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Introduction
Ist herer eall
yasecretrapt urewithasecondchanceofsal vati
on?Regar dlessof
thet opicwheni tisassociatedwi t
hsal vation,Sat anhasdecept ionsinever y
areai nanat tempttostealasmanypeopl easpossi bl
ef r
om Godski ngdom.I t
i
sagr aveer rortounder estimatet heenemy.I tdoesnotmat terhow many
peopl ebel i
eveal i
e,itwil
lnevermakei [Link] kTwainoncesai d,Al i
ecan
travelhal fwayaroundthewor ld,whiletruthput soni t
[Link] ywayt o
avoi dtheenemysdecept ionandf indt r
ut histost udythescr i
pturesdil
igently.
Mul ti
tudesofpeopl ehavebeen exposed t ot hi
sdi spensati
onali
storf uturist
i
nt erpretationofprophecyandhavebeenut t
[Link] st her eal
truth?
Whati stheSecr etRapt uret heor y?
Accor di
ng tot hoset eaching t hist heory,t hecomi ng ofJ esuswi l
lbei nt wo
separ [Link] ir
stwi llbeasecr etraptureoft heChur chatt hebegi nning
ofasupposedsevenyeart ribul ationper i
odf ollowedbyagl orious,t r
iumphant
retur nofChristtot heEar thaccompani edbyt heChur chatt heendoft heseven
yearper i
[Link] i
evet hatdur i
ngt hissevenyearper iodt heAnt ichristis
goingt ocomei nt opowerandGodwi l
lselectandseal144, 000l i
teralJewswho
willtaketheGospelt ot hewhol ewor ldconvert i
ngimmeasur abl esoul stoChr i
st.
They al so beli
eve t he gr eatbat tle ofAr mageddon i sa l iteralnat ionalwar
agai nstli
teralI srael ,whi ch occur sneart he end oft he seven year sand i s
broughtt oahal tbyChr istsr et urnwi thHi sChur [Link] iteralI sraelaccept s
theLor dast heMessi ahandent er swithHi m asHi scovenantpeopl ei ntothe
1,000year( mi l
lenni al)r eignonear thknownast heKi ngdom [Link] i
stwi l
l
ruledi r
ectlyovert heear thf r om t het hroneofDavi di nJ erusal em,wher ethe
typicaltempl eser vicesf unct ionagai [Link] ti
mat elyr ejectChr ist
sr ule
areevent ual
lyj udgedanddest r
oyedatt heendoft heMi [Link]
believerswi l
lthenr ecei vei mmor tali
tyandet ernit
ywi llbegi n.
However ,theBi blenowher espeaksoft hesetwosepar atecomi ngsandt he
wor draptur eisalsoani nvent i
onoft heologi
ansandoccur snowher eintheBi bl
e.
Thedecept iondoesnotst opt her
e,Chr isti
ansal sodebat ewhet herwewi llbe
taken bef oret he tr
ibulation orint he middl
e oft he seven year soratt he
compl eti
on oft he seven yeart ribulat
[Link] ar e call
ed pre-tri
bulati
on,
mi d-t
ribulationandpostt ri
bulati
[Link] f orthemostamazi ngpar toft hese
viewsi nregar dstot hesevenyeart ri
bulati
onper iod;ar eyour eadyforthis?I t
wasmanuf acturedbyaJ esuitPriestwhowascommi ssi
onedt ocomeupwi t
h
thisfalseinterpretat
ionofBi [Link] aisesmanyquest ions,suchas
whywast hisdoneandhowcoul dsomanybedr awni ntothisli
[Link] ll
readonaswecoveral laspect soft histopi
candr evealt heBibletruth.
Doest heBibl
et eacht herei
saSecr etRapt ure?
Thisisa br i
efpoi ntby pointaccountoft he orderofevent saccordi
ng t
o
Scri
pture;thereisChr ist
ssecondcomi ng,ther esurr
ect
ion,thecatchi
ngupof
thesaintst
omeetJ esusint
heairwhi challtakeplaceatthesamet imeandat
theendoft hewor [Link] esussaidi nMat t
hew 28:20 …and,lo,Iam
wi
thyoual
way,evenunt
otheendoft
hewor
[Link]
dJesuspr
omi
set
obe
wit
htheChurchuntilt
heendoft hewor
ldi
fHeint
endedtocomesevenyear
s
bef
oretheendtotakethem outoft
heworl
d?Thepromi
sewouldt
henhaveno
meaning.
Thisfalsedoct ri
neont hesecretrapturei scontradictoryt ot hewor dsofJ esus
i
nMat t
hew 13whenHesai dthewheatandt areswoul dgr ow togetherunt i
lthe
endoft hewor ldandt henwouldbesepar at
[Link] dingt ot hisdualcomi ng
rapturet heory,bothgroupswouldnotgr owtoget herunt iltheendoft hewor ld.
Ther i
ght eouswoul dbeseparatedfrom thewi ckedsevenyear sbeforet heend.
Andwhataboutt hepr omi
seoft her esurrecti
on?Chr istsai d,concer ningthe
ri
ghteous,J ohn6: 40 …andIwi l
lraisehi m upatt hel [Link] es
thatthismeanst helastdayofthewor [Link] ar
est hesai nt sarecaughtup
tomeett heLordatt hesamet i
met hedeadi nChr istar er [Link],1
Thessaloni ans4:16-17FortheLor dhi mselfshalldescendf r
om heavenwi t
ha
shout
,wi t
ht hevoi
ceoft hearchangel
,andwiththetrumpofGod:andt hedead
inChri
stshallri
sefir
st:17Thenwewhi chareali
veandr emainshal lbecaught
uptogetherwiththem intheclouds,t
omeett heLordintheair:andsoshal lwe
everbewi [Link] dyounot et
hatJesuscall
edthisresurrecti
onthel ast
day?Buthow couldi tbet hel
astdayifthi
sgatheri
ngoft hesaintstakesplace
sevenyearsbeforetheendoft heworld?Andhow couldthelastt r
ump( see1
Cori
nthi
ans15:52below)soundi fitr
eall
ywasntt heveryl
astmomentofti
me?
Imaginethegravesopeningandt herighteousrisingandnooneknowingthat
i
thad occurred? Consi
deral so the added testimony f
rom Gods Word; 2
Matt
hew 24:27Forast helightni
ngcomet houtoft heeast,andshi
net
heven
unt
othewest
;soshal
lal
sot
hecomi
ngoft
heSonofmanbe.
Mat
t 30Andt
hew24: henshal
lappeart
hesi
gnoft
heSonofmani
nheaven:and
thenshallallt
het ri
besoftheear t
hmour n,andt heyshallseet
heSonofman
comingint hecloudsofheavenwi thpowerandgr eatgl
ory.
Matthew 24:31Andheshal lsendhisangelswithagr eatsoundofatrumpet
,
andt heyshallgathertoget
herhi sel
ectfrom t
hef ourwinds,fr
om oneendof
heavent otheot her
.(Thisi
scl ear
lytheti
mewhenChr i
stcomestogatherHi
s
sai
nts.)
1Corinthi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,att
hel
astt
rump:
forthetrumpetshal lsound,andthedeadshal lberaisedincorrupt
ibl
e,andwe
shallbechanged.
Revelati
on1: 7 Behold,hecomet hwi t
hclouds;andever yeyeshal lseehim,
and they also which pier
ced hi
m:and al lkindredsoft he eart
h shallwail
becauseofhi [Link],Amen.
Revelati
on6: 16-17Andsai dtothemount ainsandr ocks,Fallonus,andhi deus
from thefaceofhimt hatsi
ttet
hont hethr
one,andf rom thewr athoftheLamb:
17Fort hegr eatdayofhi swrathiscome;andwhoshal lbeabl etostand?
