Revelation Class Notes
June 11, 2026
Revelation: Given to Christ by God the Father to Show His Servants the Things that Must Take Place
The Rapture: Next Prophetic Event Before the Tribulation (2 Thess 2:3)
The Rapture and the Time before the Tribulation Begins
The next prophetic event to happen.
No other events will happen, or point to the coming of the man of lawlessness and the tribulation before the Tribulation period.
The Dispensation of Grace will end (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
The Church is removed from the earth is the rapture of the Church (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
The rapture, based on the concept of our happy hope, is when all Church saints are resurrected (Titus 2:13).
There will be a generation of grace believers alive when this happens (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
These men and women will not taste death.
Death is generally appointed unto all men (Hebrews 9:27).
The Church will depart from the earth to meet Christ in the air (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
The Events of the Rapture.
The Lord will descend with a shout from the archangel (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
The demons are instructed by Michael, the archangel, to move out of the way.
Spirit beings do not challenge those in authority (Jude 8–10).
Satan is the prince of the authority of the air (Ephesians 2:2).
The trumpet of God will sound—calling those who belong to Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
The trumpet is a call to the Church saints.
Unbelievers will not understand the sound (1 Corinthians 14:8).
The dead in Christ will rise (1 Thessalonians 4:16).
Those who are alive will be snatched up together with all the saints of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
This will all happen within the twinkle of an eye; a period of time that cannot be divided (1 Corinthians 15:52).
The Rapture must happen before the man of lawlessness is revealed (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4).
Those who have not accepted the truth will be deceived by the man of lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:9–10).
The ten nations rise after the Church leaves the earth (Revelation 17:12).
Babylon the Harlot will rise and reside in Rome after the restrainer is gone (Revelation 17:5).
The Rapture does not start the Tribulation Period.
The Tribulation begins by the signing of the seven year peace agreement with the man of lawlessness (Daniel 9:27).
The rapture makes it possible for the man of lawlessness to rise (2 Thessalonians 2:3).
After the Rapture of the Church
The Rise of Babylon the Harlot.
She is a mystery: not revealed today (Revelation 17:5).
The harlot will rule over nations (Revelation 17:15).
The harlot is directly involved in bringing the man of lawlessness into power (Revelation 17:3).
Scarlet is the color of religion.
The beast will rise as a religious man.
She will be an ecumenical system based upon the world religions.
The unsaved in the assemblies of Thyatira (Catholicism), Sardis (Reformed), and Laodicea will be involved with the Harlot.
Other world religions will also be integrated.
The Church, all the believers of the dispensation of grace, are not present. Therefore Christianity will not be part of this religion, but Christendom will be.
Christianity describes those who belong to the Church. They are the saved in the dispensation of grace.
Christendom is Satan’s mimic of Christianity (2 Corinthians 11:15; Ephesians 2:2; Matthew 13:36–43).
Rise of the ten kings; revived Roman Empire (Revelation 17:12).
The ten kings are given power for one hour.
The ten kings are not present before they are given power.
The ten kings cannot rise until the Holy Spirit no longer restrains (2 Thessalonians 2:6–7).
The purpose of the rise of the ten kings is to bring the man of lawlessness into power (Revelation 17:13).
War between the ten kings and the man of lawlessness.
Three horns are pulled out (Daniel 7:8).
The authority of the man of lawlessness is established.
The sixth Gentile world power rises (Revelation 17:10–11).
The Man of Lawlessness comes into Power
The beast will not regard the god of his father, nor any gods (Daniel 11:37).
Women will not play a role in his ecumenical or governmental system–he has no delight in women (Daniel 11:37).
The revived Roman Empire (Revelation 17:9).
The man of lawlessness is a commoner; not of a royal line (Daniel 2:43).
The final governmental period of the word system (Daniel 2:40–42).
His power starts in Rome (Revelation 13:1).
He makes a seven–year peace treaty with Israel (Daniel 9:27).
Israel’s enemies who surround her are destroyed (Psalm 83).
The man of lawlessness protects Israel (Matthew 24:6).
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