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Now turn with me in your Bibles 
to 1st Thessalonians chapter 4. 

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First Thessalonians chapter 4. 
I want to read again from verse 

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13 right down to chapter 5, 
verse 8. 

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Let's hear the Word of God 
reading of course from the King 

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James Bible for those online. 
The words will come up on the 

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screen. 
First Thessalonians chapter 4. 

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We're reading from verse 13. 
But I would not have you to be 

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ignorant, brethren, concerning 
them which are asleep that you 

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sorrow not even as others which 
have no hope for. 

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If we believe that Jesus died 
and rose again, Even so them 

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also which sleep in Jesus will 
God bring with them. 

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For this we say unto you by the 
word of the Lord, that we which 

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are alive and remain unto the 
coming of the Lord, shall not 

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prevent them which are asleep. 
For the Lord Himself shall 

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descend from heaven with a shout
with the voice of the Archangel,

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and with the trump of God. 
And the dead in Christ shall 

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rise first. 
Then we which are alive and 

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remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the 

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clouds, to meet the Lord in the 
air, and so shall we ever be 

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with the Lord. 
Wherefore comfort one another 

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with these words. 
But of the times and the 

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seasons, brethren, ye have no 
need that I write unto you, for 

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yourselves. 
Know perfectly that the day of 

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the Lord so cometh as a thief in
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For when they shall see peace 
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destruction cometh upon them as 
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They shall not escape. 
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darkness, that that day should 
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Ye are all the children of light
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We are not of the night nor of 
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Therefore let us not sleep as do
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sober. 
For they that sleep, sleep in 

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the night, and they that be 
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But let us who are of the day be
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of faith and love, and foreign 
helmet the hope of salvation. 

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Amen will end the reading their 
first eight, and we pray God 

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will stamp with his own approval
and blessing this reading of the

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Holy Scripture. 
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returning to our ex Suppository 
studies in the book of First 

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Thessalonians. 
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looking at First Thessalonians 
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I have been setting forth 
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We've looked at the theme of 
comfort for those who are 

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grieving, and we've looked at 
the theme then last week of 

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truths connected to the coming 
of the Lord Jesus. 

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Now today, my text is found in 
the verse 17. 

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Then we which are alive and 
remain shall be caught up 

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together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air, and

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so shall we ever be with the 
Lord. 

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And I've entitled my subject 
today the rapture and the return

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of Jesus Christ to this earth in
power and glory, the last Lord's

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Day. 
I set forth 4 truths about the 

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coming of the Lord. 
One, the promise of His coming 

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as factual. 
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and the comfort of that promise.
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particulars of His coming that 
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truth about redemption, the 
truth about His resurrection, 

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and the truth of His 
reappearance, especially from 

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the words of verse 14 and the 
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For if we believe that Jesus 
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them also would sleep in. 
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For this we say unto you, by the
word of the Lord, that we which 

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are alive and remain unto the 
coming of the Lord, shall not 

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prevent them which are asleep. 
Remember, if Christ has risen 

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from the dead, then his people, 
even though those who sleep in 

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Christ, will God bring with. 
I told you this is a great 

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truth, a truth that has gripped 
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the beginning. 
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bodily resurrection of the dead 
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At his return, the dead will not
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That was the argument that the 
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They're not going to be 
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They'll not be lost. 
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order. 
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the glorious dead, we read then 
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Then we which are alive and 
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are alive and remain shall be 
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the clouds to meet the Lord in 
the air, and so shall we ever be

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with the Lord. 
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Jesus Christ returns. 
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the righteous dead. 
Then the righteous Saints still 

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alive, and the earth and their 
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Lord in the air with the 
righteous dead. 

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And then Christ will usher in 
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Notice 18 how it closes. 
Wherefore comfort one another 

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with these words. 
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we thought about the purpose of 
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That is fruitful. 
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grieving. 
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and we'll see that next week. 
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concern for the glory of God. 
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4 truths about the coming of the
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deliberately left off, namely 
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the return of Jesus Christ in 
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So that's what we're thinking 
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First Thessalonians chapter 4, 
verse 17 and the rapture and the

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return of Jesus Christ. 
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rapture. 
The rapture is a scriptural 

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event. 
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Scriptures and the rapture and 
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You see, recently I was asked, 
do you believe in the rapture of

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the church? 
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Yes, I do. 
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The person that asked was very 
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thought that Free Presbyterian 
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rapture. 
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it's a scriptural event. 
And I turned into this text of 

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Scripture, First Thessalonians 4
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And I pointed to the person 
who'd asked the words, caught up

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together with them in the clouds
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And I said to the individual, 
First Thessalonians chapter 4, 

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verse 17 teaches the rapture of 
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Now listen to this at the return
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Now one of the chief concerns 
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these words mean? 
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What have you heard that they 
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Let me try to answer this 
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Let me tell you what it doesn't 
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There are those who teach in the
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that there's two separate future
comings of Christ, and those two

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future separate comings of 
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seven-year period. 
Now, I do not believe in two 

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separate future comings of 
Christ divided by a seven-year 

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period. 
I do not believe that. 

