The Rapture Solution - Scripture Index

Ch. 5: Feast of Tabernacles celebrated the completion of the ingathering

Leviticus 23:39

Numbers 10:1–10

Ch. 5: two trumpets of silver

Numbers 10:2–3,7

Ch. 5: trumpets were blown to "gather" the people

Numbers 28:16–29:40

Ch. 3: a blend of passages tell one harmonious story about Israel's conversion

Deuteronomy 4:30

Challenge: If Israel repents, then will God keep His promises?

Deuteronomy 4:30–31

Ch. 3: prophecy of Israel's repentance

Deuteronomy 13:15

Ch. 5: Feast of Tabernacles celebrated the completion of the ingathering

Deuteronomy 16:13

Deuteronomy 16:14

Ch. 5: The Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34–44)

Deuteronomy 16:16

Ch. 5: the end of barley harvest and the beginning of wheat harvest

1 Samuel 15:18

1 Kings 8:30,13:29

Ch. 3: "mourning" and "supplication" used of a believer

2 Kings 2:11

Ch. 10: Elijah was taken by a whirlwind

Job 1:7–12

Job 6:9

Psalm 2:12

Psalm 16

Ch. 4: Peter drew a resurrection implication from it

Psalm 45:14

Ch. 4: The virgins follow

Ch. 11: the bride's attendants

Psalm 50:3

Ch. 10: a fire shall devour before him

Psalm 58:9–10

Ch. 10: linking the judgment and the winepress together

Psalm 97:3–5

Ch. 10: A fire goeth before him

Psalm 110

Ch. 10: He shall fill the places with dead bodies

Psalm 110:6

Psalm 130:2

Ch. 3: "mourning" and "supplication" used of a believer

Psalm 138:2

Ch. 1: Thou has magnified thy word above all thy name

Psalm 143:1

Ch. 3: "mourning" and "supplication" used of a believer

Proverbs 1:27–28

Q&A: Some think that the day of Christ and the day of antichrist overlap

Proverbs 2:21–22

Ch. 10: the transgressors shall be rooted out of it

Ecclesiates 3:4

Ch. 3: "mourning" and "supplication" used of a believer

Song of Solomon 2:8–13

Fig Tree: the rapture in symbolic language

Isaiah 2:10–21

Ch. 7: pinpoints this time as the day of the Lord

Isaiah 2:11,17

Ch. 5: The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day

Isaiah 2:17

Isaiah 6:9–10

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Isaiah 7:14

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Isaiah 9:1–3

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Isaiah 9:2–7

Ch. 11: seesaws back and forth between the two comings

Isaiah 9:16

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Isaiah 11

Ch. 8: context associates the gathering with the beginning of the millennium

Isaiah 11:12

Ch. 8: gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth

Ch. 8: united testimony of several passages on the order of gatherings

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Parallel passage

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Isaiah 11:4

Stronger View: parallel passage to 2 Thessalonians 2:8

Q&A: With the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked

Isaiah 13:6–9

Ch. 5: travail at the end of the tribulation brings death

Isaiah 13:10

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Isaiah 14:15

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Isaiah 19:21

Ch. 3: Egypt shall know the Lord in that day

Isaiah 22:22

Open Door: "key of David"

Isaiah 24:20

Days Shortened: The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard

Isaiah 25:8

Ch. 7: victory over death at the end of the tribulation

Ch. 7: occurs in a pre-millennnial context

Isaiah 26:16–17

Ch. 3: Israel's travail and spiritual birth

Isaiah 26:19

Ch. 5: resurrection before the millennium

Isaiah 26:20

Ch. 7: when the Lord returns from heaven after the tribulation

Isaiah 26:21–27:1

Ch. 7: when the Lord returns from heaven after the tribulation

Isaiah 27

Ch. 8: context associates the gathering with the beginning of the millennium

Isaiah 27:1

Ch. 8: after the "serpent" is dealt with

Isaiah 27:12–13

Ch. 5: the trumpet and the gathering of Israel after the tribulation

Ch. 8: gathering of Israel to Jerusalem

Ch. 8: united testimony of several passages on the order of gatherings

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Isaiah 29:13

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Isaiah 34:3–8

Ch. 10: the Lord thrusts into Bozrah, the capital of Edom

Isaiah 34:4

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Isaiah 34:5–6

Ch. 10: my sword shall be bathed in heaven

Isaiah 34:15

Ch. 10: there shall the vultures also be gathered

Isaiah 37:36

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Isaiah 40:3

Isaiah 40:3–5

Isaiah 40:22–24

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Isaiah 42:1–4

Isaiah 45:4

Ch. 8: Israel is called the "elect"

Isaiah 49:22

Ch. 8: other nations assist the Israelites in their gathering to the land

Isaiah 53:4

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Isaiah 56:7

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Isaiah 60–66

Ch. 3: context for Isaiah 64: Israel during the tribulation

Challenge: read the last seven chapters of Isaiah

Isaiah 60:3

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Isaiah 61:1–3

Ch. 10: The classic Old Testament passage on the winepress

Isaiah 63:1–6

Ch. 10: the blood will be splattered all over His garment

Isaiah 64:1

Ch. 3: a blend of passages tell one harmonious story about Israel's conversion

Isaiah 64:1,6

Ch. 3: prayer of repentance

Isaiah 65:9

Ch. 8: Israel is called the "elect"

Isaiah 65:17

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Isaiah 65:17,20

Ch. 6: reverses the order

Isaiah 65:20

Seven Reasons: subjects with natural bodies

Ch. 3: people live longer in millennium

Isaiah 66:1

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Isaiah 66:8

Ch. 3: Israel's travail and spiritual birth

Isaiah 66:15–17

Ch. 10: the Lord will come with fire

Isaiah 66:20

Ch. 8: other nations assist the Israelites in their gathering to the land

Isaiah 66:22

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More Light: cross reference to Matthew 24:34–35

Jeremiah 3:1,8,14,20

Ch. 4: Israel also is the bride

Jeremiah 18:13

Ch. 11: Israel is called a "virgin"

