Appendix 6 Footnotes
[1] Titus 2:13
[2] There are a few well known authors, who believe the Rapture will take place significantly before the beginning of Daniel’s Seventieth Week.
[3] Excepting, of course, those who become Christians during this period.
[4] 1 Thessalonians 4:17
[5] 1 Corinthians 15:51ff
[6] Matthew 24:30
[7] Revelation 20:11
[8] Matthew 25:31ff
[9] Matthew 24:21
[10] The NIV translates the Greek word “thlipsis” as distress, while the King James translates it tribulation
[11] Matthew 24:21
[12] Matthew 24:15
[13] Daniel 9:27
[14] One at a pre-Tribulation Rapture and one at the Second Coming.
[15] Or, for that matter, any length of time.There are a number of scriptures which are used in support of this view, but none of them unqualifiedly state that the Rapture and the Second Coming are two different events. If such scriptures existed, the entire debate on the timing of the Rapture would be moot.
[16] See the “Left Behind” series by Jenkins and Lahaye.
[17] Matthew 24:9 and following.
[18] Matthew 24:10-14
[19] 1 Thessalonians 5:9
[20] We discuss the many three and a half year periods in Revelation in the main text We believe that all of them refer to the same period of time, the second half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week. The Pretribulation view, on the other hand, generally teaches that some of the periods refer to the first half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week and some to the second half.
[21] It is announced in the sixth seal as “is come”, but does not begin until the seventh seal. “is come” is in the ingressive aorist tense meaning something like “in the process of coming”.
[22] Revelation 6:9
[23] Revelation 18:3. See also Revelation 20:4 where souls are seen which come to life, which appears to mean they receive their glorified bodies.
[24] Revelation 7:16-17
[25] See, for example, Revelation 19:7.
[26] Revelation 12:7-10
[27] Matthew 24:15. Compare with Daniel 9:27.
[28] e.g., 1 Corinthians 3:16.
[29] 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
[30] Ephesians 1:13, Titus 3:5. We probably also see the Holy Spirit at work sealing the 144000 in Revelation 7:3-8. Those who hold to the Pretribulation position and believe the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth need to explain how people are converted to Christ during the Seventieth Week if the Holy Spirit isn’t working on earth.
[31] Revelation 7:9-17
[32] 1 Corinthians 15:52
[33] Luke 21:28
[34] e.g., Mark 13:37; Luke 21:28.
[35] Mark 9:31
[36] John 14:26; Acts 1:8
[37] John 21:18-19
[38] Matthew 24:2
[39] Daniel 9:26
[40] Revelation 17:10
[41] Isaiah 66:8
[42] Luke 21:24
[43] Revelation 17:10
[44] Implied by Daniel 9:27.
[45] Luke 21:20
[46] See, for example, Epiphanus, On Weights and Measures 15 and Eusebius, Church History 3, 5, 3.
[47] Job 3:8
[48] Job 41:1 and Psalm 104:26
[49] Psalm 74:14
[50] Isaiah 27:1
[51] Ephesians 3:9
[52] 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
[53] 1 Thessalonians 4:15
[54] The complete role of the archangel Michael in the Last Days is a matter of some conjecture. Michael fights Satan and hurls him to earth (which is why Satan is on earth as part of the persecutions of the Last Days). It is also likely that Michael is the archangel that descends with a shout when the dead in Christ rise and the living are transformed.
[55] Revelation 11:13
[56] See, for example, Romans 11:29 where Paul makes it clear that the calling of the Jews to be God’s people has not been and cannot be revoked. Others can be grafted in, but the Jews have never been supplanted.
[57] John 1:21
[58] Matthew 17:12,13
[59] Matthew 17:11
[60] Revelation 19:20
[61] Revelation 20:10
[62] Revelation 20:14
[63] Revelation 20:15
[64] Revelation 21:3
[65] Revelation 19:20-21
[66] Revelation 20:9-10
[67] It is, perhaps, instructive to note that even today, not all who are Christ’s are necessarily confined to the earth. People have been in space off and on for years, so it is possible the gathering from “the heavens” includes living Christians who are raptured from space.
[68] Lewis, C. S, Mere Christianity, p. 65.
[69] 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The Post-Wrath position has a single Second Coming where Christ returns, the resurrection of those in Christ and the Rapture occurs, and then Christ takes his stand on the Mount of Olives and the Millennium begins.
[70] This can only be the “last” trumpet if it takes place after the Seventh Trumpet of Revelation. Since this scripture discusses the Rapture, it clearly puts the Rapture after the Seventh Trumpet. But as discussed in the main part of the commentary, the Seventh Trumpet includes events all the way up to the Return of Christ. Even if we say that the last trumpet and the Seventh Trumpet are the same thing, we can set the Rapture no earlier than the events of Revelation 11 which take place after the Antichrist has killed the two witnesses and the Seventieth Week is over.
[71] Matthew 24:22
[72] Daniel 12:2
[73] Revelation 19:20
[74] Revelation 19:21
[75] Revelation 20:4-15
[76] Matthew 24:15
[77] Daniel 9:27. Cf Matthew 24:15
[78] 1 Peter 1:13b
[79] Verse 11
[80] Verse 12
[81] Matthew 27:52; Colossians1:12; Revelation 11:18
[82] Zechariah 12:10
[2] There are a few well known authors, who believe the Rapture will take place significantly before the beginning of Daniel’s Seventieth Week.
