In this session, Charles Cooper begins a study of the Book of Revelation with the intent to determine which passage most likely evidences the timing of the rapture. In this introductory session, Cooper explains that the correct view is a synthetic view that adopts the biblically defensible truths taken from the three dominant views of previously held rapture positions, i.e., Pre-, Mid-, and Posttribulationism.

Cooper highlights the pros and cons of each rapture position, which have prevented each position from becoming the single majority view.