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What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:39pm On Mar 24, 2022
THE RAPTURE

What Is the Difference Between the Rapture and the Second Coming?

This is one of the greatest misconceptions about prophecy. The Rapture and the Second Coming are often confused, but they are distinct events, with distinct purposes, on God's prophetic timeline.

At the Rapture, Jesus will return for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will return with His saints.

At the Rapture, Jesus will not descend to earth.
At the Second Coming, He will descend to the Mount of Olives as a prelude to His earthly reign.

At the Rapture, Jesus will bring a blessing for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will bring judgment for those who have rejected Him.

The Rapture could occur at any moment.
The Second Coming will occur seven years later.

Source


Simples. wink

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by Steep(m): 9:40pm On Mar 24, 2022
Right

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by Uprightness100(m): 9:52pm On Mar 24, 2022
Absolutely on Point!
Only very Few Believers know and Understand this.
Many others are confused.

The RAPTURE is the next event on the Prophetic timetable

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 9:10am On Mar 25, 2022
Can anyone point to scriptural references validating this rapture?

Also, how many resurrections are there in the scriptures according to the book of Revelation?

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by paxonel(m): 10:44am On Mar 25, 2022
Make una continue to dey gbogbo people with this fake story, una nor know say una don old?
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:37pm On Mar 25, 2022
A Prayer for the Coming Tribulation and Return of Christ

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 5:01pm On Mar 26, 2022
Steep:


Right

Remain rapturable. smiley
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by Steep(m): 6:40pm On Mar 26, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


Remain rapturable. smiley
Amen
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:49am On Mar 27, 2022
OLAADEGBU:
A Prayer for the Coming Tribulation and Return of Christ

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Lord, we're living in perilous times.

The kingdoms are in an uproar.

The nation of Israel sits at the hub of history,

and the predictions of Your Word are unfolding like a scroll.

Evil has never been stronger and the end has never been closer.

Our world is in the grip of the birth pangs of tribulation,

the likes of which have never been seen before and will never be seen again.

Lord, rejecting the spirit of fear, we claim the Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.

We claim the Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.

Help us preach the Gospel in these last days.

Give us a sense of urgency, anticipation, and evangelism as we await the upward call.

May we persevere as we listen for the shout, for the voice of the archangel,

and for the trumpet call of God.

Dear Lord, give us patience and give us power.

Give us strength and give us souls, as we pray: "Even so, come, Lord Jesus!"

Amen!
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by obonujoker(m): 1:01pm On Mar 27, 2022
Of course there's a difference.

It's at the rapture that the first resurrection happens... then the wrath of God falls on the antichrist and those who have taken the 666.

Then the antichrist will wage war with the Lord, whom will come now with the saints to exert judgment and thereafter rule a 1000 years.

We should however know there's no rapture before the antichrist. The antichrist comes first, then the rapture of the saints....

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 1:50pm On Mar 27, 2022
obonujoker:
Of course there's a difference.

It's at the rapture that the first resurrection happens... then the wrath of God falls on the antichrist and those who have taken the 666.

Then the antichrist will wage war with the Lord, whom will come now with the saints to exert judgment and thereafter rule a 1000 years.

We should however know there's no rapture before the antichrist. The antichrist comes first, then the rapture of the saints....


Exactly. The “rapture” and the first resurrection are one and the same event.
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:16pm On May 08, 2022
OLAADEGBU:
THE RAPTURE

What Is the Difference Between the Rapture and the Second Coming?

This is one of the greatest misconceptions about prophecy. The Rapture and the Second Coming are often confused, but they are distinct events, with distinct purposes, on God's prophetic timeline.

At the Rapture, Jesus will return for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will return with His saints.

At the Rapture, Jesus will not descend to earth.
At the Second Coming, He will descend to the Mount of Olives as a prelude to His earthly reign.

At the Rapture, Jesus will bring a blessing for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will bring judgment for those who have rejected Him.