Thereisno under stood scr
iptur
et hatsayst he second coming ofChr i
stto
gatherHi
ssaintswi l
lbeasecr [Link]
hesever sesshow itwillbeavery
l
oudandver yvisi
bleeventt hatever yeyeshal [Link] eisnot hingsecr
et
aboutanyaspectofHi [Link] i
evingthisf al
sedoctri
nesomet imes
quoteMatthew 24:40- 41outofcont [Link] eads;
Mat
thew24: 41Butast
37- hedaysofNoahwer
e,soshal
lal
sot
hecomi
ngoft
he
Sonofmanbe.38Forasi nt hedaysthatwer ebef or
ethef l
oodtheywer e
eatinganddr i
nki
ng,mar ryi
ngandgi vi
nginmar ri
age,unti
lthedaythatNoah
enteredintotheark,39Andknew notunt ilthefloodcame,andt ookthem al
l
away;soshal lal
sothecomi ngoft heSonofmanbe.40Thenshal lt
wobei nthe
fi
eld;theoneshallbetaken,andtheotherlef
t.41Twowomenshal lbegri
nding
atthemi ll
;theoneshallbet aken,andtheot herlef
t.
Jesusisdemonst rat
ingthepar al
lel
sbet weent hedaysofNoahandt hesecond
comingofChr ist
.Theeightt hatenteredNoahsAr kweresavedandt hoset hat
scoff
edper ishedast hefloodtookt hem [Link] aughtt hat
theonest akenar etheonessavedbutnot ei ti
sactual
lytheonest akent hatar e
[Link] e wasno second chance.J esussaid and so shallal so the
comingoft [Link] astverseofthischaptertel
lsuswhatwi l
l
happent othosewhoar etakent odestructi
on.Matthew24: 51Andshal lcuthim
asunder,and appoi
nthim his por
tion wi
tht
he hypocr
ites:t
her
e shal
lbe
weepingandgnashingofteet
h.
Thosebeli
evi
nginthesecr
etr
aptureal
soquoteJesusinsayi
ngHewillcomeas
athiefi
nthenight
,meaningitwil
lbesecr
[Link]
dinMatthew 24:43-
44
Butknow thi
s,thati
fthegoodmanoft hehousehadknowni nwhatwat chthe
thi
efwouldcome,hewoul dhavewat ched,andwouldnothavesuf feredhis
housetobebr okenup.44Theref
orebeyeal soready:forinsuchanhourasye
thi
nknottheSonofmancomet [Link]
kingaboutcomingsecretl
ybut
comingunexpectedl
ywhenwel eastexpectHim andsothewi ckedwi
llbet
aken
bysurpri
[Link]
lsustober eadyasweknow nott hehourofHis
ret
[Link] enotrightwith Chri
stand li
ving wi
ckedlywhen Jesus
ret
urnswewi llbetakentodestruct
ionasi nt [Link] thew
24:37-
[Link] so2Thessalonians2: 8.
1Thessal
onians5:2isal
soquotedwhichreads,Foryourselvesknow perfectl
y
thatthedayoftheLordsocomet hasat hi
efinthenight .Samemessageas
beforebereadyforChrist
sunexpect
ed retur
[Link] whathappensaf t
erHi s
retur
n?1Thessaloni
ans5:3 Forwhentheyshallsay,Peaceandsaf ety;t hen
suddendestruct
ioncomethuponthem,astravailuponawomanwi t
hchild;and
[Link] secr
etissuddendest ruct
ion?Thoset hatarelef
t
afterJ
esusretur ersuddendest
nencount r
[Link],justl
ikei
nt hedaysof
Noah.
Theset
wot
hieft
ext
sar
eal
sousedt
oteachasecr
etr
apt
[Link]
ati
on3:
3
Remembert hereforehow thou hastrecei
vedandhear d,andholdf ast,and
repent
.Iftheref
or ethoushaltnotwatch,Iwi l
lcomeont heeasat hief,and
thoushal
tnotknowwhathourIwi llcomeupont [Link]
on16:15Behol d,
Icomeasat hi
[Link]
shet hatwatcheth,andkeepet hhisgarments,lest
hewalknaked,andt heyseehisshame.I nbotht heseinstancesj
ustquoted,
thesecrecyi
salsoinconnecti
onwi t
ht het i
mingnotthenatur
eoftheevent,
andisexactl
ythesameast heotherthieftext
[Link]
cethephrasei
nchapter
3:3whichsaysholdfast
,andr epentandt helastpar
tofver
se15whi chsays
l
esthewal
knaked,andt
heyseehi
sshame.3
Thisi
sonceagainawar ningt obenotcaughtl ivi
nginsin,becauseweknownot
thehourwhi [Link] l
lcomeunexpect edlywhenyoul east
expecti
tasdoesat hief
.I twoul dbenogoodf orthethiefifyouknew whenhe
wascomi ngasyouwoul dber eadyforhim andhecoul dnotr [Link] he
samewayweneedt ober eadyandl i
vinginr i
ghteousnessnow andnotj ust
whenwet hi
nkJesusi
scomi ngorwewi lbecaughtnakedandourshameseen.
l
Thosewhol oveandobeyJ esuswi [Link]
hemeaning
ofthephrasetocomeasat hiefthatisusedseveraltimesi ntheBibl
etowar n
ussowewi l
lnotbeleftbehind.
Andst
il
lonemor
e.2Pet 10saysButt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hief
i
nthenight
;int hewhicht
heheavensshallpassawaywithagr
eatnoi
se,and
t
heelementsshallmel
twit
hfer
ventheat,t
heear t
halsoandt
heworkst
hatare
t
herei
nshallbeburnedup.
Again,[Link] hecont r
ary,itcoul dnotbemor eobvi ous.
Itst
atesafterJ esuscomesunexpect edlyasdoesat hief,theheavensshal lpass
awaywi thagr eatnoise and theel ement sshallmel twi thferventheat ,t he
earth … shallbebur [Link] esusret
ur nst hever ynextthingi st he
[Link].I fcomi ngasat hi
efisasecr etr apt urewhicht akespl ace
sevenyear sbef oretheendoft hewor l
d,how cant heheavensandear hpass
t
awayasPet erdescr i
besi t?Thr eeoft hesethieft ext sar eallf
ollowedbyt he
same unmi stakable catastrophic sudden destruct [Link] ng as a thiefi s
unexpected,NOTasecr et!
WillChrist
ssecondcomi ngincludeat hir
dcomi ng?
Thosewhobel ieveinasecr etr aptur
esayt hattheGr eekwor dparousiaref
ers
tot he secretcomi ng ofJ esus in Hi s pr
esence and thatt he Greek word
apokalupsisreferstot hevisiblegloriouscomingofJ esusinpowersevenyear s
l
ater .They also teach in mi ddle ofthisseven yearper i
od,( 3.
5 years)the
antichr
[Link] ousiaandapokal upsisareBOTH usedt odescribe
thesecondcomi ngaswewi llsoonshow byi t
spar al
leli
nt hedaysofNoah.
Paulusest hewor dpar ousiainthewel lknownsocal ledr apturechapt erof1
Thessalonians4 when speaki ng ofthe comi ng ofChr istand ourgat hering
toget
herunt oHi [Link] henshowst hatthisparousi awi l
ldestroyt hemanof
sin;t
heAnt ichr
[Link],whom theLor dshall
...destroywi t
ht hebr ightness
ofhiscomi ng[ par ousi
a].2Thessalonians2:[Link] i
pturesunmi stakably
descri
bet hecomi ng[ par
ousia]ofChristast aki
ngpl aceaf terther eignoft he
manofsi n,notasasecr etrapturebeforetheAnt ichrist
sr eignbegi ns.
Theot herGr eekwordapokal
upsis[ revelat
ion]isusedinawayt hatindicat
esit
isnotasepar at
esecondcomingf rom thet i
met hebeli
eversaregatheredup.
Petersaidin1Pet er1: o …besober
13t ,andhopet otheendforthegr acethat
istobebr oughtunt oyouatther evelati
on[ apokal
upsi
s]ofJesusChrist;Why
wouldChr ist
iansbeexhort
edt ocont i
nuehopi ngtotheendofthewor l
df orthe
gracebr oughtthroughtherevelationofJ esusChristi
fthei
rrealhopewasa
secretrapturesevenyearsbeforet herevelati
on?
Thesefol
lowi
ngversesshowi
ngMat t
hew andLukesaccountoft
hesameevent
provebeyondashadow ofadoubt
,thatt
hewor dspar
ousiaandapokal
upsi
sdo
ref
[Link] 24:37weread,Butast hedaysofNoah
were,soshal
lal
sothecoming[parousi
a][Link] hesame
accounti 26,30;Asi
nLuke17: twasi nthedaysofNoah.
