The Rapture

Question 1

What does the term “Rapture” mean?

Answer 1

The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven

Question 2

What are the events occurring now that signify the nearness of the Rapture.

Answer 2

1. Increase of false prophets
2. Increase in crime
3. Decline of love
4. famine
5. Wars
6. Earthquakes
7. Persecution of the Church
8. Spread of the Gospel
9. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

Question 3

What happens during the rapture? Provide supporting scriptures.

Answer 3

All the dead in Christ will be resurrected and joined with the Christians who are still alive and together will rise to the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
1 Thesselonians 4:16-17

Question 4

How does the Rapture differ from the Second Coming of Christ?

Answer 4

In the Rapture, believers are caught up to meet Christ in the air, while the Second Coming involves Christ returning to earth (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Question 5

In what way will the Raptured Saints be judged? Provide supporting scriptures.

Answer 5

They will face the judgement seat of Christ, where their works will be tested for rewards.
(1 Corinthians 3:12-15)

Question 6

How does the Rapture relate to Jewish wedding customs? Provide supporting scriptures

Answer 6

It’s likened to the stages of a Jewish marriage: the groom prepares a place, claims his bride, and the marriage supper follows (Revelation 19:6-9)

Question 7

What key promises are the Church made regarding the Tribulation? Provide supporting scriptures.

Answer 7

the Church is not appointed to wrath, indicating we will be raptured before the Tribulation (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

Question 8

What will happen to the saints’ bodies after the rapture?

Answer 8

1. The Saints will be changed - our earthly bodies cannot stand the glory of God, therefore we will be given new bodies, or as Paul puts it ‘we will put on immortality’. (1 Corinthians 15: 51-53)

Question 9

Describe and explain the views of the rapture.

Answer 9

Pre-Tribulation Rapture - Christ will rapture the Church before the Tribulation begins.

Mid-Tribulation Rapture - Christ will rapture the Church at the midpoint of The Tribulation.

Post Tribulation Rapture - Christ will rapture the Church at the end of the Tribulation.

Pre-Wrath Rapture - Christ will rapture the Church just before the Battle of Armageddon.

Partial Rapture - Christ will rapture those who are ready
and leave the rest to go through the Tribulation.

Multiple Rapture - there are more than one rapture
during which Christ receives those who are ready.

Pan Tribulation Position - No clue about future events, but
think it will “all pan out in the end.