Major Scriptures: John 14:1-4; I Thessalonians 4:13-18;
I Corinthians 15:51-53; John 11:25-26; I Thessalonians 5:1-10;
II Thessalonians 2:1-12.
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CONTRASTS
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RAPTURE
1. Rapture of all believers
I Corinthians 15:51
2. Believers Only
I Thessalonians 4:14
3. Raptured Saints go to heaven
I Thessalonians 4:16-17
4. Believers Raptured to heaven
I Thessalonians 4:13-18
5. Unbelievers left to enter tribulation
I Thessalonians 5:2-5
6. Earth not judged
7. Imminent
I Thessalonians 4:17
8. Invisible
I Thessalonians 4:17
9. Not in the Old Testament
10. Before the day of wrath
I Thessalonians 5:3-4,9
11. No reference to Satan
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SECOND COMING
1. No Rapture at all
Matthew 25:31
2. Affects All men
Matthew 24:30
3. Raptured Saints return to earth
Jude 14
4. Unbelievers killed
II Thessalonians 1:8-9
5. Believers left to enter millennium
Matthew 24
6. Earth judged and righteousness established
Revelation 19:11-15
7. Follows definite predicted signs including the tribulation
Matthew 24:3
8. Visible
Revelation 1:7; Matthew 24:30
9. Predicted often in the Old Testament
Zechariah 14:1-5; Daniel 7:13; Malachi 4:1-4
10. Concluding the day of wrath
Matthew 24:29-30; Isaiah 13:9
11. Satan bound at second coming
Revelation 20:3