Jeremiah 23:19–20

Ch. 5: The "travail" of Israel during the tribulation brings life

Jeremiah 25:30–33

Ch. 10: a great whirlwind shall be raised up

Jeremiah 30:4–7

Ch. 7: Israel is expressly told that they will be in that time

Jeremiah 30:6–7

Ch. 3: Israel's travail and spiritual birth

Jeremiah 30:7

Ch. 7: he shall be saved out of it

Ch. 12: time of Jacob's trouble

Jeremiah 30:23–24

Ch. 10: a continuing whirlwind

Jeremiah 32:42

Ch. 3: promises literally fulfilled

Jeremiah 49:7–22

Ch. 10: the noise thereof was heard in the Red Sea

Jeremiah 50:4–5

Ch. 3: supplications in view of a new covenant to be made in Jerusalem

Ezekiel

Twenty-Four Elders: four beasts similar to cherubim, guardians of God's glory

Ezekiel 20:38–43,36:24

Ch. 3: remorse and regret the reason for mourning

Ezekiel 47:1–5

Ch. 10: cleansed by the river from the sanctuary in Jerusalem

Daniel 7:11

Q&A: the beast was slain, and his body destroyed

Daniel 9:24–27

Ch. 2: calculated the very day which ended Daniel's 69 weeks

Daniel 9:27

Ch. 2: in the midst of the week

Ch. 2: abomination of desolation splits seven years in half

Ch. 2: seven years are sliced in half

Days Shortened: abomination of desolation

Ch. 3: antichrist betrays them at the middle of the tribulation

Ch. 11: the covenant between antichrist and Israel

Daniel 12

Ch. 8: "time, times, and an half" (1260 days), 1290 days, and 1335 days

Daniel 12:1

Ch. 7: promise of protection in the tribulation for Jewish saints

Twenty-Four Elders: warns Israel of the great tribulation

Challenge: If Israel repents, then will God keep His promises?

Daniel 12:1,10

Ch. 7: Israel is expressly told that they will be in that time

Ch. 7: a few will be converted earlier

Daniel 12:2

Ch. 5: resurrection before the millennium

Ch. 5: plainly teaches a resurrection

Ch. 7: resurrection of Old Testament saints occurs after the tribulation

Daniel 12:4

Ch. 2: Daniel was temporarily sealed

Daniel 12:6

Ch. 2: unto the end, the last three and one-half years

Daniel 12:6–10

Ch. 2: The wise shall understand

Daniel 12:6–13

Ch. 11: the angel understood how long it was

Daniel 12:7

Ch. 2: a time, times, and an half

Ch. 5: 1260 days (a time, times, and an half)

Days Shortened: defines the 1260 days in terms of years

Days Shortened: scatter the power of the holy people

Daniel 12:7,11,12–13

Ch. 7: That period has a purpose for tribulation saints

Daniel 12:10

Ch. 7: saints during the tribulation will experience trial

Purpose of Rapture: the trial brings them to faith

Ch. 11: Antichrist will get you to disbelieve

Ch. 12: The winnable are won, while the disobedient are hardened

Daniel 12:11

Ch. 2: 1290 days

Ch. 2: the abomination as the beginning of the countdown

Ch. 2: Day One is the abomination

Daniel 12:12

Ch. 5: 1335 days

Daniel 12:13

Ch. 5: Daniel's resurrection is at the end of the days

Ch. 7: When is Daniel's resurrection?

Ch. 8: the last of these dates is Daniel's resurrection

Hosea 3:5

Challenge: If Israel repents, then will God keep His promises?

Hosea 5:15

Seven Reasons: Israel gets saved just before the end

Ch. 3: the time of Israel's repentance

Ch. 3: a blend of passages tell one harmonious story about Israel's conversion

Joel 2:11

Ch. 5: "Great" is merely a description of the day

Joel 2:28

Ch. 7: The church entered into the promise about 2000 years early

Joel 2:28–32

Ch. 3: a pouring out of the Spirit afterward

Ch. 11: not to be fulfilled until the millennium

Joel 2:31

Ch. 5: sun and moon turned to darkness and blood before the day of the Lord

Ch. 5: "Great" is merely a description of the day

Joel 3:2,12-14

Ch. 10: the valley of decision

Ch. 10: linking the judgment and the winepress together

Joel 3:12–13

Ch. 7: Let us put his explanation alongside Revelation 14:14–20

Joel 3:13

Ch. 8: the harvest at the end of the tribulation

Q&A: Why is the rapture not mentioned in Revelation?

Joel 3:14

Ch. 5: The day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision

Amos 5:20

Ch. 3: day of the Lord is very dark

Amos 8:9

Ch. 2: I will cause the sun to go down at noon

Days Shortened: I will cause the sun to go down at noon

Amos 9:9

Ch. 3: God will sift them as wheat

Amos 9:11

Ch. 3: promises literally fulfilled

Zephaniah 3:8–13

Ch. 3: after the return of Christ, a post-salvation experience

Zephaniah 3:9

Zechariah 3:8–9

Ch. 3: after the return of Christ, a post-salvation experience

Zechariah 9:9–10

Ch. 3: How does God bring about her repentance?

Zechariah 12

Ch. 3: verse 10 comes after the return of Christ

Zechariah 12:2

Ch. 3: a blend of passages tell one harmonious story about Israel's conversion

Zechariah 12:2,9

Ch. 10: the armies descend upon Jerusalem

Ch. 10: After the armies assemble, they converge on Jerusalem

Zechariah 12:8–9

Ch. 3: destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem

Zechariah 12:10

Ch. 3: the timing doesn't work out

Ch. 3: happens after the return of Christ

Zechariah 12:10–13:1

Ch. 3: two-thirds of the Israelites will be killed

Zechariah 13:8–9

Ch. 7: If ..., then multiply 144,000 by three

Zechariah 13:9

Ch. 12: produce the spiritual restoration of the nation

Zechariah 14:2

Ch. 3: Jerusalem is overrun

Ch. 3: only half of the population remains

Zechariah 14:4

Ch. 10: the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east

Zechariah 14:5

Ch. 10: Instead of a shelter, the valley may be a trap

Zechariah 14:8

Ch. 10: cleansed by the river from the sanctuary in Jerusalem

Zechariah 14:16–19

Seven Reasons: many nations in the millennium

Ch. 3: unbelievers during the millennium

Ch. 3: many nations populate the millennium

Malachi 3:1–5

Ch. 3: after the return of Christ, a post-salvation experience

Malachi 4:1

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Stronger View: Total and sudden

Malachi 4:5

Ch. 5: Elijah the prophet must come before the day of the Lord

Matthew 1:22

Matthew 2:1–2

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Matthew 3:3

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Matthew 4:14

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Matthew 4:14–16

Ch. 6: fulfillment of Isaiah 2

Matthew 4:17

Ch. 6: the kingdom of heaven is at hand

Matthew 5:17–18

Ch. 2: Even God cannot change God's Word

Matthew 5:34–35

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Matthew 6:10

The Kingdom: The Lord's prayer: Thy kingdom come.

