Many people conceive of "This Life" and "The NEXT Life" as two disconnected realities. However, Scripture teaches that there is a flawless continuity between life before and after physical death. Hence, the absurd misunderstanding that I can love living MY way here...but since I was "Born Again"...when I stop breathing...I'll love living in Heaven where GOD'S will is ALWAYS done. The fact is, the only people who will love Heaven are those whose greatest delight is in pleasing God...BEFORE they go to Heaven. For...as CS Lewis said, "Even Heaven would be Hell for someone who demands THEIR OWN WAY!"

After Jesus returns, will there be any second chances to accept Him as Savior?  Or...will everyone's choice already have been made? This month we'll focus on the finality of people's decisions that will have been made when Christ comes back. We'll also deal with the many misunderstandings that surround the biblical teaching of WHY the choices that have been made at the time of the 2nd coming...are indelible and irreversible.

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This week, Dr. Dan will deal with the fact that, no matter how strongly a person believes their particular Rapture timing view...there are a lot of other believers who disagree with them.  This session will deal with the reasons why the Pre-Trib, the Mid-Trib, and the Post-Trib views have all flourished in the Church for centuries...and why God would leave something as important as the timing of the Rapture...up in the air!!!!

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If the return of Christ is such an important Doctrine…and if the blessed hope of the Church is Christ’s return…then why would God leave the timing of such an important event...up in the air???  Why would He leave something this important up for multiple different interpretations within the historic, orthodox Church??? In this session, we’ll find that in answering these questions…and by living into the tensions that exist between the various views…we’ll actually discover profound new insights that the Lord wants us to learn.

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The Post-Trib Rapture view holds that the Church will go through the entire Tribulation. Then, believers who've survived the 7 years will be caught up to be with Christ in the air as part of a complex 2nd Coming event as He descends to Earth to win the Battle of Armageddon. In this session, Dr. Dan will explore some of the biblical challenges to this view. For example, since the prophetic Scriptures tell us there will be exactly 2520 days from the Peace Treaty and the 2nd Coming...then wouldn't believers be able to predict the Day of Christ's return? And, if Christ can't come for His Bride until after the events of Revelation 6-19 unfold...doesn't that mean that He can't return TODAY...and doesn't that destroy the historic Doctrine of Imminency...that Christ can return for the Church at any moment?

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We've now worked through the strengths and weaknesses of the Pre-Trib and Mid-Trib Rapture timing views. And now we're ready to look at the Post-Trib view. Will the Church go through the Tribulation...and be subject to being hunted down by the global forces of darkness? Will we face the worldwide 666 Mark of the Beast campaign and be forced to worship the Antichrist...or be executed for refusing? In this session, Dr. Dan unpacks the Post-Tribulational Rapture View and its implications.

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In our series on the timing of the Rapture, we've now come to the Mid-Trib View. Proponents of this view believe that the Revelation 11 event...where the Two Witnesses are resurrected and caught up into heaven...is a picture of Christ coming for the Church...exactly halfway through the 7-Year Tribulation. In this session, Dr. Dan unpacks the strengths and weaknesses of the Mid-Tribulational Rapture View.

We've seen that the Pre-Trib View teaches that the Church will be removed before the Tribulation, allowing for the Last Seven Years to unfold for Israel. But those who believe that God is done with Israel (Replacement Theology)...and don't believe that the Israel will be the focus of the Tribulation...are actually making a grave theological error that actually has the implication of risking...not just eschatology...but the entire basis for our salvation as well.

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We've seen that the Pre-Trib View teaches that the Church will be removed before the Tribulation, allowing for the Last Seven Years to unfold for Israel. But those who believe that God is done with Israel (Replacement Theology)...and don't believe that the Israel will be the focus of the Tribulation...are actually making a grave theological error that actually has the implication of risking...not just eschatology...but the entire basis for our salvation as well.

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The Pre-Trib view does a good job of integrating the centuries of the Gap between the 69th and 70th "weeks" of Daniel...and the fundamental biblical Covenants.  The integration precisely and fully provides for the fulfillment of both the Old and New Testament Covenants and...according the the Pre-Trib advocates...marvelously resolves many theological issues that have been controversial for many centuries.

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