No 1

(The Rapture of the Church)

There is a difference between Bible Prophecy and Bible Eschatology. Prophecy speaks of what is to come in the future (Ex: Isaiah 53 predicts the birth of Christ), whereas eschatology is about events in the End Times. There are differing viewpoints in these matters and we will, Lord willing look at all of them. However, we will follow certain ground rules.

They are: 1) Prof Zebulon is a pre-millennialist 2) He will give, what he thinks, is a just and unbiased definition of each differing point of view 3) The event that will usher in the End Times is the rapture of the Church as described in 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-17 that is, for us, still future: "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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord". The Bible gives us many many indications of what will transpire after this.