The Rapture and the Second Coming are very much different

[KUWN]

This chart shows just how different these two events are.
The number in the top chart (At the Rapture) corresponds to the number in the bottom chart (At the Second Coming):

At the Rapture:
1. Christ comes FOR His own in the air
2. All believers are translated into new bodies
3. Christians are taken to the Father's House
4. There is no judgment on the earth
5. The Church will be in Heaven
6. It is an imminent occurrence
7. There are no signs preceding it
8. It affects believers only
9. It is a time of joy
10. it occurs before the day of Wrath
11. No mention of Satan
12. The Judgment Seat of Christ happens next
13. There is the marriage of the Lamb
14. Only Christ's own will see him
15. The Tribulation begins

At the Second Coming:
1. Christ comes WITH his own
2. No Translation of bodies
3. resurrected saints remain on earth
4. Christ judges the inhabitants of the earth
5. Christ sets up his kingdom on earth
6. It can not occur until the seven-year Trib period
7. There are numerous signs preceding it
8. It affects all humanity
9. It is a time of mourning
10. It occurs after the Tribulation
11. Satan is bound in abyss 1,000 years
12. No judgment seat of Christ
13. His bride descends with him to earth
14. Every eye will see him
15. The millennial reign of Christ begins

 

[Kaatje]

Wow, @KUWN, you blow me away with the sheer amount of studies you post!

 

[KUWN]

Wow, @KUWN, you blow me away with the sheer amount of studies you post!

I am an old goat

 

[Kaatje]

I am an old goat

I'm an old gal!

 

[Everlasting Life]

This chart shows just how different these two events are.
The number in the top chart (At the Rapture) corresponds to the number in the bottom chart (At the Second Coming):

At the Rapture:
1. Christ comes FOR His own in the air
2. All believers are translated into new bodies
3. Christians are taken to the Father's House
4. There is no judgment on the earth
5. The Church will be in Heaven
6. It is an imminent occurrence
7. There are no signs preceding it
8. It affects believers only
9. It is a time of joy
10. it occurs before the day of Wrath
11. No mention of Satan
12. The Judgment Seat of Christ happens next
13. There is the marriage of the Lamb
14. Only Christ's own will see him
15. The Tribulation begins

At the Second Coming:
1. Christ comes WITH his own
2. No Translation of bodies
3. resurrected saints remain on earth
4. Christ judges the inhabitants of the earth
5. Christ sets up his kingdom on earth
6. It can not occur until the seven-year Trib period
7. There are numerous signs preceding it
8. It affects all humanity
9. It is a time of mourning
10. It occurs after the Tribulation
11. Satan is bound in abyss 1,000 years
12. No judgment seat of Christ
13. His bride descends with him to earth
14. Every eye will see him
15. The millennial reign of Christ begins

This is a great list!!!

I wonder, for the sake of those who are becoming familiar with the concept of the Rapture, if having supportive scripture passages with each point would be helpful.

As a young Christian, I had never heard of the Rapture. When I was introduced to the idea, it took me quite awhile to accept (when I finally understood dispensation) and what sealed the deal so to speak was supporting passages with each of these points. That was really helpful to me.

What it ultimately did was to remove fear about the future and allowed me to confidently look forward to Jesus' coming with steady assurance those passages gave.

 

[KUWN]

This is a great list!!!

I wonder, for the sake of those who are becoming familiar with the concept of the Rapture, if having supportive scripture passages with each point would be helpful.

As a young Christian, I had never heard of the Rapture. When I was introduced to the idea, it took me quite awhile to accept (when I finally understood dispensation) and what sealed the deal so to speak was supporting passages with each of these points. That was really helpful to me.

What it ultimately did was to remove fear about the future and allowed me to confidently look forward to Jesus' coming with steady assurance those passages gave.

You might want to get the book by John Walvoord, the name is The Rapture Question. This is an older work, but it covers most of the passages. Just about any Dallas Seminary professor who writes on the subject will be a really good source for the Rapture. Look up each passage/verse where the Rapture is being discussed by Dr. Walvoord. There is a site called the Best Commentaries. That will give you those that support the pre trib Rapture. Any book that Dr. Mark Hitchcock writes about the Rapture is one you need in your library.