Matthew 8:17

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Matthew 11:14

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Ch. 6: if they believed, there would have been only one coming

Matthew 11:23

Matthew 12:17–21

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Matthew 13

Seven Reasons: unbelievers are taken first

Ch. 8: tares first, wheat second

Ch. 8: united testimony of several passages on the order of gatherings

What Church: the field is the world

Matthew 13:14–15

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Matthew 13:30

Ch. 3: separation in the time of harvest

Ch. 8: opening verse: Gather ye together first the tares

Ch. 8: the order of separation applies to "the time of harvest"

Matthew 13:30,40–42,49

Ch. 8: harvest is the end of the world, reapers are the angels

Matthew 13:38

Ch. 7: Compare with Revelation 14:16

Matthew 13:39

Matthew 13:41

Ch. 8: after the harvest the righteous shine in the kingdom

Matthew 13:43

Matthew 13:49

Ch. 8: sever the wicked from among the just

Matthew 15:7–8

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Matthew 15:14

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Matthew 16:18

What Church: I will build my church

Matthew 17:11–13

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Matthew 21:13

Matthew 23:39

Seven Reasons: Israel gets saved just before the end

Ch. 3: the time of Israel's repentance

Ch. 3: a blend of passages tell one harmonious story about Israel's conversion

Matthew 24

Ground of Agreement: "after the tribulation of those days"

Ch. 2: the icing on the cake to my whole argument

Days Shortened: context in Matthew 24 offers another solution

Ch. 5: principle of progressive revelation

Ch. 6: genuine signs unlike 2 Thessalonians 2

Ch. 6: the Judeans have instructions for when they see the abomination

Matthew 24:3

Ch. 8: the end of the world is at the end of the tribulation

Ch. 11: the disciples asked Jesus their questions

Matthew 24:9

Ch. 7: a few will be converted earlier

Matthew 24:15

Ch. 2: abomination of desolation

Ch. 2: the abomination "standing"

Ch. 2: whoso readeth, let him understand

Ch. 2: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation

Days Shortened: abomination of desolation

Matthew 24:15–16

Ch. 2: the moment of fleeing, the abomination of desolation

Seven Reasons: clear starting point

Matthew 24:15–18

Ch. 2: a natural signpost from which to date the return of Christ

Ch. 9: escape at the midpoint of the tribulation

Q&A: applies "that day" to a mid-tribulation event

Matthew 24:15–21

Ch. 2: believers immediately flee for their lives

Ch. 7: persecution upon believers is a part of the great tribulation

Ch. 9: "day" includes the abomination of desolation

Matthew 24:16

Days Shortened: the fleeing of Israel

Matthew 24:21

Twenty-Four Elders: warns Israel of the great tribulation

Matthew 24:22

Seven Reasons: shortened days

Ch. 2: And except those days should be shortened

Days Shortened: for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened

Matthew 24:28

Seven Reasons: "Body" means "corpse"

Ch. 9: eagles gather at the end of the tribulation

Ch. 9: nails down the time pretty tightly

Matthew 24:29

Seven Reasons: after the tribulation

Ch. 2: Doesn't Matthew 24:29 plainly say "after the tribulation"?

Ch. 5: sun and moon turned to darkness and blood after the tribulation

Stronger View: comparing Revelation 6:12–13, after the tribulation

Ch. 7: these events occur after the tribulation

Ch. 10: places signs of Revelation 6 after the tribulation

Ch. 10: Christ returns during the sixth seal

Ch. 11: That time-setting governs the illustrations which follow

Matthew 24:29–30

Ch. 2: His coming "immediately after the tribulation."

Matthew 24:29–31

Ch. 4: Is this gathering the rapture? That's implication.

Matthew 24:30

Ch. 3: all tribes of the earth mourn

Matthew 24:30–31

Ch. 3: Let's test this timing

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Does this parallel Thessalonians?

Matthew 24:31

Ch. 5: Paul did not received his revelation from these words of Jesus

Ch. 5: comparison of Matthew 24:31 with Isaiah 27:12–13

Ch. 8: angels reaping at the end of the tribulation

Ch. 8: first Christ comes then He gathers the elect

Ch. 8: united testimony of several passages on the order of gatherings

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Chart of Isaiah cross-references

Matthew 24:32–33

Ch. 11: What does the fig tree represent?

Matthew 24:34–35

Ch. 11: What does "this generation" mean?

More Light: cross reference to Isaiah 66:22

Matthew 24:35

Ch. 11: My words shall not pass away

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Matthew 24:36

Ch. 2: But of that day and hour knoweth no man

Hour: Which meaning applies?

Days Shortened: how can the day be unknown?

Ch. 11: concluded in an unexpected way

Ch. 11: If only the Father in heaven knows the day and hour

Matthew 24:37

Ch. 11: opening verse: So shall also the coming of the Son of man be

Matthew 24:37–39,42

Ch. 11: riddle about Noah

Matthew 24:37–42

Ch. 11: a strange incongruity

Matthew 24:37–25:13

Ch. 11: tribulation illustration and church application

Matthew 24:39

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Matthew 24:40–41

Ch. 11: Who is the one taken? Who is the one left?

Matthew 24:42

Ch. 2: There remains a day unknown to believers

Matthew 24:43

Ch. 11: Some know when the thief will come

Matthew 24:43–44

Ch. 11: riddle of the goodman

Matthew 24:44

Seven Reasons: known day and the unknown day

Ch. 2: There remains a day unknown to believers.

Ch. 2: umbrella verse

Hour: Which meaning applies?

Days Shortened: in such an hour as ye think not

Matthew 24:45–51

Ch. 11: a faithful servant and an evil servant

Matthew 24:51

Ch. 4: the background of the parable of the virgins

Matthew 25:1–13

Ch. 4: the virgins are tribulation saints

Ch. 11: riddle of the virgins

Matthew 25:10

Ch. 4: The setting of this parable is after the tribulation

Matthew 25:12

Ch. 2: opening verse: ye know neither the day nor the hour

Matthew 25:13

Ch. 2: does it mean that tribulation saints cannot know the day?

Ch. 2: a known day and an unknown day

Ch. 2: There remains a day unknown to believers

Hour: Which meaning applies?

Ch. 11: concluded in an unexpected way

Matthew 25:14–30

Ch. 11: the servants and the talents

Matthew 25:30

Ch. 7: Christ arose, along with other believers in Jerusalem

Matthew 25:31

Ch. 6: finds a gap of 1000 years

Matthew 25:31–33

Ch. 10: where do the "goats" come from?

