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Eph. 43-6a
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• INTRO As a church, we do not assert opinion
  beyond clear statements of Scripture about the
  details of what is yet to take place. This brief
  survey of our commonly held views about end-time
  events will concentrate on the basic essentials,
  leaving the more speculative aspects of prophecy
  to those who choose to suggest personal opinions
  on details not clearly delineated in Scripture
  (End-Times Events, www.ag.org)

Let us see if they stay with scriptures or not!
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Second Coming
Invisible Return
Visible Return
WHITE THRONE
FIRE JUDGMENT
MARRIAGE
(with saints)
1000 Yr. REIGN Kingdom
RAPTURE
3 ½ yrs. great trib.
3 ½ yrs. Anti-Christ
SATAN BOUND1000 Yrs.
7 Yr. TRIBULATION
WICKED RAISED JUDGED
ONLY DEAD SAINTS RAISED
ARMEGGEDON
SATAN RELEASED
(those born tested)
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• I. Pre-Tribulation Rapture Speculation
• A. The second coming of Christ includes the
  rapture of the saints, which is our blessed hope,
  followed by the visible return of Christ with His
  saints to reign on earth for one thousand years.
  (Our Statement of Fundamental Truths, Official
  AG 16 Doctrines, www.ag.org)

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• I. Pre-Tribulation Rapture Speculation
• B. The Rapture of the living saints is the first
  phase of what is commonly called the Second
  Coming. To the Christian who truly loves Jesus,
  the sudden appearance of Christ in the air will
  hold no fear, dread, or disappointment. This
  event is the blessed hope Paul mentions in Titus
  213. At this time, Christ comes and snatches
  away His church without actually setting foot on
  the earth. The rapture of the saints is best
  described in 1 Thessalonians 416,17, and
  1 Corinthians 1551,52 (ibid., www.ag.org)

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• I. Pre-Tribulation Rapture Speculation
• C. Believers who have died before the Rapture
  will be resurrected with incorruptible bodies
  at the Rapture. (ibid., www.ag.org)
• D. With the saints removed from the earth, a
  time of suffering will come upon the whole
  world. (ibid., www.ag.org)

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• II. Tribulation Speculation
• A. The Tribulation directly concerns Israel and
  is Gods judgment for long apostasy (abandonment
  of religious faith) and neglect of the Messiah
  Jesus Christ. The Tribulation also affects the
  whole world because of its ungodliness and ill
  treatment of the Jews. The first half of these 7
  years will probably be a time of prosperity and
  acceptance of the Antichrist as the great
  deliverer from economic chaos. But the last half
  of the period will witness the plagues described
  in Revelation 151-1621 (ibid., www.ag.org)

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• III. Second Coming Speculation
• A. The Second Coming. This event is different
  from the Rapture. The second coming of Christ is
  the visible, bodily appearance of Christ as He
  returns to the Mount of Olives from which He
  ascended back to heaven after His resurrection.
  After the marriage between the raptured saints
  and the Lamb in heaven (during the Tribulation),
  Christ, the Groom, goes forth to claim all of His
  kingdom. He rides on a white horse, followed by
  the saints, also on white horses (Revelation
  1911,14). . . .The ensuing conflict between the
  world of righteousness and the world of darkness
  is called the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation
  16). At the conclusion of the battle, defeated
  Satan is bound and cast into the bottomless pit
  for 1,000 years (Revelation 20) (ibid.,
  www.ag.org)

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• III. Second Coming Speculation
• B. The Millennium. With Satans influence
  removed from the earth and Christs reign of
  righteousness unopposed, the Millennium will be a
  time of unsurpassed glory and perfect
  relationships. . . .The Millennium will last
  1,000 years. Then there will be another fine
  tuning in Gods end-time dealing with the earth
  and its inhabitants before the perfection of
  eternity begins. Satan will be released for "a
  little season" to test the love, faith, and
  loyalty of those individuals born during the
  Millennium and therefore still untested as to
  their choice between right and wrong. The
  rebellion of Satan and those who choose to follow
  him will be short-lived. Fire will come down from
  heaven and devour the opposition. Satan will then
  be permanently cast into the lake of fire
  (Revelation 20). (ibid., www.ag.org)

