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First, He will come for believers, both living and dead, in the “rapture” (read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17). In this view, the rapture—which is the transformation and catching up of all Christians, dead or alive, to meet Christ in the air—will be secret, for it will be unknown to the world of unbelievers at the time of its happening.
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16 lut 2022 · What Does Rapture Mean in Christianity? In the general sense, a rapture is defined as "a feeling of intense pleasure or joy." In the Christian sense, according to some millenarian teaching, Rapture is defined as "the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ."
The word ‘rapture,’ through our understanding of 1 Thessalonians 4, instructs us that upon Jesus’ return those living Christians (those who are alive) will “be caught up [i.e., rapture] together with them in the clouds” (1 Thes 4:17).
19 paź 2018 · Key to the next few verses is Paul’s division between those Christians who die prior to Christ’s return (“those who have fallen asleep” or “the dead in Christ”) and those who are still living on earth when Jesus appears (“we who are alive” or those “left until the coming of the Lord”).
14 cze 2020 · The Rapture—the raising of the Church into heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:17)—is the next event on the prophetic calendar. The following four signs suggest the Rapture is near. Many people will claim to be the Messiah and claim to have the answers for a troubled world.
5 kwi 2010 · It means to come and to seize and to carry off. And, therefore, we have used, we have derived an English word from that— and the English word is “Rapture.” Now, the Rapture fits in as a descriptive phrase for the first aspect of the Second Coming of our Lord.
3 sty 2024 · If a believer is alive at the time of the rapture, they will be taken up with Christ, and their body will be transformed into their glorified bodies. Therefore, whether a Christian is alive or dead at the time of the rapture, they will both alike be taken up to be with the Lord.