Matthew 26:2

Ch. 4: is betrayed: example of futuristic present

Matthew 26:29

Ch. 4: time of the wedding feast

Ch. 8: the kingdom of the Father in the millennium

Matthew 27:45

Hour: example of a literal hour

Matthew 27:52–53

Matthew 28:18–20

Ch. 11: time was needed to fulfill the Great Commission

Mark 9:1–3

Ch. 4: Jesus was seen in dazzling white on the mount

Mark 12:18–27

Ch. 4: Resurrection in the Old Testament is another implication

Mark 13:20

Seven Reasons: shortened days

Days Shortened: He hath shortened the days

Mark 13:22

Ch. 11: even the believers are almost deceived

Mark 13:27

Ch. 8: first Christ comes then He gathers the elect

Ch. 8: united testimony of several passages on the order of gatherings

Mark 13:32

Ch. 11: includes the Son as being ignorant of that day

Mark 13:32–37

Hour: The word means "season"

Mark 13:33

Days Shortened: ye know not when the time [season] is

Mark 13:34–37

Ch. 11: double reference

Mark 14:37–38

Ch. 5: Couldest not thou watch one hour?" What did He mean?

Luke 1:17

Ch. 6: Jesus broke off in the middle of an Isaiah reading

Luke 4:16–21

Luke 9:54

Q&A: and consume them, even as Elias [Elijah] did

Luke 11:2

Ch. 7: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Luke 12:35–40

Ch. 11: tribulation illustration and church application

Luke 12:36

Seven Reasons: return from the wedding

Ch. 4: opening verse: return from the wedding

Ch. 4: prove pre-tribulationism from one verse

Ch. 4: why place the wedding before the end?

Ch. 4: both presenting a certain order of wedding events

Ch. 4: Some post-tribulationists have asked for one verse

Ch. 11: double reference

Q&A: why do some translations read "wedding feast"?

Luke 12:37

Ch. 4: earthly lord illustrates the heavenly Lord

Luke 12:39

Ch. 7: tribulation saints will know the hour

Ch. 11: If the goodman of the house had known what hour

Luke 12:40

Ch. 4: applies this to the coming of the Son of man

Luke 16:22–24

Q&A: the bosom of Abraham, the tip of Lazarus' finger

Luke 17

Stronger View: total destruction on the same day

Ch. 11: flood represented Christ's return after the tribulation

Ch. 11: made the time clear

Luke 17:22–37

Ch. 9: further proof of the order of gatherings

Luke 17:24

Stronger View: Total and sudden

Luke 17:26–31

Ch. 11: the day that Noah entered into the ark

Luke 17:27

Luke 17:27–30

Luke 17:29

Q&A: are the rapture and the day of the Lord the same day?

Luke 17:30–31

Ch. 11: views the seven years as one day

Luke 17:31

Q&A: applies "that day" to a mid-tribulation event

Luke 17:32–33

Ch. 9: opening verse: one shall be taken, and the other shall be left

Luke 17:34

Luke 17:34–36

Ch. 10: before Christ's return people are peacefully working or sleeping

Ch. 10: all the wicked shall be taken away after the tribulation

Q&A: How can some be peacefully working or sleeping when

Luke 17:34–37

Seven Reasons: corpses for vultures

Luke 17:35

Ch. 10: where is the one taken to?

Luke 17:36–37

Ch. 10: Where are the wicked taken?

Luke 19:41–44

Ch. 2: calculated the very day which ended Daniel's 69 weeks

Luke 21:12–24

Ch. 11: generally agreed to have double reference

Luke 21:24

Ch. 11: Some claim the recapture of Jerusalem was a fulfillment

Luke 21:28

Ch. 2: looking that is postponed and conditional

Luke 21:29

Ch. 11: actually referring to "all the trees"

Luke 21:31

Ch. 11: the fig tree signals the kingdom of God, not the pre-trib rapture

Luke 22:31–32

Ch. 7: Satan hath desired to have you

Luke 24:25–27

Ch. 6: distinguishing the two aspects of Christ's coming

John 2:1–12

Ch. 4: wedding feast that Christ attended at Cana

John 3:29

Ch. 11: The "friends of the bridegroom" are Old Testament saints

John 4:35

Ch. 8: harvest of men's souls going on right now

John 5:28–29

Ch. 6: pre-millennialists see a gap between two resurrections

John 10:24–25

Ch. 4: Another implication is one that Jesus gave concerning Himself

John 14:2–3

Is John 14:3 the Rapture? where will He take us?

John 17:15

Ch. 7: that thou shouldest keep them from the evil

Ch. 7: what is the object of "keep from"?

Ch. 7: take them out of the world

Ch. 7: Jesus asks prior separation—even stronger—from the devil

Ch. 7: possible to be separated from the evil one while still in the world

Ch. 7: prior separation from the devil

Greek Prepositions and Revelation 3:10: chart of Greek words

John 17:5

Ch. 11: The Son's ignorance was temporary while upon this earth

John 20:9

Ch. 4: Peter knew not the Scripture. What Scripture?

John 21:18–19

Ch. 11: Time was needed for Peter to grow old and die

Acts 1:6–7

Ch. 5: "times and seasons," the Messianic kingdom after the tribulation

Acts 1:7

Hour: "Seasons" is the same Greek word as "time" in Mark 13:33

Acts 1:9–11

Ch. 8: Into which heaven were the men gazing?

Acts 2

Ch. 5: The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost (Leviticus 23:15–22)

Ch. 11: what Biblical support did Peter offer for speaking in tongues?

Acts 2:1–4

Ch. 7: The church entered into the promise about 2000 years early

Acts 2:17

Acts 2:20

Ch. 5: sun and moon turned to darkness and blood before the day of the Lord

Acts 2:25–31

Ch. 4: Peter drew a resurrection implication from Psalm 16

Acts 3:21

Ch. 8: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution

Acts 12:5

Ch. 7: Peter therefore was kept in prison

Acts 17:1–10

Ch. 5: Thessalonians were only a few months old in the faith

Acts 18:11

Ch. 5: Corinthians had an entire year and a half of Paul's teaching

Acts 20:19

Ch. 7: The word "temptation" is used for persecution of believers

Open Door: "temptation" and "tribulation" include persecution

Acts 28:15

Purpose of Rapture: time between the meeting and the escorting

Romans 9:27

Romans 11

Challenge: Hath God cast away His people? God forbid.

Romans 11:5

Ch. 5: The Passover Feast (Leviticus 23:4–5)

Romans 16:5

Ch. 7: Epaenetus was "the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ"

1 Corinthians 1:7–8

Ch. 6: encourage us in view of the post-tribulational coming

1 Corinthians 5:6,7,13

Ch. 8: commands to expel false members in the church

1 Corinthians 5:7

Ch. 5: The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6–8)

1 Corinthians 5:8

Ch. 5: The Feast of Firstfruits (Leviticus 23:9–14)

1 Corinthians 6:3

Twenty-Four Elders: we shall judge angels

1 Corinthians 7:29

Ch. 2: the time has been shortened

1 Corinthians 12:13

Ch. 12: one baptism

1 Corinthians 13:8

Ch. 11: Historically, tongues have ceased

1 Corinthians 15:8

Ch. 5: Paul was the "last" to see Christ

1 Corinthians 15:12,29

Ch. 5: even believers did not believe in a resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:20

Ch. 5: "firstfruits" alludes to the feasts of Leviticus 23

1 Corinthians 15:23

1 Corinthians 15:24–26

Ch. 10: His enemies literally become His footstool

1 Corinthians 15:26

Ch. 7: The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death

1 Corinthians 15:50

Ch. 3: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God

1 Corinthians 15:51

Ch. 4: (against partial rapture) we shall all be changed

Ch. 5: we all will be raptured, looking or not, ready or not

1 Corinthians 15:51–53

Ch. 3: immortal bodies

1 Corinthians 15:52

Ch. 4: Is the last trumpet the seventh trumpet of Revelation? That's implication.

