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God had clear strategic reasons for not revealing the rapture to anyone before the cross. In 1 Cor 2:6-10 Paul wrote that if Satan had known what the Lord had in store for the Church, he’d have done everything in his power to prevent the crucifixion. Paul called it part of God’s secret wisdom there and in Ephesians 3:10.
- What Does The Bible Say About The Rapture?
- Pre-Wrath & Post-Tribulation Views
- When Will Jesus Return?
The Bible passages surrounding the rapture include 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50–54. In each of these Bible passages, the Apostle Paul gives us vital information surrounding the rapture. Paul tells us that the rapture will happen quicker than the “twinkling of an eye” as he says, For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, wi...
Covenant theology teaches a few different views of the rapture, including the pre-wrath view and the post-tribulation view. Most dispensationalists adhere to the pre-tribulation view of the rapture, myself included; however, covenant theologians will either hold to the pre-wrath view or the post-tribulation view. The pre-wrath holds to the stance t...
From a pre-tribulation view, after the rapture of the church, believers will be taken to heaven, to which we will participate in the Bema seat of Christ (Romans 14:10-12). The Bema seat of Christ is not a test of salvation but rather a test of how one served Christ during their earthly life. It is to be noted that salvation is never in jeopardy at ...
Jul 16, 2012 · The rapture is the miraculous transportation of all living Christians to heaven at the return of Jesus. There is a lot of misinformation about this event, but this passage gives us some definite truths about it. Paul made it clear that Jesus’ return will not be secret but will be visible; it will be a bodily return; and it will be a ...
As the above exposition indicates, 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 is the apostle Paul’s direct teaching on the doctrine of the Pre-tribulation Rapture of the Church. Christ at His coming will deliver His people from all eschatological woes before the outset of those woes. Those who have believed in Him will then live with Him.
What is the rapture? There are many Christians who believe that the second coming of Jesus Christ will be in two phases. First, He will come for believers, both living and dead, in the “rapture” (read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17). In this view, the rapture—which is the transformation and catching up of all Christians, dead or alive, to meet ...
There is coming a day, says our Lord through Paul, that the hinderer is going to be removed. That is the Rapture. At the removal of the hinderer, the Holy Spirit in the Church, then iniquity shall sweep across the face of the earth in a universal, intensified, unprecedented proportion.
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Jan 1, 2008 · According to verse 9 , “the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.”. Next Isaiah describes the stars and sun as being darkened, a prophecy that will be literally fulfilled in the great tribulation.
