RAPTURE: DISPENSATIONALISM
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. What is the Rapture?
a) The word Rapture does not appear in the Bible. It comes from the Latin word rapare which means "seize", "snatch" or "take away." The term Rapture is used to refer to the faithful believers being taken up to meet Christ in the air as described in this passage written by the apostle Paul 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17.
2. Dispensationalism
a) A theory of Bible interpretation known as Dispensationalism was developed in the 1700s and 1800s, primarily by theologians Pierre Poiret (1646 - 1719), John Edwards (1637 - 1716), Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748) and John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882).
b) Dispensationalism favors a very literal interpretation of Bible prophecies and gives unique interpretations and special significance to end-times events.
c) These theories were popularized by the Scofield Reference Bible, first published in 1909.
d) In Dispensational theology, the Rapture will be the centerpiece of Jesus' second coming - a glorious, dramatic event with Jesus coming to literally take believers up into the sky.
e) There are several theories about the timing of the Rapture:
i) Pre-tribulational rapture:
@1. When John ascends to heaven (Revelation 4:1-2).
@2. In this theory, Christians will be taken up before the Great Tribulation (Daniel 9:24-27, Revelation 7:14) and will be spared its suffering.
ii) Mid-tribulational rapture:
@1. When the two prophets ascend to heaven (Revelation 11:11-12).
iii) Post-tribulational rapture:
@1. At the end of the seven bowls (Revelation 16:17-21).
The End ...
1. What is the Rapture?a) The word Rapture does not appear in the Bible. It comes from the Latin word rapare which means "seize", "snatch" or "take away." The term Rapture is used to refer to the faithful believers being taken up to meet Christ in the air as described in this passage written by the apostle Paul 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17.
2. Dispensationalism
a) A theory of Bible interpretation known as Dispensationalism was developed in the 1700s and 1800s, primarily by theologians Pierre Poiret (1646 - 1719), John Edwards (1637 - 1716), Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748) and John Nelson Darby (1800 - 1882).
b) Dispensationalism favors a very literal interpretation of Bible prophecies and gives unique interpretations and special significance to end-times events.
c) These theories were popularized by the Scofield Reference Bible, first published in 1909.
d) In Dispensational theology, the Rapture will be the centerpiece of Jesus' second coming - a glorious, dramatic event with Jesus coming to literally take believers up into the sky.
e) There are several theories about the timing of the Rapture:
i) Pre-tribulational rapture:
@1. When John ascends to heaven (Revelation 4:1-2).
@2. In this theory, Christians will be taken up before the Great Tribulation (Daniel 9:24-27, Revelation 7:14) and will be spared its suffering.
ii) Mid-tribulational rapture:
@1. When the two prophets ascend to heaven (Revelation 11:11-12).
iii) Post-tribulational rapture:
@1. At the end of the seven bowls (Revelation 16:17-21).
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