Chapter 14.6
The Rapture
Is the word RAPTURE in the Bible
or did somebody just make this up?
THE
GREAT DISAPEARANCE MYSTERY
After that, we who are still alive and are
left will be CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.[1]
First Word
The word rapture IS NOT found in the Bible, but that’s not the end of
it; read on.
Wikipedia: Latin “rapio”, meaning caught up or taken away – Greek, “rapiemur” meaning caught up or taken away. In fact the notion means to be forcefully,
quickly or suddenly taken away as in the blinking of the eye.
Webster
says
“rapture”
is a state or experience of being CARRIED AWAY by overwhelming
emotion.
NOTE: The Israelites
saw something coming down out of heaven and didn’t know what it was. They wanted to call it something so they
named it “MANNA” which means “what is it”.
The
Bible; there are references to a “SNATCHING AWAY” in scripture and there was a desire to
name this process something and because of the words “rapio” and “rapiemur” the English word “rapture”
was selected. I wanted to call it “what is it” but that was already taken. The
Bible teaches that a time of TRIBULATION is coming.
This statement sets up the back ground for what the Bible prophecy says
is on the way. Here’s the story.
Rapture Origin – In the mid 1800’s Minister Edward Irving of a church in
Scotland had a young girl named Margaret MacDonald, who fell
into a trance and had several hours of visions and prophecy. John Darby of the Plymouth Brethren heard of her and traveled to
Scotland and developed the doctrine of the Rapture. Margaret revealed that Christ would return in two phases;
ü First time visibly only to the righteous and
ü Second time to execute wrath on the unrighteous.
Before 1830, no one had ever heard of a “Secret Rapture” or the Fly Away Doctrine. No Church had
taught it in their creed, catechism or statement of Faith until John Nelson Darby preached about it in 1830, so at this writing this doctrine is NOT predated by 2,000 years, but is of recent origin; only 185
years old at this writing. The phrase “Caught Up” is in the
Bible, but the word RAPTURE is NOT found anywhere in Scripture.
There are THREE Belief Systems on WHEN THE RAPTURE WILL HAPPEN; 1) Before the tribulations, 2) Mid
or 3 ½ years into the Tribulation period... and 3) at
the End of the Tribulation period; but there’s more to further complicate it.
There are THREE Belief Systems views on WHEN CHRIST WILL REIGN... 1) Before the Millennium Reign, 2) Mid or 3 ½ years
into the Millennium period and 3) at the End of the Millennium Reign.
My BS is a pre-Tribulation Rapture and
a pre-Millennium Return and reign.
Opposition – There is No Rapture
Those that oppose the concept of the
Rapture, call it the “Escape Doctrine” or “Escapism”; the belief that there is a Great Escape from the Tribulations. The opponents point to the writings of the
Prophet Ezekiel, Chapter 13 as their main source of opposition.
The most
prominent opponent to the Rapture Doctrine is Dr. Arnold Murray who has a 24 hour satellite program called “Shepherds Chapel”. (I have
paraphrased his comments where quoted.)
Murray says; God tells Ezekiel to prophecy that
there are some people who are coming up with prophesies from out of their own
hearts, they are foolish and are following their own spirit. Their vision is a vain lying spirit and God has NOT spoken. God is against those who would hunt the souls
of ignorant people and teach them the Fly Away Doctrine just to get them to join and
grow their church. (Example; John Nelson Darby.)
NOTE: In the 5th
Century before Christ, the women of Israel were involved in false religions and lying to the
people by telling them that there would be peace; that judgement would NOT come from God. Their purpose was to sell amulets to keep a
person from getting sick and to protect them from getting harmed. It was on these women that God told Ezekiel to
pronounce HIS judgment.
God was against the magic charms that had ensnared His people like caged birds and He would set them free and let THEM
FLY AWAY. Read the ENTIRE chapter for yourself.
