What does the Assemblies of God believe concerning end-time events?
The Assemblies of God understands the biblical description of end-time events to be literal, not symbolic (as do some churches). … To the Christian who truly loves Jesus, the sudden appearance of Christ in the air will hold no fear, dread, or disappointment. … The end times will be full of frightening events. Christians will be spared from suffering some of them by being snatched away in the Rapture. … With the saints removed from the earth, a time of suffering will come upon the whole world. … The Tribulation directly concerns Israel and is God’s judgment for long apostasy (abandonment of religious faith) and neglect of the Messiah – Jesus Christ … After the judgment fire physically destroys those deceived by Satan at the end of the Millennium, all the wicked who have ever lived on the face of the earth will be dead. Then will follow the resurrection of the wicked dead to stand before the austere Judge “from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away” (Revelation 20:11) .
