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Welcome to “Retreat 2010”

Learning and Living the God-centered Life

www.learningandlivingtheword.com

February 5, 2009



“End times” Genesis to Revelation

Friday night - Session #1

What this retreat is NOT going to cover in detail

Anti-Christ

Rapture

Millennium

Beast

666

Current news from the Middle East

Revelation

Daniel - 70 weeks

Ezekiel



Genesis Revelation

Purpose = “the glory of God”

Plan = God’s unfolding and

progressive redemption of mankind

The key to seeing and understanding the plan of redemption in

the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is “the kingdom of God.”



Roots in

Genesis New Testament

K i n g

d o m

C o n s u

m m a t e d

K i n g

d o m I n a u

g u r a t e d

Creation - Fall - Redemption - Restoration

The Bible is written mostly in a narrative language that shows us

that God is headed to an end. It is God’s unfolding and

progressive plan of how He intends to redeem mankind.

K i n g

d o m

P a t t e r n

K i n g

d o m

P r o m i s

eKingdom Pre-figured



God’s unfolding and progressive redemption of mankind

Gen 1-2 Gen 3 Gen 12 Exodus Malachi Matt Rev

Kingdom

Pattern

Phase 1

Kingdom

Promise

Phase 2

Kingdom

Pre-figured

Phase 3

Kingdom

Fulfilled

Phase 4

Kingdom

consummated

Kingdom

inaugurated

400years

Teaching sessions

Friday night

and Saturday morning

Overview and definitions



The details can override the big picture approach to the Bible

The problem of starting with the details instead of the overall big

picture of the Bible can lead to “proof texting.”

What exactly does “proof texting” mean

Watch this short video from Dr. Jim White



Teaching video on dangers of “Proof Texting”



For example:

Turn to 1 Thessalonians 4:17

this has often been used as a proof text for the rapture

An important view in the pre-millenial and pre-tribulation position

is the idea that Jesus will come for His church prior to the seven

year period tribulation in order to “rapture” believers out of the

present world.



JESUS COMES TO RAPTURE THE CHURCH

JESUS IN HEAVEN

BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

THE DEAD

THE LIVING



1 Thessalonians 4:17

Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with

them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall

always be with the Lord.

Observation for proper interpretation

This does not appear to be a secret rapture from the context

The key word to study here is “MEET” which is apantesis in the

Greek and occurs 4 times in the NT

Matthew 25:1, 25:6

Acts 28:15

The word means to leave from Point A and then continue to one’s

destination of Point B. It never means returning to original point of

departure but rather to continue on the destination Point B.



JESUS IN HEAVEN

THE SECOND COMING OFJESUS

BELIEVERS IN CHRIST

THE DEAD

THE LIVING

CAUGHT UP

WITH CHRIST

RETURN TO PLANET EARTH



Then we launch into the following information;

The different views of the Millennium

Ammillenial - no rapture

Post-millenial - no rapture

Historic Pre-millenial

Dispensational

pre-tribulation

mid-tribulation

post-tribulation

Here we are looking at puzzle pieces



Dispensational



The amillennialists who do not believe in a Christ who will set up rule on

this earth. For them, Christ simply comes, judges, and establishes the new

heaven and earth. For them there is no rapture.

The post-millennialists who believe that the world, through the preaching

and teaching of the church, will become more godly, peaceful, and

prosperous and that the new age will be essentially like the present with the

church ruling for a period of time. At the end Christ returns and judges theworld. The post-millennialists also have no place for a rapture.



Dispensationalist believe that Jesus Christ will return to the earth prior to

His literal reign on the earth for 1000 years. It believes that this will

happen at the second coming, at the glorious visible return of Jesus Christ

at the end of this age. Hence it is called Premillennialism, believing in a

premillennial return of Jesus Christ.

Three groups include the following:

1. Post-tribulationists believe that the rapture will not occur until the end

of the seven year tribulation, just prior to the beginning of the millennialkingdom.

2. Mid-tribulationists believe that the rapture will occur three and one half

years into the tribulation, at beginning of the three and one half year great

tribulation.

3. Pre-tribulationists believe that the rapture will occur prior to the seven

year tribulation, but not necessarily immediately before the tribulation.



Instead of looking at puzzle pieces, let’s understand the big picture

from Genesis to Revelation

Two excellent approaches to studying the Bible

Biblical Doctrine = circle

Biblical Theology = line

Illustration - the box top (Biblical theology) and the borders of jigsaw puzzle (Bible doctrine)

Bible Doctrine is a complete look at all the Scripture in the area of

God, man, Christ, Spirit, salvation, church or the word

Whereas Biblical theology is a linear progression in the story of the

Bible from Genesis to Revelation (a tree laying sideways)



The Bible is difficult for us to read and understand because:

We have to learn how to stand in the language community of those

separated from us by thousands of years

The Old Testament makes up 2/3’s of our Bible and many aren’t sure

how it relates to the New Testament

The Bible is set up like a narrative that is progressing toward an end.

The Bible is not a myth, it is the inspired record in history in which

God Himself was at work through the authors in the history of

redemption.

A story has a beginning, middle and the end.

Therefore we need a good hermeneutical grid to help us interpret the

Scriptures properly.

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