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• III. Second Coming Speculation
• C. The Great White Throne Judgment. After the
  judgment fire physically destroys those deceived
  by Satan at the end of the Millennium, all the
  wicked who have ever lived on the face of the
  earth will be dead. Then will follow the
  resurrection of the wicked dead to stand before
  the austere Judge from whose face the earth and
  the heaven fled away (Revelation 2011). Books
  are opened and the wicked are judged according to
  their works. Then, like Satan, they will be
  consigned to the lake of fire to be tormented day
  and night forever. (ibid., www.ag.org)

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Assemblies of God
PREMILLENIALISM A False Hope
Second Coming
Invisible Return
Visible Return
WHITE THRONE
FIRE JUDGMENT
MARRIAGE
(with saints)
1000 Yr. REIGN Kingdom
RAPTURE
3 ½ yrs. great trib.
3 ½ yrs. Anti-Christ
SATAN BOUND1000 Yrs.
7 Yr. TRIBULATION
WICKED RAISED JUDGED
ONLY DEAD SAINTS RAISED
ARMEGGEDON
SATAN RELEASED
(those born tested)
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• IV. Is The Rapture In Titus 213?
• A. Destruction of Lawless One
• Appearing epiphaneia (2015) (Titus 213, 2
  Thess. 28)
• Who put the lawless one in here? Isnt this a
  saints only event?
• If this is the antichrist, he is destroyed 7
  yrs too soon!
• If this is Satan, he is destroyed 1007 years too
  soon!

And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom
the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his
mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation
of his coming (2015) (2 Thess. 28)
The first half of these 7 years will probably be
a time of prosperity
and acceptance of the Antichrist . . .
(www.ag.org)
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• IV. Is The Rapture In Titus 213?
• B. Judgment Kingdom
• If appearing is rapture, then the resurrection
  and judgment of the living and dead occurs 1007
  years too early (John 528-29)!
• If appearing is rapture, then the kingdom is in
  existence 7 years too early

I charge you therefore before God and the Lord
Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the
dead at His appearing lt2015gt and His kingdom (2
Tim. 41)
After the marriage between the raptured saints
and the Lamb in heaven (during the Tribulation),
Christ, the Groom, goes forth to claim all of His
kingdom. (www.ag.org)
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• IV. Is The Rapture In Titus 213?

• C. No place for...
• Pre-Trib. Rapture
• Silent coming
• Return to earth
• Earthly world (ever v. 17) (2
  Pet. 37, 10)

1Th 416 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God and the
dead in Christ shall rise first 17 then we that
are alive, that are left, shall together with
them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord
in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
The rapture of the saints is best described in 1
Thessalonians 416,17,
and 1 Corinthians 1551,52 (www.ag.org)
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• IV. Is The Rapture In Ti. 213?

1Cor.1551 Behold, I tell you a mystery We all
shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed.

• No rapture mentioned!
• No additional comings (1 Cor.
  1523-24)!
• No silent coming (1552)!
• Made incorruptible then return to corruptible
  for 1000 years (1552)? WHY?
• Can flesh blood inherit the kingdom (1550)?

The rapture of the saints is best described
in 1 Thessalonians 416,17, and
1 Corinthians 1551,52 (www.ag.org)
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Assemblies of God
PREMILLENIALISM A False Hope
Second Coming
Invisible Return
Visible Return
WHITE THRONE
FIRE JUDGMENT
MARRIAGE
(with saints)
1000 Yr. REIGN Kingdom
RAPTURE
NO MORE SPECULATION!
3 ½ yrs. great trib.
3 ½ yrs. Anti-Christ
SATAN BOUND1000 Yrs.
7 Yr. TRIBULATION
WICKED RAISED JUDGED
ONLY DEAD SAINTS RAISED
ARMEGGEDON
SATAN RELEASED
(those born tested)
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THERE IS ONE TRUE WAY
GOD'S WAY
Kingdom Age
CREATION
Church Age
JUDGMENT
Mt. Sinai
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man lead you astray. (Mt. 244)
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace. There is one body, and
one Spirit, even as ye are called
in one hope of your calling, one
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father
of all (Eph. 43-6a)
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