an important teaching of the book of Revelation, some detailed events attending it, such as the rapture, are noticeably absent On this Walvoord writes, The rapture as a doctrine is not a part of the prophetic foreview of the book of Revelation This is in keeping with the fact that the book as a whole is not occupied primarily with God’s program for the church Instead the primary objective is to portray the events leading up to and climaxing in the second coming of Christ and the prophetic kingdom and the eternal state which ultimately will follow.11 Most premillennialists place the rapture either at 4:1 or between 3:22 and 4:1 Christ’s return to the earth is clearly identified in 19:11-21 H MILLENNIUM (20:1-6) This is the one New Testament passage explicitly referring to the Millennium (“thousand years”) Most of the Bible’s descriptions of the Millennium appear in the Old Testament What will the Millennium be like, according to these prophecies: Psalm 72; Isaiah 2:2-4; 9:6-7; 11:4-9; 30:15-33; chapters 35, 44, 49; 65:17—66:14; Jeremiah 23:5-6? The millennial kingdom is primarily God’s restoration to Israel of an earthly kingdom in the last days, promised through His Old Testament prophets (see Ezekiel 20:34-38) It will come to an end after one thousand years and will be followed by the new heaven and the new earth (21:1 ) (See Chart 129.) How does the chart show the Millennium to be the dwelling place of both Jewish believers and non-Jewish believers? I HEAVEN (21:1—22:21) The Bible opens with the story of the creation of the heavens and earth, followed by man’s sin and the curse it incurred (Gen 1-3) The Bible closes with the appearance of a new heaven and new earth, followed by a description of the saints’ eternal home, where sin and curse will have no part (Rev 21-22) This nal section of Revelation is the brightest part of the book Any Christian reading its pages must feel relieved to move from the long, dark catacombs of the judgment chapters (6-20) to the fresh, heavenly air of John’s last visions This glorious message for believers is God’s last recorded words No earthly words can fully describe heaven John’s vision was of a city — New Jerusalem — a glimpse of heaven Use the following outline as you read the text: ... This is the one New Testament passage explicitly referring to the Millennium (“thousand years”) Most of the Bible’s descriptions of the Millennium appear in the Old Testament What will the Millennium... How does the chart show the Millennium to be the dwelling place of both Jewish believers and non-Jewish believers? I HEAVEN (21:1—22:21) The Bible opens with the story of the creation of the heavens... nal section of Revelation is the brightest part of the book Any Christian reading its pages must feel relieved to move from the long, dark catacombs of the judgment chapters (6-20) to the fresh,