The Rapture

TODAY’S PASSAGE:  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

– The study of last things or of the future generally.

THREE WORDS:

1. – (1 Thessalonians 4:13 & 15)
2. – (1 Thessalonians 4:14)
3. (1 Thessalonians 4:17)

– The belief that one day Jesus will return and gather his church (His followers) to himself.  Both the living and the dead.  

–The Tribulation is a seven year period (Daniel 9:24-27) when the antichrist will come into power and have freedom to reign and rule on earth. 

FOUR VIEWS:

1. RAPTURE
2. RAPTURE
3. RAPTURE
4. RAPTURE

FOUR REASONS why the Rapture and the Second Coming of Jesus are the same event:

• Matthew 24; 2 Thessalonians 2; 1 Corinthians 15:50-52; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

“So encourage each other with these words.” -1 Thessalonians 4:18