Rapture means caught up - 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
Second coming of Christ in Power & Glory - Matthew 24:27-31
Wheat and tares
grow together (righteous and wicked) -
Mt 13:24-30
Separate sheep from goats (righteous and
wicked) - Mt 25:32
Fish in the net (righteous and wicked) -
Mt 13:47-50
Notice: Mt 13:49(NASB) - So
it will be at the end of the age: the angels shall come forth, and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
Harvest is the end of time, reapers
are the angels - Mt 13:39
-Not everyone who
says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom - Mt 7:22, 23
-Why do you call
Me, Lord, Lord, and not do the things which I say? - Luke 6:46
-Lord, Lord, open to us, and He will say
to you, I do not know you, where are you from,. I tell you I do not know you, where you area from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity. -
Lu 13:25-27
In My Fathers 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 to prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am there you may be also. - John 14:2, 3
Then to men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill one will be taken and the other left. - Mt 24:40, 41
I tell you in that night there will be two men in one bed; the one will be taken and the
other will be left. Two women will be grinding together; the one will be taken
and the other left. Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken and the
other left. - Lu 17:34-36
Taken (Greek Strongs 3880 paralambano-taken,
unto, with)
Left (Greek Strongs 863 aphiemi-to send,
forsake, omit, put away)
Some refer to taken as in the time of Noah,
taken to destruction.
Others refer to taken to be with the Lord.
Some refer to left as to be left to destruction
as in the time of Noah.
Others refer to left to be left with the
Lord.
However, this shows there are only two groups
of people (righteous and wicked) no middle ground on which to stand.
This is what happens to the destroyed:
And they answered and said to Him, Where
Lord? So He said to them, Wherever the body is there the eagles will be gathered together. -
Lu 17:34; Mt 24:18 WHY? Revelation 19:17, 18
For wherever the carcass is,
there the eagles will be gathered together. - Mt
24:18; WHY? Revelation 19:17, 18
This also shows how God can save one and
destroy the other. If we have chosen Him we have nothing to fear.
Angels sent with a Great Sound of a Trumpet
- Mt 24:31
Powers of heaven will be shaken - Lu 21:26
As the lightening comes from the east and
flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. - Mt 24:27;
Lu 17:24
Every eye will see Him - Re 1:7
Every tongue will confess Him - Philippians
2:10, 11;
Romans 14:11; Isaiah 45:23
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this
we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede
those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven
with a shout, 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. Therefore comfort one another
with these words. -
1
Thessalonians 4:14-18 Emphasis
Now when He had spoken these things, while
they watched, 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,
Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who
was taken from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven. -
Acts
1:9-11
For the mystery of lawlessness is already
at work only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken
out of the way. And the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume
with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. - 2
Th 2:7, 8
Some believe:
-He who restrains, will be taken away - 2
Thessalonians 2:1-12
-He is a masculine pronoun referring to the
Holy Spirit -
(John 16:13-15)
-The church or bride of Christ is referred
to as feminine -
Re 19:7; 2 Co 11:2; Hosea 2:19, 20
Consider:
Do you not remember that when I was with
you I told you these things?
2 Th 2:5 (Paul speaks regarding the Holy
Spirit clearly and boldly - no secret innuendos)
The Holy Spirit is a guarantee or down payment
on more that we are to receive no mention of it being taken away.
He has sealed us and given us the Spirit
in our hearts as a guarantee - 2 Co 1:21, 22;
5:5; Ep 1:13, 14
There is too much information on the indwelling
of the Holy Spirit (See Co Abiding.)
According to Matthew Henrys Commentary NT:
Let no one deceive you, by any means; for
the Day will not come unless the falling away come first, and the man of sin (antichrist) is revealed; the son of perdition,
who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of
God, showing himself that he is God (these names may be properly applied to the papal state).
Blasphemous titles given to bishops of Rome, Dominus Deus noster papa-Our Lord God the pope; Deus alter in
terra-Another God on earth; Idem est domionium Dei et papae-The dominion of God and the pope are the same? 2 Th 2:3, 4
Do you not remember that I was still with
you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may
be revealed in his own time. 2 Th 2:5, 6
He who now restrains (the imperial power
of the Roman Empire ruled by Caesars) will do so until he is taken out of the way (Rome fell, in
A.D. 476).
The lawless one will be revealed (bishops of Rome). 2 Th 2:7
Adam Clarke commentary NT
Except there come a falling away first either
a total abandonment of Christianity itself, or such a corruption of its doctrines as renders the whole system inefficient
to salvation. - 2 Th 2:3
I told you these things the apostle appears
to speak with great caution, and does not at all wish to publish what he had communicated to them; the hints which he drops
were sufficient to call the whole to their remembrance. - 2 Th 2:5
The
mystery of iniquity does already work There is s system of corrupt doctrine, which will lead to the general apostasy,
already in existence, but it is a mystery; it is as yet hidden; it dare not show itself, because of that which hinderth or
witholdeth. But when that which restraineth shall be taken out of the way, then
shall that wicked one be revealed-it will then be manifested who he is, and what he is. -
2 Th 2:7
God did not appoint us to wrath - 1 Th 5:9,
10
Be worthy to escape and stand firm - 1 John
2:28 Does not necessarily mean to be taken out of the world but able to stand
with Christs help
Come as a thief in the night - 1 Th 5:2;
2 Peter 3:10 (a surprise?)
For when they say, Peace and safety! then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren,
are not in darkness, so this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all
sons of light and sons of the day. - 1 Th 5:3-5
- Only comes as a thief for those who are not expecting Him.
God the Father only knows when - Mt 24:36
It is not for us to know - Acts 1:7
No one knows the day or the hour, not even
the angels - Mark 13:32
The dead righteous are resurrected and the
living righteous are caught up to meet Him in the air. - 1 Th 4:16, 17
What happens to the wicked?
the Lord will consume them with the breath
of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming - 2 Th 2:8
and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall
on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
For the great day of His wrath has come and who is able to stand? - Re 6:16
- The secret is the hour of our Lords return.
- He comes as a thief in the night, suddenly with surprise to those not ready or expecting Him, those
in darkness not quiet or silent
- We need to be ready all the time.
- We will not have to endure Gods wrath.