1. A pre-tribulational rapture -- not written in God's Word. Men have to ADD to God's Word, changing it, to even make Scripture seem... like it's hinting at it. This doctrine of man began to be first preached in 1830's Great Britain by John Nelson Darby and the Irving Church movement. Scholar Dave McPhearson has done much of the best research to document when the doctrine was first preached in Britain. These are not prepared to recognize the coming false-Messiah to Jerusalem at the end of this world just prior to Christ's return. They think the Antichrist will be like the old pagan beasts of past history, and that they will be raptured to Heaven before the tribulation by that beast king-false-Messiah.
2. Amillennialism -- you can pretty much assign this to Gnosticism of the 2nd century. That's when this theory from men started. The 1st century Church fathers were all Pre-millennialists, meaning they believed Scripture about Christ's return at the end of this present world to begin His "thousand years" (Millennium) reign over all nations per Revelation 20 and Zechariah 14. Amillennialism is aligned with New World Order theory. These think Christ left it up to His Church to create His Kingdom on earth today, and they believe all that is left is His return, and that there is no "thousand years" reign over the unsaved of Zechariah 14 and Revelation 20. They believe God's GWT Judgment happens immediately at Christ's return. It doesn't.
3. Full Preterism - these believe that Christ's 2nd coming is only a spiritual coming, not a literal bodily return, which God's Word actually declares a real physical return of Lord Jesus back to this earth (Zechariah 14; Acts 1). These align with man's New World Order globalist one-world government ideology. They want Christianity to work on 'their' terms, not what God's Word says about it. They treat the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D. as a type of spiritual coming by Christ during His Apostle's days. So they are definitely not looking for Christ's literal earthly return, so the coming false-Messiah they will be deceived about.
4. Partial Preterism - this is almost as bad as Full Preterism, because it suggests that most all Bible prophecy has already been fulfilled. They still believe in a literal return of our Lord Jesus Christ, but they believe most all the Book of Revelation was fulfilled around 70 A.D. or in Apostle John's era. It means they deny most endtime prophecies. This was the type of Protestant denominational Church I was raised in. They didn't teach much Old Testament Scripture, and stayed away from Bible prophecy for the last days leading up to Christ's return. They stressed good works, which isn't a bad thing, but for these days we are in, they are not keeping to God's Word about warnings for the end so as to not be deceived. So sticking with these only, you will be deceived about the coming false-Messiah in Jerusalem for the end.
5. Historicism - these are very similar to Partial Preterism. They tend to put everything in God's Word in a historical context, except Christ's future return. Thus they deny most endtime prophecies and such. These won't prepare you to understand the end either, since most of what they preach is a type of completion of The Gospel. Many of these are still stuck in the old Reformation, the period when Protestants broke off from the Catholic Church. The Reformers applied to the pope the role of the Antichrist because of the Catholic Church's persecution of Protestants centuries ago. Still today they see the pope in Rome as the Antichrist for the end, which does not align with Bible Scripture at all, since the coming false one to Jerusalem is to be exalted as Messiah per Lord Jesus, with the Jews believing on him. The orthodox Jews aren't going to accept a non-Jew as their Messiah of Bible prophecy, so that leaves out a Catholic pope.
6. Furturism - this is what the Preterists and Historicists most often categorize those that are on a Pre-trib Rapture theory. Preterists and Historicists will often claim anyone who suggests a Bible prophecy is for the future as being a Futurist. It's really an idiotic idea. That because there are many believers who are not on a Pre-trib Rapture that know there's still a lot of Bible prophecy not yet fulfilled.
7. Dispensationalsim - this is actually a component of Darby's Pre-trib Rapture theory. It suggests that Jesus comes prior to the tribulation to rapture His Church to Heaven to live and reign, not suffering the tribulation. Darby uses the historical events of The Bible to divide into time periods (something others did before him too), but then ADDS the idea that after Christ's future return, the Church reigns with Jesus in Heaven, while unbelieving Israel is restored on earth as a kingdom again. You will catch them immediately in a lie with that, because those on Pre-trib are taught the Church is raptured to Heaven prior to the trib, and then return with Jesus at the 2nd coming. Thus God can control the minds even of the wicked who try to change His Word, and they are easy to catch in lie if one who studies His Word as written pays attention.
8. Hyper-Dispensationalism - this started maybe in the 1940s. It takes Darby's and E.W. Bullinger's dispensationalist ideas further, and wrongly teaches that only Apostle Paul's Epistles apply to Christ's Church. This is really just a Pre-trib Rapture doctrine ploy, because if only Paul's Epistles apply, then that means to not study the Signs of the end Lord Jesus gave us elsewhere in The Bible. It means 'danger', because you won't be prepared for what actually is going to happen at the end of this world. And the fact that Apostle Paul 'quoted' many Bible prophecies about the end from the Old Testament prophets ought to tell you how Hyper-Dispensationalists are grossly deceived.