In my opinion; I might say the same thing about Shepard’s Chapel using “The Fly Away doctrine” to knit unsuspecting people to his own organization. (Just my opinion) I must admit that I have watched his program for many years
and I believe he is a very smart man, BUT
he has some very far out theories; such as Satan having sex with Eve producing
the child Cain, who became the father of the “Cainites”. Murray says that these Cainites
still exist in the hidden dynasties that control the world government today.
You can read about
the Gnostic
Cainites in the Apocrypha; the Gospel of Judas, but it’s not found
in the Bible.
FLY
AWAY DOCTRINE SCRIPTURES
Ezekiel 13:2-3 – You prophecy, but you
have seen nothing
2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of
their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto
the foolish
prophets, that
follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing!
(KJV)
Ezekiel 13:7-8 – It’s a lying prophecy;
God has not spoken
7 Have ye not seen a vain vision,
and have ye not
spoken a LYING divination, whereas ye
say, The LORD saith it;
albeit
I
HAVE NOT SPOKEN?
8 Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies,
therefore, behold, I AM
AGAINST YOU,
saith the Lord GOD.
(KJV)
Ezekiel 13:20 - God is against Fly Away doctrine – The
Rapture
20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, I AM
AGAINST your pillows, wherewith ye there
hunt the souls to make them FLY, and I will tear them from your arms,
and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them FLY.
(KJV)
WHAT
EZEKIEL ACTUALLY SAYS
Ezekiel 13:17 – Prophesy against the Women
17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face
against the DAUGHTERS of thy people, which prophesy out of their own
heart;
and prophesy thou against them, (KJV)
Ezekiel 13:10 – Saying there will be peace
when there is no peace
10 Because, even because they have
seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and
one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
(KJV)
Ezekiel 13:18 – Women SELLING amulets for the
people to wear
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; WOE TO THE WOMEN that SEW PILLOWS to all armholes, and make KERCHIEFS upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that
come unto you?
(KJV)
Ezekiel 13:20a – I am AGAINST your good luck
charms
20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am AGAINST your MAGIC BANDS with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will
tear them from your arms, and
Ezekiel 13:20b – I will let the souls FLY
AWAY like Birds
I WILL LET THE
SOULS WHOM YOU HUNT GO FREE, the souls like birds. (ESV)
Affirmation of Escapism – The Great Escape
Is the Doctrine of ESCAPISM found in the
Bible? I hope to
smile it is…. The Believer will escape the Tribulations. It’s an Old Testament concept as well as New
Testament. God knows how to rescue the Believer and will not allow the Tribulations to
come until He has given us a way out.
He tells the Believer to pray for strength to go through what is to
come, that He
has provided a WAY OF
ESCAPE. He
provided a way for Noah and his family as well as Lot and his family. God says He will do nothing until His family
has escaped.
OT - Psalm 71:2 - Deliver me and rescue me
2 In your righteousness deliver me and
rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me! (ESV)
OT - Psalm
141:10 – I will pass safely
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by
safely.
(ESV)
NT - Luke 21:36 –
Be vigilant - Pray to Escape all
these things
36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you
may have strength to ESCAPE all these things THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE, and to stand
before the Son of Man.” (ESV)
NT - 1 Corinthians
10:13 – God provides a way of ESCAPE
13 No temptation has overtaken you
that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted
beyond your ability, but with the temptation HE
WILL ALSO PROVIDE THE WAY OF ESCAPE, that you may be able to endure it. (ESV)
NT - Revelation
3:10-11 – I will keep you from the hour of trial.
10 Because
you have kept my word about patient endurance,
I will keep you from the hour of trial
that is coming on the whole world,
to try those who
dwell on the earth.
11 I am coming
soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
(ESV)
OT - Genesis
19:16-17 – God provided Lot a WAY OF ESCAPE
16 But he (Lot) lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters
by the hand, the
LORD being merciful to him, and
they brought him out and set him outside the city.