..Eventhusshal
litbe
i
nthedaywhent
heSonofmani
sreveal
ed[
apokal
upsi
s].
Thisshowsthatthecoming[ par
ousia]ofChristandt herevel
ati
on[apokalupsis]
ofChr i
starethesameevent .Thereisabsol ut
elynobasi sforplaci
ngseven
yearsin [Link] e count
erfei
tdoct ri
ne isbuiltupon a constant
repeti
ti
onofwor dsandi deasthathavebeenr epeatedsoof t
enthatmi l
li
ons
haveassumedt hattheymustbebi bl
ical
lysound.
Wher ei nt heBi bl
eist heSevenYearTr ibulat
ionper iod?
Ast her ei ssomuchsecr etraptur et heologyr evolvingar oundt hesevenyear
period,onewoul ddeducet hattheBi blemustspeakf r
equent l
yoft histime
[Link] eisi nfactnotonesi ngl escr i
pturalreferencewhi chtiest heseven
yearst ot heendoft hewor ldort hecomi ngofChr [Link] aptur eliterat
ur e
ment ionst hesevenyeart ri
bulationper iodwi thoutof f
eri
nganyBi blepr oofor
explanat [Link] woman once asked me i fIbel ieved int he seven year
tri
bulat i
onper iod,whichknowi ngt het ruth,Ipr ompt l
[Link] hen
tol
dIwaswr ongast heHol ySpirithadr evealedt hist [Link] e
thescr iptur ewast osupportt hi
s,ofwhi chsher eplied,itisher ei nt heBi ble
somewher [Link] st illwait
ing forhert o gi
ve me t he [Link] utely
mill
ionsofpeopl ehaveassumedt hatitmustbesowel ldocument edt hatno
proofi [Link] actistheabsol uteopposi teist [Link] ejustsimpl yisnt
anyevi dencet ogi ve.
4Wher
edi
dtheSecr
etRapt
ureandsevenyeart
ribul
ati
ont
heor
yor
igi
nat
e?
Inear ly1830,a15yearol dScotti
shGi rlcal
ledMar garetMcDonaldclai
medt o
have vi si
onst hatincl
uded a secr
etr apture ofbel i
eversbefor
e a one man
[Link] dIrving( 1792-1834)whowasherScot ti
sh
Presbyt eri
an pastor and forer
unner of t he Char ismati
c and Pentecostal
movement s,at
tendedprophecyconferencest hatbegani nDubli
nI r
elandalso
i
n1830atPower scour
tCastlewherehepr omotedt hisraptur
edoctri
neasper
hervi si
on.
JohnNel sonDar by(1800- 1882)whowasami nist
eroft heChurchofI rel
and
l
at erbecameamemberoft hePlymout hBr ethrenandal sopromotedt hesecret
raptureafterat t
endingt hesamePower scour tBi bleProphecymeet i
ngi n1830
wher ehel earnedofMar garetMcDonal dssupposedvi [Link] fi
edher
viewsandt hentaughtt hem underhi [Link] opedandor gani
zed
futuri
sm intoasyst em ofpr opheti
ct eachingcal leddispensati
onal
ism withthis
rapturedoct r
[Link] sit
edMar gar etMcDonal datherhomei nPort
Glasgow,Scot landandt henl at
ervi si
tedAmer icasever altimeswheret hi
sfalse
rapturetheologyst art
inggai ni
ngal argeaccept ancei nthe1850sand1860s.
John Nel son Darby who was l argelyresponsibl
ef ori nt
roducing thi
s new
teaching on a large scal
e also greatl
yinfluenced Cyrus Ingerson Scofi
eld
(1843- 1921)who also incorporat
ed thisfal
sedoct r
inei ntothenot esofhi s
Scofiel
dRef erenceBible,fir
stpubl i
shedbyOxf ordUniversit
yPr essin1909.
Onemi ll
ioncopi
eswer eprintedby1930,f i
rmlyestabl
ishingthisFuturi
sttheory
i
ntodif
fer
entdenomi
nat
ionsandBi
bleschool
soft
heUni
tedSt
atesi
nthe20t
h
Cent
ury.
Didt hisantichri
standSecr etRapt uret heor yor i
ginatewithMar garetMcDonal d?
Historicalevidence act ual
lyr evealsi tor iginated much ear l
[Link] e and
dur i
ngt hePr ot
est antRef ormat ion,theRef ormer sembr acedt het rueHi st
orical
interpretati
onoft heBi blewher etheant ichr i
stwascl earl
yseenasasyst em of
apost asy and per secution r ather than a si ngleindivi
dual .J ohn spoke of
ant i
christthatshal lcomebutheal soaddedt hatevennow ar et hereMANY
ant i
christs1 John 2: [Link] t hatt her ewasnotj ustonebutmany
ant i
christsandt hatt heant ichristsystem wasoper at
ingwhenJ ohnwaswr iti
ng
about2000year [Link] usi
onoft hosewhost udiedt hesepr opheci es
dur i
ng t heRefor mat ion wast hatt herewasonl yonesyst em t hatf i
tal lt he
char acteri
sti
cs oft he antichr i
stpowerwhi ch was t he Papalsyst em oft he
RomanCat holi
cChur [Link] ol
lowingar et hemanyi dentifi
ablechar acteri
stics:
1)Itwi llriset obeagr eatpoweraf tert hefalloft hepaganRomanEmpi re(after476
A.D.)
2)Itwi llbeageogr aphicall
ysmal lnat i
on( alitt
lehor n) .(Dan7: 8)
3)Itwi llruleovermanypeopl e,nat i
ons,andt ongues( itwillbeuni versal).(Rev13: 7)
4)Itwi llbeheadquar teredi nt heci t
yofsevenhi l
ls,Rome.
5)Itwi llbear eli
gio-polit
icalent i
ty-apol it
icalcit
y- stater uledbyapr i
est-king.
6)Itspr iest-kingwi l
lmakegr eatandbl asphemouscl ai ms.( Rev13: 1,6)
7)Itwi llclaim authorityoveral lkings.( Rev17: 18)
8)I twi llclai
m i tspowert ochanget hehol ytimesand l awsofGod asi tsmar kof
author i
ty.( Dan7: 25)
9)I twi llbean apost ateChur ch thatmakest henat ionsdr i
nkhercup ofapost at e
doctrine.( Rev14: 8)
10)I twi l
lbeamot herhar l
otChur ch,wi thapost atedaught erscomi ngf rom her .(Rev
17:5)
11)I twi l
lbeaper secutingpower ,ki l
li
ngt hefaithfulsai ntsofJ esusChr istasher et
ics.
(Rev13: 7)
12)I twi l
lhol dpowerandaut horit
yf or1260year sf ollowingt hef allofpaganRome.
13)Itwi llsufferadeadl ywoundt hatwi llend1260year sofdomi nanceandper secut i
on.
14)I twi llber evivedaf tert hedeadl ywound,andal lt hewor ldwoul dwonderati ts
revi
val .(Rev13: 3)
No wondert he Roman Cat hol
icChur ch wasso opposed t othe Bibl
e being
avail
ableforever yone t or ead fort [Link] cont r
olwhatt hey cal
led
hereti
caldoctr
i ne,theCat holicChur chcal l
edf oraspecialmeet i
ngknownas
theFift
hLateranCounci l
,(1512- 1517)whi chf orbadeanyonetopublishabook
withoutpri
orcensor shi
p and also pr ohibi
ted anyone from preachi
ng on the
subjectofantichri
[Link] eadersoft heCounci landt heCatholi
cChur chalso
att
empt ed t
o ban orbur n allBi bl
es,her eticalbooks,and the heret
icsthat
ownedorpr eachedf rom them.
