Great Tribulation A usual reference to the entire 23 year tribulation period. Although, depending on context, it could be focusing on either the first or second part of the great tribulation.
Corporate Church The institutional body of believers made up of every Christian denomination. This could also include those outside of a church building or under the authority of church leaders as long as they identify themselves in some way with Christ. Within this corporate entity, there are the wheat (elect) and the tares (non-elect).
Depart Out The time when the elect of God left the corporate church permanently and began to be fed by God Himself outside of the corporate body. We believe this took place in the Jubilee year of 1994.
Salvation Coming into the grace of God as He forgives every sin the sinner has ever committed or will ever commit.
Famine A time when God removes the true gospel from the local churches and congregations.
Tribulation-1 Generally having to do with events related to the first part of the tribulation (2300 days) from 1988 to 1994 such as the killing (silencing) of the two witnesses for a short time.
Generally pointing to events related to the second part of the tribulation (1994 to 2011) such as believers departing out of the church and Christ coming to bring judgment on the rest of the corporate body that remains unsaved.
Church Age The 1955 year period from the pouring out of the Holy Spirit fifty days after the ascension of Christ and the removal of the Holy Spirit which appears to have taken place on May 21, 1988.
Judgment Day The time when the Holy Spirit was removed in 1988 which initiated judgment on the whole corporate church, including the believers. Beginning in 1994, God was no longer Hiding His face from the believers. Christ came, through the Bible, to deliver His people and to allow the rest of the unsaved body to continue under judgment.
Day of the Lord The entire 23 year period of the great tribulation (ICo 10:8). However depending on context, it could be focusing on the 17 year period from 1994 to 2011 when God is bringing judgment on the rest of the corporate body (Rev 18:8)
Christ The Lord Jesus Christ. God manifested in the flesh to redeem His people.
Satan The fallen angel Lucifer who is said have won the right to reign over mankind by conquest in the Garden of Eden when he caused our first parents to obey him.
Believers Those who have truly become born again by the action of God the Holy Spirit. Also known as the Elect.
Unsaved Those who have not become born again mainly in the church but also in the world.
