## The Rapture - A consistent literal, grammatical, historical, contextual method of interpretation reveals 10 key points about the [[Rapture]], including its importance, distinction from the second [[Second Coming | Advent]], and involvement of the catching away of all living believers [(00:03:53)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=233s). - The Rapture is a reunion of deceased [[Church (building) | Church]] age believers with living believers on earth, as described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 [(00:05:08)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=308s). - The Rapture is a resurrection event in which church-age believers receive their resurrected bodies, exempting them from death, and is considered a mystery specifically unfolded to the church age [(00:05:21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=321s). - The Rapture is imminent, can occur at any moment, and is a traditional truth that has been obscured but recovered thanks to the dispensational movement and their literal grammatical historical method of interpretation [(00:05:53)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=353s). - The Rapture is distinct from the second Advent, with [[Jesus | Christ]] coming in the air for his saints in the Rapture, while in the second Advent, Jesus comes to the earth with his saints [(00:06:54)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=414s). - The Rapture is a blessing designed to rescue church-aged believers from God's wrath, whereas the second Advent will be a bloodbath affecting both believers and unbelievers [(00:07:15)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=435s). - The [[Rapture]] will be invisible, affecting only members of the body of Christ, while the second [[Second Coming | Advent]] will be visible to the whole world [(00:07:57)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=477s). - The Rapture is announced by an archangel, whereas the second Advent involves myriads of angels, and the Rapture is a resurrection, but there is no resurrection mentioned immediately when the second Advent takes place [(00:08:12)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=492s). - The Rapture is a rescue operation for the [[Church (building) | church]], while the second Advent is a rescue operation for the nation of [[Israel]] [(00:08:30)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=510s). - There are different views on when the Rapture takes place relative to the tribulation period, including pre-tribulationalism, mid-tribulationalism, post-tribulationalism, and pre-wrath rapturism [(00:09:03)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=543s). - Pre-tribulationalism is believed to be the correct view, with the Rapture taking place before the tribulation begins, due to arguments such as the tribulation purpose concerning Israel and not the church [(00:09:22)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=562s). - Seven arguments support the pre-tribulational Rapture, including the tribulation purpose concerning Israel, the lack of Biblical reference to the church on earth in any tribulation passage, and others [(00:09:52)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=592s). - The church is not present on earth during the time period of [[Book of Revelation | Revelation]] 6 through 19, as it is not mentioned during that time [(00:10:19)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=619s). - The church is promised an exemption from [[Divine retribution | Divine wrath]] and the entire tribulation period represents [[Divinity | Divine]] wrath, making it unlikely for the church to be present during that time [(00:10:38)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=638s). - The [[Rapture]] is imminent, meaning it could occur at any moment, and there is no prophetic sign that must transpire first before the Rapture can occur [(00:10:52)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=652s). - The pre-tribulational position is the only position that holds to imminence, as other positions, such as mid-tribulationalism, deny imminence by requiring certain signs to happen first [(00:11:31)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=691s). - The Rapture is a comfort, as stated in 1 Thessalonians 4:18, and any scenario that puts the [[Church (building) | church]] into the wrath of [[God]] is not a comfort [(00:11:38)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=698s). - The Antichrist cannot come on the scene until the restrainer, which is the work of the [[Holy Spirit]] through the church, is removed, indicating that the church must be removed before the tribulation can start [(00:12:09)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=729s). - Symbolic parallels, such as the stories of Noah and Lot, argue for the pre-tribulational rapture, as God gets his people out of harm's way before judgment hits [(00:12:42)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=762s). ## Resurrections - A resurrection is the opposite of death, where the material and immaterial parts of a person come back together, and it is not just one general resurrection, but rather multiple resurrections, as stated in Daniel 12:2 [(00:13:48)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=828s). - According to Daniel 12:2, there will be two great resurrections, where many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, some to everlasting life [(00:15:15)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=915s). - There are two great resurrections mentioned in [[Bible | the Bible]]: the resurrection unto life for believers and the resurrection unto damnation for unbelievers, as stated in Daniel and also mentioned in John 5:28-29 and Acts 24:15 [(00:15:26)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=926s). - God's Resurrection program consists of two main resurrections, but the resurrection unto life for believers will happen in three phases: Christ's Resurrection (the first fruits), the general [[Harvest]] (the resurrection of church-age believers at the point of the [[Rapture | rapture]]), and the gleanings (the resurrection of [[Old Testament]] Saints and tribulation martyrs at the beginning of the millennial Kingdom) [(00:16:01)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=961s). - The resurrection of all unbelievers will occur after a thousand years, where their souls will be emptied out of Hades and placed in resurrected bodies in preparation for the great white Throne judgment [(00:17:09)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1029s). - The great white Throne judgment will determine the fate of unbelievers, and those whose names are not found written in the Lamb's [[Book of Life]] will be transferred from Hades into the [[Lake of fire | Lake of Fire]] throughout all eternity [(00:17:30)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1050s). - The phases of God's Resurrection program are based on a literal method of interpretation applied to the field of eschatology [(00:17:49)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1069s). - [[First Epistle to the Corinthians | First Corinthians]] 15:20-23 describes Christ's Resurrection as the first fruits, followed by the resurrection of those who are Christ's at His coming [(00:18:01)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1081s). - The different phases of God's Resurrection program are analogized to Israel's Harvest cycle, with [[Jesus | Christ]] as the first fruits, the general Harvest as the rapture, and the gleanings as the resurrection of Old Testament Saints and tribulation martyrs [(00:18:31)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1111s). - The general [[Harvest]], or the [[Rapture | rapture]], is described in First Corinthians 15:51, where Paul says that flesh and blood cannot inherit [[Kingdom of God (Christianity) | the kingdom of God]], and that believers will be changed and receive their resurrected bodies [(00:19:29)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1169s). - The gleanings include the resurrection of [[Old Testament]] Saints (Daniel 12:2) and tribulation martyrs ([[Book of Revelation | Revelation]] 20:4-5) at the beginning of the millennial Kingdom [(00:16:47)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1007s). - The resurrection of believers has three phases, with the first phase being the resurrection of Old Testament saints and tribulation martyrs at the beginning of the millennial kingdom, as described in Revelation 20:4-5 [(00:20:16)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1216s). - The second phase is the resurrection of believers who were beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and the word of [[God]], and those who did not worship the [[The Beast (Revelation) | Beast]] or receive the mark on their forehead or hand, as described in Revelation 20:4 [(00:20:23)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1223s). - The third phase is the resurrection of believers who will reign with Christ for a thousand years, as described in Revelation 20:4-5 [(00:20:52)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1252s). - The rest of the dead, who are unbelievers, will not come to life until the thousand years are completed, as described in Revelation 20:5 [(00:21:10)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1270s). - At the end of the millennial kingdom, God will summon souls from Hades, a place of conscious torment, and put them in resurrected bodies, as described in Revelation 20:12 [(00:21:52)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1312s). - Those whose names are not written in the Lamb's [[Book of Life]] will be judged by the books, which are a record of their works, and will experience torment throughout eternity [(00:22:24)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1344s). - The final judgment, also known as the great white Throne judgment, will occur at the end of [[Millennialism | the millennium]], where all unbelievers will be judged [(00:23:03)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1383s). - The dispensational understanding of God's entire resurrection program is based on the literal grammatical historical contextual method of interpretation, also known as the Reformation hermeneutic [(00:23:36)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1416s). ## Future Judgments - Modern-day evangelicalism often believes in one big resurrection and one giant judgment at the end, without seeing distinctions in the resurrection program or future judgments [(00:24:04)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1444s). - Robert Congdon, in his book critiquing the [[Neo-Calvinism | Neo-Calvinist]] movement, observes that most new [[Reformed Christianity | Calvinists]] do not believe that [[Jesus | Christ]] will return and judge individuals based on their works [(00:24:47)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1487s). - Most Calvinists believe the great white Throne judgment is for everyone of all ages and will determine whether one is truly saved or not, which is why some neo-Calvinists are moving towards the concept of final justification, as seen in the writings of [[John Piper (theologian) | John Piper]] and [[Thomas R. Schreiner | Thomas Schreiner]] [(00:25:25)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1525s). - Final justification is a doctrine that suggests [[God]] weighs the good deeds of his people against their bad deeds to determine if they are truly one of the elect and will enter Heaven, implying that the Christian's salvation is not assured until this judgment [(00:26:17)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1577s). - This doctrine is based on a faulty eschatology that fails to understand the different judgments in the outworking of God's purposes, which can be clarified through a literal, grammatical, historical, and contextual method of interpretation [(00:26:45)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1605s). - From a