c. mid-tribulation rapture: This is similar to the pre-tribulation rapture, the church will go through half the great tribulation before being raptured.

d. Pre-wrath rapture: The rapture occurs in the second half of Daniel's 70th week, after the Great Tribulation but before the Day of the Lord (God's wrath).

What does the bible say?

In the bible the rapture plainly coincides with the second coming and the resurrection, see 1 Thess 4:13-17 also 1 Cor 15:52 and He will come after a period of great distress, and after the heavenly bodies are shaken, Mat 24:30-31, (cf. Mark 13:14-26). In Revelation the rapture is described in Rev 11:12, in which the two witnesses, who represent the witnessing church, went up to heaven in a cloud. Clouds are usually associated with the Second Coming in the bible, see Mat 26:64, Mark 13:26, Mark 14:62, Rev 1:7, 14:14, Ezek 30:3, 1 Thess 4:17, Dan 7:13, Joel 2:2, Zep 1:15.

At the last trumpet (see 1 Thess 4:16) the rapture and resurrection will occur together at the last trumpet.

(1 Cor 15:51-52 NIV) Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- {52} in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Note the order of events:

For the trumpet will sound (the last trumpet)
the dead will be raised imperishable (the resurrection)
and we will be changed

The rapture, Second Coming and the resurrection: In 1 Thess 4:14-17 the Second Coming, the rapture and the resurrection of the dead all coincide. It will be a loud and public event. There is no secret rapture. Also notice the 'we who are still alive' (4:15, 17), who is Paul talking about? It the Christians who are still alive at the Second Coming.

(1 Thess 4:13-17) Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. {14} We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. {15} According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. {16} For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. {17} After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up (harpazo) together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

Note the order of events:

Lord himself comes down from heaven (1 Th 4:16)
Dead in Christ rise (the resurrection) (1 Th 4:16)
Rapture of the living saints (1 Th 4:17)

Note that the rapture comes after the resurrection Now when does the resurrection occur?

The resurrection occurs on the last day. Having established that the rapture occurs at the same time as the resurrection of the dead (1 Thess 4:14-17, 1 Cor 15:51-52). When will the resurrection of the dead in Christ occur? It will occur on the last day.

(John 6:39-40 NIV) And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. {40} For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 6:44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

(John 6:54 NIV) Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

Jesus also teaches that the resurrection of the good and the wicked occurs at the same time (John 5:28-29) cf. Dan 12:2. This must be at the last day.

(John 5:28-29 NIV) "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice {29} and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.

(Dan 12:2 NIV) Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

While some teach that the chuch is raptured before the tribulation, we should consider Jesus prayer just before his crucifixion:

(John 17:15 NIV) My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

The same occurs in Mat 24:29-31 although the resurrection of the dead is not explicit. This is a very public event, ' They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory'.

(Mat 24:29-31) "Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' {30} "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. {31} And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

At the Second Coming the Antichrist will be destroyed and the elect will be gathered to Christ.

(2 Th 2:1-8 NIV) Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, {2} not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. {3} Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. {4} He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. {5} Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? {6} And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. {7} For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. {8} And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

At the Second Coming (the day of the Lord) destruction will come upon the wicked.

(1 Th 5:1-10 NIV) Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, {2} for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. {3} While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. {4} But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. {5} You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. {6} So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. {7} For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. {8} But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. {9} For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. {10} He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

When Jesus comes again he will punish those who do not obey the gospel and on the same day he will be marveled at among those who have believed.

(2 Th 1:6-10 NIV) God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you {7} and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. {8} He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. {9} They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power {10} on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

What about the thief passages? These emphasize the unexpected nature of the Second Coming, not its silence.

(Mat 24:43-44 NIV) But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. {44} So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

(Luke 12:39-40 NIV) But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. {40} You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

(1 Th 5:2-4 NIV) for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. {3} While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. {4} But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.

(2 Pet 3:10 NIV) But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

(Rev 3:3 NIV) Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

The last thief passage in Rev 16:15 is worthy of note because it occurs right after the sixth bowl and before the seventh bowl of Gods wrath. This indicates that there will be believers even during this period of God's wrath.

(Rev 16:15 NIV) "Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed."

As it was in the days of Noah and the days of Lot. These passages again emphasize the unexpected nature of the Second Coming. These passages also allude to the rapture (one will be taken and the other left). Those left will be destroyed (no second chances) 1 Thess 5:3, 2 Thess 1:9, see Luke 17:27, 29.

(Mat 24:37-44 NIV) As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. {38} For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; {39} and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. {40} Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. {41} Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. {42} "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. {43} But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. {44} So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

(Luke 17:26-37 NIV) "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. {27} People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. {28} "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. {29} But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. {30} "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. {31} On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. {32} Remember Lot's wife! {33} Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. {34} I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. {35} Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left." {36} {37} "Where, Lord?" they asked. He replied, "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."

