Les Feldick teaches that Christ will first remove the church before the tribulation, then return after the tribulation to establish His literal thousand-year kingdom on earth.
In this view, the church is caught up to meet the Lord in the air before a final seven-year period of tribulation that is centered on Israel (Clips 1, 3). After that tribulation, Christ returns to the Mount of Olives and sets up His millennial kingdom on earth (Clips 4, 6). It is called pre-millennial because the kingdom follows His return.
1 Corinthians 15:52 — Describes the moment believers are changed and the dead are raised, which Les connects to the Rapture before the tribulation.
Zechariah 14:4 — Shows Christ's feet standing on the Mount of Olives at His Second Coming, which leads into the millennial kingdom.
Revelation 20:6 — Reveals the thousand-year reign of Christ, the basis for the pre-millennial view.
The Bible speaks of a moment when the dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible and living believers will be changed “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump” (1 Corinthians 15:52). It also foretells that Christ's feet will stand on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4), an event that precedes His reign on earth. In Revelation, a thousand-year time frame is placed on Christ's reign, which is why it is called the Millennium (Revelation 20:6).
Les Feldick teaches that the Rapture of the church is a distinct event from the Second Coming. At the Rapture, believers are caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and this happens before the final seven-year Tribulation begins. He is convinced the church will not enter the Tribulation because the church age is under grace, not law, and the two cannot be mixed (Clip 3). The Tribulation is associated only with prophecies concerning Israel (Clip 1). After the Tribulation runs its course, Christ returns in the Second Coming, stands on the Mount of Olives, and sets up His glorious Kingdom on earth (Clip 4). The thousand-year time frame for this kingdom is revealed in Revelation, and Les describes it as an introduction into the eternal state (Clips 2, 6). He contrasts this with amillennialism, which spiritualizes the Kingdom and refuses to accept a literal, physical, earthly kingdom (Clip 0).
Les explains that the Rapture is a meeting in the air that has no prophetic signs and can happen at any moment, while the Second Coming is when Christ returns to the Mount of Olives and is preceded by prophetic events. He points to Matthew 24 as the prime example of Second Coming references, and he teaches that the Rapture was a secret revealed only to the Apostle Paul (Clips 5, 7).
Les is certain the church will not enter the Tribulation because the church age is under grace rather than law, and grace and law cannot be mixed. The final seven years are associated with Israel's prophecies, and the church is taken out before that period begins (Clips 1, 3).
Les teaches that after the Tribulation, Christ returns to the Mount of Olives and sets up the Kingdom on earth, fulfilling Old Testament promises. The thousand-year time frame appears in Revelation, giving it the name Millennium. Even though the millennial reign ends, Les says eternity will continue on a similar basis with Christ ruling and reigning (Clips 2, 4, 6).
Les describes amillennial teachers as those who have spiritualized the Scriptures and refuse to accept a literal, physical, earthly kingdom. He studies their writings but makes no apology for rejecting their interpretation, comparing it to a coach studying an opponent's game films (Clip 0).
Amillennialism's Spiritualized Kingdom
Les describes amillennialism as spiritualizing the Kingdom and refusing a literal earthly kingdom, and he does not accept that view.
Rapture Then Tribulation Then Second Coming
Les shows the order: the Rapture meets the Lord in the air, ushers in the final seven years, and then the Tribulation ends with Christ standing on the Mount of Olives.
Millennium as Introduction to Eternity
Les explains that even after the thousand-year reign, eternity involves nations and Christ ruling, and the millennium is an introduction into the eternal.
Church Cannot Enter Tribulation
Les is certain the church will not go into the Tribulation because the church age is under grace, not law, and the two cannot be mixed.
Second Coming and Millennial Kingdom
Les teaches that after the Tribulation, Christ returns to the Mount of Olives and sets up the glorious Kingdom on earth, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies.
Rapture as Revealed Secret to Paul
Les says the Rapture was a secret revealed only to Paul, while Matthew 24 and other Gospel references refer to the Second Coming.
Origin of the Thousand-Year Term
Les explains that the thousand-year time frame for the Kingdom is unique to Revelation, giving it the name Millennium.
Signless Rapture vs. Sign-Laden Second Coming
Les distinguishes the Rapture, which has no prophetic signs and happens in the twinkling of an eye, from the Second Coming, which has prophetic events leading up to it.
1 Corinthians 15:52: In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Les connects this verse to the Rapture of the church before the Tribulation.
Zechariah 14:4: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
This verse is cited by Les as the fulfillment of Christ's Second Coming before the millennial kingdom.
Revelation 20:6: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This is where the thousand-year reign of Christ is explicitly revealed and named the Millennium.
It means the church will be taken to meet the Lord in the air before the Tribulation begins, so believers do not enter that seven-year period (Clips 1, 3).
It means Christ's Second Coming to the Mount of Olives occurs before His thousand-year reign on earth (Clips 4, 6).
Les teaches the Rapture was a secret revealed by revelation to the Apostle Paul, while the Second Coming was prophesied throughout the Old Testament and Gospels (Clip 5).
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