The Rapture

The Rapture - Jesus has promised to return and take us to be with him. Jesus is the Resurrection and has the authority to resurrect us. Defining terms - What is the coming "The Day of The LORD" is it the same as "The Lord's Day"?

Defining "Rapture" - Is rapture an English or Latin word? - Is "Rapture" an acceptable synonym for "caught up" in 1 Thessalonians 4:17? - How many raptures have already taken place? - How many are left to take place?

What did they know and When did they know it? What did the disciples know about the coming return of Jesus Christ. What did the early church understand and know about the details of the RAPTURE?

For 20 years the early Christians had no New Testament. Then Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians. This is the Primary book for the church to form the doctrine of the RAPTURE. In it Paul describes how Jesus will use the RAPTURE to RESCUE us from the coming WRATH. In 2nd Thessalonians he continues and explains how that day of the Rapture can not come UNTIL ...

The rapture - How are the dead raised? What is the Last Trumpet? Is it the 7th Trumpet? What about the Feast of Trumpets? Does a trumpet relate to the Wedding and Marriage supper of the Lamb? What Happens in the twinkling of an eye?