Themaj orcharacteristicidenti
fyingtheantichr i
stpowerwast his1260year sof
persecuti
onoft hesai ntswhi chwasf ul
fi
ll
edi nt heCat hol
icChur chspersecuti
on
ofChrist
iansthroughoutt hedar kagesbeginni ngin538A. [Link]
lofthe
paganRomanempi r
e,andext endingto1798( 1260year sexact l
y),whent he
Popewast akenprisonerbyNapol eonsgener alBer t
hieranddi [Link] he
deadlyheadwound.( Revelati
on13: 3)Inor dert odi ver
tat t
ent i
onawayf r
om
theRomanCat holi
cChurchast heantichri
stpower,anew i
nterpr
etati
onwould
havetobef [Link] ejecti
ngthetrueHist
ori
calint
erpret
ati
on
and accept
ing a f
alseFutur
istint
erpretati
on pr
oposed bya Jesui
tdoctorof
theol
ogy,Franci
scoRibera(1537-1591) .
In his book, ent i
tl
ed I n Sacrum Beat iI oanni s Apostoli
, & Evangel isti
ae
ApocalypsinComment ari
j,hepost ulatedt hatthe1260daypr ophecywer enot
1260year sbutal i
teral31/ 2year s,or1260act ualdays,andt her efor
enoneof
thebookofRevel at i
onhadanyappl i
cati
ont ot heMi ddleAgesort hePapacy.I t
appli
edt oaf utureper i
odjustpr i
ort ot heSecondComi ngofChr ist;hencei t
was called Fut ur i
sm or t he Fut uri
st i nt
erpr etati
on. ManuelDe Lacunza
(1731-1801) ,a J esuit pri
est from Chi le,al so advocat ed fut urism in his
manuscr i
ptent itl
edLaVeni dadelMesi asenGl or i
ayMagest ad( TheComi ngof
theMessi ahi nGl oryandMaj esty).Wr i
tingundert heassumednameofJ uan
Josaf
a( Rabbi )Ben- Ezra,Lacunza hoped t o obscur et he factt hathe wasa
RomanCat holi
c,inor dert ogivehi sbookbet teraccept ancei nPr otest
antism.

Thishi stor i
cism char tillustratesthet hreeschool sofi nterpret ationr egar ding
ant i
chr [Link] ber asf uturism put stheant i
chr istintoaf ut uret hreeandone- hal f
l
iteralyear [Link] cazar spr eterism ident i
fiest he ant i
chr i
stasNer [Link] h put
ant i
chr istout side t he Mi ddle Agesand t he r eformat ion per iod i dent i
fied by
Protest antHi storici
st sasant i
chr i
stsr ei
gnof1260pr ophet icyear [Link] ruly
amazi ng par tofal lt hisi st hatt he Fut ur i
stt heor y domi nat es Pr otest ant
teachi ngt [Link] ioi sdir
ect l
yt raceabl ebackt ot hepenoft heJ esui t
Franci scoRi ber awhomanuf act ur
edt hist heor yfort hesol epur poseofdi ver ting
attent i
on f rom t he Papacy.I n whatcoul d only be descr ibed asa st unni ng
rever sal ,Prot estant shaveovert imeact ual lybecomet hePapacysgr eatestal l
y
byspr eadi ngi tsJ esuitspawnedpr [Link] ronyt hatPr ot estant swho
original l
y br oke away f rom whatt hey cl ear l
yr ecogni zed t o be t he har l
ot
ant i
chr istl ed Chur ch ofpr ophecy,now champi on theFut uri
sti nterpret ation
from hi gh pr ofile mi nistri
[Link] urism has wi thoutdoubt ,been successf ul
beyond t he wi l
destdr eamsofi t
sJ esuitaut [Link] same appl i
est ot he
Preter istint er pretationofLui sDeAl cazar ,althought oamuchl esserdegr ee.
Whatscr ipturewasmani pulat
edt ocomeupwi tht hesevenyeart r
ibul
ati
on?
MostBi blest udentsar estunnedtol ear
nwher ethesevenyear scamef [Link]
Daniel9: 24- 27Godgaveapr ophecyconcerni
ngt hepr obati
onofI srael
.Daniel
9:24r eads,Sevent yweeksar edet erminedupont hypeopleandupont hyholy
cit
y,t of inish the t
ransgressi
on,and t o make an end ofsi ns,and to make
reconcil
iat i
onf ori
niquity,andtobringineverlast
ingr i
ghteousness,andt oseal
upt hevi sionandpr ophecy,andt oanointthemostHol y.
Godwasgoi ngt oal l
ow Danielspeoplesevent yweekst oendt heirrebelli
on
againstGodandiftheyfail
ed,Israelwouldber eject
edasanat i
[Link] y
weeksar epropheti
ct i
meandeachdayr epresentsal i
ter
alyear( Ezekiel4:6
andNumber s14: 34).Sot hesevent yweekswoul dactuall
ybeal it
eral490
yearsafterwhich the Isr
ael
iteswer e no longerGodspeopl [Link] sevent y
propheti
cweekswer et obegi
nwi t
hthedecr eet orest
oreandbui l
dJ erusalem.
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el9: her
efor
eandunder
stand,t
hatf
rom t
hegoi
ngf
ort
hoft
he
commandmenttorestoreandt obuil
dJ er
usalem unt
otheMessiahthePr
ince
shal
lbesevenweeks,andthreescoreandt woweeks:thest
reetshal
lbebuil
t
agai
n,andthewall
,evenintroublousti
mes.
Thatwel lknowndat eis457B. C.,whenAr taxerxessentoutt hedecree.(Ezra
7:13)Fr om t hatdat et he Jewswoul d have exact l
y490 year sto stop t
heir
rebelliont owardsGod.The490yearpr obat ionendedi nA. D.34andt heJews
ceasedt obeGodschosenpeopl [Link] el9: 25sayst hatt heMessi
ahwoul dbe
anoint edaf terthet otalofsi
xt yni neoft hosepr opheti
cweekshadpassedby.
Thatwoul d be 483 year sf rom t he decr ee dat e of457 B. [Link] akes no
mat hemat ici
ant ofigur etheendoft hatpr edicti
[Link]. D.
27,t hever yyeart hatJ esuswasbapt i
zedbyJ ohnandt heHolySpiri
tanointed
Himf orHi smi [Link] ahmeansAnoi ntedOne,t hi
scanonl ybet he
ful
fi
lmentofDani els prophecy t hatt he Messi ah would appearin A.D.27.
Sevent yweekswer eassignedt otheJ ewi shpr obati
onbutChr i
stappearedas
theMessi ahaf tersi [Link] eavest hefinalandseventiethweek
forChr i
stt omi nist
erbef oret heJ ewspr obat i
[Link] ohappeni n
thesevent iethweek?
Dani
el9:
27t
elsus,Andheshal
l lconf
irmt
hecovenantwi
thmanyf
oroneweek:
andi nthemi
dstoft
heweekheshal
lcauset
hesacr
ifi
ceandt
heobl
ati
ont
o
cease.
56Themi
dstoft
heweekwoul
dbet
hreeandahal
fpr
ophet
icdays(
or3.
5
li
teralyears)from Hi sbapt i
sm andaccor dingt otheBible,themi nistryofJ esus
last
edf orexact l
yt hat,threeandahal fyear [Link].D.31J esuswas
crucifi
edandt hevei lofthet empl ewasr ent( Matthew 27:51),signifyingt he
endofsacr if
[Link] sdeathHecausedt hesacr i
ficeandtheoblat i
ont ocease.
Anot herthreeandahal fyear swoul dleadupt ot heendoft hesevent yweeks
andt heendofJ ewi [Link] i
ngt hatt hreeandahal fyearst hedi sci
ples
labouredmai nlyf ortheJ ewsbuti nA.D.34t hesevent yweeksended;St ephen
wasst onedaf terhi simmensespeechbef or ethecouncilinActschapt er7and
thegospelbegant ogot otheGent i
les(Act s8: 4).TheJ ewshadr ejectedt he
gospelmessageandwer enol ongerGodschosenpeopl easDani elhad
[Link] t heycoul donl ybesavedasi ndivi
dualsinexactl
yt hesameway
ast heGent il
es.
Theseventyweeksor490yearswasthet i
meGodgaveHi schosennationt o
endthei
rrebell
ionwhereHewoul
dthenforgivet
hem forthei
rtransgr
essions.
