This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington January 9, 2022. For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org. This lesson covers the doctrine of the Rapture and why we preach that the rapture of the believers is pre-tribulation..

1. Upon this Rock
Lesson Twenty-one
A Study in Baptist Doctrine
Dr. Marvin McKenzie

2. I. DEFINITIONS
• A. There is the view that no
Rapture will occur.
• B. Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
• C. Mid-Tribulation Rapture.
• D. Post Tribulation Rapture.

3. II. HISTORY
• A. The Earliest Christians Believed in the Pre-
tribulation rapture
• B. As the Catholic Church grew and took root; it
began to teach that the Bible was not to be
taken literally, but spiritually.
• C. Back in the late 1800's and Early 1900's two
men, both Protestants, began to popularize the
Pre-tribulation Rapture view.
• D. However, in the last several years, there has
been a popular movement by many
fundamentalists towards the Mid-tribulation
rapture view.

4. III. WHY I BELIEVE THE
RAPTURE TAKES PLACE
BEFORE THE
TRIBULATION
• A. First, because our judgment has
already been dealt with on the cross.
• B. What purpose is there for the
rapture if not to rescue the Christian
from Tribulation suffering?
• C. The word church is not found
anywhere in the book of Revelation
after the Tribulation begins.