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A STUDY OF DENOMINATIONS
Assemblies of God (3)
(The General Council of the
Assemblies of God, 1914)
Primary Errors Thus Identified Regarding
the Assemblies of God:
Holy Spirit Baptism Occurs Today
every believer should expect it
occurs subsequent to new birth
Speaking in Tongues and other Miracles
Occur Today
Today‟s lesson is on their “end-time” doctrine
establish what they believe and teach
establish what the Bible teaches. . .show errors of
A.G.‟s timeline of events
Why Are So Many Churches Promoting
Premillennialism?
General indifference regarding God in
our culture
premillennialpreachers like to relate
current events to some supposed Biblically
prophesied timeline
people are interested about the future
This Lesson Will Focus On A.G.’s
Premillennial View of the End Times
Pre-Tribulation Rapture
“The second coming of Christ includes the
rapture of the saints, which is our blessed
hope, followed by the visible return of
Christ with His saints to reign on earth for
one thousand years. ”
(Our Statement of Fundamental Truths,
Official AG 16 Doctrines, www.ag.org)
This Lesson Will Focus On A.G.’s
Premillennial View of the End Times
Pre-Tribulation Rapture
“As a church, we do not assert opinion beyond
clear statements of Scripture about the details of
what is yet to take place. This brief survey of our
commonly held views about end-time events will
concentrate on the basic essentials, leaving the
more speculative aspects of prophecy to those
who choose to suggest personal opinions on
details not clearly delineated in Scripture”
(End-Times Events, www.ag.org)
BUT THEN THEY SPECULATE WITH
PERSONAL OPINION!
Rapture?
Pre-Tribulation Rapture
“The Rapture of the living saints is the first phase
of what is commonly called the Second Coming.
To the Christian who truly loves Jesus, the sudden
appearance of Christ in the air will hold no fear,
dread, or disappointment. This event is the
blessed hope Paul mentions in Titus 2:13. At this
time, Christ comes and snatches away His church
without actually setting foot on the earth. The
rapture of the saints is best described in 1
Thessalonians 4:16,17, and 1 Corinthians
15:51,52” (ibid., www.ag.org)
Rapture?
Pre-Tribulation Rapture Resurrection
“Believers who have died before the
Rapture will be resurrected with
incorruptible bodies at the Rapture. ”
(ibid., www.ag.org)
Tribulation
Pre-Tribulation Rapture Affirmed
“With the saints removed from the earth, a time of suffering
will come upon the whole world. The Tribulation is a period
of 7 years, the "70th week" of Daniel (Daniel 9:27). The last
half of the Tribulation period is called the Great Tribulation.
Pre-Tribulation scholars hold that the Rapture will occur
before the beginning of Daniel‟s 70th week. . . .The common
belief in the Assemblies of God is that pre-tribulation is more
accurate [than Mid or Post-Tribulation, sjw]. This view best
satisfies the biblical teaching that the Rapture is always
imminent–it could happen at any time and will have no
immediate warning or announcement (Matthew 24:42-44;
Mark 13:33-37)” (ibid., www.ag.org)
Tribulation
Tribulation Speculations
“The Tribulation directly concerns Israel and is
God‟s judgment for long apostasy (abandonment of
religious faith) and neglect of the Messiah – Jesus
Christ. The Tribulation also affects the whole world
because of its ungodliness and ill treatment of the
Jews. The first half of these 7 years will probably be
a time of prosperity and acceptance of the Antichrist
as the great deliverer from economic chaos. But the
last half of the period will witness the plagues
described in Revelation 15:1-16:21”
(ibid., www.ag.org)
Second Coming
Second Coming Speculation
“The Second Coming. This event is different from the
Rapture. The second coming of Christ is the visible, bodily
appearance of Christ as He returns to the Mount of Olives
from which He ascended back to heaven after His
resurrection. After the marriage between the raptured saints
and the Lamb in heaven (during the Tribulation), Christ, the
Groom, goes forth to claim all of His kingdom. He rides on a
white horse, followed by the saints, also on white horses
(Revelation 19:11,14). . . .The ensuing conflict between the
world of righteousness and the world of darkness is called
the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 16). At the conclusion
of the battle, defeated Satan is bound and cast into the
bottomless pit for 1,000 years (Revelation 20)”
(ibid., www.ag.org)
Second Coming
Second Coming Speculation
“The Millennium. With Satan‟s influence removed from the
earth and Christ‟s reign of righteousness unopposed, the
Millennium will be a time of unsurpassed glory and perfect
relationships. . . .The Millennium will last 1,000 years. Then
there will be another fine tuning in God‟s end-time dealing
with the earth and its inhabitants before the perfection of
eternity begins. Satan will be released for "a little season" to
test the love, faith, and loyalty of those individuals born
during the Millennium and therefore still untested as to their
choice between right and wrong. The rebellion of Satan and
those who choose to follow him will be short-lived. Fire will
come down from heaven and devour the opposition. Satan
will then be permanently cast into the lake of fire (Revelation
20).” (ibid., www.ag.org)
Second Coming
Second Coming Speculation
“The Great White Throne Judgment. After the
judgment fire physically destroys those deceived by
Satan at the end of the Millennium, all the wicked who
have ever lived on the face of the earth will be dead.
