Rapture and tribulation 101

[IMSAVED]

Does anyone know here where I can find some basic good information explaining the rapture and tribulation that is really basic and easy to understand?I have family members who would like to see this and the easier to read and understand the better.Thanks ahead of time.

[Nate928]

The main RR site may have plenty of links to choose from if you look at them all.

[IMSAVED]

I looked through them.Not as basic as I would like.

[Nate928]

Oh okay. Well maybe there are some YouTube videos that have it laid out. Or perhaps you could sit them down with the bible itself and walk them through it. I know your looking for a simpler approach, but if all else fails you've got the best source possible right there, your own understanding of it which from what I've read is very well, and the Holy Spirit guiding you through it straight from the Word itself! either way, ing that whatever they hear and read will bring them to the Lord. And ing that if they already have a relationship with Him that it is strengthened by the knowledge of our blessed hope and eminent return our Lord Jesus Christ!

[acceptedintheBeloved]

What about something like these?


"The Complete Bible Prophecy Chart" - Tim LaHaye

https://timlahaye.com/shopexd.asp?id=134



"Bible Prophecy: What You Need To Know" - Tim LaHaye

"The Quick Reference Guide offers the reader fast, easy-to-find information on a variety of subjects. In 16 pages, this booklet presents the major points and arguments of bible prophecy and then gives the relevant biblical teachings for a scriptural perspective. Ideal for at-a-glance reference. (paperback, 16 pages)"

https://timlahaye.com/shopexd.asp?id=128

[IMSAVED]

What about something like these?


"The Complete Bible Prophecy Chart" - Tim LaHaye

https://timlahaye.com/shopexd.asp?id=134



"Bible Prophecy: What You Need To Know" - Tim LaHaye

"The Quick Reference Guide offers the reader fast, easy-to-find information on a variety of subjects. In 16 pages, this booklet presents the major points and arguments of bible prophecy and then gives the relevant biblical teachings for a scriptural perspective. Ideal for at-a-glance reference. (paperback, 16 pages)"

https://timlahaye.com/shopexd.asp?id=128

The Tim LaHaye option is a possibility.Thanks.

[Larbear]

I just finished reading a book by Jack Kelley titled "7 Things You Need To Know About End Times Prophecy" and I think it's an excellent book. I couldn't find it in any local bookstore so I ordered mine from Amazon.com , here is the link: http://gracethrufaith.com/gift-shop/...hecy-the-book/

Also, if I understand it correctly, the sister site to this one is http://gracethrufaith.com/ and there is a lot of information there too.

Or you can look here: http://www.trackingbibleprophecy.org/index.html or here: http://www.raptureforums.com/

I've been getting a lot of information from these sites and it seems to be helping me understand quite a lot.

[Jlutz]

Www.gracethrufaith.com has everything you are looking for

[Ovicula]

Question: "What is the Rapture of the church?"

Answer: The word “rapture” does not occur in the Bible. The concept of the rapture, though, is clearly taught in Scripture. The rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgment to be poured out on the earth during the tribulation period. The rapture is described primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. God will resurrect all believers who have died, give them glorified bodies, and take them from the earth, along with those believers who are still alive and who will at that time also be given glorified bodies. “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

The rapture will be instantaneous in nature, and we will receive glorified bodies at that time. “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52). The rapture is the glorious event we should all be longing for. We will finally be free from sin. We will be in God's presence forever. There is far too much debate over the meaning and scope of the rapture. This is not God’s intent. Rather, in regard to the rapture, God wants us to “encourage each other with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:18).

http://www.gotquestions.org/rapture.html



Question: "What is the Tribulation? How do we know the Tribulation will last seven years?"

Answer: The tribulation is a future seven-year period of time when God will finish His discipline of Israel and finalize His judgment of the unbelieving world. The church, made up of all who have trusted in the person and work of the Lord Jesus to save them from being punished for sin, will not be present during the tribulation. The church will be removed from the earth in an event known as the rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53). The church is saved from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 5:9). Throughout Scripture, the tribulation is referred to by other names such as the Day of the Lord (Isaiah 2:12; 13:6-9; Joel 1:15; 2:1-31; 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:2); trouble or tribulation (Deuteronomy 4:30; Zephaniah 1:1); the great tribulation, which refers to the more intense second half of the seven-year period (Matthew 24:21); time or day of trouble (Daniel 12:1; Zephaniah 1:15); time of Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30:7).

An understanding of Daniel 9:24-27 is necessary in order to understand the purpose and time of the tribulation. This passage speaks of 70 weeks that have been declared against “your people.” Daniel's people are the Jews, the nation of Israel, and Daniel 9:24 speaks of a period of time that God has given “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” God declares that “seventy sevens” will fulfill all these things. This is 70 sevens of years, or 490 years. (Some translations refer to 70 weeks of years.) This is confirmed by another part of this passage in Daniel. In verses 25 and 26, Daniel is told that the Messiah will be cut off after “seven sevens and sixty-two sevens” (69 total), beginning with the decree to rebuild Jerusalem. In other words, 69 sevens of years (483 years) after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem, the Messiah will be cut off. Biblical historians confirm that 483 years passed from the time of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the time when Jesus was crucified. Most Christian scholars, regardless of their view of eschatology (future things/events), have the above understanding of Daniel's 70 sevens.

With 483 years having passed from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem to the cutting off of the Messiah, this leaves one seven-year period to be fulfilled in terms of Daniel 9:24: “to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.” This final seven-year period is known as the tribulation period—it is a time when God finishes judging Israel for its sin.

Daniel 9:27 gives a few highlights of the seven-year tribulation period: “He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” The person of whom this verse speaks is the person Jesus calls the “abomination that causes desolation” (Matthew 24:15) and is called “the beast” in Revelation 13. Daniel 9:27 says that the beast will make a covenant for seven years, but in the middle of this week (3 1/2 years into the tribulation), he will break the covenant, putting a stop to sacrifice. Revelation 13 explains that the beast will place an image of himself in the temple and require the world to worship him. Revelation 13:5 says that this will go on for 42 months, which is 3 1/2 years. Since Daniel 9:27 says that this will happen in the middle of the week, and Revelation 13:5 says that the beast will do this for a period of 42 months, it is easy to see that the total length of time is 84 months or seven years. Also see Daniel 7:25; where the “time, times, and half a time” (time=1 year; times=2 years; half a time=1/2 year; total of 3 1/2 years) also refers to “great tribulation,” the last half of the seven-year tribulation period when the beast will be in power.

For further references about the tribulation, see Revelation 11:2-3; which speaks of 1260 days and 42 months, and Daniel 12:11-12; which speaks of 1290 days and 1335 days. These days have a reference to the midpoint of the tribulation. The additional days in Daniel 12 may include the time at the end for the judgment of the nations (Matthew 25:31-46) and time for the setting up of Christ's millennial kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6).

http://www.gotquestions.org/tribulation.html



Hope this is easy to understand for Your family.

I can also recommend the book (I have it). The questions are answered in a nutshell:

http://www.gotquestions.org/book/index.html

[meshee]

Www.gracethrufaith.com has everything you are looking for

After reading the book, "7 Things You Have to Know..." my understanding is absolutely more complete, and it was very easy to follow and understand!!



meshee

[Jlutz]

After reading the book, "7 Things You Have to Know..." my understanding is absolutely more complete, and it was very easy to follow and understand!!



meshee

I have the book too, but it's not necessary, everything in the book is on the website

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