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Why? 
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that. 
The Bible doesn't teach 2 

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separate future comings of 
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So I want to be clear in that, 
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And I tried to press this home 
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about the rapture. 
The Bible doesn't teach 2 future

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comings of the Lord Jesus. 1 
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significant. 
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there's the actual visible 
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You see, here's the argument of 
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There are verses that mention 
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You can see that First 
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does not mention. 
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word of the Lord, that we which 
are alive remain unto the coming

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of the Lord, shall not prevent 
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The word coming is the Greek 
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415 All unto the coming of the 
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And here's the argument. 
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Bible that mention the coming of
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silent, secret but significant 
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The word for coming in every 
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Christ's coming in future 
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New Testament words to signify 
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judgement, and those words are 
appearing and those words in 

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Revelation. 
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morning is this, What does the 
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Does the Bible teach one word 
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the Lord, a coming for its 
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that's significant but silent 
and secret, and then seven years

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later returned visibly in 
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of humanity. 
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and they use the word coming, a 
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they use the word appearing and 
revelation to teach that he 

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appears seven years later after 
his silent secret coming to deal

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firmly with the ungodly. 
Now I hope I've explained that 

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I'm not a good explainer, 
especially when it's something 

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complex for us. 
We have to ask the question, is 

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this scriptural? 
Is this what the Bible teaches? 

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Now, I don't want the system. 
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whether it's taught by JN Darby 
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I want to know what the 
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So for us, the question is, this
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Now I want to tell you this 
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have explained it negatively, 
doesn't stand up to the 

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Scriptures. 
It's not what the Bible teaches.

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And when you examine the three 
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used to describe Christ's 
return, they are never separated

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into different phases. 
Now, beloved, listen to me 

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carefully. 
This is not an argument for the 

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sake of having an argument. 
This is not taking a sweep at 

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those who hold to dispensational
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This is about being true to the 
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Here's a simple question that 
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answer Does the Bible teach 2 
future comings, 1 secret, one 

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silent although significant, and
then seven years later return to

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the earth and power and glory? 
You have to answer that, Or does

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it teach which? 
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connection with the rapture, one
singular climatic visible return

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when dead Saints are raised and 
the living Saints simultaneously

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are caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord 

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in the air. 
And as the Bible says, and so 

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shall we ever be with the Lord. 
Now I'm attempting to answer 

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this from Scripture. 
So if anybody asks you, do you 

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believe in the rapture, here's 
the answer. 

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Yes, I do. 
Why? 

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Because it's a scriptural event 
and it happens singularly and 

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climatically at the return of 
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That's the first thing. 
The second thing is this. 

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It's not only a scriptural 
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We could going to spend a little
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singularity of the rapture and 
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here's the evidence. 
So you're going to have to do 

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some turning of the pages of the
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Listen to this. 
The Greek words do not support 2

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comments. 
There's the first line of 

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evidence. 
There's the first argument, the 

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three Greek words Perusia 
translated coming first 

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Thessalonians 415. 
It literally means presence 

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after arrival. 
The coming is used for the royal

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visit of a king, and the Bible 
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When the king arrives, his 
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His presence was proclaimed. 
Long live the king. 

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You could hear the shout. 
You could hear the trumpet being

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blasted. 
His presence was visible. 

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His presence was authoritative. 
The news was the king has 

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arrived. 
Turn over there to Matthew 

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chapter 24. 
Look at this verse of Scripture.

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Now, I would encourage you to 
listen to this again. 

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I would encourage you to 
underline these verses. 

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Matthew chapter 24, verse 27. 
Now we're going to take our 

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time. 
So you find the place. 

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It'll come up and screen for 
those online. 

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For as the lightning cometh out 
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unto the West, so shall also the
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Now the word coming, there's 
Perusia. 