17 And as they brought them out, one said, “ESCAPE for
your life.
Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. ESCAPE to the hills, lest you be swept away.” (ESV)
OT - Exodus 12:23
- I will pass over you; You will ESCAPE
death
23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he
sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD
will pass over the door and will not allow the
destroyer to enter your houses to
strike you. (ESV)
NT
-
Hebrews 11:7 – God provided Noah a WAY OF ESCAPE
7 By faith Noah,
being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark
for the saving of his household. By this he
condemned the world and became an
heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. (ESV)
OT - Genesis 19:22
– I will do nothing till Lot’s family ESCAPES
22 ESCAPE
there quickly, for I can do
nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called
Zoar.
(ESV)
NT
-
2 Peter 2:9 - Lord knows how
to rescue the Godly from trials
9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from
trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the Day
of Judgment, (ESV)
NT - Revelation
7:3 – 144,000 sealed and ESCAPE the tribulations
3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the
trees, UNTIL WE HAVE
SEALED the servants of our God on their foreheads.” (ESV)
OT - Isaiah 37:32–
A Band of Survivors; God will see to it
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
and out of Mount Zion
a band of survivors. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will do this. (ESV)
OT - Ezekiel
14:13-14 – God will deliver the righteous even just three
13 Son of man, when a land sins
against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and
break its supply of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and
beast,
14 even if these THREE men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver, but their own lives by their righteousness, declares
the Lord GOD. (ESV)
NT - Hebrews 11:31
– The Prostitute Rahab ESCAPED death by Faith
31 By faith
Rahab the prostitute did not perish with
those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the
spies. (ESV)
NT - Luke 21:21
– Flee to the mountains – A way out -
ESCAPE
21 Then let
those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are
inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, (ESV)
OT - Daniel 11:41
– Believers shall be delivered ESCAPE the
Antichrist
41 He shall come
into the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be
delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab and the main part of the
Ammonites. (ESV)
Old Testament Pattern
The Old Testament is a SHADOW of “The Return” in the New Testament, it is a PATTERN of the Rapture. If you are Jewish and only follow THE TORAH, then here is the proof that the Old Testament
is linked to the New Testament and the Return of the
Messiah.
OT - Exodus 19:11
- The LORD
will come down on Mount of Sinai
11 and be ready for the third day.
For on the third day the LORD will
come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. (ESV)
OT - Exodus 19:18-
The LORD
descended in fire and smoke
18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The
smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled
greatly. (ESV)
NT - Acts 1:9-11 -
He will return
the same way He went to heaven
9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
10 And while they were gazing into
heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why
do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into
heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (ESV)
OT - Exodus 19:19
– God’s voice was in the Thunder
19 And as the sound of the trumpet
grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. (ESV)
OT - Exodus 19:16
-Thunder, Lightning and a Trumpet Blast
16 On the morning of the third day
there were thunders and lightning’s and a thick cloud on the mountain and a
very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. (ESV)
NT - 1
Thessalonians 4:16 – Christ’s Voice - Trumpet
16 For the Lord himself will
descend from heaven with A CRY of command, with the voice of an archangel, and
with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
(ESV)
OT - Nehemiah
1:1-2 – The Jews ESCAPED
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of
Hacaliah.
2 that Hanani, one of my brothers,
came with certain men from Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews who
escaped, who had survived the exile, and concerning Jerusalem. (ESV)
OT - Jeremiah 30:7
– He will be saved – ESCAPE out of it
7 Alas! That day is so great there
is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out
of it. (ESV)
NT
-
1 Corinthians 10:13 – God provides a way of ESCAPE
13 No temptation has overtaken you
that +is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted
beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to endure it. (ESV)
OT - Isaiah 13:9 – Judgment – Sinners face cruel wrath, fierce anger
9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce
anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. (ESV)
NT - 2
Thessalonians 1:7-10 – Inflict Judgment – BUT -
Give us relief
7 and to grant relief to you who
are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels
8 in flaming fire, inflicting
vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel
of our Lord Jesus.