Noti
cehow Jesusref
erstot
hispr
ophet
ictimeperiodhereinHisconversati
on
wit
[Link]
messeveni
sofcourse490.
Mat
t 21 Then came Pet
hew 18: ert
o hi
m,and sai
d,Lor
d,how of
tshal
lmy
br
othersi
nagai
nstme,andIforgi
vehi
m?Tillsevent
imes?22J esussai
thunt
o
hi
m,Isaynotuntothee,Unt
ilsevent
imes:but,Unt
ilsevent
yt i
messeven.
Now,t o make the Jesuitmanufact
ured prophecy f
ititsnew int
er pretati
on,
Daniel
s70Weekspr ophecyofDaniel9:24-27whichbegani n457B. [Link] ththe
decreetorebui
ldJerusalem (
Ezra7:1-27)hadt [Link] bitrar
ilythe
70thweek( 7days= 7year s)ofDanielsprophecyisdetachedfr
om i tscontext
andpl acedatt heendoft heage2000 yearslaterwhereitlogical
lycanno
longerbe t he sevent
iet
h [Link] wi
llaccor
ding t
oi tspr oponents
constit
utet hesevenyeartri
bulat
ionper
iod,pr
iortowhichthesecr etraptur
e
willoccur.
Thisfalseandi l
logi
calgapt heoryst atesthatal lf ulfil
mentoft hispr ophecyis
suspendedunt iltheChr ist
ianer ai sover .Thent hel astweekoft he70weeks
prophecy becomes oper ative again const itut i
ng t he seven yeart ri
bulati
on
[Link]
seJ esuitmanuf acturedt heor yt eachest hatt hef i
rstsixtynine
weeksoft hisseventyweekpr ophecy( 490year s)r eachedf rom 457B. [Link]
year27A. [Link] esusbeganHi smi nistr
[Link] rueHi storicalview teaches
thatt he70weekspr ophecyofDani el9begani n457B. [Link]
Stephenwasst onedt odeat hi n34A. [Link] hatt imet hatt hegospelwent
totheGent il
esandt heJ ewishpeopl elostthei rplaceast hoseChosent ospread
Godsmessaget othewor [Link] sor eject edChr i
stbycal li
ngf orHis
crucif
ixi
on inthe mi ddle oft he week,i n 31 A. [Link] t hen r ejected Christ
s
fol
lower sbystoningSt ephen3. 5year slateratt heendoft he70t hweek.( 34
A.D.)
Sowef indt hi
sfalserapt uristtheoryget sthesevenyear str
ibulationbyl i
fti
ng
thatsevent ieth weekofDani elspr ophecycompl et
el youtofi tscont extand
shovingi tf
arintot hefut urewher ei ti
sl ogical
lynol ongert hesevent i
ethweek.
Theycl aimi twillbef ulfi
ll
edaf terChr istcomest osnat chawayt her i
ghteous
secretl
[Link] eethatt hesi xtynineweeksofDani el9:25refert ot heper i
od
beforeChr istsfir
stadvent ,butt hent heyi nserta2000yeargapbef or
et he
seventiethweeki sful
fil
[Link] l
ot69weekspl us2, 000year splusoneweek,
orat otalofappr oximat ely2, 490year [Link] hi
sdevi ousmani pulationofGods
Wor d by the Papacy,t he rapturistsbel ieve t
hey have ext ended t he Jewish
probationandbasedupont his,theyt eacht hatal ltheJ ewswi l
lbesavedi na
greatsecondchanceaf tert hesecr etrapt uretakespl ace.
Thet ragedyoft hisJesui
tspawnedr apt uretheor ythatwascommi ssi
onedby
thePapacyi st hatittakesthisbeaut if
ulmessi anicprophecyofDani el9: 24-27,
thatpr ovesJ esusi stheMessi ahbypr edictingHi scomi ng,Hi sbapt ism and
cruci
fi
xi on,andt henappl yi
ngitt ot heAnt i
chr i
[Link] hi sbyst ati
ngt hatit
isAnti
chr istthatcausest hesacr i
fi
ceandobl ationtoceaseaf terthreeandahal f
[Link] elstat
esthatitisJ esuswhocausedt hesacrifi
cialsystem oft he
Jewst oceasewhenHedi edont hecr oss.A mi sinter
pretationt hatconf uses
somet hingChr isthasdoneandappl iesi tt ot hedevilinstead,i scer tai
nlya
tragi
candbl asphemousoccur [Link] sishowevert heonl ywayt heycoul d
arri
veatasevenyeart ri
bulati
onper [Link] ver ysad.
Whenspeaki ngofChr istssecondcomi ng,youof tenhearthequest ionar eyou
pre-t
ribulati
on,mi d-
tr i
bulati
on orpostt r
ibulat
[Link] ermsar eal sothe
resul
toft hever ysameJ esuitspawnedpr [Link] rom the
seventiet
hweekofDani els70weekpr [Link] e-tr
ibul
ati
oni stakenfrom the
ti
me ofChr i
sts anointing,mi d-tr
ibul
ation comes from the time Chr i
stwas
cruci
fi
edandpostt r
ibul at
ioncomesf rom t heendofDani els70weekper i
od
whichwast heendofI sraelsti
met orepentoft hererebel
li
onandcoi ncidedwith
Stephensst oning.
Whoi
sspr
eadi
ngt
hisf
alseRapt
uret
heor
ytoday?
Int
he1990s,Ti m LaHayeandJ err
yJ enki
nstookthefutureone-
manAnt i
chri
st
i
dea ofHalLi ndsey,Cyr us Scof
iel
d,J ohn Darby,Irvi
ng,Newman,Todd,
Mai
tland,Bellarmine,and Ri bera and tur
ned itinto The mostsuccessf
ul
Chr
isti
an-f
ict
ionser iesever(Publi
shersWeekly).
HalLi ndseysbook,TheLat eGr eatPl anetEar th,wasl argelyt heol ogical,whi ch
li
mi t editsappeal ,whi leLeftBehi ndi sasequenceofhi ghlyi magi nat i
vef ictional
novel [Link] el
evi sionmi ni
st r
iesofJ ackVanI mpe,Pet erandPaulLal ondeand
Past orJ ohn Hageehaveal lwor ked toget hert opr oduceLEFT BEHI ND:The
Movi [Link] spr ojectevencaughtt heat t
ent ionoft heNew Yor kTi mesandt he
Wal lStreetJ ournal ,r esulti
ngi nani nt erview wi t hLaHayeandJ er r
yJ enki nson
Lar ryKi ngLi [Link] tBehi ndi snow t eachi ngmuchoft hesameJ esui tFut ur i
sm
asFr anciscoRi ber a,whi chishi dingt her ealt ruthaboutt heAnt ichr i
[Link] ough
Lef tBehi nd,Fut ur ism hast akenaver yst ronghol d,unl eashingamassi vet i
dal
waveoff alsepr ophecywhi chi ssweepi ngovert hewor [Link] yonebel ieves
movi esandbooks,r i
ght ?Wi thal lthef al
set eachingal readyci rculat i
ngona
secr etr aptur eandsevenyeart ribulationper iod,event hought hesebooksar e
ficti
onal ,manyhavet akent hem asbei nggr eatl
yt [Link] ancont inuest ocl ap
hi shandsi ngl eeoverj ustanot heroneofhi sgr eatdecept i
onsont heChr istian
wor [Link] ,manyChr isti
ansandevenPast orswi l
lnotent er t
aint he
ideaoft hisbei ngpossi bleast heywi llnotconsi dert hemaj ori
tycoul dbewr ong
andsot hel i
econt inuest ospr eadl i
keadi sease.
IfChri
sti
ansdontst artwakingupt othedevil
smanydecept i
ons,alotofgood
peopl
ear egoi [Link]
ionsar
est rongandconvincing,but
Chri
sthasgi venusampl einfor
mat i
ontohelpusdiscerntr
uthfrom err
orifwe
wil
lonlydil
igentlystudyHisWor d.
Dowegot hroughthegreattri
bulat
ion?
TheBibl
esaysthatt
hosewhor efusethemarkoft
hebeastwi
llNOTbeaff
ect
ed
bytheSevenLastPlaguesthatcomeoverthewholeworl
d.(Revel
ati
on16:
2)
Butt
hisdoesnotmeanthatwewi l
lnothavet
ogot
hrought
het
imeoft
roubl
e,
nort
hatwewi l
lnotbepersecut
ed.