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Now let me point out, lightning 
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Lightning is usually not silent,
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thunderous noise. 
The lightning splits the sky. 

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The lightning is not hidden. 
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of the east, and shineth even 
unto the West, so shall also the

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coming, the Perusia of the Son 
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Now the same word is used, and 
we'll keep that in mind. 

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We'll come back to that passage 
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First Corinthians chapter 15 and
verse 23. 1st Corinthians 15 

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verse 23. 
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verse 22 for the context. 
For as in Adam all die, Even so 

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in Christ shall all be made 
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Notice verse 23 now, but every 
man in his own order, Christ the

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first fruits that's connected to
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Christ in his resurrection glory
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Christ's at his coming. 
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shall have delivered up the 
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when he shall have put down all 
rule and all authority and 

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power. 
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resurrection happen? 
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they that are Christ at His 
coming. 

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And if the resurrection happens 
at His coming and the coming, as

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we're going to see is after the 
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Matthew chapter 2427 to 31 
teaches, then there cannot be 

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two separate events connected to
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There's one singular coming. 
The same word is used in First 

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Thessalonians chapter 3 and 
verse 13. 

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It says to the end, He may 
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in blamelessness and in holiness
before God, even our Father at 

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the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ with all his Saints. 

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Notice that with all his Saints 
at the coming, the Perusia, it's

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the same word. 
Or we could turn over there to 

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2nd Thessalonians chapter 3, and
in the verse 8, Second 

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Thessalonians chapter 3, and in 
the verse, sorry, Second 

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Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 
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And then shall that wicked be 
revealed, whom the Lord shall 

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consume with the spirit of His 
mouth, and shall destroy with 

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the brightness of His coming. 
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event. 
So I'm putting it to you. 

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The Greek word perusia does not 
support 2 comings. 

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Here's a second word, and I have
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The word appearing, if you turn 
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chapter 2, and in the verse 8, 
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Timothy chapter 4 verse 8, it 
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for me a crown of righteousness,
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judge shall give me at that day,
and not to me only, but unto all

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them also that love His 
appearing. 

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Now the word appearing there is 
the word. 

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The Greek word epiphania, and it
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means something that's visible. 
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blazing revelation. 
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English word epiphany, and it 
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something that's been revealed 
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And it's a good Bible word and 
it describes the return of Jesus

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Christ. 
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saying here. 
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and he's saying here something 
really wonderful. 

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Henceforth there's laid up for 
me a crown of righteousness, 

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because of His faithfulness to 
the blood in the book which the 

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Lord, the righteous judge shall 
give me at that day, what day, 

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the day of His return, and not 
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also that love His appearing. 
If you go back there to 2nd 

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Thessalonians chapter 2 and 
verse 8, we read. 

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And then shall that wicked be 
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consume with the spurt of His 
mouth, and destroy with the 

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brightness of His coming. 
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brightness of His coming. 
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of the Holy Spirit, combines the
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Epiphania. 
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word Epiphania, and it could 
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His coming. 
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Appearing means brightness is 
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And here's Epiphania and part of
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same event. 
No gaps, No2 phases. 

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The 2 words are used together 
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The appearing and the coming not
as two separate events, but two 

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descriptions of the same event. 
See, the Bible never speaks of a

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silent secret Perusia followed 
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They are singular. 
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Go back there to 2nd 
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verse 7. 
Second Thessalonians chapter 1 

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and in the verse 7, it says unto
you who are troubled, rest with 

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us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his 

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mighty angels. 
She that word revealed. 

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It's another Greek word, 
apocalyptus, and it means 

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revelation. 
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shall be revealed from heaven 
with his mighty angels. 

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I put it to you, that's a public
unveiling. 

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That's a proclaimed unveiling. 
You see, Paul is using these 3 

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words interchangeably. 
The appearing is the coming. 

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The revelation is the coming. 
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hidden. 
That's the Greek words very 

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quickly. 
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events in Matthew 24. 
Let's go back to Matthew chapter

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24 and we'll read a wee bit 
there. 

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Matthew chapter 24. 
I've already read verse 27, but 

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we'll read it again. 
For as the lightning cometh out 

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of the east, and shineth even 
unto the West, so shall also the

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coming of the Son of Man be. 
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there will the eagles be 
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I believe that has to do with 
the valley of Megiddo, the day 

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of Armageddon. 
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Immediately after the 
tribulation of those days shall 

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the sun be darkened, and the 
moon shall not give her light, 

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and the stars shall fall from 
heaven, and the powers of the 

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heavens shall be shaken. 
Then shall appear the sign of 

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the Son of Man in heaven, and 
then shall all the tribes of the

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earth mourn, and they shall see 
the Son of Man coming. 

