The Rapture As Taught by Jesus (John 14:1-3 As Taught by Paul (1 Thess. 4:13-18) |
THE RAPTURE |
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As taught by our Lord (John 14:1-3) |
As taught by Paul (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) |
Comforting Words |
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"Let not your heart be troubled." |
"Comfort one another with these words." |
The Necessity of Personal Faith |
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"Ye believe in God, believe also in Me." |
"If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him." |
We Can Take Christ at His Word |
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"If it were not so, I would have told you." |
"This we say unto you by the Word of the Lord." |
The Promise of His Coming |
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"I will come again." |
"The Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven." |
The Remarkable Removal from Earth |
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"and receive you unto Myself." |
"We...shall be caught up...to meet the Lord in the air." |
Forever Present with the Lord |
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"That where I am, there ye may be also." |
"and so shall we ever be with the Lord." |
Adapted from God's Prophecies For Plain People, William L. Pettingill (Philadelphia School of the Bible, 1923), pages 22-23.