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The Rapture Of The Church
Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 30, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: This passage describes to us the order of things when the rapture of Christ takes place.
“THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH”
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
1. The CONFUSION of the Thessalonians. (v. 13) Romans 1:13; 1 Corinthians 10:1; 12:1; 2 Peter 3:18; Luke 8:52-53; John 11:11-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 2 Peter 3:4; Job 19:25-27; Proverbs 14:32; Ephesians 2:12
2. The CONVICTION of the Thessalonians. (v. 14) Isaiah 26:19; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Revelation 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Philippians 3:20-21; Jude 1:14-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:1
3. The CORRECTION of the Thessalonians. (v. 15) 1 Kings 22:14; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Isaiah 26:19; Philip. 3:10-11; 2 Timothy 4:1
4. The CATCHING-AWAY of the Thessalonians. (vv. 16-17) Isaiah 25:8-9; ; Matthew 16:27; 24:30-31; 25:31; 26:64; 27:52; Acts 1:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Daniel 12:2; Revelation 1:7; 20:5-6; 1 Corinthians 15:23, 51-52; 1 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 2:11, 16; Acts 1:9; 8:39; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 12:2-4; Revelation 11:12; 12:5; 22:3-5; Mark 14:62; Psalm 17:15; 49:15; 73:24; Isaiah 60:19-20; John 14:3; 17:24;
5. The COMFORT of the Thessalonians. (v. 18) Isaiah 40:1-2; Luke 21:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14; Hebrews 10:24-25; Acts 20:12; 1 Corinthians 14:31; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Colossians 3:6; 4:8; Hebrews 3:13