Then will follow the resurrection of the wicked dead to
stand before the austere Judge „from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away‟ (Revelation 20:11).
Books are opened and the wicked are judged according
to their works. Then, like Satan, they will be consigned
to the lake of fire to be tormented day and night
forever.” (ibid., www.ag.org)
“As a church, we do not assert opinion beyond clear statements of Scripture
about the details of what is yet to take place” (www.ag.org)
A.G’s End-Time Timeline
Second Coming
(with saints)
3 ½ yrs.
great trib.
Where’s The Rapture?
“At this time, Christ comes and snatches away His church. . .”
(www.ag.org)
Titus 2:13 – Rapture? “And then the lawless
“looking for the blessed hope
one will be revealed,
and glorious appearing (2015, whom the Lord will
Gk. epiphaneia) of our great consume with the
God and Savior Jesus Christ” breath of His mouth
(NKJV) and destroy with the
brightness <2015> of
NO RAPTURE HERE!
His coming”
what does the scripture say will
happen at the “appearing” (Gk. (2 Thess. 2:8, NKJV)
epiphaneia)?
Where’s The Rapture?
“At this time, Christ comes and snatches away His church. . .”
(www.ag.org)
lawless one is REVEALED “And then the lawless
lawless one is CONSUMED
one will be revealed,
whom the Lord will
lawless one is DESTROYED
consume with the
if this is the “antichrist” then breath of His mouth
he is being destroyed 7 and destroy with the
years too early according to brightness <2015> of
A.G‟s timeline! His coming”
if this is Satan, then he is (2 Thess. 2:8, NKJV)
being destroyed 1007 years
too early!
Where’s The Rapture?
“At this time, Christ comes and snatches away His church. . .”
(www.ag.org)
JUDGMENT of living and dead “I charge you
NOT, judgment of “some” living therefore before God
and dead (i.e., saints alone) and the Lord Jesus
WHEN? At his appearing Christ, who will judge
(epiphaneia) and his kingdom the living and the
if A.G.‟s timeline is correct, this dead at His
verse is not!
appearing <2015>
if “appearing” is rapture, then the
resurrection and judgment of the and His kingdom”
living and dead occurs too early (2 Tim. 4:1; NKJV)
if “appearing” is rapture, then the
kingdom is in existence 7 years
too early
Where’s The Rapture?
“The rapture of the saints is best described in 1 Thessalonians
4:16,17, and 1 Corinthians 15:51,52” (www.ag.org)
no pre-tribulation “For the Lord Himself will descend
rapture from heaven with a shout, with the
no silent coming voice of an archangel, and with
no return to the trumpet of God. And the dead
earth, “thus we
shall always be in Christ will rise first. Then we
with the Lord” who are alive and remain shall be
world & wicked caught up together with them in
destroyed (1 the clouds to meet the Lord in the
Thess. 5:3; cf.2 air. And thus we shall always be
Thess. 2:8; 2 Pet.
3:1ff) with the Lord” (1 Thess. 4:16, 17,
NKJV)
Where’s The Rapture?
“The rapture of the saints is best described in 1 Thessalonians
4:16,17, and 1 Corinthians 15:51,52” (www.ag.org)
NO RAPTURE! “Behold, I tell you a
the dead will be raised mystery: We shall not all
incorruptible sleep, but we shall all be
all will be changed changed––in a moment, in
no silent coming the twinkling of an eye, at
why would saints be
the last trumpet. For the
changed to trumpet will sound, and
incorruptible and then the dead will be raised
come back to inherit a incorruptible, and we shall
corruptible earth for be changed.”
1000 years (15:50)? (1 Cor. 15:51, 52, NKJV)
“As a church, we do not assert opinion beyond clear statements of Scripture
about the details of what is yet to take place” (www.ag.org)
A.G’s End-Time Timeline
Second Coming
(with saints)
X 3 ½ yrs.
great trib.