Ch. 5: trump of 1 Thessalonians 4:6 identified as the "last trump"

Seven Reasons: The wife is the church

1 Corinthians 15:54

Ch. 7: victory over death

2 Corinthians 5:20

Ch. 6: the word "by" used in adjuration

2 Corinthians 11:2

Ch. 4: we are betrothed or engaged

Ch. 11: the church is called a "virgin"

Galatians 1:7, 3:1, 4:17, 5:10, 5:12, 6:12–13, 6:17

Ch. 12: opening verse: All the law is fulfilled in one word

Galatians 1:12

Ch. 5: God normally gave revelation directly to Paul

Galatians 1:16

Ch. 6: His revelation through the person of Paul

Galatians 3:28

Ch. 7: There is neither Jew nor Greek

Galatians 5:14

Galatians 6:16

Ch. 12: Christ is above all other power in the universe

Ephesians 1:17–21

Ephesians 2:8–10

Ch. 11: a way of readiness for those already saved

Ch. 12: a faith that brings salvation apart from any works that we do

Ephesians 4:1–16

Ch. 12: two kinds of unity, unity of the Spirit and unity of the faith

Ephesians 5:31–32

Seven Reasons: The wife is the church

Ephesians 6:17

Ch. 10: dynamic power of His spoken Word

Philippians 1:6

Ch. 6: encourage us in view of the post-tribulational coming

Colossians 4:3

Open Door: Paul asks the church to pray for a door of utterance

1 Thessalonians 1:5

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 1:10

Ch. 5: introductory preview to chapters 4 and 5

1 Thessalonians 2:1

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 2:5

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 2:9

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 2:11

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 2:12

Ch. 5: Paul's point is our living, walking worthy of God

1 Thessalonians 3:3

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 3:3–4

Ch. 5: patience in tribulation which already came to pass

1 Thessalonians 3:4

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 3:13

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Does this refer to Matthew?

1 Thessalonians 4

Ch. 6: the rapture is our means of salvation from wrath

1 Thessalonians 4:2

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 4:6

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Ch. 5: we learn not to sorrow as unbelievers

1 Thessalonians 4:13,15

Ch. 5: The lone exception to this pattern

1 Thessalonians 4:13–14

Ch. 5: Of what were they ignorant?

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Ch. 5: Paul omits the time of the rapture

Ch. 5: different Greek word for "sleep"

Ch. 6: does "the falling away" refer to something he wrote months ago?

Open Door: resurrection happens at the same time as the rapture

1 Thessalonians 4:14

Ch. 5: The emphasis is on "those who sleep"

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? those who died in the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:14,17

Ch. 5: 5:10 describes our salvation in terms of rapture

1 Thessalonians 4:15

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Does this refer to Matthew?

1 Thessalonians 4:15–16

Ch. 5: Paul stresses the order as he describes the rapture

1 Thessalonians 4:16

Ch. 5: trump identified as the "last trump" in 1 Corinthians 15:52

1 Thessalonians 4:16–17

Ch. 3: rapture described

Is Matthew 24:31 the Rapture? Does it parallel Matthew 24:31?

1 Thessalonians 4:17

Ch. 4: (against partial rapture) we which are alive

Ch. 5: the conclusion is directed at the fact, not the order, of resurrection

Ch. 5: we all will be raptured, looking or not, ready or not

Purpose of Rapture: Post-tribs have inferred from the word "to meet"

1 Thessalonians 5

Ch. 6: they knew perfectly that the day of the Lord brought sudden destruction

1 Thessalonians 5:1–2

Ch. 5: the times and the seasons

1 Thessalonians 5:1–10

Ch. 5: chart showing progression of thought

1 Thessalonians 5:1–11

Ch. 5: The subject is the day of the Lord

Ch. 5: How can we watch?

1 Thessalonians 5:2

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

Ch. 5: a thief in the night

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Ch. 3: opening verse: they shall not escape

Q&A: Some think that the day of Christ and the day of antichrist overlap

Ch. 5: sudden destruction

Ch. 5: peace and safety

Ch. 5: travail

Stronger View: Total and sudden

Q&A: How can some be peacefully working or sleeping when

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Ch. 5: opening verse: Therefore ... watch

Ch. 5: we learn not to sleep as unbelievers

Ch. 5: "watch" is the opposite of "sleep"

1 Thessalonians 5:6–8

Ch. 5: explains the meaning of "watch" in this context

1 Thessalonians 5:8

Stronger View: this wrath brings sudden and total destruction

1 Thessalonians 5:9

Ch. 5: the wrath of the day of the Lord after the tribulation

1 Thessalonians 5:9–10

Ch. 5: our hope of salvation is the rapture

Ch. 6: this passage alludes back to the rapture

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Ch. 5: conclusion is directed at the fact of resurrection

Ch. 5: the identical word is translated "wake"

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Ch. 5: Paul's purpose is to "edify"

2 Thessalonians 1:4

Ch. 6: persecution was uppermost on the minds of the Thessalonians

Ch. 7: Revelation is a companion volume to 2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 1:6

Ch. 6: righteous judgment of God in response to persecution

2 Thessalonians 1:6–7

Ch. 6: that "big moment" brings events not occurring at the rapture

2 Thessalonians 1:6–8

Ch. 6: Christ's coming with fire and vengeance

2 Thessalonians 1:7

Ch. 4: Is rest identical to rapture? That's implication.

2 Thessalonians 1:7–8

Ch. 6: Christ's coming after the tribulation brings glory for us

Ch. 6: This righteous judgment comes after the tribulation

2 Thessalonians 1:7–10

2 Thessalonians 1:8–10

Ch. 6: Paul explains "rest" and "tribulation"

2 Thessalonians 2

Ch. 2: purpose is to prove that the day of the Lord is not at hand

Ch. 6: non-mention of the rapture

2 Thessalonians 2:1

Ch. 4: Does this gathering occur after the tribulation? That's implication.

Ch. 6: does "the falling away" refer to our gathering?

