At the Rapture, the Lord will descent bodily in the air for his saints, both for the dead and for the living (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17) which will be seven years prior to the Revelation of the second stage of His coming. The second phase occurs at the close of the time of tribulation when Jesus will return to Earth in triumph and glory. The first will be a secret Rapture – or carrying away of the saved to heaven – at the beginning of a seven-year period of tribulation, during which the antichrist will appear. The meaning or definition of Rapture is the idea that the coming of Jesus will take place in two separate stages. However, it is important as believers that we recognize the differences. While the Rapture and the Second Coming of Christ are similar, they are separate events. The Rapture is typically associated with events of the Second Coming of Christ, when Jesus returns to defeat the Antichrist, destroy evil, and establish His millennial kingdom. In short, the Rapture is the return of Christ in the clouds to remove all believers from the earth before the time of God’s wrath. This will all occur in a moment, in a twinkling of an eye.
At the time of the Rapture, believers who have died will have their bodies resurrected and, along with believers who are still living, will meet the Lord in the air. While the word “Rapture” does not appear in the Bible, the event is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-44. While Scripture nowhere encourages us to try to determine the date of Jesus’ return, we are told to keep watch because we don’t know what day our Lord will come (Matthew 24:42). According to the Bible, the event will be instantaneous, in the “twinkling of an eye”. The Rapture is an end times event where Jesus Christ returns for His Church.
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