Rapture?

[Cary.Melvin]

What are the Wesleyan/Methodist Churches views on the end times?

Amillinial, Pre-millenial, Post-millenial?

If Pre-millenial, do you believe in a Pre, Mid or Post Tribulation Rapture?

 

[Crono]

The twenty-fifth Article of Faith of the Church of the Nazarene states the following:

XV. Second Coming of Christ
19. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will come again; that we who are alive at His coming shall not precede them that are asleep in Christ Jesus; but that, if we are abiding in Him, we shall be caught up with the risen saints to meet the Lord in the air, so that we shall ever be with the Lord.

(Matthew 25:31-46; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:9-11; Philippians 3:20-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 9:26-28; 2 Peter 3:3-15; Revelation 1:7-8; 22:7-20)

This leaves room for pre-, post-, and amillenialism, and all three doctrines have been prominent in the denomination throughout its history. In other words, the Church of the Nazarene doesn't have an official stance on the matter and only asserts that the Second Coming will take place.

 

[TCapp]

My pastor says he's a "pantheist". He says it will all pan out in the end.

Speaking for myself, I lean toward historicism, but I don't know if it is widely known about outside of SDA circles.

 

[WesleyJohn]

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