| Doctrine of Future Events
I
believe that God has disclosed the general order of future events
in His Word. I believe that Christ is imminently returning to rapture
His saints. The rapture will be followed by a seven-year period
of tribulation on the earth during which the judgment seat of Christ
will take place in heaven. Then the Lord will return to earth with
His saints to put down the forces of evil and to cast Satan bound
into the bottomless pit for a thousand years. The Lord will at that
time set up His millennial kingdom of righteousness on the earth.
At the conclusion of that period, Satan will be loosed for a short
while and deceive the hearts of many. The Lord will then bring forth
Satan’s final and everlasting defeat. Eternal damnation is ushered
in with the Great White Throne judgment for the wicked. The righteous
will enter their eternal state of bliss.
Matthew 25:4-6; John 5:28,29; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Philippians
3:20,21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10; Revelation
1:1,19; 19:9-13,20-22:6
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