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  1. 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 ...

  2. Apr 10, 2024 · Rapture is not a word that is found in Scripture. But it is used to describe a very biblical doctrine; the return of Christ and the gathering up of his elect. This doctrine is central to the hope that we have as believers. There are many scenarios of the end times that have been drawn from Jesus’ Revelation to John.

  3. 1. The words “rapture” and “millennium” as such, do not appear in the Scriptures at all. 2. “Millennium” simply means a thousand. 3. “Rapture” is but one element or tenet in the overall theory of Pre-millennialism. 1. The kingdom is not now in the world, and will not be till Christ returns.

  4. Mar 15, 2024 · Got Questions Ministries takes a pretribulational approach to eschatology. From that perspective, here is the order of end-times events that the Bible reveals: 1. The rapture of the church. Christ comes in the clouds to “snatch away” all those who trust in Him (1 Corinthians 15:52). At this same time, the “dead in Christ” will be ...

  5. 6. Believers receive glorified bodies (1Co 15:51-57) No one receives glorified bodies. 7. Christ comes in the air (1Th 4:17) Christ comes on the earth (Mat 25:31-32) Additionally, parables in Matthew 13 confirm differences between the rapture and the final event of Christ's second coming. 8.

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · The Rapture is synonymous with the return of Christ. In 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Paul refers to the time when God will raise “the dead in Christ” along with the righteous dead; they will be “caught up together.”. The word “ rapture ” is from Middle French circa 1600 meaning “the act of carrying off.”. We also get the word ...

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  8. The two stages, Rapture and Return, will be separated by a seven-year Tribulation on earth. The purpose of the Rapture is to spare Christ’s own from the horrors of the Tribulation according to Revelation 3:10. The prophets saw what appears to be the Tribulation —“the time of Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7)—not the Rapture.

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