The Rapture could occur at any moment.
The Second Coming will occur seven years later.

Source

Simples. wink

When the Rapture occurs, Christ will take every deceased and every living Christian to heaven with Him. Paul describes this glorious event in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will 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 thus we shall always be with the Lord.

Source
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:43pm On May 19, 2022
Today's prophecy question comes from Phyllis on Instagram. Phyllis was wondering:

Q: When I die, will I go directly to heaven or will I wait until the Rapture?

A: Before the Ascension of Christ, the souls of believers went to an intermediate heaven called "Paradise" when they died. But when Jesus ascended after His death, He went into Paradise and took its inhabitants - all the Old Testament saints - with Him to the third heaven (Ephesians 4:8-10).
In other words, believers no longer pass through the intermediate heaven upon death. The soul and spirit of today's believers go immediately to the third heaven because Paradise is now with God (2 Corinthians 12: 2-4).
The body goes to sleep, awaiting its resurrection at the Rapture, while the soul immediately arises to join our Lord in heaven.

Click here to read the full answer.

Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by SeraphEl: 10:50pm On May 19, 2022
Pre tribulation “rapture” is one of the doctrines of demon that Apostle Paul warned about! In 2nd Timothy 4:1-3. This makes those who teach it deceivers posing as angels of light; whether they know it or not.

Yeshua HIMSELF TOLD us when HE is coming back!!!! Listen to HIM, NOT your popular false pastors and teachers.


1 Timothy 4:1-3
King James Version
4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.

Matthew 24:
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

2Thes2:
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.



OLAADEGBU:
THE RAPTURE

What Is the Difference Between the Rapture and the Second Coming?

This is one of the greatest misconceptions about prophecy. The Rapture and the Second Coming are often confused, but they are distinct events, with distinct purposes, on God's prophetic timeline.

At the Rapture, Jesus will return for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will return with His saints.

At the Rapture, Jesus will not descend to earth.
At the Second Coming, He will descend to the Mount of Olives as a prelude to His earthly reign.

At the Rapture, Jesus will bring a blessing for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will bring judgment for those who have rejected Him.

The Rapture could occur at any moment.
The Second Coming will occur seven years later.

Source


Simples. wink

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by SeraphEl: 10:59pm On May 19, 2022
Pre-tribulation “rapture” is: a DOCTRINE of DEMONS and HUGE deception of satan that will cause great falling away as Apostle Paul cautioned so plentifully.

Christ is NOT coming to beam you up until AFTER the Great Tribulation from antichrist. HE said so in Mathew 24:29-31. And so did Paul in 2 Thes 2. BELIEVE CHRIST and HIS Apostles .

Why?

1. Because people who believe this will be so unprepared to withstand the great tribulation they will “fall away”.

Where in the scriptures is this “theory” of yours.

2. IT IS PURE WISHFUL THINKING AND FANTASY.


YOU righteousness or upright or whatever you call yourself, and your twin Olagbedun?? are all talk on online platform BUT I suspect you both are scared, weak little wimpy christians offline who would not last a second when real persecution comes.

Christ suffered for you but you want to escape easily. Selfish lots! Weak “Christians”. Super spiritual on paper but not when rubber meets road.


Uprightness100:
Absolutely on Point!
Only very Few Believers know and Understand this.
Many others are confused.

The RAPTURE is the next event on the Prophetic timetable

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by SeraphEl: 11:12pm On May 19, 2022
Free online resources on the right/correct doctrine. SEEK WISDOM. LEARN TRUTH.

TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED.

Take heed that NO man deceive you. —Yeshua in Mathew 24:4.

https://www.prophecysigns.com/post/will-the-church-go-through-the-great-tribulation-is-the-rapture-imminent

https://blowthetrumpet.com.au/will-there-be-a-pre-tribulation-rapture-part-1/

https://www.prophecysigns.com/post/how-to-prepare-to-go-through-the-great-tribulation

https://endtimestruth.com/end-times-chronology/events-signaling-the-end/

http://www.paulbenson.me/downloads.html

http://www.paulbenson.me/the-rapture-theory.html
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 11:18am On May 21, 2022
SeraphEl:


Free online resources on the right/correct doctrine. SEEK WISDOM. LEARN TRUTH.

TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED.

Take heed that NO man deceive you. —Yeshua in Mathew 24:4.

https://www.prophecysigns.com/post/will-the-church-go-through-the-great-tribulation-is-the-rapture-imminent

https://blowthetrumpet.com.au/will-there-be-a-pre-tribulation-rapture-part-1/

https://www.prophecysigns.com/post/how-to-prepare-to-go-through-the-great-tribulation

https://endtimestruth.com/end-times-chronology/events-signaling-the-end/

http://www.paulbenson.me/downloads.html

http://www.paulbenson.me/the-rapture-theory.html

Anyone trusting the above devil's advocate is doing so at the expense of their own souls. satan is now desperate.

Where did they go? smiley

Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 5:40pm On May 21, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


Anyone trusting the above devil's advocate is doing so at the expense of their own souls. satan is now desperate.

Where did they go? smiley


But seriously, how is SeraphEl the devil’s advocate?

OLAADEGBU:


Don't confuse yourself with semantics. The trumpet Jesus spoke about is the same one Paul referred to as the last trump that heralds the rapture. The 7 trumpets blown by angels in the book of Revelation has to do with vials of the wrath of God to be poured onto those left behind. Don't be left behind. Become rapturable.

See this thread for more on this: https://www.nairaland.com/7045903/what-difference-rapture-second-coming

You mentioned earlier that the “last trumpet” Paul wrote of in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

That “last trumpet” would be blown “immediately after the tribulation of those days”.

So where exactly is “pretribulation rapture” in the scheme of things?

Matthew 24 v 29-31
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
31 And he will send his angels with A LOUD TRUMPET CALL, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 2:54pm On May 22, 2022
OkCornel:


But seriously, how is SeraphEl the devil’s advocate?

If you know you know. cool

OkCornel:


You mentioned earlier that the “last trumpet” Paul wrote of in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

That “last trumpet” would be blown “immediately after the tribulation of those days”.

So where exactly is “pretribulation rapture” in the scheme of things?

Matthew 24 v 29-31
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
31 And he will send his angels with A LOUD TRUMPET CALL, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Don't get your facts mixed up. It's a pretrib.
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 3:00pm On May 22, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


If you know you know. cool



Don't get your facts mixed up. It's a pretrib.

Then provide with clear scriptural references (not interpreted out of the context of that chapter)

You insist it's pre-trib...yet you also said the "last trumpet" Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

In Matthew 24 v 29-31, Jesus clearly mentioned this trumpet will be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"
Kindly explain this, you're contradicting yourself.
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 3:05pm On May 22, 2022
OkCornel:


Then provide with clear scriptural references (not interpreted out of the context of that chapter)

You insist it's pre-trib...yet you also said the "last trumpet" Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

In Matthew 24 v 29-31, Jesus clearly mentioned this trumpet will be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"
Kindly explain this, you're contradicting yourself.

Read up on the OP if you think you are getting confused. wink
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 3:17pm On May 22, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


Read up on the OP if you think you are getting confused. wink

The OP has no scriptural references to validate the conclusions up there.

That's why I'm asking you this question.

You earlier mentioned the last trumpet Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

Jesus clearly mentioned the trumpet would be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"

Please, where does pre-tribulation rapture fit into this storyline?
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:45pm On May 23, 2022
OkCornel:


The OP has no scriptural references to validate the conclusions up there.

That's why I'm asking you this question.

You earlier mentioned the last trumpet Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

Jesus clearly mentioned the trumpet would be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"

Please, where does pre-tribulation rapture fit into this storyline?