dispensational perspective, there are four future judgments in scripture that should not be confused: the sheep and goat judgment, the judgment of the [[Jews]], the [[Bema | bema]] seat judgment, and the great white Throne judgment [(00:27:25)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1645s). - The sheep and goat judgment, described in [[Matthew 25]]:31-46, will take place on earth in [[Jerusalem]] after the tribulation and will determine which [[Gentile]] tribulation survivors are saved and will enter the millennial Kingdom [(00:27:34)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1654s). - This judgment will be based on how these survivors treated Christ's brethren, believed to be the Jewish people and nation, during the tribulation period [(00:28:25)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1705s). - The judgment of the Jews, described in Ezekiel 20:33-34, will also take place on earth after the tribulation, but in the wilderness, and will determine if Jewish tribulation survivors are saved and will enter the millennial Kingdom in mortal bodies [(00:29:00)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1740s). - The saved Jews and Gentiles will repopulate the earth in mortal bodies during the millennial Kingdom [(00:29:39)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1779s). - At the end of the tribulation period, two parallel judgments will occur: one for the Jews, where they will be judged based on whether they pass under the shepherd's rod, and another for the Gentiles, known as the sheep and goat judgment, where they will be judged based on how they treated the Jews during the tribulation period [(00:29:45)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1785s). - The sheep and goat judgment will determine who will enter the millennial Kingdom, while unbelieving [[Jews]] will be cast off the earth into Hades [(00:30:00)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1800s). - The [[Bema]] seat judgment is a separate judgment that will take place in heaven, where church-age believers will be judged to determine their rewards, not their salvation, which is secure through personal faith in [[Jesus | Christ]] [(00:30:30)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1830s). - The Bema seat judgment will involve a fire that will test the quality of the believer's works, and those that are of high quality will survive the fire and result in rewards [(00:31:10)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1870s). - The Great White Throne judgment is a terrible judgment that will take place on the earth, after the Thousand Years, where people will be judged based on their works, and those whose names are not in the [[Book of Life | book of life]] will be cast into the [[Lake of fire | Lake of Fire]] [(00:31:56)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1916s). - The Great White Throne judgment should not be confused with the Bema seat judgment, as it serves a different purpose and has different details [(00:33:11)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1991s). - The [[Neo-Calvinism | neo-calvinist]] movement is criticized for mixing up these different judgments and not applying a consistent literal grammatical historical contextual method of interpretation [(00:33:17)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=1997s). ## The Tribulation Period - Pre-tribulationalism is not escapism, and it does not teach that the [[Christianity | Christian]] life is devoid of problems, but rather that believers will be raptured before the tribulation period [(00:34:03)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2043s). - A basic rule of scholarship is to fairly represent an opponent's position to avoid the straw man fallacy, and one common misrepresentation of the pre-tribulational position is that it teaches a life free of problems, which is not accurate [(00:34:35)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2075s). - Christians experience various trials and problems, including ordinary trials, man's wrath, Satan's wrath, and the world's wrath, as stated in [[John 16]]:33, 2 Timothy 3:12, [[Ephesians 6]]:11-12, and [[John 15]]:18-19 [(00:35:17)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2117s). - Using a dispensational hermeneutic, these problems are separate and independent from God's wrath, which is a direct and [[Divinity | divine]] punishment that will come upon the Earth during the tribulation period, similar to the flood and the destruction of [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] [(00:36:24)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2184s). - The tribulation period is a seven-year period of God's wrath, as described in [[Prophecy of Seventy Weeks | Daniel 9]]:27, which will start with a covenant between the Antichrist and unbelieving [[Israel]], end with the personal return of [[Jesus]], and include the desecration of the Temple at the midpoint [(00:37:40)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2260s). - The seven-year tribulation period is part of God's unfinished work with the nation of Israel, and the [[Church (building) | church]] is a parenthetical insert between the first 69 weeks of Daniel's prophecy and the 70th week, as described by [[Lewis Sperry Chafer]] as an intercalation [(00:38:59)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2339s). - The 483 years of Daniel's prophecy and the final seven years of that prophecy involve the nation of Israel, not the church, as stated in Daniel chapter 9, verse 24 [(00:39:47)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2387s). - The church wasn't present for the first 483 years of the prophecy, so it's unlikely to be present during the final seven years of the identical prophecy [(00:39:55)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2395s). - Gabriel's vision to Daniel in Daniel 9, verse 24, decrees 77 weeks for Daniel's people and his [[Holy city | Holy City]], referring to the nation of Israel and the [[Jerusalem | City