Kitchen Table Theology
Where Coffee, Conversation, and Theology Meet. During my 40 years in ministry, I’ve developed an increasing burden for what I sense to be an increase in biblical illiteracy, not only among those in our churches, but also in the young men and women entering the ministry. Conversely, I am hopeful, because I also sense a hunger from people to learn and know biblical truth and the things of God has revealed to us in Scripture. Our Kitchen Table Theology team has developed a list of over 150 doctrinal topics which I, along with one of my cohosts, Jen Denton or Tiffany Coker, examine weekly. Our goal is to educate and share biblical truth on the same level as if we were sitting at your kitchen table with a Bible and a pot of southern pecan coffee in front of us. Welcome to the table!
Kitchen Table Theology
089 Eschatology: The Rapture
“God will use the sound of the trumpet to gather His people for the ultimate assembling together, the rapture of the church, to meet the Lord in the air.” - Pastor Jeff Cranston
Happy New Year, Kitchen Table Theology Family! In our first episode of 2022, Pastor Jeff and Jen Denton continue our series on Eschatology. Last time we defined our terms and in today's episode, we discuss The Rapture.
[00:01] Introduction
- Chatting about the New Year
- A recap of our last podcast on Eschatology
[04:30] What is the Rapture?
- Rapture means a state or an experience of being carried away
- Who will participate in the rapture?
- Jesus
- The Ark Angel
- The bodies of passed and living believers (1 Thess 4)
- The difference between The Rapture and The Second Coming
[10:54] The role of Trumpets and Angels in the Rapture
- Why the Bible teaches that the rapture is pretribulational in nature
- No mention of the Church on earth in the Tribulation (Rev 6-19)
- What does the trumpet mean in the rapture? (1 Cor 15, 1 Thes 4, Rev 4)
- to summon into battle
- to summon to worship
- Trumpets calling angels
- The meaning of trumpets in the old testament
- In the rapture only one tr (Num 10:4)
- Trumpets play a significant role in God calling His people
[25:58] Closing Segment
- This episode is brought to you by Your Greatest Adventure and Happily Ever After by Pastor Jeff Cranston
- Closing words
Key Quotes
“Bible doctrine without love is a shadow of truth. Doctrine held in love is very truth and we dare not allow ourselves to be satisfied with anything less.”- A W. Tozer
“At the rapture, the trumpet or the trump of God is significant. In the Old Testament, that trumpet was used for two things, to summon into battle, and to summon to worship.” - J. Dwight Pentecost
Resources
- Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology by J. Dwight Pentecost
- Pick up Your Greatest Adventure and Happily Ever After by Pastor Jeff Cranston
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