THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH!

THE RAPTURE:

THE CATCHING AWAY OF THE CHURCH!

John 13:33-36 -  Little children, yet a little while I AM with you.  You shall seek Me:  and as I said unto the Jews (Israel), where I go, you cannot come; so now I say (also) to you (the Church).  A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one to another.  Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, where are You going?  Jesus answered him, Where I go, you can not follow Me now; but you shall follow Me afterwards.

John 14:1-3 - Let not your heart be troubled:  you believe in God, believe also in  Me.  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 for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I AM, there you may be also.

Acts 1:9-11 - And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld (Him), He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight.  And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; who also said, You men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?  This same Jesus, Who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen Him go into heaven.  [Note:  This is not the Second Coming, for Jesus is afoot, and not riding His horse - see Rev. 19:11.]

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so they also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.  For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before; precede) those who are asleep.  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 who 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.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

THE RAPTURE IS JESUS CHRIST, 

THE BLESSED HOPE OF THE CHURCH,

COMNG TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS

FROM THE WRATH OF GOD TO COME!