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That's the same word, Perusia in
the clouds of heaven. 

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And how does He come? 
With power and glory. 

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And then look at verse 31. 
And then shall he send his 

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angels with a great shout sound 
of a trumpet, and they shall 

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gather together His elect from 
the four winds, from one end of 

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heaven to the other. 
Now do you see that noted 

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carefully? 
You've got the tribulation here 

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immediately after the 
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then you've cosmic signs in the 
heavens, and then you have the 

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visible coming, the same Lord 
Jesus out of heaven. 

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And then when He comes, the 
angels gather his elect from one

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end to the other, accompanied 
with the great sound of a 

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trumpet. 
And when I compare that passage 

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of Scripture with First 
Thessalonians chapter 4 that we 

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have been studying, that I've 
read to you quite a number of 

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times. 
For this we say unto you by the 

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word of the Lord, that we which 
are alive and remain unto the 

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coming of the Lord shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. 

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For the Lord Himself shall 
descend from heaven with a 

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shout. 
But the voice of the Archangel 

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with the trump of God, and the 
dead in Christ shall rise first.

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Then we which are alive and 
remain shall be caught up 

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together with the middle clouds 
to meet the Lord of the air, and

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so shall we ever be with the 
Lord. 

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You see in that passage you've 
got to shout. 

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The King is coming accompany 
with the voice of the Archangel.

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Then there's the sound of the 
trumpet, Then there's the 

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descent of Christ, and there's 
the resurrection of the glorious

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dead. 
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we're we're, we're, we're 
changed. 

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We, we accompany them and we are
are caught up together with them

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to meet the, the, the Lord in 
the air. 

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It's the same elements. 
It's the very same sequence. 

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The gathering of the elect in 
Matthew chapter 24 matches the 

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catching up in First 
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There's not any textual evidence
for any different event. 

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See, I believe the rapture 
happens at the coming of Christ.

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That's why I believe in the 
rapture, and the timing's 

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important, not at the beginning,
but at the end, after the 

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tribulation of those days. 
Let me explain something very 

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quickly for a time has gone. 
You see the word there in 

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Thessalonians in verse 17. 
First Thessalonians chapter 4, 

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verse 17. 
Notice these words. 

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The word caught up. 
That is the Greek word. 

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Hard pass, Harpas. 
And it literally means to cease 

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suddenly, to snatch away, to 
take by force, to carry off 

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powerfully. 
And it was used to Philip in 

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Acts 8 and 39. 
The Spirit of God caught away 

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Philip. 
It's a design, A divine 

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irresistible action, a 
supernatural action that's very 

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significant. 
They they put it all together. 

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The Lord descends, there's a 
shout, the voice of the 

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Archangel, the trump of God. 
And we read that the dead in 

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Christ rise first in which we 
were alive and remain, are are 

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caught up together with them in 
the clouds to meet the Lord in 

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the air. 
It's nothing silent here, 

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nothing secret here. 
The Lord is seen, The Lord comes

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visibly, the Lord comes bodily. 
The the shout is heard word, the

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trumpet that sounds is 
victorious. 

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The graves are open. 
This is cosmic. 

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This is significant. 
The church rises to meet the 

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king. 
Notice the words in 17 to meet 

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the Lord in the air. 
The the word meet is upentius. 

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The word is used in the ancient 
world for a delegation that went

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out to meet the visiting king 
and then escort the king back to

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the city in triumph. 
The same word appears. 

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See, we have to be fair to 
scripture. 

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The the same word appears 
Matthew 25 verse 6. 

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The virgins go out to meet the 
bridegroom. 

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Well, they don't go off with the
bridegroom to some other place. 

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No, they they return with the 
bridegroom to the house where 

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the marriage has taken place. 
And same happened in Acts 28, 

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verse 15, when the believers 
went out to meet Paul. 

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Paul was coming as a prisoner. 
He was coming to Rome to be 

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tried before Caesar and they 
went out to meet Paul and escort

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Paul back to Rome. 
The word doesn't imply A 

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departure. 
It doesn't imply A departure 

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away with that individual 
forever or for a time. 

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No, it implies reception. 
It implies an escort. 