Ch. 6: the two aspects of the second coming are mingled together

Ch. 6: chart showing basis and object of beseeching

2 Thessalonians 2:1–2

Ch. 6: chart showing double aspect of Christ's coming, salvation and glory

2 Thessalonians 2:2

Ch. 6: they were "agitated"

Ch. 6: literally translated "stand in"

Ch. 6: mentions day of the Lord without defining it

2 Thessalonians 2:2–3

Ch. 6: the day is not yet upon us but it is delayed

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Ch. 6: The "falling away." What does it mean?

Ch. 6: does not say departure from the faith

2 Thessalonians 2:3–4

Ch. 2: he as God sitteth in the temple of God

Ch. 2: Both beasts may be alluded to

Ch. 2: When does the beast's mouth power begin?

Ch. 2: the signpost marking the grand entrance of the man of sin

Ch. 2: man of sin reveals himself

Ch. 6: two introductory words and two explanations

Ch. 6: mid-tribs should expect to see the rapture mentioned

2 Thessalonians 2:3–7

Ch. 6: Paul's own interpretation of the "falling away"

Ch. 6: prove the delay

2 Thessalonians 2:4

Ch. 2: the man of sin sports a blasphemous mouth

2 Thessalonians 2:5

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

Ch. 6: the removal could not possibly refer to the rapture

2 Thessalonians 2:5–6

Ch. 6: The article "the" indicates a clearly identifiable point of time

2 Thessalonians 2:6

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

2 Thessalonians 2:6–7

Ch. 6: two introductory words and two explanations

2 Thessalonians 2:7

Ch. 6: "The falling away" matches the parallel phrase "taken out of the way"

2 Thessalonians 2:7–8

Ch. 6: removal or "the falling away" occurs at the mid-point

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Ch. 2: antichrist destroyed at the coming of Christ

Days Shortened: the revealing of the man of sin

Ch. 6: These events lead up to the final destruction

Ch. 6: Post-tribs should expect to see the rapture mentioned

Q&A: why do some say antichrist is merely "paralyzed" or "rendered useless"?

Q&A: Whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth

2 Thessalonians 2:8–10

Ch. 2: Both beasts may be alluded to

2 Thessalonians 2:8–12

Ch. 6: prove the certainty

2 Thessalonians 2:11–12

Ch. 11: Antichrist will get you to disbelieve

2 Thessalonians 2:12

Ch. 6: God sends antichrist to deceive "that they all might be damned"

2 Thessalonians 2:13–14

Ch. 6: two aspects to Christ's coming, salvation and glory

2 Thessalonians 2:13–15

Ch. 6: chart showing double aspect of Christ's coming, salvation and glory

2 Thessalonians 2:15

Ch. 6: opening verse: Therefore, brethren, stand fast

Ch. 6: the reason for Paul's command to work

2 Thessalonians 2:17

Ch. 6: This comfort is for continued tribulation

2 Thessalonians 3:5–6

Ch. 6: wait for the Lord's coming with patience

2 Thessalonians 3:6–12

Ch. 6: the reason for Paul's command to work

Ch. 6: "Traditions" in this context refers to working

2 Thessalonians 3:7

Ch. 5: Paul is constantly referring to previous teaching

1 Timothy 4:1

Ch. 6: does "the falling away" refer to apostasy in general?

2 Timothy 1:10

Ch. 6: the word "appearing" used of Christ's first coming

2 Timothy 3:16

Ch. 7: a later group may read Scripture originally written for an earlier group

2 Timothy 4:8

Seven Reasons: crowns come when Christ comes

Twenty-Four Elders: victory crowns awarded at the coming of Christ

Ch. 7: the time for men to receive crowns is at the coming of Christ

Hebrews 1:7

Twenty-Four Elders: angels are spirits

Hebrews 9–10

Ch. 5: The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23:20–32)

Challenge: Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak

Hebrews 9:26

Ch. 6: the word "end" for the first coming of Christ

Hebrews 10:12–13

Ch. 8: "henceforth" in the original language refers to time, not to location

James 1:4

Ch. 12: strengthened by today's tribulations

James 1:18–25

James 1:27

Greek Prepositions and Revelation 3:10: chart of Greek words

James 2:13

Ch. 2: For he shall have judgment without mercy

1 Peter 1:4

Ch. 7: keep something in heaven

1 Peter 1:6

Ch. 7: The word "temptation" is used for persecution of believers

Ch. 7: "temptation" and "tribulation" include persecution

1 Peter 1:10–11

Ch. 5: Old Testament prophets did not always understand what they wrote

1 Peter 1:11

Ch. 6: Suffering and glory were clearly predicted

1 Peter 4:13

Ch. 6: revealing of His glory after the tribulation

Ch. 6: encourage us in view of the post-tribulational coming

1 Peter 5:4

Seven Reasons: crowns come when Christ comes

Ch. 7: the time for men to receive crowns is at the coming of Christ

Twenty-Four Elders: victory crowns awarded at the coming of Christ

1 Peter 5:7

Stronger View: day of the Lord includes the millennium

2 Peter 1:16

Ch. 6: The word "coming" used of the first coming of Christ

2 Peter 3

Ch. 9: destruction by fire after the millennium

2 Peter 3:10

2 Peter 3:10–13

Ch. 5: day of the Lord continues until the new heavens and new earth

2 Peter 3:12–13

Ch. 5: The new heavens and the new earth is what we look for

2 Peter 3:16

Ch. 6: Peter admitted that some things were hard to understand

1 John

Q&A: true believers don't continue in sin

1 John 4:3

Ch. 2: called antichrist

1 John 5:18

Ch. 7: that wicked one toucheth him not

Revelation 1:1

Ch. 7: to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass

Ch. 7: He is communicating this book by "signs"

Open Door: this book is communicated by symbols

Ch. 11: an angel transmitted the message to John

Revelation 1:1–3

Ch. 7: double introduction: tribulation saints

Revelation 1:4–6

Ch. 7: double introduction: church saints

Revelation 1:7

Ch. 3: all tribes of the earth mourn

Ch. 3: Let's test this timing

Revelation 1:9

Ch. 7: Revelation is a companion volume to 2 Thessalonians

Ch. 7: the patience of believers in persecution

Ch. 7: "temptation" and "tribulation" include persecution

Revelation 1:18

Open Door: the keys of hell and of death

Revelation 2–3

Ch. 7: identification of the twenty-four elders from the context

Q&A: do compromising believers enter the tribulation?

Revelation 2:8–10

Open Door: parallel between 2:8–10 and 3:8–10

Revelation 2:10

Ch. 7: a local and earlier tribulation

Twenty-Four Elders: characteristic promised to the churches

Twenty-Four Elders: local present-day tribulation

Q&A: tribulation ten days

Revelation 2:14,15,20

Ch. 7: unbelievers in other local churches

Ch. 8: commands to expel false members in the church

Revelation 2:20–22

Q&A: do compromising believers enter the tribulation?