Click on the source link I supplied in the OP if you're really interested knowing the scriptural references that validates its conclusion. cool
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 7:50am On May 24, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


Click on the source link I supplied in the OP if you're really interested knowing the scriptural references that validates its conclusion. cool

Thanks, I have seen the scriptural reference in the link. It's 1 Thessalonian 4 v 16-17.

Which is not different from 1 Corinthians 15 v 52-53.

Now without being evasive, you mentioned earlier that the trumpet Paul wrote of is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.
Jesus mentioned this trumpet would be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"

Where does pre-tribulation rapture fit into the picture sir? Thanks.
Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:11am On May 24, 2022
OkCornel:


Thanks, I have seen the scriptural reference in the link. It's 1 Thessalonian 4 v 16-17.

Which is not different from 1 Corinthians 15 v 52-53.

Now without being evasive, you mentioned earlier that the trumpet Paul wrote of is the same one Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.
Jesus mentioned this trumpet would be blown "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS"

Where does pre-tribulation rapture fit into the picture sir? Thanks.

If those scriptural references in the link do not suffice then I cannot help.

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OkCornel(m): 9:44am On May 24, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


If those scriptural references in the link do not suffice then I cannot help.

Very predictable of you. Just be sincere.

In the screenshot below you mentioned the trumpet Paul wrote about in 1 Corinthians 15 v 51-52 and 1 Thessalonians 4 v 16-17 is the same trumpet Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 v 29-31.

It is clearly written in Matthew 24 v 29-31 the trumpet would be blown “IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS”

Now you’re at a loss on how to defend the pretribulation rapture doctrine.


Matthew 24 v 29-31
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
31 And he will send his angels with A LOUD TRUMPET CALL, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.


Cc: SeraphEl

Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 4:40pm On May 24, 2022
OLAADEGBU:


THE RAPTURE

What Is the Difference Between the Rapture and the Second Coming?

This is one of the greatest misconceptions about prophecy. The Rapture and the Second Coming are often confused, but they are distinct events, with distinct purposes, on God's prophetic timeline.

At the Rapture, Jesus will return for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will return with His saints.

At the Rapture, Jesus will not descend to earth.
At the Second Coming, He will descend to the Mount of Olives as a prelude to His earthly reign.

At the Rapture, Jesus will bring a blessing for His saints.
At the Second Coming, He will bring judgment for those who have rejected Him.

The Rapture could occur at any moment.
The Second Coming will occur seven years later.

Source


Simples. wink

When the Rapture occurs, Christ will take every deceased and every living Christian to heaven with Him. Paul describes this glorious event in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17:

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will 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 thus we shall always be with the Lord.

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Re: What Is The Difference Between The Rapture And The Second Coming? by OLAADEGBU(m): 1:39am On Jun 09, 2022
Higher Everydɑy
MONDAY MAY 23, 2022

THE CATCHING AWAY OF SAINTS
TEXT: 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18

"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 4:17).

There was a time the world scientists believed that no engine powered motor could fly in the air until 1903 when Wilbur and Orville Wrights successfully powered the first engine airplane. There are many inventions that have followed. Today, spacecrafts enable men to suspend in outer space for several months.

Our text describes the most expected event of Christ's followers when they shall be caught up in the air to be with Him. The first person to leave the earth upwards without death was Enoch (Genesis 5:24), followed by Elijah the prophet (2 Kings 2:11). Thereafter, Jesus also ascended to heaven after His resurrection (Acts 1:9).

The purpose of catching saints away is to separate them from sinners when the wrath of God and terror of the Antichrist comes upon the people of the earth in the near future. In the same wisdom, God separated Noah's family in an ark when He destroyed the world with rain and flood.

Signs in the world show that the time is at hand. Repent now and be ready for the rapture. Preach the gospel to others to save them too.

• Quote: "God separated Noah's family."

• Chɑllenge: "Get ready, the time is at hand."

• Prɑyer: "Lord, help me to be ready for Your coming"

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