Church Age 1 Thess.

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Premillennial Theories
General
Judgment Seat
Great White Throne
Rapture
Revelation
Heaven
Tribulation 7 years
Millennial Age
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Rev. 20

• Church Age 1 Thess.
• Mt. 131-50 413-18

Hell
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The Church A Parenthesis

• Amillenariansfind the kingdom prophecies
  fulfilled in the present church
  ageDispensationalists have regarded the present
  age as a parenthesis unexpected and without
  specific prediction in the Old Testament
  (Walvoord, p. 227).
• Isaiah 22 1 Tim. 315 Mk. 91

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The Late Great Planet Earth

• Hal Lindsey, 1970 Mt. 2434 this generation
  the one that saw the rebirth of Israel (1948) a
  generation some-thing like forty years Jesus
  is at the door 1988! (p. 43).
• 1977 a generation between 40 and 100 years
  and do not know whether this generation
  officially began with the rebirth of Israel
  (Eternity Magazine, Jan.)

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Premillennial Theories
Jehovahs Witnesses
Second Coming
144,000 Saved in Heaven
144,000 In Heaven 1000 yrs.
Little Season
Wicked Destroyed
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1914 Kingdom Established
Armageddon 1975
Saved on Earth
Satan Loosed
Earth Class
Judgment Period of Perfecting
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The Watchtower, May 1, 1968, p. 265

• We know that, by autumn of 1967 C.E.,
  fifty-three years had gone by since the last
  days began (1914), since the appointed times of
  the nations ended! That means the end of this
  wicked system of things will come very shortly.
  As Jesus said, the end would occur in the same
  generation that saw the beginning of the last
  days in 1914 Matt. 2434

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Autumn of 1975

• Thus, eight years remain to account for the full
  6,000 years of the seventh day. Eight years from
  the autumn of 1967 would bring us to the autumn
  of 1975, fully 6,000 years into Gods seventh
  day, his rest day (p. 271)

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1914 Generation

• Some of the generation that discerned the
  beginning of the time of the end in 1914 will
  still be alive on earth to witness the end of
  this present wicked system of things at the
  battle of Armageddon Rev. 1614,16 (p. 272)

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Certain - But Not Certain!

• When he promises a new system of things we can
  rejoice in the fact that for a certainty, exactly
  on time, such prophecies will be fulfilled
  (269).
• Does this mean that the year 1975 will bring the
  battle of Armageddon? No one can say with
  certainty what any particular year will bring
  (p. 273).

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Premillennial Theories
Adventist
First Resurrection
Second Resurrection
Righteous Ascend To Heaven 1000 years
between Resurrections
Great Tribulation
Christ Saints Descend
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Satan alone on Earth
Before May 19, 1780
Second Coming
Holy City Wicked Raised Satan Loosed Wicked
Destroyed New Earth Eternally
1000 plus years
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The Last Generation

• We cannot know the exact day and hour of
  Christs return (see Matt. 2436), but we do know
  that WE ARE THE LAST GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO
  WILL LIVE ON THIS SIN CURSED EARTH. God has
  promised to finish things very quickly now and
  cut the work short (Its Headed Straight
  Toward You, p. 6). (Note the generation is not
  dated!)

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Heaven will Be On Earth!

• Although the holy city is now in Gods dwelling
  place, He is going to move it to this earth. Sin
  and sinners will be destroy-ed with fire and the
  earth will be made over new and given to the
  righteous in all of its Edenic glory and beauty.
  The holy city will be the capital of the new
  earth, and God will move His throne hereand live
  with the righteous right here on this earth
  throughout eternity and where the Lord abides,
  that is heaven (A Colossal City in Space, p.
  7).

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The Earthly City, Rev. 2116

• The city is perfectly square. Its circumference
  is 12,000 furlongs, or 1500 milesIt is 375 miles
  long on each sideThe city is called New
  Jerusalem in Rev. 212 (Colossal City, p. 2).
  (Note Palestine is only about 40 x 150 miles.)

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Premillennial Theories
Armstrong
Righteous spirit beings Ruling over immortal
physical beings 1000 years on earth
Second Coming
Remaining Dead Raised Given Second Chance Wicked
Destroyed
Abraham, Isaac Jacob - A Topflight team under
Christ Moses Director of State Elijah
Director of Church Daniel King of Gentile
Nations Paul under him David King of Israelite
Nations Apostles under him Noah relocation of
Races Job Director of Urban Renewal Joseph
Director of Economy
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Throne of David From London to Jerusalem
World of Happy Immortal Beings
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Wonderful World Tomorrow

• Crime, sickness, disease, pain and suffering
  GONE! Poverty, ignorance BANISHED! SMILES on
  human faces faces that RADIATE! Wild animals
  TAME! Air pollution, water pollution, soil
  pollution GONEA world filled with happy
  radiating humans, guided, helped, protected, and
  ruled by former mortals made immortal

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Denies Fulfillment of Land Promise

• So the Lord gave to Israel all the land of which
  He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they
  took possession of it and dwelt in it (Josh.
  2143).
• So the people went in and possessed the land
  (Neh. 923).
• If the Lord gives you the land which He promised
  to give to your fathersthen you shall add three
  more cities (Dt. 198,9).
• They added three more (Josh. 207-9).

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Denies Establishment of Kingdom

• And in the days of these kings (the fourth
  empire) the God of heaven will set up a kingdom
  that shall never be destroyed Dan. 244.
• Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom
  which cannot be shaken Heb. 1228.
• He hath delivered us from the power of darkness
  and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of
  His love, Col. 113

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Denies Christ Is On David's Throne

• He will be great, and will be called the Son of
  the Highest and the Lord God will give Him the
  throne of His father David. And He will reign
  over the house of Jacob forever, and of His
  kingdom there will be no end, Lk. 132,33.
• David being a prophet,foreseeing this spoke
  concerning the resurrection of the
  ChristTherefore being exalted to the right hand
  of God (Acts 229-35 see Dan. 713,14).

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Conclusion

• There is no Land Promise for Gods people (Eph.
  13 Gal. 328,29).
• There is no future earthly kingdom (Jn. 1836
  Rev. 19).
• There is no future reign of Christ on earth (1
  Cor. 1522-29 Jn. 528,29)
• Therefore - This Theory Is False!