The Rapture

1Thessalonians 4:¹³Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. ¹⁴We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. ¹⁵According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For 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. ¹⁷After 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. ¹⁸Therefore encourage each other with these words. NIV

(1Corintians 15:50-52)

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1. Jesus Told Us To: _________________!

Luke 21: ³⁴“But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. ³⁵For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. ³⁶Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” NKJV

(1Corintians 13:13; James 2:17; Revelation 2:2-4; 1Thessalonians 1:6; 1Thessalonians 2:14)

2. Church Is Absent In: _____________________!

Revelation 2: ⁷He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. NIV

(Revelation 1:19; Revelation 19:7-14)

3. Jesus Said He Would Keep Us: _____________________!

Revelation 3: ¹⁰Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. NIV

(Revelation 2:20-25)

4. The Wrath: ______________________________________!

Revelation 3: ¹⁰Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. NIV

(Revelation 6:15-17)

5. The Church Is Not Warned: ________________________!

John 14:¹“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. ⁴And where I go you know, and the way you know.” NKJV

6. ________________________________________________!

Hosea 12: ¹⁰I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. KJV

(Galatians 4:22-24; Genesis 18:26; 2Peter 2:6-9; Genesis 5:24)

7. The Holy Spirit Releases___________________________!

2Thessalonians 2: ⁷For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. NKJV

(Revelation 6:1-2)

8. Daniel’s 70^th _____________________________________!

Daniel 9: ²⁴“Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people and your holy city…NIV

(Jeremiah 30:7)