Sunday, July 4, 2010

Scofield And The Rapture

1 Corinthians 15
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

I believe Jesus is coming. I believe He is coming in the Clouds, with power and great glory. And I believe He is coming with His saints.

But I don't have cut and dry, well thought-out opinions on two terms: the rapture and pre-millennialism.

A discussion of these terms seems not to be, for me anyway, edifying. To study these terms intelligently you probably need to study five or six, maybe ten or twenty, Bible passages and, somehow, draw some conclusions. I'm not sure I have a mind for such a task.

On the other hand, and maybe for future consideration, following is Scofield's comments on these issues.

Scofield Notes 1917 - Resurrection, Summary:
....Two resurrections are yet future, which are inclusive of "all that are in the graves" (John 5:28). These are distinguished as "of life" (1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 15:23 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ; Revelation 20:4) and "of judgment"; (John 5:28 John 5:29 ; Revelation 20:11-13). They are separated by a period of one thousand years (Revelation 20:5). The "first resurrection," that "unto life," will occur at the second coming of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:23), the saints of the O.T. and church ages meeting Him in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Thessalonians 4:17) while the martyrs of the tribulation, who also have part in the resurrection (Revelation 20:4) are raised at the end of the great tribulation....

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