9 They will suffer the punishment
of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory
of his might.
(ESV)
Rapture Sidebar -
Two Views; Return of Christ
1)
Final
Resurrection View – Only one group of people; none are left behind;
Christ returns only a single time with the Rapture being what happens to people during
the final resurrection.
2)
Fundamentalist
View –
Two groups of people; those that are taken in the Rapture and those that are Left Behind to endure the tribulations.
Many students of the Word Belief System is that the return of Christ will be a PUBLIC SINGLE event. Other students BS hold
that the return of Christ to be TWO distinct events, or one second coming in TWO stages.
The first event is said to be PRIVATE
and the second event is PUBLIC.
Some students BS embraces that the Believers will be gathered
together on EARTH
and others BS hold that the gathering will be in HEAVEN;
still others BS
supports the gathering in the AIR; so there is a cornucopia of thoughts and
beliefs concerning the second coming of Christ. Note: For those with the Post- Millennium BS,
Christ must return a third time, at the end of the millennial
period.
There
are notable authors, teachers and pastors who support the three
different views. I will not mention
their “published” names; as their popularity should not determine your
affirmation of a view.
Fence Post Planting Theology; If the ”Fence Post”
VIEW that
you have just planted of a scripture does not line up with all the other “Fence Post”
of scripture; then either the Bible is wrong or the fence post you just planted
is wrong.
The Doctrine of “The
Rapture” is only about 185 years old and
although the early church did NOT observe it, we cannot afford to scoff at it, or
dismiss it.[2] There are no new
revelations, however there is new enlightenment of what has already been written in the scriptures; the Bible
even tells us that there are things that have been
sealed up [3]that are to be revealed only in the end times when knowledge
abounds. We are
there. There is
SEVEN years between the two stages of
Christ’s return.
Raptures - Old/New
Testament
Interestingly, in the Old Testament there were some symbolic raptures too. Noah
was saved by the Ark[4]. Lot
was brought out of the city safely,[5] Enoch was zapped into the heavens[6] as
well as Elijah,[7]
and later in the NT the Apostle John says he was raptured.[8] Paul’s
spirit was caught
up there also.[9] Did you see it? TWICE in the
scripture, Paul says he was “Caught Up”, so this seems to be an important point.
Selah;
ponder TWICE;
Selective Rapture
Selective Rapture or Partial Rapture. Bet you never heard of that... I think it is
noteworthy to mention that many Believer’s Belief Systems hold
that the rapture of the Saints is directly proportional to when they became
Believers in Jesus Christ. When did their
conversion take place? Before
the Tribulations began; During the Tribulations or at the end of the Tribulations.
The Saints are raptured in Groups; there is more than one Rapture. Remember the Rapture includes the Believing dead as well as the Believing living. Some’s BS hold the view that many will become “Believers”
during the Tribulations only to lose their life; others not so much.
Selective
Partial Rapture BS: Only
those who have been faithful with true fellowship with God will be raptured
first; the rest will be raptured during the tribulation or at its end.
Don’t be Ignorant - The Mystery
A
mystery is a truth that has not been revealed before. The apostle Paul reports A MYSTERY of Christ. [10] Christ DOES NOT
WANT US TO BE IGNORANT about these things and tells us plainly.[11]
The
RAPTURE is now revealed
as a mystery; there are a number of things that MUST HAPPEN before Armageddon and
the final
return and judgment of Jesus Christ, BUT there are NO other
events that must take place before Christ returns at the rapture, it
could be today.
Jesus tells the Disciples that He is going
to leave them soon and go to prepare a place with many rooms for all that have
embraced the Gospel.[12] He then tells them He is coming back to get
them and take them there. Christ was the
first to be raised from the dead,[13]
and those that died believing in Christ are next, then those of us who are
still alive in Christ will follow. It’s a promise.
