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Charity You will not find the word
rapture being used in the Bible, but what you
will find is the word
harpazo, which is taken from the Greek verb, meaning, “to seize upon, snatch away ,” especially used to describe the rapture (Acts 8:39; 2 Cor 12:2, 4; 1. Thess 4:17; Rev 12:5). Harpazo is translated “caught up” or “caught away”, five times in the Bible.
The book of
Daniel speaks of the seventieth week as separated from the 69th week, by a long period of time, and speaks of the church age; therefore, the 70th week does not begin until the end of the church age, at which point the church will be removed from the earth, in an event called the rapture.
The rapture is associated with the apocalyptic Book of Revelation, given to John. We do know that the rapture will occur, and is very real. In fact, the rapture is what ushers in the beginning of the tribulation period, which is God, saving His people from "the wrath to come" as
promised in 1 Thessalonians 1:10. Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians, contains passages that confirm this event:
We will not all sleep (see death), but we (believers) will all be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we (believers) will be changed. (1 Cor. 15:51–52) Not one place in the Bible, does it mention nor describe UN-believers as taking part in the rapture.The disciple Matthew’s eerie description, marks the events of the rapture, read it carefully: “Two men will be in the field;
one will be taken and the other left behind. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.” (Matt. 24:40–41). That starkly differs from Christ's
Second Coming. It's important to keep in mind that believers are raptured before the tribulation. The people living in the tribulation period, are those which were left behind to face it.
When the rapture occurs, only the already deceased who were followers of Christ, are raised from the grave
first....then those believers who are still alive during the event of the rapture, shall join the believers that were risen from the dead, then
all shall go up together, to
meet Christ
in the air. Note the following:
Only at Jesus' Second Coming, does Christ actually
set foot on the Earth to do battle in the battle of Armageddon! That is the difference between the Rapture and the Second Coming:
In the rapture, we MEET Jesus in the air. He never steps foot on this earth.
Then look at the contrast: In Jesus' Second Coming, scripture confirms that Jesus steps foot on the earth.
Do not confuse the rapture with the Second Coming of Christ. They are altogether separate events from each other, and the Bible proves this. The whole purpose of the rapture, is so those who are already followers, "born-again believers" of Christ, shall be "snatched away" or "raptured", caught up in the sky and taken to heaven, where they'll be safe from the coming Tribulation period, just as God
promised them that He would
save them from "the wrath to come", 1 Thessalonians 1:10.
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