of Jerusalem]] [(00:40:20)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2420s). - During the final seven years of this time period, [[God]] works through Israel, evangelizing the world through the 144,000 [[Jews]], 12,000 from each tribe, rather than through the church [(00:40:43)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2443s). - God confronts the world of its evil during this time period through two Jewish Witnesses, who may be [[Moses]] and [[Elijah]], as described in [[Book of Revelation | Revelation]] 11 [(00:41:24)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2484s). - [[Satan]] pursues the woman clothed with the sun and the moon and the 12 Stars, representing the nation of [[Israel]], during this time period, rather than the [[Church (building) | church]] [(00:41:36)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2496s). - The final seven years of Daniel's 490-year clock look Jewish because they concern Daniel's people and Daniel's City, as stated in Daniel chapter 9, verse 24 [(00:42:02)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2522s). - This is one of the major reasons why the church is not on the Earth when these events transpire [(00:42:14)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2534s). - [[Bible | The Bible]] reveals that the [[Divine retribution | Divine Wrath]] is coming upon the Earth during this time period, with 21 judgments, including seven seal judgments, seven trumpet judgments, and seven bowl judgments [(00:42:37)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2557s). - [[Jesus]] himself causes these judgments as he opens a seven-sealed scroll from Heaven, representing the title deed to the Earth, in Revelation chapter five [(00:43:07)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2587s). - The sealed judgments trigger the trumpet judgments, and the seventh trumpet triggers the bowl judgments, making this a very severe time period [(00:43:25)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2605s). - By the time of [[Book of Revelation | Revelation]] chapter 6, 25% of the world's population is eradicated, and by Revelation chapter 9, the remaining third of the world's population is wiped out, leaving half of the world's population destroyed [(00:44:04)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2644s). - The time period described in Revelation chapters 6 and 9 is unique, with 50% of the world's population destroyed by the end of chapter 9, making it unlike any other time in history [(00:44:54)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2694s). - This period is caused by Jesus opening the seven-sealed scroll in Revelation chapter 5 and is the wrath of [[God]], distinct from the wrath of man, the world, or [[Satan]] [(00:45:22)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2722s). - [[Bible | The Bible]] describes this time period as unprecedented, with [[Jeremiah 30]]:7 stating "there is none like it" and Daniel 12:1 saying it is a "time of distress such has never occurred" [(00:46:01)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2761s). - [[Jesus]] also described this period in Matthew 24:21-22, saying it will be a [[Great Tribulation]] unlike any other in history, and that if it were not cut short, no life would be saved [(00:46:26)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2786s). - The time period will be cut short for the sake of the elect, referring to [[Israel]], so that there can be believing [[Jews]] on earth at the end of [[Millennialism | the Millennium]] to enter the millennial Kingdom in mortal bodies [(00:46:50)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2810s). - Zechariah 13:8-9 states that two-thirds of the Jewish Nation will be cut off and perish during this time period, leaving a third as a remnant to come to faith [(00:47:40)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2860s). - This time period is distinct from ordinary trials and problems, and the [[Church (building) | church]] is promised an exemption from it [(00:48:19)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2899s). - The distinction between this time period and today is based on a consistent, literal, grammatical, historical, and contextual method of interpretation applied to the entire Bible, including Bible prophecy and eschatology [(00:48:41)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2921s). ## The Kingdom of God on Earth - The church age is an interruption between the first 483 years of Daniel's prophecy and the final seven years, which will end with the [[Rapture | rapture]] and be followed by the tribulation period and the second [[Second Coming | Advent]] of [[Jesus]] [(00:49:32)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2972s). - [[Kingdom of God (Christianity) | The kingdom of God]] on Earth will only come after the second Advent of Jesus Christ, and the church today is not the kingdom of [[God]], contrary to what many people teach, including [[Augustine of Hippo | Augustine]] in the fourth century [(00:49:57)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=2997s). - A literal method of interpretation does not allow the [[Church (building) | church]] to be confused with the kingdom of God [(00:50:22)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3022s). - Reasons why the church cannot be confused with the kingdom of God include: Jesus is never called the king of the church, but rather the head of the church [(00:50:42)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3042s). - The church is never depicted through King-Kingdom metaphors, but rather through metaphors such as the head-body or branches-vine [(00:51:01)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3061s). - The church is a time of prolonged carnality, which will not happen in the Kingdom where Jesus will rule with a rod of iron [(00:51:36)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3096s). - The gospel being preached today is not the gospel of the Kingdom, which is to repent because the [[Kingdom of Heaven (film) | Kingdom of Heaven]] is at hand [(00:51:46)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3106s). - When the Philippian Jailer asked what he must do to be saved, Paul and Silas replied to believe in the Lord [[Jesus]] and be saved, not to repent for the Kingdom of Heaven [(00:52:10)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3130s). - The Kingdom's arrival will be instantaneous, like a stone cut without human hands that strikes the feet of the statue in [[Daniel 2]] [(00:52:21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3141s). - The [[Church (building) | church]] is being gradually constructed over a 2000-year time period, unlike the Kingdom which will fill the whole earth instantly [(00:52:36)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3156s). - The church is called the heir of the Kingdom in James 2:5, implying that it is not currently reigning in the Kingdom [(00:52:47)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3167s). - The church is suffering today and is not ruling over the Earth, unlike the Kingdom which is portrayed as a time of God's people ruling [(00:52:59)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3179s). - [[Satan]] is active in the church today, but in the Kingdom age, he will be bound in a place called The Abyss for a thousand years [(00:53:21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3201s). - [[New Testament]] references to the kingdom are primarily future, often portrayed in a futuristic sense, such as in James 2:5 [(00:53:36)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3216s). - [[Jesus]] has never said that he is currently ruling from David's throne, as he will in the Kingdom age [(00:54:21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3261s). - The Kingdom age will be characterized by miracles, including instantaneous healing, which is not seen today, as evidenced by Paul leaving [[Trophimus]] sick in [[Miletus]] [(00:54:41)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3281s). - The Kingdom will also be a time of tremendous prosperity, as seen in Amos 9:11-15, which is not the case today with many famines and economic difficulties [(00:54:55)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3295s). - Dispensational distinctions involve differentiating the [[Church (building) | Church]] age from the coming Kingdom, with the Church not bringing in the Kingdom, but Jesus bringing it in at the end of the 70th week of Daniel [(00:55:26)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3326s). ## The Millennial Kingdom and the Eternal State - There is a distinction between the Thousand-Year Kingdom and the Eternal State, with [[Millennialism | the Millennium]] seeing sin restrained, but not removed, and the Eternal State seeing sin removed [(00:55:52)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3352s). - In the Millennium, the curses will be restrained, but in the Eternal State, the curse will be removed, and there will be death amongst the descendants of mortals who survived the tribulation period [(00:56:24)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3384s). - The Millennium will see an interaction between mortals and resurrected people, with the Church returning with [[Jesus]] to the Earth in resurrected bodies, but the Eternal State will see everyone resurrected [(00:56:49)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3409s). - In the Millennium, mortal destinies will be undecided, as believers who survived the tribulation will have children who need to be evangelized, but in the Eternal State, all destinies will be sealed, and evangelism will be unnecessary [(00:57:35)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3455s). - The Millennium is a renovation of the Earth, while the Eternal State is believed to be a new creation, with the Millennium being temporary and lasting only a thousand years, and the Eternal State lasting forever [(00:57:50)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3470s). - The Millennium is transitional, transitioning from the time of the tribulation into the Eternal State, but the Eternal State is non-transitional [(00:58:08)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3488s). - [[Millennialism | The Millennium]] will have time, luminaries, a functioning temple with animal sacrifices, and death, but the Eternal State will be timeless, have no luminaries, no temple, and no death [(00:58:45)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3525s). - The Thousand-Year Millennial reign of Christ will see satanic activity at the end, when [[Satan]] is released from his Abyss to stimulate the Rebellion [(00:59:05)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3545s). - In the millennial period, mortals exist, but in the Eternal State, Satan will be finished and have no influence, being confined to the [[Lake of fire | Lake of Fire]] [(00:59:17)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3557s). - There will be a rebellion at the end of the Millennium, but no rebellion will occur in the Eternal State [(00:59:31)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3571s). - The distinctions between the millennial period and the Eternal State are made based on the consistent application of the literal grammatical historical contextual method of interpretation [(00:59:42)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3582s). ## Conclusion - This method of interpretation has been applied to five areas: the [[Rapture]], the resurrections, the judgments, the tribulation, and the Eternal Kingdom [(00:59:56)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3596s). - The goal is to equip pastors to hold fast to the inerrant inspired word of [[God]], teaching the full Council of God's word in their [[Church (building) | church]] with confidence [(01:00:21)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI&t=3621s). ## Sources - [website](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwoGAD7nGI?si=0mIcQLB8d7R0J0JW)