Alan E. Kurschner 
Pretrib [EPUB ebook] 
Examining the Foundations of Pretribulation Rapture Theology

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Introduction: Pretribulation Rapture Theology

Part 1 The Ecclesiastical Presupposition: God Does Not Work with the Church and Israel Simultaneously

1. Descriptions of Dispensationalism

2. ‘Seventy Weeks Have Been Decreed for Your People’

3. God Works with Israel and the Church Simultaneously

Part 2: The Parousia Presupposition: The Rapture Is Not Part of the Second Coming

4. Descriptions of the Return of Jesus

5. ‘Come for His Saints’ and ‘Come with His Saints’

6. The Second Coming Does Not Begin with Armageddon

7. The Second Coming Begins with the Rapture

Conclusion

Appendix 1: A Brief Explanation of the Prewrath View

Appendix 2: Church Mysteries Extend into the Seventieth Week

Bibliography

Scripture Index

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Parousia as an Extended Event

The Revelation of the Antichrist and Jesus Christ

The Appearing/Epiphaneia of Christ

Matthew 24:30 is Not Armageddon

Five Events before the Day of the Lord

Pretrib Gap Before the Seven Years

Pretrib Gap Within the Seven Years

Rapture and God’s Wrath – Back to Back

Prewrath Timeline Overview

TABLES

Table 1. Pretribulation Contrasts

Table 2. Passion Narrative ‘Contrasts’

Table 3. First Contrast

Table 4. Jesus and Paul’s Teachings

Table 5. Second Contrast

Table 6. Third Contrast

Table 7. Fourth Contrast

Table 8. Co-referential Terms

Alan E. Kurschner (Ph.D., Mc Master Divinity College) is a biblical scholar and the author of Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ. He is also the host of the popular podcast The Biblical Prophecy Program™. For more information visit Eschatos Ministries.