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The dead Saints are resurrected,
they arrive to meet Christ, to 

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see the Saiyans in the air and 
simultaneously the living 

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Saints. 
They are raised, they are 

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changed, they are transformed, 
and they also arise to meet 

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Christ in the air. 
And the purpose is that his 

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churches going out to meet the 
King, and they accompany him and

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royal triumph back to this 
earth. 

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The rapture is not a removal for
seven years before his coming. 

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It's an integral part of his 
coming. 

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Could I tell you something else 
very quickly? 

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Bear with me for a few minutes. 
The resurrection destroys the 

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pre tribulation gap of seven 
years. 

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See the pre tribulation teaching
requires this, a resurrection 

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before the tribulation, the 
Church Saints dead and living. 

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And then it requires another 
resurrection after the 

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tribulation. 
We'll call them the tribulation 

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Saints. 
That's the Saints that are saved

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between the the seven-year 
period. 

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Those are saved. 
How do they get saved out of 

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great tribulation? 
How do we know there's a people 

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saved out of great tribulation? 
Well, listen to the Bible. 

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In Revelation Chapter 7, we read
this Revelation 7. 

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Bear with me here. 
Verse 14 It says this. 

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And I said unto him, Sir, Thou 
knowest. 

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And he said to me, These are 
they which came out of great 

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tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white

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in the blood of the Lamb. 
Therefore they are they before 

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God. 
They are they before the throne 

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of God, and serve him day and 
night in his temple. 

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He that sitteth on the throne 
shall dwell among them. 

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You see, contrary to 1st 
Corinthians in 15 and 52, we 

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read in a moment, at the last 
trump, the dead shall be raised.

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The last trumpet can't be a a 
trumpet 7 years before. 

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There's not a trumpet mentioned 
in the Bible seven years before 

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the last trumpet. 
The Lord Jesus said, I will 

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raise him up at the last day. 
And the context of first first 

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Corinthians 15 verses 50 to 58 
is that we shall not all sleep, 

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but we shall all be changed. 
See, see that references to 

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those who are alive when when 
Christ returns, as well as the 

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glorious day during the graves. 
The rapture's not secret, the 

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rapture's not silent. 
There's a shout, there's the 

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voice of the trumpet. 
And it says in Revelation 

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chapter 1 and verse 7A, 
tremendous statement. 

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Revelation One and seven says 
this. 

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Behold, he cometh with clouds, 
and every eye shall see him. 

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Do you get that? 
And they also which pierced him,

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and all kinders of the earth 
shall wheel because of him. 

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Even so, Ah, man, the same 
Jesus, the one who died and rose

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00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,560
again and went into heaven, the 
same Jesus shall come out of 

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00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,680
heaven. 
And He ascended visibly bodily 

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00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,280
and, and, and, and and and 
powerfully. 

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His return will be visible, 
bodily and powerful. 

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00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,280
I'll tell you something else 
very quickly. 

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The cosmic upheaval marks the 
coming of Christ in Matthew 24. 

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00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,800
I, I put it to you, the sun is 
darkened. 

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The moon shall not give her 
light. 

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00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,760
There's the falling of the 
stars. 

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00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,840
There's the sign of the Son of 
Man appearing. 

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00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,200
The angels gather the elect, the
sound of the trumpet, every eye 

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00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,800
shall see. 
And it's not secret, it's 

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public, it's global, it's, it's,
it's, it's climactic, it is 

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castroscopic for the earth. 
The coming of Christ shakes the 

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00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,800
heaven and the earth. 
See, the Bible teaches, I 

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00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:01,360
believe one climatic thunderous 
arrival of the King from heaven.

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00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,800
Philippians 3 Tenthy talks about
he is coming out of heaven. 

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00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,960
Not an Angel, not a 
representative, not something 

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00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:14,360
invisible, unseen, not an 
influence, but the Lord himself,

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00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,520
the same Jesus, the one who was 
kneeled to the tree, the one 

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00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,800
with the same the kneel pierced 
hands, the one who was crucified

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00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,400
in the body, the one who was 
glorified in that body, that's 

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00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:30,360
the one who's coming. 
The day of the Lord is a 

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00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,360
thunders event. 
Everybody pointed out that in 

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00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,680
Second Thessalonians chapter 2 
verses one to three, Paul 

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connects the coming the Perusia 
with our gathering unto him. 

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00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,640
See, the day cannot come except 
there's a falling away. 

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That's apostasy, and that's 
happening all around us. 

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00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,880
And that day cannot come until 
the man of sin has revealed the 

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00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,960
Antichrist, and he will be 
revealed in due time. 

