the secret rapture: scripture or myth?
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The Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth?. Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth?? . John 5:28-29 – “the hour is coming” righteous and wicked raised John 6:38-40 – righteous raised “in the last day” 1Cor 15:22-28 – resurrection of righteous “then comes the end” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Secret Rapture:
Scripture or Myth?
Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth?? John 5:28-29 – “the hour is coming” righteous and wicked raised
John 6:38-40 – righteous raised “in the last day”
1Cor 15:22-28 – resurrection of righteous “then comes the end”
1Thess 4:15-18 – Resurrection heralded by a trumpet and the voice of an archangel
Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth?? John 5:28-29 – “the hour is coming” righteous and wicked raised
John 6:38-40 – righteous raised “in the last day”
1Cor 15:22-28 – resurrection of righteous “then comes the end”
1Thess 4:15-18 – Resurrection heralded by a trumpet and the voice of an archangel
Two stages – Secret coming for Saints, Return with saints to establish kingdom
Seven years of rapture during seven years of tribulation
The Second Resurrection – Seven years after first
Secret and quiet coming of the Lord
Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth??
Matt 24? “this generation will not pass away until all these things come to pass” vs. 34
Vs. 15-16 – “abomination of desolation” = Destruction of Jerusalem (Luke 21:20-24)
Vs. 19-22 – Why tell the elect to run?
Seven years??
Secret Rapture: Scripture or Myth??
The Book of Revelation?
The Book never mentions the concept of rapture
Requires a literal understanding of the figures in the book
Must ignore plain language in other passages = poor exegesis
Secret Rapture: 1Thess 4 Proof text??Context deals with
misconceptions regarding judgment day
“concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others…”
“that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep”
Thessalonians feared the righteous dead would be left out of the blessings of heaven
Secret Rapture: 1Thess 4 Proof text??
“Coming” in vs. 15 is the Greek word parousia
Pre-Millennialist view this term as distinct from epiphaneia also translated as “coming” in certain passages
Parousia – coming to get the Saints (seen only by Saints)
Epiphaneia – appearing with the saints (seen by all)
Parousia
Secret Rapture: 1Thess 4 Proof text??
"1I charge thee therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom;"
2 Timothy 4:1
parousia
Secret Rapture: 1Thess 4 Proof text??"13To the end he may
establish your hearts unblameable in
holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints."
1 Thessalonians 3:13
parousia
Secret Rapture: 1Thess 4 Proof text??"8And then shall that
Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth,
and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:"2 Thessalonians 2:8
parousia”
epiphaneia
The Secret Rapture:
Scripture or Myth?