J 33 Theset
ohn16: hingsIhavespokenunt
oyou,t
hati
nmeyemi
ghthave
[Link]
heworl
dyeshal
lhavet
ribul
ati
on:butbeofgoodcheer
;Ihave
overcomet
hewor
ld.
Noteagai nthati
tisnosecretwhenJ esuscomesasat hiefastheangelshave
justpouredoutsixpl
aguesontheEar thforthosewhor eceivedthemarkofthe
beastorwor shi
pped hisi
[Link] we ar e defi
nitely here dur
ing t
he
tri
bulati
onast hesepl
aguesarepar tofGodsj udgementwhi chfoll
[Link]
fai
thfulonesareofcourseprot
ectedf r
om thesepl agues.
Revel
ati 12,15 Andt
on 16: hesi
xthangelpour
edouthi
svi
al(
sixt
hpl
ague)
upont hegr
eatr iverEuphr at
es;andthewat erther
eofwasdr i
edup,thatthe
wayoft hekingsoft heeastmi ghtbeprepared.15Behold,Icomeasat hief
.
Blessedi
shet hatwat chet
h,andkeepethhisgarments,l
esthewalknaked,and
theyseehisshame.
Andnot
et hatt
heelectdescr
ibedi
nMatthew 24:22below ar
eGodspeopl
eand
ther
ewouldbenoneedf orGodtocutshor
tt hegreattr
ibul
ati
oni
fHispeopl
e
wereal
readyinheaven.
Mat
thew24: 22Fort
21- henshal
lbegr
eatt
ribul
ati
on,suchaswasnotsi
ncet
he
begi
nningoftheworl
dtothistime,no,norevershal
lbe.22Andexceptt
hose
daysshouldbeshort
ened,thereshoul
dnof l
eshbesaved:butfortheel
ect'
s
sakethosedaysshal
lbeshortened.
78I
nDani
el3:
16-
28Shadr
ach,MeshachandAbednegower
ethr
owni
ntot
he
fi
eryfurnacebutGodwaswi ththem t hroughthepersecut
ionandint hi
scase
tookthem saf
[Link] efusedt odi
sobeyGodandkeptHi s
Commandment [Link] at
ion14: 12belowalsotal
ksofhowt hosewho
didnotgetthemar kofthebeastal sokeptGodsCommandment [Link] eis
obviousl
yastrongl i
nktheretoobedi encet oGodandwhoweWor shipin
regardstotheMar k.
TheBi bl
eof t
enreferstotimesofpat iencewi thtimesofsuffer
[Link]
ion
13:10speaksoft hepatientofthesaintsaf t
ertheyendur edthe1260year sof
persecuti
onf r
om theRomanCat holi
cChur chwhi chisthefir
stBeast.Over50
mill
ionChr i
sti
answer etort
uredandmur [Link]
ion14:12ist heverse
fol
lowingthemar kofthebeastwar ni
ng,andt hepati
enceofthesaint
sast hose
whowi llendurethroughthatti
meandst i
llkeepGodsCommandment s.
Revel
ati 10Het
on13: hatl
eadet
hint
ocapt
ivi
tyshal
lgoi
ntocapt
ivi
ty:het
hat
kil
let
hwi t
htheswordmustbeki
ll
edwi
tht
heswor
[Link]
eist
hepat
ienceand
thefait
hofthesai
nts.
Revel
ati 12Her
on14: eist
hepat
ienceoft
hesai
nts:her
ear
etheyt
hatkeept
he
commandment
sofGod,andt
hef
ait
hofJ
esus.
The teaching ofthi
sfalse,J
esui
tmanuf act
ured secretrapt
uret heory and
escape from persecut
ion wi
llbe a devastat
ing decept
ion for Chri
sti
ans.
Persecut
ionandsuf f
eri
nghavealwaysbeenGodsmeansofst rengtheni
ngHi s
peopl
e and pr
oduci
ng st
rong character
.Hereis Gods pur
pose i
nti
mes of
tr
ibul
ati
[Link]
stobuil
dperseverance,char
act
er,t
rustandhopeinHim.
Romans5:
3-4Andnotonl
ythat
,butweal
sogl
oryi
ntr
ibul
ati
ons,knowi
ngt
hat
tr
ibulat
ion produces per
sever
ance; 4 and per
sever
ance, char
act
er; and
charact
er,hope.
Satan wantst oi mpede and r estr
ain st
rength and char acter buil
ding in
Christ
iansbygettingusf ocusedonescapingtroubleandper secutioninsteadof
ourprepari
ngt ogot hroughper secut
ioneventothepoi ntofdeat [Link] esus
l
earned obedience by t he thi
ngs which he suff
ered.( Hebrews 5: 8)J esus
guaranteesthatifwespeakHi st r
uthbol y,wewi
dl llsuff
erper secuti
on.
J 20Remembert
ohn15: hewor
dthatIsai
dunt
oyou,Theser
vanti
snotgr
eat
er
thanhi
slor
d.I
ftheyhaveper
secutedme,theywil
lal
soper
secut
eyou;i
fthey
havekeptmysayi
ng,theywi
llkeepyour
salso.
J
ames5: 11Take,mybr
10- ethr
en,t
hepr
ophet
s,whohavespokeni
nthename
oftheLord,foranexampl eofsuf
feri
ngaffl
ict
ion,andofpatience.11Behol d,
wecountt hem [Link] dofthepatienceofJ ob,and
haveseent heendoftheLord;t
hattheLordisverypit
iful
,andoft endermer cy.
WhenthesesoftChri
sti
ansareconf
rontedwit
hheavypersecut
ion,t
heywillf
all
l
ikedominoesandSatanwil
lbeecstat
icandyetonceagai
nSatansli
eswi
llhave
beenver
ysuccessful
.
Willther ebeaSecondChance?
Iwoul dimagi net heanswert othisquest i
onshouldbefair
lyobviousbynowbut
let
sl ookati [Link] eachasecr etrapt
ureclaimt hatduri
ngthe
tri
bulationthosenotr aptur edwillbegi venanotherchancet [Link] tbe
categoricall
y stated thatabsol utel
y nowher e does Scri
pture speak ofany
secondchance,nordoest heBi bleanywher espeakofpeopl ebeingsavedafter
[Link] sisjustanot hermanmadedoct r
inethatisindeedpleasi
ngt o
thecar nalheartofmanandt hedevi l
sintent
iontohavet hosewhowoul dwait
perish with [Link] Bi bl
ei nfactactual
lyteachest he opposi
te.
Noticet heseclearScr i
ptur es;
2Cor
int
hi 2(
ans6: Forhesai
th,Ihavehear
dtheei
nat
imeaccept
ed,andi
nthe
dayofsalvat
ion haveIsuccour
ed thee:behol
d,now i
stheaccept
ed t
ime;
behol
d,now i
sthedayofsalvati
on.
)
Revel
ati
on22: 12Het
11- hati
sunj
ust
,lethi
m beunj
ustst
il
l:andhewhi
chi
s
fi
lt
hy,lethim befi
lt
hyst i
ll
:andhethatisri
ghteous,lethi
m beright
eousst
il
l:
andhet hati
sholy,lethi
m beholyst
il
l.12And,behold,Icomequickl
y;andmy
rewar
di swithme,t ogiveeverymanaccordingashi sworkshal
lbe.
When J esuscomest he second ti
me,He carres i
i n hishand a sharp si
ckle.
Revelati
on14:[Link]
st hereapingt i
meaft
ersixtycenturi
esofthesowi ngof
[Link]
sisthehar vesttme,andt
i hehar vesti
stheendoft hewor ld.