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00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,120
And the gathering happens unto 
Christ after the revelation of 

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the man of sin, not before. 
See, when we look at the events,

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we learn this is a scripture 
event. 

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We learn that this is a singular
event. 

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It's not 2, but just one. 
And last of all, this is a 

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supernatural event. 
Notice it says at the end. 

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And with this we finish. 
So shall we ever be with the 

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00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:31,600
Lord? 
See, the Bible ends with 

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00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,440
permanence. 
The Bible ends with a promise. 

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00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,880
This is not about an escape 
plan. 

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00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:44,440
This is about meeting a 
returning king and Prince. 

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00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:50,719
This is about resurrection. 
This is about reunion. 

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00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:57,600
This is rejoicing in a most 
glorious transformation, when 

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00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,640
the dead in Christ are raised 
corrupt, incorruptible, when we 

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00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:07,240
who are alive are changed and 
we're all gathered to Christ. 1 

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00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:12,280
Coming, 1 appearing, 1 
Revelation of Christ. 

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00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,920
And when that happens, there's 
the resurrection of the Saints. 

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00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:22,080
There's one glorious return, and
as I've said, our hope is not to

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00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:26,760
escape trouble or tribulation. 
Our hope is in Christ Himself. 

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00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,400
Sadly, and I say this as I 
finish, you see, these two 

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00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,720
separate future comings divided 
by 7 years were taught 

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00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,520
principally by a man called JM 
Darby and another man called 

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00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:44,440
Schofield. 
You might have seen it or heard 

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00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,640
of it in the Schofield Bible, 
but it was never taught in the 

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00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,000
early church. 
It was never taught until the 

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00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:57,120
19th century, and that's when it
gained popularity and it's known

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as part of the dispensational 
system. 

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00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,400
Now, I'm not knocking the 
dispensational system. 

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00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,000
I'm not attacking brethren. 
I'm not using argument for the 

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00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
sake of argument. 
But let me say this as I finish 

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00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,600
our authority is not in a 
system. 

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00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:17,800
Our authority has to be in the 
Scripture. 

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00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,720
What does the Bible say? 
And I've tried to show you what 

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00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:28,880
the Bible says, the three Greek 
words connected to coming, 

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00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:33,560
appearing, and revelation. 
I've tried to point out that the

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00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,560
resurrection happens at the 
return of Christ, not before. 

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00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,440
I've tried to point out that the
trumpet sounds, the last trumpet

522
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,520
at that event, and when the 
trumpet sounds, there's a 

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00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:51,160
gathering to Christ. 
The glory is dead and we who are

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00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,840
alive in the earth. 
And that one event is cosmic 

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00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:01,040
Saints, the sun, the moon, the 
stars impacted. 

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00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:06,800
There's a shaking of heaven, 
there's a shaking of earth, and 

527
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,360
the Lord is visibly seen at that
event. 

528
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:17,240
It's a supernatural event. 
So when asked do you believe the

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00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:20,120
rapture, you go out and say, yes
I do. 

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00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,040
But ask them what they mean. 
And if they start talking about 

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00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:28,520
two separate comings divided by 
7 years, just simply tell them 

532
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,880
that it's not scripture. 
You can't prove it from the 

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00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,560
Bible. 
It's based on a system taught by

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00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,840
two men. 
We need to come back to the 

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00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:41,960
scriptures. 
And I've studied this, I've 

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00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,560
studied it quite a bit at 
length. 

537
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,600
I've listened to a particular 
man whose name I can't remember 

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00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:53,600
about two years ago. 
And I, I, I wrote 8 sermons to 

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00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,680
do with the coming of Christ. 
And this man was a believer in 

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00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,000
dispensational theology. 
He was very high up in the 

541
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,440
dispensational movement. 
And he come to this conviction 

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00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,600
that the rapture is at the 
return of Christ, not seven 

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00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:14,000
years before, not midway 
through, but after the 

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00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,240
tribulation. 
And you know what they did to 

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00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:17,760
him? 
They put him out of his 

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00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,680
assembly. 
I leave that with you. 

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00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,000
I pray the Lord will bless these
few truths. 

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00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,720
I'm sorry it has taken so long 
to get to this point, but I 

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00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:29,680
trust that what I've said will 
be helpful in our study on 1st 

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00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,360
Thessalonians. 
Now, next week in the will of 

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God, we'll deal with eight 
verses. 

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00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,560
And then the following week 
we'll deal with a few more 

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verses just to try and hurry the
study alone.