Revelation 3:1

Ch. 7: spiritually "dead"

Revelation 3:3

Ch. 7: these things have application to the last generation

Ch. 7: I will come on thee as a thief

Revelation 3:4–5

Ch. 4: they shall walk with me in white

Revelation 3:5

Ch. 7: their names are not in the book of life

Twenty-Four Elders: characteristic promised to the churches

Revelation 3:8–10

Open Door: Behold I have set before thee an open door

Revelation 3:10

Seven Reasons: I will keep you from the hour

Hour: example of hour as a period of time

Stronger View: time of testing

Ch. 7: pre-trib and post-trib interpretations

Ch. 7: why the unique combination of "keep" and "from"?

Greek Prepositions and Revelation 3:10: "keep from"

Twenty-Four Elders: Passing the past test exempts us from the future test

Purpose of Rapture: purpose of the tribulation is to test

Ch. 12: The "hour of testing" produces a polarization

Ch. 12: to reward those who have received and kept His Word

Revelation 3:11

Open Door: promises a crown

Revelation 3:12

Open Door: a pillar in the temple of my God

Revelation 3:17–20

Ch. 7: unbelievers in other local churches

Revelation 3:18

Ch. 4: clothed in white raiment now

Revelation 3:20

Open Door: Jesus standing outside of a door knocking

Revelation 3:21

Twenty-Four Elders: characteristic promised to the churches

Twenty-Four Elders: I grant to sit with me in my throne

Revelation 4

Q&A: the elders in chapter 4 fulfill promises of the previous chapter

Revelation 4–19

Church in Revelation: where is the church?

Q&A: Why is the rapture not mentioned in Revelation?

Revelation 4:1

Ch. 7: locates the time at the beginning of the tribulation

Ch. 11: Genesis 7:1 reminds us of the "come"

Q&A: Why is the rapture not mentioned in Revelation?

Revelation 4:10–11

Twenty-Four Elders: fall down before Him that sat on the throne

Revelation 4:4

Seven Reasons: the crowns are already awarded

Ch. 7: opening verse: they had on their heads crowns of gold

Ch. 7: prove that they are men

Revelation 4:9–11

Twenty-Four Elders: elder introduces the Lamb that was slain

Revelation 5:5–7

Revelation 5:8–10

Ch. 10: Suffering the winepress, He earned the right to tread the winepress

Revelation 5:9

Revelation 5:9–10

Twenty-Four Elders: the us-them difference

Twenty-Four Elders: sing a new song

Revelation 6:9

Seven Reasons: Believers killed, not kept

Revelation 6:9–11

Ch. 4: souls under the altar received white robes in heaven

Ch. 5: the souls under the altar look for the day of destruction

Ch. 6: These martyrs, even in heaven, do not have full rest

Revelation 6:10

Ch. 7: presence in heaven doesn't diminish interest in tribulation events

Revelation 6:11

Ch. 7: Tribulation saints are not kept

Q&A: the multitude fulfills the promise to the souls under the altar

Revelation 6:12–13

Ch. 7: the seals stretch to the end of the tribulation

Revelation 6:12–17

Stronger View: comparing with Matthew 24:29, after the tribulation

Ch. 10: people cowering in the valley of the winepress

Ch. 10: Christ returns during the sixth seal

Revelation 6:13–14

Ch. 10: compare these events to Isaiah 34

Revelation 6:14

Ch. 7: same event as Revelation 19:11

Revelation 6:15–17

Ch. 4: example of dramatic usage of "come"

Revelation 6:16–17

Q&A: How can some be peacefully working or sleeping when

Revelation 7:1–8

Ch. 7: promise of protection in the tribulation for Jewish saints

Ch. 7: to set a seal on their foreheads He never did in the church age

Revelation 7:2–3

Ch. 7: They have the seal of the living God on their foreheads

Revelation 7:9–14

Q&A: Does the great multitude represent raptured saints?

Revelation 7:11

Ch. 7: twenty-four elders cannot be angels

Revelation 7:13–17

Twenty-Four Elders: elder explains the white-robed multitude

Revelation 7:14

Ch. 7: came out of great tribulation

Ch. 7: came out of great tribulation

Revelation 8:12

Ch. 2: the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise

Ch. 2: shows the involvement in both cases of a fourth angel

Days Shortened: Shorter days and shorter nights

Revelation 9:7

Ch. 7: unique because a figurative creature (locusts) is involved

Revelation 9:20–21

Ch. 12: to prove that men are still stubborn at heart

Revelation 10:7

Ch. 7: the seventh trumpet occurs at the end

Revelation 11

Q&A: why don't the two witnesses go up in the rapture?

Revelation 11:1–13

Ch. 11: overrun by Gentiles again during the tribulation

Revelation 11:2

Ch. 3: Jerusalem is overrun

Revelation 11:3

Days Shortened: if two witnesses fall into this same period

Revelation 11:10

Ch. 5: death of two witnesses may be one reason for saying "peace and safety"

Revelation 11:12

Ch. 7: no trumpet

Ch. 11: Genesis 7:1 reminds us of the "come"

Revelation 11:12–14

Ch. 7: the two witnesses arise before the end

Revelation 11:14

Ch. 5: the death of the two witnesses occurs shortly before the end

Ch. 7: Their career almost parallels that of antichrist

Revelation 11:15–18

Revelation 11:15–19

Ch. 7: the seventh trumpet occurs at the end

Revelation 11:16–18

Twenty-Four Elders: We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty

Revelation 11:17

Ch. 4: "reign" is used as a dramatic past

Revelation 11:17–18

Revelation 11:18

Ch. 4: example of dramatic usage of "come"

Ch. 4: wording indicates future event

Revelation 12:6

Ch. 2: opening verse: a thousand two hundred and threescore days

Ch. 2: does not reveal the occasion of fleeing

Ch. 2: the full 1260 days or 3½ years or 42 months is still intact

Ch. 2: nourished for only 1260 days

Days Shortened: protection in the wilderness for 1260 days

Revelation 12:6,14

Ch. 2: a time, and times, and half a time explained in days

Revelation 12:7–13

Revelation 12:14

Ch. 2: the full 1260 days or 3½ years or 42 months is still intact

Ch. 2: nourished for only 1260 days

Days Shortened: defines the 1260 days in terms of years

Revelation 13

Ch. 2: the beast

Revelation 13:5

Ch. 2: gives the timespan and 2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 gives the beginning point

Ch. 2: Forty-two months

Ch. 2: the beast is given "persecution power" for only forty-two months

Ch. 2: the full 1260 days or 3½ years or 42 months is still intact

Ch. 2: you can count 42 months

Days Shortened: man of sin has power for 42 months

Ch. 6: antichrist revealed for only 42 months, the last 3½ years

Ch. 2: power of the beast: mouth power

Revelation 13:5–7

Ch. 2: power of the beast: persecution power

Stronger View: the two powers granted antichrist for forty-two months

Revelation 13:7

Seven Reasons: Believers killed, not kept

Days Shortened: power to make war with the saints

Ch. 7: Tribulation saints are not kept

Revelation 13:9

Ch. 7: Why the omission of "unto the churches"?

