The BIG Picture (Q&A)

Answer Request: What is your take on Rapture: The Second Coming of Christ? The rapture and the second coming of Christ are two separate events that make up the WHOLE 7-year return of Jesus Christ in the end times. The Rapture This is the catching away of the people who make up the ‘Body of Christ’, that is, the people who have responded in faith to the grace gospel; trusting in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ as the atoning work for their right standing before God. This event happens before the signing of the peace treaty by the antichrist with Israel, which initiates the 7-year period of prophesied Tribulation. This event is ‘silent’. There is no fanfare attached to it! No trumpet sound, no graves opening and people being resurrected, no visible meeting the Lord in the clouds. All these visible events happen at the mid-point of the tribulation when Jesus actually appears in the clouds and another resurrection and rapture occurs. Remember, the body of...

This in not a rant! This is not even a bible lesson! The information below is simply a range of thought-provoking questions that I want to ask (and answer) as a statement of reflection!  What is it with the clouds? Why do most Christians today think they will meet Jesus in the clouds at the rapture? I'm open to be corrected, but from my understanding, and how I read the scriptures, Jesus only comes in the clouds near the END of the 7-year tribulation . I don't think Jesus is going to come down from heaven and appear in the clouds with a shout and a trumpet blast to rapture the Body of Christ, and then come at the end of the tribulation to appear in the clouds again. No! As far as I can see, Jesus only comes in the clouds ONCE, and that is near the END of the tribulation! Let's look at some verses that speak about the Lord appearing in the clouds. Can you honestly say that this is in reference to the rapture of the Body of Christ BEFORE to tribulation? Daniel 7:13-14 I saw i...

The Bible is very clear that Jesus will appear in the clouds at the END of the 7-years of Tribulation . Read the following verses carefully: Revelation 1:5-7; Daniel 7:13-14; Matthew 24:29-31; Matthew 26:64; Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-27. When Jesus appears in the clouds, it will be for the following reasons, To save the remnant of Israel in the wilderness To destroy the kingdom of the Antichrist To judge the false prophet, the Antichrist and cast Satan into the pit for 1000-years To judge the Gentile nations (aka, the sheep and goats judgement) To set up His Millennial Kingdom Since the above list of events is clearly presented in the Bible and synonymous with Christ's second coming, at the END of the 7-year tribulation , it is surprising that so many 'pre-tribulation' believing Christians think that the rapture of the Body of Christ will occur with Jesus appearing in the clouds. Now, just to make sure you und...