1. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE IDEA OF THE RAPTURE IN NOT NEW.

2. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE BIBLE TEACHES THE FACT OF A FUTURE RAPTURE OF SAINTS.

3. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE INVOLVES A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD SAINTS AND THE TRANSLATION OF LIVING SAINTS OF THE CHURCH.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 …the dead in Christ shall rise first

4. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE INVOLVES A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD SAINTS AND THE TRANSLATION OF LIVING SAINTS OF THE CHURCH.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 (NASB) 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

5. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE INVOLVES A RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD SAINTS AND THE TRANSLATION OF LIVING SAINTS OF THE CHURCH.

6. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES CHRIST’S PHYSCIAL RETURN TO EARTH.
1) A few seconds or minutes Post-Trib
2) About 3 1/2 years Mid-Trib or Pre-Wrath
3) About 7 years Pre-Trib

7. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR DIVINE ACTIONS.
The Lord descends from heaven (although it does not say he comes to earth)
Christ issues a Cry of Command – like “Lazarus come forth”
The Voice of the Archangel – angels appear to have a part
The Trumpet of God sounds
The Hebrew Trumpet of Assembly?
The Roman Trumpet signaling the army to move out?”

8. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE 2ND ADVENT.
RAPTURE
2ND ADVENT
Believers meet the Lord in the air and Jesus does not come to earth.
Jesus comes to earth where he meets believers.
Possible at any moment; imminent, (no signs precede it)
Proceeded by signs and a clearly identifiable timeline.
Deals with the church
Deals with Israel
Takes us to his Father’s House
Establishes his kingdom on the earth

9. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
Believers are promised to be kept out of the period of testing not just protected through it.
Revelation 3:10 ‘Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth.

10. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
The 70 weeks of Daniel 9 refer to Daniel’s people, Israel and the holy city.

11. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
Daniel 9:24-27 (NASB)
24 Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. 25 So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.

12. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
26 Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. 27 And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate.
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.

13. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
The 70 weeks of Daniel 9 refer to Daniel’s people, Israel and the holy city.

14. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
A pretribulation rapture is the only position that provides a coming of Christ which could happen at any time (doctrine of imminence).
Titus 2:13 …looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.

15. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
The concern of believers only makes sense if they expected the rapture to arrive before the Day of the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him, that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

16. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE.
A Blessed (Joyful) Hope
Titus 2: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus;

17. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE.
A Comforting Hope
1 Thessalonians 4: Therefore comfort one another with these words.

18. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE.
A Purifying Hope
1 John 3:2-3 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is.3 And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

19. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE.
An Assuring Hope
2 Thessalonians 1:6-7 6 For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire,..”

20. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE.
A Motivating Hope
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

21. The Rapture of the Church Dr. Larry E. Dyer
THE IDEA OF THE RAPTURE IS NOT NEW.
THE BIBLE TEACHES THE FACT OF A FUTURE RAPTURE OF SAINTS.
THE RAPTURE INVOLVES A RESURRECTION OF DEAD SAINTS AND THE TRANSLATION OF LIVING SAINTS OF THE CHURCH.
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES CHRIST’S PHYSCIAL RETURN TO EARTH.
THE RAPTURE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR DIVINE ACTIONS.
THE RAPTURE IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THE 2ND ADVENT.
THE RAPTURE PRECEDES THE ENTIRE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL (7 YEARS) AND THUS THE TRIBULATION.
APPLICATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE RAPTURE