Birth Pains
There will be Birth Pains; signs before the
rapture and tribulation period.[14] There will be religious deception,[15]
international revolution, wars, famines, earthquakes,[16]
plagues, and strange stuff happening in the sky.[17]
Extraction - Before All Hell
breaks loose
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know or whether out of the body, I don’t
know; only God knows), such a one was CAUGHT
UP EVEN TO THE THIRD HEAVEN[18]
This is the
passage in the Revelation as given to John the Apostle that infers to the
church being “CAUGHT UP” to heaven; although
it sounds cryptic, the fact is, the church is not mentioned
again in the scriptures till Revelation chapter 22.
After a brief description of what’s going
on in Heaven, John is given some letters of WARNING to seven
churches and then at some point the seven seals on the scroll are opened
and at that point, that’s when “All hell breaks loose”, the seven year “Tribulations”
known as “JACOBS TROUBLE” begins.
NOTE:
The GREAT
Tribulation begins 3 ½ years into the 7 year tribulations
when Satan and his angels war in heaven; lose the battle and are cast down to
the earth and Satan is Mad as Hell.
“As far as time goes”, we
believe as soon as the rapture occurs, the tribulation also begins. This is because the restraining force of evil
is the Holy Spirit and He leaves at the same time as the Church does.
Let’s look at a few examples in scripture
about God’s promises to the saints about His “Saving Grace” before the Tribulation
begins.
ü
When he (Lot) hesitated,
the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and
led
them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.[19]
ü
The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark,
you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this
generation; only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.[20]
ü
For God hath not appointed us to wrath,[21]
but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
What these
scriptures indicate is that Scripture supports the view that those that love
the lord will be delivered from “His Holy Judgments”. These examples are of God’s loving extraction
before His judgment begins. Lot
was delivered from the extermination of Sodom
and Gomorrah and “Noah” and his family was
snatched away during the flood.
Matthew 24:37-41 – Things going along NORMAL;
then WHAM
37 As it was in
the days of Noah,
so it will be at the coming of the
Son of Man.
38 For in the
days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
39 and they knew
nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the
coming of the Son of Man.
40 Two men will be in the field;
one will be TAKEN and the other left
41 Two women will be grinding with
a hand mill; one will be TAKEN and the other left.
NIV
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – The Lord will descend
from Heaven
16 For the Lord
himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of
God, and the
dead in Christ will rise first. After that,
17 we who are
still alive and are left will be CAUGHT
UP together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord
in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. NIV
Church Meeting in the AIR
Ø
Jesus clearly
states
He is coming back for us and will meet us IN
THE AIR and
we will receive a crown of glory.[22] Christians refer to this as the catching away or rapture of the Saints.
Ø John states he was in the Spirit in Heaven and
sees Jesus Christ on the Throne.[23] Sounds like he was raptured
to me. Just saying.
Ø
John’s body was
not yet glorified, so only HIS SPIRIT was allowed
before the throne.
The Believers will hear “a single sound”,
described three
different ways. Only the
believers hear this sound. 1)
A Shout, 2) The Voice of an Archangel, 3) A Trumpet. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He
called Lazarus’s name specifically
so that all the dead would not “come forth”.[24]
Here Jesus is specific again; and now ALL the dead in Christ will come forth.
1
Thessalonians 4:16 – Shout, Voice of an Archangel, Trumpet Blast
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from
heaven with a SHOUT, with the VOICE of the archangel, and with the TRUMP
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
NOTE: In the twinkling of an eye, all Believers will
be changed,[25]
that those “who
are asleep” or the Believers who are dead in
Christ have a priority with the
Lord in the First Resurrection, as they will go up first, then the Believers
who remain alive
will join them.[26] Only the believers in Christ are involved
here. The Un-believers and Make-believers must
wait for The
Second Resurrection.
