Diagram

We here present the following diagram, merely as an outline of the order of events, in connection with our Lords return. We exhort (1 Thes. 4:18, margin) a faithful study of it, together with the references and explanations appended, believing that, as an object lesson, it will be a great help to the reader to understand these mighty questions.

Israel

EXPLANATION.

* — The birth of Christ, the King of the Jews,
f — The death and resurrection of Christ.
J. — Ascension of Christ. Acts 1:9.
i> — Descent of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2.

Mat. 2:2.

Church-Uysticsil body of Christ. Eph. 1:22-23; 3:3-6;

Rom. 12:4-5; Col. 1:24-27; 1 Cor. 12:12-27; and the

Bride of Christ, Eph. 5:21-23. /;£^ — Descent of the Lord (1 Thes. 4:16) to receive His

Bride. John 14:3. i — Resurrection of the just. Lu. 14:14; Acts 24:15; 1

Thes. 4:15-16; and change of living believers. 1 Cor.

15:23,51,52. iapwre — Translation of the saints who (like Enoch) are

caught up to meet Christ in the air. 1 Thes. 4:17. 3f — The meeting of Christ and His Bride. 1 Thes. 4:17

Eph. 5:21-32; 2 Cor. 11:2. This is our gathering together unto Him. 2 Thes. 2:1 And the marriage of the Lamb. Mat. 22:2-10; 25:10

Lu. 14:15-24; Rev. 19:7-8. So shall we ever be with the Lord. John 12:26; 14:3

17:24; 1 Thes. 4:17. It is the Hope of the Church. Phil. 3:20-21; Tit. 2:13

1 John 3 :2-3. And the redemption mentioned in Lu. 21 :28; Rom. 8 :23

Eph. 4:30. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. 1

Thes. 4 :18. Thus the Church escapes the tribulation. Lu. 21:36; 2

Pet. 2:9; Rev. 3:10. T. — Period of unequaled tribulation to the world (Dan,

12:1; Mat. 24:21; Lu. 21:25-26), during which-the

Church having been taken out — God begins to deal with

Israel again (Acts 15:13-17; Psa. 51:18; 102:16),

and will restore them to their own land. Isa. 11:11;

60; Jer. 30:3; Jer. 31; 32:36-44; Amos 9:15; Zech.

8:10; Rom. 11. Antichrist will be revealed. 2 Thes. 2 :8. The vials of God’s wrath poured out. Psa. 2 :l-5; Rev.

6:16-17; Rev. 14:10; 16. But men only blaspheme

God. Rev. 16:11-21. Israel accepts Christ (Zech.

12:10-14; 13:6), and are brought through the fire.

Zech. 13:9. They pass not away. Mat. 24:34; Psa.

22:30.

Rev. — The revelation of Christ and His saints (Col, 3:4; 1 Thes. 3:13), in flaming fire (2 Tlies. 1:7-10) to execute judgment on the earth. Jude 14-15. This is Christ’s second coming to the earth. Acts 1:11; Deut. 33:2; Zech. 14:4-5; Mat. 16:27; 24:29-30.

J — Judgment of the nations, or the quick. Mat. 25:31- 46; 19:28; Acts 10:42; 1 Pet. 4:5. Antichrist is destroyed. 2 Thes. 2 :8. The Beast and the False Prophet are taken. Rev. 19:20. Gog and his allies are smitten. Ezek. chapters 38 and 39. Satan is boimd. Rev. 20:1-3; Rom. 16:20.

R. T. — Resurrection of the Tribulation Saints, which completes the First Resun-ection. Rev. 20 :4-6.

Millm. — The Millennium. Christ’s glorious reign on the earth for 1,000 years (Rev. 20:4) with His Bride, 2 Tim. 2:12; Rev. 5:10; Isa. 2:2-5; 4; 11:1-12; 25:6-9; Isa. 65:18-25; Mic. 4:1-4; Zeph. 3:14-20; Zech. 8:3-8; Zech. 8:20-23; 14:16-21.

6* — Satan loosed for a little season, and destroyed with Gog and Magog. Rev. 20:7-10; Heb. 2:14.

Ees. — The Resurrection of Judgment. Rev. 20:12-15; John 5:29; Dan. 12:2.

J. W. T.-Judg-ment at the Great White Throne of all the remaining dead. Rev. 20 :11-15. Death and Hell destroyed. Rev. 20:14; 1 Cor. 15:26.

E. J5J. — Eternity, or rather, The aions to come. Eph. 2:7.*

*’r se events, we believe, are plainly foretold in the Wora, though we would not be dogmatic as to the precise order in which they are given above (see preface). But we trust it will enable the reader to apprehend, in some degree, the extent to which the future has been revealed, unto us, by the Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21; John 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:10) and to realize that etekxity itself will not be a blank, or statue like condition, but a continually unfolding manifestation of God to us throughout the “ages to come” (Eph. 2:7) even the “ages of ages.” See Greek Gal. 1:5; Eph. 3:21; Phil. 4:21; 1 Tim. 1:17; 2 Tim. 4:18; Heb. 13:21; 1 Pet. 4:11; Rev. 1:6, 18; 4:9. 10; 5:13; 7:12; 10:6; 11:15; 14:11; 15:7; 19:3; 20:10; 22:5. See page 218.