Knowing Christianity

Time of the Rapture   Mid-Tribulation Rapture      Simply stated, this view holds that the church will be raptured midway through the tribulation period, after the first three and a half years. Pre-Wrath Rapture      This view teaches that all Christians will be taken in the rapture approximately three-fourths of the way through the tribulation, when the wrath of God begins to be poured out on the earth at the seventh seal (Rev. 6:17). Partial Rapture      This view holds that the rapture occurs before the tribulation, but the only ones taken will be “spiritual” Christians, all other Christians will remain through the tribulation. Post-Tribulation Rapture      Advocates of this view state that the church will be present on earth during the entire seven-year tribulation and that she will be raptured at the end of the seven years. The rapture will occur concurrently with the second coming of Christ, a single event separated by a few moments. Believers will meet the Lord