Kenneth E. Hagin - Rhema

29about the Second Coming, He never mentionedthe Rapture—and there’s a reasonHe didn’t. He was talking primarily to theJews; He wasn’t talking to the Church.So don’t turn over to Matthew 24 andLuke 21 and say, “I read that and there’snothing in there about a Rapture, so one isnot going to take place.”Why not? Jesus wasn’t preaching orteaching to the Church; He was talking tothe Jews. The same disciples who were withHim then were present on the Day of Pentecost.They were endued with power from onHigh and went out to preach. And we have adouble portion of what they preached.The message spread everywhere theywent that Jesus ascended up into heaven,and the cloud received Him out of theirsight. Two men in white apparel stood bythem and told them. “This same Jesus whomyou saw go away is coming in like manner.”He’s coming! The Early Church was lookingfor Him to come again!The Church at Thessalonica was lookingfor Him to come, but in the meantime, some