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Eschatology (the Doctrine of Future Events)
The Rapture:
We believe in the imminent, pretribulational, premillennial return of Christ for His church, at which time the dead in Christ will be raised with glorified bodies, the living in Christ will be given glorified bodies without tasting death, and all will be caught up together to meet Christ in the air. They will then appear before the judgment seat of Christ to be judged regarding their service and works, and will be rewarded accordingly (Rom. 14:10-12; I Cor. 3:11-15; 15:51-58; II Cor. 5:10; I Thess. 4:13-18; I John 3:1-3).
The Tribulation:
We believe the rapture will be followed by a seven-year period of time during which God will pour out His wrath upon the unbelieving world. During this time the Antichrist will be revealed and empowered by Satan and will endeavor to take the place of God in ruling the world. He will be destroyed at the battle of Armageddon when Christ returns to earth (Dan. 9:24-27; 11:36-45; II Thess. 2:3-12; Rev. 13:10; 19:11-20).
The Millennial Kingdom:
We believe the Tribulation will be terminated by Christ's second coming, at which time He will cast the Antichrist and false prophet into the lake of fire, bind Satan and cast him into the bottomless pit for a thousand years, judge both Jews and Gentiles, and inaugurate a one-thousand-year kingdom on earth, over which He will personally reign. During this time God will fulfill for Israel the conditions of the Abrahamic, Davidic, Palestinian, and New Covenants, and all the world will enjoy peace, equity, justice, and prosperity as they obey Christ (Gen. 12:1-3; 13:14-16; 15:18-21; II Sam. 7:10-16; Jer. 31:31-34 Ez. 20:33-44; 34;11-22; 36:24-30; Joel 3:1-3; Matt. 24:27-30, 36-44; 25:1-46; Luke 21:34-36; Rev. 19:11-21; 20:4-5).
Eternity:
We believe Satan will be released at the end of the millennium, that he will gather the armies of the nations against Christ and His saints, and that he will then be cast into the lake of fire forever. All the unbelieving dead will then be raised to stand before the Great White Throne and be sentenced to their eternal punishment forever. Believers will forever enjoy the blessedness of God's presence after He has brought into existence the new heaven and the new earth, where Christ will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords (II Pet. 3:13; Rev. 20:7-15; 21:1-8, 22-27; 22:1-5).
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