1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 The Rapture (Part 2) Many Christians ...

• The Rapture Point 6
• The wrath of God is not intended for the church, but for the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 5:6-7, Colossians 3.5-7, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 5:9
• The Second Coming Point 6
• The events leading up to and including Christ’s Second Coming are described in Revelation 6-19
as the “wrath of God” (or similarly) ten times.
• Rev. 6:16,17; 11:18; 14:10,19; 15:1,7; 16:1,19; 19:15
• The word church does not appear at all in these chapters, though it appears 19 times in Rev 1-3
and once more in Rev 22.
• The Rapture Point 7
• The Rapture of the Church is a comforting, purifying hope for the church.
• John 14:1-3, Phil 3:20-21, 1 Thes 4:17-18, James 5:7-9, 1 John 3:1-3
• The Second Coming Point 7
• The Second Coming is a great and glorious victory, but, as such, is more breathtaking or aweinspiring
than comforting. In fact, for the lost it will be an awful day.
• Mat 24:29-30, Jude 14-15, Rev 1:7, 19:11-20:3
• The Rapture Point 8
• At the Rapture, the church is removed from the world.
• John 14:1-3, 1 Thes 4:15-17
• The Second Coming Point 8
• At the Second Coming, believers and unbelievers are still mixed together and will be separated
by Christ when He judges them. Only the saved will be allowed to enter the Kingdom Age.
• Joel 3:2, Mat 25:31-46
• The Rapture Point 9
• At the Rapture, believers will receive immortal bodies similar to the one Christ possessed after
His resurrection.
• Matt 22:30, 1 Cor. 15:51-53, Phil. 3:20-21, 1 John 3:2
• The Second Coming Point 9
• At the Second Coming, believers are not translated into a new state. They will retain their
mortal bodies and repopulate the earth during the Millennium.
• Isaiah 65:18-25
• The Rapture Point 10
• Christ gathers His church to Himself at the Rapture.
• John 14:1-3, 1 Thes 4:16-17
• The Second Coming Point 10
• Christ will gather Israel to their land at the Second Coming, after the Tribulation and before the
Millennial Kingdom Age.
• Isaiah 11:11-12, 41:8-13, 43:1-6;
Micah 2:12; Zeph 3:19-20; Mat 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27