Matthew 13:[Link] hatsatont hecl
oudthrustinhissickl
eont heear t
h;
andt [Link] ati
on14:16.9
Jeremiah8:20t r ysays,Thehar
ul vestispast,t
hesummeri sended,andwear e
[Link] ecanbenosavi ngaf t
erther eapingofearthsharvestatt he
comi [Link] esusandHi sHolyangelsappear,thenbefor
ehi m shal
l
begat [Link] t
hew 25: [Link] l
lonl
ybet wocl
assesi nthat
[Link] i
nyofeachhasbeensetbywhathedi dbef or
et he
comi ngofChr i
[Link] andfirm ont heWor dofGodal oneandr ejectthese
manmade,Sat andr iven,pleasi
ngi deasthatformt hebulkofthewhol esecret
rapturetheory.
Theattit
udeofsomanyChr i
sti
ansseemst obet hatyoushouldliveaHol yl
if
e
now soyoudonthavetogothroughtheGr eatTr
ibulat
ion,butevenifyoudont
youwillgetanot
herchanceaft
erthi
sso-call
[Link]
seeninscript
ureandbyt hi
smanuf act
ureddoct r
ine,whenj udgmentcomes
ther
[Link] edieintheirsi
nst heyarelostfor
ever,
ther
[Link] dtheSecondComi ngbeanydi ff
erent
?
CanChr istsr eturnbeatanymoment ?
Alltoo frequent l
y coupl ed wit
ht hisfalse doctrine isthe equally mi
sguided
conceptt hatChr i
stcancomebackatanymoment ,eventonight,aswesoof ten
hearwel lmeani ngPast or [Link] lewedonotdoubtt he
Lordsabi li
ty,wedobel ievethatGodi snott heaut horofconf usionbutofa
greatplanf ort hosewhot r
ustandobeyHi [Link] thoughwear ewel lawarethat
nomanknowst heexactdayandhourofChr ist
sr eturn,i
tisequal l
ycertai
nthat
therearevar iouspr opheci esthatawaitt hei
rcompl etefulf
il
mentandt hatnot
untilwewi tnesst heset hingscomet opass,can weexpectt heLor datany
moment .I twas t his very doctri
ne whi ch had come i ntot he Church at
Thessal
oni caandmadei tnecessaryforPault owr i
te:
2Thessal
oni
ans2:
3-4Letnomandecei
veyoubyanymeans:f
ort
hatdayshal
l
notcome,exceptt her
e come a fal
li
ng away f
irst
,and t
hatman ofsi n be
revealed,thesonofperdi
ti
on;4Whoopposet handexal
tethhimsel
faboveall
thatiscall
edGod,orthati
sworshipped;sothatheasGodsitt
ethinthet
empl e
ofGod,shewi nghi
mselfthatheisGod.
Thosewhobel ievei nasecr etrapt
ur eandt hatChr i
stcancomeatanymoment
sayHewi l
lgat
hert hebelieversbeforeant ichristappearsyett
hisScri
pturesays
theabsol [Link] sverser eferst ot hePapacyandt hepopeseat ed
(si
tteth)inaposit
ionofpoweri ntheChur [Link] ethetempleofGodonEar th
[Link] ocal larebuiltt
empl et het empl eofGodwoul dbet odenywhat
Christdidonthecr [Link] het empl ecur tainwasr i
ppedfrom t
optobot t
om
thi
ssi gnif
iedtheendt ot hesacrifi
cialsyst [Link] dnevercal li
tGods
temple.
SecretRapt ureSummar y
Iti
soursi ncereandear nestprayert hatthisdocumentwi l
lrevealtoyout he
tot
alunscr ipturalnat ureoft hi
ssecr etrapturedoct ri
[Link] eparing
Gods peopl et of ace the increasi ngly dif
fi
cult days ahead,as t ri
bul ati
on
i
ntensif
ies,t hi
sJ esuitmanuf actureddoct rinehasdel udedmi l
li
onsofChr isti
ans
i
ntoaf alsenot i
onofescapi sm.I nsteadofobeyi ngt heLordscommandt or esist
evi
landoccupyunt ilHecomes,t heyhavebecomesor apt
uremi ndedthatt hey
nolongerevenr esi
stt heevil,believingthatt heywi l
lnotdefeatit,butinstead
ber
escuedf
rom i
t.
Someti
me soon,Satan wi
llat
temptto personat
eJesusand counter
feitHis
ret
[Link] [Link] thedisci
ples
askedJ
esusforthesi
gnofHiscomingandt heendoft heworl
d,t
hever yfir
st
thi
ngHetoldthem wastobeonguardagainstimpostors.I
nMatthew 24:4-5
J
esusanswer
edandsai
dunt
othem,Takeheedthatnomandecei
veyou.5For
manyshal
lcomeinmyname,sayi
ng,Iam Chr
ist
;andshal
ldecei
vemany.
Thedevilhasbeenshar peninghisdeceptionskil
lsfor6, 000yearsandhi slast
masquer ade wil
lbe his masterpi
ece.J esus warns thathe wi lldo such a
convi
ncingjobt hat
,ifi
twer epossi
ble,event heveryel ectwouldbedecei ved.
Satanhasi ntr
oducedthest rongdelusi
onofasecr etrapt uretotheChr i
stian
worldthathasbeenal mostuni ver
sall
yaccept edinmai nli
neChur ches.J
esus
warnedinMat thew 24:23-24Theni fanymanshal lsayunt oyou,Lo,her eis
Christ,orthere;beli
eveitnot.24Forther
eshal
larisefal
seChr
ist
s,andfal
se
prophet s,andshallshew gr
eatsignsandwonders;insomucht
hat,ifi
twere
possible,theyshal
ldeceivetheveryel
ect.
Aswehavenot iced,t heBi bleclearl
yt eachesthatJesusChr i
stwi llcomet he
secondt i
mei ngloriousmaj estytotakeHi sredeemedhomewi thHi m.I twil
lbe
apersonal,vi si
ble,andear thshakingeventt hateveryonealivewillknowabout .
Ther i
ghteouswi l
lbecaughtupt omeett heLor di
nt heair( 1Thessal oni
ans
4:17),wher east hewi cked willbesl ai
n byt hebrightnessofHi scomi ng (
2
Thessalonians2: 8).Letuscar eful
lyanddi li
gentlystudyourBi bl
essowewi l
l
notbe decei ved concer ni
ng this mosti mpor t
antand wonder f
ulhope,t he
secondcomi ngofJ esus.
Chr
ist
ssecondcomi
ngwi
llbeseenandhear
dbyal
l
TheBiblei
sunmi st
akablycl eart hatwhenJesuscomesback,Hi sfeetnever
toucht
hegr [Link] herighteouswil
lbecaughtupt omeetHimintheair
(1Thessal
onians4: 17).Thisi swhyJ esusemphaticall
ywarnsusinMat t
hew
24: 27,Wher
26- eforeiftheyshal lsayuntoyou,Behold,hei
sinthedesert
;go
notfort
h:behold,hei
sinthesecretchamber
s;bel
ieveitnot
.27Forast he
l
ight
ningcomethoutoftheeast
,andshinet
hevenuntothewest;soshal
lal
so
thecomingoftheSonofmanbe.

Hi
sSecondComingisNotaSecret
Matt
hew 24: 31 Forast
27- heli
ghtni
ngcomet
houtoft
heeast
,andshi
net
h
evenunt othewest ;soshal lalsothecomi ngoft heSonofmanbe.28For
wher esoeverthecar caseis,t her
ewi lltheeagl esbegat her
ed together.29
Immedi atelyaft
erthet ri
bulati
onoft hosedaysshal lthesunbedar kened,and
themoonshal lnotgiveherl i
ght,andt hestarsshallfal
lfrom heaven,andt he
power softheheavensshal lbeshaken:30Andt henshallappeart
hesi gnoft he
Sonofmani nheaven:andt henshallallthetri
besoftheear thmour n,andthey
shallseetheSonofmancomi nginthecl oudsofheavenwi thpowerandgr eat
glor
y.31Andheshal lsendhi sangelswi t
hagr eatsoundofat r
umpet ,andthey
shallgathertogetherhiselectfrom thefourwi nds,fr
om oneendofheavent o
theot her.
Act
s1:
9-11Andwhenhehadspokent
heset
hings,whi
let
heybehel
d,hewas
takenup;andacl oudreceivedhim outoft
hei
rsight.10Andwhi l
etheylooked
stedf
astl
yt owardheavenashewentup,behol d,t womenst oodbyt hem in
whiteapparel;11Whichal sosai
d,YemenofGal i
lee,whystandyegazingup
intoheaven?ThissameJ esus,whichist
akenupfrom youint
oheaven,shallso
comei nli
kemannerasyehaveseenhi m goint
oheaven.
