Acknowledgments
Foreword

The Seven Seals of Revelation 5:1-8:6

Seal 1: The conquering Antichrist
Seal 2: Worldwide war
Seal 3: Worldwide famine
Seal 4: 25% of the world's population die
Seal 5: Martyrs appear in heaven under the altar of God
Seal 6: Cosmic Disturbances, 144,000 sons of Israel are sealed and a great multitude appear in heaven
Seal 7: Prelude to the Trumpet and Bowl Judgments

Introduction

Notes

1. Biblical Terms

   The Peace Treaty
   Daniel's Seventieth Week // The Tribulation period
   The Great Tribulation
   The Rapture
   Rapture Timing
   The Day of the Lord
   The Second Coming
   The Millennial Kingdom

2. The Darkening of the Sun, Moon and Stars

3. The Day of the Lord Timing

   Christians are Protected from God's Wrath
   Confusion about the Timing of the Day of the Lord
   Will the Church Enter into Daniel's Seventieth Week?
   2 Thessalonians and the Day of the Lord
   1 Thessalonians and the Day of the Lord
   Experiencing Tribulation and Persecution
   Proximity of the Rapture to the Day of the Lord
   Conclusion

4. Is the Rapture Imminent?

   The Blessed Hope - Not Restricted to the Rapture
   Who is the Blessed Hope For?
   Examining the context of the Blessed Hope
   Conclusion

5. Looking at the Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2

   The Restrainer
   What does the Restrainer do?
   Must the Restrainer Vacate the earth?
   What Will Salvation Be Like in the Tribulation Period?
   What Does "Taking Out of the Way" Mean?
   The Restrainer Conclusion
   The 2 Thessalonians Record
   The Apostasy
   Conclusion

6. Looking at the Rapture in Matthew 24 & 25

   Is Matthew 24 Written to Israel or the Church?
   Matthew 24 and the Seals of Revelation
   The Abomination of Desolation
   The Great Tribulation
   The Great Tribulation is Cut Short
   Who are God's Elect?
   The Rapture or the Second Coming?
   The Chronology of Matthew 24:30-25:46
   Conclusion

7. Looking at the Rapture in Revelation

   No Mention of the Church
   John Goes To Heaven
   Who Are the Twenty-four Elders?
   Does Zechariah 6:1-8 Prove Seals 1-4 are God's Judgments?
   Who Can Open the Seven Sealed Book?
   Is the Fifth Seal Depicting God's Judgment?
   The Sixth Seal
   Provisions for the 144,000 Sons of Israel
   Who is this Great Multitude?
   Silence... Then the Day of the Lord Begins

8. Closing Comments

Appendix 1 An Alternative to Who the Restrainer Is

Appendix 2 A Sharper Focus: Looking at the Rapture in Revelation
Theological and Greek Word Studies

Sharper Focus A
John Goes to Heaven
Sharper Focus B
Is the Fifth Seal Depicting God's Judgment?
Sharper Focus C
The Sixth Seal

Appendix 3 Does Jesus Come Twice?

Christ: The Executor of Judgment
His Coming (Parousia)
Arguments Against Parousia
Coming With All His Saints

Index to Bible Quotes
End Notes