The separation of unbelievers and believers occurs at the end of the age (Mat 13:39, 49).

(Mat 13:37-43 NIV) He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. {38} The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, {39} and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. {40} "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. {41} The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. {42} They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. {43} Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

(Mat 13:47-50 NIV) "Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. {48} When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. {49} This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous {50} and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

In Mat 28:20 Jesus promised his disciples that he would be with them to the very end of the age.

In the case of Noah and Lot they were rescued on the same day that destruction came upon the people, and Jesus comments that "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed" (Luke 17:30). There is no time interval between the rescue of God's people and the destruction of the wicked

(Luke 17:26-30 NIV) "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. {27} People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. {28} "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. {29} But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. {30} "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

The day of judgement will also occur when Jesus returns in his glory on the last day.

(Mat 25:31-32 NIV) "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. {32} All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

(John 12:48 NIV) There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.

(Rom 2:5 NIV) But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.

(2 Pet 3:7-10 NIV) By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. {8} But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. {9} The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. {10} But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

When are the saints rewarded? At the Second Coming.

(Rev 11:15-18 NIV) The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." {16} And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, {17} saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. {18} The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."

(Rev 22:12 NIV) "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.

(1 Pet 5:4 NIV) And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

(Mat 16:27 NIV) For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Isa 40:10 See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.

Heavens and earth destroyed: Finally on the day that Christ comes the heavens and the earth will be destroyed and there will be a new heaven and a new earth (hardly time for a millennial kingdom) see 2 Pet 3:7, 10, and 12.

(2 Pet 3:3-13 NIV) First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. {4} They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." {5} But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. {6} By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. {7} By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. {8} But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. {9} The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. {10} But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. {11} Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives {12} as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. {13} But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

The absence of the word 'Church' after Rev 3:22

It is sometimes said that because the word 'Church' is absent after Rev 3:22 that the church was raptured in 4:1 and therefore it is not present during seven seals, trumpets and bowls. LaHaye says:

The absence of any mention of the church indicates that it is not on earth during the Tribulation. There are sixteen references to the Church in the first three chapters of Revelation, whereas chapter 6 through 18, which cover the Tribulation, do not mention the Church once. The natural conclusion drawn from this is that the Church will be absent during the events of the Tribulation.

If this is the case then chapters 6 through 18 is irrelevant to the church today. The word church does not occur in 2 Tim, Titus, 2 Pet, 1 and 2 John and Jude but that does not mean that the church is not present.

The next occurrence of the word 'church' occurs in Rev 22:16 (pleural), however the word 'saints' occurs 12 times, and 'servants' occurs 11 times after Rev 3:22. There is also a rapture event in 11:12 when the two witnesses are told to 'come up here'. The majority of commentaries on Revelation do indeed find the church after Rev 3:22, apart from dispensational commentaries that is. As Mathison points out, Israel must be raptured at some point because the word Israel is not found between 7:5 and 21:12.

Saints in Revelation:

In the NT the word saints (hagios:G40) means holy ones and is used many times of Christians.

(2 Cor 1:1 KJV) Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

In Revelation the word 'saints' is used 12 times between Rev 5:8 and 19:8. The KJV also uses saints in 20:9, the NIV has God's people. In Rev 5:8, 8:3, 8:4, the word saints is always connected with prayer, as in 'prayers of the saints'. In 13:7, 13:10 it is used in connection to the beast who wages war against the saints who are clearly on earth and is used in a similar connection in 14:12. In 19:8 it is used in connection to the bride who is clearly the church (see Eph 5:25). In 18:4 God exhorts his people to come out of Babylon.

(Rev 18:4 NIV) Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

Similarity between 4:1, 2 and other rapture passages:

(1 Th 4:16 NIV) For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

In Rev 4:1 it is clearly John who is told to 'Come up here' and not the church. Only John is told to 'come up here', and did not bodily go to heaven but was in the Spirit as the next verse indicates (Rev 4:2). The rapture will be a bodily rapture not a spiritual one. The dispensational commentator Walvoord has this to say:

"The invitation to John to "come up hither" is so similar to that which the church anticipates at the rapture that many have connected the two expressions. It is clear from the context that this is not an explicit reference to the rapture of the church, as John was not actually translated; in fact he was still in his natural body on the island of Patmos. He was translated into scenes of heaven only temporarily."

1 Thess 4:16 does have a trumpet call but it also has a bodily resurrection of the dead in Christ. There is no resurrection in Rev 4:1. The trumpet that John hears is that of a voice speaking like a trumpet and serves to identify the speaker as the same one as in Rev 1:10. There is a much better candidate for a Rapture event in the book of Revelation which can be found in Rev 11:11-12 when the two witnesses rise from the dead and go up to heaven in a cloud.

(Rev 11:11-12 NIV) But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. {12} Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.

