School of Prophets

1. Terms and Definitions
2. Dispensational Theology
3. Covenant Theology
4. Post Millennialism
5. A-millennialism
6. Pre-Millennialism
7. Historic Pre-Millennialism
8. Preterism
9. Pre-Trib Rapture
10. Mid-Trib Rapture
11. Pre-Wrath Rapture
12. Post-Trib Rapture

Learning Objectives (What it is the Learner to should know when they are finished with this course.)

Understand the various approaches taken concerning significant events in Scripture. The course will look at the scriptural support for each and their implications.

Primary Resources

1. King James Bible
2. Interlinear Greek New Testament
3. Interlinear Hebrew Old Testament
4. Strong's Concordance

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Websites

We will list various websites that are useful through the program of study and those that are of specific for the course itself.

Dallas Theological Seminary
http://www.dts.edu/
http://library.dts.edu/

BibleGateway.com
http://www.biblegateway.com/
Online Bible in over 50 versions

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html

Crosswalk
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
Commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, encyclopedias, lexicons

Bible Atlas
http://www.painsley.org.uk/re/Atlas/

Biblical Maps
http://www.blueletterbible.org/images_maps.html

About.com: Ancientclassical History
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/biblicalmaps/ig/Biblical-History-Maps/Historical-Maps-of-Israel.htm

Berean Bible Society: Cornelius R. Stam
http://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/history.html

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Reference List

1. Fast Facts on Bible Prophecy. Thomas Ice and Timothy Demy. 1997. Harvest House publications.
2. Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology. J. Dwight Pentecost.ll Zondervan Publishing House. 1958.

Grading

Weekly 10 page paper = 120 points
Final Project = 30 points

Deliverable

The Weekly Paper is due at the end of each week.
The Final Project is due at the beginning of the fifteenth week

NOTE: The weekly papers are to be referenced in great detail. The object of the assignments and final project is to give you a thorough reference guide to the issues being discussed in this course. Your primary source should be Scripture. Other source material may be used as well and should be carefully referenced.

LESSON ONE: Terms and Definitions

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Paper: Define the following terms. Be sure to reference all sources. Ten pages total for this paper.

Eschatology
Prophecy
Apocalyptic
Mystery
Rapture
Tribulation
Second Coming
Millennium
Eternity Future

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LESSON TWO: Dispensational Theology

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Deliverable:

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Study Questions

The program in Advanced Prophetics believes the Bible to be the final authority in issues of faith and practice. It approaches Scripture from a dispensational point of view and believes in a pre-tribulation and pre-millennial approach to eschatology.

Using this as your foundation and using Scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Dispensational Theology
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position .

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

LESSON THREE: Covenant Theology

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Covenant Theology
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

LESSON FOUR: Post-millennialism

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Post Millennialism
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position
The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

LESSON FIVE: A-millennialism

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

The program in Advanced Prophetics believes the Bible to be the final authority in issues of faith and practice. It approaches scripture from a dispensational point of view and believes in a pre-tribulation and pre-millennial approach to eschatology.

Using this as your foundation and using Scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term A-millennialism
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON SIX: Pre-millennialism

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using Scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Pre-Millennialism
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON SEVEN: Historic Pre-millennialism

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

The program in Advanced Prophetics believes the Bible to be the final authority in issues of faith and practice. It approaches scripture from a dispensational point of view and believes in a pre-tribulation and pre-millennial approach to eschatology.

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Historic Pre-Millennialism
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON EIGHT: Preterism

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term Preterism (a position that maintains that the prophecies in the Apocalypse have already been fulfilled).
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON NINE: Pre-tribulation Rapture

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term pre-tribulation rapture.
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON TEN: Mid-tribulation Rapture

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Lectures Online: Download the audio

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term mid-tribulation rapture.
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON ELEVEN: Pre-wrath Rapture

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Deliverable:

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term pre-wrath rapture.
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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LESSON TWELVE: Post-tribulation Rapture

Reading: Use the books for this course and other sources of your choosing.

Deliverable:

The program in Advanced Prophetics believes the Bible to be the final authority in issues of faith and practice. It approaches scripture from a dispensational point of view and believes in a pre-tribulation and pre-millennial approach to eschatology.

Using this as your foundation and using scripture as your primary reference (you may use other resources as well), give a:

Definition of the term post tribulation rapture.
Give a brief history of its use.
Refute or confirm the term from a dispensational, pre-tribulation and pre-millennial position.

The paper should be approximately 10 pages in length and referenced with detailed scriptural proof texts. Other references may be used as well.

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FINAL PROJECT (30 points) (Student may be exempt by maintaining an "A" average on deliverables and final project.)

Compile the above assignments into one cohesive reference. The object of this project is to give you detailed information on the topics covered in this course. It should contain copious references and heavily tied to scriptural proof texts. It should have an index that will allow you to locate any of its topics easily.

BIB 592 Eschatological Options 3 Credits