Ch. 7: Why contrary to the consistent pattern?

Revelation 13:16,17

Ch. 9: tempted to save their lives by accepting the mark

Revelation 13:18

Ch. 2: Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast

Revelation 14:1

Ch. 7: Father's name written in their foreheads

Revelation 14:4

Ch. 7: the 144,000 ", firstfruits unto God

Revelation 14:7,15

Ch. 4: example of dramatic usage of "come"

Revelation 14:9–10

Ch. 9: If any man worship the beast and his image

Revelation 14:10

Ch. 2: the wrath of God poured out without mixture

Revelation 14:13

Ch. 7: Tribulation saints are not kept

Revelation 14:14

Ch. 7: Christ as "the son of man"

Ch. 7: Christ wears a crown because He is resurrected and glorified

Ch. 10: linking the judgment and the winepress together

Revelation 14:14–16

Ch. 7: Post-tribs see a symbolic representation of the rapture

Ch. 7: Joel explains it to be the harvest of the wicked

Ch. 8: post-tribs suppose verses 14–16 describe the rapture

Q&A: Why is the rapture not mentioned in Revelation?

Revelation 14:14–20

Ch. 7: Is Christ reaping believers or unbelievers?

Ch. 3: harvest at the end of the tribulation

Ch. 8: the time of harvest after the tribulation

Revelation 14:15

Ch. 8: places the time of harvest at the end of the tribulation

Revelation 14:17–19

Ch. 8: angels reaping at the end of the tribulation

Revelation 14:17–20

Ch. 8: describe the gathering of the wicked

Revelation 14:19

Q&A: How can some be peacefully working or sleeping when

Revelation 14:19–20

Ch. 10: opening verse: the great winepress of the wrath of God

Ch. 10: single passage which tells the whole story

Revelation 14:20

Ch. 10: where does all that blood come from?

Ch. 10: a thousand and six hundred furlongs [200 miles]

Revelation 15:1

Ch. 10: in the seven last plagues is filled up the wrath of God

Revelation 16

Ch. 2: certain events converge at the end of the tribulation

Revelation 16:8–9

Ch. 2: And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun

Revelation 16:9–11

Stronger View: Is his power to blaspheme restricted?

Revelation 16:15

Ch. 5: a thief in the night, post-tribulational

Ch. 7: Christ's coming "as a thief" is after the tribulation

Ch. 7: Why the omission of not knowing the hour?

Revelation 16:17

Ch. 10: Christ returns during the seventh trumpet

Revelation 16:17–21

Ch. 10: hail is in the seventh vial

Revelation 16:21

Ch. 10: a great hail out of heaven

Revelation 17–18

Ch. 4: the destruction of Babylon

Ch. 8: Babylon is destroyed before Christ returns

Revelation 17:1–19:10

Twenty-Four Elders: the harlot, the city of Babylon

Revelation 17:4

Seven Reasons: contrasts the purple and scarlot

Revelation 18:9

Ch. 4: Babylon destroyed before the end of the tribulation

Revelation 18:20

Ch. 4: apostles and prophets are still in heaven

Revelation 19

Ch. 2: casting the beast into the lake of fire

Ch. 2: certain events converge at the end of the tribulation

Revelation 19:1

Ch. 4: A great voice of much people in heaven

Revelation 19:2

Seven Reasons: contrasts the harlot

Revelation 19:4

Twenty-Four Elders: Amen, Alleluia

Ch. 4: "reigneth" could very well be a futuristic present

Revelation 19:6

Revelation 19:7

Ch. 4: "is come" is a dramatic past

Church in Revelation: wife of the Lamb

Revelation 19:7–8

Ch. 4: confirms the illustration in Luke

Ch. 4: both presenting a certain order of wedding events

Revelation 19:7–9

Seven Reasons: the wife is already ready

Revelation 19:8

Ch. 4: Fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints

Revelation 19:9

Ch. 4: tribulation saints invited to the wedding

Ch. 4: contrast between these two feasts

Revelation 19:11

Ch. 7: the heavens open only twice in Revelation

Revelation 19:11–21

Ch. 2: antichrist destroyed at the coming of Christ

Revelation 19:14

Ch. 4: the order is chronological from chapter 19

Ch. 6: riding down from the sky on those white horses

Ch. 7: Why the omission of saints caught up?

Revelation 19:15

Ch. 10: this sword comes out of His mouth

Revelation 19:15–18

Ch. 10: the place where the eagles will gather

Revelation 19:15,21

Ch. 10: compare this sword to Isaiah 34

Revelation 19:17

Seven Reasons: birds of prey gather to a certain spot

Seven Reasons: contrasts the supper of the great God

Revelation 19:17–18

Ch. 4: What is this other feast?

Revelation 19:18

Ch. 10: "all men" cast them into the winepress

Revelation 19:21

Ch. 3: armies slain

Revelation 19:20

Seven Reasons: clear ending point

Revelation 20

Ch. 7: resurrection occurs well after Christ sets foot on the earth

Revelation 20–21

Ch. 5: This aspect of the day of the Lord occurs 1000 years later

Revelation 20:1–2

Ch. 3: this time lasts for 1000 years

Revelation 20:1–3

Ch. 8: the chaining of Satan

Ch. 8: the timing compared to Isaiah 27:1

Revelation 20:1–7

Ch. 5: the one-thousand-year length of the millennium revealed years later

Revelation 20:4

Ch. 3: resurrection after the tribulation

Ch. 5: the church will participate as rulers

Stronger View: Is his power to behead believers rendered useless?

Ch. 8: the resurrection begins the millennium

Revelation 20:4–6

Ch. 7: Why is it called "first resurrection"?

Revelation 20:5–6

Ch. 4: Is the first resurrection the rapture resurrection? That's implication.

Revelation 20:6

Ch. 7: the "first resurrection" contrasts the "second death"

Revelation 20:7–9

Seven Reasons: subjects who finally rebel

Revelation 20:8

Seven Reasons: many nations in the millennium

Ch. 3: many nations populate the millennium

Revelation 20:14

Revelation 21:1

Stronger View: day of the Lord includes the millennium

Revelation 21:3

Ch. 5: The Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34–44)