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To: Travis McGee

Here are a few:

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (NIV)

Matthew 24:30-36
“At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.


4 posted on 10/07/2009 3:32:23 PM PDT by Always Right
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To: Always Right

We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed

Saw this hanging on a nursery wall in a baptist church once. Context is everything :)


6 posted on 10/07/2009 3:33:53 PM PDT by wombtotomb
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To: Always Right
AW, This passage is quite tricky - Matt 24: 30 -36. speaks about Christ's second coming at the end of the 7 year tribulation (not the rapture)also about seven years after the rapture has taken place.Those that are removed are those who survived the tribulation but are unregenerated. These will be removed by God's angels before the Wedding Supper of the Lamb or the commencement of the 1000 Kingdom of Christ Amen!

Matt 25:31-46 also this scripture speaks of Christ 2nd return after with those who dealt wickedly with Israel

Some other Rapture verses...
John 14:3, 1 John 1 3:2, Rev 4:1, 2 Thess. 2:5-8 Even so come!

13 posted on 10/07/2009 3:44:36 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman (The TRUTH will set you Free..... Republic)
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To: Always Right
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (NIV)

How many trumpets are there after the "last trumpet"?

Matthew 24:30-36

There is no mention of a “rapture” in that passage.

28 posted on 10/07/2009 5:05:22 PM PDT by topcat54 ("Don't whine to me. It's all Darby's fault.")
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To: Always Right
You got two out of three right but Matt 24 is not the rapture but the second coming. Think about what you just posted. It will happen in the twinkling of an eye, no one will see it coming. And then Matt 24 the sign in heaven and all the nations will mourn. Those could not possibly be the same event. And in fact , they are not. Maranatha
56 posted on 10/07/2009 6:57:47 PM PDT by fish hawk (Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
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To: Always Right

Now show us the ones that teach a pre-trib rapture.


62 posted on 10/07/2009 7:28:19 PM PDT by aruanan
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