The Rapture Theory 1 Thess' 4:1318

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The Rapture Theory
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In Case Of Rapture This Car Will Be Unmanned
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The Rapture Theory
1 Thess. 413-18
I. In the rapture theory, there are just too many
comings of Christ

• In a quick glance, we will notice right away
  two comings of the Lord in a period of seven
  years.

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The Rapture Theory
1 Thess. 413-18
I. In the rapture theory, there are just too many
comings of Christ

• In a quick glance, we will notice right away
  two comings of the Lord in a period of seven
  years.

• His first coming will be for the righteous dead
  and the righteous living, this is the beginning
  of the rapture.

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The Rapture Theory
1 Thess. 413-18
I. In the rapture theory, there are just too many
comings of Christ

• In a quick glance, we will notice right away
  two comings of the Lord in a period of seven
  years.

• Then, at the end of the first seven years, the
  end of the rapture, the Lord is coming with the
  saints.

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The Rapture Theory
1 Thess. 413-18
I. In the rapture theory, there are just too many
comings of Christ

• 1000 year idea comes from the book of
  Revelation chapter 20.

• Many things not mentioned there

1)  The second coming of Christ
2)  A bodily resurrection

3)  A reign of Christ on earth
4)  The literal throne of David
5)  Jerusalem in
Palestine
6)  The conversion of the Jews
7) The church on
earth
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The Rapture Theory
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I. In the rapture theory, there are just too many
comings of Christ

• In Jude, we find Jesus coming to execute
  judgment upon the ungodly, Jude 14-15

• Contrary to this error system, there will not
  be various stages of His second coming separated
  by a number of years.

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II. In the rapture theory, there is a denial of
his universal coming.

• The rapture calls only for a portion of
  humanity, not all the people, to see Jesus when
  He comes the second time.
  Acts 19-11, Rev. 17
• In Matt. 25, all nations are before Christ at
  His coming. Matt. 2531-46
• Another second coming passage which is also a
  judgment passage, 2 Tim. 41

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III. In the rapture theory, there is a series of
contradictions.

• It contradicts John 528-29
• It contradicts the passages that deal with the
  last day. John 639-40, 44, 54, 1121-26, 1248
• It also contradicts 2 Thess. 15-10
• It also contradicts 2 Pet. 39-12

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