For my rebuttal of some of the common Pretribulation Rapture arguments go here or for another one go here

Books: linked to

End Times Fiction : A Biblical Consideration of the Left Behind Theology by Gary Demar
A Basic Guide to Eschatology : Making Sense of the Millennium by Millard J. Erickson
Blessed Hope by George Eldon Ladd (rapture of the church and the Second Coming of Christ are the same)
The last days according to Jesus - R C Sproul (partial preterist)
Three Views on the Rapture : Pre; Mid; Or Post-Tribulation? (Counterpoints) by Gleason L. Archer (Editor),
First the Antichrist : A Book for Lay Christians Approaching the Third Millennium and Inquiring Whether Jesus Will Come to Take the Church Out of the Tribulation by Robert Horton Gundry (post-trib)
The Church and the Tribulation by Robert Horton Gundry (post-trib)
The Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Church by Marvin J. Rosenthal
The Rapture Question Answered : Plain and Simple by Robert D. Van Kampen, (pre-wrath)
The Rapture: A question of timing - William R Kimball
Examination of dispensationalism - William E Cox
Biblical Studies in Final Things by William E. Cox
Amillennialism Today by William E. Cox

Links:

Pre-trib rapture:

Rapture ready a popular pretrib site
Bible Prophecy and The Rapture Report! see also The Church in the book of Revelation
Rapture.Net
Jesus is coming soon by M.J. Agee
The King is Coming
Millenium Watch 2000
The Rapture Solution
The Rapture of the Church
Pretribulation or Prewrath? by Ron Graff
Prophecy Bible Study - Mike Cady

Post-trib rapture:

When did Jesus say the Rapture would take place? - by Steve Jackson
The Post-Tribulation Rapture by William Arnold III
The anti-rapture page - Bob Mahlstedt
What does the BIBLE really say about the timing of the Rapture - by Sheila Lewis Busby
The Secret Rapture
The Premillennial Deception Chiliasm Examined in the Light of Scripture. Brian M. Schwertley
Is the Pretribulation Rapture Biblical? Brian M. Schwertley
The not so Secret Rapture By W. Fred Rice
End Times- putting the pieces in place by Sonny Bowman (good)
End-time fables - W A Jones
Dispensationalism A Return to Biblical Theology or Pseudo Christian Cult
The Error of Pretribulationism - Steve Amy - Lamb Light Ministries
The Rapture -- When? By Jeffery A. Mott
Before Jesus Comes Again By Stephen Austin
Lastdays Ministry
The Last Days Information Site see Common pre-trib arguments (good)
The Last Trumpet - Tim Warner (large site)
Lion and Lamb Ministries - Monte Judah
Pre-Tribulation Planning for a Post-Tribulation Rapture - John Yonge
The Posttribulation Rapture - Dan Dudley
The Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ see Pre-trib
Yeshua the King
Berean Prophecy Review see Unmasking Pre-Trib Fallacies Larry Simmons (highly recommended)
Restoring the Vision
The End Times Christian
The Prophetic Word Ministries International
Tribulation News Network
Prophecy studies
A Study on The Rapture By Larry Smith
The bible truth zone, Origin of the Pre-Trib. Theory. Problems with the Pre-Trib Theory
Will Christians Go Through the Great Tribulation? - Evidence for God from Science
Daniel's 70 Weeks
THE SECRET RAPTURE Joe Crews
The Timing of the Rapture! by Tony Warren
Last Trump Gathering Al M. Rogers, Jr.
The Post-tribulation Rapture by by William Arnold III
The Second Coming of Christ and the Rapture by R Totten
Ken Raggio's PROPHECY Newsletter see When is the Rapture?
Last Trump Gathering Al M. Rogers, Jr., L.T.G.,

Pre-wrath rapture. The rapture occurs in the second half of Daniels 70th week, after the Great Tribulation but before the Day of the Lord (God's wrath).

Pre-Wrath Rapture: A Pre-Trib Evaluation by Myron J. Houghton, Ph.D.,Th.D.
An Evaluation of the New "Pre-Wrath" Rapture Theory
The Imminent Return of Christ and the Pre-Wrath Rapture by Gary E. Gilley, Pastor-teacher of Southern View Chapel

Preterist An eschatological viewpoint that places many or all eschatological events in the past, especially during the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.

The Preterist Archive of Realized EschatologyYour One-Stop Source for Online Preterist Materials
The Parousia A Careful Look at the New Testament Doctrine of our Lord's Second Coming By James Stuart Russell Written in 1878
The Hope of Israel What is it? By Philip Mauro Published In 1922
The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation A Study of the Last Two Visions of Daniel, and of the Olivet Discourse of the Lord Jesus Christ By Philip Mauro Written in 1921
Dispensational Dementia Books/Articles on 'another gospel'
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