Rapture or Resurrection

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Is 1 Corinthians 15 the Rapture, the Resurrection, or Both? First Corinthians 15 is mainly concerned with speaking about resurrection. Throughout the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul is responding to questions the Corinthians have sent him in a previous letter we do not have…

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Jesus in the Clouds

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay What does it mean that Jesus will come in the clouds (Revelation 1:7)? This is a reference to the second coming of Christ. It all starts when he calls himself the Son of Man in the Gospels. Most scholars believe it’s a reference to the…

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Missing the Rapture

Image by giografiche from Pixabay Is it possible the rapture has already happened? The rapture has not yet occurred. For one, I am still here. Joking aside, Paul wrote the letters to the Thessalonians for the express purpose to explain that the rapture had not yet occurred. One of the…

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Caught Up in the Air

Image by David Mark from Pixabay Can you explain rising up into the air during the rapture? Scripture talks about the rapture in two places specifically. Rapture is Latin for “catching up.” This is the language Paul uses in 1 Thessalonians 4:18 when he talks about the rapture. The Thessalonians…

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