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Beliefs: • The promises made to Abraham and David are unconditional and, in no sense have these promises been fulfilled by the Church. • It follows, therefore, that God has separate programs for the Church and Israel. • The church is scarcely, if at all, in the OT prophets. • Jesus Christ came to offer an earthly kingdom to Israel. • The Jews, however, rejected the offer and had Jesus crucified. • Jesus is coming again to "rapture" the Church and to finally establish the earthly kingdom promised to Israel. • This second coming occurs in 2 stages (MacArthur 87). • First comes the 'Rapture', when Christ comes for the saints and they are caught up to meet Him in the air (MacArthur 87). • Second comes Jesus' return to earth, when He comes with His saints--also known as 'The Appearing' (MacArthur 87). • Between these 2 events is Daniel's 70th week--the 7 years known as the Tribulation (MacArthur 87). • There are, at least 3 resurrections: of the righteous before the millennium (at the rapture), of the unrighteous after the millennium, and of the 'tribulation saints' (those who turn to Christ during the Tribulation) at 'the appearing'.