1Cor
int
hi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,att
hel
astt
rump:
fort
hetr
umpetshallsound,andt
hedeadshal
lber
aisedi
ncor
rupt
ibl
e,andwe
shal
lbechanged.
1Thessal
oni
ans4: 17Fort
16- heLor
dhi
msel
fshal
ldescendf
rom heavenwi
tha
shout
,wi t
ht hevoi
ceoft hearchangel
,andwit
hthetrumpofGod:andthedead
inChri
stshallri
sefir
st:17Thenwewhi char
eali
veandr emai
nshallbecaught
uptogetherwiththem intheclouds,t
omeettheLor
di nt
heair:andsoshallwe
everbewi ththeLord.
2Pet 10 Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
ntheni
ght
;int
he
whi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywit
hagreatnoise,andtheelement
sshal
l
meltwi
thf
erventheat,theearthal
soandt
hewor kst hatar
etherei
nshal
lbe
bur
nedup.
Revel
ati 7 Behol
on1: d,hecomet
hwi
thcl
ouds;andever
yeyeshal
lseehi
m,
and they al
so whi
ch pi
erced hi
m:and al
lki
ndr
edsoft
he ear
th shal
lwai
l
[Link],Amen.
Revel
ati 14Andt
on6: heheavendepar
tedasascr
ollwheni
tisr
oll
edt
oget
her
;
andever
ymount
ainandi
slandwer
emovedoutoft
hei
rpl
aces.
Hi
sSecondComingWil
lBeAudi
ble
1Thessal
oni
ans4: 17Fort
16- heLordhi
msel
fshal
ldescendf
rom heavenwi
tha
shout
,wi t
ht hevoi
ceoft hearchangel
,andwit
hthetrumpofGod:andthedead
inChri
stshallri
sefir
st:17Thenwewhi char
eali
veandr emai
nshallbecaught
uptogetherwiththem intheclouds,t
omeettheLor
di nt
heair:andsoshallwe
everbewi ththeLord.
1Cor
int
hi 52I
ans15: namoment
,int
het
winkl
ingofaneye,att
hel
astt
rump:
fort
hetr
umpetshallsound,andt
hedeadshal
lber
aisedi
ncor
rupt
ibl
e,andwe
shal
lbechanged.
2Pet 10 Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
ntheni
ght
;int
he
whi
cht
heheavensshal
lpassawaywi
thagr
eatnoi
se,andt
heel
ement
sshal
l
meltwi
thf
erventheat
,theear
thal
soandt
hewor
kst
hatar
ether
einshal
lbe
bur
nedup.
Hi
sSecondComingWil
lBeVisi
ble
Matt 27Forast
hew 24: hel
ight
ningcomet
houtoft
heeast
,andshi
net
heven
unt
othewest
;soshal
lal
sot
hecomi
ngoft
heSonofmanbe.
Mat
t 30Andt
hew24: henshal
lappeart
hesi
gnoft
heSonofmani
nheaven:and
thenshal
lallt
het r
ibesoft
heeart
hmourn,andtheyshallseet
heSonofman
cominginthecloudsofheavenwi
thpowerandgreatgl
ory.
1011
2Pet 10Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
ntheni
ght
;int
he
whi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywit
hagreatnoise,andtheelementsshal
l
meltwi
thf
erventheat,theeart
halsoandt
hewor ksthatar
et herei
nshallbe
bur
nedup.
Revel
ati 7 Behol
on1: d,hecomet
hwi
thcl
ouds;andever
yeyeshal
lseehi
m,
and they al
so whi
ch pi
erced hi
m:and al
lki
ndr
edsoft
he ear
th shal
lwai
l
[Link],Amen.
HisSecondComi
ngWillDest
roytheEart
h
Isai
ah24: 20Theear
19- t
hisutt
erlybr
okendown,t
heear
thi
scl
eandi
ssol
ved,
the eart
hi smoved exceedi
ngly.20 The ear
th shal
lreelto and fr
ol ike a
drunkard,andshal
lber emovedli
keacot t
age;andt hetr
ansgressi
ont hereof
shallbeheavyuponit;anditshallf
all
,andnotri
seagain.
2Pet 10 Butt
er3: hedayoft
heLor
dwi
llcomeasat
hiefi
ntheni
ght
;int
he
whi
chtheheavensshallpassawaywit
hagreatnoise,andtheelement
sshal
l
meltwi
thf
erventheat,theearthal
soandt
hewor kst hatar
etherei
nshal
lbe
bur
nedup.
Revel
ati 14Andt
on6: heheavendepar
tedasascr
ollwheni
tisr
oll
edt
oget
her
;
andever
ymount
ainandi
slandwer
emovedoutoft
hei
rpl
aces.
Revel
ati
on16: 20 Andt
18- her
ewer
enoi
sesandt
hunder
ingsandl
ight
nings;
andtherewasagr eatear thquake,suchami ght
yandgreateart
hquakeashad
notoccurr
edsincemenwer eont heearth.19Now thegreatci
tywasdi vided
i
ntot hr
ee parts,and the citi
esoft he nat
ionsfel
[Link] gr
eatBabyl on was
remember edbefor
eGod,t ogiveherthecupofthewineofthefi
ercenessofHis
wrat
h.20Thenever yislandf l
edaway,andt hemountainswerenotf ound.
1Cor i
nthians15,1Thessal oni
ans4andMat t
hew 24ar ethesameevent
Tomakei teasiertoseet hattheBi bleisspeaki ngofonlyonesecondcomi ng,
andnotasecondandat hirdcomi ngorasecr etr
aptureandasecondcomi ng,
thefoll
owingt ableshavebeenputt oget hertohelpil
lustr
atethattheglori
ous
secondcomi ngofChr i
stinallcasesi snotspeaki ngofasecr etraptur
[Link]
compar i
ngpoi ntbypoi ntinat ablefor matwecaneasi lyobservethatthe
fol
lowingtwochapt er
sar edefi
nitelyr eferri
ngt othesameevent .Observet he
parall
elsbelow.
 1Cor inthians15 1Thessal onians4
15:23-ar eChr istsatHi scomi ng 4:16-t heLor dHi msel fshallcome
15:51-sl eep 4:14-sl eep
15:52-t het rumpetshal lsound 4:16-shout ,voice,t r
ump
15:52-deadshal lber aised 4:16-deadi nChr i
stshal lri
sefi
rst
Now letscompar eMat thew 24wi ththeaboveevent susi ng1Thessal onians
chapter4and5si ncesomesayt hatMatt
hew 24i stalkingaboutt hegl ori
ous
secondcomi ngofChr i
stwhi chtheysayisadifferenteventt ot heabove
chapterswhi chtheybel i
evei sasecret
.Clear
lyi tisnot!
Matthew 24 1Thessal onians4and5
24:27-comi ng( Parousia) 4:15-comi ng( Parousi a)
24:30-cl ouds 4:17-cl ouds
24:31-soundofat rumpet 4:16-shout ,voicet rump
24:31-gat hert ogether 4:17-caughtupt oget her
24:36-dayorhour 5:1— t imesandseasons
24:43-at hief 5:2-at hief
24:39-t ookt hem al laway 5:3-suddendest ruction
24:42-wat ch 5:6-wat ch

Thereisnodoubtt hesear
et hesameeventast heynotonl yparalleleachother
butar eeveni nt hesameor [Link] ff
erentaspect
soft hecomi ngof
[Link] yonesecondcomi ngandthet heoryofasecretr apturewi t
h
asecondchancei sadeceptionoftheenemy.
1Cor i
nt hians15 1Thessalonians4 Matt
hew 24
AtHi scoming Jesuscoming Jesuscomi ng
Lasttrump Trumpet Trumpet
Deadsai ntsraised Deadsaintsraised Angel sgathersai
nts
Livi
ngsai nt
schanged Livi
ngsaint
scaughtup Angel sgathersai
nts
Comi ngint hecl ouds Comi nginthecl ouds