Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. Revelation 1:19
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1 Corinthians 15:51,52
Reasons for Pre-Tribulation Rapture: We are not appointed to wrath
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths.. Proverbs 5:21
and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.. 1 Thessalonians 1:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.. Revelation 3:10
Reasons for Pre-Tribulation Rapture: We are not appointed to wrath The rapture is to be a source of comfort
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
Reasons for Pre-Tribulation Rapture: We are not appointed to wrath The rapture is to be a source of comfort The church is not mentioned after chapter 3 The tribulation is a time for God to deal with Israel
Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob's (Israel s) trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.. Jeremiah 30:7
For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.. Romans 11:25
Reasons for Pre-Tribulation Rapture: We are not appointed to wrath The rapture is to be a source of comfort The church is not mentioned after chapter 3 The tribulation is a time for God to deal with Israel The rapture is imminent
Matthew 24:43; Luke 12:39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night..
Mark 13:32 but of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father. Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Steps of a Jewish Wedding 1. The groom leaves his father s house for his bride 2. The groom purchases his bride
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.. Ephesians 1:14
Steps of a Jewish Wedding 1. The groom leaves his father s house for his bride 2. The groom purchases his bride 3. The groom returns to his father s house
In My Father s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place or you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that were I am, there you may be also.. John 14:2,3
Steps of a Jewish Wedding 1. The groom leaves his father s house for his bride 2. The groom purchases his bride 3. The groom returns to his father s house 4. The groom returns for his bride 5. The groom takes his bride to his father s house 6. The groom returns with his bride
But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, Matthew 24:37,38
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24
The 24 Elders: 1. They were called elders 2. They possessed promises to overcomers: they sat on thrones they were clothed in white robes they had crowns 3. They had been redeemed by the Lamb
Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth. Revelation 1:6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen..
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,. Revelation 1:4
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelation 4:11 KJV