TERMS

Question 1

RAPTURE

Answer 1

• return of Jesus

- fulfilment of scripture that says God will deliver His people

Question 2

PRE-TRIBULATION

Answer 2

• When God’s wrath will fall upon the earth
• Judgment time
• Pre-trib is the belief that Christians will be taken away before the 7 years of tribulation, then will appear at the judgment seat of Christ

Question 3

MID-TRIBULATION

Answer 3

-Belief that the church is raptured midway through the rapture

Question 4

POST-TRIBULATION

Answer 4

-Belief that the church is raptured after the 7 year wrath of God

Question 5

ARMAGEDDON

Answer 5

• Hebrew word

- Gathering site for armies during end times

Question 6

PRE-MILLENIALISM

Answer 6

-Belief that 1000 year reign of Jesus is a literal 1000 year reign that will take place after the 7 year tribulation

Question 7

POST-MILLENIALISM

Answer 7

• The belief that the kingdom of God is a present reality
• all nations are converted to Christianity
• 1000 years of peace will take place before the return of Jesus Christ

Question 8

AMILLENIALISM

Answer 8

• Belief that there is no millennium on earth
• it is a spiritual thing that is happening here on earth now and in churches
• Belief that God’s promise to Israel was conditional - and not met due to a lack of obedience to Him

Question 9

GREAT WHITE THRONE

Answer 9

• Final judgment
• when the book of life is opened, and the dead are judged
• after the millenium, names not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of fire

Question 10

ESCHATOLOGICAL

Answer 10

• Noun meaning end, purpose, or tax

- used to describe the end times

Question 11

DISPENSATIONALISM

Answer 11

• Consistent literal interpretation of scripture
• deliverance of Israel is to be taken exactly how it was written
• “Staying accountable to original scriptures

Question 12

APOCALYPSE (apokalupsis)

Answer 12

• noun meaning uncovering

- describing revelation of Jesus Christ, and the events to follow His return to earth

Question 13

COMING (parousia)

Answer 13

• noun meaning arrival

- coming back of Jesus

Question 14

CAUGHT (harpazo)

Answer 14

• greek word to ‘snatch away’
• fulfilment of something
• deceitful term of something being fulfilled by someone who has poor motives

Question 15

Present state of the dead

Answer 15

• At death, the souls of believers pass immediately into presence of Christ, and remain in constant bliss until the resurrection of the glorified body.
• Remain after death conscious of condemnation until the final body resurrection and judgment of the unjust

Question 16

Second coming of Christ

Answer 16

• return of Christ to earth in power and great glory will conclude the great tribulation with the victory at Armageddon, the defeat of Antichrist and the binding of Satan.
• Christ introduces the millennial age
• Bring whole world to the knowledge of God

Question 17

Eternal state of righteous

Answer 17

-Righteous will share the glory of God in the new heaven and the new earth for eternity