The Greek understanding is we will be caught up,
snatched out or taken away speedily; as fast as your eye
can blink. I
would love to see it in SLOW MOTION
as I go up, just
saying. This is when we will get a new glorified immortal
body.[27] Mine
will be about 32 years old and my body will look like muscle
builder Arnold
Schwarzenegger’s except I will talk Southern Hebrew.
“I’ll be bock” in 7 years to rule and reign with Christ.[28]
Translation
When someone speaks to you in a different
language, it needs to be translated into English in order for you to
understand it. When Jesus came to earth, His spiritual
attributes were translated
into physical attributes, which is what we see in Him as a physical mortal
man.
Man was made with physical attributes like
Christ and at the rapture when we are TRANSLATED with spiritual attributes
WE WILL
BE LIKE HIM[29] and we shall
see him as He is.[30]
Salt & Light
The
Holy Spirit indwells every Believer and we are the “Salt” and “Light” of the earth.[31] When we, along with the Holy Spirit are removed from the earth,[32]
the “Hour of
Trial” will begin worldwide and all nature will respond accordingly;
all hell breaks
loose. If the days of
tribulations had not been cut short, no one would survive, but For The Sake of
the Elect THOSE DAYS WILL BE SHORTENED.[33]
Rapture
Benefits
ü The Believer
will escape the time of the Tribulations – God has not
appointed us to Wrath, but to keep us from the hour of trial.[34]
ü The Believer
will be judged at the Bema Seat of Christ and
receive Rewards[35] - The
Evil will be judged at the Great White Throne and face cruel, fierce anger.
ü The Believer
will eat the good of the land and the evil will be
eaten by the Sword. [36]
ü The Believer
will enter into God’s Sabbath Rest.[37]
ü The Believer
will be God’s Treasure,[38]
a chosen
race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession.[39]
ü
The Believer
will be translated.[40] When someone speaks to you in a different
language, it needs to be translated
into English in order for you to understand it.
When Jesus came to earth, His spiritual attributes were translated into physical attributes,
which is what we see in Him as a physical mortal man. Man was made with physical attributes like
Christ; at the rapture we are translated, receiving spiritual attributes. We will
be like Him and we shall see him as He is.[41]
The Take Away
After
the (Pre-Trib) rapture, the tribulation begins and will last for
seven years which we will not cover here, but its bad news. All Hell will break loose.
God selects
144,000 Jews and they preach to those that are “LEFT
BEHIND”. All that’s left on earth is the wicked unsaved, demons, fallen angels and Satan; not much love is left behind. After seven years we will return to rule and
reign with Christ for one thousand years, then we get a new heaven and a new
earth and then eternity begins. Everyone
will spend eternity somewhere LIFE IS
CHOICE DRIVEN
We watch in blessed hope and
eagerly wait for His glorious appearing[42]
with great expectation and
longing for our citizenship of Heaven.
[1] 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 - For
the Lord himself will come down from heaven; FIRST, the Christians who have DIED will rise from their
graves, SECOND,
together with them, we who are still ALIVE and remain on the earth will be caught up
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
[2] Jude 1:18 – In the end times there will be scoffers
[3] Daniel 12:3-4 – Seal the words till the Time of
the End
[4] Genesis 7:23 – Only NOAH and his family – The
Believers -- Genesis 7:1 – NOAH is delivered; Go into the ark, you and your
whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation
[5] Genesis 19:29 – God brought LOT out of the catastrophe that
overthrew the cities where Lot had lived
-- Genesis 19:16 – Only LOT and his family was saved; The Believers were led safely out of the city
[6] Hebrews 11:5 – ENOCH was taken; Raptured,
he could not be found, because God had taken him away
[7] 2 Kings 2:11-12 – ELIJAH went Up; Raptured
went up to heaven in a whirlwind
[8] Revelation 4:2 – JOHN’S spirit “RAPTURED”; taken before the throne
-- Revelation 4:1-2 - The Door of Heaven is opened; Come up here, and I will
show you what must take place after this."
