"Rapture and Second Coming Comparison"

The nature of events at Christ's posttribulational coming (Mat 24:31)
radically differs from that of the rapture (1Th 4:16-17).

1. Christ gathers His own (1Th 4:16-17)	Angels gather the elect (Mat 24:31)
2. Resurrection is prominent (1Th 4:15-16)	No mention of resurrection
3. Christ comes to reward (1Co 3:11-17; 2Co 5:10)	Christ comes to judge (Mat 25:31-46)
4. Believers depart the earth (1Th 4:15-17)	Unbelievers are taken away (Mat 24:37-41)
Unbelievers remain on the earth (implied)	Believers remain on the earth (Mat 25:34)
5. No talk of setting up the kingdom	Clear talk of Christ coming to set up a kingdom (Mat 25:31,34)
6. Believers receive glorified bodies (1Co 15:51-57)	No one receives glorified bodies
7. Christ comes in the air (1Th 4:17)	Christ comes on the earth (Mat 25:31-32)
Additionally, parables in Matthew 13 confirm differences between the rapture and the final event of Christ's second coming.​
8. Believers are removed from among unbelievers (1Th 4:15-17)	Tares (unblievers) taken out from among the wheat (believers) (Mat 13:30, 40)
9. Believers are removed from among unbelievers (1Th 4:17)	The bad fish (unbelievers) removed from among the good fish (Mat 25:31-32)

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RAPTURE​

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SECOND COMING​

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Diagram 5—Rapture and the Second Coming Comparison by Kress Biblical Resources

Kress Biblical Resources :: Diagram 5—Rapture and the Second Coming Comparison

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[Margery]

This is a good thing to keep in mind as the opposition to the pre mill pre Trib Rapture often blurs the lines to try and disprove the Rapture altogether, or to move it to the end of the Trib.

Thanks Rose.

 

[Batman]

I'm going to try to find a place in my front or back section of the Bible to write this chart comparison down. I have it referenced in many scriptures but charts like this are great to use. Andy Woods uses lots of charts and there were several chart authors of the past that had incredible understanding and are still being used as reference today. Thank you for posting.

 

[Hol]

Good stuff! Rose

 

[Margery]

I'm going to try to find a place in my front or back section of the Bible to write this chart comparison down. I have it referenced in many scriptures but charts like this are great to use. Andy Woods uses lots of charts and there were several chart authors of the past that had incredible understanding and are still being used as reference today. Thank you for posting.

That is a great idea, I will do that too!

 

[Margery]

I've also stickied this thread with permission from @mattfivefour so it sits at the top so none of us lose track of it.

 

[DonK]

2 Thessalonians
Chapter 2
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.