2. Amillennialism -- you can pretty much assign this to Gnosticism of the 2nd century. That's when this theory from men started. The 1st century Church fathers were all Pre-millennialists, meaning they believed Scripture about Christ's return at the end of this present world to begin His "thousand years" (Millennium) reign over all nations per Revelation 20 and Zechariah 14. Amillennialism is aligned with New World Order theory. These think Christ left it up to His Church to create His Kingdom on earth today, and they believe all that is left is His return, and that there is no "thousand years" reign over the unsaved of Zechariah 14 and Revelation 20. They believe God's GWT Judgment happens immediately at Christ's return. It doesn't.
3. Full Preterism - these believe that Christ's 2nd coming is only a spiritual coming, not a literal bodily return, which God's Word actually declares a real physical return of Lord Jesus back to this earth (Zechariah 14; Acts 1). These align with man's New World Order globalist one-world government ideology. They want Christianity to work on 'their' terms, not what God's Word says about it. They treat the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D. as a type of spiritual coming by Christ during His Apostle's days. So they are definitely not looking for Christ's literal earthly return, so the coming false-Messiah they will be deceived about.
4. Partial Preterism - this is almost as bad as Full Preterism, because it suggests that most all Bible prophecy has already been fulfilled. They still believe in a literal return of our Lord Jesus Christ, but they believe most all the Book of Revelation was fulfilled around 70 A.D. or in Apostle John's era. It means they deny most endtime prophecies. This was the type of Protestant denominational Church I was raised in. They didn't teach much Old Testament Scripture, and stayed away from Bible prophecy for the last days leading up to Christ's return. They stressed good works, which isn't a bad thing, but for these days we are in, they are not keeping to God's Word about warnings for the end so as to not be deceived. So sticking with these only, you will be deceived about the coming false-Messiah in Jerusalem for the end.
5. Historicism - these are very similar to Partial Preterism. They tend to put everything in God's Word in a historical context, except Christ's future return. Thus they deny most endtime prophecies and such. These won't prepare you to understand the end either, since most of what they preach is a type of completion of The Gospel. Many of these are still stuck in the old Reformation, the period when Protestants broke off from the Catholic Church. The Reformers applied to the pope the role of the Antichrist because of the Catholic Church's persecution of Protestants centuries ago. Still today they see the pope in Rome as the Antichrist for the end, which does not align with Bible Scripture at all, since the coming false one to Jerusalem is to be exalted as Messiah per Lord Jesus, with the Jews believing on him. The orthodox Jews aren't going to accept a non-Jew as their Messiah of Bible prophecy, so that leaves out a Catholic pope.
6. Furturism - this is what the Preterists and Historicists most often categorize those that are on a Pre-trib Rapture theory. Preterists and Historicists will often claim anyone who suggests a Bible prophecy is for the future as being a Futurist. It's really an idiotic idea. That because there are many believers who are not on a Pre-trib Rapture that know there's still a lot of Bible prophecy not yet fulfilled.
7. Dispensationalsim - this is actually a component of Darby's Pre-trib Rapture theory. It suggests that Jesus comes prior to the tribulation to rapture His Church to Heaven to live and reign, not suffering the tribulation. Darby uses the historical events of The Bible to divide into time periods (something others did before him too), but then ADDS the idea that after Christ's future return, the Church reigns with Jesus in Heaven, while unbelieving Israel is restored on earth as a kingdom again. You will catch them immediately in a lie with that, because those on Pre-trib are taught the Church is raptured to Heaven prior to the trib, and then return with Jesus at the 2nd coming. Thus God can control the minds even of the wicked who try to change His Word, and they are easy to catch in lie if one who studies His Word as written pays attention.
8. Hyper-Dispensationalism - this started maybe in the 1940s. It takes Darby's and E.W. Bullinger's dispensationalist ideas further, and wrongly teaches that only Apostle Paul's Epistles apply to Christ's Church. This is really just a Pre-trib Rapture doctrine ploy, because if only Paul's Epistles apply, then that means to not study the Signs of the end Lord Jesus gave us elsewhere in The Bible. It means 'danger', because you won't be prepared for what actually is going to happen at the end of this world. And the fact that Apostle Paul 'quoted' many Bible prophecies about the end from the Old Testament prophets ought to tell you how Hyper-Dispensationalists are grossly deceived.
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