“AT ONCE”
I was in the Spirit
[9] 2 Corenthians 12:2-4 – PAUL Caught Up;
Raptured was CAUGHT UP to paradise
[10] 1 Corenthians 15:51-52 -
I tell you a MYSTERY; for
the trumpet will sound and we will all be changed
[11] 1 Thessalonians 4:13 –
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about
those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men,
[12] John 14:1-3 – A Room Has Been Prepared For You
[13] 1 Corenthians 15:20-23 –
Christ is the First Fruits of those to rise from the dead
[14] Luke 21:28 - When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift
up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near
[15] Matthew 24:21-23 – Great Distress and False
Messiahs
[16] Matthew 24:4-8 –
Increased RELIGIOUS DECEPTION, Wars, Famine, Earthquakes; All these are the
beginning of birth pains
[17] Luke 21:25-28 – Unexplained happening in the Sky; there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at
the roaring and tossing of the sea
[18] 2 Corinthians 12:2 - CAUGHT UP EVEN TO THE THIRD HEAVEN
[19] Genesis 19:16-29 – LOT and his family was DELIVERED
[20] Genesis 7:1-23 – NOAH and his family was DELIVERED
[21] 1 Thessalonians 5:9 – The Believer WILL NOT Receive
God’s Wrath
[22] Acts 1:9 - After saying this, Jesus was TAKEN UP into a cloud while they
were watching, and they could no longer see him -- Acts 1:11 – Jesus will RETURN THE SAME
WAY
He left;
coming back in a cloud in the sky
[23] Revelation 4:2 – John RAPTURED in
the Spirit; sees Jesus on the throne
[24] John 11:43 - When he had said this, Jesus called in a
loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth”
[25] 1 Corenthians 15:51-52 –
Behold, I show you a mystery, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump We as believers will ALL be changed
[26] 1 Thessalonians 4:17 –
The Dead (believers) in Christ will
go first Then we Believers which are alive will be caught up together with them
in the CLOUDS,
to meet the Lord IN THE AIR
[27] 1 Corenthians 15:53 – We get a incorruptible immortal body - 1 Peter 5:4 – We will receive the Crown of Glory
[28] Colossians 3:4 – We will
appear with Him in Glory at His return
[29] 1 John 3:2 – We will See
Him as He is and Be like Him
[30] John 14:2-3 – He will come again; it’s a
promise
[31] Matthew 5:13-14 – We are
the Salt and Light of the world
[32] Revelation 3:10 – He will keep us from the Hour of Trial -- 1
Thessalonians 5:9 – God did not appoint us to suffer
wrath
[33] Matthew 24:21-22 – The
tribulation days shortened for our sake
[34] 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9 - God has not
destined us for wrath -- Revelation
3:10 - I will keep
you from the hour of trial -- 1 Thessalonians 1:10 – We are
delivered from the Wrath that is to come
[35] Revelation 11:18 – Bema Seat Judgment; Saints are Rewarded
[36] Isaiah 1:19-20 – Saints eat the good
of land - Evil eaten by sword
[37] Hebrews 4:9-10 – We will enter into God’s Sabbath
Rest
[38] Exodus 19:5 – We will be God’s treasured possession
[39] 1 Peter 2:9 – We become a chosen race, a
Royal Priesthood -- Exodus 19:6 – We become a kingdom
of Priest
[40] John 14:2-3 – Jesus
promised; I will come again, place prepared -- Exodus 19:4 – We will be brought to God on eagles’ wings
[41] 1 John 3:2 - We shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is
[42] Titus 2:13 – We wait For the blessed hope of His glorious appearing --
1 Thessalonians 1:10 – Wait; Jesus will rescue us from the wrath -- Philippians
3:20 – We Await our Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ
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