[3] Excepting, of course, those who become Christians during this period.
[4] 1 Thessalonians 4:17
[5] 1 Corinthians 15:51ff
[6] Matthew 24:30
[7] Revelation 20:11
[8] Matthew 25:31ff
[9] Matthew 24:21
[10] The NIV translates the Greek word “thlipsis” as distress, while the King James translates it tribulation
[11] Matthew 24:21
[12] Matthew 24:15
[13] Daniel 9:27
[14] One at a pre-Tribulation Rapture and one at the Second Coming.
[15] Or, for that matter, any length of time.There are a number of scriptures which are used in support of this view, but none of them unqualifiedly state that the Rapture and the Second Coming are two different events. If such scriptures existed, the entire debate on the timing of the Rapture would be moot.
[16] See the “Left Behind” series by Jenkins and Lahaye.
[17] Matthew 24:9 and following.
[18] Matthew 24:10-14
[19] 1 Thessalonians 5:9
[20] We discuss the many three and a half year periods in Revelation in the main text We believe that all of them refer to the same period of time, the second half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week. The Pretribulation view, on the other hand, generally teaches that some of the periods refer to the first half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week and some to the second half.
[21] It is announced in the sixth seal as “is come”, but does not begin until the seventh seal. “is come” is in the ingressive aorist tense meaning something like “in the process of coming”.
[22] Revelation 6:9
[23] Revelation 18:3. See also Revelation 20:4 where souls are seen which come to life, which appears to mean they receive their glorified bodies.
[24] Revelation 7:16-17
[25] See, for example, Revelation 19:7.
[26] Revelation 12:7-10
[27] Matthew 24:15. Compare with Daniel 9:27.
[28] e.g., 1 Corinthians 3:16.
[29] 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
[30] Ephesians 1:13, Titus 3:5. We probably also see the Holy Spirit at work sealing the 144000 in Revelation 7:3-8. Those who hold to the Pretribulation position and believe the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth need to explain how people are converted to Christ during the Seventieth Week if the Holy Spirit isn’t working on earth.
[31] Revelation 7:9-17
[32] 1 Corinthians 15:52
[33] Luke 21:28
[34] e.g., Mark 13:37; Luke 21:28.
[35] Mark 9:31
[36] John 14:26; Acts 1:8
[37] John 21:18-19
[38] Matthew 24:2
[39] Daniel 9:26
[40] Revelation 17:10
[41] Isaiah 66:8
[42] Luke 21:24
[43] Revelation 17:10
[44] Implied by Daniel 9:27.
[45] Luke 21:20
[46] See, for example, Epiphanus, On Weights and Measures 15 and Eusebius, Church History 3, 5, 3.
[47] Job 3:8
[48] Job 41:1 and Psalm 104:26
[49] Psalm 74:14
[50] Isaiah 27:1
[51] Ephesians 3:9
[52] 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
[53] 1 Thessalonians 4:15
[54] The complete role of the archangel Michael in the Last Days is a matter of some conjecture. Michael fights Satan and hurls him to earth (which is why Satan is on earth as part of the persecutions of the Last Days). It is also likely that Michael is the archangel that descends with a shout when the dead in Christ rise and the living are transformed.
[55] Revelation 11:13
[56] See, for example, Romans 11:29 where Paul makes it clear that the calling of the Jews to be God’s people has not been and cannot be revoked. Others can be grafted in, but the Jews have never been supplanted.
[57] John 1:21
[58] Matthew 17:12,13
[59] Matthew 17:11
[60] Revelation 19:20
[61] Revelation 20:10
[62] Revelation 20:14
[63] Revelation 20:15
[64] Revelation 21:3
[65] Revelation 19:20-21
[66] Revelation 20:9-10
[67] It is, perhaps, instructive to note that even today, not all who are Christ’s are necessarily confined to the earth. People have been in space off and on for years, so it is possible the gathering from “the heavens” includes living Christians who are raptured from space.
[68] Lewis, C. S, Mere Christianity, p. 65.
[69] 1 Thessalonians 4:17. The Post-Wrath position has a single Second Coming where Christ returns, the resurrection of those in Christ and the Rapture occurs, and then Christ takes his stand on the Mount of Olives and the Millennium begins.
[70] This can only be the “last” trumpet if it takes place after the Seventh Trumpet of Revelation. Since this scripture discusses the Rapture, it clearly puts the Rapture after the Seventh Trumpet. But as discussed in the main part of the commentary, the Seventh Trumpet includes events all the way up to the Return of Christ. Even if we say that the last trumpet and the Seventh Trumpet are the same thing, we can set the Rapture no earlier than the events of Revelation 11 which take place after the Antichrist has killed the two witnesses and the Seventieth Week is over.
[71] Matthew 24:22
[72] Daniel 12:2
[73] Revelation 19:20
[74] Revelation 19:21
[75] Revelation 20:4-15
[76] Matthew 24:15
[77] Daniel 9:27. Cf Matthew 24:15
[78] 1 Peter 1:13b
[79] Verse 11
[80] Verse 12
[81] Matthew 27:52; Colossians1:12; Revelation 11:18
[82] Zechariah 12:10
