But they do have enough in common to point to a common event. These three passages do not share all the same details. And when that happens, the dead in Christ will be raised, and those still alive will be caught up together with them. He assures them that the Lord will return from heaven, along with a trumpet call. In this passage Paul is seeking to encourage the believers in Thessalonica concerning some of their members who had died. ![]() The third passage is also from Paul and is in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. ![]() When the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, and the living believers will be changed. It will happen in a moment, at the last trumpet. And in vers es 50-55 he describes what that will be like. In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul defends the future resurrection of believers. And that with a trumpet call, he will send his angels to gather his elect from throughout the earth. In this passage he says that all the peoples of the earth will see him coming in the clouds. Matthew 24:30-31 is a portion of Jesus’ teaching about his return. But there are three passages in the New Testament that do provide us with explicit information about this event. So, for that reason, I have chosen not to include anything from Revelation in this discussion. Much of how one interprets Revelation is based upon their eschatological perspective. But I do not find that there are any unambiguous references to the rapture contained in Revelation. ![]() There are many scenarios of the end times that have been drawn from Jesus’ Revelation to John. This doctrine is central to the hope that we have as believers. But it is used to describe a very biblical doctrine the return of Christ and the gathering up of his elect. Rapture is not a word that is found in Scripture. Where Does the Bible Talk about the Rapture?
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