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END OF TIMES
Rapture and Judgment
John 14:1-3 “…I will come again and receive you to Myself…”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 “…caught up…”
Rapture – “to be caught up”
Prophetic Signs of RAPTURE
Creation Jesus’ Transformation Enoch and Noah Sodom and Gomorrah 7 Churches
Ephesian Church – 1st Century Smyrna’s Church – 2nd to 4th Century Church at Pergamos – 4th to 7th Century Church at Thyatira – Church of the Middle Ages Church at Sardis – Church of the Protestant Reformation Church at Philadelphia – The True Church Throughout the History
Rev. 3:10 “…I will keep you from the hour of trial…”
vii.Church of Laodicean – Church of the Last Days Revelation 4:1 “…voice of a trumpet…come up here…”
Rapture:
Literal Not a fairy tale Escapism
We know the season but not the time of the RAPTURE (Matt.24:32-36)
Believers will be caught up to the Judgment Seat of Christ
Non-living will rise, living will be caught up (1Th.4:16-17) We will be judged after…
Judgment Seat of Christ (2Cor.5:10)
Judgment will determine the reward, not an everlasting destiny (John 5:24; 1Cor.3:15) REWARD: (1Cor.3:8-15)
Jesus the Foundation Labor is required Labor will be tested by fire (motives, obedience, power) Judgment of the Throne of Christ Glory (Matt. 25:31) Judgment of the White Throne (Rev.20:10)