Rapture, Tribulation & Resurrection
We believe the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout and the trumpet of God. The dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air — and so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17).
Tribulation
We believe God’s wrath is coming upon all who dwell on the earth in disobedience — those who reject Jesus Christ.
Luke 21:36 Watch and pray always, that you may be counted worthy to escape these things and to stand before the Son of Man.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned; whoever does not believe is condemned already.
John 8:24 Unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.
Resurrection
We believe Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Anyone in Christ will live, even though they die physically.
John 5:28–29 The hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth — to the resurrection of life, or of condemnation.
John 11:25 I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
Israel
“Israel” appears 2,576 times in 2,301 verses of the KJV.
We believe Jacob’s descendants (Israel) are God’s chosen people, and believers are grafted in.
We believe the church does not replace Israel.
We believe God’s promises to Israel are irrevocable.
We believe God will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who come against her.
For more on God’s teaching about Israel, read Romans 11.
