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Series: Is Jesus the Messiah? (CR14)Document: CR14-40Page: 394Lesson: 132Date: Nov. 12, 2015

DISPENSATIONS:Acts 2:17-21 cf. Joel 2:28-32 & Daniel

12:11-12

Gentiles

Creationof Adam

Exodusfrom Egypt1441 B.C.

Israel

1st Adventof Christ

2 B.C.

THEOCENTRIC

Incar-nation

Pentecost

A.D. 33

Church

Rapture

Tribulation Millennium

CHRISTOCENTRIC

2nd Adventof Christ

End ofHumanHistory

ESCHATOLOGICAL

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Acts 2:17-18 cf.Joel 2:28-29

Acts 2:19-20 cf.Joel 2:30-31

Acts 2:17-18 cf.Joel 2:28-29

Acts 2:19-20 cf.Joel 2:30-31

Baptisms

of Fire

Acts 2:21 & Joel 2:32 cf.Dan. 12:11-12

Acts 2:21 &Joel 2:32 cf.Dan. 12:11-12

1,000-YearReign of Christ

Daniel’s70th Heptad

Acts 2:19-20 cf.Joel 2:30-31

VIEWS ON THE RAPTURE:Pretribulational

___|___________|__________|____________|_ _ _ _ X Christ’s

Death, Burial& Resurrection

Church Age Tribulation

YRapture

EternalState

ZSecondAdvent

Millennium

The pretribulational approach contends that theRapture withdraws all Church-Age believers from thebattlefield of the Angelic Conflict before the Tribulation.Thus, the Rapture marks the termination point of theChurch Age and sets the stage for the start of theTribulation.

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VIEWS ON THE RAPTURE:Midtribulational

___|___________|_____|_____|____________|_ _ _ X Christ’s

Death, Burial& Resurrection

Church AgeTrib.3½ yrs

YRapture

EternalState

ZSecondAdvent

Millennium

The midtribulational view contends that theRapture will occur in the middle of the seven-year Tribulation. The Bible refers to the last half of thisdispensation as the Great Tribulation. This latter 3½years is the period which this school asserts the believerwill not have to endure.

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Gt. Trib.3½ yrs

VIEWS ON THE RAPTURE:Posttribulational

___|___________|__________|____________|_ _ _ _ X Christ’s

Death, Burial& Resurrection

Church Age Tribulation

YRapture

EternalState

ZSecondAdvent

Millennium

The posttribulational approach contends that theRapture does not occur until the end of the Tribulation.This means that the church will continue on earthduring all the events described in the Book of Revelation up to the Second Advent of Christ.

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