Jesus' Olivet Discourse - 3

Brief outline of future events:
#1: The rapture of the church
#2: The Tribulation period
#3: The Second Coming of Christ
#4: The Millennial Kingdom
#5: The great rebellion
#6: The destruction of heaven and the earth
#7: The Great White Throne Judgment
#8: The creation of the new heaven and new earth

First, the overall context
#1: The five major discourses in Matthew
#2: The Jewish context of Mathew 24-25

Second, the prophetic setting, 1-3
Third, the interpretive systems
Revelation 20:1-8

The 3 major eschatological systems:
#1: Postmillennialism
Matthew 24:1
#2: Amillennialism
#3: Premillennialism
1 Corinthians 15:24ff

A. Historical premillennialism
B. Preterism